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== '''News''' == '''''Frontlines of Green Best Practices''''' ; ''[[GreenLinks]] updated'' [[File:Green-search.png]] ________________________ '''''October 2014''''' '''''Good green times''''' [http://time.com/3457921/good-news-southern-california-the-smog-is-going-away/ '''''Los Angeles cleans up its skies'''''] [[File:LA grns against smog m.jpg]] '''''Help continue California's leadership in the Clean Air movement''''' '''''Join w/ GreenPolicy360's friend the [http://www.Bioneers.org '''Bioneers'''''] [http://conference.bioneers.org/] [http://conference.bioneers.org/schedule/california-global-game-changer-climate-leadership/ ''Game changing on the climate front''] '''''October 16th, San Rafael, Marin Center''''' ________________________________________________________ '''''It’s here; it’s big; it’s real; it matters.''''' '''''There is today a climate movement.''''' - ''Todd Gitlin'' [[File:Climate action 175x150.jpg]] '''''September 23rd''''' -- [http://www.un.org/climatechange/summit/ '''''UN Climate Summit'''''] '''''September 21st''''' -- [https://twitter.com/hashtag/PeoplesClimate?src=hash '''''#PeoplesClimateMarch'''''] [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:People_Climate_March_Sept._21st_Sunday_afternoon_m2.jpg '''''Signs from the March'''''] Green friend, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQiszdkOwuU Louie Schwartzberg's] newest film opening the UN Climate session '''"Choose to make a difference -- this is our only home..."''' [http://www.takepart.com/video/2014/09/17/whats-possible-un-climate-summit-opening-film '''What's Possible'''] [https://vimeo.com/107789364 No apologies, take a stance] [http://ecowatch.com/2014/09/25/video-peoples-climate-march/ Five from the March] ... w/ a wry eye on the March (and DC) here's the [http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/8q3nmm/burn-noticed?xrs=synd_facebook_092314_tds_60 Daily Show with Jon Stewart] Ω Iain Keith from [https://twitter.com/Avaaz Avaaz:] [https://plus.google.com/u/0/104105656721944993244/posts/NX5rTEGoSGA?pid=6065651661758000946&oid=104105656721944993244 "We realized that a March could send a powerful signal.] [http://bit.ly/1wCwlvW '''Marches'''] don't always change the world. Sometimes they are the only things that shake the system into widespread change." [https://twitter.com/insideclimate InsideClimate News (TW)] ___________________________________ [[File:Bioneers Lyons, Kucinich, DiCaprio 247x225 Sept2014NYC.jpg]] ''Each week we feature '''green best practices''' of our [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Additional_Website_Resources_-_Linked_Data_-_Green_Best_Practices GreenLinks friends]'' '''''This week we highlight a remarkable journey of the''''' [http://www.Bioneers.org '''''Bioneers'''''] celebrating their [http://www.bioneers.org '''''25th Anniversary Conference'''''] [http://conference.bioneers.org/] [http://us7.campaign-archive1.com/?u=a916efad15735b28723d0ce37&id=260ffedb17&e=e02e7b6bb1] [http://www.bioneers.org/category/blog/] '''''Long time, very good friends of GreenPolicy360 and a preeminent eco-network''''' '''''Here's to the Bioneers and many more good years of eco-healing !''''' '''''Hearty Congratulations''''' especially go to co-founders '''''[http://www.yesmagazine.org/planet/nature-deficit-disorder-is-making-us-sick-bioneers-believe-cure Kenny] and [http://www.dailygood.org/view.php?sid=93 Nina] !!''''' [[File:Bioneers25th anniv conf s.jpg | link=http://conference.bioneers.org/]] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - '''''Last week''''' Green Policy highlighted [http://www.carbonbrief.org/ Carbon Brief] - [https://www.facebook.com/carbonbrief FB] - [https://twitter.com/carbonbrief TW]'' ''They asked 25 thinkers, writers and journalists a simple question:'' ''What books or readings inspired you to get involved in climate-related work?'' ''They got back some very interesting insights into why people work on climate,'' ''why they started, and why they carry on.'' ''[http://www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2014/09/25-inspirational-texts-about-climate-change/ '''Inspirational books and readings''']'' ____________________________________________________________ '''''New update to GreenPolicy's database:''''' Example of model/template legislation being made available at GreenPolicy360 -- '''California 'Ban the Bags' bill passes and green recycling moves a step forward''' -- spread the word -- '''Recycle this news''' to other states - and other countries http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/California,_Plastic_Bag_Ban [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_XGR_PLASTIC_BAG_BAN?