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Resource: The Web

Resource Type:
Workshop / Online Resources / Faculty

Summary:
Learn how the web can be used to advance environmental education. Take advantage of the web in your own project.

People:
John Sacco (ES Institute technical director).
Robert Ford (Westminster College of Salt Lake City).
Paul Burchard (Woodrow Wilson web architect).

Workshop Outline:
(See the schedule for dates and times.)

We will offer a short course on how to use email and the web, and how to create your own web pages.

References:

General Catalogs of Environmental Science Resources

Bob Ford's Resource List
A comprehensive catalog of Earth Systems Science resources. Includes print, video, software, etc., in addition to web resources. See also the additional resources suggested in his email.

EnviroLink
A comprehensive catalog of Internet resources, plus environment-related news. "The largest online environmental information resource on the planet."

EarthRise Directory of Internet Resources
A well-organized catalog of Internet resources related to Earth sciences.

Glossaries of Terms Related to Environmental Science

Remote Sensing Glossary
Compiled by SeaSpace Corp.

Soils Glossary
Compiled by Robert B. Harrison, U. Washington.

GIS Glossary
Compiled by the Association for Geographic Information.

Global Change Glossary
Compiled by the Pacific Institute. See also the Global Change Abbreviations and Acronynms compiled by the GCRIO (Global Change Research Information Office).

The rest of this list is only a small sampling of high-quality resources, meant to show you what can be done on the Internet for environmental science education and outreach. For more comprehensive lists, see the Catalogs above.

Environmental Education

Comparative Environmental Change Seminar
An online course used to support a distance-learning collaboration between UCSB and Westminster College. (The course compares environmental change in the two collaborating locations.)

Environmental Careers (ECO)
This guide on doing well by doing good may be just the thing to hook your more practically-minded students.

Virtual Geography Department Project
A far-flung collaboration between different universities to create a broad curriculum database for geography.

EE-Link (NCEET)
A comprehensive catalog of environment-related educational resources on the Internet.

Social Justice

Environmental Justice Network (EcoNet)
Is the fate of the snail darter too abstract a concern for your students? EcoNet's Environmental Justice Network makes consequences concrete, confronting environmental abuse as a form of violence against economically disadvantaged communities. EcoNet features weekly news updates.

Sustainable Economics

Sustainable Business Network (EnviroLink)
A growing resource for sustainable business practices. Includes news, discussion, feature articles.


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