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== NEWS == 
'''Vikram Dhillon''' (born September 5, 1973 in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto,_Ontario Toronto, Ontario]) is an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Canadian Indo-Canadian] film producer, director, actor and a former [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VJ_(media_personality) VJ].


'''''June 2014'''''
{{From wp|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikram Dhillon}}
 
'''''Frontlines of Green Best Practices'''''
 
; [[GreenLinks]] updated
 
[[File:Green-search.png]]
 
[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] [GP360 Facebook]
 
'''Climate Rules to Rewrite US Energy Map'''
[http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/207926-boehner-climate-plan-nuts "Nuts" says Republican leader] --
[http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/207938-wh-epa-rule-will-lower-bills-create-jobs Overview] President Obama says EPA action will create jobs, reduce global warming, improve health and more... political battle looms --
[http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/207884-read-the-epas-new-carbon-pollution-rule EPA summary] --
[http://thehill.com/regulation/energy-environment/207911-obamas-climate-rule-clocks-in-at-645-pages 645 pages] -- WASHINGTON — Rule proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency would cut carbon pollution from power plants 30 percent from 2005 levels by 2030 – the equivalent, according to the agency, of taking two-thirds of all cars and trucks in America off the road
[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 Plan review] --
[http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/03/us/politics/key-details-of-epa-carbon-emissions-proposal.html?_r=0 Details] --
[http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2023748106_apxobamaglobalwarming.html Reduced energy costs] --
[http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-27663286 A significant step]
 
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]
 
[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Time_for_a_Price_on_Carbon#It.27s_Time '''Time for a Price on Carbon''']
 
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'''"Look at how thin our atmosphere is. This is all there is between humankind and deadly space."'''[https://plus.google.com/104105656721944993244/posts/4Cp2QAKR1qK]
 
[[File:Iss040e008179 earth's atmosphere .jpg]]
 
'''June 17 - Alexander Gerst on the #ISS''' [http://blogs.esa.int/alexander-gerst/]
A '''thin atmospheric layer''' enabling life as we know it...
[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:ISS_038e037342.jpg]
[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Earths_Atmospheric_Layers.JPG]
[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:ISS_050420_01_010e24868_Soyuz_Vittori_Eneide.jpg]
[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:ISS_Soyuz_TMA-19_spacecraft_departs_the_ISS.jpg]
[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:ISS_setting_moon.jpg]
 
We are just beginning to geo-monitor our '''thin atmosphere''' and bio-systems on earth from space -- first-gen data and realizations, isn't it about time?
[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Isn%27t_it_time.jpg] [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Micro-satellites]
 
NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2): A game changer - http://climate.nasa.gov/blog/1105 [http://climate.nasa.gov/blog]
 
'''June 18''' - '''Seeing Climate Change From Space:''' NASA Creates Image-Based iPad App [http://ecowatch.com/2014/06/18/climate-change-nasa-app/]
 
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'''''May 2014'''''
 
'''Geoscience: Eyes in the Sky, Monitoring the Earth by Satellite''' http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Micro-satellites / Earth Imaging: The Antarctic: Big Melt Accelerates [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Research_from_Space]
 
Earth Imaging 'startups' -- nextgen #earthscience in an era of #climatechange and #globalsecurity threat -- “Five years from now, there might be 200 or more up there..." [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/OmniEarth], GeoOptics [http://geooptics.com/], NovaWurks [http://www.novawurks.com/index.html], OmniEarth [http://www.marketwatch.com/story/omniearth-announces-partnership-to-create-global-satellite-constellation-and-extensive-hosted-payload-opportunity-2014-05-20], OrbitLogic [http://www.orbitlogic.com/], PlanetiQ [http://www.planetiq.com/], Planet Lab [http://www.planet.com/] [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:Skybox farmcropdata Japan2013 s.jpg]]
 
“With all these start-ups, the things you’ll be able to do with satellite images will grow exponentially.” [IEEE-May 2014]
 
Moving from military-defense-communication operations to earth systems-defense, monitoring, sustainability and eco-nomics functions.
 
24/7 high-definition video of Earth <Urthecast-ISS> [http://www.urthecast.com/]
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/] [http://education.ssc.nasa.gov/hunch.asp]
 
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'''Florida, Los Angeles, New York''' vulnerable to climate change begin planning for sea-level rise.
 
US gov efforts to assess risk now include interagency coordination.
 
