Academic | Government Agencies and National Councils | Non-Governmental Organizations | Professional Organizations | Journals | Web Directories

Academic Programs and Research Institutes

• Center for Environmental Research and Conservation (Columbia University)www.cerc.columbia.edu
• Center for Environmental Science and Policy (Stanford) Cesp.Stanford.edu
• Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (University of Colorado-Boulder) Cires.Colorado.edu
• Cornell Center for the Environment www.cfe.cornell.edu/
• The Earth Institute (Columbia University) www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu
• Environmental Research Institute (University of Connecticut) www.eng2.uconn.edu/eri/
• Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (Texas A&M) www-gerg.tamu.edu
• Harvard University Center for the Environment environment.harvard.edu
• Institute for Environmental Studies (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Gaia1.ies.wisc.edu
• Nicholas School of the Environment (Duke) www.env.duke.edu
• Princeton Environmental Institute www.princeton.edu/~pei/
• School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (Yale) www.yale.edu/forestry
• World Watch http://www.worldwatch.org/ A source for cross-disciplinary, global environmental information.
• Wuppertal Institute www.wupperinst.org This European group works on issues related to environmental economics, energy, and climate policy.

Government Agencies and National Councils

• Center of Risk Excellence: U.S. Department of Energy http://riskcenter.doe.gov/ DOE's Center for Risk Excellence works on environmental health problems through policy risk management analyses.
• National Council for Science and the Environment www.cnie.org The NCSE (formerly CNIE) is dedicated to the scientific basis for environmental decision-making. A major site for environmental resource material.
• NOAA www.noaa.gov Site by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration providing information on environmental change, conservation and management related to weather and our coastal and marine resources.
• U.S. Department of Energy www.energy.gov/
• U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy www.eere.energy.gov/
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency www.epa.gov/
• U. S. EPA Region 5 www.epa.gov/Region5/Local and national updates by the Environmental Protection Agency.
• U.S. EPA region 5 Superfund Division http://www.epa.gov/R5Super/

Non-Governmental Organizations

• Center for Biological Diversity www.biologicaldiversity.orgProtecting endangered species and wild places of western North America and the Pacific through science, policy, education, and environmental law.
• Center for Humans and Nature www.humansandnature.org Focuses on the mutual well-being of human communities and the natural world. Using interdisciplinary research, education, and outreach, its mission is to explore, articulate, and promote our long-term social and moral responsibilities for earth's living communities.
• Center for International Environmental Law www.ciel.orgCIEL promotes sustainable societies by applying the principles of ecology and justice to international law.
• Center for Neighborhood Technology http://www.cnt.org/ This Chicago based organization is active in regional transportation planning, green building renovation, car sharing, community energy cooperatives and other environmentally sound community development strategies.
• Earth Policy Institute http://earth-policy.org/ The Earth Policy Institute provides a vision of environmentally sustainable economies. Also the birthplace of the State of the World and World Watch reports!
• EnviorHealthAction www.envirohealthaction.org This is a great site for those interested in environmental health, on the forefront of discussion as well as action.
• GreenHouse Gas On-Line: All About Greenhouse Gass Science http://www.ghgonline.org/
• Green Budget Germany http://www.eco-tax.info Information about an ecological tax reform
• Green House Network www.greenhousenet.org Fights global warming through education and the promotion of clean energy.
• Illinois Student Environmental Network www.isenonline.org Become a trained environmental leader: This Illinois based student organization serves 117 student run environmental groups on 90 college campuses across the state.
• Microcredithttp://www.microcreditsummit.org/ Microcredit is working to provide start-up funding for 100 million of the world's poorest families, especially women, seeking self-employment opportunities.
• Natural Resources Defense Council www.nrdc.org/
• The Nature Conservancy http://nature.org/ Preserving and protecting plants, animals and natural communities representing the diversity of life.
• Rainforest Relief www.rainforestrelief.org This organization works to save the rainforest and its peoples as well as creatively reducing the consumption of unsustainable materials.
• The Rocky Mountain Institute http://www.rmi.org/ RMI is an entrepreneurial nonprofit organization that fosters the efficient and restorative use of natural, human and other capital to make the world more secure, just, prosperous, and life sustaining. They do this by inspiring business, civil society, and government to design integrative solutions that create true wealth.
• Southeast Environmental Task Force http://www.southeastenvironmental.org/ Local nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting environmental education, pollution prevention, and sustainable development in the Southeast Side and south suburbs of Chicago.
• The Trust for Public Land http://www.tpl.org/ National nonprofit working exclusively to protect land for human enjoyment and well-being.

Professional Organizations

• National Association for Environmental Management (NAEM) http://www.naem.org/ This not-for-profit educational organization fosters opportunities for professional development and environmental management.
• Physicians for Social Responsibility www.psr.org PSR represents more than 20,000 health care professionals devoted to nuclear disarmament, violence prevention and environmental health.
• Union of Concerned Scientists www.ucsusa.org Professional scientists working toward improving environmental education, policies and practices.

Journals

• Virtual Journal of Environmental Sustainability www1.elsevier.com/vj/sustainability/ Monthly compendium of links to articles on sustainability from more than 15 Elsevier journals. European ecological modernization slant.

Web Directories

• The Science Lab's Directory of Environment-Related Web Sites www.the-science-lab.com/Environment/ Online directory of miscellaneous web sites related to the environment.