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT] [http://www.takepart.com/photos/california-plastic-bag-ban] ___________________________________________________________ ''Amid global conflicts and escalating threats, for redefinitions of security priorities and policies, visit'' [http://strategicdemands.com/environmental-security/ '''''<u>#EnvironmentalSecurity</u>'''''] ''at StrategicDemands.com'' '''''Visit our newest 'satellite site'''''' [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/PlanetCitizen '''''<u>#PlanetCitizen</u>'''''] '''''Hello''''' [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Pictures_from_ISS '''''Where are you #PlanetCitizen on #PlanetEarth?'''''] Ω '''''Coming Soon, NextGen #ISS Earth-facing cams''''' '''''[http://m.phys.org/news/2014-10-robot-arm-earth-facing-cameras-space.html New live 'video+ platform' w/ #EarthView streaming from the #ISS]''''' via [https://twitter.com/UrtheCast '''''@UrtheCast'''''] & [https://twitter.com/NanoRacks '''''NanoRacks'''''] [http://blog.nicholaskellett.com/2014/10/03/iac-2014-urthecast-is-disruptivetech/ ''International Astronautical Congress IAC 2014: UrtheCast''] [http://www.universetoday.com/114944/robot-arm-will-install-new-earth-facing-cameras-on-the-space-station/ ''Robot-arm install''] [http://www.spacenews.com/article/civil-space/4203565th-international-astronautical-congress-space-station-partners-in-no-rush ''Future of #ISS''] '''''[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/OCO-2 OCO-2 Orbiting Carbon Observatory continues on its historic mission]''''' Ω '''''"Ground Truth"''''' [http://www.missiongroundtruth.com/groundtruth.html] [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/GroundTruth Wiki-GroundTruth] [http://science-edu.larc.nasa.gov/SCOOL/datacomp.html CERES Project] [http://science-edu.larc.nasa.gov/SCOOL/pdf/comparisonreport.pdf] [http://aviris.jpl.nasa.gov/data/newdata.html AVIRIS-JPL] [http://hyspiri.jpl.nasa.gov/ ''Hyspiri''] [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:HyspIRI_03.29.13.jpg] [http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/hyspiri.html ''Spectroscopy, unique views of the surface of Earth...''] Ω '''''Immediate Risk to National Security''''' [http://www.allgov.com/news/top-stories/pentagon-devises-strategy-for-responding-to-immediate-risk-to-national-security-climate-change-141015?news=854536 '''''Climate Change: Pentagon Devises Strategy to Respond"''''] [http://www.theverge.com/2014/10/13/6970585/even-the-pentagon-agrees-climate-change-is-a-threat-multiplier '''''Climate Change = "Threat Multiplier"'''''] [http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-07-18/the-pentagon-s-war-against-climate-change '''''U.S. Military Prepares for Climate Change'''''] [http://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight/2013/jun/14/climate-change-energy-shocks-nsa-prism] Ω Question: '''''Is the Earth blue even at night?''''' [https://mobile.twitter.com/Astro_Alex/status/495673061199609857/photo/1 Astronaut Gerst answers] [[File:Look at how thin our atmosphere is. This is all there is... ISS June2014.jpg]] With appreciation of the '''''Overview Effect''''' [https://vimeo.com/55073825 / Overview: the Movie] [http://vimeo.com/60234866 Planetary] Ω '''''Aug/July/June 2014 Updates''''': We have added to our [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/%22GreenLinks%22 '''''GreenLinks'''''] online listing of Green groups, local, regional and global, ranging from international NGO's to collections of green news and journalism, from borderless non-profit work to local green activism, from open-source, open data sharing to democracy and independent green, sustainable living advocates... GreenPolicy360 networking in practice... We welcome additions of active and exceptional green organizations. More updates are coming each month as we extend GreenPolicy's shareable community resources. Ω [[File:Green-Blue s.jpg]] Also take a look at the updated list of '''''Green Parties''''', a movement across the globe, now in over 100 countries... [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Green_Parties_global_list_June_2014update.pdf '''''Green Parties - International''''' ''PDF''] Ω We also invite you to '''''Visit''''' our new '''''GreenBestPractices''''' sites at: ◊ [https://twitter.com/greenpolicy360 '''''GreenPolicy360 Twitter'''''] ◊ [https://www.facebook.com/greenbestpractices '''''GreenPolicy360 Facebook'''''] ◊ [https://plus.google.com/u/0/104105656721944993244/posts '''''GreenPolicy360 Google+'''''] Ω And check out our associated '''''#Earth360''''' sites ◊ [http://www.EarthPOV.com '''''#EarthPOV'''''] and ◊ [http://www.PlanetCitizen.org '''''#PlanetCitizen'''''] ____________________________________________________ [[File:ISS add-ons s.jpg]] [http://www.nasa.gov/press/2014/september/nasa-hosts-media-briefing-to-announce-new-earth-observing-role-for/ '''''NASA opens a new era'''''] in its exploration of our home planet with the launch of the first in a series of #EarthScience instruments to the International Space Station. '''''[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Research_from_Space