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30 years of Green history, told in 30 stories

English. This video depicts how much solar energy was created/used on specific days in Jan 2012 and what percentage of the total energy use this comprised. Includes some history of the renewable energy act since 2000 and what the critics said.

Great description of Freiburg's environmental history.

Green party political posters

A brief background on the UN historical approach to Sustainability with a chart.

Swiss description of the growth of the organics market.

interactive guide to different types of energy, includes narration, animations, facts, history

links to news coverage of the elections in Baden-Wurttemberg and Rhineland-Pfalz in April 2011, in which the Greens made huge strides.

Good technical overview of Bio in Germany.

Green party success in the spring 2011 elections linked to fears about nuclear power and protests against Stuttgart 21; Winfried Kretschmann likely to become first Green Ministerpräsident.

A little bit outdated, but an interesting perspective on the environmental movements 10 years after the fall of the Wall.

This may be a good textbook choice for the course down the road. Radkau seems to be a main environmental historian. This new book was just released.

http://www.dradio.de/dlf/sendungen/andruck/1423057/ mp3 file of book review downloaded, written text on above website

Although this is wikipedia, it's still a good jumping off point for the debate about the start of the environmental movement.

The timeline is useful.

Bundesamt für Naturschutz