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Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), a nonprofit organization, provides information, tools, training and advisory services to make corporate social responsibility an integral part of business operations and strategies.

The Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources (CSANR), part of the Washington State University College Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences, develops and fosters agriculture and natural resource management approaches that are economically viable, environmentally sound,...

Center for Alternative Technology is an environmental nonprofit that promotes sustainable living. Its key areas of work are renewable energy, environmental building, energy efficiency, organic growing and alternative sewage systems. The group offers workshops on alternative energy, including wind,...

This webpage, produced by the Environmental Protection Agency, provides information about the agency's Acid Rain Program (ARP).  The page is divided into four sections: Overview, Sulfur Dioxide Reductions, Nitrogen Oxide Reductions, and Applicability Determinations.  Links for additional information...

Cleanup! is an educational software package that allows students to learn about hazardous waste site characterization and remediation. The software models a contamination scenario that students can experiment with and find solutions to the contamination problem.

In this two to three week module from InTeGrate, Interdisciplinary Teaching about Earth for a Sustainable Future, "students explore short-term climate variability resulting from atmosphere-ocean-ice interactions." Units in the module are Forecasting Climate Change Variability and Change, Deciphering...

This paper, published by the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, explores some of the weaknesses of ocean models for climate prediction. The author discusses what role oceans play in the behavior of climate, reviews why models still do not precisely replicate the behavior...

This 2-page activity and lesson plan, provided by the Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center (ATEEC), is intended to "demonstrate what actually happens to garbage in landfills, and compare it to simply burying the trash." The activity simulates the effects of burying garbage using ...

This module, made available by Skagit Valley College, is one of two that provide a detailed instructional information on materials recycling. The module consists of five lecture slides decks and some of the slides include lecture notes. Module 2 is available to view separately.  The first lecture,...

This module, made available by Skagit Valley College, is one of two that provide a detailed instructional information on materials recycling. The module consists of five lecture slides decks and some of the slides include lecture notes. Module 1 is available to view separately.  The first lecture,...