New earth-observing array of instruments]''''' will be ''exterior mounted'' on the #ISS. ISS-RapidScat will monitor ocean winds for climate research, weather predictions and hurricane monitoring. The second instrument, the laser Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS), will measure clouds and location and distribution of pollution, dust, smoke, and other particulates in the atmosphere. [http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/iss-rapidscat/ #RapidScat] [http://www.climatecentral.org/news/international-space-station-climate-mission-18003] [http://www.nasa.gov/earthrightnow/ #EarthRightNow] Ω The '''''[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Micro-satellites "New Space"]''''' field is pioneering the study of our blue planet with multiple new platforms monitoring earth systems and resources. '''PlanetLabs''' is a recently founded company that is out in front with its emphasis on open data sharing. Its [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Doves_flocking_Planet_Labs mini satellites are called "Doves" and they "flock"] for #earthmonitoring and rapid sequence imaging. When Doves fly, watch them! [http://t.co/dfsywixUg6 '''''An API for the Planet'''''] #PlanetLabs Open Source Conference keynote [http://t.co/dfsywixUg6] [http://vimeo.com/88602839 '''''Mission: "Democratizing Access to Information About the Changing Planet"'''''] Ω [[File:Oco.jpeg]] '''''OCO-2 Orbiting Carbon Observatory''''' '''''"Watching the Earth Breathe from Space"''''' [http://oco.jpl.nasa.gov/] [http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2014-198] [http://climate.nasa.gov/blog/1105/] [http://ecowatch.com/2014/06/18/climate-change-nasa-app/] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosphere_of_Earth] * '''''[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/OCO-2 Observing Global Warming with #OCO-2]''''' '''''Historic launch [http://www.space.com/26403-nasa-oco2-carbon-dioxide-satellite-launch.html #PlanetCitizen mission to study #EarthsAtmosphere]''''' '''''"First Light!"''''' [http://www.universetoday.com/113866/nasas-carbon-dioxide-greenhouse-gas-observatory-captures-first-light-at-head-of-international-a-train-of-earth-science-satellites/] [http://www.planetary.org/blogs/guest-blogs/2014/20140815-oco-2-first-light-spectra.html] '''''[http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/m/news/news.php?release=2014-272#.U-9Aa2Nab8l OCO-2 announces 'We have data!']''''' ''[http://phys.org/news/2014-08-oco-.html What monitoring a potential existential crisis looks like...spectra from #OCO-2]'' '''''Earth observing satellites, the "Afternoon Constellation", the "A-Train" joined by #OCO-2 newly launched and historic in its mission to study global warming [http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/oco2/a-train-atmosphere-20140703/index.html#.U7qp9JH8cjw Orbiting Carbon Observatory]''''' '''''Looking closer at [http://space.io9.com/nasas-new-satellite-could-unravel-the-mystery-of-our-ch-1598348848/1598704971/+AnnaleeNewitz OCO-2] [https://oco.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/teams/#] [http://www.nasa.gov/earthrightnow/] [http://climate.nasa.gov/] OCO-2 tweets - https://twitter.com/IamOCO2''''' ''Earth science data is coming in and being openly distributed. Take up the challenge, perhaps with NEX here and multiple venues that are being made available for the first time...'' ''Add your resources. With the launch of'' '''OCO-2''', '''''a "game changer"''''', ''the data of'' '''''#Earth360''''' ''will grow in unprecedented ways...'' '''''#Earthdata enables informed decisions and policy''''' [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/You_can_manage_only_what_you_can_measure_Dr_David_Crisp%2C_OCO-2%2C_June_2014_m.jpg ''"You can manage only what you can measure"''] [[File:Climate -EarthScience Challenge m.jpg | link=http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/NASA_EarthSciences,_Challenges_Public_to_Join_In]] '''''[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/NASA_EarthSciences,_Challenges_Public_to_Join_In NASA Earth Sciences Asks Public to Join In]''''' '''''Add your #PlanetCitizen talent to a future of seeing with an #EarthPOV''''' Ω * [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/June_14%2C_the_President_speaks_to_graduates_of_UC_Irvine_Climate_Change_action.pdf '''No time for climate denial'''... President says it's time for action on Climate Change in Commencement at UC Irvine, June 14, 2014] '''Climate Rules to Rewrite US Energy Map''' Rule proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency would cut carbon pollution from power plants 30 percent by 2030 – equivalent of taking 2/3 of all cars and trucks in America off the road [http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/207938-wh-epa-rule-will-lower-bills-create-jobs Overview] [http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/207884-read-the-epas-new-carbon-pollution-rule EPA summary] [http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/207926-boehner-climate-plan-nuts Republicans hesitate] -- [http://thehill.com/regulation/energy-environment/207911-obamas-climate-rule-clocks-in-at-645-pages 645 pages] [http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/epa-will-propose-a-rule-to-cut-emissions-from-existing-coal-plants-by-up-to-30-percent/2014/06/02/f37f0a10-e81d-11e3-afc6-a1dd9407abcf_story.html] [http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/03/us/politics/key-details-of-epa-carbon-emissions-proposal.html?