WWF - US: 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
CALPIRG The California Public Interest Research Group is an advocate for the public
interest. When consumers are cheated, or our natural environment is threatened, or the voice of
ordinary citizens are drowned out by special interest lobbyists, CALPIRG speaks up and takes action. In the watchdog tradition of Ralph
Nader, we uncover threats to public health and well-being and fight to end them,
using the time-tested tools of investigative research, media exposes, grassroots
organizing, advocacy and litigation
The
Nature Conservancy
The mission of The 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
Garbage: How
Can My
Community Reduce Waste?
"Garbage" is inspired by programs
from Race to Save the Planet, a video series in the Annenberg/CPB Multimedia Collection.
At this project site, students can learn about the waste disposal habits of the average
American and solutions to solve problems related to garbage in the environment. Included
are an interactive Hazardous Waste quiz, problem-solving exercises, related resources, and
much more
World Conservation Monitoring Centre The UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre provides information for
policy and action to conserve the living world. Now an office of the UN
based in Cambridge, UK, the Centre's work is an integral part of the United
Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya
Pollution Online The Virtual Community and Marketplace for Professionals and Vendors in the Pollution
Equipment and Pollution Control Industries.
BLM California
News.bytes News.bytes is a weekly e-newsletter published by the U.S.
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in California. News.bytes keeps you up to
date on what is happening with natural resources on your public lands, which
support wildlife, minerals, wilderness, wild horse & burros, grazing,
wild and scenic rivers, oil and gas, recreation, national monuments, and
many other activities, i.e, hunting, fishing, camping, and special areas on
15 million acres in California. The BLM manages public land for a wide
diversity of scientific information such as archaeology, cultural,
botanical, fire, forestry, range, water, land, threatened and endangered
plants and animals, etc., of interest to educators, teachers, students, and
others
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