The American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) is honoring ongoing Earth Day efforts by recognizing colleges and universities who have excelled in attempts to further the field of ecological sustainability.
As America’s Next Eco-Star, Katelyn Romanov says she intends to make it her personal duty to bring young people back into the environmental equation, and make clean energy and energy efficiency just as popular as March Madness.
The Quality Assurance Framework for Earth Observation (QA4EO) was established to provide a forum for debate and resolution of Quality Assurance (QA) issues within the EO community. A recent workshop tackled key QA concerns and established a roadmap to seek implementation of QA4EO throughout the EO community.
NASA launches the Beautiful Earth project to inspire and educate students, teachers and the public with images and videos of Earth from space, to the backdrop of music by Kenji Williams.
Space agencies and institutions are coming together in order to assist UNESCO to monitor and protect World Heritage Sites. Data that is gathered through space technologies is used to assess the environmental damage in places such as the Great Wall of China and Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.
Students from the DEVELOP National Program present their research results in the 2011 spring term virtual poster session. Ten Earth science projects were conducted across that nation by eight different DEVELOP teams, focusing on topics such as water quality, disaster management, public health, and ecological forecasting. DEVELOP is a training and development program that provides students and young professionals with experience in utilizing and integrating satellite remote sensing data into real world applications while extending NASA Earth science research and technology to society.
This informative article explains how to create seasonal Earth observation circular journals called Phenology Wheels. The journals are recorded in situ, and are an enjoyable activity for individuals, families, classrooms, youth programs, and workshops for people of all ages.
Earthzine is pleased to announce the winners of the 2010 University and College Student Essay and Blogging Competition, “Making Citizen Observations a Global Vision.” Co-sponsored by NASA, this year’s contest attracted well-written, thought provoking essays and an international dialogue with students on important environmental issues.
DEVELOP is a student training and development program extending NASA Earth science remote sensing research and technology into real world applications. Interns gain experience in utilizing and integrating satellite data for social benefit.
The Inquiry-to-Insight (I2I) project, a collaboration between Gothenburg University in Sweden and Stanford University in California, offers an educational program combining information and communication technologies (ICT), social networking Internet communities, and pedagogy directed at learning about and envisioning solutions to global environmental issues.
