One of GEN’s most important features is the Global Monitoring Network (GMN), a proprietary, Internet-based, global network for retrieving, storing and displaying real-time environmental data. (Patent pending – see Appendix B.) The GMN provides real-time global coverage of various environmental conditions including, but not limited to, hydrocarbon concentrations, water temperature, wind speed, plate tectonics, atmospheric pressure, toxin concentrations, leachate composition, groundwater flow, and air quality. Additional applications include, but are not limited to, tracking of animal migrations and densities, deforestation, polar ice cap activity, red tide and other geological, biological, atmospheric and oceanic conditions.

Every human being is affected by changes in the environment. Sometimes the impact of these changes can be dramatic. Knowledge of these changes on a real-time basis is crucial to protect human health and to safeguard the natural environment upon which all life depends. Until the invention of the GMN, there was no economically viable method to globally monitor the environment and communicate its vital signs to those concerned about environmental protection. The Global Monitoring Network allows these changes in the environment -- even very small changes -- to be monitored, detected and communicated in real-time to anyone with Internet access.

Integrated with the Global Monitoring Network will be private networks crisscrossing the globe, providing secure real-time monitoring information to companies and governments who have need for sensitive data to remain private. These PrivateNets will utilize low cost public networks, sophisticated encryption and security features to transmit data to corporations or governments. Many corporations must balance their desire to be "good citizens" with the need for protection of shareholder value. PrivateNets will allow these corporations to be notified immediately and privately when a problem occurs.