Environmental Sites
-
Emory
-
Campus-wide Programs
- World
Health Organization Helmet Initiative
- Department
of Environmental and Occupational Health
- Earth
Day Vendor Fair
- Emory
Recycles
- Environmental
Studies Seminar Series
- Environmental
Studies at Emory University
- Growing
Green: Emory Magazine | Winter 2002
- The
Piedmont Project | Environment Across the
Curriculum
-
Campus Organizations
- Ad
Hoc Committee on Environmental Stewardship
- Friends
of Emory Forests
- Emory
Bike User's Group
- Emory
Garden Club
-
Student organizations and programs
- ECOSEAC
(Emory's chapter of the student environmental
action coalition)
- Environmental
Law and Conservation Society
- Environmental
Field Study Program
- of the Center for International Programs
Abroad
-
Programs reaching beyond campus
- Bangladesh
Environment Network
- Clifton
Corridor Transportation Management Association
- Electric
Vehicle Community Market
- Environmental
Justice Initiative
- Pediatric
Environmental Health Specialty Unit
- ScienceNET:K12
- Workshops for K-12 teachers on teaching
science have included study of water and
water quality.
- Turner
Environmental Law Clinic
- World
Health Organization Helmet Initiative
-
Research Projects
- Brownfields
and Hazardous Waste Policy
- Ecology,
Religion, and a Living Water Project
- (India)
- Environmental
Supply Chain Management
- Impact
of a Reduction in Ground Ozone Level During
the 1996 Atlanta Olympics on Pediatric Asthma
- Pollution,
Heart, and Lung Disease
- Problem
Based Learning for Undergraduate Science
Education
- (water quality)
-
Senate Committees
- Committee
on the Environment
- Campus
Development Committee
- Traffic
and Parking Committee
-
Other Campus Sites
-
Academic Opportunities
- Audubon
Expedition Institute
- travelling programs for undergraduate
and graduate students.
- Directory
of Environmental Programs
- higher education programs in sustainable
agriculture, environmental education, environmental
law.
- EE-Link
- lists environmental education resources
on the internet.
- Graduate
School Directory
- North American
Alliance for a Green Education
- Student-guided consortium of environmental
colleges and organizations dedicated to
experiential learning.
- School
for Field Studies
- College and high school students live
in beautiful ecosystems while learning.
- See-U
- Field ecology program run by the Columbia
University Center for Environmental Research
and Conservation.
- University
of Nevada
- Master's and doctoral degrees for advanced
students of literature and the natural world.
-
Promoting Environmentalism at Universities
- Association
of University Leaders for a Sustainable
Future (ULSF)
- Center for
Respect of Life and Environment (CRLE)
- an international member organization of
signatories to the 1990 Talloires Declaration
(pronounced "tal-whar"). ULSF
promotes academic leadership for the advancement
of global environmental literacy. Working
in partnership with more than 270 signatory
institutions in over 40 countries, ULSF
helps to build and strengthen institutional
capacity to develop ecologically sound policies
and practices, and to make sustainability
a major focus of academic disciplines, research
initiatives, operations systems, and outreach
efforts of higher-education institutions
worldwide.
- Center for
Environmental Economic Development (CEED)
- "7 by '07" Campaign to Fight
Global Warming. "Our main purpose is
to provide an information clearinghouse
for universities so that they do not have
to reinvent the wheel in their attempts
to help fight the climate change crisis."
- Envirocitizen's
recommendations
- for integrating environmental knowledge
into all relevant disciplines. Environmental
Studies List hosted by Brown University.
Send an email message to listserv@brownvm.brown.edu
to subscribe. The body of the message should
say: subscribe envst-l your name (e.g.,
subscribe envst-l Susan Smith) Green School
List
- Environmental
Grantmaking Foundations
- Greenest
Campuses: an Idiosyncratic Guide
- LISTSERV@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
- Recyc-L mailing list dedicated to the
discussion of recycling programs at college
and university campuses. Send an email message
to listserv@brownvm.brown.edu to subscribe.
The body of the message should say: subscribe
recyc-l your name (e.g., subscribe recyc-l
Susan Smith)
- National
Association of College and University Business
Officers
- Use the search engine and enter keywords,
e.g., environmental, conservation, purchasing.
- National
Wildlife Federation -- Campus Ecology
- Second
Nature
- nonprofit organization that helps colleges
and universities expand their efforts to
make environmentally sustainable and just
action a foundation of learning and practice.
