Links for Students
Convention on Biological Diversity - "Biodiversity, Food and Farming for a Healthy Planet"
Learn about biological diversity and sustainable agriculture to ensure
that we will be able to feed the world, maintain agricultural jobs and
support human life, enhance humans well being into the 21st century and
beyond. Learn, play games and take action!
EPA - Your Environment. Your Choice.
A site for teens with the information you need to be able to make
environmentally sound choices about the products and natural resources
you use, the waste you create and the environment in which you live.
Field Museum
A museum of natural history and anthropology in Chicago, Illinois.
Global Response
Gives Kids 8-12 opportunities to participate in global cooperation and
successful efforts to protect the earth.
Kids Make a Difference - The National Arbor Day Foundation
Learn about what other kids are doing to help preserve and protect the
environment.
Kids Renew America
Kids of all ages can network with other kids working for a sustainable
future - get tips on starting your own environmental projects.
National Wildlife Federation's Education Site
Explore NWF's educational pathways to understanding, appreciating and safeguarding the natural world.
National Wildlife Federation's Kid Zone
Meet Ranger Rick, Backyard Buddies, and Wild Animal Babies.
Rainforest Information Centre - Children's Site
An organisation dedicated to the protection of the Earth's remaining rainforests and the indigenous people who depend on them.
River of Words
Connecting Kids to their watersheds and Imaginations through Poetry and Art.
Roots & Shoots
The Roots & Shoots program of the Jane Goodall Institute supports a network
of young people working to make a difference in their communities for
people, animals and the environment.
Sierra Club Youth Services
The primary focus of Youth Services is to increase Sierra Club's outreach to young people in an effort to help more American youth experience the outdoors and become active leaders in the environmental movement. Youth Services also promotes and recognizes youth achievements and supports staff and volunteers working with youth.
Sierra Student Coalition
The Sierra Student Coalition (SSC) is the student-run arm of the Sierra Club -- North America's oldest and most effective grassrooots environmental organization. The SSC exists to empower younger people to take effective action for our planet.
Smithsonian Education for Kids
Nature and Science resources for kids from the Smithsonian Museum.
Teens for Planet Earth
A website developed by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), to help
teens learn more about the environment and conservation, and then apply this
knowledge in a service-learning project that will have a real impact on
their own corner of the globe.
US Geological Survey/Biological Resources Division Kids's Corner
A great place for kids, with coloring pages, stories, quizzes and lots of information about living things.
US Geological Survey Learning Web
Explore things on, in, around, and about the earth such as plants and animals, land, water, and maps. Learn how Biology, Geology, Hydrology, and Geography can help us understand our changing world.
Young People's Decade of Commitment
A grassroots movement that recognizes that young people have the power to make a difference in the world and must act on those intentions for a better future.
Action For Nature Partners
ASSISI NATURE COUNCIL
An environmental organisation providing a network of leading Italian environmental associations.
Bioneers
Visionary and Practical Solutions for Restoring the Earth.
Circle of Life
Founded by Julia Butterfly Hill, the Circle of Life Foundation envisions a sustainable culture that honors biological and cultural diversity. Through education and outreach, they promote efforts to protect and restore the Earth.
Keep America Beautiful, Inc.
The Nation's Largest Community Improvement Network.
Yosemite National Institutes
Teaching Science in Nature's Classroom. Yosemite National Institutes
(YNI) is a national organization dedicated to teaching science and
environmental education in nature's classroom to inspire a personal
connection to the natural world and responsible actions to sustain it.
Other Environmental Organizations
American Rivers
Working every day for healthy rivers, abundant fish and wildlife, and
thriving river communities.
Friends of the Earth International
Friends of the Earth International is a federation of environmental organizations from all over the world.
Jane Goodall Institute
Founded by renowned primatologist Jane Goodall, JGI empowers people to make a difference for all living things by creating healthy ecosystems, promoting sustainable livelihoods and nurturing new generations of committed, active citizens around the world.
Natural Resources Defense Council
NRDC uses the law, science and the support of more than 1 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things.
The Nature Conservancy
Preserving plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive.
Rainforest Action Network
Working to protect tropical rainforests and the human rights of those living in and around those forests.
Rescue a Million
Rescue a Million educates, inspires, and empowers millions of people to
invest their time, talents, and resources to save our earth’s future
- children and the environment. Rescue a Million has set a goal to plant a
million trees and rescue a million children from poverty by the year 2015.
River Network
Supporting grassroots river and watershed conservation groups.
Save the Manatee Club
Membership-based, national nonprofit organization that supports
public awareness and education projects; manatee research; rescue and
rehabilitation efforts; advocacy and legal action in order to ensure
better protection for manatees and their habitat.
Sierra Club
The Sierra Club's members work together to protect our communities and the planet. The Sierra Club is America's oldest, largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization.
General
4-H
The youth education branch of the Cooperative Extension Service, a program of the United States Department of Agriculture.
Camp Fire USA
Camp Fire USA's programs include youth leadership, self-reliance, after school groups, camping and environmental education and child care.
Yahoo! Environment and Nature News
Links for Teachers
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