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California
Academy of Sciences
Each year one and a half million people visit the California Academy
in SanFrancisco. It includes the Natural History Museum, the Steinhart
Aquarium and the Morrison Planetarium. The site is a wealth of information
for students, families and teachers about the Academy.
California
Environmental Resources Evaluation System (CERES)
CERES was developed by the California Resources Agency to facilitate
access to a variety of electronic data describing California's rich
and diverse environments. The goal of CERES is to improve environmental
analysis and planning by integrating natural and resource information
and making it available to a wide variety of users.
EarthNavigator
Use EarthNavigator to bring the world to your desktop. This Web browser
(a free download from ZDNet), based on Internet Explorer, features an
integrated world globe that provides thousands of interesting links.
Use your mouse to rotate and navigate the globe, then click on a spot
to retrieve maps, weather forecasts, and other regional information.
You can even retrieve distance estimates and driving directions between
two points that you select.
Ecology
Action
Ecology Action researches and educates about bio-intensive gardening.
Publishes How to Grow More Vegetables, by John Jeavons,
Ten Speed Pres, 1995.
Contact:
5798 Ridgewood Rd.
Willits, CA 95490
tel: 707/459-0150
fax: 707/459-5409
EcoNet
Econet was the world's first computer network dedicated to environmental
protection and sustainability.
eNature.com
The eNature.com Online Field Guide is a searchable database for identifying
more than 4,000 plant and animal species of North America. Additional
species and other nature content is constantly added to the database.
The species accounts are from the best-selling National Audubon Society
Field Guides, Regional Guides, and Nature Guides, published by Alfred
A. Knopf, Inc.—a total of 35 books, with 20 million copies in
print. All of these books are available in the eNature.com Online Store
and at bookstores throughout North America.
For
My World
ForMyWorld is committed to providing the local information and practical
advice you need to solve environmental problems at home and in your
community. Down to earth. Close to home.
ForMyWorld provides seven different content channels. We cover everything
from buying green cars to wildlife to global climate change. Entering
your zip code on our home page gives you neighborhood information on
pollution, recycling, gardening and nature.
Friends of the
Earth
Friends of the Earth is an environmental advocacy organization with
affiliates in over 52 countries.
GRACE
Factory Farm Project
GRACE helps communities keep out factory farms or close existing ones
down. GRACE also provides news, testimony, and guset speakers
on related issues.
Contact:
15 East 26th Street
New York, NY 10010
tel: 212/726-9161
Global Releaf
provides tip sheets on organizing a local tree planting project.
Global
Response
An international environmental education and letter writing network.
The Young Environmentalist's Action Teacher's Packet is designed to
bring current world events into the classroom.
Henry A. Wallace Center for Agricultural and Environmental
Policy at Winrock International
9200 Edmonston Road, Suite 117
Greenbelt, MD 20770
tel: 301/441-8777
fax: 301/220-0164
email: hawiaa@access.digex.net
InfoNation
An easy-to-use, two-step database that allows you to view and compare
the most up-to-date statistical data for the Member States of
the United Nations. A fast link to information on issues such
as literacy rates, life expectancies, economic resources, and energy
consumption. Displays up to 7 countries at a time in graph form,
making informed comparisons simple (also making disparities obvious—e.g.,
the average energy consumed in the United States is nearly 30 times
greater than that of India.)
Institute for
Agriculture & Trade Policy
IATP promotes national and international policies that enhance sustainable
food security and the right to food.
Contact:
2105 First Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55405-2505
tel: 612/870-3400
fax: 612/870-4846
email: mritchie@iatp.org
Institute
for Food and Development Policy (Food First)
Food First, which views food as a fundamental human right, is involved
in a campaign for black family farmers and the California Biological
Agricultural Initiative.
Contact:
398 60th Street
Oakland, CA 94618
tel: 510/654-4400
fax: 510/654-4551
email: foodfirst@foodfirst.org
International
Society for Ecology and Culture
The IESC develops relationships between small farmers and rural society
internationally, to strengthen local economies, and nurture connections
with nature. The ISEC also campaigns against the global economy and
educates about our biological and spiritual connection to the world
around us.
Contact:
Apple Barn Week
Dartington, Devon TQ6JP England
tel: +44-1803-868-650
fax: +44-1803-868-651
email: isecuk@gn.apc.org
Mothers &
Others for a Sustainable Planet
Mothers and Others helps the public support farmers who are using safe
and sustainable methods of farming. Provides information on CSAs in
your area and which foods are the most important to buy organic.
Contact:
40 West 20th Street
New York, NY 10011
tel: 212/242-0010
fax: 212/242-0545
email: mothers@mothers.org
MULTICITY
"...Web tools to chat, message, and connect with anyone around
the world. Are you a little dubious? Then check out one of their many
chat rooms, which provide real-time translations in 18 different languages.
While the quality of the translations isn't perfect, it's a heck of
a lot better than guessing. There's instant messaging, voting booths,
message boards, Web rings, and a whole new world of communication."
National
Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides
An excellent source on pesticides, this group also publishes detailed
reports and alerts of pending legislation. They are committed
to pesticide safety and the adoption of alternative pest management
strategies that reduce or eliminate dependencies on toxic chemicals.
