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Earth Charter Initiative & (New) Journal of Environmental Studies & Sciences

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http://www.earthcharterinaction.org/content/pages/Read-the-Charter.html

Take a look at the Earth Charter, Values and Principles for a sustainable future :

discovered in a reference: Earth Charter Commission (2000) of the article:

“Role of an environmental studies course on the formation of environmental worldviews: a case study of a core curriculum requirement using the NEP Scale”

Bethany L. Woodworth, Michelle M. Steen-Adams and Prashant Mittal

in a new journal: Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, published by Springer.

The Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences is the official publication of the newly formed Association of Environmental Sciences and Studies (AESS).

Wetlands: US EPA website

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Wetlands US EPA

"Overall, this site is useful for background information about the state of US wetlands. Undergraduates and researchers would particularly benefit from this information and from the numerous links to additional resources allowing them to further expand their investigation of this subject."

Information from the Clean Water Act and scientific documents — about floodplains, watersheds, urban stormwaters, restoration, pollution management

From Choice Reviews online or Choice, April, 2010, Vol 47(8), p.1512.

Climate Change Conference, free online, Smithsonian Institution

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The Smithsonian Education Online Conference on Climate Change" is a 3-day, free, education online conference taking place, Sept. 29 – Oct. 1, 2009.

Open to everyone, registration is here:

http://www.SmithsonianEducation.org/Climate

Sessions will be recorded for later viewing at the same site.

Climate change issues will be discussed from the aspects of science, history and art.

Source: Email from John Walber at LearningTimes.org.