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Title: Obama Administration to Honor ‘Green’ Schools That Teach ‘Environmental Literacy’ (Climate Change)
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Cybercast News Service
URL Source: http://cnsnews.com/news/article/oba ... nistration-honor-green-schools
Published: May 17, 2011
Author: Penny Starr
Post Date: 2011-05-17 22:46:05 by Hondo68
Keywords: global green energy, climate change, sustain our world
Views: 24279
Comments: 39
(CNSNews.com) – Next year on Earth Day, the Obama administration plans to announce which U.S. schools have been selected as “Green Ribbon Schools,” a designation that will “honor” schools for “creating healthy and sustainable learning environments” and for “teaching environmental literacy.”
The Green Ribbon Schools program was announced in late April, but details on how schools will be picked or what the honor entails have not been released.
Jo Ann Webb, spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of Education, told CNSNews.com that the program is still under development.
“The criteria have not been developed yet,” Webb said. “The plan is for the U.S. Department of Education, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Council for Environmental Quality to develop the criteria this spring and summer and to issue the call for applications early this fall.
Webb said the program would recognize schools for “engaging students on environmental issues and producing environmentally literate students; increasing energy efficiency and using renewable energy technologies; and creating healthy learning environments by addressing environmental issues in the schools.”
Webb said approximately 50 Green Ribbon schools could be named on Earth Day 2012. In announcing the program, Obama administration officials touted the importance of environmentalism as part of a good education.
“Preparing our children to be good environmental citizens is some of the most important work any of us can do,” U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said when he announced the new program last month. “It’s work that will serve future generations and quite literally sustain our world.”
“Each day, we ask students across the nation to demonstrate excellence, integrity and leadership in the classroom, and in return, the federal government must do the same,” said Nancy Sutley, chairwoman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality.
“The Green Ribbon Schools program will recognize healthy learning spaces that promote environmental literacy and prepare our leaders of tomorrow to win a clean energy future.”
What is meant by “environmental literacy” varies, depending on the source, but in general, it includes a belief that human actions are contributing to climate change.
In announcing the Green Ribbon Schools program, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson said that schools taking part in the program "will help kids connect what they’re learning in science class with the world around them, allowing them to envision solutions to tomorrow’s challenges while living healthier lives today.
“By making green living a part of everyday learning, Green Ribbon Schools will prepare our children to win the future by leading our global green energy economy,” Jackson said.
'Energy literacy'
The Education Department and EPA aren't the only federal agencies reaching out to young people.
Separately, the U.S. Energy Department -- in its 2011 Strategic Plan -- says it intends to "promote energy literacy" to achieve the Obama administration's national energy goals.
"Because today’s young generation are tomorrow’s world leaders, we will champion outreach through competitions, project-based learning, interactive gaming, and social media," the report says on page 21.
The Energy Department says its energy literacy effort will aim for a "modest understanding of energy sources, generation, use and conservation strategies" to allow "informed decisions on topics from home energy use to international energy policy."
The Energy Department plans to "leverage relationships with academic institutions" and other public/private groups "to improve awareness and understanding of energy issues."
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"Obama administration's national energy goals" = Return to the Stone Age
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"Obama administration's national energy goals" = Return to the Stone Age
So you want to keep using 19th century technology of the internal combustion engine???
I rather go for making a new technological leap for the 21st century.
"Keep Your Goddamn Government Hands Off My Medicare!" - Various Tea Party signs.
#2. To: Godwinson (#1)
Sorry but your "21st Century" solar energy wont even power your "21st Century" MANDITORY MERCURY POISION LACED LIGHT BULBS at night.
So you say there is wind power, not on doldrums days, sorry another pig in a poke.
There is ONLY one CONSITENT clean energy source and I will be revealing it in the fifth part of my article on the Georgia Guidestones. (Hint, it is not "cold fusion" or any other perpetual motion gimmick.)
The Fed EXPOSED!!! The FARO RESERVE BANK!!!
#3. To: Godwinson (#1)
So you want to keep using 19th century technology of the internal combustion engine???
You should have put a retard alert on that statement.
Do you think we should get rid of that BC technology too? You know the wheel.
#4. To: A K A Stone (#3)
Any engine that runs on a finite fuel source is obsolete.
"Keep Your Goddamn Government Hands Off My Medicare!" - Various Tea Party signs.
#5. To: Godwinson (#1)
So you want to keep using 19th century technology of the internal combustion engine???I rather go for making a new technological leap for the 21st century.
