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Activists for Peace, Empowerment, Human Rights

ACTIV-L

Addresses
ACTIV-L@UMCVMB.MISSOURI.EDU (list)
LISTSERV@UMCVMB.MISSOURI.EDU (listserv)
Rich Winkel (owner)

Description
It's concerned with peace, empowerment, justice and environmental issues.

Advanced Nuclear Reactor Technology

ANURT-L

Addresses
ANURT-L@VM1.HQADMIN.DOE.GOV (list)
LISTSERV@VM1.HQADMIN.DOE.GOV (listserv)
Norman Fletcher (owner)

Description
ANURT-L was formed to facilitate substantive discourse regarding the worldwide advocacy, design, and deployment of advanced nuclear reactor technology. The list is limited to discussions regarding commercial use of advanced nuclear reactor design concepts that use light water as a coolant/moderator. Discussions should center on design standardization, inherent safety, advanced technology, environmental benefits, waste disposal, licensing reform, and other ...

Discussion of Environmental History

ASEH-L

Addresses
ASEH-L@unicorn.acs.ttu.edu (list)
listproc@unicorn.acs.ttu.edu (listserv)
Dennis C. Williams (owner)

Description
Environmental history is the study of human interaction with the environment in the past. The list, reflecting the field, is highly interdisciplinary in membership and discussion content. Observers as well as active participants are welcome: this is a public forum.

Environmental Investment Priorities in Asia

BIOVEST

Addresses
BIOVEST@SIVM.SI.EDU (list)
LISTSERV@SIVM.SI.EDU (listserv)

Coastal Management and Resources

COASTNET

Addresses
COASTNET@URIACC.URI.EDU (list)
LISTSERV@URIACC.URI.EDU (listserv)
Robert H. Puffer (owner)

Description
A new list dealing with topics related to Coastal Management and Resources is now on line.

The Energy and Climate Information Exchange

ecixfiles

Addresses
ecixfiles@igc.org (list)
ecixfiles@igc.org (listserv)
Lelani Arris (owner)

Description
The Energy and Climate Information Exchange (ECIX) is a project of EcoNet aimed at educating the environmental community and the general public on the potential of energy efficiency and renewable energy to reduce the use of fossil fuels and their contribution to climate change. ECIX now offers as a public service the distribution of files pertaining to energy and climate change. We accept files electronically submitted by those who wish to share information, advertise their existence.

Discussion Of Environmental Finance Issues

ECO-FUND

Addresses
ECO-FUND@UMDD.BITNET (list)
LISTSERV@UMDD.BITNET (listserv)

ECOCITY: Sustainable Urban Development

ECOCITY

Addresses
ECOCITY@SEARN.SUNET.SE (list)
LISTSERV@SEARN.SUNET.SE (listserv)

Ecological Economics

Ecol-Econ

Addresses
Ecol-Econ@CSF.COLORADO.EDU (list)
listserv@csf.colorado.edu (listserv)
Will Toor (owner)

Description
The Ecol-Econ list is founded on the idea that it is necessary to have major change in the way we think about economics if we intend to make a credible response to the environmental threats to the planet. The list is to create discussion around alternatives to the prevailing economic paradigms, whether Marxist or neoclassical. This is an invitation to join persons of similar intent for creative intellectual work and to create more rapid change in economic thought.

Economic Development

econ-dev

Addresses
econ-dev@csn.org (list)
majordomo@csn.org (listserv)
Stephanie Neumann (owner)

Description
The purpose of this list is to share information and network with professionals either in economic development or who are pursuing some of the same informational goals. We here at the economic development department in Littleton, Colorado, use information as the cornerstone of our program. Littleton's New Economy Project works primarily with small, innovative companies trying to give them the sophisticated tools they need to compete in the new global environment.

A forum for discussion of ecological theology

ECOTHEOL

Addresses
ECOTHEOL@mailbase.ac.uk (list)
MAILBASE@MAILBASE.AC.UK (listserv)
Ian Tilsed (owner)

Description
The goal of the list is to enable academic discussion of environmental issues from a theological or ethical perspective. Open to all traditions, contributions are welcome from those in other disciplines, including philosophy and the social sciences. Archives of ECOTHEOL mail items are kept in monthly files. You may obtain a list of files in the archives by sending the command INDEX ECOTHEOL in the BODY of e-mail to MAILBASE@MAILBASE.AC.UK on the Internet.

EHS-L Environmental Health System

EHS-L

Addresses
EHS-L@ALBNYDH2.BITNET (list)
LISTSERV@ALBNYDH2.BITNET (listserv)

The ENVIRONMENT IN LATIN AMERICA NETWORK (ELAN)

ELAN

Addresses
ELAN@csf.colorado.edu (list)
listserv@csf.colorado.edu (listserv)
David Barkin (owner)

Description
Latin America's diverse ecosystems are the site of intense struggles between myriad political and economic groups interested in their use and/or protection. The ELAN open discussion group is designed to raise critical issues and provide communication links between researchers, activists, academics and other parties with interest in the region. We seek to promote wide-ranging multidisciplinary discussions on ELAN which bring together a broader group of natural ...