Contact:
701 E Street SE, Suite 2000
Washington, DC 20003
tel: 202/543-5450
fax: 202/543-4791
email: ncamp@ncamp.org
Save
Our Environment
A collaborative effort of the nation's most influential environmental
organizations. By clicking on the campaigns on the site you can make
your voice heard.
Sustainable
Agriculture Network
Part of the US Department of Agriculture's Sustainable Agriculture Research
and Education Program, this network provides scientific and practical
information.
Contact:
Andy Clark
Room 304, National Agricultural Library
10301 Baltimore Avenue
Beltsville, MD 20705-2351
tel: 301/504-6425
fax: 301/504-6409
email: san@nal.usda.gov
U.S. Public
Interest Research Group (USPIRG)
U.S. Pirg's mission is to deliver persistent, result-oriented public
interest activism that protects our environment, encourages a fair and
sustainable economy.
Web
Directory
Earth's biggest environmental search engine.
The
Wildness Within Us
"An Inner-Space Journey to the Wilderness—Origin of Life...This
series consists of a re-review of books and illustrations and prose
published by the Sierra Club and Friends of the Earth, David Brower
being the general editor of a series of award-winning conservation books
and films."
Maps of Bay Area
EcoAtlas
They have put extensive work into an EcoAtlas that helps provide a visual
demonstration of the bay. The Bay Area EcoAtlas is a Geographic Information
System of past and present local ecology of the bays, baylands, and
adjacent habitats of the San Francisco Bay Area. It is designed to support
regional environmental planning and management. It has regional historical
and present day maps of the San Francisco bay.
Visual Aids
EarthShots
This page highlights satellite images from the USGS showing global environmental
change.
www.kapli.com/biology4kids/eco
Lots of general environmental science information
SF Bay Area Organizations
Bay Area
Action
A nonprofit organization that has a mission to help people discover
and strengthen their connection to and concern for the natural environment
through education and hands-on, action-oriented activities. They organize
community environmental action activities as well as posting an online
calendar.
East Bay Street
Project
We exist, in collaboration with other social service agencies, to provide
East Bay working people with opportunities to join others in making
a difference through volunteerism, in a way that enriches lives, encourages
new friendships and creates new understanding, for the betterment of
our community.
Math/Science
Nucleus
Serves as a science resource center to assist school districts, teachers,
and administrators. A major goal is to increase the science literacy
of students in our school systems by enhancing the skills of teachers
and administrators. Improving their literacy will effectively teach
generations of children. They provide teacher workshops, school field
trips, works with local schools on environmental research projects and
develop science curriculum.
San Francisco's
Bay Area Progressive Directory
A listing of nonprofit and relevant organizations in a diverse array
of fields ranging from ecology to water. They also have a calendar of
events.
Save The
Bay
teaches young people about the Bay-Delta so they appreciate and protect
our waterways and wetlands. Canoes in Sloughs is an innovative, experiential
program that places students from 6th to 12th grade in canoes to explore
the estuary ecosystem up close. Their website has information on facts
on SF bay including pollution, urban sprawl, dams and canoes. They also
have newspaper articles on topics such as cleaning up toxics.
The
San Francisco Bay-Delta Model
At 2100 Bridgeway in Sausalito. This is a great field trip destination
with a miniaturized representation of the bay. The model is open
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Engineers usually operate
the model every Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Call ahead
to be sure it's operating: (415) 332-3871
San Francisco
Estuary Project
General information on SF estuary, wetlands (types, history, value,
pressure, and issues glossary), and watershed management. Publishes
"Estuarywise" educational materials facts on San Francisco
Bay –Delta Estuary.
Sulphur
Creek Nature Center, Hayward, Ca.
Sulphur Creek Nature Center is a wildlife education and rehabilitation
facility whose mission is to promote the conservation of local environmental
resources by serving as a community resource for wildlife issues.
Environmental Organizations
Defenders
of Wildlife
Environmental
Defense Fund
Environmental
Protection Agency
Green
City Project
A nonprofit which provides a list of local nonprofit organizations in
addition to a calendar of events for the Bay area.
Other Important Websites
National
Audubon Society
Natural Resources
Defense Council
A nonprofit that protects the world's resources and ensures a safe and
healthy environment for all.
Next
Generation
Assists organizations and businesses to bring about positive change
for environmental protection.
The
Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species (CITES)
the United Nations secretariat that oversees the agreement to
protect endangered species."
The Endangered
Wildlife Trust
aims to prevent species extinction, promote sustainable management of
species, and link action to conserve species with the conservation of
their habitats in Southern Africa."
The Nature Conservancy
The Sierra
Club
Students Environment
Action Coalition
Union of Concerned
Scientists
A broad based, national organization that is involved in many environmental
issues including sustainability, green living and agriculture. Current
relevant news can be seen on their site.
Worldwatch
Institute
a nonprofit public policy research organization
dedicated to informing policymakers and the public about emerging global
problems and trends and the complex link between the world economy and
its environmental support systems."
World
Wildlife Fund
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