'''[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Sea-Level_Rise_%26_Mitigation Rising Seas - Against the Tide]''' 
 
[[File:Rising Seas NatGeo M Sept13 s.jpg]]
 
'''#Adaptation Action''' [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Adaptation.jpg]
 
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'''Updates''': We have added to our "'''''GreenLinks'''''" [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/%22GreenLinks%22 '''GreenLinks'''] PDF [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/GreenLinks_GreenPolicy360.net_2014_rev1.2.1.pdf] 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 next month as we extend GreenPolicy's shareable community resources.
 
Also take a look at our 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]
 
We also invite you to '''''Visit''''' our new '''''GreenBestPractices''''' site [https://twitter.com/greenpolicy360 GreenPolicy360] at Twitter!
 
[[File:GreenPolicy360 Twitter.jpg]]
 
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[[File:Ship of the imagination Cosmos.jpg]]
 
Remembering Carl Sagan as [http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/05/neil-tyson-cosmos-global-warming-earth-carbon Cosmos] takes on challenges we face in today's world.
 
"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]
 
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[[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.
 
"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''' [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], [http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=79765], [http://www.nasa.gov/content/earth-missions-list/]
 
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'''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-1 was lost in 2005. CryoSat-2 was launched 8 April 2010 - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CryoSat]
: 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]
 
 
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'''''April 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]
 
 
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'''''March 2014'''''
 
Press Release:
Japan, 31 March 2014
"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 world, in many cases, is ill-prepared for risks from a changing climate. The report also concludes 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/]
 
April 6 - 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/]
 
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'''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]
 
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Does business have a social responsibility beyond profit? Yes.
 
At the Apple annual shareholder meeting, when faced with a conservative think-tank's objections to Apple's green energy and environmental initiatives, Apple CEO Tim Cook spoke up -- "We do a lot of things for reasons besides profit motive... We want to leave the world better than we found it." To any who found the company's environmental dedication either ideologically or economically ill-advised, they can "get out of the stock," Cook said.
 
[http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57619770-37/tim-cook-advises-climate-change-deniers-to-get-out-of-apple-stock/] [http://touch.latimes.com/#section/1717/article/p2p-79478905/]
 
 
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'''''January/February 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 '''C40 conference - Feb. 2014''' [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]
 
 
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[[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]
 
 
 
 
 
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[[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'''"
 
 
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[[Image:GH1 sm.jpg|left]]
 
'''The Global Challenge: The eOS Proposal'''
 
'''eOS featured in Green Horizon''' [http://www.green-horizon.org/eos/] [http://www.scribd.com/doc/189078245/eOS-EcoOperatingSystem-1] [http://Scribd.com/collections/4368095/GreenPolicy360-eOS]
 
'''Green Parties International listing''' PDF [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Green_Parties_global_list_June_2014update.pdf] 
 
 
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[[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]
 
 
"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 say, "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
 
 
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; ''November/December 2013''
 
[[Image:EOS starliner3.jpg]]
 
'''''eOS -- a network of effective green policies, politics and practices''''' [http://www.green-horizon.org/eos/]
 
'''GreenPolicy360/eOS''' -- extending the GP360 database of green models for use in all communities -- local, national, international
 
'''GreenPolicy360/eOS''' launches Google+ channel [http://bit.ly/1aUytFV]
 
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'''Good Government & the Digital Era'''
 
Technology is central to the design of government programs... "What good governance and the good society look like is now inextricably linked to an understanding of the digital." -- Tim O'Reilly
[http://CodeForAmerica.org/2013/11/08/whats-really-at-stake-in-better-interfaces-to-government/]
 
* [http://CodeForAmerica.org/issues/openness/ Code for America]
'''Open Government/Digital Services'''
* [[Friends of GreenPolicy360| Visit GP360's Friends]]
 
 
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; ''October 2013''
 
[[Image:Pacific Coast Action Plan .jpg]]
 
A Model for Regional/Local Approaches to Climate Change - '''Pacific Coast Action Plan on Climate & Energy'''
* [[Media:Pacific Coast Climate Action Plan.pdf| PDF]]
 
; Two new cool tools for digital visualizations
[http://Gigaom.com/2013/10/08/new-tool-lets-you-visualize-just-about-anything-in-5-minutes-maybe-less RAW]
[http://TableauSoftware.com/public/how-it-works TableauPublic]
 
 
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; ''September 2013''
 
