Biodiversity-Ecology
Education: See the Children's Education page as well... |
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Exploring Environmental Issues: Biodiversity- was developed by Project Learning Tree (PLT) in partnership with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Educators are permitted to download, print, and use any of the online materials (PLT’s copyright rules). |
www.fathom.com |
Fathom Archive of online learning resources from 2000-2003, including lectures, articles, interviews, exhibits and free seminars. Maintained by Columbia University. Exploring Biodiversity. |
www.usanpn.org |
USA National Phenology Network Educators’ Clearinghouse webpage has been created to gather educational materials (lesson plans, activity guides, syllabuses, project design plans, etc.) in order to provide a convenient and growing collection of resources on phenology learning both inside and outside of the traditional classroom setting. |
| Biodiversity Museum Projects: | |
www.stri.org |
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institution in Panama, is a bureau of the Smithsonian Institution dedicated to understanding biological diversity. The research facilities house 38 staff scientists, fellows, and 900 visiting scientists per year. |
www.amnh.org |
American Museum of Natural History. Education at the AMNH. |
www.mnh.si.edu |
Smithsonian Institution. Biodiversity Programs at the National Museum of Natural History. Not recently updated, but links to current programs. |
www.exploratorium.edu |
Exploratorium, online since 1993, was one of the first science museums to build a site on the World Wide Web. The site now contains over 18 thousand award-winning Web pages exploring hundreds of different topics. Lots of info here. |
cbc.amnh.org |
Center for Biodiversity and Conservation- AMNH. Seasonal Invertebrate calendar to print. |
| "At least 50% of the 200 species of freshwater turtles have been assessed in the IUCN Red List as globally threatened and more than 75% of freshwater turtle species in Asia are listed as globally threatened, including 18 that are critically endangered, with one being extinct." "Ecosystems & Human Well-being: Wetlands & Water" Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. |
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Recent Issues Blog Posts
Methane hydrate, will it be a godsend and replace dirty coal and oil within the next five years, or will it delay our investment in renewable energy and set us on an ever longer road of hydrocarbon addiction?
A destruction of the world's resources, leaving long term greenhouse gas emissions, water pollution and habitat loss.
The World Health Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme have just listed endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) a "global threat" after the release of a collaborative study.
Recent Building Blog Posts
The earth-house uses the ground as an insulating blanket that efficiently protects it from temperature extremes, wind, rain and extreme weather events.
Underground homes with a modern bent. A large thermal mass stabilizes inside temperatures, giving you free heat in the winter, free cooling in the summer.
For those in northern, high altitude or windy climates who wish to grow their food year round. Take advantage of the insulating properties of the Earth.
Recent Art Blog Posts
Yao Lu an emerging Chinese artist digitally reworks photos of garbage into traditional Chinese landscape paintings.
Recent Movies Blog Posts
The many voices of the film share a unified vision: we must start acting as a planetary civilization.
a journey into the soul of humanity and a testimony of the damage inflicted by humans on the natural world...
