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What is Living Green?

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Low-Impact Living reduces environmental and social impacts by using a product or service or adopting a behavior that:

  • Reduces energy use & uses renewable energy
  • Contains recycled material
  • Reduces packaging
  • Is less toxic
  • Is durable, reusable
  • Conserves & protects water
  • Is derived from plants
  • Is organically grown, sustainably produced
  • Is locally produced
  • Is socially responsible
Hotlinks to Additional Internet Resources:
Building on the Kyoto Protocol: Options for Protecting the Climate :  new link — (256 pages) Experts from around the world explore options for strengthening the Kyoto Protocol and Climate Convention, including proposals to engage both developed and developing countries in protecting the climate. Edited by Kevin A. Baumert with Odile Blanchard, Silvi Llosa and James Perkaus.
Chatter Creek Mountain Lodge Construction :  new link — Photo journal of mountain lodge construction at Chatter Creek, deep in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Follow the impossible task of building a 9300 sq. ft log building in one short summer. Editor’s note–we at Otherpower.com thought we lived in a remote area until we read this web log. Wow!
Does the Solid Waste Management Hierarchy Make Sense? :  new link — A Technical, Economic & Environmental Justification for the Priority of Source Reduction and Recycling – John Schall, October, 1992
Society For Conservation GIS:  new link — The SCB is an international professional organization dedicated to promoting the scientific study of the phenomena that affect the maintenance, loss, and restoration of biological diversity. The Society’s membership comprises people in the conservation and study of biological diversity: resource managers, educators, government and private conservation workers, and students.

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Strawbale Home Links

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2001 Austin Strawbale Home Tour:  The Youth Climate Change Conference (‘YC3’) is a youth-lead initiative, focused on action, alternatives, and solutions for a changing world / (added 09/2005)
50 Straw Bale House Plans:  See pictures of 8 houses." (Feb ’02) / (added 09/2005)
A House of Straw:   / (added 09/2005)
Agriboard Industries:  Carolyn and her two teenage sons have built a small, load-bearing straw bale house in the Sonoran desert near Tucson with earthen plasters and an earthen floor. She wrote a book about it; a good read. / (added 09/2005)
Alta Goldboard:  Non-toxic, cost-competitive, soundproof, high fire rating, environmentally friendly insulation material.. for those places where bales can be a bit too big (like in interior walls), there’s Agriboard. They compress straw to make "durable and highly insulated" panels for inside and out. / (added 09/2005)
Amazon Nails:  Another strawboard-maker, this one an Alberta, Canada, company supported with regional investments. / (added 09/2005)
ASTM E84-98 Surface Burning Characteristics report:   / (added 09/2005)
Aura Borealis:   / (added 09/2005)
Ausbaleorg:  Gallery of cold climate strawbale houses. (Mar ’02) / (added 09/2005)
Biomass (Straw) and Coal:  The Australian Straw Bale Building Association. New site online in Nov. 04. Partly under construction. Good FAQ and general information. (Igor, Nov 19/04) / (added 09/2005)
Build a house in two days using straw:  SK Power Avedore Dk  / (added 09/2005)
Building a House of Straw:  In 27 short sentences, syndicated columnist James T. Dulley answers the question, "Exactly how is a house built with straw bales and is this type of construction very energy efficient?" (Of course, you can’t really build a SB house in two days that meets contemporary ‘American-suburbs’ expectations.) / (added 09/2005)
Building A House of Straw (November 1998):  Read a little about how a Pennsylvania couple built their SB house in the captions of these nicely exploding thumbnails. This page sits on an interesting commercial website pitched toward large custom homes (their sample contractor schedule is for a [gasp!] 6,000 sf home!), both contractor- and owner-built.  / (added 09/2005)
Building A Straw Bale Garage In Edmonton:  How durable are straw-bale buildings in the wet northwest climate? In hopes of finding out, students and staff at PCC’s engineering department constructed a small straw bale structure in the Summer of 1996." / (added 09/2005)
