Environment
- Carbon Footprint Calculator
Everyone has a carbon footprint - it's your own personal measure of how much carbon dioxide you create and how much you contribute to climate change
http://www.direct.gov.uk/[Environmentandgreenerliving]
- Ecosystems - Biomes of the World
Bright and colourful site. Excellent photos. Covers rainforests, grasslands, tundra, deserts and other ecosystems.
http://mbgnet.mobot.org
- Ecotricity
Wind farms, energy saving schemes and renewable energy - lots of information on current ways to reduce our consumption of fossil fuels
http://www.ecotricity.co.uk/
- Energy - fuelling the future
Explore how energy affects your life in this fabulous new Science Museum site. Lots of information and things to do and try out - quizzes, games and stories.
http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/[energy]/index.asp
- Environmental Facts
Young People's Trust for the Environment page. Fascinating fact sheets on all sorts of environmental issues - acid rain, animal rights, deserts, endangered species, global warming - too many to mention!
http://www.yptenc.org.uk/docs/environmental_facts.html
- Every Journey Matters
If you ever think about the journeys we make and what they may be doing to the world around us, have a look at this website! It's about sustainable transport - getting around in ways that don't harm the environment.
http://www.everyjourneymatters.co.uk/
- Global warming
Everything you need to know about global warming.
http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/kids/index.html
- Good Beach Guide
This is a good site to check before you go on holiday!
http://www.goodbeachguide.co.uk
- Greener Living
Find out ways you and your family can be 'greener'.
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/[Environment].htm
- How much water do you use
Try this quick quiz to see how much you know about water consumption. The results will surprise you!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4809304.stm
- Looking after our Environment
What can we do to improve our environment? Information and games from the UK's Environment Agency that cover air, energy and land, climate change, people & lifestyles, resources and waste, water, and wildlife.
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk[fun]
- Meatrix
Find out about factory farming and how we feed the fast food nation. Pig farming, dairy and chickens.
http://www.themeatrix.com/
- Nasa Earth Observatory
Amazing photgraphs taken from space of natural events and catastrophes around the world. Take a look at the Blue Marble Project images and Nasa's Visible Earth Collection.
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov
- Natural Disasters
Information and news stories from the BBC on earthquakes, volcanoes, tornadoes and hurricanes,floods and storms, tidal waves and droughts.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/hottopics/naturaldisasters
- Rainforests
Fact sheets on the plants, animals and people found in rainforests. Also a section on the destruction of rainforests.
http://www.magikbirds.com/ctf/index.htm
- Recycle Now
Lots of helpful advice on how to help the environment by recycling as much as possible.
http://recyclenow.com
- Springwatch 2007
Spring is just around the corner! Help the scientists research our climate by looking out for the six signs of spring, and emailing them details of your sightings.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/[springwatch]
- Sustainable Environment
Covers all aspects of environmental information, including energy, pollution and conservation.
http://www.sustainable-environment.org.uk/index.php
- UK Weather 2080
Find out what the weather will be like in 2080 if global warming continues unchecked.
http://www.channel4.com/science/microsites/U/ukweather2080/
Page last updated: 20 November 2008
