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A Èltima Arca de Noª “A Èltima Arca de Noª” (The Last Noah’s Ark) – Brazilian site about ecology, environment, biodiversity, environmental education, animals, birding etc. Portuguese/English.
About Birding.com Information about the seasonal migration of birds. Includes articles, flight paths, research, maps, tracking.
African Wildlife Resources A guide to Internet Resources has been developed to consolidate the growing number of information sources relating to African wildlife and conservation available on the Internet. The project seeks to become a comprehensive Internet directory, virtual library, research tool and resource center which will facilitate awareness and motivate people towards positive action and support for sustainable wildlife practices.
American Oceans The mission of American Oceans Campaign is to protect and preserve the vitality of coastal waters, estuaries, bays, wetlands, and deep oceans. To this end, AOC engages in educational outreach and implements innovative and cooperative programs with private sector, governmental, and environmental organizations. AOC is equally committed to strong grassroots support and scientific information in formulating sound public policy.
American Rivers Celebrating 25 years of bringing rivers to life, American Rivers is North America’s leading national river-conservation organization. Their mission is to protect and restore America’s river systems and to foster a river stewardship ethic.
AndEarth.com AndEarth.com sends out a free environmental newsletter to raise money for conservation and restoration projects.
The Antarctic Connection A vast center for news, weather and information from and about the frozen continent.
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Bat Conservation International The mission of Bat Conservation International is to protect and restore bats and their habitats worldwide
BirdLife International A global alliance of national conservation organisations working in more than 100 countries worldwide
Birds Underwater Manatee Snorkel Tours offers cave dives, manatee snorkel tours and diving instruction.
The British Waterfowl Association Through what is mostly a hobby interest, the British Waterfowl Association opens up new horizons of conservation concern in many people. Keeping waterfowl can increase an awareness of wildlife and its habitat requirements.
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Channel Islands National Park The Channel Islands are an island chain lying just off California’s southern coast. In 1980, Congress designated Anacapa, San Miguel, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa Islands and 125,000 acres of submerged lands as a national park because they possess unique natural and cultural resources. The park provided habitat for marine life ranging from microscopic plankton to the Earth’s largest creatures, the blue whale.
Chaparral Biome This site provides general and detailed information about the chaparral biome as it exists in different parts of the world.
Chaparral Environment A chaparral environment is characterized by long, hot, dry summers and mild, rainy winters. By Raquel Espinol.
Chaparral – From the Desert to the Sea: Major Habitats of Southern California From UCLA, this link provides useful information about the dominant chaparral habitat found in the mountains of Southern California.
The Center for Captive Chimpanzee Care The Center for Captive Chimpanzee Care was established in 1997, under the leadership of Jane Goodall and Roger Fouts, to create a sanctuary where chimpanzees could live out the remainder of their lives in the best environment possible.
Center for Marine Conservation The Center for Marine Conservation is committed to protecting ocean environments and conserving the global abundance and diversity of marine life. Through science-based advocacy, research and public education, CMC promotes informed citizen participation to reverse the degradation of our oceans.
Clemson University Radar Ornithology Laboratory(CUROL) Radar, originally developed to detect airborne targets such as aircraft and weather, is also a powerful tool for detecting density, location and direction and speed of movement of biological targets such as birds, insects and bats. This page provides you links to radar images provided by Intellicast. After viewing our tutorial, you can use these images to look for bird activity in your area.
Climate Diagnostics Center The mission of the Climate Diagnostics Center (CDC) is to identify the nature and causes for climate variations on time scales ranging from a month to centuries.
CO-2 Busters A new resource for basic information related to topics such as Global Warming, Climate Change, Greenhouse Effect, Sequestration and Pollution. The information on this site is straight-forward and easy to read. This is a free site, but it does require users to register to use it requiring the user’s name and e-mail address.
