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This webpage contains information about the NW Energy Coalition.  The Coalition is "an alliance of environmental, civic, and human service organizations, progressive utilities and businesses in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Alaska and British Columbia." Its work focuses on renewable resources...

This resource, published by Georgia Tech Research Institute, features a science activity designed for seventh graders. In this activity, students act as environmental engineers to develop a procedure that removes the largest amount of oil possible from the ocean in the shortest amount of time in the...

Module Description: The Fire Ecology and Management Series is provided by the Northwest Center for Sustainable Resources and includes six modules. This series “is designed to address both the general role of fire in ecosystems as well as specific wildfire management issues in forest ecosystems.” The...

This 2-page activity, from the Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center, instructs students on the principles of recycling waste stream reduction. The purpose of the activity is to create a display in a grocery store to show people how to reduce the amount of trash generated by their...

Module Description: The Fire Ecology and Management Series is provided by the Northwest Center for Sustainable Resources and includes six modules. This series “is designed to address both the general role of fire in ecosystems as well as specific wildfire management issues in forest ecosystems.” The...

This webpage provides information about the mission, research, and publications of the multidisciplinary research organization Research Alliance.  The research group uses resiliency models and adaptive capacity to address issues of sustainability.  Key concepts and research themes are presented on...

This 1-page activity, from the Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center, instructs students on resource management practices. The activity is most appropriate for environmental biology or general science classes. The purpose of the lesson is to teach the cost effectiveness of mining and...

During this activity, from the Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center, students complete a problem-based activity that exposes conflicting views of environmental issues. The activity begins with students "acquiring historical water quality data for their site. This information will be...

The Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) contains an electronic version of a print newsletter concerned with energy utilization and technologies in the Third World. The research and publications areas of the site allow users to search for keywords and then download full articles related to energy...

The mission of the Sustainable Futures Institute (SFI) at Michigan Technological University is to create and disseminate new tools, methods, knowledge, and technologies that promote, enable and support environmental, economic, and societal sustainability principles. Their page includes information...