Trend watching resources developed by LIS 450 CML Class
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

http://enduse.lbl.gov/ This site forecastings the cost effectiveness of governmental policies and plans in pollution control.

http://www.fashioninformation.com/ Nice little fashion trend tracking service-- subscription of course.

http://www.trendsresearch.com features the opinions and publications of the Trends Research Institute with analyst Gerald Celente and the input of 25 experts in a range of specialties.

http://econofinance.com/diario.htm is a website listing financial statistics agencies, resources and institutions both American (and government) and world wide. A good first link.

http://www.arl.org/diversity/leading/index.html this is the web site from ACRL (Association of College & Resrach Libraries):
Leading ideas:issues and trends in diversity, leadership and career development

http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/esbr.html
The purpose of this service is to provide easy access to current Federal economic indicators. It provides links to information produced by a number of Federal agencies. All of the information included in the Economic Statistics Briefing Room is maintained and updated by the statistical units of those agencies. All the estimates for the indicators presented in the Federal Statistics Briefing Rooms are the most currently available values.

http://simi.stanford.edu/hanson/Default.htm Neat site for trends and forecasting the Internet.

http://www.ideabeat.com/ A FREE online service for retail industry professionals. RetailWire offers unique, multi-perspective discussions on the latest retail news and issues. Also, organized within the targeted "Info Centers", are RetailWire's exclusive Category In-Sites and Business In-Sites...year-round resources for vital retailing business knowledge.

http://slashdot.org/ Their logo says it all: "News for nerds. Stuff that matters."