BGuthrie Photos: DC -- Event: Earth Week (2010) @ Mall

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The DLN teamed with director and violinist Kenji Williams to present an out of this world experience known as Bella Gaia (Beautiful Earth). This one-of-a-kind multimedia journey of Earth, as observed from space, combined his music with NASA imagery. Bella Gaia was presented to students and teachers around the world during two webcasts from the Goddard studio.

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. EARTHW_100419_028.JPG: Common Ground: Puntos en Comun Americans may not agree on which candidate to vote for, but many agree that the environment's welfare must be part of the national agenda. Elected officials are working across party lines to find solutions to global warming. Last year, a bipartisan coalition of US senators introduced legislation that would reduce gasoline consumption by a trillion gallons over the next 20 years. Combining found objects with images from popular media, Peter Mars painted his globe to tell a poignant tale of the creatures who are most immediately affected by global warming: the polar bears. The patriotic globe shows a concerned father polar bear visiting the US Capital to try to convince senators and representatives to help him save the rapidly receding polar ice. Artist: Peter Mars "Mr. Polar Bear Goes to Washington"
2. EARTHW_100419_040.JPG: "It no longer makes sense for us to debate whether or not the Earth is warming at an alarming rate and it doesn't make sense for us to sit back and wait for others to act. The fate of the planet that our children and grandchildren will inherit is in our hands and it is our responsibility to do something about this crisis." William J. Clinton Clinton Climate Initiative:: Iniciativa Clinton Climate: The William J. Clinton Foundation and the world's largest cities have joined forces to fight global warming. The Clinton Climate initiative offers a strategies for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, standards for measuring progress, technical resources, and the opportunity for city leaders to learn from each other. It also allows members to save money on energy efficient technologies by pooling their purchasing power. More than 30 cities, including Houston, are participating. As President Clinton stated: "It no longer makes sense for us to debate whether or not the Earth is warming at an alarming rate and it doesn't make sense for us to sit back and wait for others to act. The fate of the planet that our children and grandchildren will inherit is in our hands and it is our responsibility to do something about this crisis." Artist: Sandra Bacon "Ripple" Sponsor: Schneider Electric
3. EARTHW_100419_069.JPG: Wind Power: Energia Eolica It's versatile, readily available, and an easily renewable source of energy. Wind power is the fastest growing source of electricity in the world, with an annual growth rate of 30 percent. In fact, wind farms are popping up all over the country, as customers demand cleaner energy and policymakers create new incentives for utility companies to make green energy widely available. This globe represents wind movement and flow over the earth's surface, designed by Karen Ami to show how readily accessible wind power really is. By using ceramic and vitreous glass tiles, Ami contrasts land and water through a variety of textual patterns. The mosaic creates a visually unified whole that serves as a metaphor for the unity necessary in the fight to stop global warming. Artist: Karen Ami "Wind Andamento" Sponsor: Medline Industries
4. EARTHW_100419_090.JPG: Green Roofs Save Energy: Los techos verdes ahorran energia What color is your roof? A green roof is both a roof and a garden. Plants can be grown in containers, emerge from several inches of soil over a waterproof barrier, or make up part of a more elaborate system that includes deeply rooted plants, shrubbery, and trees. Methods exist to allow almost every roof surface to be greened, even sloped or curved roofs. Green roofs are not only attractive, they also add usable green space and reduce heating and cooling needs. Green roofs conserve energy by moderating temperatures on the roof, inside the building, and in surrounding areas, thereby reducing energy needed to cool buildings. Artist: Deborah Adams Doering "The Green Roof Solutions Globe"
5. EARTHW_100419_105.JPG: Green Manufacturing: Fabricas verdes This globe designed by students at Sidwell Friends School depicts a factory of solutions. Each small ribbon tied around the smoke is representative of one factory utilizing a new solution. The solutions are as vast and diverse as the geographic locations they span, from solar, wind and geothermal power to increasing energy efficiency and using resources more wisely. The big ribbon tied around the entire globe represents all the small solutions coming together and giving the gift of clean air and healthy environment for future generations. The globe as a whole reminds us that it is through each community doing their part that we will stop global warming. Artist: Wynne Graham, fabricated by Rick Honn "Give the gift of clean air" Sponsor: Sidwell Friends School