- State
of the Campus Environment - Campus Ecology
- Education Programs - National Wildlife
Federation
- Sustainable
Campus Policy Bank
- ULSF |
University Leaders For A Sustainable Future
-
Student Activism
- Action
Network
- Environmental Defense online alerts.
- Blueprint
for a Green Campus
- Help your campus incorporate environmental
principles in its curriculum, building management,
and purchasing policies.
- Campus
Ecology
- Center for
Campus Organizing
- National
Environmental Wire for Students
- Offers networking resources for student
leaders, including Campus Green Vote trainings
on how to register and educate voters.
- Clean
Up Your School's Vehicle Fleet
- Natural Resources Defense Council tells
you why we need cleaner cars and how to
convert campus vehicles.
- Cool
the Planet
- student-run campain to end global warming
by lobbying politicians and corporations.
- Dump
& Run
- Recycle students' castoffs
- Earth
Day Network
- Organizing tips.
- Earthforce
- Sample petitions, action plans, and other
tools to monitor and protect local rivers
and promote bicycle-friendly communities.
- Earthnet
News
- Weekly student environmental listserv.
- EcoPledge
- Organizes targeted boycotts of companies
that harm the environment.
- EPA
Student Center
- Info on careers, projects, primers on
ecosystems, environmental regulations, and
key eco-issues.
- Free
the Planet
- Organizing trips, action items, environmental
alerts, and other tools for educating and
activating a campus.
- Global
Response
- How to write effective letters to decision-makers.
- Graduation
Pledge Alliance
- Make a socially conscious pledge part
of your graduation ceremony.
- Grist
Magazine
- Daily source of edgy environmental journalism.
- Mobilization
for Global Justice
- news about next anti-globalization protests
and campaigns.
- Public
Interest Research Groups
- Student chapters encourage environmental
advocacy, free speech, voting, and other
types of campus activities.
- Ruckus
Society
- Teaches skills of nonviolent civil disobedience.
- Second
Nature
- Provides training programs and works with
schools to incorporate environmental awareness
into college life.
- Sierra Student
Coalition
- Student run arm of the Sierra Club in
high schools and colleges.
- Sierra
Youth Coalition
- Sustainable Campuses Project of the Sierra
Club of Canada's Sierra Youth Coalition.
- Student
Environmental Action Coalition
- National network of high school and college
activists.
- VolunteerMatch
- World
Voices
- International group of young environmental
and social-justice activists working toward
a sustainable future.
- Youth
Action Network
- Youth
for Environmental Sanity
- Trainings for activists ages 15 to 25.
Primers on key environmental issues and
the Green Schools Manual.
-
Campus Sites
- Brown
University: Brown is Green
- Brown is Green program is "Brown's
educational and advocacy program which links
student research and education efforts with
administrative offices." It provides
links to other campuses with environmental
action sites.
- Clark
Atlanta University : Environmental Justice
Resource Center
- Formed in 1994 to serve as a research,
policy, and information clearinghouse on
issues related to environmental justice,
race and the environment, civil rights,
facility siting, land use planning, brownfields,
transportation equity, suburban sprawl,
and Smart Growth.
- George
Washington University handbook
- Harvard
Green Campus Initiative
- Harvard
University's Gateway
- to environmental education, research,
and outreach enterprise includes course
lists, faculty bibliographies, campus directory,
discussion lists, university environment
committee links, histories, and databases.
- Historically
Black Colleges and Universities Environmental
Technology Consortium
- seeks to provide increased participation
of underrepresented populations in environmental
and energy professions and is managed by
Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Penn
State : Green Destiny Council
- Association of faculty, staff, and students
committed to promoting ecological responsibility
at Penn State. See their Year 2000 Sustainability
Indicators Report.
- Indiana
University: Council for Environmental Stewardship
- Our mission is to engage students, faculty
and staff in academic programs and administrative
efforts that enhance our campus environment
and contribute to a healthy and sustainable
world.
- Tulane
Office of Environmental Affairs
- Tufts
Institute of the Environment
- University
of Buffalo: UB Green
- comprehensive green campus website.
- University
of Florida: Greening UF
- University of Florida site includes a
guide to "office greening," campus
"lean and green" awards, an Office
of Sustainability site, links to other university
sites.
