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Want to learn more, stay informed, be entranced or entertained? Here are some of the best online sources for environmental news, advocacy, and information.
Conservation and Advocacy
Conservation International
An international organization devoted to conservation science, studying and protecting biodiversity, and promoting human life in harmony with nature.
Defenders of Wildlife
This organization focuses on loss of biological diversity and habitat destruction. They are particularly involved in conservation of wild wolves and wolf habitat.
Earth Island Institute
Founded by environmentalist David Brower, Earth Island Institute develops programs to protect ecosystems, promote sustainable development, and pursue habitat restoration and reduction of toxics.
Greenpeace
Best known for their dramatic direct action programs, Greenpeace is an international conservation organization lobbying to stop global warming, protect old growth forests, stop whaling, and eliminate nuclear waste and toxic chemicals.
National Resources Defense Council
A US-focused advocacy group, known for their strong lobbying efforts and scientific research. Their magazine "onearth" is linked from this site, along with information about their various programs. The "links" section of this site includes resources on laws and treaties.
The Nature Conservancy
One of the U.S.'s premier conservation organizations, The Nature Conservancy owns and manages a huge system of private nature preserves. They also fund conservation research, and cooperate in international preservation efforts.
Sierra Club
Perhaps the oldest and certainly the best known among U.S. conservation groups, the Sierra Club provides a remarkable array of information, services, advocacy, community, and much much more, on both local and national levels. Connect to it all here, including "Sierra" magazine.
WWF
Formerly known as the World Wildlife Fund, this is one of the largest conservation organizations in existence. They have worked for decades worldwide in such areas as climate change, species preservation, oceans and forests, and toxics.
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Daily News and Views
allAfrica.com: Environment and Sustainable Development
Most of us have a tendency to focus exclusively on U.S. or perhaps European environmental news. This site can help to contradict that tendency. allAfrica doesn't only cover environmental news, but the environmental section contains daily stories on many topics from all parts of Africa. There is also a list of links that will takes you to allAfrica stories about particular topics of interest, such as wildlife or agriculture.
BBC News - Science and Nature
Always excellent - up-to-date and with lots of original reporting. Tends to have more information from outside the U.S., too.
Capitol Reports - Environmental News Links
Another collection of links to environmental news stories, organized by category. The navigation is kind of annoying on this page, but there's still lots of useful stuff. Especially nice are the links at the top to the Federal Register, Federal Courts, and Federal and State agencies.
The Envirolink Network
This site collects links to various environmental news stories, and also has a wide array of background information on many related topics. A great resource.
Environmental News Network
Featuring news shorts and in-depth articles arranged in categories from climate change to gardening to socially responsible investment, this site has it all. They also have nifty interactive features, including ways to search for your local media and elected officials, making it easy to let those in power know what you think.
Grist Magazine
The motto here is "gloom and doom with a sense of humor". See "Main Dish" for daily news stories, and "Muckraker" for in-depth reporting. There's always something interesting to read at this site.
Yahoo News - Environment and Nature
The best aggregate news site for environmental stories, collecting links from the AP, New York Times, Washington Post, and other newspapers around the globe. Also links to other environmental news sites.
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Ecology and Science
Animal Diversity Web
A service of the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, this site lets you browse taxonomy and genetic trees, skipping through Kingdom Animalia by phylum, class, order, family, and so on, with accompanying information on habitat, life cycles, and sometimes pictures and sounds. Lots of fun, and a great educational resource as well.
Kids Do Ecology
A project of the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, this is fun site designed to introduce children to ecological concepts.
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Policy and Politics
Project Vote Smart
For U.S. voters. This site has everything you need to find out your representative's views and votes. Study legislation, voter registration, or look up phone and email contact information.
United Nations Environment Programme
The UNEP hosts a wide variety of international programs, conventions, and publications on international environmental issues and sustainable living. They are particularly involved with the Kyoto Treaty and with CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species), but have many other projects as well.
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