Rice University Links

People

• Rice Faculty With Environmental Affiliations
• Rice Environmental Intern - Ryan McMullan worked as Environmental Intern for CSES from Sept. 1998 through Sept. 2000.

Clubs / Student Initiatives

• Rice Environmental Club
• Rice Outdoors Club
• Rice Environmental Conference
• Student Recycling Council
• Rice Student Volunteer Program - Creates volunteer opportunities for Rice Students in the Houston area.
• Rice Habitat for Humanity
• Rice Vegetarian Club
• Rice Student Association

Departments

• Administrative
  • Office of the President: Dr. David W. Leebron
  • Facilities and Engineering - They handle recycling in administrative and academic buildings
    • Integrated Waste Management Services - Recycling Information
  • Housing and Dining - They handle recycling in the dormitories.
  • Rice Environmental Health and Safety
  • Community Involvement Center - Information on Community Service Programs at Rice
  • Health Education & Wellness Office
  • Women's Resource Center
• Academic
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Earth Science
  • Biochemistry and Cell Biology
  • Policy Studies
  • Political Science
  • Economics
  • Anthropology
  • Professional Master's Program in Environmental Analysis & Decision Making

Research Centers, Institutes and Other Links

• Center for the Study of Environment and Society
• Energy & Environmental Systems Institute
• Shell Center for Sustainability
• Sustainability Initiatives at Rice
• Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology
• Rice Design Alliance
• The Wetlands Center for Biogeochemical Research
• Center for the Study of Cultures
• Building a Sustainable Future Here and Now - Aaron Redman's Janus Award project. Proposes ways to reduce the environmental impact of Jones College.
• ENST 302 Rice Into the Future - This course addresses science, technology, and policy elements of environmental issues, using the Rice campus as a case study.
• LOVE/BAKE 201 Links - Links compiled by Understanding Environmental Issues course in Fall 1997
• ENVI 490: Environmental Audit of Rice - By undergraduate Michael Ford, Spring 1998
• Welcome to Planet Earth - Resources on weather, climate, pollution, etc.
• Center for Cooperative Autonomous Robots for Hazardous Environments
• Membrane Processes - Colloidal and Interfacial Systems and Environmental Systems Modeling and Computational Environmental Engineering

Environmental Programs at Other Schools

• University of Houston - Environmental Institute of Houston
• University of Texas - Environmental Science Institute
• Brown University - Center for Environmental Studies
• Middlebury College - Program in Environmental Studies
• Oberlin College - Environmental Studies Center
• Stanford University - Environmental Science, Engineering, and Policy
• Carnegie Mellon University - Environmental Institute
• Carleton College - Environmental and Technology Studies Program
• Dartmouth College - Environmental Studies Program
• University of California, Santa Barbara - Environmental Studies Program
• University of California, Berkeley - Environmental Sciences

Environmental Media

• Environmental News Network- Latest environmental news, along with chats, quizzes, forums, and other features.
• Grist Magazine - Online environmental magazine featuring news, book reviews, activist diaries, and more.
• Orion Online - Electronic version of Orion magazine, featuring "People and Nature"

Houston Area Links

City of Houston

• City Homepage
• Parks & Recreation Department
• Planning & Development Department
• Department of Public Works and Engineering
• Solid Waste Management Department
• Recycling Services - YES! Houston recycles, do YOU?
• Recycling Hotline: 713-837-9130 (or just dial 311 in Houston)

Local Organizations

• Clean Air Action - Daily Air Quality Updates
• Citizen's Environmental Coalition - Has information on how to get in touch with many of the environmental organizations in the Houston area
• Galveston/Houston Association For Smog Prevention (GHASP) - Local air quality information and advocacy
• BikeHouston - Bicycle information and advocacy
• Houston Advanced Research Center - A nonprofit, university-linked organization fostering scientific research and technology development.
• Houston Metropolitan Area Air Quality - Data from 20 Houston-area monitoring stations, organized by day. From Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
• Houston Wilderness Group - Features of maps of Houston for nature-oriented outings
• Citizens' League for Environmental Action Now (CLEAN) - Environmental reporting and local information source

Texas Links

• Office of the Governor
• Texas House of Representatives
• Texas Senate
• Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
• Texas General Land Office
• Texas Department of Agriculture
• Texas Department of Health
• National Association of SARA Title III Program Officials (NASTTPO)
• Texas Historical Commission
• Texas Natural Resources Information System
• Texas Forest Service
• Texas Wetland Information Network (Wet Net)
• Texas Natural Resource Web
• Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

National Links

Federal Government Departments & Agencies

• The White House
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• GLOBE - Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• US Department of Agriculture
• US Forest Service
• Natural Resource Conservation Service

National Environmental Organizations

• The National Environmental Directory
• Environmental Defense
• Natural Resources Defense Council
• Sierra Club
• The Nature Conservancy
• National Wildlife Federation
• World Wildlife Fund
• Rainforest Action Network
• Greenpeace
• Trust for Public Land
• American Lung Association
• Union of Concerned Scientists

Institutes and Information Sources

• National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE)
  • NCSE's Directory of Environmental Programs
• University Leaders for a Sustainable Future
  • ULSF Resources Database - Information on sustainability initiatives at colleges and universities
• Gulf Coast Ecological Heritage at Risk - Study from the Union of Concerned Scientists
• Institute for Global Communications - Home of EcoNet, PeaceNet, AntiRacismNet, and WomensNet
• ifPeople - Public service company owned by two Rice grads promoting sustainable business practice in Latin America
• World Trade Center Environmental Organization - founded to inform the public, media, and elected officials about the environmental disaster of 9/11 in order to obtain appropriate remediation