Crossing Boundaries

This is a nice explanation that ties right back to Aldo Leopold's ideas about what good is nature? It's good in and of itself.

Send a greeting using letter-shaped images from Google Maps

Discussing ways to learn and teach biosciences with technology. The blog of www.actionbioscience.org.

international electronic pen-pal connections based on topics including biodiversity

connection to New York? marcellus shale in Ithaca new york

teacher blog

Vicki- You may want to edit this to edublogs.org.

Edge species are truly one of a kind. If they disappear there will be nothing similar left on the planet. Two-thirds are receiving little or no conservation attention. Help save these remarkable species.

Animal Diversity Web is an online database of animal natural history, distribution, classification, and conservation biology at the University of Michigan

Information about a variety of animals

consumerism

From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It'll teach you something, it'll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever.

ocean atmosphere energy land life images

This FAQ describes the Diigo Educator "upgrade" which is free and available by applying following the link on this page.

pred/prey-Is this possible

Population map of world

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association Education site for advancing environmental literacy.

Review of the book that outlines how goods could be designed for a cycle of use, reducing waste and eliminating the need for landfills