Los Angeles Mission Library: Research Guide of the Month: Earth Day: Websites

Useful Websites

Mission College Climate Action Plan
Our climate action plan outlines strategies and milestones to lead Mission College students, faculty, and staff through the next 40 years. This is a crucial time period during which our actions, along with those of institutions, businesses, and governments around the world, will largely determine the world’s fate with global warming.
LARC Climate Action and Sustainability: Regional Resources + Programs
The Los Angeles Regional Collaborative for Climate Action and Sustainability (LARC) is a network of local and regional decision-makers ensuring a sustainable Los Angeles County prepared for the impacts of climate change. It is one of seven regional collaboratives in California supporting climate change science, policy and planning efforts across sectors.
Los Angeles Environmental Programs
The City of Los Angeles is dedicated to ensuring that we harness our natural resources efficiently and effectively, while providing a clean, healthy, and safe City for present and future generations of Angelenos. Review the many events, guides, classes and rebates the City of Los Angeles has to offer.
CalRecycle
California's Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) brings together the state's recycling and waste management programs and continues a tradition of environmental stewardship.

Earth Day (Official Website)
EarthDay.org’s mission is to diversify, educate and activate the environmental movement worldwide.
CalRecycle: Earth Day
Starting on April 1st and counting down until Earth Day, April 22, look for fun games, #HowISavethePlanet tips, and compelling interviews from CalEPA and our sister boards, departments, and offices, which all protect your environment in different ways.

National Science Foundation: Research News
Features news articles on recent scientific discoveries concerning Earth and the environment.
Science News: Environment
Magazine articles covering environment-related news.
National Geographic: Environment
Read the latest National Geographic articles about the environment.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
"The mission of EPA is to protect human health and the environment."
United Nations Environment Programme
"The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system, and serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment."
The Nature Conservancy
"The Nature Conservancy is a global environmental nonprofit working to create a world where people and nature can thrive."

EPA YouTube Channel
Videos on a variety of environmental issues by the Environmental Protection Agency.
PBS: Earth Day
PBS offers a series of free videos on the environment in celebration of Earth Day.

Earth and Environment (American Archive of Public Broadcasting)
Archive of public broadcasting radio and television programs covering environmental issues.
Climate Change Conversations: Causes, Impacts, Solutions (American Archive of Public Broadcasting)
"While scientists and activists have consistently used public broadcasting to disseminate information about climate change, the conversation has changed over time. In the 1980s, focus was primarily on communicating the potential threats of global warming. Since then, programming has increasingly examined the actual impacts, and in addition, struggled to keep the American public informed and engaged. This exhibit highlights public broadcasting recordings of conversations on climate change—its causes, impacts, and proposed solutions—from 1970, the first year that Earth Day was celebrated, to the present."