The ALEC agenda, not a green agenda but a powerful lobbying agenda that too often attempts to push back a green agenda... Here the ALEC org fails - "Renewable energy overpowers ALEC" [http://BillMoyers.com/2013/08/20/renewable-energy-overpowers-alec]
 
 
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; ''August 2013''
 
[[Image:Wikimedia commons-Couverture Turning the Tide On Climate Change.jpg|right]]
 
US/Climate Change/Response Planning by States
 
; Maryland Advances Climate/Energy Plan... emission reduction goals surpass California and all states except Massachusetts
[http://bit.ly/1aMBt5Z] / [http://YouTube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=TgOQryJFOEA]
 
; Maryland Governor Unveils Strongest US Plan To Fight Climate Change  [http://CleanTechnica.com/2013/07/25/maryland-governor-unveils-strongest-us-plan-to-fight-climate-change]
 
Maryland Gov. O'Malley ups ante for reduction of statewide greenhouse gases. Stating that "''we trust in the fierce urgency of now''," Maryland's Gov. proposes to reduce economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions 25 percent by 2020 and state policy proposals include accelerating state clean energy and efficiency goals. ''"We move forward, not back..."'' [http://ClimateChange.Maryland.gov] [http://ClimateChange.Maryland.gov/site/assets/files/1392/ggra_plan_7-11-13.pdf PDF]
 
 
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'''Historic-drought (climate change warning)''' [Updated: 2014]
 
* Five Maps of U.S. Drought [http://www.vox.com/2014/5/15/5720870/drought-california-us-maps]
'''California's emergency measures''' [http://plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov/wordpress/?p=6114] [http://gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=18496]
* California's drought is being billed as the driest period in the state's recorded rainfall history ...
* California is coming off its driest year since record-keeping began in the 1800s
* Never in the State Water Project's 54-year history has there been zero water allocation
* California Drought: The Worst Yet To Come?
* Historic California drought called a red flag for future of US (+video)''
* NASA [http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/news/california-drought-20140225/index.html#.Uw0_L5F5mK2]
 
Sources, click thru [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/images/Calif_Drought_-_Feb_2014.pdf (PDF)]
 
Climate Change and California's epic drought [http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/01/31/3223791/climate-change-california-drought] 
 
 
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; ''July 2013''
 
'''Climate Extremes are Unprecedented''' - BBC Global News [http://BBC.co.uk/news/science-environment-23154073]
Warmest decade in 2001-2010, WMO survey shows
 
'''Water Alert''' - US Groundwater Depletion "accelerating", May 2013''' [http://USGS.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=3595#.UdLrEpzEorU] / Water Stress - NatGeo US [http://NewsWatch.NationalGeographic.com/2013/10/09/more-water-stress-than-meets-the-eye]
 
; Climate Change / US Drought Monitor  [http://DroughtMonitor.unl.edu]
 
 
 
[[Image:GHCN Temperature Stations.png]]
 
'''History-making drought conditions''' - new water conservation measures announced
 
: TX [http://TexasTribune.org/2013/06/30/texas-push-show-farmers-how-save-water]
: TX [http://DailyTexanOnline.com/news/2013/06/21/perry-signs-water-conservation-bills-amongst-worsening-drought-conditions]
: TX [http://Star-Telegram.com/2013/06/03/4906347/opposition-forming-to-massive.html]
: NM [http://SantaFeNewMexican.com/news/local_news/article_179106f2-dad6-540d-9f1c-a2d036682417.html]
: NM [http://ABQjournal.com/main/209996/blogs/nm-science/drought-watch-new-mexico-still-worst-in-the-nation.html]
: NM [http://ThinkProgress.org/climate/2013/06/04/2096521/900-firefighters-battle-major-wildfires-fueled-by-historic-new-mexico-drought/]
: AZ [http://AZwater.gov/AzDWR/Statewideplanning/Drought/default.htm]
: UT [http://SLtrib.com/sltrib/politics/56259489-90/400-ahead-assessment-climate.html.csp]
: Colorado River watershed [http://kjzz.org/content/1306/study-says-global-warming-will-reduce-colorado-river-levels-2050]
: Southwest [http://ClimateCentral.org/news/8-images-to-understand-the-drought-in-the-southwest-16149]
: Southwest [http://Elkodaily.com/news/percent-of-west-now-in-drought/article_ba95f2c6-e11c-11e2-b0d1-001a4bcf887a.html]
: Southwest [http://Wrh.noaa.gov/twc/climate/seazDM.php]
: Midwest/Aquifers [http://TheAtlanticWire.com/national/2013/05/midwest-has-less-water-more-drought-its-future/65414]
 
