Environmental Studies Research Resources
The following links to research tools are organized according to the main areas in the Environmental Studies major.
New York City
Professional Associations
- Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences
- Ecological Society of America
- Society for Conservation Biology
News Outlets
- Environmental News Network
- Earth News
- New York Times Environment Section
- BBC News Environment Section
- Le Monde Environment Section
- Der Spiegel Environment Section
General Reference Works
- Fordham University Library Environmental Studies
- Biodiversity Conservation Resources, American Museum of Natural History
Statistics
- U.S. Census
- U.N. Population Division
- United Nations Environment Statistics
- UN Environmental Programme Data Sets
- UN FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization
- World Health Organization Statistics
- National Center for Health Statistics
- Economics & Business
- Sociology
Natural Sciences
- National Council for Science and the Environment
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Science and Technology
- Climate Science Concepts
- U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC): 2007 Synthesis Report, Summary for Policymakers
- U.N. Report of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment: Ecosystems and Human Well-being-Synthesis
- Union of Concerned Scientists
Public Health, Environmental Health
- PublicHealth.Org
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
- CDC National Center for Environmental Health
- National Environmental Health Association
- National Library of Medicine, Environmental Health and Toxicology
- World Health Organization, Environmental Health
- Harvard Center for Health and the Global Environment
- International Society of Doctors for the Environment
- Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health
- Schools of Public Health Application Service
Environmental Auditing
Geographical Information Systems
- PolicyMap
- EPA Enviro Atlas
- Google Earth
- OASIS, New York City Open Access Space Information System
- Mannahatta Project: GIS Reconstruction of Manhattan's Original Ecology
- New York City GIS
Design, Architecture and Urban Planning
- History of Environmental Design: David Orr, The Nature of Design
- Janine Benyus, Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature
- Michael Braungart, Cradle To Cradle: Remaking The Way We Make Things
- Paul Hawken, Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution
- U.S. Green Building Council
- World Green Building Council
- Island Press Green Building Book Series
- Municipal Art Society of New York: Intelligent Urban Planning
- NRDC Sustainable Communities Program
- Ecological Cities Project
- CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities
- Urban Environmental Management
- New York City Government's Sustainability PlaNYC
Suburban Land Use Planning
Agriculture
American Public Lands Management: Parks, Refuges, Protected Areas
Art and Literature
- Overview of Environmental Aesthetics
- The Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment
- Ecocriticism
- Bronx River Art Center
Economics
- Overview of Environmental Economics
- National Center for Environmental Economics (EPA)
- Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
- Society for Ecological Economics
Sustainable Business
- Overview
- Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise, Univ. of Michigan
- Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise, Cornell Univ.
- Organizations and the Natural Environment Division of the Academy of Management
- Natural Capitalism Institute
- Business for Social Responsibility Organization
- Business Environmental Leadership Council
- Sustainable Business Network New York City
- Center for a New American Dream
- Green America
- GenGreen Life
- Center for Food Safety
- Paul Hawken, Sustainable Business Theory
- Thomas Friedman, Hot, Flat and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution, and How It Can Renew America
- New Economic Coalition
Political Science
- International Encyclopedia of Environmental Politics (available at Fordham libraries)
- Environmental Politics Websites
- Environmental Politics Journal
- Global Environmental Politics Journal
- United Nations Environment Programme
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- NY State Department of Environmental Conservation
- New York City Department of Environmental Conservation
- List of Environmental Organizations in the U.S.
- List of Environmental Organizations in New York City
- Russell Lopez, The Built Environment and Public Health (Jossey-Bass, 2012).
- David Vlahov et. al., Urban Health: Global Perspectives (Jossey-Bass, 2010).
- Nicholas Freudenberg et. al., Cities and the Health of the Public (Vanderbilt, 2006).
