Technology Education for Sustainability

Resource List

General Resources

GreenFacts: Facts on Health and the Environment

McDonough, W. & Braungart, M. (1998, October). The NEXT Industrial Revolution. The Atlantic Monthly, 282(4), 82-92. Available through EBSCOHost at BSU's Library.

Parris, T.M., & Kates, R.W. (2003). Characterizing and measuring sustainable development. Annual Review of Environmental Resources, 28(13.1-13.28). Retrieved February 27, 2007, from http://www.isciences.com/assets/pdfs/AR198-EG28-13%5b001-028%5d.pdf

Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable Future is provided by UNESCO.

National Academy of Sciences. (1995). The role of technology in environmentally sustainable development. Available from the National Academies Press.

Sustainability Institute provides educational materials on climate change, systems thinking, and sustainable foods.

World Watch Institute supports independent research for an environmentally sustainable and socially just society. Vital Signs Online offers data sets, graphics and full analyses of 114 trends.

World Watch Institute. (2007). State of the world 2007: Our urban future. Linda Starke (Ed.). New York: W.W. Norton & Company.

Encyclopedia, Glossaries, and Index

Encyclopedia of Earth (www.eoearth.org) is a collaborative effort of the global scientific community to to produce the first free, comprehensive expert-driven information resource on the environment.

Yale's Sustainability Glossary

Journals

Environment and Behavior

Environmental Science and Technology

Sustainability: The Journal of Record

PowerPoint Presentation

Harrison, B. (2008). Sustainable design. Paper presented at the SAME-TEC 2008 Conference. Austin, Texas. Retrieved September 1, 2008, from http://www.matec.org/convention/archive2008/_docs2008/black.pdf

Video

Shift Happens

The Most Terrifying Video You'll Ever See by wonderingmind42

What is the Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard

Alan AtKisson: Describing The 7 Principles of Sustainability (2009)

Curriculum: Courses (search tools: ocwfinder.org and mitopencourseware)

Ball State University's ITEDU 510: Technology Use and Assessment

Delft University of Technology offers several open courseware courses in its Technology in Sustainable Development specialization, including :

Virginia's Technology Assessment Course

Bosscher, P. J., Russell, J.S., & . (2005). The sustainable classroom: Teaching sustainability to tomorrow's engineers. Paper presented at the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. Retrieved January 8, 2008, from http://www.asee.org/acPapers/2005-1147_Final.pdf

Rose, M.A. (2007). Infusing sustainability principles into technology curriculum. International Technology Education Association Annual Conference, March 2007, San Antonio, TX. A resource list is available at http://arose.iweb.bsu.edu/sustainability.htm and the PowerPoint presentation is available at http://arose.iweb.bsu.edu/ITEA_sustain_fin.ppt (4.9 MB).

UCAR: The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. (n.d.). The global change instruction program. Retrieved January 17, 2009, from http://www.ucar.edu/communications/gcip/intro.htmll

Curriculum: Instructional Materials

Alliance to Save Energy: Creating an Energy Efficient World

The Association for Science. (1999). UNESCO Resource Kit. Science & Technology Education: Science for the 21st Century. Retrieved March 10, 2007, from http://portal.unesco.org/education/

Center for Ecoliteracy

U.S. Global Change Research Program. (2009). Climate change wildlife and wildlands: A toolkit for formal and informal educators. Retrieved June 25, 2009, from http://www.globalchange.gov/

Dyrenfurth, J.J., Langer, K., Wahl, D. (2003). UNESCO Technology Education Guide. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Retrieved March 10, 2007, from http://portal.unesco.org/education/

Federico, C.M., Cloud, J.P., Byrne, J., & Wheeler, K. (n.d.). Kindergarten through Twelfth-Grade Education for Sustainability. Retrieved February 23, 2007, from http://www.sustainabilityed.org/what/education_for_sustainability/documents/K12Chapter.PDF

Fien, J. (n.d.). A futures perspective in the curriculum. UNESCO - UNEP International Environmental Education Programme. Retrieved February 23, 2007, from http://www.unesco.org/education/tlsf/TLSF/theme_a/uncofrm_a.htmm

Global Learning, Inc.

6° Challenge: An initiative to spread the word about energy efficiency.

Jones, D., (2004). Sustainability education handbook: A resource guide for K-12 teachers incorporating the Michigan State Framework Standards. Urban Options, Inc. Retrieved February 26, 2007, from http://www.urbanoptions.org/SustainEdHandbook/index.htm

Sustainable Technology Education Project (STEP) presents Teaching Sustainability with STEP

United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development

Wisconsin K-12 Energy Education Program

Educational Materials: Unit plans, Lessons, & Activities

PreK-2

Shrinking Space offered at TeacherQuickSource

3-5

A Merry-Go-Round for Dirty Air

3RC (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Compost)

6-8

Energy is Everywhere

Energy Quest. (2006). The California Energy Commission.

Three Mile Island vs. Hoover Dam

Solar Heating and You

Environmental Protection Agency. (1997). Energy conservation. Pollution Prevention (P2) Education Toolbox. Retrieved January 30, 2008, from http://www.epa.gov/RCRIS-Region-5/wptdiv/p2pages/energy.pdf

9-12

Energy and the Carbon Cycle Game

Energy Education Development Project. (2005). Energy bike. Author. Retrieved March 29,m 2008, from http://www.need.org/needpdf/EnergyBike2005.pdf

Microsoft Corporation. (2007). Fueling the future [Lesson Plan]. Retrieved February 26, 2007, from http://www.microsoft.com/education/picfueling.mspx?pf=true

National Science Digital Library. (n.d.). Decisions about using technology. The nature of technology. NSDL Science Literacy Maps. Author. Retrieved March 29, 2008, from http://strandmaps.nsdl.org/?id=SMS-MAP-1273

The Packaging Council of New Zealand. (2003). PAC-IT: An Introduction into Packaging in New Zealand. [Teaching Resources]. Available at http://www.pac-it.org.nz/index.html

The ACS Green Chemistry Institute offers educational resources on sustainability, including:

Parent, K.E., (2003). Fuel cells: Energy from gases instead of gasoline [Lesson plan]. National Chemistry Week. 2003 Theme: Earth's Atmosphere and Beyond. Retrieved March 7, 2007, from ACS Green Chemistry Institute

 

Parent, K.E. (2003). Chemistry and Compost  [Lesson Plan]. Chemists Celebrate Earth Day. 2003 Them ChemisTREE. Retrieved March 7, 2007, from ACS Green Chemistry Institute
 

Rose, M.A. (2008, February 21). Assessment conundrum: CFLs, energy efficiency, and mercury. 70th Annual Conference of the International Technology Education Association, Salt Lake City, Utah. Retrieved March 29, 2008, from http://arose.iweb.bsu.edu/Vita/ITEA_2008/Rose_CFL_Assessment.pdf

SolarPower....Naturally offers a variety of lessons plans on solar energy and photovoltaics.

