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• American Librarians Association (ALA) Environmental resources on the Internet
  http://www.ala.org/acrl/resmar97.html
  A very useful, reliable site. Annotated links to approx 50 great sources. Organized into categories: ie. general resources, online publications, research organizations, environmental law and ethics, air & water issues. Definitely investigate this site!

• Best Environmental Directories
  http://www.ulb.ac.be/ceese/meta/cds.html
  Search 450 links to other lists. Updated bimonthly. Available in multiple languages.

• Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
  http://www.blm.gov
  Find out how this government agency manages public land. Then see what citizens think about it, see the PIRG (in general resources).

• Center for Ethics and Toxics
  http://www.cetos.org/
  Educational material, provided by this non-profit environmental group, includes writings by biologist and toxicologist Marc Lappé.

• Center for International Earth Science Information Network
  http://www.ciesin.org
  Links to info & interactive data on climate, demographics, & mortality. Metadata guide- search by keyword or location.

• Committee for the National Institute for the Environment
  http://www.cnie.org
  Links to info on international treaties, reference tools, conferences, environmental journals, and State of the Environment Reports.

• E magazine
  http://www.emagazine.com
  Articles on a variety of issues online in the archives, links to a WIDE host of environmental and animal organizations (ie @ Brandeis!). Maybe not a lot of hard science here but cool info on projects, products, and developments in the green movement.

• Earthsystems.org
  http://earthsystems.org/
  Host to the WWW.Virtual library (listed above). A non-profit dedicated to education. Links to other RELATED VIRTUAL LIBRARIES on forestry, environmental law. Find out about other services, join a chat room, search mailing list archives and SEAC.

• Earth Island Press
  http://www.islandpress.org/
  This non-profit publisher, concerned with environmental issues and education, has ads for books and lists a few websites on population, sustainable development, climate change, economics, communities, ecosystems and more. Also contains summaries of news and issues, job guides, and community activities.
  

• Earth Times
  http://www.earthtimes.org/index.html
  Daily international online News about the Environment, Education, Society, Business, Culture, Media, Nature, Politics, UN, Gender, Health (including Reproductive Health) & Population by "renowned writers". Link to the Environmental News Service.

• Earth's Biggest Environmental Search Engine with Directory
  http://www.webdirectory.com
  Categories in the directory: agriculture, energy, forestry, government, health, conservation, recycling, sustainable development, and water resources to name a few.

• EELink
  http://eelink.net/
  Government funded environmental education material. Searchable list of publications for school teachers and other resources, some online.

• Environmental Professional's Homepage
  http://www.clay.net/govag.html
  Links to the main links of federal government agencies (EPA, NOAA, Department of the Interior, of Energy, of Defense, of Commerce, of Agriculture, and Others). Simple start to a search of one of these resources.

• Environmental Technical Information Project (E-Tip)
  http://www.e-tip.org
  Topics: toxic substance info, waste management & pollution prevention, international treaties & global issues, radiation issues energy-related technology, & environmental legislation, policy, & education. Annotated links provided by a grassroots environmental organization, ECOLOGIA.

• Global Change and Canadians
  http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/dmo/susdev/global/eng/global.html
  Available in different languages: links to 18 other Canadian & other organizations, on-line publications, 14 links on climate, 15 environmental education site links & 15 for global change.

• Greenpeace International
  http://www.greenpeace.org/
  Links to campaigns on toxins, nuclear power, oceans, forests, and genetic engineering.

• Institute for Global Communications (IGC): Econet
  www.igc.org/igc/econet/index.html
  A nonprofit provides alternative information. It's a primary information and communications service provider at UN world conferences. Help coordinate international communications for social change.

• JSI Center for Environmental Health Studies
  http://www.jsi.com
  Details JSI's involvement in health issues around the world such as HIV/AIDS, Health Care to Underserved Populations, STDs, Managed Care, Primary Care Delivery, Substance Use & Tobacco Control, Maternal & Child Health, Family Planning, and Domestic Violence.

• Jstor- journals online
  http://www.jstor.org/
  Journals online: Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, Ecological Applications, Ecological Monographs, Ecology, as well as ones on economics, math, sociology and a few others. Most material updated to 1993. Contains 9 population journals: Demography, Family Planning Perspectives, International Family Planning, International Family Planning Perspectives and Digest, Population: An English Selection, Population and Development Review, Population Studies.

• Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs- Net links
  http://www.jhuccp.org/netlinks/
  900 annotated internet resources on health (public health, health education, demography, environment, communication, public policy). Search by country, name of organization, region, type of resource, subject, or a combination of the above.

• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
  http://www.nasa.gov/
  Contains a daily updated newsletter featuring the latest developments at NASA.

• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Earth Science Enterprise
  http://www.earth.nasa.gov/
  40 neat images of climatic phenomena, geological features, & ozone levels. Info on research, & news about The Native Peoples/Native Homelands Climate Change Workshop and other projects.

• Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
  http://www.nrdc.org/
  Use the search engine to explore Amicus magazine, publications, programs on the parks, fishing, global warming, air, water, electricity, health, and guide to concientious living.

• Right to Know Network (RTK net)
  http://www.rtk.net/
  Databases on the environment & housing campaign funding data.

• Science-com internet directory and resource site
  http://www.sciencekomm.at/advice/up2date.html#gensci
  Access (sometimes free) to 148 medical and scientific journals (some sites have full text available) as well as current news.

• Sierra Club
  http://www.sierraclub.org
  A report on endangered habitats & species. Wetlands, water, air, toxins (including info for individual states), transportation, nuclear waste & public policy.

• U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
  http://www.info.usaid.gov/environment/
  Policy papers, publications, in the news, their massive site index, (see pull down menu in top right of the screen) lists involvement- organized by region as well as by category.

• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
  http://www.unep.org/
  Info on products and services, environmental issues, countries and regions, events, legal instruments, and links to other sites including the ministries of the environment in about 90 countries and regions.

• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
  http://www.unep.org/
  Info on products and services, environmental issues, countries and regions, events, legal instruments, and links to other sites including the ministries of the environment in about 90 countries and regions.

• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)- Chemicals
  http://irptc.unep.ch/irptc/
  Information on toxins.

• US Geological Survey (USGS)
  http://www.nbs.gov/
  Short synopsis of research in each state. Search the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) clearinghouse. Links to other USGS info on water, & mapping also to international environmental sites, news,& photos.

• Virtual Library of Ecology and Biodiversity
  http://conbio.rice.edu/vl/
  Virtual Library of Biodiversity and Ecology. Links on MANY species, including humans.

• WWW Virtual Library
  http://earthsystems.org/Environment.shtml
  Links to more info sources on biodiversity, sustainable development. Searchable by alphabet, subject, or keyword.

• Yahoo's Environment Page
  www.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Environment_and_Nature/
  Links to topics of environmental studies, overpopulation, and sustainable development and more.