Conservation International Conservation International (CI) is a field-based, non-profit organization that protects the Earth’s biologically richest areas and helps the people who live there improve their quality of life. CI uses science, economics, policy, and community involvement to promote biodiversity conservation in tropical rain forests and other endangered ecosystems worldwide. Through CI’s environmentally sensitive and economically sound approach, resource protection is good business for everyone.
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Deep East 2001: Voyage of Discovery to Deep Sea Frontiers off the U.S. East Coast The Deep East Expedition completed its field season on October 1. Scientists explored three regions of the Atlantic Ocean, from Maine to Georgia, including the submarine canyons of Georges Bank and Bear Seamount off the New England coast
Defenders of Wildlife Defenders of Wildlife is dedicated to the protection of all native wild animals and plants in their natural communities. They focus their programs on what scientists consider two of the most serious environmental threats to the planet: the accelerating rate of extinction of species and the associated loss of biological diversity, and habitat alteration and destruction. Defenders of Wildlife also advocates new approaches to wildlife conservation that will help keep species from becoming endangered. Their programs encourage protection of entire ecosystems and interconnected habitats while protecting predators that serve as indicator species for ecosystem health.
Dive Commando | AP Valves Scuba Equipment Manufacturers of the highest quality dive equipment since 1968. A.P. Valves is today’s market leader and supplies Sport, Military and Commercial divers in over 42 countries
Ducks Unlimited Dedicated to the perpetuation of waterfowl through the conservation of wetland ecosystems and associated habitats.
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E, The Environmental Magazine E is full of everything the budding environmentalist needs to know: from rainforests to recycling; the personal to the political. Each edition contains thorough reporting on key environmental issues and trends, environmental news, industry and consumer product updates, food and environmental health issues, lifestyle tips, commentary from leading thinkers and doers, reviews of new books and films, and announcements of campaigns, events and conferences.
Earth Communications Office The Earth Communications Office (ECO) uses the power of communication to improve the global environment. Utilizing the skills and talents of members of the entertainment industry, ECO creates public service campaigns that educate and inspire people around the world to take action to protect the planet.
Earth Day How Earth Day got started…from Envirolink
Earth Island Institute Founded in 1982 by veteran environmentalist David Brower, EII fosters the efforts of creative individuals by providing organizational support in developing projects for the conservation, preservation, and restoration of the global environment. EII provides activists the freedom to develop program ideas, supported by services to help them pursue those ideas, with a minimum of bureaucracy. Earth Island’s Project Network consists of more than 30 projects worldwide. Through innovative education and activist campaigns, they are addressing many of the most pressing social and environmental issues.
Earth Share Earth Share manages workplace giving campaigns for its national environmental charities, just as the United Way raises funds for its health and human service charities. In these payroll deduction drives, Earth Share encourages employees to pledge a small amount of each paycheck to help solve environmental problems. Employees may elect to contribute to all our member agencies through a gift to Earth Share, or specifically to one or more of them.
Earth’s Water Water science for schools from the US Geological Survey (USGS).
Eartheasy Eartheasy is an online guide to how we can, as individuals and families, live more simply and efficiently, while reducing our personal impact on the environment. The site is a reference of ideas, practical solutions and alternatives to everyday lifestyle and consumer choices.
Earthlink Australia’s Ecofriendly Printed and Online Directory
EARTHWORKS EARTHWORKS is a world leading on-line database of career opportunities for ecologists, oceanographers, marine scientists, environmental scientists, sd professionals, geotechnical/civil engineers, remediation specialists, soil scientists, hydrologists/hydrogeologists, geoscientists, archaeologists, plant scientists, forestry/agricultural scientists, geographers, remote sensing/GIS staff, climate/atmospheric scientists and petroleum scientists/engineers in the academic, water, upstream oil and gas, civil and mining sectors with particular focus on the UK, Europe, North America, Pacific Rim and Africa.
East Coast Birds To some birds, the East Coast is home all year round. To others, it may be a place to start a family. Or it could be a pitstop in the long journey south. Occasionally, it is the first land an exhausted bird sees, thrown hundreds of miles off its course by a tropical storm. East Coast birds are as fascinating as they are varied. And you can learn all about them right here!