University of Wisconsin-Extension. Mercury in Schools Education Team. (2002). Mercury in schools and the community: A national issue. University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents.  Retrieved March 29, 2008, from http://www.mercuryinschools.uwex.edu/curriculum/index.htm

Undergraduate

Unnatural Causes provides a variety of lesson plans which explore human health, inequality, and policy.

Education for Climate Neutrality and Sustainability: Academic Guidance for ACUPCC Institutions

Educational Standards

International Technology Education Association, Technology for All Americans Project. (2000). Standard 13. Standards for technological literacy: Content for the study of technology. Reston, Virginia: International Technology Education Association. Available from http://www.iteaconnect.org/TAA/PDFs/xstnd.pdf

U.S. Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development. (2009, October). National education for sustainability K-12 student learning standards, version 3. Retrieved http://www.uspartnership.org/resources/0000/0081/USP_EFS_standards_V3_10_09.pdf

Educational Products

Dr FuelCell powered by Heliocentris

KEY Concepts and Principles

Agriculture

Pollan, Michael. (2009, May 5). Deep agriculture [Lecture]. The Long Now Foundation: San Francisco, CA.FORA.tv Series. Available at http://fora.tv/2009/05/05/Michael_Pollan_Deep_Agriculture

Bio-degradable

Biogeochemical Cycles

Mackenzie, F.T. (1999). Global biogeochemical cycles and the physical climate system. The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. Retrieved January 17, 2009, from http://www.ucar.edu/communications/gcip/m4bgchem/m4pdf.pdf

Carbon

Carbon Cycle

Mader, S. (2007). Climate Project: Carbon sequestration and storage by California forests and forest products. Retrieved January 29, 2008, from http://www.foresthealth.org/pdf/CH2M%20Hill%20Forest%20Carbon%20Study.pdf

NASA. (2008). The carbon cycle. The Earth Observatory. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Retrieved December 6, 2008, from http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/CarbonCycle/printall.php

Carbon Mitigation

Carbon Mitigation Initiative at Princeton Environmental Institute offers several resources related to Pacala and Socolow's Stabilization Wedges, including

Video of Wedges Presentation and Game, AAAS Annual Meeting 2007

Carbon Mitigation Initiative. (n.d.). Building the stabilization triangle. Princeton Environmental Institute, Princeton University. [Information sheet based on Pacala, S. & Socolow, R. (2004). Stabilization wedges: Solving the climate problem for the next 50 years with current technologies. Science, 305, 968. Retrieved November 25, 2008, from http://www.princeton.edu/~cmi/news/CMIinBrief.pdf

Carbon Policies (Offsets)

Clemmer, S. (2007). Gambling with coal: How future climate laws will make new coal power plants more expensive. Paper presented at the National Wind Technology Center, Boulder, CO. Retrieved January 28, 2008, from http://www.hecweb.org/File/GamblingwithCoalUCS.pdf

Information and Communication Technology

Economist Intelligence Unit. (2008, February). Managing the companies carbon footprint: The emerging role of ICT. Sponsored by AT&T and CISCO. Retrieved January 9, 2009, from http://www.corp.att.com/emea/docs/sustainability_2008_eng.pdf

OTHER

Greenblatt, J. (2007). Midwest power: Less coal, less carbon, more choices. Environmental Defense. Retrieved January 28, 2008, from http://www.hecweb.org/File/MidwestPowerED.pdf

Carrying Capacity

Climate Change and Global Warming

Centre for Air Transport and the Environment. (n.d.). Global Climate Change Student Guide. Manchester Metropolitan University. Retrieved January 12, 2008, from http://www.ace.mmu.ac.uk/Resources/gcc/contents.html

Earthguide provides online materials for K-14 students, teachers, and the public to enhance lifelong learning about the Earth, its living and natural resources, changing climate, environmental quality and society. See global warming animation.

Frontline: Heat (DVD). Full program is online at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/heat/

The Encyclopedia of Earth

International Arctic Science Committee (Content Partner); Sidney Draggan (Topic Editor). 2007. "Effects of climate change on landscape and regional processes and feedbacks to the climate system in the Arctic." In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [Published in the Encyclopedia of Earth June 2, 2007; Retrieved August 19, 2008].

Geology.com

Global Change Program at the University of Michigan

IPCC, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. (2007). Climate change 2007: Synthesis report. Retrieved November 28, 2008, from http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-report/ar4/syr/ar4_syr.pdf

IPCC, 2007: Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Parry, Martin L., Canziani, Osvaldo F., Palutikof, Jean P., van der Linden, Paul J., and Hanson, Clair E. (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

National Research Council. National Academy of Science. (2009). Ecological impacts of climate change. Retrieved May 27, 2009, from http://dels.nas.edu/climatechange/ecological-impacts.shtml?utm_medium=etmail&utm_source=National%20Academies%20Press&utm_campaign=NAP+mail+new+05.26.09&utm_content=Downloader&utm_term=

Sustainability Institute provides educational materials on climate change.

United States Environmental Protection Agency. (2009). Climate change. Retrieved June 25, 2009, from http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/index.html

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (n.d.). Human-related sources and sinks of carbon dioxide. Retrieved, December 6, 2008, from http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/co2_human.htmll

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

BP Educational Service offers Climate Change Resource pack for ages 11-19 and Teachers Notes.

Carbon Capture and Storage (Sequestration)

Shell's Carbon Capture and Storage resources has an informative image.

Consumption, Consumerism

Chris Jordan’s Running the Numbers: An American Self Portrait provides poignant depictions of unsustainable practices which are generally accepted within America. Take a moment and imagine the consequences of our disposable, human-built, and augmented world by navigating to http://www.chrisjordan.com/current_set2.php

National Academy of Sciences. (1997). Towards Sustainable Consumption. Joint Statements by the National Academy of Sciences and the Royal Society of London. Retrieved from  http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer?pagename=NEWS_statement_NAS_11041997_RoyalSoc_sustainable_consumption&printer_friendly=1

Development

Equity

Eco-Efficiency: ()

Eco-engineering

Ecology

Ecological Footprint

Redefining Progress. (n.d.). Ecological footprint. Redefining progress: The nature of economics [Web site]. Retrieved January 17, 2009, from http://www.rprogress.org/ecological_footprint/about_ecological_footprint.htmm

Economy

Embodied Energy

Embodied Energy and Carbon Associated with Building Materials. Retrieved from http://people.bath.ac.uk/cj219/

Milne, G. (2005). Technical Manual: Design for Lifestyle and the Future. Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved March 10, 2007, from http://www.greenhouse.gov.au/yourhome/technical/fs31.htm

Energy (Alternative, renewable, efficiency...)

