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Web Resources and References
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Friends of Wisconsin and Land Use Institute educates citizens
and policy makers about the benefits of responsible land use. Advocates
for healthy urban and rural communities and the protection of our
economic, cultural and natural resources statewide.
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American Farmland Trust; Saving the land that sustains us. AFT
works to stop the loss of productive farmland and promote farming
practices that lead to a healthy environment.
- American Planning Association (APA). APA is an advocate for planners and planning.
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Bureau
of Land Management (BLM) National Environmental Education
page. BLM is an agency within the U.S. Department of the
Interior, administers 262 million acres of America's public lands,
located primarily in 12 Western States. The BLM sustains the health,
diversity, and productivity of the public lands for the use and
enjoyment of present and future generations.
C -
Citizens
for a Better Environment (CBE). Protecting human health and
the environment through research, advocacy, public education and citizen
empowerment.
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Creating My Hometown: An Exercise in Land Use Decision Making,
March 2003, by Steve Kohlstedt, Richland County, UW-Extension. This
report summarizes an activity that has been used by Steve Kohlstedt for
over twenty years to help foster awareness of complex land use issues
and conflicts with diverse audiences.
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Cyburbia, established in 1994, is the Internet's oldest
"third place" for planners, planning students, architects, urbanists,
and others interested or involved in shaping the built environment.
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Department
of Natural Resources (DNR), Wisconsin
- Land Use Education and Training
- Education & Training. DNR education programs help people of all ages understand and appreciate our state's natural resources.
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EEK!
- Environmental Education for Kids, the Wisconsin DNR web site for
grades 4-8.
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EPA Students,
Teachers, Parents. The Environmental Protection Agency
offers lessons and activities along with information and more links.
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ESRI, a GIS
mapping and software company, offers information and activities for
Geographic Information Systems and mapping.
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Facing the
Future; People and the Planet.
A non-profit
organization providing teachers, students, and the public with dynamic
and successful global issues education and action opportunities to shape
our future.
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Food,
Land & People (FLP). Project Food, Land & People promotes
approaches to learning to help people better understand the
interrelationships among agriculture, the environment and people of the
world.
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Green Map System
is a globally connected, locally adaptable eco-cultural program for
community sustainability. Charts the sites of environmental
significance around the world.
L -
Leopold
Education Project (LEP) Lessons in a Land Ethic. LEP
is an innovative, interdisciplinary, critical thinking, conservation
and environmental education curriculum based on the classic writings
of the renowned conservationist, Aldo Leopold.
LEP
teaches the public about humanity's ties to the natural environment in
the effort to conserve and protect the earth's natural resources.
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Michigan State University Extension,
This
Land is Your Land - Lesson plans for land use. Help students
grow and develop into involved citizens who understand the importance
and practice of wise land use.
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Metro: Making a great place.
A regional government that focuses on land use and transportation
planning issues in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area.
N -
4-H. Youth
development program.
- National Geographic Educational Resources.
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National
Wildlife Federation.
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Natural
Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), US Department of
Agriculture. The Natural Resources Conservation Service provides
leadership in a partnership effort to help people conserve, maintain,
and improve our natural resources and environment.
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Natural Resources Defense Council's
purpose is to safeguard the Earth: its people, its plants and animals
and the natural systems on which all life depends.
P -
Planners
Web of the Planning Commissioners Journal. City and
regional planning resources.
R -
River Edge Nature
Center offers continuing education courses for teachers of all
grade levels in addition to numerous school programs for children.
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Smart Communities Network: Creating Energy Smart Communities. A project of
the US Department of Energy.
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Smart
Growth OnLine. Supporting the development of vibrant, healthy
communities. A service of the Smart Growth Network.
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Sustainable Communities Online: For a more sustainable future.
Links citizens to resources and to one another to create healthy, vital,
sustainable communities.
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United
Nations Cyberschoolbus. Global teaching and learning project.
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United
States Census Bureau, US Department of Commerce.
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United States
Geological Survey (USGS), Educational Resources. Dedicated
to K-12 education and lifelong learning. Explore things on, in, around
and about the Earth, such as land, water, plants animals and maps.
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Western Upper
Peninsula Center for Science, Mathematics and Environmental Education,
Looks Count! Community Planning & the Visual Environment.
Community planning, natural resource protection and the visual
environment. An Interdisciplinary Middle School Curriculum Unit
for language arts, social studies, math & science.
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Wisconsin
Chapter of the American Planning Association (WAPA).
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Wisconsin Wildlife Federation.
- World Resources Institute (WRI). WRI is an environmental think tank that goes beyond research to find practical ways to protect the earth and improve people's lives.
Printed Resources and References
These are some of the books that contain land use education lessons and information:
- Malone, Bobbie,
et al. (1998). Learning from the Land, Wisconsin Land Use, Teacher’s
guide and Student Materials. Madison, WI: The State Historical
Society of Wisconsin.
- Butzow, Carol M.,
John W. Butzow (1999). Exploring the Environment Through Children’s
Literature, An Integrated Approach. Englewood, CO: Teacher Ideas
Press.
- Roa, Micheal L.
(1993). Environmental Sciences Activities Kit. West Nyack, NY:
The Center for Applied Research.
There will be many more added during the development of CLUSTER. Please email us if there is a resource that should be added to this project. Please pass this onto your local and fellow educators. Thank you.
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