ENVIRONMENT
PATHFINDER
KEYWORDS:
environment, ecology, pollution, biomes,
recycling, earth
PRINT RESOURCES:
Call Numbers to check:
333.7, 363.7, and 574.5
REFERENCE BOOKS:
Grolier's Library of Environmental Concepts
& Issues - REF
333.7 GRO
Encyclopedia of the Environment -
REF 333.7 ENC
Dictionary of Ecology and Environmental Science - REF 363.7 ART
The Young Gaia Atlas of Earthcare: An Illustrated Reference Guide to Looking After Out Planet - REF 363.7 LIT
Junior Environment of FILE - REF 372.3 JUN
Biomes of the World - REF 577.21 ALL
Biography Today - Profiles of People of Interest to
Young Readers: Environmental Leaders - REF 920 BIO
WEBSITES:
GENERAL
ENVIRONMENTAL SITES:
Environmental Protection Agency
- The place to start any
research.
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.
Amazing Environmental Organization WebDirectory -
Taking it to the international level.
The
worlds greatest search engine of environmental organizations connects you to information related to pollution, preservation, recycling etc.
Committee for the National Institute for the Environment
The National Council for
Science and the Environment (Formerly the Committee for the National Institute for the Environment)
whose mission is improving the scientific basis for making decisions on environmental issues provides information on various topics.
Environmental News Network
The
latest news related to environmental issues.
EnviroLink
This is one of the world's largest clearing houses of environmental
information. Includes everything from climate to corporate
responsibility/
Greenpeace.org
Greenpeace,
an independent and non-political, international
organization, dedicated to the protection of the
environment
by peaceful means provides information on many topics.
Sierra Club
The Sierra
Club, whose purpose is protecting the environment
for families and for our future,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA is deeply
committed to spreading the unique knowledge that
flows from its aeronautics and space research.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA)
NOAA warns of dangerous weather, charts our seas and skies,
guides our use and protection of
ocean and coastal resources,
and conducts
research to improve our understanding and
stewardship of the environment which sustains us all.
An organization of the Department of Commerce, NOAA is
comprised of the National Ocean Service, National Weather
Service, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Environmental
Satellite Data, and Information Service, and Office of Oceanic and
Atmospheric Research.
ANIMALS:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Welcome to the Endangered Species
The
United States Fish and Wildlife Organization's Endangered
Species
Program whose
mission is working to conserve and restore endangered
and threatened species and the ecosystems upon which they depend.
America's National Wildlife Refuges
The US Fish and Wildlife Service provides links related to endangered anima