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completing core courses in Livestock Systems Management, Organic Crop Production, Agricultural Power Systems, and living in eco-friendly tenting facilities through the summer. (800) 648-3591; www.sterlingcollege.edu/ AD.summerfarm.html Student Conservation Association National Crews (multiple sites) Grades 9–12; –5 weeks. Crew members restore and protect public lands all over the country, completing projects in every conservation discipline from archeology to zoology. (603) 543-1700; www.thesca.org Summer Programs at Georgetown University (DC) Grades 10–12; 6 weeks. Using the Anacostia River as a laboratory, students in the Environmental Studies Program study the threats to a tidal wetland ecosystem and then participate in restoration activities. (202) 687-5992; http://scs.georgetown.edu/ sphs Water Technology & Education Camp (WaterTEC) for High School Students (IL) Grades 9–12; 1 week. Students are immersed in the engineering, science, and technology of water purification. Participants learn about all aspects, from river systems to nanotechnology. Field testing, March/April 2008 laboratories, projects, team building, and a week-long Water Works competition develop an understanding of new water purification technologies. (217) 333-2633; www.watercampws.uiuc.edu Wolf Ridge Summer Academic Camp (MN) Grades 9–12; weeks. Students study the natural history of the north shore and participate in field research projects in ecology, natural history, and environmental ethics in a course of study that includes field trips to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, and a threeday backpacking trip on the Superior Hiking Trail. (218) 353-7414; www.wolf-ridge. org/programs/syp/academic. html WEBSITES Climate Change Kids Site http://epa.gov/climatechange/ kids Earth Team www.earthteam.net Earth Tomorrow www.nwf.org/earthtomorrow Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) www.globe.gov Global Change and Environmental Education Resources www.gcrio.org/edu.html Green Map www.greenmap.org Grist Environmental News and Commentary www.grist.org It’s Getting Hot in Here http://itsgettinghotinhere.org Treehugger www.treehugger.com BOOKS Apollo’s Fire: Igniting America’s Clean Energy Economy by Jay Inslee and Bracken Hendricks (Island Press, 2007). Break Through: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility by Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger (Houghton Mifflin, 2007). Earth Under Fire: How Global Warming is Changing the World by Gary Braasch (University of California Press, 2007). The Future of Nature: Writing on Human Ecology from Orion Magazine by Barry Lopez (Milkweed Editions, 2007). Green Living: The E Magazine Handbook for Living Lightly on the Earth by the editors of E/The Environmental Magazine (Plume, 2005). An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do about It by Al Gore (Rodale, 2006). Lives Per Gallon: The True Cost of Our Oil Addiction by Terry Tamminen (Island Press, 2006). The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan (Penguin, 2007). Under a Green Sky: Global Warming, the Mass Extinctions of the Past, and What They Can Tell Us about Our Future by Peter D. Ward (Collins, 2007). Wake Up and Smell the Planet: The Non-Pompous, Non-Preachy Grist Guide to Greening Your Day edited by Brangein Davis (Mountaineer Books, 2007). imagine 27 http://www.watercampws.uiuc.edu http://www.sterlingcollege.edu/AD.summerfarm.html http://www.greenmap.org http://www.grist.org http://itsgettinghotinhere.org http://www.treehugger.com http://www.thesca.org http://www.wolf-ridge.org/programs/syp/academic.html http://www.wolf-ridge.org/programs/syp/academic.html http://epa.gov/climatechange/kids http://www.earthteam.net http://scs.georgetown.edu/sphs http://www.nwf.org/earthtomorrow http://www.globe.gov http://www.gcrio.org/edu.html

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Imagine Magazine - March/April 2008 Contents Letters Big Problems Big Picture In My Own Words Putting E-Waste in Its Place Big Juice Making Waves What Does "Green" Mean? Into the Woods Swimming with Whale Sharks Crash Course in Costa Rica Selected Opportunities & Resources Hooked on Logistics Off the Shelf Word Wise Middle Ground One Step Ahead Exploring Career Options Planning Ahead for College Students Review Creative Minds Imagine Sudoku Knossos Games

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