- University
of Michigan Environmental Audit
- (1993)
- University
of North Carolina
- University
of Oregon Recycling
- University of Oregon site rich with ideas
and links.
- University
of Pennsylvania: Environmental Audit
- (1996)
- Washington
and Lee: Recycling Program
-
Environmental Education
- Association
for the Study of Literature & Environment
- Redefining
Progress (Ecological Footprint)
- GreenWorks:
Environmental Videos
- US Long
Term Ecological Research Program - Home
- National
Environmental Education & Training Foundation
- Readers'
Favorite Books March/April 2001 - Sierra
Magazine - Sierra Club
- Turn
the Tide - Nine Actions for the Planet
-
-
Courses
- Ecological
Society Course Syllabus Exchange
- Environmental
Toxicology - University of Idaho
-
K-12
- Center
for Environmental Education (K-12)
- Citybugs
Home Page
- Closing
the Loop Curriculum
- Dumptown
Game Introduction
- Earth
to Kids
- Eisenhauer
Natl Clearinghouse: K-12 mathematics
and science curriculum resources
- Search "environment"
- Environmentality
- Kids
Only
- Defenders
of Wildlife - Kids' Planet
- Marilyn's
Imagination Factory
- Nature
Kids
- Pond
Study
- Recycle
Guys
- USGS
Learning Web
- What's
Up With Our Nation's Waters?
- WWF
Kids and Teachers
-
-
Air Quality / Energy / Transportation /
Growth
- Clean
Up Southern Company
- Georgia
Airkeepers
- Georgians
for Clean Energy
- Georgia
Quality Growth Partnership
- Georgia
Rail Passenger Program
- Georgians
for Transportation Alternatives
- Partnership
for a Smog-Free Georgia: Air Quality Facts
- Southern
Alliance for Clean Energy - Newsletter
- Southern
Company: A Giant Among Polluters
- Southern Company was the most polluting
utility company in 1999.
- Southface
Energy Institute
- Sprawl
- Take Action - Sierra Club
- The
Southern Organizing Committee for Economic
& Social Justice (SOC)
-
Animals and Plants
-
Animals
- Center
for Wildlife Education
- Chattahoochee
Nature Center
- Wildlife
Resources Division
- Wild+Lifeline
- private, non-profit organization dedicated
to helping injured, orphaned or misplaced
wildlife and to educating the public
on how to better protect and enjoy nature.
- Zoo
Atlanta
-
-
Birds
- Atlanta
Area Birding Sites
- Atlanta
Audubon Society
- Bird
protection - Shade-Grown Coffee
Facts
- Birds
of Central & Northern Georgia
- Georgia
Ornithological Society
- encourages the scientific study
of birds by gathering and disseminating
information on Georgia bird life
and promotes the interest in, and
appreciation of, the value of birds
so as to help with the preservation
of bird habitat.
- Oconee
Forest Park Birds
- UGA
MNH BIRD SCIENCE BOX
-
Reptiles
- Common
Reptiles of Georgia
- Banded
water snake
- Copperhead
- Copperhead
2
- Copperhead
3
-
Trees and Plants
- Arbor
Atlanta
- CHAINSAWS
IN THE CHATTAHOOCHEE FOREST
- Also George Bush and Georgia's environment
- Georgia
Endangered Plant Propagation Stewardship
Network
- Georgia
Native Plant Society
- Trees
Atlanta
- UGA
Botany: Greenhouse Tour 1
- Xeriscape
- Georgia
Organics
- Georgia
Botanical Society
-
Atlanta
- Atlanta
Audubon Society
- Atlanta
Bicycle Campaign
- Atlanta
Clean Air Initiative
- Atlanta
Home Builders
- AHBA
Earth Craft House Program
- Atlanta
Pollen Count
- Atlanta
Regional Commission Transportation Planning
Department
- Atlanta
Skyline from Woodruff Library
- Atlanta
SuperSite Project
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
has selected Atlanta
- Clean
Air Campaign - Welcome
- Ecosystem
Analysis of Atlanta
- Global
Urban Indicators Database (1993)
- MARTA
- The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit
Authority
- PATH
Foundation - Greenway trails for Metro Atlanta
- Sierra
Club - Atlanta Chapter
- Southface
Energy Institute
- Trees
Atlanta
- Urban
Heat alters weather patterns
- 2001
Urban Mobility Study: Atlanta, GA
- Satellite
photos of Atlanta's land use over time
-
Emory Neighborhoods
-
- Candler
Park
- Clairmont
Heights Civic Association
- Druid
Hills
- Druid Hills is the historic district of
which Emory is a part extending mostly south
of campus as far as Ponce de Leon Avenue.
