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Growing Up Green:

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Sundance Channel: The Green

"The Green" is television's first regularly scheduled program about the environment.

Also, check out their Green Guide with solutions to some of the problems our world faces and examples of how and why we should "Go Green."

The Green Guide Green living tips, product reviews, environmental health news, and more hosted by National Geographic.

The Earth at Night - NASA

The Earth at Night - Incredimazing

Night Earth

Various pictures of the Earth at night. Notice our energy consumption!
Fixing The Planet

A website devoted to green living created by Ed Begley Jr. and partners.

Also learn more by visiting:
Living with Ed, a TV series about green living (and more)

Earth Hour Earth Hour is an annual international event started by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Australia in 2007, held on the last Saturday of March, that asks households and businesses to turn off their lights and non-essential electrical appliances for one hour in the evening.
Greenopia

Your local guide to green living in Los Angeles.

Global Broadcast 4 Kids

Thanks to Global Broadcast 4 Kids (and its pint-size anchors), your little one will actually want to brush up on everything from greenhouse gas emissions to recent U.S. health studies.

Using easy-to-understand terms, GBK’s mini-journalists explain today’s headlines and give condensed lessons on cool subjects like volcanoes, balloons, and carousels. Even if your young viewer is more Degrassi than Dora, not to worry: There’s now Global Broadcast 4 Teens, too.

Parent Guide to Green Living Family activities, tips, and advice for a more environmentally friendly life. Hosted by Scholastic.

50 ways 

50 Ways to Help the Planet

Easy tips for living green and helping our planet.

Featuring:

41 Pounds - Stop junk mail and reclaim your mailbox

Arbor Day Foundation - Inspiring people to plant, nurture, and celebrate trees

Californians Against Waste - Conserving resources, preventing pollution and protecting the environment

EarthEasy.com - Simple, sustainable living

EERE Consumer Guide - from the US Department of Energy

Treehugger - The leading media outlet dedicated to driving sustainability mainstream.

Green Gift Guide

From simple tips on how to shop for creative, environmentally conscious gifts to "green living" tips, the Green Gift Guide is your one-stop shopping site to help you "be green" during the holiday season and year round. Hosted

Bottles and Cans

Why, what, and where to recycle. Includes a Recycling Game for kids (and grown ups), too! Hosted by the California Department of Conservation. 

Tree People Created to inspire the people of Los Angeles to take personal responsibility for the urban forest.

Books:

The Green Book The Green Book: The Everyday Guide to Saving the Planet One Simple Step at a Time
Greenopia Los Angeles Greenopia: The Urban Dweller's Guide to Green Living Los Angeles (Greenopia series)
Global Warming Down-to-Earth Guide To Global Warming

 

Do you know of other interesting websites or books about going green? Tell us about them.

 

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