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1. Globalis - an interactive world map
   "Globalis is an interactive world atlas where you decide what is to be displayed on the map. Globalis aims to create an understanding for similarities and differences in human societies, as well as how we influence life on the planet. This is primarily do
   03-03-2008 : agriculture, climate, economy, education, environment, gender equality, health, human development, land use, maps, population, poverty gap ratio, statistics, technology, water
2. East African Development Library
   A virtual library in which you can browse by subject or organization or also search by particular words, title, subject or organization.
   03-03-2008 : africa, agriculture, breeding, communication, community development, culture, economic development, education, energy, environment, financing, fishing, food, health, history, human development, indigenous knowledge, marketing, natural resources, ngos, science, social development, state and civil service, technology, water
3. Altered Oceans by the Los Angeles Times
   A 2006 series examines threats to ocean life from pollutants from industry, agriculture, and other sources. Covers development of toxic algae, health effects to marine life and humans, plastic debris and wildlife, and related topics.
   02-15-2008 : water, water pollution and quality
4. Humanity Development Library 2.0: For Sustainable Development and Basic Human Needs, by Human Info NGO, HumanityCD Ltd, and Participating Organizations
   “The Humanity Development Library is a large collection of practical information aimed at helping reduce poverty, increasing human potential, and providing a practical and useful education for all.” Contains 1,230 publications.
   02-14-2008 : agricultural practice, cultures, disaster mitigation, economic policies, education, human development, manufacturing, micro-enterprises, sanitation, society, sustainable development, water
5. UNEP Launches First Report on the State of the Environment in the DPR Korea, by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
   This 2004 report identifies priority issues related to North Korean forests, water, air, land and biodiversity.
   02-14-2008 : air, dpr korea (north) environmental issues, land and biodiversity, north korean forests, water
6. Global Issues on the UN Agenda
   A long list of issues with links.
   02-08-2007 : africa, aging, agriculture, aids, antarctica, atomic energy, children, climate change, crime, culture, decolonization, demining, development cooperation, disarmament, disaster relief, drugs, education, elections, energy, environment, family, finance, food, global issues, governance, health, human rights, human settlements, humanitarian aid, indigenous people, information communications technology, intellectual property, international finance, international law, iraq, labor, law of the sea, least developed countries, outer space, palestine, peace, persons with disabilities, population, refugees, science and technology, security, social development, statistics, sustainable development, terrorism, trade, united nations, volunteerism, water, women, youth
7. University of California Press: Public Only Subject List
   Free online books available to the public, listed by subjects.
   01-16-2007 : aboriginal peoples, africa, african american studies, african history, aging, agriculture, american literature, american studies, ancient history, anthropology, archaeology, architectural history, architecture, art, art criticism, art history, art theory, arts, asian history, asian literature, asian studies, autobiographies, autobiography, biographies, biology, bisexual studies, botany, buddhism, business, california and the west, central america, central american history, chicano studies, china, christianity, cinema, classical history, classical literature, classical philosophy, classical politics, classical religions, classics, comparative literature, composers, computer science, contemporary music, cooking, criminology, cultural anthropology, dance, demographics, east asia, eastern european studies, ecology, economics, education, english literature, environmental studies, ethics, ethnic groups, ethnic studies, ethnomusicology, european history, european literature, european studies, fiction, film, folklore, food, french studies, gay studies, gender studies, geography, geology, german studies, hinduism, history, history and philosophy of science, indigenous peoples, indigenous religions, intellectual history, islam, japan, jewish studies, judaism, labor studies, languages, latin america, law, lesbian studies, letters, linguistics, literary theory and criticism, literature, literature in translation, marine and freshwater sciences, mathematics, media studies, medical anthropology, medicine, medieval studies, men and masculinity, middle ages, middle eastern history, middle eastern studies, military history, music, musicology, mythology, native american studies, opera, pacific rim studies, performing arts, philosophy, physical sciences, physics, poetry, political theory, politics, popular culture, postcolonial studies, print media, psychiatry, psychology, public policy, religions, renaissance history, renaissance literature, rhetoric, russian studies, science, social and political thought, social problems, social science, social theory, sociology, south america, south asia, southeast asia, technology and society, theater, tibet, travel, tribes, twain, united states history, urban studies, victorian history, water, western history, wine, women's studies
8. Sustainableworld.com
   Links to free or inexpensive data on national economic and other indicators at the country level.
   01-16-2007 : agriculture, communications, country studies, crime, education, environment, finance, gender studies, governance, health, indicators: development, industry, inf. technology, labour, multi-sect, national accounts, national economic, national economic indicators, population, rural sustainable development, sanitation, sustainable development, trade, transportation, urban sustainable development, water
9. World Global Trends: Extracts from Major Reports and Key Findings
   Covers supranational issues and various systems, including political, educational, environmental, economic, health, human, cultural, communications and resources. Also disasters.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
   01-16-2007 : acid rain, aids, arms control, biodiversity, brain drain, capital flows, children, climate, commodity prices, communication systems, cooperation, coral reef, corruption, cultural systems, culture, debt, democracy, desertification, disasters, drugs, economic systems, educational systems, employment, energy, environment, export market, food, forest, global governance, global issues--managing, global reports, global summary, globalization, health, hiv/aids, human rights, human systems, interest, international business, international law, internet, investment, journalism, locust, malaria, migration, nutrition, political systems, population, poverty, refugees, religions, resources, science, supranatural system, telecommunication, trade, transportation, urbanization, wars and conflicts, water, women's studies, world global trends
10. Water Quality Service Learning Program
    Introduce teachers to an innovative student-centered science investigation focused on California's growing problem of polluted runoff.' Includes fact sheets about how storm water pollution is created, lesson plans for 4th, 5th, and 6th grade levels aligned to California Content Standards, and more.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    01-12-2007 : california: environment and energy, california: science, contaminants, environmental education: california, pesticides, runoff, student service, trash, water, water: pollution
11. OneWorld South Asia: Capacity Building Guide
    Covers community development (ICTs, community radio, educational TV, eLearning, women's empowerment, the urban poor, farmers and fisherfolk, refugee education, youth), civil society (institutional donors, strategic alliances, volunteering, ICTs, and training), plus government aspects.
