If you are interested in keeping up on environmental issues and
saving paper at the same time, using the Internet is a good place to
start. Several organizations have put their printed magazines on the
web, or made them available in text format. Some organizations
have skipped the printed versions and publish only an online
version.
There are not many environmental publications online but there is
enough of an assortment to give you a good overview on issues
ranging from architecture, nuclear, solid waste, outdoor recreation
and education, sustainable development, and even oceanography.
Use your Web browser (or email) to visit the following dozen sites:
Change
http://www.woodwind.com/imaja/change/
A general magazine that contains features on the environment. Their
latest issue had a story on the French atomic blasts and logging
issues in California. Has a few elinks to other sites.
Electronic Green Journal
http://www.usi.edu/business/ecology.htm
Published irregularly (three issues so far). According to their
masthead, EGJ is a "professional refereed publication devoted to
disseminating information concerning sources on international
environmental topics including: assessment, conservation,
development, disposal, education, hazards, pollution, resources,
technology, and treatment." They are academically sponsored but
their "focus is to publish articles, bibliographies, reviews, and
announcements for the educated generalist as well as the specialist."
Environment Business Newsletter
Environment Business Magazine
http://www.pavilion.co.uk/vinet/ifi/welcome.htm
These two publications deal with environment and business issues in
the United Kingdom. I cannot find who sponsors the eversions but
you can subscribe to the printed versions online.
Grassroots
International Environmental Magazine
http://www.bendtech.com/library/grassroots/
This is the electronic version of a bimonthly print magazine. Has
essays and interviews, published speeches, and selected articles from
their current print issue. Grassroots publishes information on
physical and social environmental issues and promotes "positive
actions of individuals, businesses, grassroots and other organizations
relative to those issues." The site is still under construction.
Green Drummer
rscheergw@aol.com
The Green Drummer is a bimonthly environmental networking
newsletter published by Greenworking and focuses on New York
State's environmental community. Send email to editor Roddy
Scheer at <rscheergw@aol.com>.
Our Environment - Online
http://maui.net/~jstark/ournvmag.html
Environmental magazine from Maui, Hawaii. A "green" section from
a mail order house, or web order house, to be exact. The second
issue focuses on global warming.
Outdoor Nova Scotia
http://www.isisnet.com/haligonian/outdoor/contents.html
Devoted to hiking, camping, cycling and other outdoor recreation and
educational activities dealing with beautiful Nova Scotia.
Outside Online
http://web2.starwave.com:80/outside/
Electronic edition of magazine that deals with outdoor education and
recreation and related issues. Has an Outdoor Kids section.
RACHEL's Environment and Health Weekly
(formerly RACHEL'S HAZARDOUS WASTE NEWS)
gopher://ftp.std.com:70/11/periodicals/rachel
This is an excellent weekly electronic newsletter that covers all kinds
of environmental issues although medical and hazardous waste
issues are obviously a priority area of interest.
Sea Frontiers
http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/sea-frontiers/sea-frontiers.html
Electronic version of magazine that features articles about marine
biology, oceanography, ecology, and more. Published quarterly in
hardcopy form; the last three issues are online.
South Florida Environmental Reader
gopher://gopher.cic.net:2000/11/e-serials/archive/alphabetic/s/sfer
A periodical devoted to southern Florida's environment. This archive
site has issues up to #43, April, 1992. Send requests to join to sfer-
request@mthvax.cs.miami.edu. More recent issues can be found in
the library of the Environmental Forum on America Online
(keyword: Eforum).
The Earth Times
Eforum on America Online
The hardcopy edition of The Earth Times is published periodically
and is devoted soley to issues of sustainable development. The text
versions of the articles from each issue are uploaded to the
Environmental Forum library#2 on America Online (keyword-
Eforum).
©1995 Don Rittner