Nature editorial: “Scientists must now emphasize the science, while acknowledging that they are in a street fight.” – Nature News: “Attack sparks memories of McCarthy witch-hunt.”
Nature, the highly respected British scientific journal, has an excellent editorial and news story tomorrow on the recent assault on climate science (excerpted below).
Taking Nature’s advice, I urge the administration to send science advisor Holdren and NOAA Administrator Lubchenco and Energy Secretary Chu on a media blitz and national tour to explain and emphasize the [...]
Suit Filed to Save Penguins at Risk From Global Warming and Fisheries
SAN FRANCISCO- The Center for Biological Diversity and Turtle Island Restoration Network sued the Obama administration Tuesday for illegally delaying protection of penguins under the Endangered Species Act. The Interior Department failed to meet its December 19, 2009 deadline to list seven penguin species at risk of extinction due to climate change and commercial fisheries.
Adobe Youth Voices Launches New Tools for Educators
The Adobe Foundation today announced that its signature global philanthropy program, Adobe Youth Voices, has launched Adobe Youth Voices Essentials, a free, downloadable offering of the Adobe Youth Voices program for teaching youth 21st century digital media skills. Now available at www.youthvoices.adobe.com, Adobe Youth Voices Essentials enables educators to use key elements of Adobe Youth Voices curricula and other resources to create breakthrough digital media learning experiences for their students.
The Adobe Youth Voices Essentials lesson plans and activities are designed to help educators launch, guide and sustain effective youth media programs. The materials guide educators on youth-centered instruction, media production, and strategies for exhibition and distribution. Adobe Youth Voices Essentials also provides real-world examples of media projects produced by teens involved in the Adobe Youth Voices program, providing inspiration for educators and students alike.
Established in 2006, Adobe Youth Voices empowers youth in underserved communities to use technology to explore and express their perspectives on issues impacting them and their communities. The program gives educators the training and tools they need to develop unique experiences that inspire youth to become active and engaged participants in learning. In addition to building digital literacy, Adobe Youth Voices provides youth with real-world workplace skills such as teamwork and collaboration, as well as critical thinking and creativity.
“Adobe Youth Voices is committed to encouraging youth to be creative, articulate contributors to their communities,” said Michelle Mann, executive director of the Adobe Foundation. “We’re proud to support educators in constructing meaningful and inspiring learning experiences for students around the world with the availability of Adobe Youth Voices Essentials.”
About Adobe Youth Voices
Adobe Youth Voices is the Adobe Foundation’s global philanthropic initiative that empowers youth from underserved communities with digital media skills so they can comment on their world, share their ideas and take action on issues that are important to them. By harnessing the energy and insight of young people 13-19 years old, Adobe Youth Voices aims to inspire a dialogue for change in their communities.
The program teaches youth to express themselves through documentary film-making, photography, print journalism, radio diaries, animation, Web communications and other media. The Adobe Youth Voices global network now includes 158 sites, grantees and organizations in 31 countries, engaging over 20,000 youth and 1,000 educators in schools and out-of-school programs.
Adobe Youth Voices Essentials enables all educators to take advantage of a subset of Adobe Youth Voices materials and curricula. These free step-by-step lesson plans and activities enable educators to help middle and high school-age youth create meaningful multimedia.
For more information, visit www.adobe.com/go/youthvoices.
About the Adobe Foundation
The Adobe Foundation is a 501(c)(3) private foundation created and funded by Adobe Systems Incorporated to leverage human, technological and financial resources to drive social change and community improvements.
Glenn Beck Attacks You!
A must-see video, but it only works if you have a Facebook account (click here).
Be sure to watch until the very end. The last joke is just laugh out loud funny, especially if you have a young daughter.
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Oil prices and profits are on the rise again. The anti-science disinformation campaign funded in large part by Big Oil is having unimaginable success. And the powerful minority of do-nothing ideologues appear to have the upper hand in the Senate.
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arbcombo — ARB Chair’s Seminar Series: Thursday, March 11, 2010 8:30 am PST (WEBCAST)
Presentation is Now Available!
Non-Enteric ROG Emissions from Dairies
in San Joaquin Valley, California .
newsclips — Newsclips for March 10, 2010.
California Air Resources Board News Clips for March 10, 2010.
Energy and Global Warming News for March 10: Climate’s a hot issue in Arkansas; New Senate ‘gang’ gathering on energy?
Climate’s a hot issue in Arkansas
Arkansas is rapidly emerging as ground zero for climate politics, as advocates from all sides swarm embattled incumbent Sen. Blanche Lincoln.
Lincoln’s approval rating — at an all-time low of 27 percent — has made her one of the most politically endangered Democrats in the Senate. Last week, Arkansas Lt. Gov. [...]
arbcombo — LCFS Expert Workgroup Meeting in Sacramento, CA – Save the date
The staff of the California Air Resources Board invites all
interested parties to the second Low Carbon Fuel Standard Expert
Workgroup meeting to be held on April 8, 2010 (8:30 AM to 5:00
PM) in Sacramento.
The Story of Stuff is now a book
Annie Leonard, creator of The Story of Stuff, a wonderful 20 minute animated film about the life-cycle of everyday products, has turned it into a book. Read all about it at http://www.storyofstuff.com/book.php. See also her other film, The Story of Cap and Trade.
