Interactive Data
How many coastal communities go underwater if sea level rises up to 10 feet more? Launch NOAA's Sea Level Rise Viewer.
You Don't Have to Be an Expert
Games for Science
NeMO-Net Help NASA classify coral reefs by painting 3D and 2D images of coral. For iPad and Mac. Android coming soon.
QuestaGame Play the world's first mobile game that takes you outdoors to discover, map and ultimately help protect life on our planet. Your sightings contribute to real research and conservation.For Apple and Android.
Zooniverse From your own computer, use images, videos, historical records and diaries to help researchers answer questions about biology, climate, the environment and more.
More gaming at Citizen Science Games for neuroscience, quantum computing, biomedical and physics research. Sort by status on right to find live games.
Bookshelf Act Now
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RespawnISBN: 9781478002789Providing an essential walkthrough guide to our digital culture and its high-tech controversies, Milburn shows how games and playable media spawn new modes of engagement in a computerized world--including "green gaming" as "an opening to ecological awareness."
Mudgirls ManifestoISBN: 9780865718777Part story of rebel women, grassroots self-governance, and community-building, part incendiary political and economic tract, and part practical guide to building natural homes for real people. Mudgirls Manifesto is about respecting the earth, each other, and crafting meaningful lives.
Constructing GreenISBN: 0262315386"Constructing Green is a true eye-opener. It demonstrates that, in addition to technology, a new cultural mindset is needed to meet the challenges of sustainability. No other book tackles green building so effectively and in such rich detail." --Mauro Gillen
Feature Film: Human Ingenuity and Hope for the Future
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Going Green to Tunxis
Media Specialist Mike Zych often commutes to Tunxis in a unique bicycle called a 'velomobile'. This three-wheeled bicycle has a shell that protects the rider from bad weather and improves aerodynamics. The brightly-colored vehicle has several lights, a horn, turn signals, a removable roof and suspension for safety and comfort. Human powered vehicles are sustainable because they don't require fossil fuels or produce emissions.
Because It's An Amazing World
One Voice Radical Vision
Symbiotic Earth explores the life and ideas of Lynn Margulis, a scientific rebel who challenged entrenched theories of evolution to present a new narrative: life evolves through collaboration. Available to view through May 1 as part of the DocuSeek Earth Day 2020 Film Festival.
Do What You Can...What Can You Do?
On April 22, 1970, Americans cleaned up parks, rivers and streets. And listened to some groovy music. Still options today! But you can also...collect data for international studies, play games that train algorithms and interact online with possible futures. Or, you know, watch some great videos.