We bet there are lots of great local resources in your area who stand ready to help your kids. Check into the following resources:
- Meteorlogists with local news stations
- Manufacturers of green energy products
- Builders and architects who specialize in green homes
- Energy auditors from local utilities
- Naturalists from nearby Parks & Recreation offices
- Trainers from the Climate Change Project
- Project managers from wind farms and solar installations
International/National Climate Resources
- "Investigating Weather & Climate" by Discovery School
- "Air, Weather & Water" by Ignite Learning
- "Six Degrees that Could Change the World" by Discovery School
- "The 11th Hour" by The Discovery Channel
- http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/
- http://epa.gov/climatechange/kids/
- http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/climate-change
- http://www.unep.org/Themes/climatechange/
- http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/climate_change/index.cfm
- http://www.exploratorium.edu/climate/
- http://www.wecansolveit.org/content/pages/60/?source=GoogleSearch&subsource=Google_BrandedMonitor_1x1
- http://www.nature.com/climate/index.html
- http://www.who.int/globalchange/climate/en/
- http://www.climateclassroom.org/
- http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=11939
- http://www.windows.ucar.edu/citizen_science/budburst/
- http://www.eo.ucar.edu/basics/
Midwest Climate Resources
- http://www.usgcrp.gov/usgcrp/Library/nationalassessment/overviewmidwest.htm
- http://www.umesc.usgs.gov/climate_change/symposium_2007.html
- http://www.tucson.ars.ag.gov/unit/Publications/PDFfiles/1670.pdf
- http://www.climateandenergy.org/Explore/ClimateChangeAndTheMidwest/Index.htm
- http://www.climatechange.com.au/2005/09/15/tropical-deforestation-affects-rainfall-around-the-globe/
- http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-03-31-global-warming-health_N.htm
- http://chge.med.harvard.edu/publications/documents/agricultureclimate.pdf
- http://www.dnr.mo.gov/energy/cc/cc7.htm
- http://www.dnr.mo.gov/energy/cc/cc.htm
- http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/UniqueKeyLookup/SHSU5BUTGH/$File/mo_impct.pdf
- http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap4-3/final-report/Synthesis_SAP_4.3.pdf
Conservation Resources
- http://www1.eere.energy.gov/consumer/tips/
- http://www.together.com/us
- http://www.climatecrisis.net/takeaction/whatyoucando/
- http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/appliances/news/20-free-ways-to-save-energy-9-06/overview/20-free-ways-to-save-energy_ov.htm
- http://www.powerhousekids.com/stellent2/groups/public/documents/pub/phtv_se_000498.hcsp
Green Roofs Resources
- "’Green’ Roofs Sprouting Across U.S. Skylines," International Herald Tribune, 8/10/05.
- "Green Roofs for Healthy Cities Awards 2008," Inhabit, 5/12/08.
- "Fight Climate Change by Turning Roof Green," International Herald Tribune, 3/19/08.
- "A Roof Garden? It’s Much More Than That," The New York Times, 8/10/05.
- http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/902/
- http://www.greenroofs.org/
- http://www.greenroofs.com/
- http://www.epa.gov/hiri/strategies/greenroofs.html
General Energy Resources
- http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/index.html
- http://www.eere.energy.gov/kids/
- http://www.communityenvironmentalcouncil.org/Programs/EP/index.cfm?gclid=CISo6JXq7ZUCFQEGQQodCFoVeA