Building Green Guide:  They built a garage. They built it in Edmonton. They built it with straw bales. And they have pictures to prove it. / (added 09/2005)
Building Straw Houses on a Firm Foundation:   / (added 09/2005)
Building with Straw:   / (added 09/2005)
Buildings of Earth and Straw:   / (added 09/2005)
Buildings Of Earth And Straw :   / (added 09/2005)
Built By Hand:   / (added 09/2005)
Burbophobia: Strawbale Construction in the Colorado Rockies:   / (added 09/2005)
Cal Earth (Nader Khalili):  Burbophobia is one of the best SB sites going, steeped in grounded wisdom and put together with love and humor by owner-builder Sara Mock / (added 09/2005)
Cal-Earth – California Institute of Earth Art and Architecture:  Nader Khalili’s California Institute of Earth Art and Architecture / (added 09/2005)
CalMax Helps Bale Out Rice Grower:  Nader Khalili is an amazing architect, and his ideas about the philosophy and methodology of building are a rich resource, well worth exploring. (reviewed by Igor, Dec 6/04) / (added 09/2005)
Camels Back Construction:  The story of Ron Kampschmidt, a California rice grower, and how he’s marketed 240 tons of rice straw  / (added 09/2005)
Canelo Project:  An Ontario, Canada, builder’s site. / (added 09/2005)
Casas Que Cantan—Houses That Sing:    / (added 09/2005)
Casting a Straw Vote—The First Straw:  An effort of the Canelo Project that totally deserves its own listing here. "Eight women in a community called Xochitl (‘Flower’ in Nauhuatl) on the outskirts of Cuidad Obregon, Mexico, have been working together to build each other’s houses."  / (added 09/2005)
Claiborne & Churchill Winery:   / (added 09/2005)
Cob Builders Handbook:  California vintners whose vintry is built of bales; there are a couple shots of it under the About The Winery link. / (added 09/2005)
CobCrew Home Page:  Cob building uses hands and feet to form lumps of earth mixed with sand and straw, a sensory and aesthetic experience similar to sculpting with clay. / (added 09/2005)
Cobworks :  .. Texans getting dirty and sharing their floor plans and a host of Very Large Pictures; a nice cob recipe and details on their foundation system for expansive clay. / (added 09/2005)
Colorado Straw Balers:  has inspiring photos from British Columbia. And workshops and stuff, too. / (added 09/2005)
Complete Owner Builder Systems (COBS):  In Minneapolis, a SB plan book and other info / (added 09/2005)
Composting Greenhouse with Straw Bale Foundation:  Recycled steel and strawbale packages including financing. (Oct ’00) / (added 09/2005)
Cornertstones:  "Our household of 2 adults and three children obtained all our household hot water from a composting greenhouse we constructed in Portland, Oregon in 1994. It provided hot water at a temperature of 90-130 degrees (Fahrenheit) continuously until it was dismantled 18 months later." A thorough article written by the people who built it, with high-quality illustrative pictures. / (added 09/2005)
CRESTs Strawbale Mailing List Archive:  An adobe conservation group. There’s a lot to be learned from them. / (added 09/2005)
David Bainbridges slides on Strawbale Construction:  Don’t miss these real life discussions by folks like you and me, out there hashin’ out just how this strawbale stuff works. / (added 09/2005)
DAWN:  SB in pictures / (added 09/2005)
Design Guide For Frost-Protected Shallow Foundations:   / (added 09/2005)
DESIGN GUIDE FOR FROST-PROTECTED SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS :  Something good from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.. a must-read for anybody in a deep-frost climate. (Many thanks to John Cropper for the download, conversion, & web posting!) / (added 09/2005)
Developing and Proof-Testing the Prestressed Nebraska Method for Improved Production of Baled Fibre Housing:  This document has very nice scanned images of foundations. / (added 09/2005)
Ecological Building Network:  Fibrehouse Limited, outta Ontario, has developed their own way to precompress walls for load-bearing SB houses. This is the TOC, Abstract and Executive Summary of the report. While it may not be an approach you could do line-by-line on your one-off owner-built home, there’s some very handy gleanings to be had here. (Credit where it’s due:  / (added 09/2005)
Energy Savings With Straw Bale Construction:   / (added 09/2005)
European Strawbale Network:  Both domestically and internationally, Environmental Defense works to stabilize Earth’s climate by reducing the emission of greenhouse gases. / (added 09/2005)
Experiments in Sustainable Urban Living:   / (added 09/2005)
Groundworks and operated by :   / (added 09/2005)
Guide to Straw Bale Building:  is a cob-building school owned / (added 09/2005)