: National Water Resources Information [https://Niwr.net/public/Migration/water-resources-information]
: Nationally - two thirds of the country in drought conditions, one third severe [http://AZcentral.com/news/articles/2012/07/19/20120719us-drought-arizona-endures-15th-year.html]
: National - Maps/Infographics [http://TreeHugger.com/energy-policy/president-obamas-climate-change-plan-infographic.html]
: [http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/regional_monitoring/palmer.gif GIF]
: National/State online drought resources [http://Drought.unl.edu/Planning/PlanningInfobyState/StateDroughtPages2012.aspx]
: Dust-bowl proportions [http://TheAtlanticWire.com/national/2012/07/2012-drought-reaches-dust-bowl/54605]
: US gov monitoring drought conditions [http://Drought.gov/drought]
: US drought designations as of June 2013 [http://USDA.gov/documents/usda-drought-fast-track-designations-062613.pdf PDF]
: US Climate prediction/drought [http://Cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/Drought]
 
 
'''International''' - July 2013: [http://Guardian.co.uk/global-development/2013/jul/06/food-supply-threat-water-wells-dry-up The Guardian]
 
'''Global''' - July 2013: Latest NOAA Climatic Data Center report shows *global* June 2013 temperatures as 5th highest on record (summary at [http://1.USA.gov/15lEabn]). First half of 2013 (Jan–Jun) 7th warmest on record.
 
 
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'''''More GP360/eOS Networking'''''
 
 
[[Image:Appropedia.jpg|left]]
 
'''''Appropedia''''' ''http://Appropedia.org''
 
Here's to growing the MediaWiki ''''Appropriate Technology'''' community. We're looking forward at Green Policy to growing our connections with Appropedia.
 
Take an '''Up Close Look''' at [[Appropedia]] if you haven't already... thousands upon thousands of sustainable, forward thinking green projects for each and every community... Join in! Model projects welcome. Cultivate, grow, nurture and spread new ideas...
 
 
 
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'''Related appropriate tech:''' '''Engineering for Change - E4C''' provides a forum to connect, collaborate, solve challenges and share knowledge among engineers, technologists, social scientists, NGOs, local governments and community advocates dedicated to improving the quality of life -- helpful '''engineers w/o borders''' [https://www.engineeringforchange.org/home]
 
 
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[[Image:Asknature1s.png]]
 
 
'''AskNature''' -- a free, open source project, built by and for the community. [http://www.asknature.org/article/view/using_asknature]
 
AskNature is the world’s most comprehensive catalog of nature’s solutions to human design challenges. A one-of-a-kind online library features free information on natural phenomena and bio-inspired/biomimicry applications...
 
The goal of this eResource is to make the act of asking nature for “advice” a smart part of the innovation process. Be inspired to create life-friendly technologies that are healthy for people ''and'' the planet.
 
Biomimicry (from bios, meaning life, and mimesis, meaning to imitate) is a design discipline that seeks sustainable solutions. Nature’s time-tested patterns and strategies are a guide... [http://AskNature.org/article/view/why_asknature]
 
 
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[[Image:Tr logo2.gif]]
 
'''''Plant a Tree, a Simple Act in Your Neighborhood! '''''
 
http://TreePeople.org/how-plant-tree
 
 
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[[Image:SunlightFoundation-logo.png|left]]
 
'''Let the Sunshine in''' -- using the power of the Internet to deliver greater government openness and transparency [https://sunlightfoundation.com/] [http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/] [http://reporting.sunlightfoundation.com/about/]
 
'''Open States''' searchable database to check on U.S. state government representatives [http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2009/10/01/5-mins-fifty-state-project Open States: Data for all 50 States] [http://SunlightFoundation.com/blog/2013/02/14/open-states]
 
'''Introducing 'The Congress App'''' for iOS and Android [http://SunlightFoundation.com/blog/2013/07/09/introducing-congress-for-ios] [http://Congress.sunlightfoundation.com]
 
'''Money, Politics & Transparency Project''' / March 2014 [http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2014/03/25/announcing-money-politics-and-transparency-a-project-to-improve-global-political-finance-transparency/] online resource following global developments in money and politics
 
 
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[[Image:Greenpolicy -banner-1.jpg]]
 
===Our Purpose===
 
 
'''GreenPolicy360''' is an online database which lists local legislation/proposals/resolutions/ordinances/concepts that are congruent with Green values. Our database is growing all the time! Initially at GreenPolicy.US, we have expanded and continue to grow as GreenPolicy360. See the [[Introduction Video]]. Our eco-network is a system designed for sharing, a distributive web of green best practices.
 