EcologyFund Ecologyfund is the largest wilderness preservation click-to-donate site, having protected over 4900 acres of land in 7 countries in less than a year. We are averaging one million donations per month now, (with over 100,000 unique visitors) and have partnered with the largest European, Canadian, and Mexican nature conservation organizations and the largest US environmental group. We are protecting more wilderness land in more places than any other site, and allow each person to click and protect over 2 acres per year for free, just by viewing Internet banner advertising.
Endangered Species Act (U.S.) The full text of the U.S. Endangered Species Act as enforced by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
ENDS Environment Daily ENDS is a daily environmental news service for professionals interested in environmental affairs. Included is a web based archive with powerful search facilities.
EnviroLink Network The EnviroLink Network is the largest and most frequently consulted online environmental information resource on the planet. Over 3.5 million people per month turn to EnviroLink for the most comprehensive, up-to-date environmental news, information and resources available.
Environmental Action Network The National Environmental Trust is a non-profit, non-partisan membership group established in 1994 to inform citizens about environmental problems and how they affect our health and quality of life. Check out our current campaigns to learn about the issues we are focusing on currently.
Environmental Defense Fund EDF is dedicated to protecting the environmental rights of all people, including future generations. Among these rights are clean air, clean water, healthy, nourishing food, and a flourishing ecosystem. EDF will be guided by scientific evaluation of environmental problems, and the solutions they advocate will be based on science, even when it leads in unfamiliar directions. EDF will work to create solutions that win lasting political, economic, and social support because they are bipartisan, efficient, and fair. EDF believes that a sustainable environment will require economic and social systems that are equitable and just.
Environmental History Timeline This link takes environmental awareness back to ancient civilizations when air and water pollution, deforestation, soil conservation and even lead poisoning were important issues.
The Environmental Impacts of War This site explains how wars impact world ecology, from preparation to its aftermath.
Environmental Literacy Council This site helps viewers gain a fundamental understanding of the natural world, the relationships and interactions between the living and the non-living environment, and the ability to deal sensibly with problems that involve scientific evidence, uncertainty, and economic, aesthetic and ethical considerations. Recommended for students and teachers.
Environmental Protection Agency The mission of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is to protect human health and to safeguard the natural environment air, water, and land upon which life depends. Learn about the EPA, recent projects and programs, news and events, and legal issues related to the environment.
EnviroWatch The purpose of EnviroWatch is to convey information regarding environmental issues and pass on articles and pages that may be of interest to those concerned about protecting our resources.
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Fossil Fuels From the University of Michigan, this is a presentation on the formation and consumption of fossil fuels.
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GreenHomeBuilding.com You can find a wide range of information about sustainable architecture and natural building.
Greenhouse Gases, Global Climate Change and Energy The Energy Information Administration takes an easy look the causes of global warming and how it is all connected to our energy demands.
GreenLinks GreenLinks provides a forum to share information from a broad and diverse group of individuals, organizations and companies focused on Environmental, Human Rights and Animal Welfare issues.
Greenpeace Greenpeace is an independent, campaigning organisation which uses non-violent, creative confrontation to expose global environmental problems, and to force the solutions which are essential to a green and peaceful future. Greenpeace’s goal is to ensure the ability of the earth to nurture life in all its diversity. Therefore Greenpeace seeks to protect biodiversity in all its forms, prevent pollution and abuse of the earth’s ocean, land, air and fresh water, end all nuclear threats, and promote peace, global disarmament and non-violence.
The Global Network for Environment and Technology GNET 99 is rooted in the idea of promoting the development and use of innovative technology to achieve sustainable development. Includes TechKnow 2.0, a free interactive database of innovative remediation and environmentally sustainable technologies and Ask An Expert, where questions about economic policy are answered.