    01-12-2007 : capacity building, civil society, community development, community radio, education services, educational tv, elearning, farmers, fisherfolk, government, health services, icts, institutional donors, reconstruction, refugee education, sanitation, strategic alliances, study guides, sustainable development, training, urban poor, volunteering, water, women's empowerment, youth
12. Teaching Earth Science Classroom Activities and Lesson Plans
    Lesson plans, activities, projects, educational links, and much more which can easily be modified and incorporated into the earth science classroom from elementary school through university. Also links to news items for specific subjects.
    12-28-2006 : antarctic, arctic, astronomy, coastal geology, diamonds, dinosaurs, earthquakes, erosion, floods, fossil fuels, fossils, geography, geothermal, glaciers, global warming, gold, ground water, hurricane katrina, hurricanes, landslides, maps, meteorites, meteorology, meteors, minerals, oceanography, planets, plate tectonics, rock cycle, rocks, satellite images, space, subsidence, teaching resources, tsunamis, volcanoes, water, weather
13. Los Angeles Aqueduct
    Background about this aqueduct system that delivers water from the Owens River and Mono Basin to Los Angeles. Provides history and facts, environmental impact reports and related documentation, guides to the Owens Valley, and more. . (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    12-14-2006 : california: environment and energy, eir, environment, government, los angeles and environs, owens valley, water
14. Managing Arid and Semi-Arid Watersheds
    'A project to bring 50 years of data on research watersheds and the different vegetation types in the Central Highlands of Arizona to the public by way of a web site featuring unique tools on arid and semiarid watershed management.'
    12-09-2006 : arid lands, semi-arid lands, water, watersheds
15. Sahra: Sustainability of Semi-Arid Hydrology and Riparian Areas
    'SAHRA's mission is to identify critical stakeholder-relevant knowledge gaps and conduct basin-focused multidisciplinary research to fill them; and to convey what is known and what is being learned to improve water management and policy.'
    12-09-2006 : riparian areas, semi-arid hydrology, sustainable development, water
16. The World Revolution
    “... an idea for a new, global activist social movement for progressive social change. It aims to resolve in a definitive and comprehensive manner the major social problems of our world and our era. Major issue areas ... include: peace, human rights, the
    12-08-2006 : aging, aids, arms, biodiversity, child labor, child soldiers, children, children and war, climate change, columbia, congo, coral reefs, debt relief, desertification, development, ecological debt, education, environment, forests, global issues, human rights, human trafficking, imf, indigenous peoples, landmines, medicines, mountains, oceans, peace, population, refugees, tobin tax, water, weapons, women and war, world bank, world inequality
17. Sustainable Development
    This part of the globalissues.org web site looks at various aspects of development, sustainable development and how this relates to other issues such as poverty, inequality, and the environment.
    12-07-2006 : aids/hiv, arms control, arms trade, biodiversity, chechnya, children, climate change, conflicts, conservation, consumerism, consumption, corporations, disease, east timor, energy security, environment, extinctions, foreign aid, foreign policy, genetic engineering of food, geopolitics, global issues, global warming, globalization, health, human rights, indigenous people, inequality, international criminal court, justice, kosovo, media, middle east, military expansion, military expenditure, nato, natural disasters, population, poverty, racism, structural adjustment, sustainable development, third world debt, trade, war on terrorism, water, women's studies
18. Yahoo! Sustainable Development
    A directory of various aspects of sustainable development.
    12-07-2006 : architecture, arid lands, brownfields, commercial planning, corporate accountability, energy, events, forestry, global change, government agencies, green weddings, industrial ecology, institutes, journals, life cycle assessment, mountains, organizations, product stewardship, rainwater collection, renewable energy, rural development, sustainable agriculture, sustainable development, sustainable event planning, voluntary simplicity, water, web directories, xeriscaping
19. Smart Communities Network: Creating Energy Smart Communities
    Covers topics in sustainability, including green buildings, green development, land use planning, measuring progress, disaster planning, community energy, transportation, sustainable business, financing, rural issues, and resource efficiency (air, water, materials).
    12-07-2006 : air, communities, disaster preparedness, energy, financing, green buildings, green development, land use, materials, measuring progress, resource efficiency, rural issues, sustainable business, sustainable development, transportation, water
20. Mold Prevention Strategies and Possible Health Effects in the Aftermath of Hurricanes and Major Floods
    Provides background on the health effects of molds, and guidelines for assessing and cleaning up mold-contaminated buildings and household items.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-10-2006 : air quality, flood cleanup, flood damage, floods, hurricane katrina, indoor environment, mildew fungi fungal infection, molds (fungi): control, molds (fungi): health aspects, public health, public health and safety, water

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