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Links
to more environmental sites and information:
Colorado
Organizations
U.S. Government Sites
International Organizations
U.S. Non-Profit Organizations
Private Sector Sites
Colorado
Alliance for Environmental Education facilitates communication, cooperation,
collaboration, and coordination among the varied environmental education
programs in the state.
Colorado
Alliance for State Systemic Initiatives/Leaders in Learning
Colorado Energy Science Center
The Colorado Energy Science Center's mission is to contribute to a better
understanding and appreciation of energy science and technology.
Colorado Environmental Business
Alliance is a statewide organization that focuses on the health and
vitality of Colorado's environmental business community.
Colorado Earth Day A coalition of
individuals and groups from the public and private sectors coordinating
Earth Day actions throughout Colorado.
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U.S.
Non-Profit Organizations
Earth
Day Network Earth Day Network is the nonprofit coordinating body of
worldwide Earth Day activities.
Gristmagazine.com , a project
of Earth Day Network, is an online magazine tackling all things environmental.
The site is informative, entertaining, provocative, and encourages creative
thinking about environmental problems and solutions.
My
Links of the Month, every month this site gives a number of links
to web sites on environmental subjects. There is also an archive of past
months' links
World Resources Institute
WRI provides information, ideas, and solutions to global environmental
problems, and uses knowledge to catalyze public and private action.
Worldwatch Institute
Fosters the evolution of an environmentally sustainable society by
conducting inter-disciplinary non-partisan research on emerging global
environmental issues.
Pew Center on Global Climate Change
A non-profit,non-partisan and independent organization dedicated to providing
credible information, straight answers and innovative solutions in the
effort to address global climate change. Thirty-two major companies, with
most included in the Fortune 500, are working together through the Center
to educate the public on the risks, challenges and solutions to climate
change.
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U.S.Government
Sites
National
Climatic Data Center NCDC is the world's largest active archive of
weather data. NCDC produces numerous climate publications and responds
to data requests from all over the world.
National Renewable Energy
Laboratory (NREL) The U.S. Department of Energy's premier laboratory
for renewable energy and energy efficiency research, development and deployment.
National Council for
Science and the Environment (formerly The Committee for the National
Institute for the EnvironmentCNIE)
National Science Foundation
An independent agency of the U.S. Government, established to promote
the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and
welfare; and to secure the national defense.
US Environmental Protection
Agency Government agency's website, includes policies, documents,
and information on environmental programs and initiatives.
US Department of Energy
Government agency that seeks to foster a secure and reliable energy system
that is environmentally and economically sustainable, to be a responsible
steward of the Nation's nuclear weapons, to clean up our own facilities
and to support continued United States leadership in science and technology.
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International
Organizations
United
Nations Environment Programme UN organization that encourages
partnerships in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing, and
enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without
compromising that of future generations.
United Nations Framework
on Climate Change The site provides Parties, representatives of observer
organisations and others interested in the UNFCCC process, with a one-stop
source of news, data, information and documents.
World Business Council
for Sustainable Development A coalition of some 140 international
companies united by a shared commitment to sustainable development, i.e.
environmental protection, social equity and economic growth.
World Bank
International development assistance organization that
uses its financial resources, highly trained staff, and extensive knowledge
base to help each developing country onto a path of stable, sustainable,
and equitable growth in the fight against poverty.
World
Wildlife WWF directs its conservation efforts
toward three global goals: protecting endangered spaces, saving endangered
species, and addressing global threats.
Global
Reporting Initiative An international, multi-stakeholder effort to
create a common framework for voluntary reporting of the economic, environmental,
and social impact of organisation-level activity.
Green Cross International Organization
founded by Mikhail Gorbachev to help create the conditions for a sustainable
future by cultivating a more harmonious relationship between humans and
the environment.
Greenstara living laboratory project in progress in a small Palestinian
village in the Middle East.
Greenstara
living laboratory project in progress in a small Palestinian village in
the Middle East.
The
Science Plan of the International Human Dimensions Program for work on
"Industrial Transformation" has been issued. The plan covers topics
related to industrial ecology, consumption, urbanization and a variety
of other topics. It is intended to help guide the research agenda for
the international community interested in these issues.
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Private
Sector Sites
Jade
Mountain "The world's largest selection of renewable energy products.
From 60-year light bulbs to complete solar homes - everything you need
to supply yourself with affordable and renewable energy."
Population
Institute Dedicated to creating national and international awareness
of the social, economic and environmental implications of rapid population
growth.
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