1. Gale Portal Database A new online learning experience

2. So much information, but most of it is just “noise”

3. Gale’s objective is to cancel the noise...

4. GREENR Global Reference on the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources

5. The world is changing… Online glacier photograph database. Boulder, CO: National Snow and Ice Data Center.

6. “Green” Inititatives and Courses Online glacier photograph database. Boulder, CO: National Snow and Ice Data Center.

7. Meet eco-researchers’ growing needs with GREENR - a new online resource.  Delivers global news, background information, video, unique commentaries, primary source documents, statistics and more  Interactive and updated daily.

8. 8 Region Portals 190+ region portal pages Geography and cultural information Maps, flags, population data and government Global perspectives Reference articles and primary sources Extensive statistics Related issues and searches Multimedia, video, and podcast

9. 9 Issue Portals  190+ issue portal pages  Topic overviews  Global perspectives  Reference and primary sources  Case Studies  Conference Presentations and Reports  Statistics  Full-text periodicals  Magazines and Newspapers  Podcasts and Web sites  Audio and video

10. 10 New, proprietary essays Academic Journals Unique new video content and licensed photos Podcasts Links to related Websites and Blogs Links to related issue portals Case Studies Statistics Conference Presentations & Reports

11. 11 Articles from selected Gale reference titles Primary Sources Special Libraries and Research Centers Global newspaper & magazine articles

12. Examples of Issue Portals Environment and Ecology Arctic Circle, Biocentrism, Biodiversity, Carrying Capacity, Climate Change, Coral Reefs, Deep Ecology, Deserts and Desertification, Drought, Ecological Modernization, Ecological Restoration, Ecosystems, Endangered Species, Environmental Philosophy, Evolution, Extinction, Habitat Loss, Industrial Ecology, IPCC, Invasive Species, Remediation, The Land Ethic, Wildlife, WWF Science and Technology Biotechnology, E-Waste, Genetic Engineering, Green Architecture, Green Chemistry, Green Engineering, Green Revolution, Sanitation, Seed Banks, Solid Waste, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, World Health Organization

13. Examples of Issue Portals (cont’d) Agriculture and Food Systems Agrarianism, Animal Welfare, Aquaculture, Biofuel Energy, Fisheries, Food Security, Hunting and Gathering, Industrial Agriculture, Nutrition/Diets, Organic Agriculture and Organic Foods, Pest Management, Soil Fertility, Subsistence Farming, Sustainable Agriculture, Urban Farming, Vegetarianism Law and Politics Center for International Environmental Law, Copenhagen Accord, Environmental Justice, Environmental Law, Environmental Politics, Governance, International Agreements, Kyoto Protocol, Land Management, Policy and Planning, Precautionary Principle, Property Law, Protected Areas, Risk, Superfund, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, UN Climate Change Conference

14. Examples of Issue Portals (cont’d) Economics and Trade Agenda 21, Carbon Trading, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Discounting, Economic Development, Economic Growth, Environmental Economics, Externalities, Globalization, Green Economy, Intergenerational Equity, Limits to Growth, Market Mechanisms, Natural Capital, Non-Market Valuation, Poverty, Risk, Trade and Environment, UNDP, Urban Poor, World Bank Group, WTO Pollution Acid Rain, Air Pollution, Carbon Trading, E-Waste, Environmental Kuznets Curve, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill 2010, Industrial Disasters, Land and Soil Pollution, Light and Noise Pollution, Medical Waste, Mobile Emissions, Nuclear Waste, Ozone Depletion, Solid Waste, Water Pollution

15. Examples of Issue Portals (cont’d) Energy Biofuel Energy, Coal Energy, Dams, Energy Efficiency, Geothermal Energy, Hydroelectric Energy, Mining, Mobile Emissions, Mountains, Natural Gas Energy, Nuclear Energy, Petroleum Energy, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Water, Wind Energy Resource Management Adaptive Management, Aquifers, Brundtland Report, Common Pool Resources, Consumption, Desalination, ICDPs, Indicators and Monitoring, Land Management, Land Use, Landscape Architecture, Policy and Planning, Protected Areas, Recycling, Resource Management, Sanitation, Soil Erosion, Soil Fertility

16. Examples of Issue Portals (cont’d) Humans in the Natural World Biosecurity, Disease, Ecofeminism, Ecological Footprint, Ecoterrorism, Family Planning, Green Architecture, Human Health, Impact of Tourism and Recreation, Indigenous Peoples, Natural Disasters, Rural Development, Sustainable Cities, Transportation, Urban Environment, Urban Farming, Urbanization Social Factors Industrial Disasters, Industrialization, Intergenerational Equity, Migration of People, NGOs, Organic Agriculture and Organic Foods, Overpopulation, Poverty, Regionalism, Religion, Social Justice, Urban Poor, Vegetarianism, War and Conflict

17. What will you find in the Ecoterrorism portal?

18. Overview An overview article from the Encyclopedia of Environmental Ethics and Philosophy, that explains the term and how its meaning changed over the years

19. News An news article on an Animal Planet program, “WHALE WARS,” about the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society

20. Academic Journal A scholarly study published in The American Journal of Economics and Sociology examining the ethical and social aspects of ecoterrorism and its justifications

21. Images/Video Various images and news videos on ecoterrorism

22. Statistics An interactive pie-chart Illegal Incidents of Ecoterrorism, by Type, 1981-2005, from the Foundation for Biomedical Research

23. Primary Sources A Testimony by U.S. Congress Subcommittee on Crime, with commentary, from Terrorism: Essential Primary Sources

24. Case Studies A case study on a “raid” by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society on Icelandic whalers, with discussion topics and study questions

25. Associations Basic and contact information of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, from Encyclopedia of Associations

26. Conferences Link to a conference site by the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), on “Stopping Eco- Extremism”

27. Get Involved! Link to an FBI site on Eco- terrorists at large

28. Book Review A book review of an autobiographical memoir of a radical environmental activist

29. Case Studies, State Climate Action Plans, Local News, Environmental Organizations in the state, and much, much, more…. New Feature: U.S. State Portals (5 states)

30. http://blog.gale.com/gettingtogreenr/ The GREENR Blog