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Self-Sustaining Aquaponic Greenhouse Coming to Vermont Park The Root Center, a pending non-profit, is building a solar-heated aquaponic greenhouse in Vermont Park. Dubbed “Garden of the Future,” the project will house a sustainable fish pond and aquaponic vegetables. The Root Center’s mission is to provide food, water, shelter, energy and community, and the food the greenhouse produces will supply local food banks and schools. The 45-foot domed greenhouse sits on half an acre of land leased from the National Gardening Association. Using only fish food and seedlings to start, the team will install a fish pond in the center of the self-sustaining dome. Bacteria will act as a pH regulator in the pond, and the water containing fish poo will be siphoned to the plants, providing not just water but also natural fertilizer. In addition to producing organic food, the whole compound will be powered by renewable energy – passive solar technology and vertical axis windmills will produce electricity for the dome. + The Root Center Via Treehugger

UNFCCC YOUNGO WIKI PORTAL YOUNGO, the official youth constituency at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Next meeting - Bonn, Germany. Thirty-eighth session of the SBI and SBSTA as well as the second part of the second session of the ADP2 to be held at the Maritim Hotel from 3-14 June 2012. This week’s intervention/events schedule: Spokescouncil Spokes Council will be held at in room at am. Conference Of Youth COY9 More on the Conference of Youth can be found HERE. COP19 YOUNGO Focal Points contact info. Every year the constituency elects to Focal Points to act as liaisons with the UNFCCC secretariat. The current Focal Points are: Global North Jamie Peters - jamie@youthclimate.org Global South Liang-Yi Chang - liangyi@youthclimate.org YOUNGO Conference Calls

Edwin V. Gray: Electromagnetic Association Motor (Pulsed Capacitance Discharge Motor, &c: US Patent # 3,890,548 ) {*style:<b> rexresearch.com </b>*} (1 July, 1973, page 5) by A California inventor has found a way to create limitless electric power without using up fuel --- potentially the greatest discovery in the history of mankind. Edwin Gray Sr., 48, has fashioned working devices that could: Power every auto, train, truck, boat and plane that moves in this land --- perpetually. Warm, cool and service every American home --- without erecting a single transmission line. Feed limitless energy into the nation's mighty industrial system --- forever. And do it all without creating a single iota of pollution. Already, the jovial, self-educated Gray is forcing scientists to uproot their most cherished beliefs about the nature of electromagnetism. Eventually, his discovery will transform the economic base upon which the society of the entire planet has rested up to this point. And is proud to report for the first time in America the complete nature of gray's astounding system. "I want you to watch what happens."

Facebook-yhteisö Top 40 Platforms for Crowdfunding Social Change Crowdfunding is a new word for an old idea. The Oxford English dictionary defines it as: “the practice of funding a project or venture by raising many small amounts of money from a large number of people, typically via the Internet” Crowdfunding’s poster child, Kickstarter, launched in April 2009. It wasn’t the first online crowdfunding platform (ArtistShare launched in 2003), but it was the first to become widely known and scale. But Kickstrater is now just one of over 450 crowdfunding platforms worldwide. So, crowdfunding is big and growing fast. An example of particular interest to P2P Foundation readers might be the story of how Jonas Salk created the very first polio vaccine in the 1950s; it is was crowdfunded and patent-free. More recently, crowdfunding has been used with great success to finance political action. Inspired to take action? web | twitter | facebook | github Goteo is an open source platform for ‘crowdfunding the commons’. web | wiki | twitter | facebook | github web

The EnviroLink Network Open E Land | Open Everything Land The EnviroLink Network - Certificate in Ecological Education Detailed Information: Throughout North America and the world, people and organizations are increasingly aware of the emergence of ecological crises and the need for an ecologically literate citizenry. In contrast to previous decades when outdoor and environmental education were marginalized as peripheral subjects in schools and extracurricular areas like girl guides, scouting and camping, the possibilities for ecological education today are expanding to become a more substantive part of school, recreation, leisure, cultural, and social service programs. with high levels of education to provide information, analysis, and education about ecology and environment in a manner that supports increasingly critical learners. developments to preserve local and primary environments. education which recommend pedagogical practices for ecological sustainability, students have few opportunities to be certified for their knowledge in the area. education.

Eko art centar Eco-Art Centre EIA 2010 Schedule of Events April 2-5; May 8/9 Introduction to Permaculture The word ‘permaculture’ (permakultura) consists of the words ‘permanently’ (continually, perpetually) and ‘agriculture’ (cultivation of the land, farming). March 27; April 30-May 2; May 22-23 The School of Happiness (Workshop) Happiness is our natural state; the source of happiness is within us! - learn how to live without stress - reveal your inner peace - discover everything that you truly need for your happiness - be creative and responsible for your health and life - bring more harmony in your relations with other people April 22 Open Doors at EIA to celebrate Earth Day Art exhibition in the centre’s forest and eco-art fair/marketplace. June 5-6 Life in Harmony with Nature We will discuss unique approaches to materialistic and spiritual concepts. Future Workshops! Eco-art Fair We invite all individuals and societies who work on the improvement of the quality of living to register for participation. Trekking

Excerpt from Smart by Nature: Schooling for Sustainability ecoliteracy.org Excerpt from Smart by Nature: Schooling for Sustainability What can educators do to foster real intelligence?...We can attempt to teach the things that one might imagine the earth would teach us: silence, humility, holiness, connectedness, courtesy, beauty, celebration, giving, restoration, obligation, and wildness. — David W. Orr There is a bold new movement underway in school systems across North America and around the world. School gardens bloom in wintry climates and on former asphalt lots. Schools from Washington to Florida have transformed into model communities. This movement responds to the realization that the young people in school today will inherit a host of pressing — and escalating — environmental challenges: threats of climate change; loss of biodiversity; the end of cheap energy; depletion of resources; environmental degradation; gross inequities in standards of living; obesity, diabetes, asthma, and other environmentally linked illness. You are here Tools