Environmental Resources & Information
- Worldwatch Institute: www.worldwatch.org
The Worldwatch Institute offers independent research for an environmentally sustainable and socially
just society that explores areas related to people, nature, economy and energy. Access their
FREE materials (registration required)
based on their many publications.
- Earth Policy Institute: www.earth-policy.org
his Institute promotes the "eco-economy:" an environmentally sustainable economy. Their Eco-Economy
Updates and Indicators
hightlight the most important trends that affect progress toward an eco-economy.
- Global warming has serious reprecussions, even surpassing terrorism as a threat to national security,
as reported by the Environmental Media Services. The U.S. Department of Defense commissioned report,
An Abrupt Climate
Change Scenario and Its Implications for the United States National Security, by Peter Schwatz and Doug Randall.
- Union of Concerned Scientists
As an independent nonprofit alliance of more than 100,000 concerned citizens and scientists, the Union
of Concerned Scientists augment rigorous scientific analysis with innovative thinking and committed
citizen advocacy to build a cleaner, healthier environment and a safer world. Set forth by the Union
of Concerned Scientists at the 1997 Kyoto Climate Summit, the
Call for Action
was signed by more than 1,500 scientists from 63 countries, including 110 Nobel laureates and 60 US
National Medal of Science winners.
- Wake Up to Global Warming.org
What is the Greenhouse Effect? What is Global Warming? Is Climate Chaos Imminent?
The website, run by Dr. Margaret Lillian, independent scientific researcher and journalist, specializing
in sustainability and environmental issues, discuss this and more. Free newsletter, "
Climate Shock - The Untold Truth" available.
- Earth Trends
EarthTrends is a comprehensive online database, maintained by the World Resources Institute,
that focuses on the environmental, social, and economic trends that shape our world.
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