Eat my dust in your Chevy Volt!
There's no substitute for horsepower.
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
I recall a re-run of MASH I saw where this uber right winger named Colonel Flagg...
Godwinson posted on 2011-02-23 11:47:32 ET
http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=18011&Disp=46#C46
#6. To: hondo68 (#5)
Eat my dust in your Chevy Volt!
Old people like you will die soon so no worries.
"Keep Your Goddamn Government Hands Off My Medicare!" - Various Tea Party signs.
#7. To: Coral Snake (#2) (Edited)
Here's something I bet you too can make and it will give you an incentive to clean up the yard.
"http://first-draft-blog.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c5ced53ef0148c7a28c4b970c-320wi"
#8. To: hondo68 (#0)
"creating healthy and sustainable learning environments”
Giving up on sustainable students, eh?
#9. To: Coral Snake, Godwinson (#2)
Sorry but your "21st Century" solar energy wont even power your "21st Century" MANDITORY MERCURY POISION LACED LIGHT BULBS at night.
Post of the Day
#10. To: Coral Snake, socalv8, go65, war (#9)
Sorry but your "21st Century" solar energy wont even power your "21st Century" MANDITORY MERCURY POISION LACED LIGHT BULBS at night.
There are mercury using devices everywhere. Why do you Republicans become kooks when it comes to science?
"Keep Your Goddamn Government Hands Off My Medicare!" - Various Tea Party signs.
#11. To: hondo68 (#5)
Eat my dust in your Chevy Volt!
The Republican budget goes after children and the poor. Courage would be going after defense and the rich. Bill Maher
#12. To: Godwinson (#10)
Why do you Republicans become kooks when it comes to science?
When push comes to shove, they're risk adverse; they like the tried and true.
The Republican budget goes after children and the poor. Courage would be going after defense and the rich. Bill Maher
#13. To: lucysmom (#12)
When push comes to shove, they're risk adverse; they like the tried and true.
They are cowards actually. Afraid so they live with the comfortable lie.
"Keep Your Goddamn Government Hands Off My Medicare!" - Various Tea Party signs.
#14. To: lucysmom (#11)
www.teslamotors.com/roadster375 volts push up to 900 Amps of current into the motor to create magnetic fields. It delivers 288 peak horsepower and 295 lbs-ft of torque
Impressive one-shot numbers, but it's a total loss system so if it's being used they're on the decline. In a cold (or hot) climate when you're running the electric heater (or air conditioner), you're not going far or fast.
This battery pack looks like an environmental disaster, waiting to happen. More toxic swill, than even a CFL bulb! Tree huggers are always looking for new ways to trash the environment, while torturing human beings into paying for it.
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
I recall a re-run of MASH I saw where this uber right winger named Colonel Flagg...
Godwinson posted on 2011-02-23 11:47:32 ET
http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=18011&Disp=46#C46
#15. To: hondo68 (#14) (Edited)
This battery pack looks like an environmental disaster, waiting to happen. More toxic swill, than even a CFL bulb! Tree huggers are always looking for new ways to trash the environment, while torturing human beings into paying for it.
www.teslamotors.com/blog/...r-non-toxic-battery-packs
Your comments bring this story to mind:
One day the sun was shinning brightly and the optimist said, "Great day, eh?"
The pessimist said, "The stupid sun will burn the crops."
The next day it rained. Again the optimist tried to engage his friend, but the pessimist's only response was: "Stinking rain will wash out all the seed!"
So the optimist took his friend duck hunting, which he loved. After the first duck was shot the optimist dispatched his dog to fetch the duck. The dog ran on top of the water, picked up the duck and ran back.
The optimist exclaimed "Did you see that?"
The pessimist replied, "Dog can't swim, eh?"
The Republican budget goes after children and the poor. Courage would be going after defense and the rich. Bill Maher
#16. To: lucysmom. hondo68 (#15)
Your comments bring this story to mind:
Buggy whips are cutting edge according to this crowd. It's a wonder anything's ever been invented.
#17. To: mininggold (#16)
Not to worry, a petroleum powered tow truck will get you back to the Tesla dealer. After your government subsidized loan comes through, you'll be back on the road again!
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
I recall a re-run of MASH I saw where this uber right winger named Colonel Flagg...
