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In this 3-page activity, provided by the Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center (ATEEC), students study environmental contaminates and human health. Each student takes the role of a stakeholder in the issue of protecting a community from foodborne illness. Suggestions are provided to...

This paper, published by the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, compares cap-and-trade systems with intensity-based emission limits and provides a theoretical economic analysis of their effects. 

The American College of Medical Toxicology (ACMT) is a professional, nonprofit association of physicians with recognized expertise in medical toxicology, whose mission is to ensure that patients exposed to poisons and toxic substances receive optimal care.

Athena Sustainable Materials Institute, a nonprofit organization that provides information on the environmental impact of buildings and building products using life cycle analysis, authors this website. Information on the organization, resources, research reports, educational publications, and links...

This website provides information designed to help building industry professionals and policy makers to improve environmental performance and reduce the adverse impacts of buildings. It print and electronic resources to help industry professionals to take an integrated design approach that will...

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,...

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.

This 1-page document, from the Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center (ATEEC), is a learning activity that provides students with the opportunity to analyze water quality in their local area. In the activity, students place glass slides in several water sites two weeks prior to...

Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) provides this webpage entitled, Environment and Health Program. The webpage addresses an array of environmental health issues relevant to health professionals in the United States and around the globe. These issues include climate change, air pollution, and...

This page is a course overview for Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) course 11.122, Environment and Society.  The course examines the effects of industrialization on the environment and society and the regulatory response to these changes. Projects produced by students in the course,...