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International Space Station This site contains an ISS Overview, a section to which information about successive ISS missions will be added as the construction of the station proceeds, and sections on ISS Components and Structures, Systems, and Science.
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Keren Kayameth LeIsrael – Jewish National Fund The historic goals of Keren Kayament LeIsrael – Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF) are to develop the land of Israel, to improve environmental quality and to nurture Zionist values for and on behalf of the Jewish People.
Keslick & Son Modern Arboriculture & Landscape Maintenance, with fact sheets on tree planting, pruning, soil management, pesticide information, and general plant health.
Kidport: The Food Chain All living things depend on each other to live. The food chain shows how some animals eat other animals to survive. While being food for animals higher in the food chain, these animals may eat other animals or plants to survive. The food chain is a complex balance of life. If one animals source of food disappears, such as from over fishing or hunting, many other animals in the food chain are impacted and may die. This link looks at two examples of food chains, one in the water and the other on land.
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Massachusetts Audubon Society The Massachusetts Audubon Society is the largest conservation organization in New England. Concentrating its efforts in Massachusetts, the Society has protected more than 27,000 acres of conservation land/wildlife habitat, conducts nature education programs for 200,000 children annually, and advocates for sound environmental policies. Massachusetts Audubon is a statewide organization with 36 sanctuaries open to the public. Massachusetts Audubon is independent of National Audubon.
Microbes.info – The Microbiology Information Portal This site is designed to provide useful and interesting microbiology informational resources for users interested in researching the world of microbes from bacteria and viruses to food, industrial and medical microbiology. The resources are quite extensive for this subject and are well-prepared; however, this site is most appropriate for upper-level secondary and post-secondary students, teachers and lifelong learners. Still, microbiology aficionados will find this site quite useful and refreshing.
Mote Marine Laboratory The Mote Marine Laboratory is an independent, nonprofit research organization dedicated to excellence in marine and environmental sciences. Since its inception in 1955, the laboratory’s primary missions have been the pursuit of excellence in scientific research and the dissemination of information to the scientific community as well as to the general public. Much of the laboratory’s efforts are directed toward the Southwest Florida coastal region. Through this research, the laboratory provides a center for the exchange of scientific information, hosting visiting investigators, student interns, seminars and conferences. Public outreach is accomplished through the Mote Marine Aquarium, an educational museum providing marine programs for all levels, from elementary-school children through adults.
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NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Goddard Space Flight Center has played a major role in space and Earth science. The Goddard team is made up of some of the world’s premiere scientists and engineers devoted to research in Earth and space science, astronomy, space physics, tracking and communications. Goddard’s mission is to expand knowledge of the Earth and its environment, the solar system and the universe through observations from space. The Center is committed to excellence in scientific investigation, in the development and operation of space systems and in the advancement of essential technologies. Goddard has some of the most diverse capabilities of all the NASA centers.
NASA satellite tracking system The Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, and the Direct Readout group of the Applied Information Sciences Branch (Code 935) at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center are working together on a project to monitor the migration routes of several endangered species using satellite tracking.
NASA SeaWiFS Project The purpose of the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) Project is to provide quantitative data on global ocean bio-optical properties to the Earth science community. Subtle changes in ocean color signify various types and quantities of marine phytoplankton (microscopic marine plants), the knowledge of which has both scientific and practical applications. The SeaWiFS Project will develop and operate a research data system that will process, calibrate, validate, archive and distribute data received from an Earth-orbiting ocean color sensor. A detailed description of the objectives, organization and operations as well as the current status of the SeaWiFS Project is available.
NASA TRMM Project Home Page Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) is a joint scientific satellite project between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Japan, which is designed to measure global-tropical rainfall via an assortment of instruments on a single spaceborne platform, including the first ever spaceborne weather radar.
NASA’s Triana Website Triana is a satellite mission to the Lagrange-1 (L1) point – the neutral gravity point between the Sun and the Earth dedicated to increasing our understanding of the Earth. With a scheduled launch date of October 2001, Triana will be the first Earth observing mission to provide a continuous, full disk view of the sun-lit Earth from 1.5 million kilometers.