GreenPolicy360 was developed for use in all communities, local, national, international.  Whether you're a progressive elected official, an activist or a concerned citizen, GreenPolicy360 lets you know how other communities are dealing with many of the key public policy issues of yesterday, today and tomorrow.  If you're working to craft similar legislation/proposals/resolutions/ordinances/concepts for your local community, or you just want to get an idea of best practices that might be possible, you can use the models and templates here, copy and paste what has worked in other communities and locations and modify to your own needs. "Think and act global ''and'' local!"
 
GreenPolicy360 is also an excellent reference source for students and online education.  With a wide array of topics, GreenPolicy360 will save you time and energy as you look to learn and become engaged in work to improve your community and our world. Whatever country you are in, you can learn from best practices from your region, bioregion or similar regions. Rather than spend hours and hours trying to locate source material, you can find many models and examples of what you're looking for right here, right now.
 
===How to Use this Site===
 
Our team has worked very hard to make it easy for you to find what you're looking for! We've created many tools for you to use as outlined below.
 
'''1) Browse our All Pages Index'''
: The [[Index|All Pages Index]] is broken down into categories and lists every single entry in GreenPolicy360.
 
<s>'''2) Google Maps'''</s>
: Maps being reprogrammed... SMW coming soon <s>Are you a ''visual'' person? Do you want to see what kinds of Green legislation and programs have been introduced and/or passed in your locale?  You can search by [[Map cities|Cities]], [[Map counties|Counties]] and [[Map education|Educational Institutions]].</s>
 
'''3) Browse/Search GreenPolicy360 through the use of a wide variety of categories'''
: Have you stopped by to see if you can find models for green policy in your community or are you interested in discovering green ideas of what might be <u>possible</u> to introduce in your community or region or country even?
:* Use this link to view all the [[:Category:Topic|topics]] we presently cover (e.g., [[:Category:Peace|Peace]], [[:Category:Housing|Housing]], [[:Category:Youth|Youth]], etc.)
:* Use this link to search by [[:Category:Location|location]] (e.g., [[:Category:State|U.S. States]], etc.)
:* Use this link to view by [[:Category:Entity Type|entity type]] (e.g., [[:Category:City Governments|City Governments]], [[:Category:School Districts|School Districts]], etc.)
:* Use this link to view by [[:Category:Legislation|type of legislation]] (e.g.,  [[:Category:Ordinances|ordinances]], [[:Category:Resolutions|resolutions]], etc.).
:* Use this link to see all [[:Category:Notable Cities|Notable Cities]], and [[:Category:Notable_Colleges|Notable Colleges]]
:* Use this link to peruse all the [[Special:Categories|categories]] in use on GreenPolicy360.
 
'''4) Searching the site on your own terms'''
: Simply enter your search words in the box to the left and click on '''Policy Search'''.  You can enter '''subject''' words, '''place names''', anything you want, and in any combination you want. ''Please be aware that searches must be at least three characters long. The database will not search for two-character search strings.''
 
'''5) A Note about the "background info" tab'''
:As we continue to develop the various capabilities of GreenPolicy360, it is our intent to provide you with more background information in the form of summaries, analyses, news article, interviews and first person narratives.
:To know whether or not any given entry possesses background information, all you need to identify is the color of the tab.  If the tab has blue lettering, then the entry <u>does</u> include background information.  If the tab has red lettering, it means that it does NOT include background information...yet.
 
'''6) For editing/text formatting help, review these Wiki markup guides:'''
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Section]
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Cheatsheet]
[http://www.cheat-sheets.org/saved-copy/Cheatsheet-mediawiki.pdf]
[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting]
[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Editing_pages]
[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikitext_examples]
[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:HTML_in_wikitext]
 
===Jump in - Add your Ideas, Add a New Keyword, 'Tag a Topic'===
 
Is there a category that you think should be included in our database that isn't? If so, send your category suggestions to [mailto:sjs@nets.com].
 
Consult the [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide User's Guide] for information on using this wiki software.
 
