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AGRICULTURE & PESTICIDES
also see.. §Pests§, §Nematodes§

California Dept of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) Laws, Links, Product use/Databases, News, pubs

EPA Office of Pesticide Programs to protect humans, animals & environment

National Antimicrobial Information Network
• chemicals, disinfectants, sanitizers & sterilants, FAQs, Links, Lists, mfrs: Oregon State U & US EPA

($) National Pesticide Information Retrieval System (NPIRS) databases ($subscription$ required)

National Pesticide Telecommunications Network
•antimicrobial info, emergency, Links, mfrs, pest control, regulatory, Search, State Agencies

Persistant Organic Pollutants (POPS) Chemicals, Site Map: United Nations Environment Programme
US EPA

Office of Pesticide Programs: ( Site Map, Search)
Label Review Manual, Pesticides Banned and Severely Restricted, Pesticide Fact Sheets
Pesticide Management Resource Guide: (PMReG) Search ( full text), Topics
Pesticide Product Information System (PPIS)

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AIR POLLUTION
Air Pollution Research Group: U Toledo
Is Air Quality a Problem in My Home? American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA)

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ANSWERS
An Environmental Citizen... Who Me? : Environment Canada, daily life actions, rate yourself
Green Tips: ecoACTION 2000, Environment Canada databank Search

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ASSOCIATIONS
American Geophysical Union (AGU) understanding of Earth & its environment in space
American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA)
The Association for the Environmental Health of Soils events, journals, Links, news, online publications
Biopolitics International Organization
Citizens Opposed to PCB Ash (COPA)
Clean Earth Action helps business & organizations locate funding & form teams/coalitions,
Defenders of Wildlife
Earth Island Institute books, journal, news, workshops

EarthShare
• consortium of U.S. non-profit environmental & conservation organizations promoting awareness & philanthropy

Earth Summit Watch holding governments accountable for sustainable development
EarthSystems.org advancement of environmental information & education
Ecological Society of America education, jobs, Links, projects, public affairs, pubs
ECOTOPIA design strategy
EnviroLink Network: Organizations
Environmental Alliancefor Senior Involvement
Environmental Council of the States (ECOS) environmental commissioners
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE Use It!

(about)

Action Network online activist tool to influence policy
Alliance for Environmental Innovation working with companies for environmental change
Focus on the Future online global warming exhibition
ForMyWorld.com zipcode - environmental info, all American communities
Hog Watch clearinghouse.advocacy - environmental threats from US factory
Scorecard online tool for action/monitoring - chemical releases

Friends of the Earth England, Wales & Northern Ireland
Friends of the Environment Canada - protecting and improving natural environment

Use It!

Greenpeace International climate, forests, genetic engineering, news, nuclear, ocean, toxics...

Institute of Environmental Sciences (IEST)
International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) local campaigns, Clearinghouse, Search

International Institute for Sustainable Development
•articles, business, climate change, economic policy, knowledge networks, investment, News...

International Dark-Sky Association to stop light pollution and space debris
International Society for Environmental Ethics newsletter, bibliography, Links, Syllabus Project
Jane Goodall Institute "informed and compassionate action to improve the environment for all living things"
Local Government Environmental Assistance Network (LGEAN) forum &clearinghouse

Use It!

National Audobon Society action, education, news, science

National Environmental Coalition Of Native Americans (NECONA) to keep nuclear waste off Indian lands
National Environmental Health Association
National Environmental Trust campaigns, clean air, forests, global warming, marine, News, Search

Use It!

National Geographic Society

National Parks and Conservation Association (NPCA) action, education, magazine, store, tour
National Wildlife Federation

Natural Resources Defense Council, About, Links, SiteMap
• Cities & Green Living
• Environmental Legislation Legislative Directory, Laws & Treaties
• Global Warming
• Nuclear Weapons & Waste
• Parks, Forests & Wildlands
• Toxic Chemicals & Health
• Water & Oceans
• Wildlife & Fish

Use It!

The Nature Conservancy protecting the lands & waters they need to survive

Rainforest Action Network action, campaigns, kid's corner, news

Use It!