Habitat for Humanity Goes for Straw:   / (added 09/2005)
Hank and Anita Carrs Straw Bale Builders and Straw Bale Enthusiasts Website:   / (added 09/2005)
Hay Bale Construction test structure in Bowie MD:  "Lots of good info on recently completed southeastern Ontario project. Offer tours." (Dec 15/03) / (added 09/2005)
House of Straw: Straw Bale Construction Comes of Age:   / (added 09/2005)
House of Straw—Straw Bale Construction Comes of Age:   / (added 09/2005)
How to Qualify a Contractor :   / (added 09/2005)
Huff And Puff-Proof Homes:   / (added 09/2005)
Igors Surfin Supplement:   / (added 09/2005)
Imagine Strawbale Constructions:   / (added 09/2005)
Intentional Community of Rochester Indiana:  Another Australian connection, this time an architecture and building firm out of Victoria. Basic SB info & nice pics, in one of the most elegant-looking SB pages around, warm and sumptuous. I met Per Bernard at the 1997 International Straw Bale Conference. Drop him a line. / (added 09/2005)
Internet Hay Exchange:   / (added 09/2005)
Internet Hay Exchange—Hay For Sale:  mostly for hay, buy hey, it has some straw, and you might get some good leads from the e-mail linked farmers. / (added 09/2005)
IronStraw Group:  Straw too. Bale providers listed by state. / (added 09/2005)
La Maison en Paille:   / (added 09/2005)
La Maison R-40:  New French website on strawbale construction activities in Europe / (added 09/2005)
Landings in Emerald Nebraska:   / (added 09/2005)
Lighthooks Strawbale House Page:  some images and information regarding a two story building built in 1945 located  6 miles west of Lincoln, Nebraska / (added 09/2005)
Living Shelter Design— Architects:  Another oldie-but-goodie. Their links page is almost a complete washout these days, but most of the other info still rocks.  / (added 09/2005)
Living Sol:  "We design, consult, and give workshops in the pacific northwest." (Jan ’03) / (added 09/2005)
LX&R Design Floorplans and Photos :  "Consultation, design and building; Killaloe, Ontario." (Sept ’03) / (added 09/2005)
master (beaver) builders:  of strawbale homes. / (added 09/2005)
Moisture Properties of Plaster and Stucco for Strawbale Buildings :  and a great kid’s page / (added 09/2005)
Moisture Sensor Study:  Draft report on research conducted by John Straube; 80 kB PDF file. (Aug ’00) / (added 09/2005)
Natural Building Photo Gallery:  They developed an inexpensive way to monitor SB houses for moisture content in the walls, and studied a few over time. More data on moisture is always a Good Thing, so contact them if you’d like to help out. (Seems to me that the best moisture peace of mind you could get would be installing a few inexpensive meters in your walls so that you’ll know if you’ve sprung a leak or something.) / (added 09/2005)
Newton House:  Oodles of natural and alternative building photos. / (added 09/2005)
Of Earthships and Straw Bales:  The Newton House explores the decision of sustainable building, and provides options for housing design, building materials and household utilities. Updates can be viewed of this strawbale house through the journal and data monitoring pages. / (added 09/2005)
Ontario Straw Bale Building Coalition:  "We are building two Non-Load Bearing 1800+ exterior square foot Straw Bale houses, modified post and beam using box columns, and are posting photos of our progress as we go." Lots of photos! Don’t let the flat-roof-with-parapets fool you; it’s still not a good idea for SB, even in the desert. / (added 09/2005)
Ortech Industries Pty Ltd:  Informative website, worth a visit. Detailed descriptions and stats on a number of houses / (added 09/2005)
Our Straw Bale Home:  "Easiboard combines desirable properties of strength, thermal and sound insulation together with fire resistance. 100% natural building panels manufactured from rice straw or wheaten straw or a combination of both raw materials." / (added 09/2005)
Pacific Gold Board:  "We are building our home on 8 acres in the Highland Gap community near Scaly Mountain, North Carolina." (Jan ’04) / (added 09/2005)
Patrick Marcotte:   / (added 09/2005)
Patterson Straw Bale Cottage Maine:  Interesting strawbale house. (Mar ’02) / (added 09/2005)
Pilgrim Holiness Church in Arthur County Nebraska:  Nice site, worth a visit. (Nov ’02) / (added 09/2005)