Center for Hazardous Substance Research. (2006, January 4-6). Energy and environmental impacts related to sustainability [Workshop materials]. Kansas State University. Available at http://www.engg.ksu.edu/CHSR/events/che650/200601/index.html

Rose, M.A. (2007). Energy Processing Resources. Available at http://arose.iweb.bsu.edu/BSUCourses/ITDPT_204/resources.htm

 

First Solar, Inc. has an excellent overview of Product Life Cycle Management as it applies to solar cells.

 

Scientific American Online provides resources on alternative energy at http://www.sciam.com/report.cfm?id=alternative-energy

 

Union of Concerned Scientists presents How Solar Energy Works.

 

U.S. Energy Information Administration presents Energy in Brief: What everyone should know about energy. Retrieved December 6, 2008, from http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/energy_in_brief/

Kentucky Office of Energy Policy, Division of Fossil Fuels & Utility Services & Kentucky Coal Association. (n.d.). PCs & www. = kWhcoal. Expanded Online Kentucky Coals Facts [Website]. Retrieved January 10, 2009, from http://www.coaleducation.org/ky_coal_facts/default.htm

Environmental Literacy

Volk, R.L., & Cheak, M.J. (2003). The effects of an environmental education program on students, parents, and community. The Journal of Environmental Education, 344(4), 12-25. (ERIC Document Reproduction No. EJ770045)

Journals

Environment and Behavior

Environmental Science and Technology

Interdisciplinary Environmental Review

Engineering

Extended Product Responsibility (See Product Stewardship)

http://www.epa.gov/osw/partnerships/stewardship/docs/eprn.pdf

Feedback Loops

Carpenter, M.C. (n.d.). Feedback mechanisms in climate. Retrieved August 19, 2008, from http://www.globalchange.umich.edu/globalchange1/current/lectures/samson/feedback_mechanisms//

Future, Futurism

Green Building

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy. (2007). Energy solutions for university buildings. Retrieved May 15, 2007 from http://www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/info/university/

Energy Star, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2007). Energy Star for K-12 school districts.  Retrieved May 15, 2007 from http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=k12_schools.bus_schoolsk12

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy. (2008). Emissions of greenhouse gases in the United States 2007. Author. Retrieved December 6, 2008, from ftp://ftp.eia.doe.gov/pub/oiaf/1605/cdrom/pdf/ggrpt/057307.pdf

Hazardous Waste

Denham, M., Schell, L.M., Deane, G. Gallo, M. Ravenscroft, M. DeCarprio, A.P., and the Akwesasne Task Force on the Environment. (2005). Relationship of lead, mercury, mirex, dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene, hexachlorobenzene, and polychlorinated biphenyls to timing of menarche among Akwesasne Mohawk girls. Pediatrics, 1155(2). Retrieved February 25, 2007, from http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/115/2/e127  [Suggests toxicants affect the timing of girls' menstrual cycle and sexual maturity.]

Environmental Health Perspectives at http://www.ehponline.org/topic/hazardwaste.html

Trasande, L., Landrigan, P.J., & Schechter, C. (2005). Public health and economic consequences of methyl mercury toxicity to the developing brain. Environmental Health Perspectives, 113(5), 590-596. Retrieved March 28, 2008, from http://www.ehponline.org/members/2005/7743/7743.pdf

Interdependence

Impacts

Life Cycle Thinking & Management

ALCAN. (2005). What is life cycle thinking? 8: Product Stewardship: Analysis. ALCAN Sustainability Report 2005.  Retrieved January 9, 2009, from http://www.publications.alcan.com/sustainability/2005/en/pages/issue_8_product_analysis_lifecycle.html

FirstSolar. (2009). Product lifecycle. Retrieved January 9, 2009, from, http://www.firstsolar.com/product_lifecycle.php

Miljøstyrelsen. (n.d.). An introduction to life-cycle thinking and management. Author. Retrieved January 8, 2009, from   http://www2.mst.dk/udgiv/Publications/2003/87-7972-458-2/html/indhold_eng.htm

Pacific Centre for Environmental and Sustainable Development. (n.d.). Life cycle thinking [Image]. The University of the South Pacific. Retrieved January 6, 2009, from http://www.usp.ac.fj/index.php?id=5832

U.S. Department of Energy. (2003). Draft framework for determination analysis of energy conservation standards for high intensity discharge lamps. [Include life cycle costs]. Retrieved January 9, 2009, from http://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/appliance_standards/commercial/pdfs/hid_draft_report.pdf

United Nations Environment Programme (2007). Life Cycle Management: A business guide to sustainability. Retrieved January 8, 2009, from http://www.unep.fr/scp/publications/details.asp?id=DTI/0889/PA

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

See STRATEGIES and TECHNIQUES: Life Cycle Assessment

Samara, C, & Meisterline, K. (2008). Life cycle assessment of greenhouse gas emissions from plug-in hybrid vehicles: Implications for policy. Environmental Science & Technology, 42(9), 3170-3176. Retrieved December 14, 2008, from http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/es702178s?cookieSet=1

Lighting

Energy Information Administration. (1996). Residential lighting use and potential savings. Office of Energy Markets and End Use, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, D.C.  Retrieved February 28, 2008, from   http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/lighting/contents.html

Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)

MSDS Databases Search

Petroleum (Crude oil)

Wood, J.H., Long., G.R., & Morehouse, D.F., (2004). Long-term world oil supply scenarios: The future is neither as bleak or rosy as some assert.  U.S. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved December 6, 2008, from http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/feature_articles/2004/worldoilsupply/oilsupply04.html

Pollution Prevention

Product Stewardship

...a principle that directs all participants involved in the life cycle of a product to take shared responsibility for the impacts to human health and the natural environment that result from the production, use, and end-of-life management of the product. The greater the ability of a party to influence the life cycle impacts of a product, the greater the degree of that party’s responsibility. (Product Stewardship Institute)

Northwest Product Stewardship Council

Quality of Life

Risks

Stewardship

Iowa DNR Stewardship Survey, #3

Systems, Systemic, Systemic Thinking

http://www.thesystemsthinker.com/systemsthinkinglearn.htmll

Toxics

Environmental Science and Technology

BIOMAGNIFICATION

Percy, J.A. (1996). Fundy's watery wastes: Pollution in the Bay of Fundy. Bay of Fundy Ecosystem Project. Retrieved December 6, 2008, from http://www.bofep.org/pollutio.htm

Filyk, G. & Hewitt, A. (2006). Part 1. Canada's national implementation plan under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (NIP). Environment Canada. Retrieved December 6, 2008, from  http://www.ec.gc.ca/cleanair-airpur/CAOL/POPS/Stockholm/toc_e.html

Ternan, S., Wituschek, E., Esposito, R., Pratt, L., & Smith, K. (2006). PART - II: Canada's national action plan on unintentionally produced persistent organic pollutants (NAP). Environment Canada. Retrieved December 6, 2008, from http://www.ec.gc.ca/cleanair-airpur/CAOL/POPS/Stockholm/toc_e.html

MERCURY

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. (1999). ToxFAQs for Mercury. Center for Disease Control. Retrieved March 22, 2007, from http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/tfacts46.html

