Earth Day 20008 is next Tuesday the 22nd, however many events are taking place worldwide beginning this weekend. The EarthDay Network, established by the original founders of Earth Day, provides an abundance of information and resources for getting active.
In addition, The National Academies has released it's 2008 version of "Understanding and Responding to Climate Change" (pdf, 3.3 MB) and is providing free printed editions, also. The academies have also established a website, Safe Drinking Water is Essential, that highlights what I believe is the most pressing environmental issue facing the world today.
Speaking of pressing environmental issues, last summer, long time environmental activist Leonardo DiCaprio released a documentary film entitled The 11th Hour. It phrases our current crises in the context of the opportunities they present the current generation coming of age. The trailer is embedded below:
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2 comments:
Hey Scott,
This is Tristan from Apture. I saw your comment on Will Richardson's Weblogg-ed blog about Apture and wanted to give you a warm welcome to the Apture community. Please send us feedback any time at feedback@apture.com
Did you know you can link PDFs and add multiple media to a single link? For example, you can select your PDF link to "Understanding and Responding to Climate Change" and convert it into an Apture link, so people can view the document without leaving the page. Then you could add related links to a Wikipedia article about Climate Change, and Flickr photos of pollution. These are just some ideas. Try "Add Related Media..." sometimes.. you'd be surprised what you can find. :)
Love the blog so far, best of luck!
Tristan
Thanks Tristan. I tried your suggestions on the pdf and media links, great product.
Scott
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