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There are so many web-based resources for learning about sustainable living
that I'm afraid to start listing them. These are some of the important links
to organizations in the Pioneer Valley and nationally. I've also included
some "links to links" to help you get started on your path to
learning about sustainable living.
Some
Local Links
UMass Library
Sustainability Page
UMass Office of Waste
Management
The Environmental Institute
The Peacemaker Community
Massachusetts
Executive Office of Environmental Affairs
Hitchcock Center for the Environment
Northeast
Sustainable Energy Association
Center for
Ecological Technologies
Pioneer
Valley Sustainable Development Initiative
Center
for Environmental Literacy
E.F.
Schumacher Society
Living
Routes Programs
MassPirg
Coop Power
University
& Nonprofit Organizations
The Center for a Livable Future
(Johns Hopkins)
Healthy Home Program (Univ. of
Wisconsin)
Science and Technology for Sustainability (Harvard
University)
Gaviotas: A Village to
Reinvent the World
National Religious Partnership for the
Environment
Simple Living Network
Communities by Choice
Sustainable Step New England
The Sustainability Institute
Homesteading
K-12 Education
Earth Charter
Global
Scenarios
Redefining
Progress
Joanna
Macy
Green
Maps
Ecological
Living
Earth
Pledge
Center
for a New American Dream
The
Apeiron Institute
Carbon Fund
Commercial
Sites
Green Home Living
Greensense
The Corporation
Resources
Zero
Waste Alliance
USGS
Mapping Tools
Google
Earth
Pollution
Check for your Community
Food
and Water Watch
Ecological
Footprint Links
Articles
to Read
Taking the Natural Step
by Paul Hawken
The Great Turning by Joanna Macy
Talk about
Wealth by Daniel Quinn
On-line
Books
Sustainability: A
Conceptual Framework (Appendix only)
Great
Transition: the Promise and Lure of the Times Ahead (pdf file)
AAAS Atlas of
Population and Environment
Links
to Links
Sustainable Communities Network
Eco-Sustainable Links
Global
Ecovillage Network
Sustainable Development Communications Network
Science and Technology for Sustainability (Harvard
University)
Sustainable
Measures
Virtual Library on
Sustainable Development
Tools
For carbon offset
calculations:
http://www.carbonfund.org/carbon/index.php
http://www.climatecare.org/calculator/index.cfm
http://www.bestfootforward.com/carbonlife.htm
For ecological footprint:
http://www.earthday.net/footprint/index.asp
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