The IUCN Commission on Education and Communication (CEC)
http://www.iucn.org/themes/cec/cec/home_page.htm
The Commission on Education
and Communication is a global network of experts in
environmental communication and education, who work in
government, international organizations, NGOs, mass media,
business and academic institutions.
Institute for Global
Communications - EcoNet
www.igc.org/igc/gateway/enindex.html
EcoNet was the world's first
computer network dedicated to environmental preservation and
sustainability. IGC strategically uses technology to enable
international co-operation on issues.
Society of environmental
journalists
http://www.sej.org:
See what this serious and dedicated group of environmental
journalists and other communication professionals are doing
and what they think.
The Television Trust for
the Environment (TVE)
www.tve.org
An independent production and
distribution non-profit company, established by Central
Television (now Carlton TV) in 1984, to specialise in
environment, development, health and human rights issues.
Green
Press - The Press with a Purpose
http://www.greenpress.sdnpk.org
Green
Press is associated with Forum of Environmental Journalists
Pakistan and serves as its Islamabad - Rawalpindi Chapter.
Internationally it is affiliated with Asia Pacific Forum of
Environmental Journalists (AFEJ) and the Commonwealth
Environmental Journalists Association. These national,
regional and global linkages enable Green Press to benefit
from the experience of environmental journalists in other
parts of the world. Green Press is also the first in
Pakistan to launch internet
radio, providing recorded talk shows on environmental
issues, entertainment and programs for all age groups.
Center for Environmental
Communication (CEC
http://aesop.rutgers.edu/~cec/
Located on the Cook College
Campus, brings together university investigators to provide
a social science perspective to environmental
problem-solving. CEC (formerly the Environmental
Communication Research Program) has gained international
recognition for responding to environmental communication
dilemmas with research, training, and public service.
Established in 1986, CEC is jointly sponsored by the New
Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station and the Edward J.
Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy.
The Environmental
Communication Resource Center (ECRC)
http://www.comm.nau.edu/ecrc/
It was established in 1996 as
a resource center for information, research and discussion
concerning Environmental Communication. ECRC is housed in
the School of Communication at Northern Arizona University,
located in Flagstaff, Arizona at an elevation of 7,000 feet
beneath the majestic San Francisco Peaks. Founders and
co-directors of the Center are professors Lea J. Parker and
C. Brant Short. The mission of ECRC is to promote
scholarship, pedagogy and public service in all aspects of
Environmental Communication.
The Communication
Initiative
www.comminit.com/Environment
Providing a specific focus on the information related to
ENVIRONMENT.
Film Makers for
Conservation
http://www.filmmakersforconservation.org/
FFC
is the global conservation organisation for the film and
television industry.
Media Rights
www.mediarights.org
MediaRights, a nonprofit organization, helps media makers,
educators, librarians, nonprofits, and activists use
documentaries to encourage action and inspire dialogue on
contemporary social issues.
Asia Pacific Forum of
Environmental Journalists (APFEJ)
http://www.environmentaljournalists.lk/apfej
APFEJ is a non-government
organization (NGO) dedicated to promoting education,
understanding and awareness of the environment through the
honest and accurate reporting of local, regional and
international environmental and development issues.
International Federation of
Environmental Journalists (IFEJ)
http://www.ifej.org
The mission of IFEJ is to
improve public understanding of environment and sustainable
development issues worldwide by supporting environmental
journalists internationally through networking, training and
promoting free access to information.
Society of Environmental Journalists -
An
organization of journalists, for journalists
http://www.sej.org
The
Society of Environmental Journalists is a nonprofit
educational organization founded in 1990 by a group of award
winning reporters. SEJ's mission is to advance public
understanding of environmental issues by improving the
quality, accuracy and visibility of environmental reporting.
SEJ's membership of more than 1,300 includes journalists
working for newspapers, television and radio stations,
broadcast and cable networks, magazines, newsletters, wire
services and photo agencies, as well as educators and
students.
www.documentaryfilms.net
Focus of
the site is to provide information to viewers of film, we
have also focused on including resources and news for
filmmakers. With the advent of the Internet, the lines
between what information will be of interest to filmmakers
and what will be of interest to viewers and fans, is
beginning to converge. Some resource that deal in technical
and financial aspects of filmmaking will always be more
relevant to filmmakers, but most film related press coverage
is relevant to those who make, and in the case of
documentary films, those who must pursue opportunities to
see and understand the films. This site attempts to be
the source for filmmakers of documentary films.
Environmental Media Association
http://www.ema-online.org
The Environmental Media
Association (EMA) mobilizes the entertainment industry in a
global effort to educate people about environmental issues
and inspire them into action.EMA was created in 1989, as a
non-profit 501(c)3, with the simple but powerful concept
that through television and film, the entire entertainment
community could influence the environmental awareness of
millions of people.
