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E.O.Wilson: "The world is full of amateurs: gifted amateurs, devoted amateurs. You can pick almost any group that has any kind of intrinsic interest in it, from dragonflies to pill bugs to orb-weaving spiders. Anybody can pick up information in interesting places, find new species or rediscover what was thought to be a vanished species, or some new biological fact about a species already known, and can provide that right into The Encyclopedia of Life."
NYTimes' David Pogue interviewed E.O.Wilson at length about the Encyclopedia of Life during the production of a CBS feature on the project; here is the transcript of the complete interview: Pogue/Wilson

Ecoversity is a non-profit educational center, which explores and demonstrates concepts of sustainable living, ecological design, and responsibility for the wise stewardship of the Earth.
Established in 1999 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Ecoversity offers a unique curriculum designed to regenerate the Earth and revitalize the human spirit.

Obamanos!
We did it! And after a decade of obstruction and denial, we will finally have in Washington a smart, future-oriented administration which will be an ally in the urgent effort to get our civilization on a path to a sustainable future. With support from the grass roots all the way up to the White House, we as a society will be able to move ahead very quickly, and none too soon, considering the looming threats. This is a time to celebrate, and also to redouble our efforts on the ground and in support of the coming Obama administration. -SM

Obama's announced plan: In the short term, tap every available national resource to reduce our dependence on foreign oil as quickly as possible, while rescinding tax breaks for Big Oil and using the money to provide energy rebates to consumers. For the long term, a crash program to develop alternative energy technologies rapidly, providing millions of non-outsource-able jobs, so that in the next decade the US is energy independent and a leader in the coming green boom.
(see more Obama video statements on energy and environment here.)
"Hopes soared in Europe on Wednesday for renewed momentum toward global cooperation on climate change following the election of Barack Obama as the next president of the United States..." (story)

Ecoversity Alternative Energy Park
Demonstration site now in development

Ecoversity is developing an alternative energy park which includes solar photovoltaic, solar thermal, wind turbines, and 'living green algae machines' for processing algae into oil (biofuel) and food (a blue green algae spirulina for both animal and human consumption). The energy park is being established with the participation of students under the guidance of Alfonz Viszolay, a Hungarian inventor and engineer, and authority on algae-culture and environmental re-mediation. Alfonz and his students have been working together- hands on- on the development and building of these installations.

The principles and research behind the algae technology mimic design by nature itself, in economy, and in function. Ecoversity's emphasis will be on the educational aspects of these models: Carbon sequestration, maintaining healthy algae cultures, oil extraction, monitoring systems, etc.

Ecoversity's models are designed in a modular fashion so that they are appropriate for small scale decentralized production as well as much larger centralized plants. Ecoversity will demonstrate 'proof of concept' and promote these alternative technologies on the web. Ecoversity also collaborates and consults on practical application of these technologies.

It is envisioned that the Energy park will be open to the public in the spring of 2009, in particular to schools and educational facilities for field trips, after school programs, instruction, and hands-on experience.

from "Bee Meditation" A new film from Kanseki, of the bees at Ecoversity.

Beekeeping 2009
New course schedule: We've posted a schedule of 2009 Beekeeping courses here, including a description of each course. (Beekeeping 2009)

We've posted some new Beekeeping films on the Beekeeping page

Bee Meditation
Watch a new film from Kanseki of the bees at Ecoversity. Slow motion reveals bee behaviors; great soundtrack.

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Web 2.0 Conference
Google.org's Larry Brilliant and Al Gore spoke at Web 2.0 in November. Watch the videos here...

PBS FRONTLINE: HEAT
Frontline's powerful new program on human-caused global warming can be seen online here.
"We're standing at the precipice of hell. If everybody else was to live like an American, then the planet is doomed." -Sunita Rarain, Ctr. for Science and Environment, New Delhi

Jungle Reforestation The latest film from the "Report From the Forest" series, on the jungle reforestation work of Julio Arce, Professor Ethnobotany, University of Iquitos, Peru; with a focus on medicinals and other human-ally species. Watch the video here.
Case Focus: The Shipibo People

Watch movies and slide shows of the Algae Machine with the kids of LGI.