- Emory
Village
- Glen Creek
Watershed Alliance
- Glen Creek flows from the city of Decatur
in the southeast into South Fork Peachtree
Creek just east of Clairmont Road from University
Apartments.
- Nancy
Creek
- Nancy Creek is the next major urban tributary
to the Chattahoochee River above Peachtree
Creek and is located in northwest Atlanta
- North
Druid Hills Residents Association
- Peavine
Watershed Alliance
- South
Peachtree Creek Nature Preserve (Decatur,
Georgia)
-
-
DeKalb County
- DeKalb
County Georgia
- DeKalb
Chamber of Commerce
- DeKalb
County South River Watershed Assessment
- DeKalb
Zoning Site
- Greenspace
- Dekalb
Tree Ordinance
-
State of Georgia
- Environmental
Fund for Georgia
- As a federation of 23 environmental nonprofits,
the Environmental Fund for Georgia raises
funding and awareness for our member groups
by participating in workplace giving campaigns
in public and private businesses in Georgia.
Emory will be participating in 2001.
- Georgia
Environmental Council (GEC)
- formed in 1972 as an umbrella organization
for environmental groups in the state.
- Georgia
Conservancy
- "works to protect the environment
while balancing the demands of social and
economic progress."
- Georgia
EcoNetwork
- Georgia
Conservation Voters
- "Protecting Georgia's air, water,
and wildlife habitat through political action."
- Georgia
GreenSpace Program
- Georgia
Outdoor Classroom Resource Guide
- Georgia
PIRG
- Georgia
Water Education for Teachers
- Georgia
Wildlife Federation
- Sierra
Club -- Georgia Chapter
- Department
of Natural Resources
- Georgia
Soil and Water Conservation Commission
-
Water
- Adopt
a Stream Contacts
- Bioengineering
- Robbin B. Sotir & Asociates, Inc.
- Soil bioengineering and biotechnical land
stabilization for the repair, protection
and prevention of slope, stream and riverbank
failures, erosion and flood control, water,
air and noise quality improvement, aesthetic
and aquatic, riparian and upland habitat
enhancement.
- Dekalb
County Drinking Water Quality Report
- EPA:
Upper Chattahoochee
- EPA:
Upper Chattahoochee 2
- EPA:
Upper Chattahoochee Watershed Health (IWI)
- Georgia
Adopt-A-Stream
- CHATTAHOOCHEE
RIVER NATIONAL RECREATION AREA
- Chattahoochee
River Journey
- Chattowah
Open Land Trust
- buys land to protect the Chattahoochee
river basin
- Georgia
River Network
- Rivers
Alive
- Stream
Database - Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper
- USGS
Chattahoochee Water Quality
- Upper
Chattahoochee Riverkeeper
- Georgia
Environmental Protection Division
- Atlanta
Regional Commission - Water
- CAES
News Center - 'Sweet 16' Drought-Tolerant
Annuals
- Burnt
Fork Watershed Alliance
- Clean
Streams
- Metropolitan
North Georgia Water Planning District
-
National and International
-
Air Quality
- American
Lung Asso "State of the Air 2001"
- Air pollution levels by County.
- EPA
Global Warming Site: Personal Greenhouse
Gas Calculator
- EPA's
Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Home Page
- EPA:
Toxic Release Inventory
- Survey
project maps tree death along Appalachian
ridges
- AIRNOW
- Delivering Real-Time Ozone Information
to Your Community Handbook
-
Animals and Plants
- ALL
Species Foundation
- American
Field Guide
- Arctic
National Wildlife Refuge Site archive
- Biomes
- Defenders
of Wildlife
- eNature.com
- Natural History
- Endangered
Species Act -- Butterfly Problem
- Habitat
Stewards
- Man
and the Biosphere Species Databases (Information
Center for the Environment)
- The National
Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII)
Home Page
- Tree
of Life
- Wilderness
Society
- Founded in 1935, TWS works to protect
America's wilderness and to develop a nationwide
network of wild lands through public education,
scientific analysis, and advocacy. Our goal
is to ensure that future generations enjoy
the clean air and water, beauty, wildlife,
and opportunities for recreation and spiritual
renewal provided by the nation's pristine
forests, rivers, deserts, and mountains.
