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| Arbor Day Foundation: |
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a nonprofit conservation and education organization |
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| Carbon Rally: |
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gives suggestions on what to do to reduce climate change for individuals, businesses and communities (also offers blogs) |
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| Earth Island Institute: |
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a non-profit organization that helps support people who come up with ideas to help the earth |
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| Ecology dictionary: |
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a dictionary of "ecology and green living terms" |
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| Encyclopedia of Earth: |
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a valuable reference site about the earth that contains articles from experts in the fields of earth, environment, and sustainability |
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| Energy Star: |
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U.S. Government link that gives information on how to save energy |
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| Envirofacts: |
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provides access to EPA databases with information about environmental activities affecting air, water and land |
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| Envirolink: |
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provides comprehensive, up-to-date environmental information and news |
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| Enviromapper: |
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tool used to map various types of environmental information, including air releases, drinking water, toxic releases, hazardous wastes, water discharge permits, and Superfund sites |
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| Environmental Ethics: |
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a list of bookmarks, organized by topics, in applied environmental ethics |
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| EPA: Environmental Protection Agency: |
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U.S. government entity, working for a cleaner, healthier environment for the American people |
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| Focus the Nation : |
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an environmental group dedicated to educating others on climate change |
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| Free Cycle: |
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Offers information on how to exchange or borrow items in order to recycle them |
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| Guide Posts: |
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a website that offers positive articles about what you can do to help the environment |
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| Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: |
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provides information about climate change from a panel of experts from around the world |
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| Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy: |
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addresses legal and political issues concerning wildlife |
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| Make Me Sustainable: |
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allows you to fill out a survey to show the CO2 impact you make on the earth and what you can do to reduce it (also offers blogs) |
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| NASA-Sea Ice Animated Scientific Visuals: |
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get an animated view of the earth and how much sea ice has depleted since it has been recorded, 1979-2007 |
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| National Climatic Data Center: |
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offers the most up-to-date information about the earth's weather, climate publications and meteorology archives |
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| National Geographic: Environment : |
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information and pictures on the earth's environment |
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| National Library for the Environment: |
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access to the world's environmental information |
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| National Wildlife Federation: |
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an organization created to inspire others in the protection of wildlife for future generations |
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| Natural Resources Defense Council: |
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an environmental action group that helps preserve wildlife and the environment in order to help all life on earth |
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| NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: |
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keeping citizens informed of the changing environment from the surface of the sun to the depths of the ocean floor |
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| Right-To-Know Network: |
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provides free access to numerous databases, text files, and conferences on the environment, housing, water, etc. |
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| Scorecard: |
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free and easily accessible local environmental information |
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| Together.com: |
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gives ideas to help reduce climate change and is sponsored by companies that are changing the way they do business in order to help the environment |
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| U.S. Green Building Council: |
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learn how to conserve energy and the environment by building green |
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| Web Directory of Environmental Sites: |
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The earth's largest environmental search engine. |
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| Williamstown Cool Committee: |
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The town of Williamstown, Ma. has put together an organization to help lower carbon emissions by 10% by the year 2010. |
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| World Lakes Database: |
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data about more than 500 lakes in 73 countries |
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