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Generation E - Alec Loorz, 14, Acts on Global Warming
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Video duration: 129 seconds
There are signs that a generation is rising that plans to make an energy quest -- from the light socket to the laboratory to the classroom and boardroom -- a top priority. At 12, Alec Loorz was already trying to excite fellow kids to get involved. Now he leads a climate group focused on students: http://www.Kids-vs-g lobal-warming.com . More at http://www.nytimes.c om/dotearth
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Animated Aurora Borealis, from Orbit
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Video duration: 80 seconds
From NYTIMES.COM/DOTEARTH : Astronaut Don Pettit created an astounding video using a sequence of still images he shot of the aurora borealis (northern lights) from the International Space Station.
For more on Dr. Pettit and the Earth from space, visit http://dotearth.blog s.nytimes.com
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Richard Wilson on Bombs and Climate, Politics and Science
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Video duration: 483 seconds
A veteran physicist and expert on nuclear risk weighs in for DOT EARTH on nuclear peril and promise, politics and cliamte, from an annual meeting on "planetary emergencies" in Erice, Sicily.
More on http://www.nytimes.c om/dotearth
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Matt Damon Pushes for Clean Water in Africa
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Video duration: 174 seconds
Matt Damon was one of hundreds of participants in this year's meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative, former President Bill Clinton's effort to funnel wealth in ways that improve lives in poor places. He announced a pledge to raise $1 million for water projects in Africa. More at http://dotearth.blog s.nytimes.com http://www.clintongl obalinitiative.org
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Gorillas of northern Congo Republic
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Video duration: 186 seconds
The Wildlife Conservation Society surveyed for western lowland gorillas in northern Congo Republic and found a "motherlode" of more than 125,000, as yet unaffected by Ebola virus or hunting. But threats are rising. More on Dot Earth (nytimes.com/doteart h) and www.wcs.org
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As the World Turns
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Video duration: 104 seconds
A huge rotating Earth was a centerpiece at this year's Bioneers Conference in San Rafael, Calif. The meeting explores ways to smooth the human relationship to the home planet. More at http://dotearth.blog s.nytimes.com and http://www.bioneers. org .
Related: activism, architecture, biology, design, ecology, environment, environmentalism, grassroots, nature, outreach
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'Poop is Funny, But Fatal'
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Video duration: 169 seconds
More than 2 billion people have no safe place to defecate, and about 1.5 million people, mostly children, die young each year because of water contaminated with waste. What can be done to cut such losses? Explore the issue on Dot Earth, http://www.nytimes.c om/dotearth , and at www.wsscc.org.
Related: children, develoment, disease, dot, earth, feces, health, medicine, poop, poverty, revk, sanitation, unicef, waste, youth
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A Wak in the (Icy) Woods
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Video duration: 66 seconds
Halfway through a busy day of blogging and reporting on climate and other matters, I broke away from my computer screen to step into the freezing rain and woods for a few minutes with our dog and puppe, Sara and Oscar. Just a moment on this "Eot Earth." More at http://dotearth.blog s.nytimes.com
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By: ViajeroP. on 05 Jan 09, 10:10:18
nice, I hope lots of schools get the kits
By: miniscus5. on 02 Jan 09, 22:45:38
true,true,true!!!!