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]
* [[About Us]]
 
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[[Image:Friends.png]]
 
== [[Friends of GreenPolicy360]] ==
 
; Online/Web Resources
 
[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/%22GreenLinks%22 GreenLinks]
 
; Open Data/Distributive Web
 
[[File:Open Data stickers sm.jpg]]
 
'''GreenPolicy360 Open Data linked resources'''
 
* Alliance for Affordable Internet - http://a4ai.org/
 
* ArcGIS Open Data Platform - https://opendata.arcgis.com/about
 
* Code for America - http://codeforamerica.org/issues/openness/ 
: (Blog) http://www.codeforamerica.org/blog/
 
* CommonFutures EU/Int'l - http://CommonFutures.eu/the-future-of-open-possibly-the-largest-open-network-in-the-world
 
* Creative Commons - http://CreativeCommons.org 
: (TW) https://Twitter.com/creativecommons   
: (FB) https://Facebook.com/CreativeCommons
 
* Data Innovation - http://www.datainnovation.org/ - http://www.datainnovation.org/2014/04/the-economic-impact-of-open-data/
 
* Dbpedia - http://dbpedia.org/About
 
* Energy and Environment Legislation Tracking Database (US) - http://NCSL.org/issues-research/energyhome/energy-environment-legislation-tracking-database.aspx
 
* Fight for the Future - http://www.fightforthefuture.org/
: (TW) https://twitter.com/fightfortheftr
 
* Freedom of Information Requests/Government Attic (US) - http://GovernmentAttic.org
 
* Gaining Ground Information Database - http://landuse.law.pace.edu/SPT--BrowseResources.php?ParentId=183
 
* Github and Open Data update - http://m.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/02/catch-my-diff-githubs-new-feature-means-big-things-for-open-data/283673/ 
 
* Global Open Data Initiative - http://GlobalOpenDataInitiative.org
 
* GovFuturesLab - Reimagining governance for an age of planetary challenges and human responsibility 
: (FB) https://Facebook.com/govfutures 
: App4Gov (TW) https://Twitter.com/App4Gov
 
* GovTech - http://Govtech.com/e-government/Introducing-the-21st-Century-City-Hall.html
 
* GovTrack - https://www.Govtrack.us/   
: (TW) https://Twitter.com/Govtrack
 
* Institute for the Future - http://iftf.org/govfutures   
: (TW) https://Twitter.com/GovFuturesLab
 
* Linked Data - http://linkeddata.org/
 
* Open Data Innovation Summit, 2014 - http://theinnovationenterprise.com/summits/open-data-innovation-boston-2014
 
* Open Data Institute UK-Int'l - http://TheODI.org/about-us - http://TheGuardian.com/public-leaders-network/2013/oct/22/open-data-institute-summit-gavin-starks
 
* Open Data movement_Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Data
 
* Open Data Research Network - http://opendataresearch.org/
: http://opendataresearch.org/content/2014/646/towards-common-methods-assessing-open-data-workshop-report
 
* Open Data Summit, Oct 2013/Open Institute - https://Twitter.com/Open_Institute 
 
* Open Government Partnership - International - http://OpenGovPartnership.org 
: (TW) https://Twitter.com/opengovpart
 
* Open Knowledge Foundation Lab - http://okfn.org/
 
* Open Secrets/Center for Responsive Politics - http://www.opensecrets.org/
 
* OpenGov Foundation - http://OpenGovFoundation.org
 
* Project on Government Oversight - http://www.pogo.org/
 
* PublicAgenda - http://PublicAgenda.org 
: (TW) https://twitter.com/PublicAgenda 
 
* PublicBodies.org - http://blog.okfn.org/2013/07/09/introducing-open-knowledge-foundation-labs/
 
* Research Data Sharing without Barriers - https://RD-Alliance.org 
 
* The Constituent (US) - https://The-Constituent.com
 
* RDF Standards - http://W3.org/RDF
 
* Smart Growth Policy Database - http://cfpub.epa.gov/sgpdb/sgdb.cfm
 
* Smart Communities Network - http://SmartCommunities.ncat.org
 
* State Decoded - http://StateDecoded.com
 
* US Gov-EPA Databases - http://Water.EPA.gov/aboutow/owow/data.cfm
 
* World Summit on the Information Society +10/ - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Summit_on_the_Information_Society
 
* WWW Foundation, established by World Wide Web founder Tim Berners-Lee, devoted to all people having access to the Web - [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Beginning_of_WWW_89_TimBerners-Lee_CERN.jpg WWW at the beginning] [http://WebFoundation.org WebFoundation.org]
 
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