Useful links

Try some of these other websites that may help you meet your environmental education needs.

Check out these websites that particularly focus on environmental education or have been developed with schools in mind:

• Cool Kids Grow
• New Zealand Association for Environmental Education (NZAEE)
  
• Environmental Education Online
  
• Guidelines for Environmental Education Online
  
• Department of Conservation - For Schools page
  
• Environmental Education Directory of New Zealand
  
• The Environmental Monitoring and Action Project
  
• Ministry of Fisheries - Starfish student and teacher resource
  
• The New Zealand Antarctic Institute - School Resources and Teaching Units
  
• The Globe Program - a worldwide hands-on, primary and scondary school based education and science programme

See the following websites to learn more about protecting animal and bird life:

• Kiwi Conservation Club 
• Kakapo Recovery
  
• Tuitime

Trees need our protection too. Take a look at the following Trees for Survival site to find out how you can help:

• www.tfsnz.org.nz

Check out these sites for information and ideas about waste and recycling:

• Waste Wise
  
• Auckland Regional Council's Reduce, Reuse and Recycle Programme
• Xtreme waste.

Hey kids, check out these sites especially for you:

• Ask Jeeves
  
• Clean Air Activities
  
• Up the Creek
  
• Brucie's Buddies at Environment Southland
  
• Become an Eco agent at the Auckland Regional Council's website

Find out about funding and other forms of assistance for environmental initiatives at:

• Environment Waikato's Environmental Initiatives Fund
  
• Funding Information Service

Check out these sites for general information about our environment:

• Ministry for the Environment
  
• World Wildlife Fund
  
• Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences
  
• Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research
  
• Meteorological Service
  
• Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
  
• Ministry of Civil Defence
  
• National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA)
  
• New Zealand Minerals Industry Association
  
• North American Association for Environmental Education
  
• Environment Southland