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Department of Health and Human Services. (1999). Toxicological profile for mercury. Center for Disease Control. Retrieved March 22, 2007, from http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp46.html

Cain, A., Disch, S., Twarski, C., Reindl, J.& Case, C.R. (2007). Substance flow analysis of mercury intentionally used in products in the United States. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 111(3). Retrieved April 2, 2008, from Academic Search Premier. (AN 25898378)

Environment Canada. (2008). Mercury and the Environment. Retrieved December 6, 2008, from http://www.ec.gc.ca/MERCURY/EH/EN/eh-hc.cfm?SELECT=EH

Indiana Geological Survey. (2007). Mercury content of Indiana coals. Indiana University. Retrieved January 30, 2008, from http://igs.indiana.edu/geology/coalOilGas/mercuryInCoal/index.cfm

Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Air Quality Strategies and Standards Division. (2004). Benefit analysis for the Section 112 Utility Rule.(EPA-452/R-03-021). Research Triangle Park, NC: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved February 27, 2007, from http://www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/utility/proposalutilitymactbenefitsanalysisfinal.pdf

Product Stewardship Institute has a variety of resources related to state and national policies on mercury reclamation.

Trasande, L., Landrigan, P.J., & Schechter, C. Public health and economic consequences of methyl mercury toxicity to the developing brain. Environmental Health Perspectives, 113(5), 590-596. Retrieved March 28, 2008, from http://www.ehponline.org/members/2005/7743/7743.pdf

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.(2007). Clean Air Mercury Rule. Retrieved February 27, 2007, from http://www.epa.gov/air/mercuryrule/rule.htm

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2007). Mercury: Human exposure. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved February 27, 2007, from http://www.epa.gov/mercury/exposure.htm

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning & Standards, & Office of Research and Development. (1997). Mercury Study Report to Congress. Volume 1. (EPA-452/R-97-003). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved February 27, 2007, from http://www.epa.gov/ttn/oarpg/t3/reports/volume1.pdf

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics.(2008). Mercury and hazardous chemicals in schools: A manual for students in southeast Asia. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved July 21, 2008, from http://www.epa.gov/mercury/pdfs/student_manual_for_printing.pdf

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Fish and Wildlife Contamination Program. (2004). National maps and graphics. Retrieved March 10, 2007, http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/presentations/fish-2004/

U.S. Geological Service. (2006). National Fish Mercury Model Available On-Line. Available at http://toxics.usgs.gov/highlights/mercury_model.html.

U.S. Geological Service (2006). EMMMA: Environmental Mercury Mapping, Modeling, & Analysis. Available at http://emmma.usgs.gov/datasets.aspx

ZERO Mercury Global Campaign. (2005). Mercury Fact Sheet. Retrieved March 10, 2007, from http://www.zeromercury.org/fact_sheet/index.htm

Trade-Offs

Urban Sprawl

Barry, P.L (n.d.). Urban Sprawl: the Big Picture. Science@NASA. Retrieved March 10, 2007, from http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2002/11oct_sprawl.htm

DICTIONARIES, GLOSSARIES, and ENCYCLOPEDIAS

Encyclopedia of Sustainable Development

The Encyclopedia of Earth is supported by the National Council for Science and the Environment.

GreenFacts: Facts on Health and the Environment offers a glossary of terms and an overview of risks associated with exposure to certain toxics.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency presents Terms of Environment: Glossary, Abbreviations and Acronyms

DEFINITIONS OF SUSTAINABILITY

Ben-Eli, M.(2006, 2004). Sustainability: The five core principles. Buckminster Fuller Institute. Retrieved November 18, 2008, from http://bfi-internal.org/SustainabilityPrinciples_MBenEli.pdf

Environmental Protection Agency. (2007). Sustainability. Retrieved February 21, 2007, from http://www.epa.gov/sustainability

United Nations. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Division of Sustainable Development. (2001). Indicators of sustainable development: Guidelines and methodologies. Retrieved March 8, 2007, from http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/natlinfo/indicators/isdms2001/isd-ms2001isd.htm

HIGHER EDUCATION

Ball State University's Council on the Environment (COTE)

Global Institute of Sustainability at Arizona State University

Worldwatch Institute presents a timeline of key moments in the sustainability movement from 1960-2004.

ISSUES & SUSTAINABILITY

Cell Phones (Mobile Devices

Diffusion

Blackshaw, P. (2009, November 2). A pocket guide to social media and kids. nielsenwire. Retrieved http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/consumer/a-pocket-guide-to-social-media-and-kids/

Reardon, M. (2008, September). Mobile carriers see opportunity in 'tween' market. CTIA 2009. NCET Reviews. Retrieved  from http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-12261_7-10038783-51.html

Loechner, J. (2009, November). Like, totally wired. Research Brief from the Center for Media Research. MediaPostBLOGS. Retrieved from http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=117012

Collection & Disposal

Neira, J., Favret, L., Fuji, M., Miller, R., Mahdavi, S., & Blass, V.D. (2006). End-of-life management of cell phones in the United States. Masters project, University of California, Santa Barbara. Retrieved from http://www.bren.ucsb.edu/research/documents/CellPhoneThesis.pdf

Forum for the Future (2004). Return to vendor: How second hand mobile phones improve access to telephone services.  Retrieved from http://www.forumforthefuture.org.uk/files/returntovendor.pdf

Inform, Inc. (2008, August). The secret life of cell phones [Video].   Retrieved from http://www.secret-life.org/cellphones/

Rayapura, A. (2005). Wireless waste: The challenge of cell phone and battery collection. Inform, Inc. Retrieved from http://informinc.org/reportpdfs/wp/RBRC_Wireless_Waste.pdf

Telecommunications Industry Association. (2009). E-cycling Central. Retrieved from http://www.ecyclingcentral.com/

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2005, October). Resource Conservation Challenge: Green initiatives—Electronics (EPA530-F-05-021). Retrieved from http://www.epa.gov/osw/rcc/resources/electron.htm

Impacts

Fishbein, B.K. (2002). Waste in the wireless world: The challenge of cell phones. Inform, Inc. Website: http://www.informinc.org/wirelesswaste.php

Germy cell phone. [Video]. CNN. Retrieved from http://www.livevideo.com/video/94995893EC7E4AC1AE02B9ADB68F2095/cell-phone-radiation-effects-.aspx

Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFL)

18SECONDS.ORG

Von Ahn, L. (2007, March 27) Mercury in energy-saving bulbs worries scientists. Thomas Reuters. Retrieved November 13, 2008, from http://www.calpsc.org/products/docs/2007-03-27%20Reuters%20on%20mercury%20in%20bulbs.pdf?articleId=USN2744810520070327

Benya, J.R. (2008). Banning the bulb. GreenSource. Retrieved from http://greensource.construction.com/people/0804_opinion.asp

Cain, A., Disch, S., Twarski, C., Reindl, J.& Case, C.R. (2007). Substance flow analysis of mercury intentionally used in products in the United States. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 111(3). Retrieved December 7, 2007, from http://www.chem.unep.ch/MERCURY/Call_for_information/US_1214_abe.pdf

California Product Stewardship Council offers a resource page on Fluorescent Lamps.

