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This website, provided by Sustainable Communities Online, is a compilation of various resources focused on the topic of sustainability.  The website offers resources and initiatives that "have been selected to help you learn about ways to make your community healthier, safer, greener, more livable,...

This is a course description for Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) course 17.181/17.182, Sustainable Development: Theory and Policy. "This course focuses on the sustainability problems of industrial countries and of developing states and economies in transition." The site provides an...

The mission of the Sustainable Futures Institute (SFI) at Michigan Technological University is to create and disseminate new tools, methods, knowledge, and technologies that promote, enable and support environmental, economic, and societal sustainability principles. Their page includes information...

Sustainable Sources is a website that provides information for green builders and other individuals interested in green building. Their site includes a directory of green building professionals, information on greenbuilt homes that are on the market, pertinent events, books and articles, online...

This 60-page Environmental Decision-Making module is provided by the Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center (ATEEC) and is part of the Technology and Environmental Decision-Making series. This module serves as an instructor resource for exploring the factors that go into decisions on...

This paper, from Robert W. Tango of Southern Polytechnic State University, covers green building technology integration into architecture building systems. The author explores "two energy saving green strategies of green roofs and solar collection as examples to reveal the importance of...

Gel Electrophoresis, designed and run by the University of Utah, is an interactive program that allows the student to learn and practice basic techniques that molecular biologists use every day. This program is an interactive animated procedure that allows the user to "see" DNA strands and instructs...

This website presents an animated "tour" of the basics of DNA and genes. Students will get the chance to learn more about DNA, genes, chromosomes, proteins, traits and heredity. 

This site features interactive tools related to The Nature of Things television show. The tools include different videos and descriptions of a wide variety of subjects. Some examples include biomimicry, human illness, indoor pollution, and other issues affecting humans. 

This 6-page resource, provided by the Advanced Technology Environmental Education Center (ATEEC), features three activities centered on Emergency Response Plans to oil spills. Included are lesson plans for each activity, assignments, timeframes, and materials needed. The activities are...