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The IEA is a non-profit, educational organization with two objectives: First, to bring together all disciplines so that their learning about environmental issues is enhanced through interdisciplinary communication; Second, to inform the educated layperson about accomplishments, current concerns, and plans for a cleaner future.

For those interested in international aspects of ecology and environmental science, UNESCO is a good resource both for information and for programs in which you can participate. One such program, developed by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO, is : A Global Directory of Marine and Freshwater Professionals.

iNSnet is a private and privately-funded initiative with the goal of supporting, and enhancing global communication on, sustainable development. They have a website that includes related global news headlines, a database of initiatives and programs involving sustainability issues, and support for those looking to initiate a sustainable project or teach about sustainability issues. They are also active in initiating pilot projects in the Netherlands based on best practices.

SCOPE is an international organization of countries and scientific organizations dedicated to efforts linking science and environmental policy. There is an impressive list of publications on regional and global environmental issues, a few of them downloadable! SCOPE is an interdisciplinary scientific committee of the International Council for Science, an organization that seeks to bridge national and disciplinary boundaries to address global issues in the natural sciences.

This site, sponsored by the Third World Academy of Sciences along with several governmental and scientific organizations, reviews issues and news of importance to scientific and developmental issues in Third World countries.

The Ecological Society America was founded in 1915 for the purpose of unifying the science of ecology, stimulating research in all aspects of the discipline, encouraging communication among ecologists, and promoting the responsible application of ecological data and principles to the solution of environmental problems.

This is the web site of a non-profit "grassroots online community" dedicated to the promotion of environmental issues worldwide. There are activist-related links, directories and libraries of environmental organizations, education resources, an environmental arts site, and data such as a world species list and an Endangered Species Act site.

The Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) facilitates access to data and information on human interactions in the environment, global environmental change, and sustainable development. The CIESIN Gateway provides access to a distributed catalog that identifies data and information resources relevant to these topics, and conducts simultaneous search and retrieval across diverse databases worldwide.

This organization's goal is to encourage partnerships among citizens, business, scientists, and professionals in order to further the management and protection of lakes and reservoirs. Nice bookstore and publications list.

For those of you interested in environmental monitoring and citizen science, this is a wonderful example of a national volunteer lake monitoring program that collects some important data that would be hard to obtain through other methods.

The Society for Freshwater Science is an international scientific society whose members study freshwater ecosystems and ecosystems at the interface between aquatic and terrestrial habitats.

Our aim is to improve understanding of the value of nature both in economic and non-economic terms, and improve the use of these valuations in decision making.

This is a foundation dedicated to the management of lakes and reservoirs worldwide. There is a nice lake database here, as well as access to listings of international publications and conferences on lake/reservoir management and environmental education (also related topics).

This is the web site of the resource center developed in 1982 by the National Wildlife Federation to address pollution, water diversions, wetland loss, and related threats to the health of the Great Lakes.

This is the entryway to the USGS web site, with a wealth of information on environmental topics (primarily physical factors and processes, but not entirely). Be sure to check out their software archive, containing a wide array of hydrologic modelling programs available for downloading.

This page is for data that might provide raw material for the development of instructional resources, environmental courses, or student projects.

A networking site for information and resources concerning wind energy.

A site with some career information for students looking for a career in environmental consulting assembled by environmental consultants.

A site with information on a wide range of topics in environmental science, including lectures, careers, article links by topic, salary information, and university environmental science programs.

Note: The following federal agency links have undergone moderate to significant changes to their web pages and available information. While much of it is still useful, be careful to corroborate any information on potentially controversial topics with up-to-date primary scientific sources.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration here are two government sites for locating environmental regulations and standards. Use the EPA site for environmental regulations and the OSHA site for workplace-related standards. Both sites have links to specific regulations and related information.

They provide science about the natural hazards that threaten lives and livelihoods, the water, energy, minerals, and other natural resources we rely on, the health of our ecosystems and environment, and the impacts of climate and land-use change.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service strives to conserve this nation's fish and wildlife resources through habitat protection, waterfowl management, and endangered species recovery.

The NCBI provides access to data and information concerning biotechnology and related health issues.

NOAA’s mission to better understand our natural world and help protect its precious resources, extend beyond national borders to monitor global weather and climate, and work with partners around the world.