ECOLOGY and ENVIRONMENT LINKS

First, the Good News: There are thousands of web sites with information about ecology, the environment, and environmental issues.

Next, the bad news: There are thousands of web sites with information about ecology, the environment, and environmental issues, so it's often hard to find what you want.

Below are the ecology links we currently use (in addition to the ones listed on our Ecology Hall of Fame pages). Please e-mail us at ecotopia@pacweb.com to let us know what links you think we should add to this list.

First, the three sites everyone should have bookmarked, the best places for current news about the environment:

• The Earth Times
• EnviroLink
• Greenwire (This gets you a daily email update of current events related to the environment.)

Next, an interesting site with information and links about This Date In Environmental History

PAGES OF LINKS

Here are some very comprehensive link sites:

• Environmental Organization WebDirectory!
• Wilson Almanac environment and ecology links pages -- a VERY long list of useful links.
• Circle of Life Foundation
• ProActivist
• Environmental Laws and Treaties
• Ecological Society of America
• Electric Green Journal's Environmental Resources on the World Wide Web
• Enviro Info
• Ecobeetle.com -- a fun and very informative site with extensive links and a very comprehensive calendar of This Day in Environmental History.

  Now some others:

• Philosophy, Technology, and the Environment -- has extensive links to thoughful essays about the nature of technology
• DZIKAPANI - insights, and inspiration, into the importance of the preservation of our wilderness
• Green Nature -- Links, news stories, a chance to express your own opinions and lots more.
• EcoMall (a commercial site with extensive links to environmental information and organizations' sites plus environment news updates)
• Environmental Links at the Australian Correspondence Schools site
• Sea Grant Legal Program
• Home Page for WEDigest we subscribe to their excellent mailing list with current research information.
• Global Warming sites
• Environment & Ecology--Japan (in Japanese)
• Ed Begley's Environment Web Links
• Mother Earth Hotlinks
• EcoBusinessLinks Green Directory (good for business links and some eco-news)

  SCIENCE

  A Utima Arca de Noah (The Last Noah's Ark) www.aultimaarcadenoe.com Brazilian site about ecology, environment, biodiversity, environmental education, animals, birding etc. Portuguese/English.
  • West Coast Nature, the environment of coastal British Columbia
  • Conservation Ecology, online scholarly magazine
  • EnviroMapper--Maps of anyplace in the US with environmental information
  • Physicians for Social Responsibility
  • Ecology Channel
  • Architects Home Page -- The Joy of our Dwellings; Conveying our spirituality through our shelters
  • Ozone Action, A Washington, DC based non-profit public interest organization focused exclusively on two atmospheric threats: global warming and stratospheric ozone depletion.
  • Environmental Working Group
  • Combustion in the Rain Forest: Ecology, Energy, and Economy for a Sustainable Environment
  • Wildlands Restoration Team (Santa Cruz, California)
  • National Academy Press has hundreds of current biology studies and books online.
  • Organic Tree Care (organic silvaculture)
  • Adirondack Aquatic Institute
  • "TRANET": A Chronicle of the Emerging Gaian Culture"
  • World Resources Institute (WRI) Home Page
  • Global Environment Institute
  • Round River Conservation Studies
  • Aquatic Ecology Page

  Other

  • EPANET is an Australizn site with detailed information about endangered species, tips for how to be an effective environmental activist and more.
  • Center for Ecoliteracy is dedicated to fostering a profound understanding of the natural world, grounded in direct experience, that leads to sustainable patterns of living.
  • USPIRG is the home of the United States Public Interest Research Group, the national version of the individual state groups that research, makes information available and lobby for environmental issues.
  • NEW-CUE is a non-profit, environmental education organization founded primarily to assist writers and educators who are dedicated to enhancing the public's awareness of environmental issues.
  • Carpool connect A searchable database of carpools all over the US.
  • SaveBioGems.org is an NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) campaign that empowers citizens to take effective action to save some of our planet's most endangered wild places.
  • Carfree, a site promoting, yes, a carfree life.
  • At The Ecology Fund web site you can click on links to donate to environmental causes without actually spending any money -- their sponsors donate the money in exchange for ad space on the donation page.
  • Earthhope Action Network
  • The Iron Bridge, a web site about a book by that name, written by David Morse
  • George -- A Passenger Pigeon
  • Living Labs environmental education programs for schools
  • Second Nature which offers colleges and universities a range of programs, training sessions, one-on-one consulting and online resources to make the integration of environmental sustainability thinking "second nature" to higher education.
  • The Institute for Earth Education
  • Artecology
  • PedaGo Net, Learning Resource Center
  • GLOBE Student Data Server a wonderful, internationl environmental education site.
  • North American Association for Environmental Education
  • The Outdoor Bookstore
  • Green & Growing Environmental Education Project's Home Page
  • Wilderness Education Council of Washington State
  • WRI: Environmental Education Page
  • Country Life Online Village
  • Mother Earth online
  • Natural Literacy books
  • The Wild Ones

  ORGANIZATIONS

  • Cyprus Conservation Foundation is an NGO working on research and promotion of conservation in Cyprus. It also runs The Environmental Studies Centre in Kritou Terra, Paphos, Cyprus
  • AndEarth.com, an organization working to save San Bruno Mountain, just south of San Francisco.
  • Circle of Life Foundation
  • Earth Day Net, promoting Earth Day 2000
  • The Committee for the National Institute for the Environment
  • Save-the-Redwoods League
  • Rainforest Action Network
  • Natural Resources Defence Council
  • The Ecosustainable Hub, Environmental design and project development, based in Australia
  • Mothers for Natural Law (an organization promoting safe food and complete, honest labeling)
  • The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
  • Earth Island Institute
  • National Audubon Society
  • The Sierra Club
  • The Wilderness Society
  • International Federation of Butterfly Enthusiasts
  • Electronic Green Journal
  • FORESTS FOREVER HOME PAGE
  • Surajmukhi, an organisation working for nature education & conservation in Central India
  • Association for the Study of Literature and Environment
  • Native Habitats
  • Greenpeace
  • EarthFirst! Journal
  • National Wildlife Federation

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  Updated 10 November, 2002
  Don Weiss
  ecotopia@pacweb.com