Sierra Club action, bookstore, history, magazine, news, SEARCH, solutions, youth

Society for Conservation Biology: site map

Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
•avents, life-cycle & ecological risk assessment, models, soils, workshops

Buckminster Fuller Institute - Spaceship Earth - SiteMap
The Trust for Public Land conserving land for people, news, toolbox
Student Environmental Action Coalition clearinghouse, email lists, Links, zine, organizer resources

ThinkCycle Forum
•aistributed open-source design innovation & collaboration for underserved communities & the environment

Youth In Action Network
Water Environment Federation, (WERF) associations, government, jobs, periodicals, students
The World Conservation Union (IUCN) conserve nature, equitable & ecologically sustainable
World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF)
World Health Organization European Region Site officiel de l'OMS
Yahoo Search Organizations @: Home: Society and Culture: Environment and Nature

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CHEMISTRY (also see INTERNATIONAL)

Chemical Information Page, Links
•arugs, pesticides, environmental pollutants, & toxins, Specialized Information Services US NIH

EMCI Chemical References Web Pages description: US EPA

EnvironmentalChemistry.com
• Prairie Dog Control Part I Non-Lethal Control Techniques, by Roberta C. Barbalace

Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics databases, Links, programs, projects, publications: US EPA
OPPTS Chemical Library products, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics: US EPA

Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
•avents, life-cycle & ecological risk assessment, models, soils, workshops

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CLEANING, DISINFECTING, STERILIZING

National Antimicrobial Information Network
• chemicals, disinfectants, sanitizers & sterilants, FAQs, Links, Lists, mfrs: Oregon State U & US EPA

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COUNTRIES
Ecology City of Ekaterinburg, Russia
Environment Australia Online federal government

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EARTH SCIENCES
also see.. §GEOLOGY§, §Geospace§, §Glaciology§, §Hydrology§, §Oceanography§, §Weather§

DIRECTORIES-Earth Sciences
dmoz.org Open Directory | Google.com | Yahoo.com

Geotimes Use It!

earth & environmental sciences magazine from the American Geological Institute
• Archives, Search by ( Date, Title, Topic )

Integrated Earth Information Server (IEIS) oceanographic, seismic, weather.. information; Education
Martindale's Geoscience Center
PBS, Savage Planet PBS series: volcanoes, weather, extreme environments

UniData Earth-system education & research, About, Forums, Search ( Glimpse, Ultra Seek ) SiteMap
• Projects
• Software

U.S. Geological Survey, Earth Resources Observation Systems (EROS) Data Center: data and information.

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ECOVILLAGES
Ecovillage Network of the Americas - English (ENA) an affiliate of the Global Ecovillage Network

Global Ecovillage Network (GEN)
• Find an ecovillage
• What is an Ecovillage?

Intentional Communities Fellowship for Intentional Community, About, Links

LivingRoutes.org sustainability, accredited college programs located in ecovillages, Links, Search
• What is an Ecovillage?

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EDUCATION
Air Quality Lesson Plans (K-12): Office of Air Quality, Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commision
Aldo Leopold Leadership Program
BFI Educational Partnership land reclamation, Links, waste management, recycling: Cal State U, Northridge
Classroom Earth training librarians, environmental professionals, gov't officials, business leaders
Environmental Hazards Management Institute nonpartisan/nonprofit organization, education
Environmental Information Center fight rollback of government protections or "regulatory reform"
Environmentors.org Washington D.C. youth mentoring & college prep project, Links
European University on Environment Environment, Economy & Society, events, training
Global Change Project, Lectures Notes: U Michigan
Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) students/teachers/scientists
Institute of Global Education non-profit United Nations Non-Governmental - "World Peace U"
Lead International Inc. for emerging leaders to balance environment protection/economic development
Learning Link: USDA Forest Service
Living Earth education for local communities

LivingRoutes.org sustainability, accredited college programs located in ecovillages, Links, Search
• What is an Ecovillage?

