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Get Educated!
It is incredibly valuable to understand why this committee was created, and what environmental challenges we face.
There is a wealth of information out there about climate change and global warming; from the news and magazines, television, movies like An Inconvenient Truth (An Inconvenient Truth), to not suprisingly, the Internet.
However, it is especially important to make sure the information you receive is from a credible source and based on solid research.
Informative Videos:
The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard
A fast-paced, compelling 20-minute short film about consumerism in the United States, and how our behaviors affect the global environment
Calculate your own carbon footprint:
Ecological Footprint Quiz by Redefining Progress: What it measures
Consumer Consequences | Sustainability Coverage From American Public Media
Related Articles in the News:
Higher Learning Adapts To a Greening Attitude - washingtonpost.com
The Campus - Green, Greener, Greenest - NYTimes.com
Colleges, universities take the lead in building green - Los Angeles Times
College of the Atlantic goes "net-zero" for carbon emissions
Getting Schools to Think and Act Green - Back to Campus - TIME
Links with pertinent information that we recommend:
Ten Ways to Save the Climate From Clean Air, Cool Planet- this gives you ten important ways to have a positive influence on our climate.
Clean Air - Cool Planet | Global Warming Impacts
IPCC Fourth Assessment Report: Working Group I Report "The Physical Science Basis"
"The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was set up jointly by the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme to provide an authoritative international statement of scientific understanding of climate change. The IPCC’s periodic assessments of the causes, impacts and possible response strategies to climate change are the most comprehensive and up-to-date reports available on the subject, and form the standard reference for all concerned with climate change in academia, government and industry worldwide. Through three working groups, many hundreds of international experts assess climate change in this Fourth Assessment Report."- (Climate Change 2007 - The Physical Science Basis)
Climate Change | U.S. EPA and Sustainability | US EPA
The first link provides information from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that highlight the science, health and environment facts, and Climate Policy related to global climate change. The second link contains information about projects and education on sustainability.