Environmental Law

env.seashepherd

Addresses
env.seashepherd@AOL.COM (list)
dcasmedic@aol.com (listserv)
Nick Voth (owner)

Description
The env.seashepherd Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Mailing List was created as an information collection and distribution source for the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. It is a bidirectional list and numerous environmental topics are discussed, including marine issues, SSCS, activism, etc. The SSCS is the only environmental organization who's main focus is the enforcement of international conservation law. They are a Direct Action organization and supported by contributions from it's members.

Forum on Environment and Human Behavior

ENVBEH-L

Addresses
ENVBEH-L@VM.POLY.EDU (list)
LISTSERV@VM.POLY.EDU (listserv)
RWENER@VM.POLY.EDU (Richard Wener) (owner)

Description
We are trying to encourage discussion on a variety of topics concerning the relations of people and their physical environments, including architectural and interior design and human behavior, environmental stress (pollution, catastrophe) and behavior, human response to built and natural settings, etc. It is open to anyone and any relevant topic.

Environmental Engineering

ENVENG-L

Addresses
ENVENG-L@VM.TEMPLE.EDU (list)
LISTSERV@VM.TEMPLE.EDU (listserv)
Charles N. Haas (owner)

Description
The ENVENG-L list has been created to serve as a medium of communications for those interested in education, research and professional practice of environmental engineering. Environmental engineering topics will encompass the entire field, including water and wastewater treatment, air pollution control, solid waste management, and radioactive waste treatment.

List for Environmental Information

ENVINF-L

Addresses
ENVINF-L@NIC.SURFNET.NL (list)
LISTSERV@NIC.SURFNET.NL (listserv)

Environmental Ethics

enviroethics

Addresses
enviroethics@mailbase.ac.uk (list)
mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk (listserv)
Clare Palmer (owner)

Description
The list "enviroethics" is a forum for academic discussion of environmental ethics and philosophy. Topics for discussion range from value theory to applied ethics in an environmental context. The list is open to anyone with an academic interest in environmental ethics and contributions from those in a range of disciplines as well as philosophy are welcome.

Enviornmental Studies

ENVST-L

Addresses
ENVST-L@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU (list)
LISTSERV@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU (listserv)
Sandra Baptista (owner)

Description
The purpose of this list is to exchange information about Environmental Studies (ES) programs, generally -- about course designs, successful student projects, important information sources, etc. We invite all who have a serious interest in ES at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Some topics that might be of interest are: the balance between science/social science/humanities in our degrees; the role of project classes and individual applied projects in our programs.

Environmentally responsible tourism

green.travel

Addresses
green.travel@igc.apc.org (list)
mendicott@igc.apc.org (listserv)
Marcus Lucian ENDICOTT

Description
The Association for Progressive Computing (APC) conference "green.travel" is alive and well. If you are interested in environmentally and culturally responsible, or sustainable, tourism, essentially the greening of the travel industry, you are invited to participate.

Environmental Topics

Infoterra

Addresses
Infoterra@pan.cedar.univie.ac.at (list)
Infoterra on listproc@pan.cedar.univie.ac.at (listserv)
Joerg Findeisen (owner)

Description
The Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment, convened by the United Nations in 1972 to consider the condition of the environment, called for an international mechanism for the exchange of environmental information. The result was The International Referral System (IRS), later renamed INFOTERRA, The Global Environmental Information Exchange Network, established in 1975 by a decision of the third session of the Governing Council of UNEP.

Natural Literacy

NATLIT-L

Addresses
NATLIT-L@ENVIROLINK.ORG (list)
LISTPROC@ENVIROLINK.ORG (listserv)
Geoffrey Gothelf (owner)

Description
The NATLIT-L (Natural Literacy) list is founded for the purpose of discussing books and other resource materials (tapes, software, and artwork) pertaining to nature, environmental science and outdoor activities. This can include good books on environmental education, environmental law, resource management, meteorology, plant and animal identification, and mountaineering, bicycling or backpacking guidebooks.

Sustainable Development and the Environment

SUSDEV.TOPIC

Addresses
SUSDEV.TOPIC@@PARTI.INFORUM.ORG (list)
ALMANAC@PARTI.INFORUM.ORG (listserv)
Nagy Arpad (owner)

Description
SUSDEV is an electronic bulletin that collect original papers, review papers, database descriptions or data compilations, book reviews, notes, scientific events to this specialized Electronic Bulletin Board for all aspects of Sustainable Development and the Environment. Articles should be submitted in plain ASCII format through e-mail and generally should not exceed 4 full pages of text. This initiative is being supported by KFKI Research Inst.
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