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    General Sources of Environmental and Health Information

  • care.org
    CARE is a private international relief and development organization that has become a leader in sustainable develop and emergency aid. Check out their virtual field trips!

  • oneworld.org/cart
    The Centre for Appropriate Rural Technology promotes appropriate technologies in India and the Third World. They conduct research, develop mechanisms and establish extension centres. Information on their technologies is available on their website.

  • cseindia.org
    The Centre for Science and Environment is one of India's leading environmental NGOs with a deep interest in sustainable natural resource management. CSE's strategy of "knowledge based activism" has won it wide respect and admiration for the quality of its campaigns, research and publications. Lots of information and publications are available on this website. Check out the Gobar Times, an online publication for children. Also check out g:net, the Gobar Times environmental education network. This page has information for educators on publications, workshops, and a distance learning course on environmental education will soon be available.

  • www.child-to-child.org
    The aim of Child-to-Child Trust is to protect and preserve the health of communities worldwide by encouraging and enabling children and young people to play an active and responsible role in the health and development of themselves, other children and their families.

  • www.healthlink.org.uk
    Healthlink Worldwide works to improve the health of poor and vulnerable communities by strengthening the provision, use and impact of information. They maintain an online database of 16,000 records of materials focusing on the management and practice of primary health care in developing countries. Also available online are downloadable health-related newsletters on health-related topics from several different organizations. They produce several of their own publications, which are free to the developing world.

  • www.hesperian.org
    The Hesperian Foundation produces clear, simple information which ordinary people can use to work together to prevent and treat most common health problems in their own homes and communities, and to change the underlying conditions that lead to poor health. They publish books such as Where There is No Doctor.

  • www.itdg.org/home.html
    Intermediate Technology Development Group (ITDG) is an international non-governmental organization, which specializes in helping people to use technology for practical answers to poverty. Click on Education to access their teacher- and student- friendly resources.

  • www.stepin.org/org
    The Sustainable Technology Education Project (STEP) is a project of ITDG. Its purpose is to increase people's awareness of sustainable technology. Interesting case studies from around the world and teacher's notes are available on this website.

  • www.peopleandplanet.net
    People & the Planet is a monthly online magazine that reports on the way humans are interacting with the natural world. Information is available online, and is indexed by topic, such as: "Food and Agriculture," "Renewable Energy," "Reproductive Health," and "Pollution."

  • www.agricta.org
    Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (ACP-EU CTA) advances agricultural and rural development in African, Caribbean and Pacific countries by promoting the transfer, exchange and utilization of information. Check out their online magazine entitled Spore.

  • www.twnside.org.sg
    Third World Network is an international network of organizations and individuals involved in issues related to development, the developing world, and North-South issues. This site is a good source of news articles and news briefs on development issues.

  • www.iucn.org
    The World Conservation Union (IUCN) brings together government agencies, NGOs, and experts to influence, encourage and assist societies to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature, and to insure any use of natural resources is equitable and sustainable. This site is a good source of news items on conservation issues.

  • www.wri.org
    World Resources Institute has a mission to move human society to live in ways that protect Earth's environment and its capacity to provide for the needs and aspirations of current and future generations. This site is a good source of global environmental information.

  • www.worldwatch.org
    Worldwatch Institute is dedicated to fostering the evolution of an environmentally sustainable society - one in which human needs are met in ways that do not threaten the health of the natural environment. This site contains numerous news briefs and releases on sustainable development. Additional information can be ordered from their on-line bookstore.

  • www.panda.org
    World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is a global organization that is doing all it can to halt the accelerating destruction of our natural world. This site has links to all the WWF sites around the world. News releases and more in depth information related to their campaigns, such as endangered species and climate change, are available on the website. Also, check out the Kids' pages.

    • UN agencies

  • www.fao.org
    Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN has a wealth of information on agriculture, forestry and fisheries. (See FAO website for youth below.)

  • www.fao.org/ruralyouth/default.htm
    FAO's Rural Youth Programme aims to empower rural young people to take an active role in sustainable agriculture and rural development. It does this by strengthening and expanding existing government and NGO rural youth programmes, establishing new ones, and publishing YouthWorks, a newsletter for professional youth workers around the world.

  • www.unep.org
    The mission of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is to provide leadership and encourage partnership in caring for the environment. (See UNEP websites for children and others below.)

  • www.unep.org/children_youth/
    The Children and Youth programme describes networks, conferences, publications, competitions and campaigns for youth on the environment.

  • www.unep.ch/earthw.html
    United Nations System-Wide Earthwatch is a window on United Nations work to observe and assess the global environment. Click on "Homepage for the General Public" to more easily navigate through the vast amount of environmental information available on this website.

