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The Cornell Lab of Ornithology: All
About Birds ~ Your guide to birds & birdwatching. Excellent site. ALL ABOUT BIRDS National Wildlife Federation's Garden For Wildlife: American Beauties Native Plants INFO National Wildlife Society's Nature Find: "Get Outdoors Whever You Are" INFO U.S. National Forests Camping Guide www.forestcamping.com |
"When one tugs at a single thing in
nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world." ~ John Muir |
50+ Reusable Grocery Bags You Can Make: Free
Patterns
TipNut
INFO Text "COAST" to 50555 to donate $10 to the Nature Conservancy's fund for Gulf Coast restoration. MYNATURE The Handheld Nature Guide: The first, best, and only app to feature the flora & fauna of our National Parks. www.mynaturesite.com Surfing For Change: Where Is Away, Solving Plastic Pollution In 4 Minutes YouTube/ kylethiermann VIDEO |
EARTH/ ENVIRONMENTAL/ ECO INFO & RESOURCES |
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| How Close Do You Live To Toxic Coal Emissions? GOOD/ Ben Jervey FULL ARTICLE | Latest Earthquake Info. From Around The World www.usgs.gov INFO | NOAA's Google Map ~ Updates From Ocean Exploration & Research MAP |
| Top 10 Beneficial Garden Insects: Predators That Feed On Garden Pests About.com/ Debbie Hadley INFO/ PHOTOS | ||
| Tres Hombres Merchant Sailing Company: A new fleet of hybrid sustainable sailing vessels. www.fairtransport.eu |
How To Save Water In Your Home ~ Take The
Tour ~
www.h2ouse.org Earth911: Recycling & environmental information. www.earth911.com |
Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families: A national coalition of concerned citizens working to pass federal policies to protect us from toxic chemicals. www.saferchemicals.org |
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Environmental
Working Group: Mission is to use the power of public information
to protect public health and the environment.
www.ewg.org
EWG Action Fund's Healthy Home CHECKLIST |
Dispose
Of Your Pharmaceuticals Properly
www.GreenYour.com
INFO Milton Fields: A Natural Burial Ground Atlanta's only 'green' burial grounds. www.miltonfieldsgeorgia.com |
Earth Day Network:
Their
mission is to broaden, diversify and activate the environmental movement
worldwide, driving action year-round through a variety of campaigns.
www.earthday.org |
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Georgia Organics:
Local organic
food, farms & people.
www.georgiaorganics.org Local Harvest: Food, Farmers, Farms across the U.S.. www.localharvest.org Glass Dharma:The original glass straw. www.glassdharma.com BLOG People Towels: Reusable personal hand towels. www.peopletowels.com |
The Green Girls:
A wide variety of information to inspire living an eco conscious
lifestyle.
www.thegreengirls.com EWG's Skin Deep Cosmetic Database: INFO/DATABASE Groovy Green Livin: www.groovygreenlivin.com |
 Green girl’s guide to natural and eco-friendly makeup, skin care, esthetics, fashion, and nutrition. www.glamology.com Campaign For Safe Cosmetics: YouTube Channel |
 Behind Cohutt's Fence: An entertaining gardening blog from Northwest Georgia. www.cohutt.wordpress.com |
 365 non-consecutive days of collecting, weighing & documenting beach trash. www.thedailyocean.blogspot.com Ocean Minds: "Where Fish Get Their News" www.OceanMinds.com |
Outside Mom
www.OutsideMom.com
- Great ideas for getting
outside with your kids! Peaches And Pumpkin Recipes & tips for green moms. |
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WATER & OCEAN CONSERVATION |
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Waterkeeper Alliance: A global
movement of on-the-water advocates who patrol & protect over 1000,000
miles of rivers, streams & coastlines in North & South America, Europe,
Australia, Asia & Africa.
www.waterkeeper.org
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Blue Legacy: Advocacy of water quality
& policy & the importance of conservation & management of water
resources.