_r=0] [http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2023748106_apxobamaglobalwarming.html][http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-27663286] West Coast Leaders Applaud Obama Administration Proposal to Cut Carbon Pollution [http://bit.ly/1kBFxbh][http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2014/06/02/3677678/california-has-head-start-but.html California has head start] [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Pacific_Coast_Climate_Action_Plan.pdf Pacific Coast Climate Action Plan - 2013] ---- '''''Alexander Gerst on the '''#ISS''' writes home in tweets and his live blogging...''''' '''''From the ISS - Live''''' [http://blogs.esa.int/alexander-gerst/ '''''Astro Gerst blog'''''] [https://plus.google.com/104105656721944993244/posts/4Cp2QAKR1qK ''GreenPolicy360, from AstroGerst''] '''''"Look at how thin our atmosphere is. This is all there is between humankind and deadly space."''''' [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Thin_atmosphere_AstroGerst_ISS_2014.jpg] [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/ISS_040e008179_earth%27s_atmosphere_l.jpg] * '''''GreenPolicy360: [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Look_at_how_thin_our_atmosphere_is A thin atmospheric layer enabling life as we know it...]''''' '''''[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/How_thin_is_earth%27s_atmosphere.jpg GP360: "Look at our atmosphere around the earth, twelve miles high in the troposphere..."]''''' '''''Images revealing the 'height', the narrow band of life-giving atmosphere surrounding Earth''''' [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:ISS_Soyuz_TMA-19_spacecraft_departs_the_ISS.jpg] [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:ISS_050420_01_010e24868_Soyuz_Vittori_Eneide.jpg] [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/ISS_setting_moon.jpg] [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Earths_Atmospheric_Layers.JPG] [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Iss040e008179_earth%27s_atmosphere_.jpg] '''''We are in the first era of geo-monitoring our 'thin atmosphere', earth resources and biosphere from space...''''' [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Micro-satellites] [http://www.nasa.gov/earthrightnow/] '''''Beginning with first-ever images of our home planet, Earth, taken from the Apollo era...''''' [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/From_Apollo_4.jpg] [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Whole_Earth_1972_Apollo_17.jpg] '''''Now follows #Earth360 planet monitoring, continuing first-generation data and #sustainability realizations.''''' '''''[http://www.earthpov.com An #EarthPOV], [https://vimeo.com/55073825 an "Overview"] that, over time, will educate and open us to new challenges''''' '''''and new possibilities as [http://www.planetcitizen.org citizens of the planet]...''''' [[File:ISS Atmosphere .jpg]] '''''[http://www.pinterest.com/stratdem/environmental-security/ A "thin" layer of atmosphere] absorbing the sum of human-produced hydrocarbon & emission [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Isn%27t_it_time.jpg "externalities"]''''' _________________________________________________________________________________________________ '''''[http://climate.nasa.gov/blog/1105 NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2): A game changer?]''''' [http://climate.nasa.gov/blog] '''Seeing climate change from space:''' NASA creates image-based iPad app [http://ecowatch.com/2014/06/18/climate-change-nasa-app/] Soon, each of us will be able to connect to and share earth-data as students of earth-space science and new digital networks. With open data, links and digital apps, schools and future generations will learn '''new ways of seeing as citizens of the planet'''. Ω '''Aug 19''' [http://nyti.ms/1BzljLJ Planet Labs/NYT] '''Planet Labs, newly #ISS deployed Doves''' [http://aviationweek.com/space/smartphone-advances-drive-smallsats Smartphones in space!] * [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Doves_flocking_Planet_Labs#Micro-satellites_fly'''Launch of new Flock of Dove Satellites to Image Earth'''] [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Dove_minisat_launch_from_ISS_m.png Doves fly] [http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/girl_scouts_orbital_2/ Doves flock] '''''Planet Labs 'Dove' micro-satellites''''' [http://www.planet.com/flock1/] "Rapid cadence imagery, like Planet Labs is developing, helps us become better, more sustainable stewards of Earth." [http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/17/qa-with-steve-jurvetson-space-investor-and-rocket-maker/ NYT] Ω * [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Micro-satellites '''''Geoscience: Eyes in the Sky, Monitoring the Earth by Satellite'''''] *'''''[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Micro-satellites A New Era of Space Startups]''''' '''''"Earth Imaging"''''' -- '''''NextGen #EarthScience in an era of #climatechange and #globalsecurity threats''''' '''''"New Space"''''' startup companies to watch (our eyes are especially on '''Planet Labs''') [http://spectrum.ieee.org/aerospace/satellites/9-earthimaging-startups-to-watch]... BlackBridge [http://www.blackbridge.com/], Dauria [http://dauriaspace.com/DigitalGlobe], '''DigitalGlobe''' [https://www.digitalglobe.com/] #DigitalGlobe, highest rez commercially avail #earthimaging from space [http://www.satimagingcorp.com/satellite-sensors/worldview-3/] [https://www.digitalglobe.com/imagery-completeness] [https://www.digitalglobe.com/products/platform/digitalglobe-crowdsourcing] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeoEye GeoEye] [http://www.satimagingcorp.com/satellite-sensors/geoeye-1/], Firefly Space Systems [http://www.fireflyspace.com/] [https://twitter.com/Firefly_Space], GeoOptics [http://geooptics.com/], NanoRacks [http://nanoracks.com/], [http://nanoracks.com/about-us/our-history/] [http://nanoracks.com/products/smallsat-deployment/], NovaWurks [http://www.novawurks.com/index.html], OmniEarth [http://omniearth.net/] [http://www.marketwatch.com/story/omniearth-announces-partnership-to-create-global-satellite-constellation-and-extensive-hosted-payload-opportunity-2014-05-20] [http://www.directionsmag.com/pressreleases/omniearth-announces-partnership-to-create-global-satellite-constellati/403595] [http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2534/1], OrbitLogic [http://www.orbitlogic.com/], PlanetiQ [http://www.planetiq.com/], '''Planet Labs''' [http://www.planet.com/] [https://www.planet.com/pulse/ Pulse] [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Doves_close-up-of-cubesats-leaving-nanoracks-deployer-2014-02-11_m.jpg] [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Doves_launched_from_ISS_float_against_Earth_horizon_m.jpg] [http://gizmodo.com/meet-the-flockers-iss-launches-low-cost-earth-imaging-1517232660], RapidEye [http://spectrum.ieee.org/aerospace/satellites/fullspectrum-farming], Skybox [http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/06/google-buys-satellite-imaging-company-skybox-for-500-million/] [http://techcrunch.com/2014/05/23/google-close-to-snapping-up-satellite-startup-skybox-imaging-for-1b-say-sources/] [http://www.wired.com/2013/06/startup-skybox/], Teledyne [http://www.tbe.com/], Tyvak Nano-Sat [http://tyvak.com/], Urthecast [http://www.urthecast.com/] [[File:PlanetLabs AZ Irrigation fields-s.jpg]] '''''"New Space"''''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewSpace] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_Earth_orbit] “With all these start-ups, the things you’ll be able to do with satellite images will grow exponentially.” - IEEE-May 2014 Moving from almost exclusively multi-billion dollar military/defense-communication satellite operations to nextgen 'small cap' startups and 'New Space' ventures and applications with earth systems monitoring, resources, sustainable business, and low-earth orbit [http://www.space.com/topics/space-tourism/ space travel] with companies like Richard Branson's [https://plus.google.com/+VirginGalactic/posts/BiQHdTqEcZM Virgin Galactic]... Ω 24/7 high-definition ''''[http://www.urthecast.com/Urthecast-ISS Ride with Us]'''' #ISS video of Earth [http://www.urthecast.com/features] [http://www.urthecast.com/developer '''Urthecast APIs'''] '''Live''' from the International Space Station [http://www.universetoday.com/111631/hd-livestream-of-earth-now-available-247-from-the-space-station/] [http://www.ustream.tv/channel/live-iss-stream] [http://www.ustream.tv/channel/iss-hdev-payload] [http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/HDEV/] Earth sciences/NASA-JPL and gov contractors [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Eyes_on_the_Earth_2012update.jpg ''''Eyes on the Earth''''] [http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2012-084] [http://eyes.jpl.nasa.gov/earth/index.html] [http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/education/earthday/earthdayflash.cfm] [http://climate.nasa.gov/] '''--''' [http://climate.nasa.gov/blog/1105/ @OCO-2] [https://twitter.com/IamOCO2 I am OCO! Tweet!!] [http://www.nasa.gov/earthrightnow/ '''''EarthRightNow'''''] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/05/neil-tyson-cosmos-global-warming-earth-carbon '''''Neil deGrasse Tyson in ''Cosmos''] takes on Climate Change''''' [[File:Ship of the imagination Cosmos.jpg]] [http://www.scribd.com/doc/234244894/Our-Blue-Marble-Pale-Blue-Dot '''Our Blue Marble, Pale Blue Dot'''] '''''Remembering Carl Sagan in the original ''Cosmos''''' "The Earth is where we make our stand... our Pale Blue Dot, suspended in a sunbeam." '''''"For us it is to cherish and protect the only home we've ever known..."''''' [http://saganseries.com/] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=923jxZY2NPI][http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/PaleBlueDot-.jpg] [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Pale-blue-dot.jpg] [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:PaleBlueDot.jpg] '''''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Marble An oasis] in the vastness of space''''' - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [[Image:Earthinfrared mes 2005214 c.jpg|right]] [[Image:Earthinfrared mes 2005214 cd.jpg|right]] '''United States space program''' - [http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=83207 '''earth system monitoring'''] NASA's '''Earth Science Enterprise''' (ESE) -- Originally called "'''Mission to Planet Earth (MTPE)'''" [[Image:Mission to Planet Earth .jpg]] ESE is dedicated to "''understanding the total Earth system and the effects of natural and human-induced changes on the global environment''." [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/nsp/mtpe.htm] '''''Mission to Planet Earth's successor, NASA’s Earth Observing System (EOS), provides long-term global observations of the land surface, biosphere, solid Earth, atmosphere, and oceans.''''' [http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/NPP/main/#.VDFkmxZab8k '''''Suomi NPP - Next-generation Earth-observing satellite system'''''] [https://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/sets/72157627439487497/show/ NPP Images Gallery] [http://www.jpss.noaa.gov/program.html ''JPSS, next generation NASA-NOAA #EarthMonitoring satellite to launch in 2017''] '''''"The ultimate beneficiaries are the present and future generations of the people on Earth..."''''' '''''The goal of the Earth Observing Project is "improved understanding of the Earth as ''an integrated system''."''''' '''''ESE's Mission: "To improve life here'''" and "'''to understand and protect our home planet."''''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Science_Enterprise] '''#EarthScience''', '''#GeoScience''', '''#Earth360''', '''#GP360''', '''#EarthPOV''' [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Earth_satellites_in_3D.jpg Eyes on the Earth-Earth Right Now], [http://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov Earth Observing System Project], [https://earthdata.nasa.gov Earth Data], [http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features Earth Observatory], [http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Images/?eocn=topnav&eoci=images], [http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/Grace/ Grace], [http://grace.jpl.nasa.gov/ Grace-JPL], [http://www.csr.utexas.edu/grace/ Grace-UTexas] [http://visibleearth.nasa.gov Visible Earth], [http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/GlobalMaps/?eocn=topnav&eoci=globalmaps Global Maps], [http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_cat.php?categoryID=1484 Visible Earth_2], [http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=79765 Visible Earth_3], [http://eoimages2.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/79000/79765/dnb_land_ocean_ice.2012.3600x1800.jpg Visible Earth_4], [http://www.nasa.gov/content/earth-missions-list/ Earth Mission List] '''IceSat-2''' [http://icesat.gsfc.nasa.gov/icesat2/] - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICESat-2] [http://dahrjamail.net/former-nasa-chief-scientist-were-effectively-taking-a-sledgehammer-to-the-climate-system] [http://www.noaa.gov/features/02_monitoring/earthnightlights_images.html '''''Monitoring #Earth at night'''''][http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_at_Night] [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Americas_after_dark.jpg] [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Asia_from_Suomi_satellite.jpg] [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Europe_and_N_Africa_at_night_SUOMI.jpg] - - - - - - '''European space program''' - [https://earth.esa.int/web/guest/missions/esa-operational-eo-missions '''earth system monitoring'''] European Space Agency "'''Living Planet Programme'''" managed by Earth Observation Programmes - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_Planet_Programme] : GOCE – Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer - launched on March 17, 2009 - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_Field_and_Steady-State_Ocean_Circulation_Explorer] : SMOS – Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity satellite - studying ocean salinity and soil moisture; launched in 2 November 2009 - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_Moisture_and_Ocean_Salinity_satellite] : '''CryoSat''' is designed to map the Earth's ice cover. CryoSat-2 was launched 8 April 2010 - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CryoSat] - Euro Cryo Satellite/Earth Imaging * [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Research_from_Space '''''Geo-science: Eyes in the Sky'''''] [http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/24/incredible-polar-ice-loss-cryosat-antarctica-greenland ''Antarctic Ice Loss''] [http://www.climatecentral.org/news/antarctica-ice-melt-sea-level-18155 ''Antarctic Ice Sheet Expands, Why?''] : Swarm – is a trio of satellites to map the Earth's magnetism. The SWARM constellation was launched successfully on 22 November 2013 - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swarm_%28spacecraft%29] : Aeolus – Atmospheric Dynamics Mission will use an innovative laser to measure winds. Due for launch in 2015 - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADM-Aeolus] : EarthCARE – Earth Clouds Aerosols and Radiation Explorer will examine the formation and effects of clouds. Due for launch in 2016 - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EarthCARE] : BIOMASS is designed to calculate the amount of carbon stored in the world's forests, and to monitor for any changes over the course of its five-year mission. Due to launch in 2020 - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIOMASS] ---- {{WorkingOn}} '''''May/Apr 2014''''' '''GP360 News:''' We have updated '''GreenPolicy360 to MediaWiki 1.19''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_version_history] Upward and onward GP360! In progress - updated maps. [http://Semantic-MediaWiki.org Semantic MediaWiki] ---- '''Florida, Los Angeles, New York''' vulnerable to climate change... US gov efforts to assess risk now include interagency coordination. [[File:Rising Seas NatGeo M Sept13 s.jpg|link=http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Sea-Level_Rise_%26_Mitigation]] * '''''[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Sea-Level_Rise_%26_Mitigation Rising Seas - Against the Tide]''''' ---- '''''March 2014''''' 31 March 2014/Japan/IPCC international conference - "The '''Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)''' issued a report today that says the '''effects of climate change are already occurring on all continents and across the oceans'''. The extensive set of documents, continuing a multi-year series of scientific documentation and analyses, details latest developments and warns that the world is "ill-prepared" for risks from a changing climate. The report also states that there are "opportunities" to respond to such risks, though the risks will be difficult to manage with high levels of warming... [http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/ar5/pr_wg2/140330_pr_wgII_spm_en.pdf] [http://ipcc-wg2.gov/AR5/images/uploads/IPCC_WG2AR5_SPM_Approved.pdf] [http://ipcc-wg2.gov/AR5/report/final-drafts/] #climatechange IPCC Update Government officials and top climate scientists will meet in Berlin from April 7-12 to review a 29-page next steps draft that estimates '''the needed shift to low-carbon energies will cost between two and six percent of world output by 2050'''... The IPCC draft report is the third and final study in a U.N. series about climate change, updating findings from 2007. [http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/06/us-climate-un-idUSBREA3506B20140406] [http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/04/06/climate-change-needs-the-politics-of-the-impossible.html] [http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2014/04/impacts-of-climate-change-part-2-of-the-new-ipcc-report-has-been-approved/comment-page-2/] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [[File:Hello3.jpg | link=http://www.data.gov/climate/welcome-climate-data-gov]] '''Climate.Data.gov launches''' [http://www.data.gov/climate] [http://www.data.gov/climate/welcome-climate-data-gov] In the pilot-stage of Climate.Data.gov, you will find resources "to help companies, communities, and citizens understand and prepare for the impacts of coastal flooding and sea level rise." Over time, the "Climate Data community" will expand to include more datasets, web services, and tools. "It will also cover other themes such as the vulnerability of the food supply and the threats to human health from climate change." The resources page features datasets and services on coastal vulnerability. [http://catalog.data.gov/dataset?groups=climate5434&_groups_limit=0] Tools and information to help communities prepare for coastal inundation... [http://www.data.gov/climate/climate-resources] [http://www.usc.edu/org/seagrant/research/sea_level_rise_vulnerability.html] ---- '''''Mar/Feb/Jan 