The on-line National Library for the Environment (http://www.cnie.org) sponsored by the Committee for the National Institute for the Environment (CNIE) contains seven free and very useful information resources:

Up-to-date objective, nonpartisan issue reports

Environmental Education Programs and Resources

Environmental Laws -- local, State, Federal and international

An in-depth resource on Population-Environment Linkages

A Virtual Library of Ecology and Biodiversity

Information on environmental conferences and meetings

Environmental Careers and Jobs

Over 300 Nonpartisan Environmental Reports are produced by the Library of Congress' Congressional Research Service and can be accessed at http://www.cnie.org/nle/crs_main.html.

Environmental Education Programs and Resources, available at http://www.cnie.org/educate.htm, include:

Directory of Higher Education Environmental Programs

Starfish: sustainability courses, bibliographic references, innovative teaching techniques

Academic Programs in Conservation Biology

Community college and high school environmental technology programs

Environmental Impact Assessment Training Courses

Population and Environment Linkages contain extensive information and source documents at all levels of complexity in a simple, innovative framework that can be found at http://www.cnie.org/pop/pophome.htm. This source includes information on demographics, freshwater resources, oceans, land-use, coastal environments, air, climate and atmosphere change, food resources, biodiversity, security, development and economics, and environmental health.

Environmental Laws and Treaties is maintained by Pace University Law School and includes organized links primary legal sources on international laws and treaties, Federal environmental laws, state environmental laws, and comparative environmental legislation. These can be found at http://www.cnie.org/nle/nlelaw.htm.

The Virtual Library of Biodiversity, Ecology, and Environment is maintained by Rice University Center for Conservation Biology Network at http://.www.cnie.org/biodi/bioframe.htm. It includes information on global sustainability, the history of life, endangered species, captive breeding, exotic introductions, pollution, protected areas, values of biodiversity, etc.

Meetings and Conferences is a bulletin board for events of interest to the environmental science and policy communities and can be found at http://www.cnie.org/conferences.htm.

Careers and Opportunities includes information on environmental positions, counseling, corporate research, job market analysis, salary determination, job data, e-mail headhunters, resume preparation, resume posting, cover letters, interviewing, education, and links to other career sites (Mega Lists). This information can be accessed at cnie.org/career/megajob.htm.

All of these sites are accessible from the CNIE home page at http://www.cnie.org. For additional information, contact Kevin Hutton, Webmaster, Committee for the National Institute for the Environment, 1725 K Street, NW, Suite 212, Washington, D.C. 20006-1401, (202) 530-5810, FAX (202) 628-4311, khutton@cnie.org.

Reprinted from River Crossings, Volume 7, Number 4, July/August 1998