www.alexandracousteau.org
Ocean Futures Society: Inspiring people throughout the world to act responsibly for the ocean's protection. www.oceanfutures.org |
Plant A Fish: Launched by ocean explorer and environmental advocate, Fabien Cousteau, whose mission is to empower communities to become involved with responsible 're-planting' of key marine species in their local habitats in distressed bodies of water around the world. www.plantafish.org |
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OCEAN PORTAL by the Smithsonian Institution: An interactive online experience that inspires awareness, understanding, and stewardship of the world’s Ocean, developed by the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History and more than 20 collaborating organizations. www.ocean.si.edu |
The Sylvia Earle Foundation's Mission Blue: Explore the ocean with Google Earth, learn about the Hope Spots, (places that are critical to the health of the ocean) around the world & what you can do to help. www.Mission-Blue.org Project Blue Hope: Ocean conservation, science, education, community. www.projectbluehope.com |
Cousteau Society:
Custodians of the sea since 1943.
www.cousteau.org
Ocean Conservancy: Ocean health & conservation. www.oceanconservancy.org Surfrider Foundation: Protecting the oceans, waves, & beaches through a worldwide activist network. www.surfrider.org |
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Oceana:
The largest international
organization focused solely on ocean conservation.
www.oceana.org The Ocean Project: Work to advance ocean conservation in partnership with zoos, aquariums & museums around the world. www.theoceanproject.org |
Save
Our Seas:
An organization utilizing education & research to preserve, protect &
restore the world's oceans for future generations.
www.saveourseas.org Blue Marbles: Saving the ocean one blue marble at a time through random acts of ocean kindness. www.bluemarbles.org |
 www.oceanchampions.org Speak Up For Blue: Communicating Ocean Conservation to the World www.speakupforblue.com |
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SeaWeb: Leading voices for a healthy ocean.
www.seaweb.org Too Precious to Wear: A campaign created by SeaWeb to empower consumers & industry professionals to create a demand for coral conservation. www.tooprevioustowear.org |
New
England Aquarium:
'Protecting the blue planet.'
Conservation & research, marine animal
rescue program.
www.neaq.org |
Sailors For The
Sea:
An organization that educates and empowers
the boating community to protect and restore our oceans and coastal
waters.
www.sailorsforthesea.org
5Gyres: Understanding plastic pollution through exploration, education & action. www.5gyres.org |
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Midway Journey :
Five media artists, led by photographer Chris
Jordan, traveled to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. It is located
on one of the remotest islands on earth where one of the most profound
and symbolic environmental tragedies of our time has occurred: the
deaths by starvation of thousands of albatrosses who mistake floating
plastic trash for food. www.midwayjourney.com
http://chrisjordan.com Surfers for Cetaceans: Supports conservation of whales, dolphins & marine life. www.s4cglobal.org |
One Peace Love Sea: Mission is
to
help some of our most threatened and
endangered species; rescue & education.
www.onepeacelovesea.com Sea Shepherd Conservation Soc.: Marine wildlife conservation organization; conserves & protects ecosystems & species in the world's oceans. www.seashepherd.org Save Japan Dolphins: Campaign to end the drive fishery slaughter of dolphins in Taiji. Promotes dolphin conservation. www.savejapandolphins.org |
 Information & resources that promote the conservation of sharks & supports a worldwide ban on shark finning. www.stopsharkfinning.net The Thresher Shark Research & Conservation Project: Promotes shark research, education & conservation. www.threshersharkproject.org |
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WILDLIFE CONSERVATION |
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| Butterfly Conservation: Conservation of butterflies, moths & our environment. Identification, facts, etc.. ~ www.butterfly-conservation.org | Save The Frogs: America's first & only public charity dedicated exclusively to amphibian conservation. www.savethefrogs.com |
Kawartha
Turtle Trauma Center:
A hospital for Ontario's wild turtles. Their site provides excellent
educational & conservation information!www.kawarthaturtle.org |
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Orangutan Land Trust:
Provides permanent solutions for the
long-term survival of the orangutan in the wild by ensuring safe areas
of land for their continued existence.
www.forests4orangutans.org
Orangutan Conservancy: Dedicated to the Conservation of Orangutans & their Rainforest home. www.orangutan.com |
Orangutan
Foundation International:
Supports the conservation & understanding of the orangutan
& its rainforest habitat while caring for ex-captive individuals as they
make their way back to the forest.
