Here are some interesting things I've discovered online... enjoy! 

This is an incredible display of nature: http://www.nps.gov/mora/parknews/upload/floodPP.pdf

 

Here's the official park page: http://www.nps.gov/mora/parknews/images-of-the-flood-of-2006.htm 

Global Green worked with its Board member Leonardo DiCaprio and Tree Media to develop a short internet film primer on climate change entitled “Global Warning. ”The short film has been featured at numerous film festivals and special screenings, is used by countless educators and is viewable on his fan website that has generated extraordinary coverage of the issue.

 

 

You can watch Leonardo's video on global warming online:

 

http://www.leonardodicaprio.org/whatsimportant/globalwarming_movie01.htm

 

A few of the great organizations that support green building in Seattle and beyond:

Northwest EcoBuilding Guild: http://www.ecobuilding.org/

Built Green: http://www.builtgreen.net/

King County EcoDeals: http://www.metrokc.gov/dnrp/swd/ecodeals/index.asp 

Environmental Home Center: http://www.environmentalhomecenter.com/

 

FSC is an international 3rd-party certifier of sustainable forests... the best way to protect the forests of the world is to purchase products that encourage sustainability by giving value to the forest as a forest - not a plantation, farm, or clearcut.

 

Official FSC website: http://www.fsc.org

A European perspective on FSC: http://www.whyfsc.com/index2.html

SmartWood - what happens to trees once they leave the forest and become products? This group tracks them: http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/programs/forestry/smartwood/index.html