National Environmental Education & Training Foundation (NEETF)
• environmental literacy policies, grant-making approaches & direct programming, About

Plastics Resource plastics and the environment, FAQs, glossary, Links, recycling, Tutorial
Tom Huber: Envision It! Homepage Global Energy Balance Model, Monte Carlo Simulations

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ETHNOBOTONY
Amazon Conservation Team (ethnobotany.org)
Arizona Native Plant Society
Celebrating Wildflowers: US National Park Service
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center native plants - environmental necessity, value, & beauty (wildflower.org)
Nature Watch: USDA Forest Service
New England Wild Flower Society
North American Native Orchid Alliance
Plant Conservation Alliance alien, medicinal, restoration: US National Park Service
SacredEarth.com traditional plant knowledge & cosmologies, the well-being of Mother Earth
US National Park Service

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EVALUATION
Sustainable Measures indicators measuring progress toward sustainable economy, society & environment

^ ENVIRONMENT

FIND IT HERE

DIRECTORIES-Environment
dmoz Open Directory | Google | Wikipedia

DIRECTORIES-Ecology
dmoz Open Directory | Google | Wikipedia | Yahoo

Atlas of the Biosphere, About
• from SAGE, Institute for Environmental Studies, U Wisconsin, Madison
• Maps: Ecosystems, Human Impact, Land Use, Water Resources
• Schematics

Canadian Centre for Pollution Prevention companies, Links, pubs, Search

Chemical Information Page, Links
•arugs, pesticides, environmental pollutants, & toxins, Specialized Information Services US NIH

Clu-In.org News, partnerships, pubs, site characterization, software, vendors...

A Hub!

CNIE briefing books, daily news, education resources, law, Links, National Library, online journals

DENIX on the Web Defense Environmental Network & Information eXchange
DMOZ.ORG OPEN DIRECTORY OF LINKS

Earth and Environmental Science: USGS
EarthJustice.org non-profit public interest law firm, About, News
• Air, Forests, Health & Communities, Oceans, Public Lands, Water, Wildlife
• International
• Policy and Legislation
• Take Action, Urgent Cases

Ecology Action Centre
EcoNet

Encyclopedia of the Atmospheric Environment &, Encyclopedia of Sustainable Development
• from Manchester Metropolitan U

Encyclopedia Smithsonian, Ecology understanding ecosystems, online exhibitions
EnviroLink Network A Hub!

actions, associations, business, education, government, News, Pubs

Environment: Eugene (OR) Free Community Network
Environmental Alliance for Senior Involvement Links
Environmental Damage Valuation and Cost Benefit Website articles, Links, Site Map, papers/reports, tools
Environmental Defense Fund science, economics, & law for economically sustainable solutions
Environmental Research Center: U Missouri-Rolla
Foundation for Global Sustainability: East Tennessee & Southern Appalachian Region
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD): NASA Search Earth science & global change scientific data

Global Network of Environment & Technology Use It!

Links

Green Map System globally connected local communities, chart urban sites worldwide
Green Pages Global Directory: air, noise, recycling, soil, waste, water & wastewater

Use It!

Greenpeace International

Handbook for a Better Future: MIT Links to Resources, Solutions & Situation
Human Development Report 1998 Index & Gender-related Measures
Information Center for the Environment: Environmental Protection Links, U California, Davis
Indicators of Development Progress: global poverty core indicators: charts, goals, maps, tables

International Institute for Sustainable Development
•articles, business, climate change, economic policy, knowledge networks, investment, News...

Learning Link: USDA Forest Service

Macrocosm USA, nonprofit progressive clearinghouse - Search
• Forum
• Links ( Keywords, Products & Services, by State )

National Environmental Trust
Natural Perspective Site Map, Species Index; Animalia, Fungi, Plantae, Protoctista

Natural Resources Defense Council, About, Links, SiteMap
• the Bush Record
• Cities & Green Living
• Environmental Legislation Legislative Directory, Laws & Treaties
• Global Warming
• Nuclear Weapons & Waste
• Parks, Forests & Wildlands
• Toxic Chemicals & Health
• Water & Oceans
• Wildlife & Fish

Recyclers World

David Suzuki Foundation, Links, Site Map
• Climate Change
• Conserving the Web of Life
• Forests and Wild Lands
• Oceans and Aquatic Life
• The Sacred Balance, Forum

State Environmental Agencies and Contact Information: State Services Organization
World Bank
World Development Indicators: The World Bank Group
Yellow Pages for the Environment: CNIE Critical Links

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GAVIOTAS
Amazon.com, Gaviotas: A Village to Reinvent the World book
Chelsea Green Publishing, Gaviotas A Village to Reinvent the World
Context.org, Colombia's Model City
Dharma-Haven.org, Gaviotas: The Village Who Planted Trees

Friends of Gaviotas Use It!

