Agriculture and Environmental Sciences Community Portal
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The Habitable Planet is a multimedia course for high school teachers and adult learners interested in studying environmental science. The Web site provides access to course content and activities developed by leading scientists and researchers in the field.
New Materials
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Building a Greener Future: A UW Research Report into Seattle's Climate Justice Movement
Designed and composed by English 121 students at the University of Washington, this book is intended to introduce UW...
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The Science of Plants
An approachable guide to the fundamentals of plant science. Created for horticulture students, gardeners, science...
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Sustainability - A Comprehensive Foundation
This text is designed to introduce the reader to the essential concepts of sustainability. This subject is of vital...
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GRIN-U: Online learning for plant genetic resources conservation and use
Conserving the world’s plant genetic resources (PGR) is critical for ensuring global food security. The genetic diversity...
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Drone Safety Slides
What is the #1 thing with drones? Safety! Make sure to always go over Drone Safety when teaching with drones.
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Environmental Justice Guided Reading Jigsaw
This activity is designed to be part of a group term project that engages students in thinking about how environmental...
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Ecocene Politics
Anchored in the diverse ecological practices of communities in southern Italy and Aotearoa/New Zealand, this book devises...
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The Organic Farmer (TOF) - A magazine for African farmers
The Organic Farmer (TOF) is a magazine with practical information, it is published monthly and is distributed free of...
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Environmental Health
Infonet, a channel of the Biovision Farmer Communication Programme (FCP), provides scientific and practical validated...
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Infonet Biovision
Infonet, a channel of the Biovision Farmer Communication Programme (FCP), provides scientific and practical validated...
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Ecology I: The Earth System
We will cover fundamentals of ecology, considering Earth as an integrated dynamic system. Topics include coevolution of...
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Brave New Planet
In the 21st century, powerful technologies have been appearing at a breathtaking pace—related to the internet, artificial...
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Land, Water, Food, and Climate
This reading seminar examines land, water, food, and climate in a changing world, with an emphasis on key scientific...
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Environmental Justice Law and Policy
This seminar introduces students to basic principles of environmental justice and presents frameworks for analyzing and...
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Water Diplomacy
This course, which examines ways of resolving conflicts over the allocation of water resources, is designed to...
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Natural Resources Biometrics - Milne Open Textbooks
Natural Resources Biometrics begins with a review of descriptive statistics, estimation, and hypothesis testing. The...
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Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2021: Financing a Green and Inclusive Recovery
This report presents economic prospects for developing Asia and the Pacific. It includes analysis of the impacts of...
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Environmental Science - A Canadian Perspective
This textbook is intended to provide an introduction to environmental science and sustainability at Trent. The textbook...
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Food Studies: Matter, Meaning, Movement
Food Studies aims to help readers understand and address numerous issues within food, food culture, and food systems....
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Properties and Behavior of Soil; Online Lab Manual
This OER is funded by the Department of Civil Engineering to facilitate the students of the junior-level lab in soil...
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Agribusiness Management 101
This Open Educational Resource textbook has been adapted from: OpenStax: Principles of Microeconomics 2e // CC BY Chapter...
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Sustainability and Non-Market Enterprise (EME 805)
The primary goal of this course is to provide a toolset for characterizing and strategizing how non-market forces can...
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Orientation to Energy and Sustainability Policy (EMSC 302)
EMSC 302 provides an orientation of the Energy and Sustainability Policy (ESP) degree program, preparing students for...
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Journaling: An Assessment Tool for Student Engagement Experiences
Education reformer John Dewey said it best: "We do not learn from experience... we learn from reflecting on experience."...