- Wilderness
Volunteers
-
Animals
- A
Beastly Garden of Wordy Delights
- Collective Nouns, Animal Adjectives,
Animal Sounds, Kid's Riddles and Jokes,
Offspring, Gender
- Amphibian
Checklist and Identification Guide
- Butterfly
WebSite
- Journal
of International Wildlife Law &
Policy - Wildlife Resources on the Internet
-
Birds
- Albatross
Project
- Journey
North 1998: Bald Eagle
- Bird
Tracks
- Cornell
Laboratory of Ornithology
- List
of Bird Calls
- LLRX
-- The Domestic Cat and the Law:
A Guide to Available Resources
- Mallard
Tracker 98
- Natural
(Birding) Resources
- NATURE:
Ravens
- Parrots:
The Pepperberg Homepage
- Patuxent-Migratory
Bird Research
- The
Penguin Page
- Wild
Wings: Heading North
- WildBills
Squirrel-Free Bird Site
-
Mammals
- Bonobo
Sex and Society
- Behavior of a close relative challenges
assumptions about male supremacy
in human evolution
- Keeping
Track, Inc.
- Elephant
Satellite Tracking in Malaysia
- Tree
Squirrel Place
- WhaleNet
at Wheelock College, Boston
- Wild
Game from Field to Table
- Wolf
Song of Alaska
-
Reptiles
- Animal
Life List
- Techie at National Center for
Supercomputing Applications, Illinois
- Cortland
Herpetology Connection -- Lizard
and Snake Pictures
- kingsnake.com
- the information portal for reptile
and amphibian hobbyists.
- Northeast
Fisheries Science Center Fish FAQ
- Turtle
Happenings--Sea Turtle News &
Information
-
Biotech v. Organic
- Genetically
Engineered Trees
- GM
technology in the forest sector: a scoping
study for WWF
- Local
Harvest
- Organic/local growers
- Organic
Certifiers Directory
- Pesticide
Action Network North America (PANNA)
- Small
farm resource guide
- u.s. organic certifying organizations
-
Trees and Plants
- American
Forests
- Dawn
of a New Lawn
- Ethnoforestry
- Forestworld
- resource for the wood and forest products
industry
- Gernot
Katzer's Spice Dictionary
- National
Arbor Day Foundation
- Locally Led Conservation Efforts
- National
Tree Trust Home Page
- New
York Botanical Garden: Vascular Plant
Type Database
- Parts
of the Plant
- PLANTS
National Database
- PFAF
Database Search
- Planting
the wrong tree increases air pollution
- 7/24/2001 - ENN.com
- Plants
Resources: The Gateway
- Scott's
Botanical Links--Subject Index
- TNC
Wildland Invasive Species Program page
- Texas
A&M: Vascular Plant Image Gallery
- TreeGuide
Inc. provides location-based services
for outdoor people
- Tree
Poetry
- USDA
Forest Service
- US
Economic Plant Dbase (GRIN)
- University
of Wisconsin: Botanical Images
- The
Virtual Foliage Home Page!
- Warnell
School of Forest Resouces
- Community Forestry
- Virginia
Tech Forest Biology and Dendrology Sites
-
Energy Conservation and Green Building
- AirHead
(emissions calculator)
- Alliance
to Save Energy: Home Energy Checkup
- Nonprofit coalition of prominent business,
government, environmental, and consumer
leaders who promote the efficient and clean
use of energy worldwide to benefit the environment,
the economy, and national security.
- American
Council for an Energy Efficient Economy
- Home energy savings guide. Green guide
to cars and trucks.
- American
Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air
Conditioning Engineers
- Association
of Higher Education Facilities Officers
- BuildingGreen.com
- Clean
Power Estimator
- Construction
Industry Environmental Links
- DOE
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network
(EREN)
- DOE:
Energy Efficient Appliances
- DOE/EPA:
ENERGY STAR
- Energy-efficient products.
- DOE:
Energy Usage in 2000
- Sierra
Club: Energy Saving Tips
- Green
Building Information Council
- Canadian nonprofit organization which
disseminates information about energy and
environmental issues in the building sector.
- Green
House (how to cut greenouse gas emissions)
- GreenClips!
