Environment
Environment is the sum of the total of the elements, factors and conditions in the surroundings which may have an impact on the development, action or survival of an organism or group of organisms.
Source: Medicine.net
Slideshow: Beautiful, Beloved Earth
Environment Resources:
11th Hour (Film) with Leonardo DiCaprio
Amory Lovins &
Rocky Mountain Institute
An Inconvenient Truth (Film) with Al Gore and
Downloads
Aprovecho Institute
Ashland School of Environmental Education
Bioneers Conference (Annual) and
Bioneers Film Series
Bring Recyclng
Budget for Restoring the Earth
Calculate Your Carbon Footprint
Carbon Farmer's of America and
How Carbon Trading Works | MSNBC
Charlotte's Healthy Planet
Chemtrails Research & Video
Climate Group & Live Earth Concerts
Do Lab Event Creations (leave no trace)
Earth Gatherings
ECO '92 with David Suzuki's Daughter (Video)
Ecological Restoration and
Ecological Restoration Institute
EcoTrust and
Annual Report (2007)
Environmental Amnesia by Sandra Steingraber
EQ Connect: The Green Social Network
GeoFusion
GeoInsight
Global Green
Greenhouse Effect &
Engineering a Cooler Planet | MSNBC
Green Maven - Green Search Engine
Hanne Strong &
Earth Restoration Corps
Ecology Center of the Siskyous
Erin Brockovich (Film)
Green Pages Oregon
Headwaters News
KS Wild
Legacy of Luna (Book) by Julia Butterfly
Lomokatsi Forest Restoration
National Geographic
National Resource Center for Conservation Science & Policy
Principles of a Conservation Economy
Scorecard - Pollution Report for Your County
State of the World Report (2008) &
Worldwatch Institute
The Pelican Brief (Film)
The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil (Video) and
Community Solutions
Transition Towns USA and
Handbook
What's Your Tree by Julia Butterfly
Wildlife Images
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Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun. Earth is the largest of the terrestrial planets in the Solar System in diameter, mass and density. It is also referred to as the Earth, Planet Earth, the World, and Terra.
Home to millions of species, including humans, Earth is the only place in the universe where life is known to exist. Scientific evidence indicates that the planet formed 4.54 billion years ago, and life appeared on its surface within a billion years. Since then, Earth's biosphere has significantly altered the atmosphere and other abiotic conditions on the planet, enabling the proliferation of aerobic organisms as well as the formation of the ozone layer which, together with Earth's magnetic field, blocks harmful radiation, permitting life on land.
Photo: Earth from Apollo 17
Earth's outer surface is divided into several rigid segments, or tectonic plates, that gradually migrate across the surface over periods of many millions of years. About 71% of the surface is covered with salt-water oceans, the remainder consisting of continents and islands; liquid water, necessary for all known life, is not known to exist on any other planet's surface. Earth's interior remains active, with a thick layer of relatively solid mantle, a liquid outer core that generates a magnetic field, and a solid iron inner core.

Earth interacts with other objects in outer space, including the Sun and the Moon. At present, Earth orbits the Sun once for every roughly 366.26 times it rotates about its axis. This length of time is a sidereal year, which is equal to 365.26 solar days. The Earth's axis of rotation is tilted 23.4° away from the perpendicular to its orbital plane, producing seasonal variations on the planet's surface with a period of one tropical year (365.24 solar days). Earth's only known natural satellite, the Moon, which began orbiting it about 4.53 billion years ago, provides ocean tides, stabilizes the axial tilt and gradually slows the planet's rotation. A cometary bombardment during the early history of the planet played a role in the formation of the oceans. Later, asteroid impacts caused significant changes to the surface environment.
Source: Wikipedia/Earth
Photo: Purple Romance
Earth Resources:
5th International Symposium on Digital Earth
Ashes & Snow (Film)
Brave New Earth
Earthball
Earth Hour (YouTube Channel)
Earth Science World Image Bank
Empower Geographics
Google Earth and
Google Sky
Great Warming (film)
Living Earth
NASA Sun Earth Media Viewer
NSSDC Earth Photo Gallery
Winged Migration (Film)
Mission Statement:
The air, water, food and natural environment supports all life on earth. True environmentalism teaches us to co-exist on the physical plane along with other living creatures, plant and animals. Apply the golden rule to nature and all our relations.
Redesign our consumption patterns to live simply that others may simply live. Consume less than you produce. Learn from natural law.
Our forests, our rivers, our oceans are part of us. Love yourself and the planet for the sake of all future generations.
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- Pollution
- Restoration Projects
- Rainforests
- Recycling
- Schools
- Toxic Waste
- Travel
- Urban Ecology
- Water
- Weather
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