Godwinson posted on 2011-02-23 11:47:32 ET
http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=18011&Disp=46#C46
#18. To: hondo68 (#17) (Edited)
Not to worry, a petroleum powered tow truck will get you back to the Tesla dealer. After your government subsidized loan comes through, you'll be back on the road again
Yet you would have opposed the invention of the petroleum powered tow truck. Afterall most towns had a farmer and a team of mules.
#19. To: Godwinson (#10)
There are mercury using devices everywhere.
List the ones as fragile and numerous as light bulbs, Einstein.
#20. To: socalv8 (#19)
List the ones as fragile and numerous as light bulbs, Einstein.
The old fashion lightbulbs may be fragile but the tubes of these tubes are pretty thick and durable. If you bought one or held one you would know.
"Keep Your Goddamn Government Hands Off My Medicare!" - Various Tea Party signs.
#21. To: Godwinson (#20)
You never answer a question, Junior.
#22. To: socalv8 (#21)
THIS is socialism is action
I did. You are just too stupid. The swiggly kind of energy efficient fluorescent lightbulbs are pretty thick and don't look like they would break from normal or even rough handling. You kooks have amped up the kook before - right wing kooks not wanting girls to get vaccination shots for HPV claimed a mercury preservative in the shot would harm the students. Total BS but they right wing kooks went with it because in their minds any lie is good if it makes it a win for their side.
By the way, the heavy metals in batteries pose a much higher risk than the supposed mercury filled fluorescent lightbulb.
"Keep Your Goddamn Government Hands Off My Medicare!" - Various Tea Party signs.
#23. To: Godwinson (#22)
I did. You are just too stupid.
The above socialism quote isn't mine, WhizKid. Haha.
You did not answer the question, liar.
I repeat, List the ones as fragile and numerous as cfl light bulbs?
By the way, the heavy metals in batteries pose a much higher risk than the supposed mercury filled fluorescent lightbulb.
Which is why tax money shouldn't subsidize the solar industry, either.
#24. To: socalv8 (#23)
List the ones as fragile and numerous as cfl light bulbs?
One more time. The pear shaped edison lightbulbs are made with thinner glass than the cfl light bulbs. The cfl light bulbs I have handled seemed very robust. Go to the hardware store and look at one.
This is not rocket science.
"Keep Your Goddamn Government Hands Off My Medicare!" - Various Tea Party signs.
#25. To: Godwinson, socalv8 (#24)
The cfl light bulbs I have handled seemed very robust.
They're not any more robust than an incandescent light bulb. I dropped one on a tile floor and it broke. Swept it up and dumped the remains into the trash can. No hazmat team.
It's in the dump, if you want to dig it up. That's where most of them will wind up, leaching into the water table.
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
I recall a re-run of MASH I saw where this uber right winger named Colonel Flagg...
Godwinson posted on 2011-02-23 11:47:32 ET
http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=18011&Disp=46#C46
#26. To: Godwinson (#24)
The cfl light bulbs I have handled seemed very robust. Go to the hardware store and look at one.
You have lady strength.
Google "cfl broken" About 1,800,000 results.
I've tried them. As I said, they suck.
You still haven't provided a list to back up your position, see post #19.
#27. To: hondo68, socalv8 (#25)
I dropped one on a tile floor and it broke
I said they are robust not retard proof.
"Keep Your Goddamn Government Hands Off My Medicare!" - Various Tea Party signs.
#28. To: Godwinson (#22)
By the way, the heavy metals in batteries pose a much higher risk than the supposed mercury filled fluorescent lightbulb.
AAhhhhh...... Now I know why we have to have electric cars..... they are more dangerous to your health..... No wonder they have to be subsidized so heavily to sell.....
"I love the 45 caliber M1911, I respect the 9MM M9 Beretta but I only carry a CZ for my own personal protection". Quote courtesy of Lt Col John Dean Cooper, recognized as the Father of Modern Handgunning
#29. To: hondo68, lucysmom (#14)
www.teslamotors.com/roadster
375 volts push up to 900 Amps of current into the motor to create magnetic fields. It delivers 288 peak horsepower and 295 lbs-ft of torque
Let's see...
I'm building a 454 2-bolt main chevy engine. Steel crank, 7/16" I-beam rods... Hypereutectic pistons, .060" over, 9.37:1 compression. Summit cam, 286/296 gross duration, .540" lift. Rectangle 188 heads, all stock (2.19/1.88 valves).
Total cost: $3000, largely by recyling, with Craigslist-acquired parts like the engine block, intake manifold, cylinder-heads, crankshaft ($500), reselling under-priced parts (one example is a Mert Littlefield 6-71 blower with BBC intake and drive- I doubled my money), and I have been very careful about parts selection...