- summary of news on sustainable building
design and related government and business
issues published every two
- LEED
(Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design)
- rating system of the Green Building Council:
It is a voluntary, consensus-based, market-driven
building rating system based on existing
proven technology. It evaluates environmental
performance from a "whole building"
perspective over a building's life cycle,
providing a definitive standard for what
constitutes a "green building".
- National
Database of State Incentives for Renewable
Energy
- Search Incentives Offered in Georgia
- PG&E:
1-2-3 Conserve Energy
- Energy tips from California's major utility.
- Power
Consumption Reference Guide
- Rebuild
America
- Promotes Building Commissioning.
- Siri
- Managed by the University of Vermont for
environmental health and safety officers.
- Solstice
- the information service of the Center
for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology
(CREST).
- Sustainability
action at Penn State
- Tufts
University Lightbulb Exchange Program
- Green
Book: green rating of cars
- EPA
Green Vehicle Guide
-
Global Climate
- AirHead
(emissions calculator)
- Environmental
and Societal Impacts Group
- EPA
Global Warming Site: Emissions - National
- globalchange.gov
- U.S. Global Change Data and Information
System (GCDIS)
- Global
Warming: Early Warning Signs
- Goddard
Earth Sciences Pictures
- National
Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
- Pew
Center on Global Climate Change
- Reconciling
Observations of Global Temperature Change
- SafeClimate
(emissions calculator)
- 7 by '07
Campaign to Fight Global Warming
- US Global
Change Research Information Office (global
warming)
- University
Center for Atmospheric Research
- nonprofit corporation formed in 1959 by
research institutions with doctoral programs
in the atmospheric and related sciences.
-
Green Computing
- Clean
Computer Campaign
- Colleges
save electrical costs
- Envirocycle
- Envirocycle recycles end-of-life electronic
products in an environmentally correct manner.
Envirocycle's dismantling services range
from mainframe computer systems to electric
razors and includes computers and television
sets.
- IBM's
recycling program
- consumers can recycle any manufacturer's
PCs, including system units, monitors, printers
and optional attachments for $29.99 which
includes shipping. Customers box the system
and ship it via UPS. Refurbished hardware
will go to charities which lack funding
for computer equipment.
- FreeBytes
- Using volunteer labor including high school
students and youth groups, we rehabilitate
equipment, create usable systems, and place
systems with organizations that could not
otherwise obtain such equipment in the commercial
marketplace.
- Green
Networld
- Green
Procurement Resources
- Harvard
Computer Energy Reduction Project
- Microweb
- A State, National and International Directory
of agencies that facilitate donations of
used computer hardware for schools and community
groups:
- Northern
Illinois University
- ReBoot
- nonprofit, Georgia-wide, collaborative
effort of many groups and organizations
committed to recycling computers in order
to promote independence for people with
disabilities.
- Recycling
your PC? IBM will take it
- Re:Design:
Sources of Information on Green Computing
- Share
the Technology
- salvages used computers which we repair,
upgrade and donate to nonprofit organizations,
schools and people with disabilities. Based
in New Jersey.
- Tufts
University Computer Energy Savings Initiative
- University
of Michigan Energy Management
- University
of Michigan
- University
of Oregon
-
Multiple Issue Sites (Databases, News, Organizations,
Professional Associations)
-
Data Sources and Libraries
- Argus
Clearinghouse
- Ask
the naturalist (ENN.com)
- ASK-A-SCIENTIST
(Argonne National Laboratory)
- CO2
emissions per person (quiz)
- Center
for International Earth Science Information
Network at Columbia University
- Council
on Environmental Quality (US govt)
- Annual Reports on role of government,
summaries of national environmental
data and trends.
- EarthTrends:
The Environmental Information Portal
- EIA-1605
Fuel and Energy Source Codes and Greenhouse
Gas Emission Coefficients
- Environmental
cost per person
- Environmental
Protection Agency - Topics List
- Environmental
Working Group
- EPA
Atlases and Maps
- EPA
Environmental Quality, Status, and Trends
- EPA:
Glossary
- EPA
Student Center
- Info on careers, projects, primers
on ecosystems, environmental regulations,
and key eco-issues.
