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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 site offers information on how and where CO is generated, alternatives and solutions to the problem, and a list of cities and regions who have been non-compliant in recent years. Users are able to navigate through four different "virtual shops" including a mixing room, spray booth, service and...

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...

The Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) provides this website that promotes the development of sustainable urban environments.  Focused on cities in the United States, CNT creates research-based resources that analyze issues currently facing urban communities and offers solutions to said...

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...