Pilot Study of Moisture Control in Stuccoed Straw Bale Walls:  Nebraska residents have used straw for a building material for over 100 years. Although there was a negative social stigma attached to living in a building made of straw, these homes were practical, inexpensive, efficient and sturdy. In fact several are still standing today. Nebraska Historical Society located in Lincoln Nebraska has a file on straw bale buildings in various counties in west and north Nebraska. These three pictures show various views of the church, built with straw bales, in Arthur County Nebraska. / (added 09/2005)
PlanetarySystemscom:  Fibrehouse’s study of houses and experimental buildings in cold and humid Quebec, "to determine the nature and severity of the moisture threats to the durability of the stucco-strawbale sandwich wall including modern stucco cases."  / (added 09/2005)
Post and Beam Frame Multi-story Hillside Straw Bale Home:  "Products and systems promoting renewable energy and sustainable living." (Apr 6/02) / (added 09/2005)
Richard & Robins Straw Bale Cabin:   / (added 09/2005)
Robins Nest:  When I lived in Minnesota, I knew people who would have looked at this page and actually said, "Oh, for cute!" Lots and lots of captioned photos of a gorgeous little peaked-roof cabin. And it clocked in at only nine bucks per square foot, US dollars. You can do this. / (added 09/2005)
R-Value of Straw Bales Lower Than Previously Reported:  A handful of uncaptioned shots of the making of what is claimed to be the world’s largest load bearing strawbale building: a bed-and-breakfast in Canada. / (added 09/2005)
SBAT (Straw Bale Association of Texas):   / (added 09/2005)
SBBA (WISE):  "The Straw Bale Association of Texas is dedicated to promoting straw bale construction in Texas. / (added 09/2005)
Skillful Means Builders :  The Straw Bale Building Association for Wales, Ireland, Scotland and England. If you’re in any of those countries, these are the people to see. / (added 09/2005)
Solar Living Center:   / (added 09/2005)
Sourcebook Straw Bale:   / (added 09/2005)
State of California Guidelines for Straw-bale Structures:   / (added 09/2005)
STRAP:   / (added 09/2005)
Straw Bale Association of Texas (SBAT):  STRAP, the Strawbale Regional Assistance Project, is an electronic organization of people who are willing to come together (i.e.: a 150 mile radius of travel) to help someone build a strawbale house. The goal is a volunteer group of 30 people per region, a large enough group (with 15 gathering at any one time) to raise the walls and install the roof of a 800-1000 square foot home in a two-day weekend. In one sense, the group acts as a dispersed, specialized crew for each other. In another, equally important sense, the group is a dispersed community, bound together by electronic threads, which periodically gathers to take part in a house-raising. / (added 09/2005)
Straw Bale Building: How to Plan Design and Build with Straw:  "The Straw Bale Association of Texas is dedicated to promoting straw bale construction in Texas. / (added 09/2005)
Straw Bale Cabin:   / (added 09/2005)
Straw Bale Construction How environmentally friendly IS it?:  in Alberta, Canada. Oct ’01 / (added 09/2005)
Straw Bale Construction: an Update:   / (added 09/2005)
Straw bale construction: try huffing and puffing these houses down:   / (added 09/2005)
Straw Bale Evangelism Takes Off:   / (added 09/2005)
Straw Bale Home Construction:   / (added 09/2005)
Straw Bale House at Swarthmore College:  In a site from El Paso, Texas, dedicated to solar energy / (added 09/2005)
Straw Bale Hut Turns Five (December 2000):  A SB structure built in 1994 that was measured continuously for temperature, humidity, moisture content, etc.. and then dismantled in 1998 and carefully examined. The folks at Swarthmore College tried some techniques that bear more looking into: a FPSF, bales used as concrete forms, and a mostly sand and lime stucco with whitewash finish. Good details, good pics; sure hope they eventually upload all the monitored results. / (added 09/2005)
Straw Bale Hut Update (March 1999):  The hut has two different solar systems that power the 40 sensors taking readings on moisture, humidity, and temperature.." / (added 09/2005)
Straw Bale Trading Post:  The Straw Bale hut is thriving. Neither wind, nor rain, nor snow has lessened its ability to survive." / (added 09/2005)
Straw Build Europe:  What most endears me to this site is the giant photo of a rotting 2×6. / (added 09/2005)
Straw Specialties:   / (added 09/2005)
Straw: The Next Great Building Material?:  Northwest’s largest supplier of certified noxious-weed-free straw. (Mar ’02) / (added 09/2005)
Strawbale Cottage:   / (added 09/2005)
Strawbale Information Centre:  Accommodations near Hepburn Springs, Australia. (Mar ’02) / (added 09/2005)