California Environmental Protection Agency offers an overview of Mercury Lamp Disposal.

Environmental Defense. (2007). Make the Switch: How to pick a better bulb. Retrieved May 14, 2007, from http://www.environmentaldefense.org/page.cfm?tagid=608

National Electrical Manufacturers Association. (2007). Recycling household CFLs. Retrieved December 31, 2007, from http://www.nema.org/gov/env_conscious_design/upload/Recycling%20Household%20CFLs.%2009%2007.pdf

National Electrical Manufacturers Association. (2001). Florescent lamps and the environment. Author. Retrieved December 31, 2007, from http://www.nema.org/gov/ehs/committees/lamps/upload/nemafluorfinal.pdf

http://www.csupomona.edu/~rfsmith/research%20reports/Ballast%20Testing.html

Skavronek, S., & Stenstrup, A. (2006). Mercury: In your community and the environment. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved July 21, 2008, from http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/bnsdocs/mercomm

The Lamp Recycling Outreach Project offers a multimedia presentation which addresses mercury-containing lamps, mercury pollution, and disposition, as well as a white paper which outlines regulations and preferred practices for businesses, organizations, and contractors.

Lamprecycle.org is sponsored by the Lamp Section of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) to encourage the recycling of spent mercury-containing lamps.

RECLITE. (n.d.). Process. RECLITE: Recycling through innovation. Retrieved January 9, 2009, from http://www.reclite.co.za/process.html

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Energy Star,. (n.d.). Frequently asked questions: Information on compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) and mercury. Retrieved May 27, 2007, from  http://www.energystar.gov/ia/partners/promotions/change_light/downloads/Fact_Sheet_Mercury.pdff

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Solid Waste. (1998). Notice of data availability for the study on mercury emissions form the disposal of fluorescent lamps. Retrieved February 27, 2007, from http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/id/merc-emi/merc-pgs/publiccom.pdf

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2008). Mercury-containing light bulb (lamp) recycling. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved July 21, 2008, from http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/id/univwast/lamps/faqs.htm#14

Collection Strategies

Sheehan, B. (2007). Backgrounder: Next steps for toxic mercury compact fluorescent light bulbs: Manufacturer responsibility for collection, disposal a must. Product policy Institute. Retrieved November 13, 2008, from http://www.calpsc.org/assets/word/CFL_Backgrounder_FINAL10Jul2007.doc

Drum-Top Crushing

Abernathy, P., Bodurow, C., Borenstein, N., Cain, A., et al. (n.d.). Mercury lamp drum top crusher study. Retrieved November 12, 2008, from http://www.dcha.org/EVP/EPA%20drum-top%20Hg%20crusher%20study.pdf

Battye, W., McGeough, U., Overcash, C., & EC/R Incorporated. (1994). Evaluation of mercury emissions from fluorescent lamp crushing. (EPA-453/R-94-018). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards. Retrieved February 27, 2007, from http://www.epa.gov/ttn/catc/dir1/mercury.txt

Helms, G. (2003, December 16). Drum-top crushing of mercury lamps [PowerPoint]. U.S. EPA Office of Solid Waste. Retrieved November 12, 2008, from http://www.epa.gov/region5/air/mercury/meetings/December03/helms.pdf

Landfills

Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association. (2006). Summary of research on mercury emissions from municipal landfills. Boston, MA: Author. Retrieved November 13, 2008, from http://www.newmoa.org/prevention/mercury/landfillfactsheet.cfm

accessIndiana provides a searchable database of Indiana recycling locations

Contacts for Indiana's Lamp Recycling Outreach Project.

Media

LeFever, L. & LeFever, Sachi. (2007). New light bulbs in plain English [Media]. Retrieved January 30, 2008, from http://www.commoncraft.com/cfl

MSNBC Nightly News. (n.d.). Light switch: The hazards of CFL bulbs [Video]. Retrieved April 15, 2008, from http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/#23730158

Montaine, R. (2007, February 22). Fluorescent bulbs: A better idea? [Audio]. Morning Edition. National Public Radio. Retrieved November 13, 2008, from http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7543075

Shogren, E. (2007, February 15). CFL bulbs have one hitch: Toxic mercury. [Audio]. All Things Considered. National Public Radio.. Retrieved November 13, 2008, from http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7543075

Retorting (process for reclaiming mercury from lamps)

Association of Lighting & Mercury Recyclers supports the Lamp Recycling Outreach Project. 

Florida's regulations: CHAPTER 62-737 The Management of spent mercury-containing lamps and devices destined for recycling.

Mercury Waste Solutions is the largest mercury waste processor in the U.S.

Bethlehem Lamp Recycling, a total mercury recycler, offers two great graphics which show two processes of reclaiming mercury from lamps.

See MERCURY

Gereffi, G., Dubay, K., & Lowe, M. (2008). Manufacturing climate solutions: Carbon-reducing technologies and U.S. jobs. Center on Globalization Governance & Competitiveness, Duke University.  Retrieved November 23, 2008, from http://www.cggc.duke.edu/environment/climatesolutions/greeneconomy_Fullreport.pdf

OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING

Architecture 2030. (2008). New offshore drilling [Graph]. Retrieved November 13, 2008, from  http://www.architecture2030.org/news/news_090608.html

Borasin, S., Foster, S., Jobarteh, K., Link, N., Miranda, J., Pomeranse, E., Rabke-Verani, J., Reyes, D., Selber, J., Sodha, Sa. & Somaiaa, P. (2002).  Oil: A life cycle analysis of its health and environmental impacts. Parul R. Epstein and Jesse Selber (Eds). Boston, MA: The Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School. Revieved November 20, 2008, from http://chge.med.harvard.edu/publications/documents/oilfullreport.pdf

Broje, V. (2005). Oil Spill Publications. Retrieved November 8, 2008, from http://fiesta.bren.ucsb.edu/~vbroje/oil%20spill%20publications.htm

Burke, C.J. & Veil, J.A. (1995). Synthetic drilling muds: Environmental gain deserves regulatory recognition. Paper presented to the Society of Petroleum Engineers/EPA Environmental Conference, Houston, TX, March 27-29, 1995. Retrieved November 8, 2008, from http://www.osti.gov/bridge/servlets/purl/85929-RW0ScL/webviewable/85929.pdff

Clark, B.M. & Dutzik, T. (2002). Dirty drilling: The threat of oil and gas drilling in Michigan's Great Lakes. PIRGIM Education Fund. Retrieved November 20, 2008, from http://www.pirgim.org/reports/dirtydrilling.pdf

Clarke, K. C. & Hemphill, J.J. (2002). The Santa Barbara oil spill, a retrospective. In Darrick Danta (Ed.) Yearbook of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers, University of Hawai'i Press, 64, 157-162.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Science Inventory. (Record ID 37608)

Ecology Center. (2003). The true cost of petroleum. Retrieved November 28, 2008, from http://www.ecologycenter.org/erc/petroleum/world.html

EPA, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2008). Types of petroleum oils. Emergency Management Home. Retrieved November 26, 2008, from http://www.epa.gov/emergencies/content/learning/oiltypes.htm

Ocean Studies Board, National Academies, Oil Spill Dispersants: Efficacy and Effects. See Then National Academy. http://books.nap.edu/

Hyland, J., Hardin, D., Steinhauer, M., Coats, D., Green, R., & Neff, J. (1994). Environmental impact of offshore oil development on the outer continental shelf and slope off Point Arguelloc, California. Marine Environmental Research, 37(2), 195-229. Abstract retrieved November 22, 2008 from CSA Illumina.