  • http://www.unep.org/Geo2000/pacha/guides.htm
    Pachamama is an on-line environmental magazine by young people of the world. This website has lots of information on environmental issues, as well as contributions from young people, including art work and case studies.

  • www.unesco.org
    The main objective of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is to contribute to peace and security in the world by promoting collaboration among nations through education, science, culture and communication. (See UNESCO website for teachers below.)

  • www.unesco.org/education/tlsf
    Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable Future is a website for teachers, teacher educators, and student teachers. 25 modules of interactive materials are available online.

  • www.unesco.org/education/educprog/ste/index.html
    Connect is a useful newsletter, available on line.

  • www.unicef.org
    The United Nations Children's Fund helps governments, communities and families make the world a better place for children.

  • www.unicef.org/young/
    This site offers discussion forums, quizzes, puzzles, stories and other pages for the young.

  • www.unicef.org/teachers/
    Teachers Talking about Learning is a place for teachers to explore ideas for school projects, such as getting students involved in community research projects.

  • www.who.int/home-page/
    The World Health Organization of the U.N. site contains a wealth of information on health. Information on emergencies, disease outbreaks, and press releases can be accessed from the homepage. WHO publications are available online, and are searchable by topic.

    • Useful Sites for Communicators

  • www.oneworld.org/slejf/AFEJ
    Asia-Pacific Forum of Environmental Journalists is a non-government organization (NGO) dedicated to promoting education, understanding and awareness of the environment through the honest and accurate reporting environmental and development issues.

  • www.enn.com/index.asp
    Environmental News Network offers timely environmental news, live chats, interactive quizzes, daily feature stories and more.

  • www.farmradio.org
    Developing Countries Farm Radio Network sends out quarterly packages of radio scripts and other development information to over 1,100 members.

  • www.panos.org.uk
    The Panos Insitute website is a source of news, opinions and perspectives from around the world. You will find information on a wide range of topics about the developing world. Check out the Global Express, which provides lesson plans and other teaching materials to help pupils understand news from and about the developing world.

    • Useful sites for educators

  • www.askeric.org
    The Ask ERIC site is an online database of educational resources. Click on ERIC Database, and then do a search for the topic you are researching. Documents pertaining to your topic will be listed, and information on how to obtain them is provided.

  • http://eelink.net
    Environmental Education on the Internet is a project of the North American Association for Environmental Education. It includes extensive directories of environmental education websites, including activities categorized by topics, sources of environmental information, and K-12 student environmental education sites.

  • www.epa.gov/students
    The Environmental Protection Agency Student Center includes environmental education activities and information for students in middle to high school. Many environmental club projects can be found here.

  • www.epa.gov/kids
    This EPA site for kids ages 5-12 contains games, art projects, stories, pictures, and facts about environmental issues.

  • www.globe.gov
    Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) involves students from over 80 countries in collecting local environmental data.

  • www.globalresponse.org
    Global Response (GR) has created a worldwide network of people and organizations that refer environmental crises to them. In collaboration with the local people who are working on the problem, GR issues an "Action" to its members. The "Action" gives background information about the environmental threat and the efforts of local organizations to resolve it. The "Action" asks GR members to use this information to write personal letters to specific officials who have the power to make positive changes. It has a special Young Environmentalists Action section.

  • http://iisdi.iisd.ca
    The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) has a Youth Source Book on Sustainable Development (http://iisd1.iisd.ca/youth/ysbk137.htm) that contains information on youth's concerns with sustainable development issues, case studies of youth action and a directory of international and regional youth organizations.

  • www.janegoodall.org/index.html
    Roots and Shoots of the Jane Goodall Institute enables young people from the pre-school to university level to continue to coordinate projects locally that promote care and concern for the environment, animals, and human communities. Through constructive activities, the participants of Roots & Shoots groups all over the world become more aware of how their actions affect their local community and the environment as a whole.

    • Biodiversity

  • www.nrel.colostate.edu/IBOY/index2.html
    IBOY International Biodiversity Observation Year 2001-2002 is a window in time in which scientists and educators across the world are joining forces to increase communication of important science-based information about biodiversity to a broad audience. IBOY is taking place in the first two years of a century that scientists predict will see unprecedented changes to Earth's ecosystems. The website has a kid's section with teachers' resources.

    • Biotechnology

  • www.ncbe.reading.ac.uk/NCBE/LINKS/menu.html
    National Centre for Biotechnology Education (UK) has an extensive list of worldwide web links on the topic of biotechnology

    • Genetic Resources

  • www.ipgri.cgiar.org
    International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI) works to advance the conservation and use of plant genetic diversity for the well being of present and future generations.

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