Partner Organizations
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The Surfrider Foundation is a non-profit grassroots organization dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of our world’s oceans, waves and beaches. Founded in 1984 by a handful of visionary surfers in Malibu, California, the Surfrider Foundation now maintains over 50,000 members and 80 chapters worldwide.
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Reduce What You Can, Offset What You Can’t™
Carbon Fund encourages everyone to continually strive to reduce their carbon footprint through sensible energy reductions combined with cost-effective carbon offsets to eliminate their overall carbon footprint. Carbonfund.org supports renewable energy, energy efficiency and reforestation projects globally that reduce carbon dioxide emissions and the threat of climate change.
Information Sources
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Stay even more up to date with FutureSeaLevel.org by becoming a member of our Facebook group!
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Become our "friend" on MySpace to check out and share what's new!
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The 1Sky campaign is dedicated to aggregating a massive nationwide movement by communicating a positive vision and a coherent set of national policies that rise to the scale of the climate challenge we are confronting.
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Begun in 2005, the Cool Cities campaign empowers city residents and local leaders to join and encourage their cities to implement smart energy solutions to save money and build a cleaner, safer future.
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Global warming facts from an organization that tackles serious environmental problems.
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Climate Change for Kids from the Environmental Protection Agency.
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In-depth explanation of climate change science from the Exploratorium.
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Earth 911 helps you find an e-waste site and other resources near you.
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Ideal Bite can send you daily green consumer tips in your email.
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The Green Guide is a green living source for today’s conscious consumer. They have print-out pocket guides for many different products.
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This website is packed with information to help all of us make our homes, our city, and our planet a healthier place to live. Information on everything environmental from recycling and composting to energy efficiency to arts events to policy discussions.
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SustainLane is a forum for peer-reviewed green products.
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This online and grassroots non-profit public interest organization campaigning for health, justice, and sustainability. The OCA deals with crucial issues of food safety, industrial agriculture, genetic engineering, children's health, corporate accountability, Fair Trade, environmental sustainability and other key topics.
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An Inconvenient Truth – not just a movie.
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Idealist is an interactive site where people and organizations can exchange resources and ideas, locate opportunities and supporters, and take steps toward building a world where all people can lead free and dignified lives.
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Step It Up 2007 is a campaign calling for leadership on global warming. Their goal is to empower the grassroots climate movement to take action locally by calling for national change.
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Focus the Nation is organizing a national teach-in on global warming solutions for America—creating a dialogue at over a thousand colleges, universities, high schools, middle schools, places of worship, civic organizations and businesses, and directly engaging millions of students and citizens with the nation’s decision-makers.
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The Campus Climate Challenge is a project of more than 30 leading youth organizations throughout the U.S. and Canada. The Challenge leverages the power of young people to organize on college campuses and high schools across Canada and the U.S. to win 100% Clean Energy policies at their schools.
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This service of the SF Public Library is focused on locating sources for monitoring California environmental issues and legislation.
Bay Area Green Events
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Environmental Events & Happenings in the Bay Area.
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EcoTuesday is a forum to network, collaborate, and engage with environmental and socially responsible business people.
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SF Tomorrow is city-wide urban environmental organization is dedicated to promoting environmental quality, neighborhood livability and good government in San Francisco.
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Regularly updated calendar of green-related events.
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Events and other notices related to progressive activism.
Resources for Educators
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Click to download a sample lesson plan ideal for grades 3 and up.
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QUEST for Educators offers free, standards-based resources to help your curriculum come to life with real-world connections using QUEST media.
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Great educational resource for information on everything environmental from recycling and composting to energy efficiency to arts events to policy discussions.
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The Ecology Center’s Terrain for Schools is a unique, current events-based curriculum for high school teachers and college instructors. Our goal is to facilitate thought-provoking ecological education in the classroom. They offer science, social studies, and language arts lesson plans that fulfill California state content standards.
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United States Geologic Survey Global Change Education resources for grades 4-6.
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PRISM has global warming lesson plans for elementary and middle schools.
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This network is an educational project supported by the California Department of Education, Environmental Education Program, in collaboration with state, regional and local partners.
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Climate Change Education is a portal website for students, teachers, families, researchers, everyone.
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Find colleges with degree programs in the environmental field at EnviroEducation.
