Resources

Resources Center Detail

The following links are provided as resources for additional information on environmental news, science and policy, leadership and communications training, education and outreach, and sustainability issues.

The Leopold Leadership Program takes no responsibility for the content or status of the linked web sites.

Communications, News, & Outreach Organizations

Communication Partnership for Science and the Sea (COMPASS)
A collaborative effort to advance marine conservation science and policy by sharing emerging science via symposia, publishing, networking, and media outreach.

Earth News @ the Eco-Portal
Up-to-date links for the most recent Earth news headlines from around the world.

Environmental Health News
Links to the latest environmental news stories, science news and recent reports related to environmental health, compiled by Environmental Health Sciences.

Environmental News Network
Daily environmental news stories and links to environmental radio, video and interactive media.

Environmental News Service
Daily international environmental news wire service.

Ewire
Distribution and posting center for press releases regarding environmental issues.

Greenwire
Daily news stories about environmental and energy politics and policy.

Grist Magazine
A daily electronic environmental magazine.

Seaweb
A collaborative project involving scientists, media, and public relations professionals designed to raise awareness of the world ocean and the life within it.

Society of Environmental Journalists
A U.S.- based membership organization of working journalists dedicated to improvements in environmental reporting.

Strategic Press Information Network (SPIN)
Provides media training and technical assistance to nonprofit public-interest organizations that want to influence debate, shape public opinion and garner positive media attention.

Environmental Science Organizations/Professional Societies

American Geophysical Union
Professional organization that advances knowledge about the Earth and its planetary neighbors.

American Institute of Biological Sciences
A national umbrella organization for the biological sciences, particularly for organismal and integrative biology. Publisher of BioScience.

American Association for the Advancement of Science
“Triple A-S" (AAAS) is the world's largest general scientific society, publisher of Science magazine.

American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
Dedicated to fostering a diverse, international scientific community that creates, integrates and communicates knowledge across the full spectrum of aquatic sciences.

Ecological Society of America
A professional society of ecologists and other scientists and professionals who work on a broad range of ecological issues.

International Council for Science
Based in Paris, a non-governmental, multidisciplinary organization that brings together natural scientists in international scientific endeavors.

National Council for Science and the Environment
A non-profit organization that strives to improve the scientific basis for environmental decisionmaking.

Resilience Alliance
A multi-disciplinary research group that explores the dynamics of complex adaptive systems in order to discover the foundations of sustainability.

Society for Conservation Biology
International professional organization of diverse scientists and other professionals dedicated to promoting the scientific study of the phenomena that affect the maintenance, loss, and restoration of biological diversity.

Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
Professional society that provides a forum for individuals and institutions engaged in the study of environmental issues, management and conservation of natural resources, environmental education, and environmental research and development.

Leadership Fellowship & Training Programs

Advocacy Institute
Provides capacity building and leadership workshops and seminars and offers training for organizations and individuals involved in social movements.

Donella Meadows Leadership Fellows Program
Training fellowships designed to boost the effectiveness of people whose approach to sustainability displays analytic clarity, systemic change and attention to spirit, values and meaning.

Environmental Leadership Collaborative
A network of national and international organizations working to expand the capacity of the environmental movement through fellowships, internships, leadership seminars, activist development programs, and skills training for environmental professionals, activists, students, volunteers, and organizations.

Environmental Leadership Program
Seeks to transform public understanding of environmental issues by offering training and project support fellowships to early-career individuals in the United States from all sectors of the environmental field, including nonprofits, business, government, and higher education.

Green Corps Environmental Leadership Program
Their mission is to teach the next generation of environmental leaders the strategies and skills they'll need to win tomorrow's environmental battles while providing critical field support for today's pressing environmental problems.

Institute for Conservation Leadership
Provides training and capacity building services for volunteer and professional leadership and for organizations working on conservation and environmental issues.

Leadership for Environment and Development (LEAD) International
Provides capacity building services and training in leadership for sustainable development to individuals and institutions from business, the media, the public sector, academia and non-governmental organizations around the world.

National Parks Ecological Research Fellowship Program
Encourages and supports outstanding post-doctoral research in ecological sciences related to the flora of U.S. national parks.

Pews Fellows Program in Marine Conservation
An international mid-senior career fellowship program that selects and supports marine conservation leaders from multiple sectors to conduct innovative, interdisciplinary projects that seek solutions to challenges facing the oceans.

Switzer Environmental Fellowships
A fellowship program supporting scholarship, networking, and projects of emerging environmental leaders in the United States that influences direct, early, and measurable impacts to improve the quality of the natural environment.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Conservation Training Center
Provides specialized education programs and media and outreach training for natural resource managers to support conservation of fish, wildlife, plants and their habitats.

Smith Fellowship Program
Provides opportunities for the study of applied conservation research problems and a broad range of research, application, and policy experiences.

Environmental/Natural Resource Economics

Beijer International Institute of Ecological Economics
A research institute that fosters interdisciplinary activities among natural and social scientists to deepen understanding of the interactions between humans and nature, and to inform management of our common environment.

The Gund Institute for Ecological Economics
An interdisciplinary institute that integrates the study and management of ecology and economics.

Resources for the Future
A nonpartisan think tank that conducts independent research – rooted primarily in economics and other social sciences – on environmental and natural resource issues.

Rocky Mountain Institute
Fosters the efficient and restorative use of natural, human and other capital to make the world more secure, just, prosperous, and life sustaining.