2014''''' '''''Cities now reporting more than ''8,000 climate actions'' currently underway...''''' '''''Take climate action in your community''''' - Add to 8,068 climate change actions reported at the international '''C40 conference''' [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/images/8068_CC_actions.jpg] ''More'' [http://www.c40.org C40], [http://www.c40.org/cities cities], [http://www.c40.org/blog_posts/CAM2 webcam], [http://c40.org/blog_posts/infographic-c40-cities-releases-landmark-research-revealing-expansion-acceleration-of-climate-actions-in-megacities], [http://issuu.com/c40cities/docs/c40_climate_action_in_megacities], [http://www.c40.org/ending-climate-change-begins-in-the-city] ---- [[Image:GFW1a.jpeg|left]] '''Global Forest Watch''' launches [https://plus.google.com/115519007136221820067/posts/2ntxMkhNpf5] [http://GlobalForestWatch.org], [http://www.wri.org/our-work/project/global-forest-watch] [http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2014/02/monitoring-worlds-forests-with-global.html] ---- [[File:Transition-to-productive-and-sustainable-farming s.jpg]] '''Agroecological Farming''' * “Business as usual” of expanding industrialized agriculture is not a viable option for meeting the challenges we face in the future. * We must transition to greener, sustainable agriculture and food systems. * Family farmer agroecology works and is a vital part of the solution. Agroecology_Groundswell [http://www.groundswellinternational.org/how-we-work/agroecological-farming/] From GP360's "'''Little Green Book'''" ---- [[File:EOS starliner gr2.png]] '''''[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/EOS_eco_Operating_System eco Operating System featured in Green Horizon]''''' [[Image:GH1 sm.jpg|left]] '''''eOS -- a network of effective green policies, politics and practices''''' '''''eOS Part 1 December 2013''''' [http://www.green-horizon.org/eos/ eOS... '''''Global Green Challenge'''''] [http://www.scribd.com/doc/189078245/eOS-EcoOperatingSystem-1] '''''eOS Part 2 June 2014''''' [http://www.green-horizon.org/eos2/ eOS... '''''Challenges & Opportunities'''''] '''''eOS Part 3 October 2014''''' '''''GreenPolicy360/eOS''''' -- ''extending the '''GP360''' database of green models for use in all communities -- local, national, international'' ---- [[Image:Earthrise vertical-fromApollo s.jpg]] '''''Remembering 'Earthrise'''''' - ''December 1968'' [http://www.youtube.com/embed/dE-vOscpiNc Earthrise memories on the 45th anniversary] - [http://www.abc.net.au/science/moon/earthrise.htm Earth-home, the historic view of Earth from Apollo] ''"The earth from here [circling the moon] is a grand oasis in the big vastness of space."'' — Jim Lovell, live Apollo 8 - ''1968'' ''"If somebody had said before the flight, 'Are you going to get carried away looking at the earth from the moon?' I would have said, 'No, no way.' But yet when I first looked back at the earth, standing on the moon, I cried."'' — Alan Shepard, Astronaut ''"As you pass from sunlight into darkness and back again every hour and a half, you become startlingly aware how artificial are thousands of boundaries we've created to separate and define. And for the first time in your life you feel in your gut the precious unity of the Earth and all the living things it supports."'' — Russell Schweikart, Apollo 9 ''"As we got further and further away, it [the Earth] diminished in size. Finally it shrank to the size of a marble, the most beautiful you can imagine. That beautiful, warm, living object looked so fragile, so delicate..."'' — James Irwin, Apollo 15 ---- "'''''The Overview Effect'''''" [https://vimeo.com/55073825] refers to the experience of seeing firsthand the reality of the Earth in space, which is immediately understood to be a tiny, fragile ball of life, hanging in the void, shielded and nourished by a paper-thin atmosphere. From space, the astronauts tell us, national boundaries vanish, the conflicts that divide us become less important and the need to create a planetary society with the united will to protect this "pale blue dot" '''Visit''' the [http://www.overviewinstitute.org '''Overview Institute'''] ____________________________________________________________________________________ [[File:View-of-Aurora-from-ISS m.jpg]] '''''Watch magnificent time-lapse Earth views''''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG0fTKAqZ5g&list=UUIcA_1j7WQ8VXyygM6qI-fw '''''All Alone in the Night'''''] - '''''Serving Suggestion: FULL Screen, 1080p, lights off, volume up, lean back and fly''''' [https://vimeo.com/80588358 '''''The View Outside My Window'''''-Vimeo] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOAEIMx39-w '''''The View'''''-YouTube] - '''''Serving Suggestion: FULL Screen, 1080p, lights off, volume up. Even better, go 'Original' for 2160p - 4K... What a view'''''
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