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http://www.psigate.ac.ukThis site is a news directory for all areas of physical science and engineering. If you click on the logo in the margin to the left you will link to this website. This site keeps an archive of news articles on physical science topics, links to other physical science sites, an RSS newsfeed service and a search bar for physical science topics and sites.

http://www.livingmachines.com The Webpage of a consultant group of archetects and environmental engineers that build using green technology, solar energy, and on-site wastewater treatments and air cleansing using bioremediation. The site offers white papers and examples.

http://www.rps.psu.edu/0009/machine.html Penn State is researching the technology. Great diagrams and explanations for how it works.

The Kingdom of the Seahorse is a video that tells about the sustainable aquafarming techniques developed in the Pacific islands. The link takes you to its NOVA website which offers more information about the topics covered in the video. (Buy this video from me.)

http://water.usgs.gov/wid/html/bioremed.html excellent with historical examples and technical info.

http://endangeredearth.com/newsjournals/index.html

http://americanpublicmedia.publicradio.org/sustainability/?refid=6 sustainablility programs reports and features

ttp://fermat.nap.edu/html/nses/html/6e.html#hnt education page about sustaining people

The title of the page below is Education for Sustainable Development You may have to go to the major search page and enter the search keywords of sustainability and edcuation. If the link doesn't work, backspace to an point in the URL that will work. I did that with the second link. http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_IDhttp://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=42332&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html=23279&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_IDhttp://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php

http://lime.com/planet/video/3317/lets_use_technology_to_the_advantage_of_the_planet._ a video about living machines. Get lots of videos and information from lime TV network (lime.com) There are also articles about sustainable architecture.The show that TV from lime tv was The Next Industrial Revolution. Bill McDonough, architect and Michael Braungart, chemist were the two that the show credited with generating a paradigm shift in architecture with the living machine.

http://www.nrel.gov/homer/default.asp This software analysis information about the electricity and other energy used in hybrid systems such as combined power company grids, windpower, solar energy, batteries, fuel cell and any other devices for energy transformation. It outputs graphs and spreadsheets for analyzing the electric power generation. Think science fair project! It is currently a free download (July, 2006) and is on a .gov website.

http://renovation.pentagon.mil/sustainabledesign.htm The Pentagon is building a sustainable wing and telling us about it. Be sure to click on the sign Sustainable Construction on the left of the page about midway down. It links to a .pdf file that further defines what constitutes sustainable architecture.

http://www.affordablecomfort.org/events_tracks.php?EventID=1&TrackID=1 This site lists conferences and courses for a fee designed for architects and contractors. Backspace through the link until it connects and then search for sustainability if the link doesn't work. Why use this site? Exploring the courses (links on page) offered and the course descriptions will provide ideas for reports and keywords for looking up information. There is much info out there, but where to start? This site is a goldmine of ideas.

http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2006/3/21/954/50698 Organic gardening, a sustainable practice, is discussed here. But this page is part of a blog for Grist Magazine and discusses green issues. Green is another meme for ecology and sustainable and activism for environmental issues. Teacher Alert: Being a blog, be alert for propaganda and such, but if you want to know public opinion as well as knowledge about an issue, try it. Links to Grist Magazine and has a site search.

http://www.google.com/Top/Science/Environment/Sustainability/ The Google Search Engine responses and categories. Get sites and keywords and ideas from this page and link to the best sites.

http://www.exploratorium.edu/el_nino/about.html Reports on a conference on the Galapagos. Mine the site for information, pictures, audio files, and other information. Dispatches link to text and Conferences link to audio files.

http://www.sustainableoregon.net/oregon/ This is the state of Oregon's site for expressing its policy on sustainability and how it is being implemented. Click on agriculture from the search box and you will get articles about examples of sustainable practices. Get political info here, too.

http://www.wysu.org/nonviolence/ This site is an activist site, but will offer information, names of people to follow on the internet for more information, green movement opinions, etc. Topics will address ethics and governmental policies. Teacher Alert: Expect some propaganda mixed in with facts.

http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/publications/ A site in New Zealand billed as involved with land research, this page lists the varous publications available, white papers , technical reports and policy papers. Mine the site for loads of info. Also links to a directory of New Zealand flora/fauna.

http://www.soilassociation.org/web/sa/saweb.nsf/Resources/Links.html!OpenDocument&Expandview Backspace until link works. This page lists dozens of organizations involved in soil research and therefore ecology and sustainable policies and practices. Mine the site for its information on these topics.

http://www.iied.org/mmsd/rrep/s_afr.html This is a site of a mining organization in Africa. What does a for-profit mining operation say about the challenges of sustainable practices? Use this site for a critique of the real world issues and responses.

http://www.all-llc.com/ALL-services/env_planning.htm Get a list of the studies and government forms and such that must be addressed in doing business today. This is the page advertising a consultant agency that will assist in the forms and the studies necessary. Use the page for more keywords to research. Mine the site for more info.

Baxter US - Sustainability www.baxter.com/about_baxter/sustainability/ Time, Baxter Recognized as Global 100 Most...

www.mande.co.uk/docs/sustain.htm Interpretations of Sustainability: Self-sufficiency or Inter-dependence? By Rick Davies, Centre for Development Studies, Swansea. ..

http://www.nature.org The Nature Conservatory. Lots of info and photos on endangered species and ecology

http://www.linktv.org/programming/programDescription.php4?code=young_eco a show from Linktv that documents aquaculture and ecological farming techniques in the Phillipines. Check out linktv.com for other programs about sustainability.

What is an ecopatch? http://ezinearticles.com/?Ecopatches---New-Concept-for-Ecological-Conservation&id=8515

conservation of bears site with a wonderful slide presentation about bears. http://www.bear.org/SlideShows/HowDangerous/Slide_13.html

ecology and aquatic ecosystems concepts and essays http://www.lenntech.com/water-ecology-FAQ.htm?gclid=CKqj8L_4hIQCFSBrSAodkHLcqw

http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/index.php posts articles from Space, Energy and Environment, etc.http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/index.php

http://climatechangeeducation.org/ ClimateChangeEducation.Org (Home): from California, this site offers lessons, hands-on activities and links to other sites, all dealing with global warming. http://www.climatechangeeducation.org/kids/index.html#kidsite is the hands-on and lesson page.

http://www.climateark.org/ site for people concerned about global warming links to news articles, activism ideas adn projects, and ed resurces. This site is one of the 5 EI sites listed below.

http://www.ecologicalinternet.org/ includes sites below as part of mission to "empower the global movement for environmental sustainability" There are 5 sites associated with the ecological internet dealing with these topics:

EcoEarth.Info, Climate Ark, Forests.org , Water Conservation, Ocean Conservation, and Rainforest. The sites promote environmental activism, and will give one the pro arguments needed for a political debate. The sites also inform and link to other informative sites. Mine this site for ideas, then narrow your focus for research.

Essays from VCCTI concerning sustainability: Trees and Carbon Dioxide // Global Warming (includes a unique global warming photo-meme)//Growing Bonsais

http://poetryfoundation.org/archive/print.html?id=178794 using poems of robert frost to teach science and biology --Poetry that deals with sustainability

Another poem that deals with sustainability and global warming

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