- Noxious New York: The Racial Politics of Urban Health and Environmental Justice
Law
- Book Overview of US Environmental Law: Buck, Understanding Environmental Administration and Law
- U.S. Department of Justice (Environment and Natural Resources Division)
- List of U.S. Environmental Laws
- List of International Environmental Laws (United Nations)
- Pace University Virtual Environmental Law Library
- Environmental Law Institute
- Center for International Environmental Law
- Earthjustice
- Environmental Defense Fund
- Fordham School of Law, Sustainable Development Legal Initiative
- Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund
History
- Encyclopedia of World Environmental History (available at Fordham libraries)
- American Society for Environmental History
- European Society for Environmental History
- H-Environment
- American Environmental Photographs, 1891-1936
- History of the U.S. Conservation Movement, 1850-1920
- History and Mapping of the National Parks
- History of the American West, 1860-1920 (photograph collection)
- Mannahatta Project: The Environmental History of New York City
- Book 1: The Environmental History of New York City
- Book 2: The Environmental History of New York City
- The Environmental History of the Bronx River
Anthropology
- Overview of Ecological Anthropology
- Anthropology and the Environment (American Anthropological Association)
- Association for Environmental Archaeology
- Society for Human Ecology
- Center for Human Ecology
- Journal of Ecological Anthropology
- Journal of Human Ecology
- Indigenous Peoples and Environmental Issues: An Encyclopedia (available at Fordham libraries)
Media and Communications
- International Environmental Communications Association
- Environmental News Network
- Earth News
- New York Times Environment Section
- BBC News Environment Section
- Le Monde Environment Section
- Der Spiegel Environment Section
- Sundance Channel
Psychology and Sociology
- Overview of Environmental Psychology
- Environmental Psychology Division,American Psychological Association
- Journal of Environmental Psychology
- Ecopyschology Journal
- CUNY Graduate Program in Environmental Psychology
- Overview of Environmental Sociology
- Applied Environmental Sociology
- Environmental Sociology Resources
Philosophical Ethics
- History of Environmental Ethics
- Encyclopedia of Environmental Ethics and Philosophy (available at Fordham libraries)
- International Society for Environmental Ethics
- International Association for Environmental Philosophy
- Climate Change Ethics
Religion and Ethics
- Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature (available on Fordham library website in electronic version)
- Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology
- International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature & Culture
- European Forum for the Study of Religion and the Environment
- Religion and Conservation Biology Working Group
- U.S. National Religious Partnership for the Environment
- The Islamic Foundation for Ecology & Environmental Sciences
Environmental Justice
- Overview of Environmental Justice
- Book: Environmental Racism
- Book: Environmental Justice and Democracy
- Book: Climate Change and Environmental Justice
- Environmental Justice Office (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
- Environmental Justice Office (NY State Dept. of Environmental Conservation)
- NAACP Environmental Justice Program
- Clark University Environmental Justice Resource Center
- Indigenous Environmental Network
- Book: History of New York City's Environmental Justice Movement
- New York City Environmental Justice Alliance
Animal Welfare and Rights
- Tufts University Center for Animals and Public Policy
- The Humane Society of the United States
- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
University Greening and Environmental Education
- College Sustainability Report Card
- Association of University Leaders for a Sustainable Future
- American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment
- Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education
- Second Nature: Education for Sustainability
- National Wildlife Federation Campus Ecology Program
- Graduation Pledge of Social and Environmental Responsibility
- Campus Greening Program, Environmental Consortium of Hudson River Colleges & Universities
- List of Greening Programs at U.S. Colleges and Universities
Fordham University Greening
K-12 School Greening and Environmental Education
- North American Association for Environmental Education
- EPA Department of Environmental Education
- NY State Dept. of Environmental Conservation, Environmental Education Program
- National Environmental Education Foundation
- Environmental Literacy Council
- Campaign For Environmental Literacy
- National Wildlife Federation Schoolyard Habitats Program
- Book: Ecological Literacy: Educating Our Children for a Sustainable World
- Book: Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
- NYU Wallerstein Collaborative For Urban Environmental Education
- No Child Left Inside Movement