>Star Trek has provided may sustainable lessons for it's viewers. "The adherence to protection of every kind of species and habitat runs through all of Star Trek, and its principles give it great relevance to sustainability professionals of today."
Star Trek IV
Spock: To hunt a species to extinction is not logical.
Kirk: Ironic. When man was killing these creatures, he was destroying his own future."
- from Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
>After the mile-wide tornado stuck the town of Moore, OK, 25 individuals lost their lives, including seven students from Plaza Towers Elementary School. "Parents of the seven Oklahoma boys and girls killed when a massive tornado struck their elementary school are joining forces to help prevent other families from suffering such an unimaginable loss. Their goal: To build twister-proof shelters in every school in the state.
> "Since his days as head of the Solar Energy Research Institute under President Jimmy Carter, Denis Hayes has been pushing to add more renewable energy sources to the country’s energy portfolio." This video discusses the current U.S. market for renewables such as solar and wind, and gives his take on where he sees America’s energy future headed."
>At Happy Boy Farms, near Santa Cruz, sales director Jen Lynne "believes dry farming could be an important agricultural practice in the future, when water will likely be a less abundant resource. " Learn how she produces some of the most flavorful tomatoes in the most arid conditions. Lynne says, "Once you taste a dry-farmed tomato, you'll never want anything else."
Weekend participants.
>Robert L. Cavnar participated in "a remarkable program that combines furniture making with an effort to educate about sustainability. The program is called the Naked Table Project, begun five years ago by Charles Shackleton, furniture maker and co-founder of Shackleton Thomas in Bridgewater, Vermont. " The program lasts a weekend, and it begins with The weekend begins with "Shackleton expressing his vision for a sustainable world with an emphasis on being a localvore: that is, sourcing products, food, and services from each area in which we live. Doing so creates more jobs and a better local economy, is more environmentally responsible, and reduces the use of carbon in our everyday lives."
>The Great Energy Challenge is supported and driven by National Geographic. It is an "important National Geographic initiative designed to help all of us better understand the breadth and depth of our current energy situation. "
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>Kids, parents, and all audiences can enjoy this new seven-part series that delves deeply into the scientific and social issues surrounding the world's most important resources. The series is hosted by NBC Learn and the National Science Foundation. The first episode, Sustainability: Water "starts out with a tutorial on the global water cycle, which transports water through the air, land and seas. The series takes a closer look at the places in America where worries about water are already rising."
The net-zero concept design.
>"A brand new design for Jinshui Science and Technology Park has emerged with sustainability at its core. Architecture studio GDS Architects unveiled their modern design last week - a series of high rise towers that have a zero carbon footprint. The project, to be completed in Zhengzhou, China, is an ambitious one consisting of nine towers of 13 or 11 stories, but each one designed for optimum energy efficiency."
Read more about the concept and design of this unique park.
>"Perhaps the man-made slope will never rival the summits of Sweden or the Alps, where residents of Denmark's capital city typically travel to ski. But it will draw attention to Copenhagen's world-leading effort to cut fossil energy and waste. The ski slope will rest atop a $389 million (500 million euro), 60-megawatt power station fueled entirely by the city's garbage."