Links and Resources
General Sustainability Resources
- Heartwood dedicated to the health and well being of native forests.
- Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network (EREN)
- GrassRoots Biodiesel, hosted by Dancing Rabbit.
- The Green Map System, maps of major cities around the world and the ecologically significant sites there.
- Green-Trust.org Sustainability Research Center dedicated to teaching folks how to live in a renewable, sustainable manner.
- Earth Island Institute
- The Venus Project calls for no less than the total redesign of our culture.
- The Consortium for International
Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), facilitates access
to data and information on human interactions in the environment,
global environmental change, and sustainable development.
- Ecological Society of
America
- The Online Homesteading and Small Farming Resource
- EPA's Surf Your Watershed
- Committee for the National Institute for the Environment, working to improve the scientific basis for making decisions on environmental issues through creation of a new, non-regulatory environmental science and education entity.
Indices of Links
- EnviroLink Library
- Environmental Organization WebDirectory!
- Empowerment Resources for Personal Growth, Social Change, and Ecology, offering discounted books and links.
Waste and Recycling
- Global Recycling Network, a business look at eco-products.
- The Humanure Handbook Online, filled with information about composting human waste.
Agriculture and Plants
- CSANA, everything you need to know about Community Supported Agriculture.
- Plants For A Future, to research plant varieties and uses.
Sustainable Building
- Environmental Building News
- greenhomebuilding.com has resources and photos for strawbale, earthbag, cob, papercrete, and more.
- Sustainable Sources Environmental Website
- Cob Cottage Company
- Affordable Comfort is a leader in energy efficiency, weatherization, home environmental quality, and housing performance.
- Building Energy Efficiency Group (BEA) undertakes diverse research on the performance of buildings through both direct measurement and simulation
- Energy Efficient Building Organization (EEBA)
- Oikos: Green Building Source
- ENERGY STAR Homes Program, U.S. EPA Energy Star Program
Non-Profit Resources
- The Idealist, a list of
nonprofits on the web and resources for them.
Publications
- Home Power Magazine
- BackHome Magazine
- Museletter is a monthly exploration of cultural renewal. Good stuff.
- New Money
for Healthy Communities-local currency
- The International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology
- Home Energy magazine
- Rustle the Leaf, an enlightening and amusing online comic with an ecological and progressive focus.
- The Guardian, a monthly newsletter of national and international environmental service trips.
