"The world, we are told, was made especially for man
--a presumption not supported by all the facts...
Why should man value himself as more than
a small part of the one great unit of creation?" John Muir, Naturalist and explorer (1838-1914)
EPA for students
This is the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's site for students. It has lots of interesting things to read and do to learn about the environment. For example, there is information on air, water, ecosystems, waste, recycling, pollution, and government. You can also find out about environmental internships, jobs, careers and awards.
Biodiversity
Biodiversity Web is a project containing information about the diversity of life on our planet earth (= biodiversity), its history (evolution) and ecological background, the major adverse human impacts on biodiversity and some important structural factors and material processes of biodiversity loss and the (juridical) protection of biodiversity. Its purpose is to make a contribution towards the knowledge of some important aspects of biodiversity and thus to the (legal) protection of biodiversity.
Cool
This site has some interesting topics. Just click "Environment" and you will be given a long list of links on different environmental subjects. The topics, "Urban sprawl" and "Water quality" has information and links that are relevant to the current project.
Mad Scientist
MadSci Network, the 24-hour exploding laboratory, is a collective cranium of scientists providing answers to your questions. For good measure we provide a variety of oddities and other ends as well.
USGS
The U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Water Science for Schools web site offers information on many aspects of water, along with pictures, data, maps, and an interactive center where you can give opinions and test your water knowledge. For more information on water, you can go to http://water.usgs.gov/
Rivers
This site provided information about American rivers, and has the ability to link you to information about rivers in your community. The site includes other information like river tours, kayaking and rafting, and links to other river-minded organizations.
Doan Brook
The Shaker Lakes/Doan Brook watershed of Cleveland, Ohio is an important
environmental and cultural resource that suffers from typical urban watershed
problems; increased flow and decreased environmental quality. Ongoing
research projects are evaluating how the development of historic hydraulic
structures have lead to the current flood risks and structural damage.
Adopt your watershed, database of involved groups, and strategies for involvement.
New Strategies for
America's Watersheds This is an online text published by the Committee on Watershed Management, National Research Council in 1999 -- comprehensive look at the rise of "watershed thinking" among scientists and policymakers.
Risk
Let Andy be your tour guide into the world of Risk Assessment. A list of questions concerning the risk assessment process appears below. It is suggested that you start with the first question and work your way to the end of this "mini course." I do hope that you enjoy this adventure!
Scorecard
Scorecard is an information service provided by Environmental Defense Fund. It has some interesting maps of different environmental issues, a place to enter your zip code to find out about pollutants in your community, information on watersheds in your area, and other useful information and links.
It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others. -John Andrew Holmes
Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in. -Alan Alda, actor and director (1936-)
It is not what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable. -Moliere, actor and playwright (1622-1673)
The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold. -Aristotle, philosopher (384-322 B.C.)
Space isn't remote at all. It's only an hour's drive away if your car could go straight upwards. -Fred Hoyle, Astronomer, mathematician, writer (1915- )
Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them. -Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900-1944)
The vast majority of human beings dislike and even dread all notions with which they are not familiar. Hence it comes about that at their first appearance innovators have always been derided as fools and madmen. -Aldous Huxley (1894-1963)
Science is built with facts as a house is with stones--but a collection of facts is no more a science than a heap of stones is a house. -Jules Henry Poincare (1854-1912)
Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information? -T. S. Eliot (1888-1965)
If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor. -Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep. -Saul Bellow
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do. -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
The refusal to choose is a form of choice; disbelief is a form of belief. -Frank Barron
Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not. -Thomas Henry Huxley
The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind. -William James
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure. -Mark Twain (1835-1910)
When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years. -Mark Twain
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