The Canadian Society for Ecological Economics
Facilitates understanding between economists and ecologists in pursuit of a vision of a sustainable future, through trans-disciplinary research and dialogue.

Ecosystemmarketplace.com
An Information service that tracks news and transactions in ecosystem service-based markets.

United States Society for Ecological Economics
An interdisciplinary society that brings together academia, government agencies, businesses, non-profit organizations, grassroots organizations, elected government officials and concerned individuals in the field of ecological economics.

Association of Environmental and Resource Economics
An international association to exchange ideas, stimulate research, and promote graduate training in resource and environmental economics.

European Association of Environmental and Resource Economics
An international interdisciplinary association that brings together academics, the public sector, and private industry to consider traditional economics, agricultural economics, forestry, and natural resources.

Environmental Advocacy & Education Organizations

Aldo Leopold Foundation
In the tradition of Aldo Leopold, the foundation established by his children strives to promote the care of natural resources and foster an ethical relationship between people and the land.

Environmental Defense
Dedicated to protecting the environmental rights – including clean air and water, healthy and nourishing food, and a flourishing ecosystem -- of all people, including future generations.

League of Conservation Voters
Monitors the positions of elected officials on environmental issues and works to promote and elect pro-environment candidates.

National Audubon Society
Conducts education, outreach, and advocacy to conserve and restore natural ecosystems, focusing on birds, other wildlife, and their habitats.

Natural Resources Defense Council
Strives to safeguard the Earth: its people, plants and animals and the natural systems on which all life depends.

National Wildlife Federation
Works to conserve wildlife and other natural resources and to protect the Earth's environment.

Sierra Club
Promotes responsible use and enjoyment of wild places and the protection and restoration of the quality of human and natural environments.

The Nature Conservancy
Preserves diverse natural communities by protecting lands and waters.

World Wildlife Fund
Endeavors to save endangered species and wild places across the globe.

Research Centers, Institutes & Consortiums

Catamount Institute
Provides research, education and leadership training programs focused on natural systems and ecological stewardship at its Colorado field campus.

Center for Environmental Research and Conservation
Conducts multi-disciplinary efforts in conservation education, research, training, and outreach. Operates as a consortium of Columbia University, the American Museum of Natural History, the New York Botanical Garden, Wildlife Conservation Society, and Wildlife Trust.

Consortium for Conservation Medicine
Explores links between anthropogenic environmental change, the health of all species, and the conservation of biodiversity. Partners include the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine, the University of Wisconsin Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, the U.S. National Wildlife Health Center, and Wildlife Trust.

Earthwatch Institute
Promotes sustainable conservation of natural environments and cultural heritage by creating partnerships among scientists, the general public, educators, and businesses.

Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Dedicated to the creation, dissemination and application of knowledge about ecological systems.

Natural Resources Ecology Laboratory
An interdisciplinary effort to increase the fundamental understanding of the environment, through collaborative application of ecology and ecosystem science principles.

Sustainable Ecosystems Institute
An organization of environmental scientists committed to using their technical expertise to help solve ecological issues.

National Center for Atmospheric Research and the UCAR Office of Programs
A collaborative community dedicated to understanding the atmosphere—the air around us—and the interconnected processes that make up the Earth system, from the ocean floor to the Sun's core.

International Association for Ecology and Health
A peer-reviewed journal focused on the integration of knowledge at the interface between ecological and health sciences.

Sustainability Organizations

Forum on Science and Technology for Sustainability
A network of scholars, managers and decision makers that facilitates information exchange and discussion among the growing and diverse group of individuals, institutions, and networks engaged in the field of science and technology for sustainability.

Global Footprint Network
A network that provides the latest information on the science and application of the Ecological Footprint, a tool that quantifies human demand on nature, and nature's capacity to meet these demands.

Institute for Social, Economic and Ecological Sustainability
Program at the University of Minnesota working to integrate social, environmental and economic spheres to move toward sustainability.

International Institute for Sustainable Development
International organization that advances policy recommendations on international trade and investment, economic policy, climate change, measurement and indicators, and natural resource management to make development sustainable.

Redefining Progress
A non-profit organization that works with a broad array of partners to shift the economy and public policy toward sustainability..

Sustainability Institute
A “think-do tank” dedicated to sustainable resource use, sustainable economics, and sustainable community.

World Resources Institute
International environmental policy and research organization.

Worldwatch
Independent research organization that works for an environmentally sustainable and socially just society and informs people about the complex interactions between people, nature, and economies.

Environmental Science and Policy Publications

Conservation
A quarterly magazine published by the Society for Conservation Biology dedicated to bridging the gap between conservation science, practice, and policy.

EcoHealth
A quarterly journal that provides a forum for research, policy and practice that integrates the ecological and health sciences.

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
A monthly publication of the Ecological Society of America focusing on current ecological issues and environmental challenges.

Issues in Science and Technology
A quarterly publication targeted to members of the U.S. Congress and other policy makers that provides a forum on how policy is related to science, engineering and medicine. A joint publication of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the University of Texas at Dallas.

Science
A weekly peer-reviewed publication of original scientific research, global news, and commentary.

Nature
A weekly peer-reviewed publication of original scientific research and scientific issues.

BioScience
A monthly peer-reviewed publication of current research in biology, essays, and discussion.

Environmental Health Perspectives
A monthly peer-reviewed dissemination of environmental health information and research findings. EHP's mission is to serve as a forum for the discussion of the interrelationships between the environment and human health.