Kelly, J., T. Duke, M. Harwell, & Harwell, C. (1987). Ecosystem perspectives on potential impacts of drilling fluid discharges on seagrasses. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/J-87/237 (NTIS PB88172911). Abstract retrieved November 9, 2008, from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Science Inventory. (Record ID 42375)

Kropp, R.K. (2004). Review of deep-sea ecology and monitoring as they relate to deep-sea oil and gas operations. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Sequim, WA: Battelle Marine Sciences Laboratory. Report Prepared for the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract DE-AC06-76RL01830. Retrieved November 8, 2008, from http://www.pnl.gov/main/publications/external/technical_reports/PNNL-14540.pdf

Fleeger, J.W., S.J. Marlborough, K.A.Gust, K.R. Carman, and S. Silva. 2007. Mixtures of metals and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons may elicit complex, nonadditive toxicological interactions. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, New Orleans, LA. (OCS Study MMS 2007-019). Retrieved November 22, 2008, from http://www.gomr.mms.gov/PI/PDFImages/ESPIS/4/4249.pdf

Gasper, Veil, & Ayers, (2000). Information on commercial disposal facilities that may have received offshore drilling wastes. Argonne National Laboratory. Retrieved November 6, 2008, from http://www.osti.gov/bridge/servlets/purl/764201-Mhdlnb/webviewable/764201.PDF

Gattuso, J-P. (2007). Ocean acidification. In Encyclopedia of Earth. Cutler J. Cleveland (Ed). Retrieved November 26, 2008, from http://www.eoearth.org/article/Ocean_acidification

Global Marine Oil Pollution Information Gateway at http://oils.gpa.unep.org/about/about.htmI

Heller, M.C., & Keoleian, G.A. (2000). Life cycle-based sustainability indicators for assessment of the U.S. food system. Ann Arbor, MI: Centre for Sustainable Systems, Univeristy of Michigan. Retrieved November 28, 2008,from http://css.snre.umich.edu/css_doc/CSS00-04.pdf

International Association of Oil & Gas Producers. (2008, September). Guidelines for waste management with special focus on areas with limited infrastructure (Report No. 413). Retrieved November 27, 2008, from http://www.ogp.org.uk/pubs/413.pdf

International Council for the Exploration of the Sea

Masutani, S.M. & Adams, E.E. (2001). Experimental study of multi-phase plumes with application to deep ocean oil spills. Honolulu, HI: Hawai’I Natural Energy Institute, University of Hawaii. Report to the U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service Contract no. 1435-01-98-CT-30964. Retrieved November 22, 2008, from http://www.mms.gov/tarprojects/377/UH_MIT_Final_2001.pdf

McLachlan, J. A. (2000). Environmental analysis of endocrine disrupting effects from hydrocarbon contaminants in the ecosystem. Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, Retrieved November 25, 2008, from EPA's Science Inventory.

MMS, Minerals Management Service. (2008b). Leasing oil and natural gas resources: Outer Continental Shelf. U.S. Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 6, 2008, from http://www.mms.gov/ld/PDFs/GreenBook-LeasingDocument.pdf

Moore, J.B. (2003). All-electric subsea production to advance industry, Offshore, 63(12). Retrieved November 22, 2008,from http://www.offshore-mag.com/display_article/194585/9/ARCHI/none/none/1/All-electric-subsea-production-to-advance-industry/

NRC (National Research Council). (2003). Oil in the sea III: Inputs, fates and effects. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press. pp 265. Retrieved November 27, 2008, from http://dels.nas.edu/dels/rpt_briefs/oil_in_the_sea_final.pdf

Rancador, Campos Basin, Brazil. offshore-technology.com. Retreived November 9, 2008, from http://www.offshore-technology.com/projects/roncador/index.html

Meinghold, A.F. & Holtzman, S. (1998). Radiation dose and risk to recreational fishermen from ingestion of fishy caught near eight oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Energy Science and Technology Division, Department of Applied Science, Brookhaven National Laboratory. Retrieved November 8, 2008, from http://www.osti.gov/bridge/servlets/purl/290973-BHcQOG/webviewable/

Niblock, R., & Johnson, P.A., Adler, P.S., Beil, K, & Gilmore, C. (1980, May). Ocean margin drilling: A technical memorandum. Office of Technology Assessment. Retrieved November 13, 2008, from http://www.princeton.edu/~ota/disk3/1980/8014_n.html

Patin, S. & Cascio, E. (Translator). (1999). Environmental impact of the offshore oil and gas industry. East North Port, NY:EcoMonitor Publishing. ISBN: 0-9671836-0-X

Patin, S. (2004). Crude Oil Spills, Environmental Impact of,, In: Cutler J. Cleveland (Editor), The Encyclopedia of Energy. Elsevier Science, Oxford, pp. 737-748.

Patin, S. & Cleveland, C.J. (2008). "Oil spill." In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth August 29, 2006; Last revised January 23, 2008; Retrieved November 8, 2008]. Retrieved November 8, 2008, form http://www.eoearth.org/article/Oil_spill

Peteiro, L.G., Babarro, J.M.F., Labarta, U., & Fernández-Reiriz, M. J. (2006). Growth of Mytilus galloprovincialis after the Prestige oil spill. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 63, 1005-1013. Retrieved November 22, 2008, from Science Direct.

