Learn About Environmental Issues Online:
*These LINKS take you off the Exploring Nature Website
There are a lot of great websites online that you can look at for green tips. This can help you, your students and their families stay informed about the green things going on in the world.
• “Sustainable Home and Garden,” put out by National Geographic Society, tells weekly tips about staying green. Their mission is to “inspire people to care about the planet.”
• The Environmental Protection Agency website tells us about ways we can be safe while protecting the environment.
• The Alliance to Save Energy – Wind Power
• The American Wind Association – Wind Web Tutorial
• The CIDA Forestry Advisors Network – Information on Deforestation
• Department of Environmental Quality – Information on Wetlands
• Environmental Health Perspectives – Information on Noise Pollution
• Energy Information Administration – Information on Solar Power
• Endangered Species Act – National Fish and Wildlife site
• The EPA – Information on Acid Rain
• The EPA – Information on Coral Reef Protection links:
• The Food And Agriculture Organization Of The United Nations – Information on Water
• “Frankenfoods” – Information on Genetically Engineered Food from Live Science
• International Society of Arboriculture – Information on Trees
• EPA: Love Canal – Information on this Environmental Disaster
• NASA – Information on Climate Change: Arctic Warming
• The National Parks Service – Information on the Everglades
• National Recycling Coalition – Information on Recycling
• The National Weather Service – Layer of the Atmosphere – Online School for Weather
• Smithsonian Institution – Ocean Planet Exhibit
• U.S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey – Information on the Water Cycle links:
• World Wildlife Fund – Information on Endangered Species