National Audubon Society With more than a half-million members, 500 chapters, 100 sanctuaries and 300 full-time staff, the National Audubon Society continues its mission to conserve and restore natural ecosystems, focusing on birds and other wildlife for the benefit of humanity and the earth’s biological diversity.
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) is a nonprofit organization that was established by an act of Congress in 1984 and is dedicated to promoting improved conservation and sustainable use of our nation’s natural resources. Its goals are conservation education, natural resource management, habitat protection, ecosystem restoration, and public policy development. NFWF meets these goals by developing partnerships between the public and private sectors and supporting conservation activities that address the root causes of environmental problems.
National Resource Defense Council The Natural Resources Defense Council’s purpose is to safeguard the Earth: its people, its plants and animals, and the natural systems on which all life depends. They work to restore the integrity of the elements that sustain life — air, land, and water — and to defend endangered natural places in ways that advance the long-term welfare of present and future generations.
National Wildlife Federation The nation’s largest member-supported conservation group. Through activism, advocacy and litigation, NWF helps people protect the wildlife, wild places and resources we all must share. Activism begins at the grassroots level by providing people with the knowledge and resources they need to make a difference. Through advocacy within the state and federal government they bring a common-sense discussion of conservation policies to the American public. And they ensure the development and enforcement of effective conservation policies that protect the health of people, wildlife and natural resources through litigation.
New England Aquarium The New England Aquarium’s core mission is to promote, present, and protect the world of water. Through exhibits, research, conservation, and education, we seek to change the way people think about the world of water so they will want to protect it.
New Urbanism The mission of NewUrbanism.org is to promote environmentally friendly ways of building towns and cities in a compact form, along with Smart Transportation systems, that together are a sustainable form of development. New Urbanism is the most important planning movement this century, and is the revival of our lost art of place-making. It is essentially a re-ordering of the built environment into the form of complete towns, and promotes the creation and restoration of compact, walkable, mixed-use neighborhoods, towns, and cities. These contain housing, work places, shops, entertainment, schools, parks, and civic facilities essential to the daily lives of the residents, all within easy walking distance. New Urbanism promotes the increased use of trains and light rail, instead of more highways and roads. Currently, there are over 500 New Urbanist projects planned or under construction in the United States alone.
NOAA NOAA’s Mission is to describe and predict changes in the Earth’s environment, and conserve and wisely manage the Nation’s coastal and marine resources. NOAA’s strategy consists of seven interrelated Strategic Goals for environmental assessment, prediction and stewardship, which are presented here as theme pages for the World Wide Web.
The National Ice Center NIC’s mission is to provide the highest quality operational global regional and tactical scale sea ice analyses and forecasts tailored to meet the requirements of U.S. national interests; and provide selected METOC services to specified DOD agencies in the Washington D.C. area.
The Nature Conservancy The mission of Nature Conservancy is to preserve plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive by buying the lands and waters they need to survive. The Nature Conservancy operates the largest private system of nature sanctuaries in the world–more than 1,500 preserves in the United States alone. Some are postage-stamp size, others cover thousands of acres. All of them safeguard imperiled species of plants and animals.
The Nest Box The Nest Box is a personal website created to express a love and respect for Nature. Sections cover various aspects of birding such as Backyard Birding, Field Birding, Bluebirds, links, travel and nature photography.
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The Online Educator Lesson plans and clear-writing dedicated to making the Internet an accessible classroom tool.
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Patuxent Migratory Bird Research & Identification Information on migratory birds, species maps, song clips, photos & software.
Patuxent Wildlife Research Center The Patuxent Wildlife Research Center has held a leading international position in wildlife research and management since its founding in 1936 as America’s first wildlife experiment station and research refuge.
The Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center The goals of Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (PO.DAAC) are to serve the needs of the oceanographic and geophysical sciences research communities and to provide data in support of interdisciplinary research such as sea-surface height, surface-wind speed and directions, surface-wind stress vectors, sea-surface temperature, and sea-ice extent and concentration. PO.DAAC, located at Jet Propulsion Laboratory, is part of the Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS).
Phytoplankton Foundation of the Marine Food Chain (NASA Earth Observatory)
PVCs & Dioxins: A-to-Z Primer on PVCs and Dioxins and human health.
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Red List of Threatened Species The official listing of the world’s threatened animal and plant species according to The World Conservation Union. To go directly to the Red List’s listing of species by groups, click here.
Rocky Mountain Institute Rocky Mountain Institute is an entrepreneurial, nonprofit organization that fosters the efficient and restorative use of resources to create a more secure, prosperous, and life-sustaining world. RMI shows businesses, communities, individuals, and governments how to create more wealth and employment, protect and enhance natural and human capital, increase profit and competitive advantage, and enjoy many other benefits-largely by doing what they do far more efficiently.
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San Pedro Marine Mammal Center This hospital for the sick and injured seals and sea lions provides public viewing of their rehabilitation. There are frequently as many as 40-50 animals being cared for at a given time. The Center also features exhibits and educational information on marine mammals. They are open 365 days a year, from 8 AM to 4 PM. Admission is free.
Save the Earth Site Save the Earth Site is dedicated to educating the public on various environmental topics. It’s mission is to help provide the public with an understanding of environmental issues and possible solutions of actions that can be taken. Founded on March 26, 1999, it is a non-profit site geared towards achieving public awareness and support.
Solar Electric Light Fund, Inc. (SELF) SELF is a non-profit charitable organization founded in 1990 to promote, develop, and facilitate solar rural electrification and energy SELF-sufficiency in developing countries. Its impact focuses on the nearly two billion people whose primary source of energy for light, warmth and cooking is fire from wood, kerosene and other similar combustible materials.
Space Product Development Agribusiness covers traditional agricultural areas such as plant growth while adding the modern components, such as the production of food and drugs through plants. Commercial space research has resulted in a number of significant successes.
Species Information: Threatened and Endangered Animals and Plants From the US Fish & Wildlife Service, this page explains how the US Endangered Species Act lists and categorizes species as endangered or threatened, and then provides the complete listing of all US endangered species by groups and by specific flora and fauna.
The Sierra Club Founded in 1892 by John Muir, the Sierra Club is devoted to the study and protection of the Earth’s scenic and ecological resources — mountains, wetlands, woodlands, wild shores and rivers, deserts and plains. Sierra Club publications are part of the nonprofit effort the Club carries on as a public trust.
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TecEco TecEco is an Australian-based environmental technology firm that is developing and using eco-cement that is sustainable, with 100% utilization, totally recyclable and would reduce global CO2 emissions in the order of 10% – 15%.
Tennessee Aquarium Home to more than 9,000 animals representing 575 species of fish, jellyfish, crustaceans, mussels, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals, the Tennessee Aquarium tells the story of fresh water ecosystems. They follow the Tennessee River from it’s Appalachian beginnings through the swamp waters of the Mississippi River and into the Gulf of Mexico, making side trips to some of the world’s other great rivers.
Terra: The EOS (Earth Observing System) Flagship The flagship in NASA’s Earth Observing System (EOS), Terra launched in December 1999 and began collecting science data on February 24, 2000.
The Thoreau Home Page This site has been operational since just before the Grand Opening of the Thoreau Institute on 5 June 1998 and now offers a great deal of material by and information about the American author Henry D. Thoreau (1817³1862).
The Thoreau Institute The Thoreau Institute, located less than half a mile from Walden Pond, is a collaborative project of the Walden Woods Project and the Thoreau Society.
The Thoreau Society Our Mission is to honor Henry David Thoreau by stimulating interest in and fostering education about his life, works, and philosophy and his place in his world and ours, by coordinating research on his life and writings, by acting as a repository for Thoreauviana and material relevant to Henry David Thoreau, and by advocating for the preservation of Thoreau Country.
