Internet Collection
This is a collection of useful web sites for teaching public policy in the earth sciences. If you know of web sites, journal articles or other references that are useful for teaching and learning about public policy issues, let us know about them.
Subject: Environmental Science
- 8 matches General/Other
- Water Quality and Quantity 50 matches including water resource management, water quality and water treatment
- Air Quality 17 matches
- Energy 33 matches sources, supply, reserves, uses
- Waste 39 matches
- Mineral Resources 19 matches includes precious metals, base metals, industrial minerals, aggregate
- Forest Resources 7 matches
- Soils and Agriculture 17 matches
- Oceans and Coastal Resources 10 matches
- Land Use and Planning 19 matches planning, zoning, sprawl issues, urban heat island
- Human Population 6 matches
- Sustainability 24 matches
- Natural Hazards 9 matches
- Global Change and Climate 31 matches
- Ecosystems 33 matches
- Policy 160 matches
Environmental Policy
- Global Policy 21 matches
- US National Policy 47 matches
- State Policy 18 matches
- Local Policy 17 matches
- Environmental Decision-Making 60 matches including risk assessment
- Environmental Economics 34 matches market forces, consumerism, cost/benefit analysis, distribution of wealth, privatization, incentives, taxes, fines, etc
- Environmental Ethics/Values 16 matches
Results 41 - 60 of 161 matches
Campus Ecology: Transportation Projects part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This website describes methods that universities can use to remedy common transportation problems such as traffic congestion, sprawling parking lots, and excessive fuel use. Alternative fuels, ...
Campus Ecology: Waste Reduction part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This website showcases recycling and waste reduction projects from over 40 college campuses across the US. These activities involve a wide array of materials, ranging from common recyclables, to food ...
Campus Ecology: Water part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This website presents creative ways that college campuses are meeting the challenge of preserving or protecting water resources. Aging dormitory showerheads, inefficient decorative fountains, leaks ...
Campus Ecology: Composting part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This website from the National Wildlife Federation showcases campus composting projects currently in place at ten universities. The projects include ideas for creating a composting site for dining ...
Shedding some light on mercury lamps part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This Environmental Science and Technology article discusses the problem created when mercury-containing lamps are not recycled. The article provides statistics on the amount of bulbs being disposed ...
Energy Information Administration: Official Energy Statistics from the U.S. Government part of SERC Web Resource Collection
The Energy Information Administration (EIA), created by Congress in 1977, is a statistical agency of the U.S. Department of Energy. They provide policy-independent data, forecasts, and analyses to ...
Environmental Quality Statistics part of SERC Web Resource Collection
Hosted by the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), this site contains updated monthly tables with statistics about United States environmental quality. The major topics covered in these tables are ...
Center for International Earth Science Information Network part of SERC Web Resource Collection
CIESIN was established in 1989 as a non-profit, non-governmental organization to provide information that would help scientists, decision-makers, and the public better understand their changing ...
USGS National Landslide Information Center part of SERC Web Resource Collection
United States Geological Survey (USGS) scientists are working to reduce long-term losses and casualties from landslide hazards through better understanding of the causes and mechanisms of ground ...
Public Lands for the People part of SERC Web Resource Collection
Public Lands for the People is non-profit organization 'dedicated to preserving the rights of the public to access and use of public lands'. The site's purpose is to educate people and government ...
Model United Nations Headquarters part of SERC Web Resource Collection
Model United Nations (UN) is an authentic simulation of the U.N. General Assembly and other multilateral bodies. This Headquarters homepage offers an 'ask an ambassador' section, an overview of the ...
Major Environmental Laws part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site provides a listing of major environmental laws and regulations which may be viewed in full text or as summary versions. Laws include the National Environmental Policy Act, the Clean Air ...
Mixed Waste part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site provides general information about mixed waste, what it is, and regulations and management considerations regarding its disposal. It also includes links to more detailed information sources.
Contaminated Sediment in Water part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This EPA site provides information about how sediments get contaminated, where the pollutants come from, how contaminated sediments become concentrated in lakes, rivers and oceans, their effects on ...
Water-Borne Illnesses part of SERC Web Resource Collection
In this curricular unit, students learn how water becomes contaminated with specific water-borne diseases, read personal accounts of unsafe water, and work together to brainstorm solutions to the ...
The Fishing Game part of SERC Web Resource Collection
In The Fishing Game, students compete with 2 virtual fishing companies to maximize their bank balance by fishing. A population model informs the results of each year's fishing. The game is played ...
PRISM: Puget Sound Regional Synthesis Model part of SERC Web Resource Collection
PRISM is a cross-disciplinary scientific model that creates a collaborative forum where scientists, students, decision makers and community members can share Puget Sound area earth science data, ...
Principles, Structure, & Implementation of International Environmental Law part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This module introduces the fundamental norms and institutions that comprise international environmental law and then focuses on six specific topics: air pollution and protection of the atmosphere, ...
EarthTrends: The Environmental Information Portal part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This is a large website that provides searchable databases, data tables, maps, country profiles and written reports on a variety of environmental issues. Topics include coastal and marine ecosystems, ...
BASINS: Better Assessment Science Integrating Point and Nonpoint Sources part of SERC Web Resource Collection
BASINS is a multipurpose environmental analysis system for use by regional, state, and local agencies in performing watershed and water quality based studies. This new software makes it possible to ...
