Environment Links and Resources

Links to Information-Rich Websites

City of Boston
Official website of the City of Boston. See Boston’s Parks Department and Environmental Services Department for a list of programs and other information.

Boston Greenspace Alliance
A private, nonprofit organization dedicated to the protection, creation, care and use of Boston’s parks and open spaces and a "watchdog and voice" on policy and planning matters affecting open space in the City. Website provides pdf and html versions of their quarterly newsletter, ordering information for their calendar, and information on projects and events.

Metropolitan Area Planning Council
The MAPC is the regional planning agency representing 101 cities and towns in Eastern Massachusetts, including Boston. Their Online Metro Data Center offers a broad range of demographic, environmental and economic information on this region. Website also provides information on the MAPC’s programs and initiatives.

Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs
The state’s environmental regulations and preservations agency. Website provides press releases, links to weekly newsletter, other offices and agencies presided over by the Mass EOEA, pdf fact sheets and information, and events, programs, and initiative information.

Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management
Dedicated to conserving natural resources through stewardship, connecting people to resources through recreation and education, and well as partnering with others who share this common purpose. Website offers information about state forests and parks, press releases, and program information.

US Environmental Protection Agency — New England Region
Provides general, regulations, and research information with some publications in pdf format, links to each state EPA office, press releases and news clips, listservs, a calendar, and information on events and programs.

Population Reference Bureau
A non-profit organization that provides objective information on US and international population trends. Website provides searchable population and health data, educator and journalist resource guides, ordering information on PRB publications, and information on events and programs. Some information in French and Spanish.

BP — Statistical Review of US and World Energy
A yearly report put out by British Petroleum surveying several types of energy in various countries.

World Resources Institute
An independent non-profit think that analyzes data for use in creating sustainable partnerships to protect the Earth. Website contains an information portal with world and national environmental statistics, press releases, pdf reports and publications, online bookstore, and information on events and programs.

United Nations Development Programme
The United Nations Development Programme is the UN’s principal provider of development advice, advocacy, and grant support. Website provides pdf publications on issues such as human development, poverty reduction, crisis prevention, and the environment, and others.

Resources: Ways to Get More Involved

Boston Experiential Environmental Education Program Directory

Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group (MassPIRG)

Eagle Eye Institute 

Urban Ecology Institute