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                                   The GLOBE Program
               Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment

          o    The GLOBE Program brings school children, educators and
          scientists together to monitor the worldwide environment.

          o    The objectives of the GLOBE Program are:
                    to enhance the collective awareness of individuals
                    throughout the world concerning the environment,
                    to increase scientific understanding of the Earth, and
                    to help ALL students reach higher standards in science
                    and mathematics education.

          o    The GLOBE Program consists of a worldwide network of K-12
          students:
                    making environmental observations at or near their
                    school (e.g., measurement of air temperature, wind
                    speed and direction, precipitation, land cover, water
                    chemistry, and soil moisture content),
                    providing data useful to environmental scientists, and
                    sharing the resulting global environmental images and
                    knowledge with each other.

          o    The GLOBE Program will employ an international transmission
          network, initially using the Internet, direct satellite
          transmission and television. The network will support:
                    the acquisition of environmental data by students,
                    transmission of the data to processing sites in the
                    U.S. and other countries,
                    distribution of vivid, graphical environmental
                    pictures of the world to students at their schools,
                    and
                    distribution of student[-acquired] data to
                    environmental scientists throughout the world.

          o    Scientists are involved in the design and implementation of
          the GLOBE program and will determine what types of measurements
          students are most capable of making and where students can make
          the greatest contribution.

          o    The data acquired by the students are expected to be useful
          in the understanding of earth systems by students and

          environmental researchers in a wide range of fields. The student
          data will be quality-controlled during GLOBE processing prior to
          their use in producing environmental images and publicly
          available data.

          o    Over 200 schools, at least 50 of which will be in the U.S.,
          will participate in the initial GLOBE implementation, which will
          begin operation on April 22, 1995, the 25th Earth Day. Over the
          following few years, at least 1000 U.S. schools will be actively
          involved. Over 40 countries have already expressed interest in
          becoming involved.

          o    Over 90% of the long term GLOBE expenditures are expected
          to be funded by foreign governments and non-government sources
          in the U.S. and abroad. Foreign governments will pay for their
          own country's participation to the extent they are able. A non-
          profit organization will be the focal point for U.S. private
          sector contributions for GLOBE.

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          Contact information

          Mail address:

          The GLOBE Program
          744 Jackson Place
          Washington, DC  20503
          telephone 1-202-395-7600
          fax:      1-202-395-7611
          Inquiries by Internet:   info@globe.gov [a *human* will respond]

          Express/courier address:

          The GLOBE Program
          The White House
          New Executive Office Building
          725 17th Street G-1
          Washington, DC  20006

          The GLOBE Program Director is Tom Pyke; the Program Deputy
          Director is Rick Chappell.