"This is a great start, and we'll keep at it until all flowers are green.

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official florist, is planning an organic floral extravaganza culminating with
"Flower Power Day" -- featuring an international symposium on ecological
flower growing and a grand "organic flower parade" in downtown San Francisco.; Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn.nasa.

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NASA devised the system in partnership with the U.

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Open to the
public, the five-day series of green events will feature urban environmental
solutions such as recycling, renewable energy, resource conservation,
environmental justice and public health. It is designed to
make NASA Earth observations and predictions freely and readily accessible to
anyone with an Internet connection. "Without the partnership of these
organizations , we never could have integrated the resources to create such a
robust system -- combining space-based observations with local knowledge of
ecosystems to enable constant, real-time monitoring of this environmentally
vital region."
The Panamanian SERVIR Center is housed at the City of Knowledge , at
CATHALAC.

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This spring, he hopes mayors from
the world's largest cities will too. The event ,
which coincides with the United Nations' 60th anniversary, will welcome UN
Secretary Kofi Annan and international dignitaries including mayors from 100
of the world's largest cities.

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Prolman, whose company Organic Bouquet (http://www."
This year's theme, "Green Cities: Where the Future Lives," coincides with
a historic shift in global demographics when, for the first time ever, more
than 50 percent of the world's population will live in cities.

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NASA Develops Central American Monitoring System

Developed by NASA scientists, the innovative regional monitoring system is
called SERVIR, a Spanish term meaning to serve.
"We're extremely proud of this combined effort," said Tom Sever, SERVIR
principal investigator at Marshall.

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For bilingual information about SERVIR on the Web, visit:

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"We're delighted that organic flowers will be a focal point for World
Environment Day," he said at a recent gathering of friends and colleagues. WASHINGTON, A state -of-the-art environmental
monitoring facility in Panama is the first to employ NASA Earth science
research and space-based observations to provide Central American decision
makers with early warning about a variety of ecological and climatic changes.

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Designed to track weather, climate and
ecological events, the system has already shown results in Central America,
monitoring wildfires, red tides , and blooms of toxic algae threatening local
fishing areas.

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"World Environment Day brings environmental issues to the forefront and
promotes positive change in nations around the world," said Jared Blumenfeld,
director of San Francisco's Department of the Environment. Scientific and technical collaborators include the University
of Alabama, Huntsville, Ala. The City of Knowledge is an international consortium of health,
science and academic organizations including UNESCO, the World Food Program,
numerous universities and research institutes.

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Prolman, who is driven by a passion for the environment, intends to
demonstrate to the world that organic flower production can radically benefit
the environment and the global ecology.org

Contact: Haven Bourque , Straus Communications
415-777-1170; haven@StrausCom. It is also the Spanish acronym
for the Regional Visualization and Monitoring System for Mesoamerica.;
the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville , Ark.

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"Organic Bouquet
fits right into the spirit of this unprecedented event. It is celebrated around the world
on June 5, and each year the United Nations selects a major city to host the
main celebrations."

About Organic Bouquet
Established in 2001, Organic Bouquet (http://www.
Panamanian President Martin Torrijos, NASA, other U.

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United Nations World Environment Day Names Organic Bouquet as Official Florist

SAN FRANCISCO, Organic pioneer Gerald Prolman sees
San Francisco through rose -colored lenses. Organic Bouquet's mission is to set a
new standard for the floral industry that upholds the well being of farm
workers, the protection of ecosystems, and the preservation of the Earth,
while providing consumers with the highest quality products available.
"NASA's science mission begins here on Earth, with greater awareness and
understanding of our changing planet, and new solutions for protecting our
environment, resources and human lives," said Dr.
The system contains user -friendly, interactive tools.
"SERVIR is an excellent tool for gauging slow or periodic shifts in
climate that could lead to drought and other long-term problems, as well as
identifying quick -forming weather phenomena that threaten human lives and
operations on land and at sea," said Daniel Irwin, SERVIR project manager at
the Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.

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This will be the first time since the World Environment Day's creation in
1972 that it will be held in North America.

About World Environment Day
Details available at http://www.nasa.

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and Central American
officials were on hand for the inauguration of the Panamanian SERVIR Center
yesterday .
Featuring a massive, Web-based data archive of maps and satellite imagery,
decision-support tools and interactive visualization capabilities, SERVIR is
designed to aid government and industry across the seven countries of Central
America and the southern Mexican states. "SERVIR technology , our partnership with
various organizations and with the people of Central America reflects NASA 's
commitment to improving life on our home planet for all people," he said.

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When San Francisco hosts the United Nations World Environment Day this
coming June, a team of eco-experts will be working with San Francisco Mayor
Gavin Newsom's office to coordinate the weeklong series of events showcasing
environmental solutions for urban communities around the globe. In 2004, the event -- hosted in
Barcelona , Spain -- drew tens of thousands of participants, international
dignitaries and journalists.com

Agency for
International Development; the World Bank; City of Knowledge, Panama; Water
Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean (CATHALAC);
Central American Commission for Environment and Development; and Cable +
Wireless Panama.

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There will also be related events
and festivities including special museum exhibits, clean-up campaigns, and
movie screenings.
United Nations World Environment Day is one of the most important events
on the international environmental calendar. Ghassem Asrar, NASA's Deputy
Associate Administrator for Science. City of Knowledge institutions
will benefit from SERVIR's environmental monitoring tools.

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