About
• Interactive Retreat

Spike Magazine
• Alan Weisman: Gaviotas, book review

SustainableResources.org
• Paolo Lugari Discovering the Beauty in Challenge and Difficulty

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GLOBAL WARMING
Focus on the Future online global warming exhibition
Global Warming Site U.S. EPA

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INTERNATIONAL & UNITED NATIONS
EdExim Online Database Export/Import of certain dangerous chemicals, European Council (EEC)

United Nations Environment Programme:
• Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade
Decision Guidance Docs (DGDs)
• Persistant Organic Pollutants (POPS)
Chemicals
Site Map

^ ENVIRONMENT

KIDS
also see.. Tutorials

Maggie's Earth Adventures
ROSCOE's Recycle Room Kid's educational actrivity site

^ ENVIRONMENT

MINING
EnviroMine Environmental Technology for Mining

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NEWS
Communications for a Sustainable Future, Sources of Sustainability, discussion lists archive: U Colorado

Dispatches from a Vanishing World by Alex Shoumatoff, Home
• Archives
• Bulletins
• Music From Many Lands

Earthvision.net Links, News Categories:
• Business/Technology
• Education
• Policy/Advocacy
• Recreation
• Sustainability

EcoNet Home: Institute for Glabal Communications
EnviroLink Actions, Associations, Education, Government, News, Publications, Sustainable Business

A Hub!

Environmental Journals on the Internet: Committee for the National Institute for the Environment (CNIE)

Environmental News Network

Context Institute, In Context Quarterly of Human Sustainable Culture, About, Links, Search
• Colombia's Model City (Gaviotas)
• Ecospirituality articles

Sustainability - A Choice to Consider "the value upon which public decisions should be based"
CHAT ROOMS

Earth Chat environmental, animal rights or vegetarian subjects
EnviroLink Forum: Telnet
Natural Resources Chat Room: Xoom.com Java Chat, articles, products, Links

NEWSGROUPS

alt.current-events.earth-changes
alt.earth.crisis
alt.environment-p2, manufacture & process facilities efforts
alt.org.earth-first
alt.save.the.earth
aus.environment.conservation , Australia
aus.environment.misc , Australia
clari.tw.environment
sci.bio.ecology
sci.environment
sci.environment.waste
talk.environment
ucb.ced, college of environmental design
uk.environment, United Kingdom
uk.politics.environment, United Kingdom
york.fes.undercurrents, journal of critical environmental studies
za.environment

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NUCLEAR ENERGY
Civil Nuclear Industry forum for research and debate
National Environmental Coalition Of Native Americans (NECONA) to keep nuclear waste off Indian lands

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OVERVIEW
NASA Earth Observatory satellite data, monitor regional/global climatic & environmental causes/effects
Oceans Climate & Environment: Columbia U
UNEP's Global Environment Outlook-1, 1997 Global Overview, Regional Trends & Responses
World Scientists' Warning to Humanity: Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, Mass

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POLITICAL
20/20 Vision grassroots action group

Natural Resources Defense Council, About, Links, SiteMap
• the Bush Record
• Cities & Green Living
• Environmental Legislation Legislative Directory, Laws & Treaties
• Global Warming
• Nuclear Weapons & Waste
• Parks, Forests & Wildlands
• Toxic Chemicals & Health
• Water & Oceans
• Wildlife & Fish

The Campaign for Political Ecology to realign politics around the ecological imperative
CNIE briefing books, daily news, education resources, law, Links, National Library, online journals

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POPULATION
National Academy of Sciences Committee on Population
Population Action International advancing policies & programs that slow population growth
The Population Council news, publications, research
Resources for Human Reproduction, Population Explosion, Global Consequences Brandeis U

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RADON
American Association of Radon Scientists and Technologists articles, News, Facts, Q&A
Cornwall Radon Gas Centre: UK

dmoz Open Directory Use It!

Radon Links at Science: Environment: Air Quality

Environmental Physics 3 Radon Articles: Kernfysisch Versneller Instituut
EPA - Office Of Ground Water & Drinking Water - Radon
High-Radon Project Home Page, FAQ, Maps, research, tests: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Indoor Radon and Radon Decay Product Measurement Device Protocols, Glossary: EPA
MAPS

NAS Report on Radon in Drinking Water: US EPA
National Radon Proficiency Program: National Environmental Health Association
National Radon Safety Board FAQ, laboratories, mitigators, state listings, pubs, training
Ohio Radon Information Systems Web Site: U Toledo
Periodic Table: radon ChemicalElements.com
Periodic Table-radon: WebElements.com

The Radiation and Health Physics Page Use It!

