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Web Resources and References
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1000
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.
www.1kfriends.org/
or
www.1000friendsofwisconsin.com
A -
American
Farmland Trust (AFT). AFT works to stop the loss of
productive farmland and promote farming practices that lead to a
healthy environment.
www.farmland.org/
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American
Planning Association (APA). APA is an advocate for
planners and planning.
- Kids and Community. www.planning.org/kidsandcommunity/
- ResourcesZine. www.planning.org/resourceszine/
- Youth and
Planning.
www.planning.org/youthplanning/
B
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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.
www.blm.gov/education/index.html
C -
Citizens
for a Better Environment (CBE). Protecting human health
and the environment through research, advocacy, public education and
citizen empowerment.
www.cbemw.org/
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CITYgreen Environmental Education,
American Forests' school environmental education program provides
students with a real world learning experience while providing teachers
an innovative yet well organized program for teaching science, math and
Geographic Information Systems.
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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.
www.uwex.edu/ces/cced/communities/MyHometown_final.pdf
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Cyburbia,
the Urban Planning Portal.
Click
here to find out what Cyburbia is all about.
www.cyburbia.org/index.html
D -
Department
of Natural Resources (DNR), Wisconsin
- Community Planning and Land Use Management www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/es/science/landuse/education/index.htm#teach
- Education & Training. DNR education programs help people of all ages understand and appreciate our state's natural resources. www.dnr.state.wi.us/education/
- EEK! - Environmental Education for Kids, the Wisconsin DNR web site for children. www.dnr.state.wi.us/eek/
- EE News
- Environmental Education in Wisconsin Newsletter. Quarterly
publication by the Wisconsin DNR on environmental education.
www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/bureau/education/eenews.htm
E
- Environmental
Explorers' Club. The Environmental Protection Agency
offers lessons and activities along with information and more links.
www.epa.gov/kids
- ESRI.
a GIS mapping and software company, offers information and activities
for Geographic Information Systems and mapping.
www.esri.com
F - 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.
www.facingthefuture.org
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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.
www.foodlandpeople.org/
G -
The
Green Map System is a globally connected, locally adaptable
eco-cultural program for community sustainability. Charts the
sites of environmental significance around the world.
www.greenmap.org/
L - The
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.
www.lep.org/
M -
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. The curriculum series
is available for free downloading at
www.msue.msu.edu/kent/yourland
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Metro.
A regional government that focuses on land use and transportation
planning issues in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area.
www.metro-region.org/
N -
NASA's
How Can We Grow Smarter? Investigating urban sprawl and
land cover change in the classroom. The "Grow Smart" web site
helps teachers to use Landsat data, in conjunction with local maps and
aerial photographs, in the classroom to teach land use changes over
time.
- The National
4-H Council.
www.fourhcouncil.edu
- National
Geographic Educational Resources.
- For Kids. www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
- For Students. www.nationalgeographic.com/homework/
- For Teachers.
www.nationalgeographic.com/education/
- The
National
Wildlife Federation.
www.nwf.org
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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.
www.nrcs.usda.gov/feature/education/
- Natural Resources Defense Council offers both
information and ideas.
www.nrdc.org
P -
Planners
Web of the Planning Commissioners Journal. City and
regional planning resources.
www.plannersweb.com/
R -
River Edge Nature
Center offers information on The Land Use Planning Education Project.
There are also activity guides and lessons.
www.riveredge.us/
S -
Smart
Communities Network. A project of
the US Department of Energy.
www.sustainable.doe.gov/
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Smart
Growth OnLine. A service of the Smart Growth
Network.
www.smartgrowth.org/
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Sustainable
Communities Network (SCN). SCN links citizens to
resources and to one another to create healthy, vital, sustainable
communities.
http://sustainable.org
U -
United
Nations Cyberschoolbus. Global teaching and learning
project.
www0.un.org/cyberschoolbus/habitat/index.asp
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United
States Census Bureau, US Department of Commerce.
www.census.gov/
- United States
Geological Survey (USGS), The Learning Web. 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.
www.usgs.gov/education/
W - Western Upper
Peninsula Center for Science, Mathematics and Environmental Education,
Looks Count! Community Planning & the Visual Environment.
An Interdisciplinary Middle School Curriculum Unit for language arts,
social studies, math & science.
www.wupcenter.mtu.edu/education/land_use/index.htm
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Wisconsin
Chapter of the American Planning Association (WAPA).
www.wisconsinplanners.org/index.html
- The
Wisconsin Wildlife Federation.
www.wiwf.org
- World Resources Institute (WRI) Education Center. WRI is an environmental think tank that goes beyond research to find practical ways to protect the earth and improve people's lives. www.wri.org/enved/
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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