Estimated peak flywheel horsepower of 525@5500RPM, 500 lbs-feet of torque @ 4000RPM.
Good enough to put my '68 Camaro (with a Super T-10 4-speed, 9" rear end and 3.70 gears) into the high 11's. [When the construction of the rest of the car is done, I'll confirm that with a few trips to the track.]
Oh, a few other benefits... Pump-gas, I can drive ~300 gallons on a tank, and refill in the space of five minutes...
Show me an electric ANYTHING that can do that...
Until then, electric cars are pap for the stupid, and the mentally deranged (i.e., "leftists").
List of those unable to think:
mcgowanjm, ferret mike, skippy, fartboy/yukko, white sands, bucky, lucys idiot mom, e_type_jackoff, go56, badlie, wreck, calCON, mininggold, war, Banjo Boris, Biff, Godwinson and meguro. If you're on the above list, you're too fucking stupid to hold a real conversation.
Bumper sticker on DwarF's car:
#30. To: Capitalist Eric (#29)
Many of us have not the slightest bit of interest in building our own cars.
The Republican budget goes after children and the poor. Courage would be going after defense and the rich. Bill Maher
#31. To: lucysmom (#30)
Many of us have not the slightest bit of interest in building our own cars.
People tend to not be interested in things that exceed their intellectual capacity.
Nice attempt to side-step the original point I made, BTW.
List of those unable to think:
mcgowanjm, ferret mike, skippy, fartboy/yukko, white sands, bucky, lucys idiot mom, e_type_jackoff, go56, badlie, wreck, calCON, mininggold, war, Banjo Boris, Biff, Godwinson and meguro. If you're on the above list, you're too fucking stupid to hold a real conversation.
Bumper sticker on DwarF's car:
#32. To: Capitalist Eric (#29) (Edited)
454, '68 CamaroEstimated peak flywheel horsepower of 525@5500RPM, 500 lbs-feet of torque @ 4000RPM
Drum brakes? They'll be OK at the track, but the roads are full of people like gooberwinson.
You might put a ding in your rocker panel, if you run over his Chevy Volt.
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
I recall a re-run of MASH I saw where this uber right winger named Colonel Flagg...
Godwinson posted on 2011-02-23 11:47:32 ET
http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=18011&Disp=46#C46
#33. To: hondo68 (#32)
Drum brakes?
Only on the rear axle. I'm swapping the front to discs...
List of those unable to think:
mcgowanjm, ferret mike, skippy, fartboy/yukko, white sands, bucky, lucys idiot mom, e_type_jackoff, go56, badlie, wreck, calCON, mininggold, war, Banjo Boris, Biff, Godwinson and meguro. If you're on the above list, you're too fucking stupid to hold a real conversation.
Bumper sticker on DwarF's car:
#34. To: Capitalist Eric (#33)
I'm swapping the front to discs...
Awesome, enjoy!
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
I recall a re-run of MASH I saw where this uber right winger named Colonel Flagg...
Godwinson posted on 2011-02-23 11:47:32 ET
http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=18011&Disp=46#C46
#35. To: Capitalist Eric (#31)
Nice attempt to side-step the original point I made, BTW.
What's your point? Gas powered cars are cheaper when you build your own?
The Republican budget goes after children and the poor. Courage would be going after defense and the rich. Bill Maher
#36. To: hondo68 (#25)
It's in the dump, if you want to dig it up. That's where most of them will wind up, leaching into the water table.
If you live in California then you probably live near a natural deposit of Mercury that's leaching into the water table anyway.
#37. To: mininggold (#36)
If you live in California then you probably live near a natural deposit of Mercury that's leaching into the water table anyway.
Private well, solar powered pump. Pure mountain spring water, with nothing added (Fluoride, Chlorine, etc.) by the government.
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
I recall a re-run of MASH I saw where this uber right winger named Colonel Flagg...
Godwinson posted on 2011-02-23 11:47:32 ET
http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=18011&Disp=46#C46
#38. To: hondo68 (#37)
Private well, solar powered pump. Pure mountain spring water, with nothing added (Fluoride, Chlorine, etc.) by the government.
We've been thinking of going solar for our well too. Unfortunately to get anything that approaches clear water we have to have it run through a fairly elaborate filtration system.
#39. To: mininggold (#36)
Uh-oh.
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