Potential Impacts of Proposed Oil and Gas Development on the Arctic Refuge's Coastal Plain: Historical Overview and Issues of Concern. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Retrieved November 22, 2008, from http://arctic.fws.gov/issues1.htm

Project on Government Oversight. (2008, September 18). Drilling the taxpayer: Department of Interior's Royalty-In-Kind Program. Retrieved November 21, 2008, from http://www.pogo.org/pogo-files/reports/natural-resources/drilling-the-taxpayer/nr-rik-20080918.html#Executive_Summary

Raimondi & Boxshall (). Produced water. Retrieved November 21, 2008, from http://www.gomr.mms.gov/PI/PDFImages/ESPIS/4/4340.pdf

Scientific and Environmental Associates, Inc. (2003). Selection Guide for Oil spill applied technologies. Oil Spill Applied Technologies Volume I – Decision Making. Retreived November 23, 2008, from http://www.nrt.org/Production/NRT/NRTWeb.nsf/AllAttachmentsByTitle/A-61NOAASelectionGuide/$File/NOAA_Selection_Guide.pdf?OpenElement

Tagatz, M. & Tobia. M. (1977). EFFECT OF BARITE (BASO4) ON DEVELOPMENT OF ESTUARINE COMMUNITIES. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/J-78/090 (NTIS PB294908). Abstract retrieved November 9, 2008, from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Science Inventory. (Record ID 42162)

Thorne, R.E., & Thomas, G.L. (2007). Herring and the "Exxon Valdez" oil spill: An investigation into historical data conflicts. ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil 2008 65(1), 44-50. Abstract retrieved November 21, 2008, from Oxford Journals

Wigger, J.W., & Torkelson, (n.d.) Petroleum Hydrocarbon fingerprinting: Numerical Interpretation Developments. Retrieved November 8, 2008, from http://www.bioremediationgroup.org/BioReferences/Tier1Papers/petroleum.htm

U.S. Energy Information Administration (2008, September). Petroleum basic statistics. Retrieved November 28, 2008, from http://www.eia.doe.gov/basics/quickoil.html

West Engineering Services, Inc. (2003). Evaluation of secondary intervention methods in well control. Report prepared for the U.S. Department of the Interior. Minerals Management Service. (Solicitation 1435-01-01-RP-31174). Retrieved November 28, 2008, from http://www.mms.gov/tarprojects/431/FinalReport431.pdf

DRILLING PROCESS

Lone Star Securities, Inc. (2008). Understanding and investing in Oil and Natural Gas Drilling and Production Projects. Retrieved December 27, 208, from http://lonestarsecurities.com/Book-TOC.htm

BLOW OUTS

Boehm, P. (1982, April). Ixtoc oil spill assessment: Final Report. (Report No. PB-82-197799). Abstract retrieved from Energy Citations Database. (OSTI ID: 5442140; DE82904661)

BLOW OUT PREVENTION SYSTEMS

Ma, N., Hu, Z, Samuel, R., Ehlig-Economides, C.A., & Song, G. (2006). Design and performance evaluation of an ultradeepwater subsea blowout preventor control system using shape memory alloy actuators. Paper presented at the 2006 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition held in San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A., 24–27 September 2006. Retrieved November 27, 2008, from http://www.spe.org/atce/2006/technical/documents/spe1010801.pdff

CORPORATIONS

British Petroleum. (2007, April). Suveys in silicon. Frontiers. Author. Retrieved November 26, 2008, from http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/globalbp/globalbp_uk_english/reports_and_publications/frontiers/STAGING/local_assets/pdf/bpf18_06-10_seismic.pdf

DRILLING MUDS (Water-based and oil-based)

Cranford, P.J., Gordon, D.c., Lee, K. Armsowrthy, S.L., & Tremblay, G.H. (1999). Chronic toxicity and physical disturbance effects of water- and oil-based drilling fluids and some major constituents on adult sea scallops (Placopecten jagellanicus). Marine Environmental Research, 48(3), 225-256. Abstract retrieved November 21, 2008, from ScienceDirect. (doi:10.1016/S0141-1136(99)00043-4 Daan,R. & Mulder, M. (1996). On the short-term and long-term impact of drilling activities in the Dutch sector of the North Sea. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 53, 1036-1044. Retrieved November 22, 2008, from http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/53/6/1036

IMPACTS: HUMAN HEALTH

Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry describes the following toxic substances related to oil exploration and production:

Barium

Chromium

Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH)

Radium

ETHICS VIOLATIONS

Devaney, E.E. (2008, September 9). Memorandum to Secretary Kempthorne. Subject: OIB Investigations of MMS Employees. United States Department of Interior, Office of Inspector General. Retrieved November 21, 2008, from http://www.doioig.gov/upload/RIK%20REDACTED%20FINAL4_082008%20with%20transmittal%209_10%20date.pdf

Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior. (2008, November 20). Interior’s Minerals Management Service Disburses Record $23.4 Billion in FY 2008 [News Release]. Retrieved November 21, 2008, from http://www.gomr.mms.gov/homepg/whatsnew/newsreal/2008/081120.pdf

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT

National Marine Fisheries Service. (2008). Supplemental environmental assessment for the issuance of incidental harassment authorizations to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to conducting open water seismic surveys and shallow hazard and site clearance surveys in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas, Alaska. Silver Spring, Maryland: National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved November 5, 2008, from http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/pdfs/2008_Final_SEA_for_Arctic_Seismic.pdf

SAMPLINGG

nvironmental Monitoring and Assessment 48, 157–172. Retrieved November 21, 2008, from http://www.springerlink.com/content/q23446666m7x7x54/fulltext.pdf

HURRICANES

Det Norske Veritas. (2007). Pipeline damage assessment from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in the Gulf of Mexico (Map 1, p. 340).  Report for Minerals Management Service (REPORT NO. 448 14183). Retrieved November 22, 2008, from http://www.mms.gov/tarprojects/581/44814183_MMS_Katrina_Rita_PL_Final%20Report%20Rev1.pdff

MONITORING

Advanced Resources International, Incorporated. (2001). Using satellite radar imagery to detect leaking abandoned oil wells on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf. Report prepared for the U.S. Minerals Management Service. Retrieved November 21, 2008, from http://www.mms.gov/tarprojects/355/355AA.pdf

PLATFORMS

Oceanographic gradients and patterns in invertebrate assemblages on offshore oil platforms. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 65, 851–861. Abstract retrieved November 21, 2008, from Oxford Journals. (doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsn060)

PEDAGOGICAL VALUE OF DEBATEE

Howard, D.V. & Brussee, C. (200 ). Improving the pedagogical value of debate: A call for oral critiques. National Forensic Journal, 14(2). Retrieved November 21, 2008, from http://cas.bethel.edu/dept/comm/nfa/journal/vol14no2-4.pdf

COGNITIVE CONFLICT

Limón, M. (2001). On the cognitive conflict as an instructional strategy for conceptual change: A critical appraisal. Learning and Instruction, 11(4-5), 357-380. Abstract retrieved November 21, 2008, from ScienceDirect.  (doi:10.1016/S0959-4752(00)00037-2)  

REGULATIONS

Justia.com REGULATION TRACKER: Rules, Propose Rules & Notices

California's Article 3.2. Oil and Gas Drilling Regulations

ATSDR describe  regulations related to TOTAL PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS at http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp123-c4.pdf

SEEPS

TECHNICAL DESCRIPTIONS

Kendall, R.T., (n.d.). Technology Zones. Hydraulics & Pneumatics. Retrieved November 21, 2008, from http://www.hydraulicspneumatics.com/200/Issue/Article/False/7198/

