Redefining Progress -- Ecological Footprint
Redefining Progress is the nation`s leading public policy think tank dedicated to smart economics. We find solutions that ensure a sustainable and equitable world for future generations. The website includes an ecological footprint calculator and various publications encompassing in-depth economic analysis; updates of, improvements to, and adaptation of the Ecological Footprint and the Genuine Progress Indicator; and research into the effects of climate change on vulnerable populations.

Council for Science and the Environment
The National Council for Science and the Environment works to improve the scientific basis for environmental decision-making. To further this goal, the website features numerous reports, articles, and papers evaluating science and policy.

Joint Ocean Commission Initiative
The U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy and the Pew Oceans Commission have joined forces to form the Joint Ocean Commission Initiative. The Joint Initiative works with people and organizations at all levels to build durable support for ocean policy reform. This site provides a rich resource center with reports, ocean governance initiatives, ocean bills, letters, testimonies, and news.

NOAA Coastal Services Center: OPIS Ocean Policy
The NOAA Ocean Planning Information System (OPIS) Ocean Policy page provides an overview of legal and programmatic frameworks and strategies relating to the regulation and management of ocean resources and their uses.

Ocean Champions
Ocean Champions are an advocacy group with a mission to connect people who have a passion or strong connection to the ocean to come together and help stimulate policy change to protect out oceans.

The Ocean Conservancy
The Ocean Conservancy uses a wide variety of avenues to achieve its goal of ocean conservation. This site provides information on conservation issue areas, action items such as coastal cleanups, and policy alerts.

White Water to Blue Water Initiative
This initiative, announced at the 2002 World Summit for Sustainable Development, aims to protect ocean ecosystems by initiating international, cross-sectoral ecosystem management plans.

We've tried to make it easier for you to learn about some of the issues that affect you and your "blue backyard" — our world's ocean. These categories organize lists for some of the best sites on the Web that we know about.

If you have suggestions for websites for us to include, please let us know! Thank you!