- EPA
Student Guide to Environmental Issues
- EPA
Glossary of Environmental Terms
- EPA:
What one person can do
- HUD
Environmental Mapping of neighborhoods
- International
Energy Annual 1999: World Energy Database
- National
Environmental Policy Act
- Clean Air Act, Environmental Assessment
analyses
- National
Library for the Environment (NLE)
- National
Research Center for Statistics and the
Environment
- National
Safety Council
- Redefining
Progress (Ecological Footprint)
- UselessKnowledge.com
- Environment Trivia, Quotes, Quizzes
- World
Conservation Monitoring Centre
- World
Data Center Home Page
- World
Environment Library
- developed in December 1999 by the
New Zealand Digital Library and the
Humanity Libraries Project. It contains
400 publications (45,000 pages) of ideas
and solutions in the fields of Agriculture,
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Environmental
Impact Assessment, Energy, Health, Natural
Resources, Policy, Sustainable Development,
Waste Management and Water.
- The
World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Environment
-
Literature
- Cultural
Environmental Studies
- Arc
of the Rainforest
- Karen
Tei Yamashita
- Naturewriting
Resources and Inspiration
- Nature
Writing Resources
- Nature
Study, Nature Writing: Past and Present
- Sci. Reference Services, Lib of Congress
- Bibliographies
- Short
Green Novels
- Novels
for Nature Writing classes
- Interview
with Karen Tei Yamashita
-
News Sites
- Metro
Atlanta News
- CNN
Nature News
- Envirolink
- Environmental
Media Services - facts and contacts
for journalists
- Environmental
News Network
- EurekAlert
(American Association for the Advancement
of Science)
- Grist
Magazine
- Daily source of edgy environmental
journalism.
- Lycos
Environment News
- Moreover
Environmental News
- MSNBC
Environmental Issues
- New
York Times Index of Environment-related
information
- SpeakOut.com
- Worldwatch
Institute
- 1st
Headlines
-
Organizations
- ActForChange
- Audubon
Society
- Earth
Day
- Earthwatch
Institute
- promotes sustainable conservation
of our natural resources and cultural
heritage by creating partnerships between
scientists, educators and the general
public.
- EcoNet
- EcoNet was the world's first computer
network dedicated to environmental preservation
and sustainability and remains the best-known
and most comprehensive online network
of its kind.
- Environmental
Defense
- Environmental
Organization WebDirectory!
- Envisioning
a Sustainable and Desirable America
- (Anti-)Environmental
Policy Task Force
- Talking Points on the Environment
- Global
Environment & Technology Foundation
- Island
Press: The Environmental Publisher
- Izaak
Walton League
- founded in 1922 as a national organization
of hunters, anglers
- Land
Trust Alliance
- Linkages
- A Multimedia Resource for Environment
& Development Policy Makers
- Mapcruzin
- "Providing the data, tools, knowledge,
and expertise that will help tribes,
governments, community groups, and businesses
communicate the various facets of environmental,
health and social problems, solutions,
and achievements..."
- National
Council for Science and the Environment
(NCSE)
- The
National Environmental Directory
- Natural
Resources Defense Council
- Natural
Step
- non-profit environmental education
organization working to build an ecologically
and economically sustainable society.
- Nature
Conservancy
- nature conservation, biodiversity,
conservation groups, endangered species,
environmental organization, tropical
rain forest conservation, wildlife habitats
preservation
- Nature
Institute
- nonprofit scientific and educational
organization dedicated to pursuing a
science of nature rather than of mechanisms
assumed to lie behind nature. This is
a qualitative science, contextual and
holistic in spirit, and ethically informed
in immediate practice rather than in
afterthought. The Nature Institute also
promotes humane uses of technology rather
than mechanical uses of humans.
- North
Am Council for Enviro Coop
- Northeast
Sustainable Energy Asso
- Organic
Volunteers
- Redefining
Progress
- Rocky
Mountain Institute
- "an entrepreneurial, nonprofit
organization that fosters the efficient
and restorative use of resources to
create a more secure, prosperous, and
life-sustaining world."
- Save
Our Environment
- Sierra
Club
- SustainableBusiness.com
- Sustainable
USA Network
- Trust
for Public Land
- Turn
the Tide - Nine Actions for the Planet
- U.S.
Public Interest Research Group
- "U.S. PIRG's mission is to deliver
persistent, result-oriented public interest
activism that protects our environment,
encourages a fair, sustainable economy,
and fosters responsive, democratic government."
See, in particular, their Save our Wild
Forests website.
