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The Big Tree is the oldest live oak in the state of Texas. It's over 1000 years old and has survived scores of hurricanes.

Up to $1000 for green teaching. via lucy gray

The LIVE GREEN Teacher Grant program challenges middle school teachers to develop innovative ideas for furthering environmental and energy sustainability. Teachers will identify an issue or problem, create a plan to address it, and integrate the topic into classroom teaching. via eschool news

In this blog post, Chris Pirillo shares resources from Ideal Bite-- offers light green living tips for real people who lead busy lives and want to make small changes that add up to big results. (In other words it's for all of us who don't have the time or the energy to reduce their carbon footprint to zero.) Their Daily Tips cover everything from energy saving gadgets to eco-pet products to saving money at the gas pump.

Pierced Steel Planking: the gates of the war In live web tv on Ola Channel. Saturday 22 august 2009 -18,00 o'clock.

Great story about how each committed person can make a difference. Wish the song were available on the site so we could hear it.

A Mozambican musician who campaigns for clean water and sanitation has been awarded a top environmental prize, described as the Nobel Prize of grassroots environmentalism. Modestly, Santos said the $150,000 (£75,000) prize money would not change his life but it would help focus attention on what was happening on the ground in Mozambique and Africa. "It shows that even if you live in poor places, such as Niassa, you can have an influence on the world. "Let's not talk about the money, let's do things that can change the world. Don't think about awards, think about quality of life. (song is not on the page)

Gimundo.com is an excellent resource for all kinds of "good news" stories. They have an entire strand on "Green" with many stories and resources for going green.

if you'd like to make your children's lives a little more earth-friendly, here are a few suggestions.

A good read on making a healthy place for young children to learn

Earth Day 2008 by Melissa on April 21, 2008 ("Just a Geeky Girl") With Earth Day fast approaching what ways are you helping to "save the planet?" This year I was part of Earth Hour by shutting off the lights and electronics in my home for more than an hour that evening. Along with that, I'm doing my part by conserving energy and water, recycling, and using more "earth friendly" products...

Shared by Chris Pirillo--personal statement by Melissa about what she is doing to make the world/earth a better place to live.

Eagle cam on Chanel Islands, check this out, cool!

Do you know Robotic missions to Mars have revealed clues about the planet's atmosphere and surface composition? NASA is investing to find and use natural resources beyond Earth. Want to know more about Robotic Mars Mission.

Do you know Robotic missions to Mars have revealed clues about the planet's atmosphere and surface composition? NASA is investing to find and use natural resources beyond Earth. Want to know more about Robotic Mars Mission.