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Unprecedented Award ‘United Earth Amazônia’ is launched in Manaus Brazil

The initiative was announced by Mayor David Almeida and the president of United Earth, Marcus Nobel, a descendant of the creator of the Nobel Prize. The award, promoted by United Earth and LCTM Brandbuilders, will recognize the best of Manaus, the Amazon, and Brazil in the areas of Art, Music, and ESG (socio-environmental responsibility and […]

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Green Solutions lead to “Peace” in the Middle East — Students lead the way

By Marcus Nobel UnitedEarth.us Jan 7, 2012 One of the main premises of Earth Ethics is that we need a new set of “values” to deal with our current set of problems… and some of these problems are ancient. Recently young student scholars from the Middle East partcipated in a US funded five-week program to

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Students Create Green Club to Promote Recycling, Saving the Earth

By Stephanie Rex patch.com October 6, 2011 Students from Edgewood and Forest Hills started a club at Sacred Heart Elementary in Shadyside to encourage others to recycle every day. Two students at Sacred Heart Elementary School are determined to make a difference through a recycling club they initiated in an effort to help save the

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Victoria Park C.I. student gets an environmental learning experience

By FANNIE SUNSHINE www.insidetoronto.com Sep 02, 2011 Lea Leung’s mother was on Cathay Pacific’s website to buy a ticket to Shanghai for one of her kids when she came across the airline’s Green Explorer 2011 new youth program. Launched in May, the program aims to give young people a better understanding of environmental issues and

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Students grow from community experience

By Britteny Dee www.statenews.com 09/06/2011 This summer, Michael Malloy left the green of MSU’s campus to introduce an environmental initiative in Metro Detroit. Malloy, a social relations and policy sophomore, spent his summer working in Detroit suburb Highland Park, Mich., as a participant of the Green Economy Leadership Training, or GELT, program. Participants took part

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Updated Tate water fountains save the environment one water bottle at a time

By HEIDI GHOLAMHOSSEINI redandblack.com (University of Georgia) August 29, 2011 The new water bottle refilling stations on campus do more than merely refilling bottles. Though it takes dollars to implement these new water fountains in University facilities, the new refill stations actually save money in the long term.[snip] The first water refilling station was installed

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PEI internships provide insights into environmental issues, students’ futures

By Nick DiUlio princeton.edu August 25, 2011 Several Princeton undergraduates spent this summer immersed in local environmental issues, gaining insights into both the area’s ecosystem and their own futures, by interning with four organizations focused on sustainability. The local sustainability internships are part of the Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI) internship program, which enables more than

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Massey University hosts ‘green’ Michigan State students

By Staff www.massey.ac.nz 08/08/2011 It may not be easy being green, but students from Michigan State University believe it is the way forward for universities worldwide. In New Zealand last week, 28 first-year students from the university took part in a two-week study abroad programme hosted by Massey’s Sustainability Group, chaired by Dr Allanah Ryan,

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Teen’s website links students, nonprofits

By Carrie Seidman heraldtribune.com (Sarasota) August 4, 2011 Southwest Florida has a lot of older residents with time on their hands, which they often generously devote to local nonprofit organizations.(snip) But with colleges looking for community service experience on students’ résumés and some scholarships, including Florida’s Bright Futures — even requiring it — volunteering is

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Big Green Bus tour highlights environmental awareness

The Big Green Bus visited the Rio Hotel Wednesday, August 3, 2011. The old Greyhound coach bus has been converted to run on waste vegetable oil and outfitted with solar panels to transport the 13 Dartmouth College students around the country to talk and teach about sustainability. By Kyle Hansen Las Vegas Sun Aug. 3,

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Exiles: Myanmar’s rich environment being degraded

By DENIS D. GRAY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS July 25, 2011 BANGCOCK –The environment of military-dominated Myanmar, often described as Asia’s last bio-diversity frontier, is being degraded as China and other neighbors rush to use its natural resources with few governmental safeguards, exiled activists said Monday. Projects to harvest lucrative timber, build hydropower dams and mine

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