Center for Environmental Communication
Studies
At the University of
CincinnatiAn interdisciplinary research and service
organization dedicated to the study of communication
processes and practices in environmental and health policy
contexts and to enhance the understanding and quality of
communication processes and practices among citizen,
industry, and government participants in environmental and
health policy formation and implementation.
Environmental Communication Resource Center
at Northern Arizona University.
A resource center for
information, research and discussion concerning
Environmental Communication.
Center for Environmental Communications
at Loyola University
The center's mission is to
educate students in the field of environmental
communications, to stimulate communications among
environmental stakeholders, to provide the public with
unbiased discussion of environmental issues, and to be a
resource to the media for environmental information.
Center for Environmental Communication
at Rutgers University
The Center brings together
university investigators to provide a social science
perspective to environmental problem-solving.
Environmental Communication Research Group
at Cornell University
The folks working on
environmental communication at Cornell. Check out their
survey of environmental communication literature.
Society of Environmental Journalists
The source for journalists
reporting on the environment.
GreenCOM
The Environmental Education
and Communication Project of the U.S. Agency for
International Development (USAID), promotes environmental
education and communication worldwide and conducts projects
in USAID supported countries.
ECOresearch.net: Environmental Communication
Online
"The ECOresearch network
brings together scientists of different disciplines to
explore the design, implementation, management, funding,
promotion and evaluation of networked information systems
that advocate sustainability and the protection of natural
ecosystems. ECOresearch supports the research activities of
network members, identifies synergies, coordinates the
various projects, and helps with resource acquisition."
International Institute for Environmental
Communication
"The IIEC mission is to
promote and develop the field of Environmental Communication
by developing and sharing strategies, methods, tools, and
networks of professionals to improve environmental
decision-making, environmental behaviors, policy, and
program results."
National Communication Association
(NCA)
Promotes the study, criticism,
research, teaching, and application of the artistic,
humanistic, and scientific principles of communication. Many
COCE participants are involved in the NCA's Environmental
Communication Commission.
International Association for Public
Participation (IAPP)
Seeks to promote and improve
the practice of public participation in relation to
individuals, governments, institutions, and other entities
that affect the public interest in nations throughout the
world.
Society for Risk Analysis - Risk
Communication Specialty Group
"The Risk Communication
Specialty Group (RCSG) focuses on the communication of risk
information between technical and lay audiences and is open
to all members of the Society for Risk Analysis. Our
membership represents a variety of theoretical and practical
perspectives on risk communication. Members' interest areas
include the perception of risk, public participation, mass
media coverage of risk, trust and credibility, social
influence, and evaluation related to risk communication
activities."
Association for Studies in Literature and
Environment (ASLE)
Promotes the exchange of ideas
and information pertaining to literature that considers the
relationship between human beings and the natural world.
North American Association for Environmental
Education (NAAEE)
A network of professionals and
students working in the field of environmental education
throughout North America and in over 55 countries around the
world.
International Society for Environmental
Ethics
Includes back issues of their
newsletter, a large searchable bibliography and links to
related resources on environmental thought.
Climate Change Communication Conference
An international conference on
communication around the issue of climate change, which took
place in June 2000.
Cultural Environmental Studies
"This site seeks to explore
the relatively unmapped terrain where cultural studies
(broadly conceived) and environmental studies (broadly
conceived) meet, overlap, and enter into dialogue."
Internet for Environmental Communication
Workshop
A workshop put on by the
International Society for Environmental Protection May
30-31, 1996, Vienna, Austria.
SecondNature
"Second Nature is a nonprofit
organization working to help colleges and universities
expand their efforts to make environmentally sustainable and
just action a foundation of learning and practice."
The
Networking the Environmental Communications Networks website
http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/networks/index_en.htm
The
Website is aimed specifically at Networks active in the
field of environmental public information, communication and
awareness raising. Its purpose is to serve as a
communication relay between the Networks and the European
Commission, and more importantly, between the networks
themselves.
Environmental Risk
Communication Program at The Center for Environmental
Information
Center for Environmental Communication
Studies at U. of Cincinnati
www.keysheets.org
These Keysheets provide decision-makers with a short, easy
and up-to-date reference on issues relating to sustainable
livelihoods and infrastructure development for the poor. The
Keysheets are produced by ODI for DFID DFID, the UK
Government department working to promote sustainable
development and eliminate world poverty. Recent sheets in
the Sustainable Livelihoods series are produced by ODI for
DFID and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
EE-Link
www.iisd.org
The site is designed to be an electronic clearing-house for
information on past, current and upcoming international
meetings and negotiations related to environment and
development policy. It provides timely information to policy
makers and those interested in the environment, clean energy
and sustainable development.
www.earthscan.co.uk
As a publisher, Earthscan has led the way over the past
decade in communicating principles of sustainable
development' THE ECOLOGIST
http://www.millenniumassessment.org/
The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) is an international
work program designed to meet the needs of decision makers
and the public for scientific information concerning the
consequences of ecosystem change for human well-being and
options for responding to those changes. The MA was launched
by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan in June 2001
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