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8. EARTHW_100419_145.JPG: Green Your Garden Convierte tu Jardin Verde When it rains, it pours! The pollutants carried by storm weather seriously undermine the health of our oceans and the safe use of our beaches. As storm water rushes to the sea, it skips important ecological steps like slowing down, cooling and filtering by sinking into the earth. The best way to keep apace with this problem is to take steps to decrease water run-off from our personal property. Each of us can reduce the amount of rainwater that runs headlong off of buildings collecting nasty pollutants such as fertilizer and petroleum products as well as pet waste and trash. Rain gardens easily transform yards into giant sponges with local plants and can allow 30 percent of storm water run-off to soak into the ground and be cooled and filtered naturally. We can route rain through downspouts to a rain barrel to store for irrigation or through pipes that feed onto a 4"-8" deep, 100-300 square foot space with local plants that promote soil absorption. This is inexpensive to achieve and will immediately benefit homeowners, our local beaches and oceans. Also, driveway surfaces can be made permeable with lattices paving to improve areas that promote absorption. Artist: Lauri Burrier
9. EARTHW_100419_163.JPG: Use Public Transportation Use Transportacion Publica Saving time and money makes sense. Doing what we can to cool down the planet makes sense too. Public transportation is an easy way to cut the globe-warming carbon emissions produced by driving while avoiding the waste and frustration of traffic jams. A full bus takes 40 cars off the road -- a full train can take hundreds. If you commute by train instead of driving, you are cutting carbon emissions by nearly 5,000 pounds per year. Now that's a real contribution. Small steps like changing how we get around mean great strides in the fight against global warming. We are in this together. Did you take public transportation today? Artist: Sue Sommers Sponsor: Latham & Watkins LLP
10. EARTHW_100419_180.JPG: Rebuild Green Cities Reconstruir Ciodades Ecologicas Crisis can present opportunity. After the devastation of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the rebuilding of New Orleans and other Gulf Coast cities offers a chance to get it right. Where global warming may have contributed to destructive storms, a movement is now underway to reshape these cities into showcases for clean, green living. Global Green USA has partnered with Habitat for Humanity and others to build several model green schools and 10,000 environmentally-friendly affordable homes featuring solar power, energy efficient appliances, recycled materials, and other green components. The non-profit organization joined with actor Brad Pitt to sponsor a sustainable design architectural competition and provides technical assistance to Gulf Coast governments, citizens and builders. With a third of all carbon dioxide emitted by the construction and maintenance of buildings, this response to a disaster can bring about long-term environmental benefits. Can you work for a greener tomorrow in New Orleans or in your hometown? Artist: Karen Perl "New Orleans: Towards a New Paradigm" Sponsor: The Brown Foundation, Inc
11. EARTHW_100420_001.JPG: Prairie Restoration Restauracion Pradera Deep root systems help prairie plants thrive in the erratic climate of the Midwest, surviving drought without irrigation and preventing erosion when rains fall. Converting traditional lawn into prairie is an attractive landscaping solution that significantly reduces household energy consumption; there is no need to mow, irrigate, or apply petroleum-based fertilizers. As leaves release oxygen into the air, dense root systems of prairie capture carbon, a phenomenon known as "carbon sequestration" the mitigates global warming. Numerous programs reward rural landowners who convert farmland to prairie. In addition to tax breaks, benefits include increased wildlife habitat and improved soil quality. Many predict that fast, growing switchgrass may be wave to the bio-fuel future. Corn, the source for most ethanol, must be planted anew each year using energy from machinery. Switchgrass yields five times the amount of energy required to produce it, and after factoring in the energy conserved during production, results in a net energy output 20 times greater than corn-based fuel. Doesn't that make you want to stop mowing and start growing? Artist: Nina Weiss, "Tall Grass" Sponsor: Natural Resources Defense Council
12. EARTHW_100420_040.JPG: Earth Day with Kenji Williams The DLN teamed with director and violinist Kenji Williams to present an out of this world experience known as Bella Gaia (Beautiful Earth). This one-of-a-kind multimedia journey of Earth, as observed from space, combined his music with NASA imagery. Bella Gaia was presented to students and teachers around the world during two webcasts from the Goddard studio.
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