{"id":342,"date":"2017-07-04T00:55:36","date_gmt":"2017-07-04T00:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/govinfo\/?page_id=342"},"modified":"2017-07-04T00:56:21","modified_gmt":"2017-07-04T00:56:21","slug":"earthday","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/govinfo\/u-of-i-unit-library-homepage\/researchtools\/subject\/earthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth Day: Assessing Our World, Protecting Our Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#celebration\">Celebration<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#research\">Research<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"celebration\" name=\"celebration\"><\/a>CELEBRATION<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthday.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Earth Day Network<\/a>-This site provides Earth Day celebration ideas.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.epa.gov\/earthday\" target=\"_blank\">EPA Earth Day<\/a>-Read about EPA Earth Day activities around the country.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/celebrating200years.noaa.gov\/events\/earthday\/welcome.html#momentum\">Earth Day 1970 and\u00a0National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration<\/a>\u00a0Learn about the background and impetus of Earth Day, grassroots activism around earth day, earth day and the formation of NOAA, and the impact of earth day,<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/water.epa.gov\/action\/adopt\/earthday_index.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">Ten Things You Can Do to Make a Difference in Your Watershed Become involved in protecting your watershed<\/a>\u00a0 For more information, see the EPA Office of Water&#8217;s page on community action and water reference tools.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.illinois.gov\/gov\/green\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Green Government<\/a>\u00a0is designed to increase awareness and promote efforts in Illinois to reduce waste, use alternative fuels, improve energy efficiency, and generally use products and procedures that are environmentally sustainable and economically efficient.\u00a0 Linked on this page are executive orders, reports, sustainability manuals, and recycling initiatives. Check out what is happening around Illinois for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www2.illinois.gov\/gov\/green\/Pages\/EarthMonth.aspx\">Earth Month<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong><a id=\"research\" name=\"research\"><\/a>RESEARCH\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Explore our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.library.illinois.edu\/doc\/researchtools\/guides\/subject\/environment.html\" target=\"_blank\">Environmental Information<\/a>\u00a0page for governmental data sources on environmental issues.\u00a0 The page includes state, federal, and international resources.<\/p>\n<p>Another useful Documents Library page (linked off of our main environment page) is our page on international environmental information.\u00a0 The page includes links to organizations, statistics, reports, directories, and more.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cms.library.illinois.edu\/cms\/doc\/researchtools\/guides\/international\/intersubject.html#envir\">http:\/\/www.library.illinois.edu\/doc\/researchtools\/guides\/international\/intersubject.html#envir<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Landsat Program\" href=\"http:\/\/landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov\/\">Landsat program<\/a>\u00a0A program from USGS and NASA, see satellite images of earth since 1972.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bison.usgs.ornl.gov\/\">Biodiversity Information Serving Our Nation (BISON)<\/a>\u00a0From the USGS, a tool to find species in the United States and its territories.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/toxnet.nlm.nih.gov\/index.html\">TOXNET<\/a>\u00a0From the National Institutes of Health and the National Library of Medicine, check out these databases about toxicology, household products, toxins releases, and more.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epa.state.il.us\/air\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Illinois EPA Bureau of the Air<\/a>\u00a0includes on their air information site several useful features, including an\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.epa.state.il.us\/air\/air-quality-menu.html\">Illinois Air quality index and reports<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.epa.state.il.us\/air\/fact-sheets\/index.html\">air fact sheets<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.epa.state.il.us\/air\/vim\/index.html\">vehicle emission testing resources<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epa.state.il.us\/land\/database.html\" target=\"_blank\">Illinois EPA Databases<\/a>\u00a0Search environmental databases, including those for cleanup and regulatory information.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Illinois State Geological Survey\" href=\"http:\/\/isgs.illinois.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Illinois State Geological Survey<\/a>:\u00a0 The home site includes research, publications, educational resources, and data.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Illinois Natural History Survey\" href=\"http:\/\/wwx.inhs.illinois.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Illinois Natural History Survey<\/a>\u00a0provides access to publications, collections, and other natural resources agencies.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Illinois State Water Survey\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isws.illinois.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Illinois State Water Survey<\/a>:\u00a0 A division of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, is the Water Survey.\u00a0 Their home page includes links to a publications list, and their library.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Illinois Sustainable Technology Center\" href=\"http:\/\/www.istc.illinois.edu\/\">Illinois Sustainable Technology Center<\/a>\u00a0(formerly The Waste Management and Research Center) page includes publications, research, as well as a documents list, and compilation of current projects, and a library.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.library.illinois.edu\/prairie\/\">Prairie Research Institute Library<\/a>\u00a0serves the Illinois State Geological Survey, the Illinois Natural History Survey, the Illinois State Water Survey, and the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebration Research &nbsp; CELEBRATION Earth Day Network-This site provides Earth Day celebration ideas. 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