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Green World Rising

By Leila Conners -- Tree Media

The short film above, "Green World Rising," is the third episode in theGreen World Rising series narrated by actor Leonardo DiCaprio and created by Tree Media. A U.N. draft to guide upcoming climate summits is due to be published on Nov. 2. The leaked U.N. report says climate change may have "serious, pervasive and irreversible�" impacts on human society and nature.

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Silence isn't something people usually associate with middle school, but twice a day the halls of Visitacion Valley School in San Francisco fall quiet as the sixth, seventh and eighth grade students meditate for fifteen minutes.

And school administrators tell NBC News that the violence outside of the school, which is situated in one of San Francisco's poorest neighborhoods, was spilling into the school and affecting the students' demeanor.

"The kids see guns on a daily basis," the school's athletic director, Barry O'Driscoll said, adding, "there would be fights here three-to-five times a week."

With a typical schools days filled with mayhem, O'Driscoll was skeptical when the San Francisco Public School District partnered with the Center for Wellness and Achievement in Education to introduce a meditation program, called "Quiet Time," to four of its schools, including Visitacion Valley.

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Check out this great article about how one small effort at one school turned into an integration of environmental education in that school district.

The Winter issue of Journal of Organizational Learning and Leadership includes a study of Green Ribbon Schools and two articles on changes in formal education and their implications for leaders. 

We finally have research!

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Summer Program in Environmental Health (SUPEH) is a paid 10-week internship program for undergraduate students majoring in
environmental health in a program accredited by the National Environmental Health Science and Protection Accreditation Council (EHAC). Interns participate in activities with the Environmental Health Services Branch (EHSB) of CDC's National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH),where they gain environmental health experience and an understanding of environmental health work at the local, state, tribal, and federal levels. 

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Bard Center for Environmental Policy offers two masters programs: MS in Environmental Policy and MS in Climate Science and Policy Learn More

Bard CEP and Riverkeeper, New York's clean water advocacy group, are partnering together to offer a unique scholarship and career development opportunity to one incoming student each year.  Learn More

Energy Education and the Dilemma of Mitigating Climate Change

Turn Leftover Cafeteria Food into Hot Meals for the Hungry

Integrating STEM and Sustainability Education through Learning Gardens

Fund for Teachers Supports Sustainability One Teacher at a Time

President Obama's proposal to cut smog-forming pollution is good for public health and for the economy. But some are vowing to fight it every step of the way. Add your name to leave a comment for the EPA in support of cleaner, healthier air.  

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