- World
Conservation Union
- World
Resources Institute
- Worldwatch
Institute
-
Professional Associations and Journals
- Audubon
Magazine
- Cambridge
Scientific Abstracts
- Conservation
Ecology Journal
- electronic, peer-reviewed, scientific
journal devoted to the rapid dissemination
of current research.
- Ecological
Indicators
- Ecological
Society of America
- (ESA) is a non-partisan, nonprofit
organization of scientists founded in
1915.
- Electronic
Green Journal - ISSN:1076-7975
- National
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
(NIEHS)
- Public
Employees for Environmental Responsibility
- Society
for Conservation Geographic Information
Systems
- SER
- The Society for Ecological Restoration
-
Art
- GREENARTS
- Keepers
of the Waters
- greenmuseum
- Women
Environmental Artists Directory - Home
-
Recycling, Green Purchasing, and Waste Management
- Anti-Recycling
Myths
- BioCycle
- Journal of Composting & Organics Recycling,
In Business - Creating Sustainable Enterprises
& Communities
- Cornell
Waste Management Institute
- offers programs in solid waste disposal,
management, and planning. Computer Recycling
- Environmental
eco-labels
- Greenseal
- is an independent nonprofit organization
that helps people and institutions buy products
and services that are less damaging to the
environment.
- Greg
Barber Company - Recycled Paper, Post-Consumer
Paper and Environmentally Friendly Printing.
- MANUAL
FOR IMPLEMENTING SCHOOL RECYCLING PROGRAMS
1998
- National
Association of College and University Food
Services
- National
Recycling Coalition
- NEPSI
Survey - Part I: General Information
- One
Earth Recycle
- Plastics
Resource: Recycling in General
- PVC
(Vinyl) and the environment
- Recycle
rechargeable batteries
- Recycled
Clothes, Recycled T-shirts, Recycled baseball
caps, Recycled tote bags and more!
- Recycler's
World -- Associations Directory
- Southern
Waste Information eXchange
- UMass
Waste Management, Moving and Surplus Property
Home
- University
of North Carolina Facilities Services Waste
Reduction
- University
of Oregon Recycling
- University of Oregon site rich with ideas
and links.
- WasteWise
- Earth
911: recycling centers, water pollution
and conservation, Earth Day
- Green
Scene: Recycling and other green lifestyles
-
Transportation, Urban Sprawl, Smart Growth
- Atlanta
Home Builders
- Bureau
of Transportation Statistics
- CarSharing
Network
- Greenlink
for Automobile Owners/Professionals
- provides information about the environmental
issues associated with maintaining vehicles
(e.g., used oil, air-conditioning)
- Livable
Communities
- National
Town Meeting for a Sustainable America
- The National
Transportation Library
- RideshareOnline.com
- Smart
Growth Network
- Surface
Transportation Policy Project
- to ensure that transportation policy and
investments help conserve energy, protect
environmental and aesthetic quality, strengthen
the economy, promote social equity, and
make communities more livable.
- Urban
Mobility Study
- Texas Transportation Institute
- Walkable
Communities, Inc.
- Web
site helps car-pool singles get connected
- Seattle
-
Water and Watersheds
- California
Data Exchange Center
- Center for
Watershed Protection
- Founded in 1992, the Center for Watershed
Protection works with local, state, and
federal governmental agencies, environmental
consulting firms, watershed organizations,
and the general public to provide objective
and scientifically sound information on
effective techniques to protect and restore
urban watersheds.
- Drainage
Basins
- EPA:
Adopt Your Watershed
- EPA:
Index of Watershed Indicators
- EPA's
Surf Your Watershed
- EPA:
Water Quality Monitoring
- EPA's National Newsletter of Volunteer
Water Quality Monitoring
- fluvial_landforms
- Groundwater
Foundation
- Interactive
Environment (TM): Watersheds: Where the
Atmosphere Meets the Earth – NBC4 WRC-TV
Washington, DC
- Living
Lakes
- Living Lakes partnership promotes voluntary
international collaboration among organizations
that carry out projects benefiting lakes,
wildlife, and people.
- River
Corridor and Wetland Restoration
- River
Network ~ helping people understand, protect
and restore rivers
- River
Restoration case study
- RIVER_SYSTEMS
- Stormwater
Center
- Stream
Corridor Restoration
- USGS
NAWQA Data Warehouse
- Water
Librarians' Resources
- California Water Agency librarian
- What
is a Watershed - Calendar
- Yuba
Watershed Ecological Information