RESEARCH: TEACHING AND LEARNING

Environmental Literacy Initiative at Michigan State University. Available at http://edr1.educ.msu.edu/EnvironmentalLit/index.htm

 

Jin, H., & Anderson, C.W. (2008). Developing a long-term learning progression for energy in socio-ecological systems. Poster presented at the 2008 National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) Conference. Poster retrieved May 28, 2008, from http://edr1.educ.msu.edu/EnvironmentalLit/publicsite/files/2008NARST/NARST_Energy.ppt 

 

Mohan, L., Chen, H., & Anderson, C.W. (2008). A learning progression focusing on the role of carbon in environmental systems. Poster presented at the American Education Research Association Conference. Retrieved May 28,2008, from http://edr1.educ.msu.edu/EnvironmentalLit/publicsite/files/2008AERA/AERA%20Carbon_v3A.ppt

STRATEGIES and TECHNIQUES to Promote Sustainability

Decision-Making

The Natural Step Canada. (n.d.). Sustainability at home: A toolkit –Decision-making help for your everyday choices. Funding by Alberta Real Estate Foundation. Retrieved September 8, 2008, from http://www.naturalstep.ca/en/sustainability-home-a-toolkit

Design for the Environment

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Engineering for Sustainability, Green Engineering

Waddell, J. (1991). Engineering for sustainable development. U.S. Army Corp of Engineers. Retrieved February 26,2007, from https://eko.usace.army.mil/_kd/Items/actions.cfm?action=Show&item_id=7141&destination=ShowItem

Journal of Engineering for Sustainable Development: Energy, Environment, and Health

Flow Analysis

Cain, A., Disch, S., Twarski, C., Reindl, J.& Case, C.R. (2007). Substance flow analysis of mercury intentionally used in products in the United States. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 11(3). Retrieved December 7, 2007, from http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1162/jiec.2007.1214

Games and Gaming

Juárez-Nájera, M. Dieleman, H., & Turpin-Marion, S. (2006). Games as tools for sustainability: The usage in education and in community outreach. Paper presented at the 4th Conference on Environmental Management for Sustainable Universities in Stevens Point, WI. June 26-30, 20-26. Retrieved March 8, 2007, from http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/GEM/Conference%20Procceedings/Track6Papers/Juarez%20et%20al%20%20Games%20as%20tools%20for%20sustainability%20impresion.pdf

Ollie Recycles

Green Building & Construction

Bolin, R. (2006). Sustainability of the building envelope. Whole Building Design Guide. Retrieved March 5, 2007, from http://www.wbdg.org/design/env_sustainability.php?r=env_fenestration_doors-i#UEPP

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System

Sustainable Buildings Industry Council

Sustainable Federal Facilities - A Guide to Integrating Value Engineering, Life-Cycle Costing, and Sustainable Development by Federal Facilities Council, Washington DC, National Academy Press, 2001.

U.S. Green Building Council

Green Chemistry

American Chemical Society presents Green Chemistry and Educational Resources by Grade Level

Going Green: Integrating Green Chemistry Into The Curriculum

U.S. EPA presents an overview of Green Chemistry and 12 Principles of Green Chemistry.

Life Cycle Assessment or Analysis

IDC Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Calculator: The Tool for Sustainable Design

Institute for Lifecycle Environmental Assessment 

The Life Cycle Initiative. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) launched an International Life Cycle Partnership, known as the Life Cycle Initiative, to enable users around the world to put life cycle thinking into effective practice. Resources include a Life Cycle Assessment Training Kit.

Proctor&Gamble. (2005). Life Cycle Assessment. Retrieved March 6, 2007, from http://www.scienceinthebox.com/en_UK/sustainability/lifecycleassessment_en.html

Scientific Applications International Corporation. (2006, May). Life cycle assessment: Principles and practice. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Contract EPA/600/R-06/060). Retrieved January 8, 2009, from http://www.epa.gov/ord/NRMRL/lcaccess/lca101.html

Examples:

American Chemical Society: The Three-and-a half pound microchip: Environmental implications of the IT revolution

Basset-Mens, C. & van der Werf, H. (2007). Life cycle assessment of farming systems.  In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). Retrieved February 16, 2008, from http://www.eoearth.org/article/Life_cycle_assessment_of_farming_systems

Cain, A., Disch, S., Twarski, C., Reindl, J.& Case, C.R. (2007). Substance flow analysis of mercury intentionally used in products in the United States. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 11(3). Retrieved December 7, 2007, from http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1162/jiec.2007.1214

First Solar, Inc. has an excellent overview of Product Life Cycle Management as it applies to solar cells.

Norris, G.A. (2006, January 5). Life Cycle Assessments of wind energy and other renewables [PowerPoint]. Presentation at the Energy and Environmental Impacts Related to Sustainability Seminar. Center for Hazardous Substance Research, Kansas State University. Retrieved February 25, 2007, from http://www.engg.ksu.edu/CHSR/events/che650/200601/index.html

Life Cycle of a CD

The Packaging Council of New Zealand. (2003). PAC-IT: An Introduction into Packaging in New Zealand. [Teaching Resources]. Available at http://www.pac-it.org.nz/index.html

First Solar, Inc. has an excellent overview of Product Life Cycle Management as it applies to solar cells.

Survey

Think Earth Environmental Surveys at http://thinkearth.org/cgi-bin/surveys.cgi

Technology Assessment

Rose, M.A. (2007). Resources for ITEDU 510: Technology Use and Assessment. Available at http://arose.iweb.bsu.edu/BSUCourses/ITEDU_510/resources.htm

ORGANIZATIONS: For Profit

WALMART's sustainability policy and Lee Scott's, CEO of Wal-Mart, announcement of Sustainability 360, a "companywide emphasis on taking sustainability beyond reducing the company’s direct environmental footprint to engaging Wal-Mart’s associates, suppliers, communities, and customers" (Wal-Mart, 2007, http://walmartfacts.com/articles/4796.aspx).

ORGANIZATIONS: Non-governmental

American Chemical Society

Context Institute

Interdisciplinary Environmental Association

The National Council for Science and the Environment (www.NCSEonline.org) is dedicated to improving the scientific basis for environmental decision-making.

Sustainable Buildings Industry Council

Sustainable Measures

World Resources Institute

EarthTrends is a comprehensive online database, maintained by the World Resources Institute, that focuses on the environmental, social, and economic trends that shape our world.

U.S. Composting Council

ORGANIZATIONS: Governmental

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) offers many programs related to sustainability, including:

Built Environment

Energy & the Environment

Energy Star

Environmentally Preferable Purchasing

GreenScapes

Materials & Toxics

Pollution Prevention (P2)

Water, Ecosytems & Agriculture

United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development

© Author: M. Annette Rose
URL: http://arose.iweb.bsu.edu/sustainability.htm

Last Updated: 11/16/2009