U Michigan

Radiation and Life: Uranium Information Centre, Australia
Radiation: Risks & Realities natural radiation, Radon: US EPA

Radon Use It!

Integrated Environmental Management, Inc. (IEM)

Radon Use It!

FAQ, Air Quality Program: National Safety Council

Radon in Drinking Water EPA, Proposed Rule, NAS Risk Assessment
The Radon Fact Sheet: Radon.com

Radon in Ground Water Use It!

of the Lower Susquehanna & Potomac River Basins: USGS

Radon Home Page: US EPA
Radon Information Links & A Short Primer on Uranium Decay

Radon Mitigation Standards Use It!

(RMS): EPA

Radon Occurrence and Health Risk Use It!

Virtual Hospital: U Iowa

Radon Project estimate your radon level: Columbia U
Radon Resistant New Consruction: EPA

Radon Update Use It!

dosimetry, effects, guidelines, Levels, mitigaiton: Idaho State U

Risk Assessment of Radon in Drinking Water (1999) Use It!

Mitigation Techniques online book
USGS Radon Information, Geologic Potential of the U.S. Map, Geology of Radon

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RECYCLING

Global Recycling Network (grn.com) Forum, Glossary, Links, Search
• Publications list
• Reference Library

^ ENVIRONMENT

RESOURCES

World Resources Institute Environmental Think Tank - About, SiteMap
• Earth Trends
• Global Topics
• Regions: Africa, Asia, Central America, Europe and Russia, North America, Oceania, South America

^ ENVIRONMENT

STATES (US)
State Pesticide Regulatory Agencies: National Pesticide Telecommunications Network

^ ENVIRONMENT

TOXICOLOGY (ENVIRONMENTAL)
ExToxNet: FAQs News, pesticides, Glabal Search/Browse : UC Davis

^ ENVIRONMENT

TUTORIALS
also see.. Kids

Ask A Scientist Archive - Search: NEWTON/ANL, Argonne National Lab
• Environmental Earth Topics

^ ENVIRONMENT

U.S. GOVERNMENT
US Environmental Protection Agency
EPA - Federal Register, Water
EPANET pipe network & other software Environmental Protection Agency
EPANET Download from the Environmental Protection Agency
EPA - Office of Water (text tersion)
EPA - Wellhead Protection Programs List, by State
Hazardous Medical Waste Program US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventative Medicine
Hazardous Substance Release/Health Effects Database Search, Superfund sites
Toxicology & Environmental Health Information Program (TEHIP) Links
Whitehouse, News & Policies, Policies in Focus: Environment

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WATERS
also see... §BIOLOGY: Fish§, §WATER§

Clean Water Network, A National Agenda for Clean Water to protect strengthen the federal Clean Water Act

Coastal America, education - Links Use It!

Educating Young People About Water curricula, Links
Environmental Defense economic incentives approach to solving problems
EPA Office of Water, Wetlands Restoration Page
Estuarine and Coastal Sciences Association (ECSA ) events, Links, News, pubs
Estuarine Research Federation education, events, jobs, journal, Links, newletter
Habitat Ecology Section, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Maritimes Region, Canada
Marine Conservation Biology Institute (MCBI) images, issues, Links, News, workshops
National Audubon Society
National Watershed Network education, guides, Links, maps, News archive, science, tools
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), US Dept Agriculture
National Wetlands Inventory: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
NOAA Coastal Services Center, library, Links, Search Tools
Restore America's Estuaries community partnership, Links, national strategy, Restoration Act
Sea Web public education project - campaigns, Links, News, resources
Sustainable Seas Expeditions, education: NOAA Coastal Services Center
US Army Corps of Engineers, Reference Desk, Science & Technology
US EPA Watershed Tools Directory, Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds
US Geological Survey, Water Resources Div

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WILDLIFE
Biodiversity Support Program (BSP)
Defenders of Wildlife
National Wildlife Federation
World Wildlife Fund

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