New Members
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Lisa TuckerAmerican Baptist College
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yukexin dai农业农村部蔬菜采后处理重点实验室
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ALISSON SANTOSUnknown
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Andrea HamiltonHumboldt State University
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Megan WitteThomas Jefferson Classical Academy
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Heather LerschSt Luke's Episcopal School
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Judith HemmingsThe University of the West Indies
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Adrian TulodCENTRAL MINDANAO UNIVERSITY
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Chrysanthi PankouHellenic Agricultural Organization
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Vitaly CaminottoIPSEOA "ELENA CORNARO״- JESOLO (VE)
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Danielle HawleyCREATIVE LEARNING ACADEMY
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Becky TalynCalifornia State University, San Bernardino
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JO-ANNE LYNNE JOY DUQUETarlac Agricultural University
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Shannon KokeschSalinas Union High School District
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Ephraim MurageEdward Waters College
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Keri BakerNova Southeastern University
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Gwenevra NabadHolyoke Community/Technical College
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Christopher PapouchisCalifornia State University, Sacramento
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Willa McGriffDekalb County Schools
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Kristin ClarkVentura College
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Vicki MedlandUniversity of Wisconsin System - Green Bay
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Sheryl GreenhouseUnknown
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raul PerezUnknown
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Paramee NoonimPrince of Songkla University
Materials by Discipline
- Agriculture and Bio Engineering (55)
- Agriculture Education (78)
- Agriculture, Environment, & Development Economics (129)
- Animal Sciences (98)
- Environment and Natural Resources (264)
- Food science (210)
- Plant Sciences (230)
Professional Organizations
- American Association for Agricultural Education
- American Dairy Science Association
- American Agricultural Economics Association
- American Society of Animal Science
- American Society of Agronomy
- American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
- National Association of Ag Education
- Crop Science Society of America
- Society of Range Management
- Institute of Food Technologists
- Society of American Foresters
- The Wildlife Society
Agriculture & Environmental Sciences on the Web
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Viewpoint: 'Precipice of a food security catastrophe' — Re-shaping agriculture to fit the ...
Aug 14, 2022 09:13 PM PDT
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Marcos bares 3 'dreams' for PH agriculture sector | Philippine News Agency
Aug 14, 2022 08:53 PM PDT
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Management to ensure a future with ag chemicals | Agriculture | fredericknewspost.com
Aug 14, 2022 08:38 PM PDT
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Jaiz Bank Spends N75bn on Agriculture in 10 Years - THISDAYLIVE
Aug 14, 2022 08:00 PM PDT
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How Strange Horticulture's devs went from Flash to one of the best games of the year
Aug 14, 2022 07:25 PM PDT
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Lecturer / Assistant Professor in Environmental Science - Times Higher Education
Aug 14, 2022 06:25 PM PDT
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Saudi agriculture convoy sows the seeds of new knowledge to Abha farmers - Arab News
Aug 14, 2022 05:56 PM PDT
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Announcing $1.7 million in dairy funding | Vermont Business Magazine
Aug 14, 2022 05:45 PM PDT
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Agriculture Equipment Market Size is projected to reach at USD 234 Billion by 2030 ... - Benzinga
Aug 14, 2022 05:29 PM PDT
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Franklin County Fair wraps up 172nd year | Agriculture | nny360.com
Aug 14, 2022 05:25 PM PDT
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Franklin County Fair wraps up 172nd year | Agriculture - Watertown Daily Times
Aug 14, 2022 05:09 PM PDT
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Agriculture Equipment Market Size is projected to reach at - GlobeNewswire
Aug 14, 2022 05:01 PM PDT
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Agriculture education students awarded Kansas Agriculture Skills and Competencies Certificates
Aug 14, 2022 04:20 PM PDT
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UPDATE 1-U.N.-chartered ship in Ukraine readying for journey to Africa
Aug 14, 2022 04:16 PM PDT
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Department of Agriculture - Organizations - Catalog - Data.gov
Aug 14, 2022 03:59 PM PDT
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Montana is lead state on the Life From Soil initiative | Agriculture | sidneyherald.com
Aug 14, 2022 03:33 PM PDT
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Maha 2022: Agro job fair changes young people's perceptions towards careers in ...
Aug 14, 2022 03:31 PM PDT
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Carroll Biz Challenge finalist BotaniGal grows horticulture therapy business one plant at a time
Aug 14, 2022 03:28 PM PDT
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Countdown to 2047: Will India take biosciences to the farmyard to become the world's food mart?
Aug 14, 2022 03:25 PM PDT
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Horticulture exports fall Sh35bn on poor avocado fruit, lower volumes - Business Daily
Aug 14, 2022 03:01 PM PDT
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