CELEBRATING GREEN LIVING
Think Green!
In the month leading up to Earth Day, the U.S. Consulate General in Jerusalem supports projects and activities that educate Palestinian youth on the challenges facing the planet and on ways to help preserve the environment. These will include workshops about recycling, neighborhood clean-up days, and an exhibit about “green buildings.” We hope you will join us here on our website to follow the activities and learn more about “thinking green.” Don’t forget to check out our eco-poetry contest – green writing just might win you a prize!
What is Earth day?
Earth Day Official Page
Earth Day History
Environment: USA Facts
Biodiversity Page
Natural Resources Page
Energy & Climate Page
Glossary of Environmental Terms
Consulate's Related Events:
- Nablus TV Reports on the Environmental Workshops Organized by the Consulate for the Students throughout the West Bank (April 21, 2009)
- Prompting Students to Consider Better Waste Management (April 14, 2009)
- American Corner Jericho Launches Environmental Awareness Club (April 04, 2009)
- 35 Environmental Clubs Form Across the West Bank Thanks to Partnerships between U.S. Consulate General, RISOL and Palestinian Authority Ministry of Education (March 28, 2009)
- Consulate Encourages Green Thinking in Latest Environmental DVC (March 25, 2009)
Information Sites:
- Preservation Department of Stanford University Libraries and Academic Information Resources
- Environment News Service
- Earth Island Institute
- EcoWorld
- National Geographic
- The Green Guide
- World Wild Life
Governmental Links:
- President Obama's Agenda: Energy & Environment
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service: Endangered Species Program
- Environmental Protection Agency
- EPA: Highschool
- EPA: Students
- EPA: Teachers
- NASA: Destination Earth
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
- Natural Resources Conservation Service
- State Department - Oceans, International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
- U.S. Geological Survey
- U.S. Global Change Research Program
- White House Council on Environmental Quality
- ASEAN-WEN
- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wildlife Fauna and Flora (CITES)
- Group on Earth Observations
- International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
- UNESCO World Heritage Centre
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
- World Bank/Environment
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre
- African Wildlife Foundation
- Center for International Environment Law
- Conservation International (CI)
- Defenders of Wildlife
- Earth Island Institute
- Earthwatch Institute
- EarthTrends
- Friends of the Earth Middle East
- International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)
- International Society for Environmental Ethics
- IUCN -The World Conservation Union
- National Parks and Conservation Association
- National Wildlife Federation
- Natural Resources Defense Council
- The Nature Conservancy
- Noise Pollution Clearinghouse
- Ocean Conservancy
- REN21- Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century
- Resources for the Future
- Rocky Mountain Institute
- Sierra Club
- The Wilderness Society
- TRAFFIC International
- Union of Concerned Scientists
- U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)
- WildAid
- Wildlife Conservation Society
- WildlifeDirect
- Wildlife Trust of India
- World Wide Fund for Nature (also World Wildlife Fund)
Photo Galleries
Wildlife at Risk
Biodiversity is everywhere on earth. It is the interaction of all living things with each other and their surroundings. The diversity of the environment creates unique communities of plants, animals and microorganisms, called ecosystems.
People, Prosperity and the Planet
A government-sponsored contest encourages U.S. college students to find creative solutions to global challenges that benefit the developed and the developing world.
A Timeline of Environmental Treaties
During the past half century, we learned we share a fragile biosphere. Our view of life on Earth, whether through a microscope or from a space station, is colored by the knowledge that everyday human activities can threaten our future.
Marine Conservation
The United States has designated hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of the Pacific Ocean as marine national monuments, protected from destruction, waste dumping and commercial fishing.
Climate Change today
Carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere by human activities is causing changes in Earth's surface temperature, rainfall and sea level that are measurable now, new research says, and that will continue for the next thousand years.