"The last word in ignorance is the man who says of an animal or a plant: 'what good is it?' If the land mechanism as a whole is good, then every part is good, whether we understand it or not. If the biota, in the course of eons, has built something that we like but do not understand, then who but a fool would discard seemingly useless parts? To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering." --Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac

IPE RESOURCE CENTER

There is an IPE Resource Center in Monnet Hall Room 555. In it you will find books, videos and journals that address environmental issues and subjects. You may come to the Resource Center during the posted hours and browse, or you may check out materials. We expect to have a complete listing of all available resources posted on this page soon.

LINKS TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES

This is a list of links to environmental resources and opportunities both within OU and to the wider world that may be of interest to you. Please note that links on these pages to non-university sites do not represent endorsement by the University of Oklahoma or its affiliates.

OU Links:
• OUr Earth Student Organization
• OU Environmental Concerns Committee
• OU Recycling & Refuse Program
• OU Environmental Health and Safety Office
• OU School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science
• OU Department of Geography

Oklahoma State and Local Links:
• Norman Sustainability Network
• Oklahoma Sustainability Network
• Oklahoma Sierra Club
• Intertribal Environmental Council
• Norman Environmental Control Advisory Board
• Oklahoma Association for Environmental Education
• Keep Oklahoma Beautiful Organization
• The Nature Conservancy - Oklahoma
• Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality
• Oklahoma Oklahoma Conservation Commission
• Oklahoma Food Coop

National Links:
• National Teach-In on Global Warming (Feb. 5, 2009)
• Student Conservation Association
• Center for Environmental Philosophy
• State Education & Environment Roundtable
• Environmental News Service
• Envirolink
• National Environmental Education Advancement Project (NEEAP)
• EPA
• GreenNet
• National Research Center for Statistics and the Environment (NRCSE)
• National Geographic Society
• National Wildlife Fund Campus Ecology
• Sierra Club
• Sierra Student Coalition
• Earth Day Network
• Student Environmental Action Coalition

Links for Teachers & Young People:
• Wind Power for Kids
• National Environmental Education Week (EE Week)
• Scholastic's ACT GREEN site
• "Ask a Scientist" from American Museum of Natural History
• EPA's "Create a New Climate for Action" site
• EPA Climate Change Kids site
• Audubon Adventures
• Center for Environmental Education
• Environmental Literacy Council
• Encyclopedia of the Earth
• Focus the Nation
• Maggie's Earth Adventures
• Nature Explore Club for Educators
• Roots & Shoots Program from the Jane Goodall Institute

If you would like us to add your environmental web site to our list of links, please e-mail us at  ipe@ou.edu.