www.orangutan.org |
The Diane Fossey Gorilla Fund Int'l.:
Dedicated to the conservation of Gorillas & their habitats in Africa.
www.gorillafund.org The Audubon Society: Conserve & restore natural ecosystems, focusing on birds, other wildlife, & their habitat. www.audubon.org |
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Defenders of Wildlife: Protects species & the habitats they
depend on.
www.defenders.org |
National Wildlife Federation: Conservation & education of both wildlife & their habitat. www.nwf.org | ARKive: Promoting the conservation of the world's threatened species through the power of wildlife imagery. www.arkive.org |
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NATURE & FOREST CONSERVATION |
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National Parks Conservation Association:
'To protect & enhance America's National Parks for present &
future generations.'
www.npca.org |
American Forests:
A world leader in planting trees
for environmental restoration. ~ Have a great informational site!
www.americanforests.org |
The Sierra Club
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Founded by John Muir, it is the oldest
grassroots environmental organization in the U.S..
www.sierraclub.org |
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The Nature Conservancy : Works around the world to protect the Earth's most important
natural places.www.nature.org
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The Wilderness Society: 'To protect wilderness & inspire Americans to care for our wild places.' www.wilderness.org |
Georgia Conservancy
: 'Collaborating,
advocating, & educating for Georgia's natural environment.' www.georgiaconservancy.org |
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Student
Conservation Association:
Provides college & high school-aged members with hands on conservation
service opportunities in virtually every field imaginable. They are
'building the next generation of conservation leaders.'
www.thesca.org |
Calusa Land Trust & Nature Preserve:
'Protect the natural
diversity and beauty of the Pine Island region by acquiring, managing
and preserving in perpetuity environmentally sensitive or historically
important land and to foster appreciation for and understanding of the
environment and our past.'
www.calusalandtrust.org |
The Prince's Rainforest Project : Promotes awareness of the urgent need to take action again the deforestation of tropical deforestation. www.rainforestsos.org |
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ECO YOUTH |
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One More Generation: ~ Founded
by two animal loving kids, it is an organization dedicated to the
preservation of endangered species.
www.onemoregeneration.org EARTHECHO INTERNATIONAL: Empowers youth to take action that protects & restores our water planet. www.earthecho.org |
Trees For The 21st Century: A unique
educational & tree-planting program for children of all ages. National
Wildlife Federation
INFO Discover The Forest: A PSA campaign that aims to inspire tweens (aged 8-12) and their parents to re-connect with nature, experiencing it first-hand. Site has a map for finding parks & forests in your area!www.discovertheforest.org |
Captain Planet Foundation: Funds &
supports hands-on environmental projects for children & youth.
www.captainplanetfoundation.org SCIENCE: www.sciencenewsforkids.org OCEAN: www.DiveIntoYourImagination.com |
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Sanibel
Sea School: Teaches children (& adults) about marine
ecosystems & promotes marine conservation.
www.sanibelseaschool.org
The Grass Stain Guru: Nature, play, environment. www.grassstainguru.com |
Classroom Earth:
A program designed to enhance & strengthen environmental education in
high school classrooms nationwide.
www.classroomearth.org Rosie Emery Conveys a message about the natural world through music & the arts. www.rosieemery.com WGCU Curious Kids YouTube |
 An online social network where high school students can learn about current environmental issues, funding opportunities, green colleges, & environmental careers. www.planet-connect.org |
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GEOLOGY :
www.minimegeology.com
Online Education Resources: Geology For Kids: http://oedb.org/articles/online-education-resources-geology-for-kids.html |
CLIMATE CHANGE:
www.climate.nasa.gov/kids
Climate Classroom by National Wildlife Federation: Climate education for Kids & Teens, Educators & Parents www.ClimateClassroom.org |
Children & Nature Network:
Reconnecting children with nature.
www.childrenandnature.org One Drop Foundation: Aqua: A Journey Into The World Of Water Youth's Corner www.onedrop.org |
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