Topline Whsle Dist Co Worms, vermicomposting, worm equipment, worm supplies, worm books and lots of worm informantion.
Toxic Alert — Dioxin: An in-depth description and general look at the super toxin known as dioxin and its effects on human health.
Turning the Tide Turning the Tide, a major coastal regeneration project in the UK
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The U.S. Antarctic Program Scientific research, and operational support of that research, are the principal activities supported by the United States Government in Antarctica. The goals are to expand fundamental knowledge of the region, to foster research on global and regional problems of current scientific importance, and to utilize the region as a platform or base from which to support research. The U.S. Antarctic Program supports only that research that can be done exclusively in Antarctica or that can be done best from Antarctica.
U.S. EPA Brownfields Technology Support Center Coordinated through EPAÃs Technology Innovation Office, the Brownfields Technology Support Center ensures that Brownfields decision makers are aware of the full range of technologies available to make informed or ¦smart² technology decisions for their sites. As a public service, the Center provides, at no cost to localities, a readily accessible resource for unbiased assessments and supporting information on options relevant to specific sites. The center also provides a technology-oriented review process for investigation and clean-up plans for these sites. EPA Contact: Daniel Powell, powell.dan@epa.gov
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The Walden Woods Project The Walden Woods Project is dedicated to preserving endangered sites within the Walden Woods ecosystem and to educating people on land-preservation issues.
Water, Water Everywhere The status of the world’s fresh water supplies is covered in easy to read detail in this excellent water site from Our Changing Planet.
Wilderness Society In 1935, a small but dedicated group of conservationists formed the Wilderness Society to protect and preserve the nation’s wild places before they vanished forever. They put out an urgent call, as we do today, for “spirited people who will fight for the freedom of the wilderness.” Today, the Wilderness Society is a non-profit membership organization devoted to preserving wilderness and wildlife, protecting America’s prime forests, parks, rivers, deserts and shorelands, and fostering an American land ethic.
Wildlife Conservation Society Today WCS is at work in 53 nations across Africa, Asia, Latin America and North America, protecting wild landscapes that are home to a vast variety of species from butterlies to tigers. Our pioneering environmental education programs reach millions locally, nationally and internationally.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is a private, independent, not-for-profit corporation dedicated to research and higher education at the frontiers of ocean science. Its primary mission is to develop and effectively communicate a fundamental understanding of the processes and characteristics governing how the oceans function and how they interact with the Earth as a whole.
World Renewable Energy Network (WREN) A major non-profit organization based in the United Kingdom committed to supporting and enhancing the utilization and implementation of renewable energy sources that are both environmentally safe and economically sustainable.
World Wildlife Fund Known worldwide by its panda logo, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is dedicated to protecting the world’s wildlife and wildlands. The largest privately supported international conservation organization in the world, WWF has more than 1 million members in the U.S. alone. Since its inception in 1961, WWF has invested in over 13,100 projects in 157 countries.
World Wildlife Fund World Wildlife Fund is dedicated to protecting the world’s wildlife and wildlands. The largest privately supported international conservation organization in the world, WWF has sponsored more than 2,000 projects in 116 countries and has more than 1 million members in the U.S. alone. WWF directs its conservation efforts toward three global goals: protecting endangered spaces, saving endangered species, and addressing global threats. From working to save the giant panda, tiger, and rhino to helping establish and manage parks and reserves worldwide, WWF has been a conservation leader for more than 36 years.
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Yosemite Complete guide to Yosemite National Park with photos and weather reports.
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Zero Dioxin and Health Care Without Harm — Greenaction: A balanced website on the nature of dioxins and the efforts being taken to help remove them from the environment.
Zoological Society of San Diego Offers visitor information on tours, animal collections, exhibits and conservation programs at the San Diego Zoo and San Diego Wild Animal Park.
