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August 11, 2006

Water for LIfe

The Honolulu Board of Water Supply has a very nice 30-page brochure called "Water for LIfe" that has sections on "How Oahu Makes Our Water," "Rain Forests and the Water Cycle," and 'Creating a Sustainable Future," among others. It's available ...

Posted by Mr. Schauble at 11:36 AM | Comments (0)

August 10, 2006

Water and Sustainability

Put together by the independant research firm Pacific Institute, out of Oakland, California, this site provides some basic information about Water and Sustainability. Topics include "Global Water Crisis", "Water Effeciency", "Water Privitization", "Water and Conflict", "Climate Change", and "Water for ...

Posted by Piper Grosswendt at 2:34 PM | Comments (0)

Altered Oceans

Overfishing, industrial pollution, and the destrction of wetlands are some of the unsustainable and unresponsible human actions that have helped to alter the state of the worlds oceans for the worse. The Los Angeles Times recently put together a wonderfully ...

Posted by Piper Grosswendt at 1:22 PM | Comments (0)

August 9, 2006

Punahou's Water Usage

Punahou is unique in that the water used on campus comes from an artisian well on campus. To get information about how we use this water and statistics about our reduced water consumption, read this entry. ...

Posted by Piper Grosswendt at 12:19 PM | Comments (0)

August 7, 2006

Sing Along for Sustainability!

http://www.earth911.org/master.asp?s=kids&a=kids/songs/songs.asp Every classroom has musical learners, and what better way to learn about the environment than singing! This site has fun songs about sustainability, re-written to match popular tunes. You can even use Windows media player to hear the song! ...

Posted by jhong at 9:57 AM | Comments (0)

Children's Books About Sustainability

http://www.epa.state.oh.us/kids/html/book_nook.html This site has an annotated bibliography of some books that would be good to introduce children to the idea of sustainability. Most of the books we have already heard of (The Lorax, Magic Tree House Rainforest Research Guide, etc.) ...

Posted by jhong at 9:53 AM | Comments (0)

July 17, 2006

Hawaii Clean Water Agency

www.hawaii.gov/health/environmental/food_drug/water/cleanwater/index.html State agency that protects public health for residents and tourists who utilize coastal and inland waters. They also protect and restore coastal and inland waters for marine life and wildlife. ...

Posted by Carole Iacovelli at 9:27 AM | Comments (0)

Hawaii Clean Water Agency

www.hawaii.gov/health/environmental/food_drug/water/cleanwater/index.html State agency that protects public health for residents and toursits who utilize coastal and inland waters. They also protect and restore coastal and inland waters for marinelike and wildlife. ...

Posted by Carole Iacovelli at 9:27 AM | Comments (0)

World Water Monitoring Day

On October 18th, citizens of the global community are asked to join in gathering information about our water. Four key indicators of water quality are collected: temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, and turbidity. URL is http://www.worldwatermonitoringday.org ...

Posted by Carole Iacovelli at 8:52 AM | Comments (0)

Stream-Bank Plant Restoration

Interactive program that allows you to identify the location you want to restore and the program will identify the native plants that will adapt well to the location. Program is very fun to use and allows you to select locations ...

Posted by Carole Iacovelli at 8:17 AM | Comments (0)

July 14, 2006

Water Use in the United States

This is a nice collection of links concerning water use in the U.S. http://water.usgs.gov/watuse/ ...

Posted by Piper Grosswendt at 7:29 PM | Comments (0)

June 20, 2006

Environmental Protection Agency. Educational Resources for Students/Youth

This EPA web site hosts a vast array of teacher resources on water-related environmental education programs. http://www.epa.gov/adopt/resources/ ...

Posted by Piper Grosswendt at 11:09 AM | Comments (0)

June 7, 2006

EPA site on water efficiency

Put out by the Environmental Protection Agency, this page is a nice starting point with lots of information and ideas concerning water efficienty. http://www.epa.gov/owm/water-efficiency/ ...

Posted by Piper Grosswendt at 9:39 AM | Comments (0)

May 2, 2006

The Water Page

The site was started by a man named Len Abrams who, from what I can gather, is a civil engineer from South Africa. His biography included many notes about his schooling and accomplishments. According to the website, "The Water Page ...

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