Strawbale Structural Components  :  "You CAN Build Your Own Home!! Thanks to the efforts of a few practical-minded zealots, building with strawbale has not only been preserved as a valuable technology, it’s being recognized as an increasingly popular alternative housing option.. This site is a brief introduction to the field. There’s no substitute for hands-on experience, so have a look around, then turn off the computer and start stacking!" / (added 09/2005)
Strawbale Studio Natural Building Site:   / (added 09/2005)
StrawBaleCom:  A great example of sustainability, this building in Michigan was started in 1997 on an experimental permit. It has a fieldstone foundation of stones from their own field, earthen floors and exterior, and a thatched roof from locally harvested reeds (phragmites). Beauty! This place is a place I’ve been wanting to visit for what can now officially be described as "years." I’ve met Deanne, and I’ve met Carolyn; and having got to know them, I’m certain that the pictures are only hinting at just how cool this place is. / (added 09/2005)
Syncronos Design:   / (added 09/2005)
System Gripple:  "Featuring: Straw bale, adobe, cob, and other alternative and green building materials." (Sept ’02) / (added 09/2005)
Taylor Marketing and Publishing:  Fencing? No. Think "tensioning." Think "connecting the top plate to the foundation." Think "manual compression of the Nebraska-style bale wall." Think sideways. / (added 09/2005)
Testing Straw Bale Construction in the Soggy Northwest:  Plenty of people like this mail-order place. Word is that Charmaine tries hard to make sure people are satisfied, and it seems that the customers appreciate it. / (added 09/2005)
The Canelo Project:  Soggy Northwesters, take note! This University of Oregon research project is also a 2-story SB dormitory at the Aprovecho Research Center. There’s a lot to think about here—and let me remind you again how important thinking is. Snap judgments, blind acceptance, and uninformed supposition.. just say no. Despite how it may seem to the more careless reader, this page draws almost no conclusions. Be wise. (Swelling and exploding bales?! For pity’s sake, ridiculous!) / (added 09/2005)
The Center for Resourceful Building Technology:    / (added 09/2005)
The Cob Builders Handbook:  It’s a thoughtful site, which speaks to the concerns of Housing and The Environment. They offer a booklet for sale under their Publications link called Strawbales As A Building Element, which "provides general background information on building with straw bales, including discussion of advantages and disadvantages of building with baled straw. This overview includes methods of load-bearing and non-load bearing applications, roofing and finish work." I’ve never seen a copy of it, so I’ll take them at their word. Also check out the article about "Northside Strawbale," a two-home development in Missoula, Montana, under the Demonstration link. / (added 09/2005)
The Landings in Emerald Nebraska:   / (added 09/2005)
The Robins Nest:   / (added 09/2005)
The Straw Bale Hut Turns Five (December 2000):  A handful of uncaptioned shots of the making of what is claimed to be the world’s largest load bearing strawbale building: a bed-and-breakfast in Canada. / (added 09/2005)
The Thermal Resistivity of Straw Bales for Construction:  The hut has two different solar systems that power the 40 sensors taking readings on moisture, humidity, and temperature.." / (added 09/2005)
Thermal Resistivity of Straw Bales for Construction:   / (added 09/2005)
Villa Millenium:   / (added 09/2005)
Whose Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?:   / (added 09/2005)
Wood chip and Light-clay Infill Systems:  We all know how things turned out for that first little pig, but he really didn’t have such a bad idea. There’s nothing flimsy about a house made of straw, as long as the straw is tightly baled, free of pesticides, dry, and used in accordance with good engineering principles.  Don’t believe it? Meet Susan Riebel of Rimrock, Arizona. She opened the Huff ‘n’ Puff Straw Bale Inn in August, 1996. The house boasts post-and-beam construction and a solar-powered electrical system. Hot water pipes run under the concrete slab floor, offering radiant heating in the winter. "And my utility bill runs about US$18 a month," said Susan. "It’s one of this house’s many great features."  / (added 09/2005)
Your Home Planet:  There isn’t anything about strawbale in this article. And yet I want you to read it anyway. / (added 09/2005)

Electric Scooters

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People ride electric scooters because they:

crave the feel of scooting — like skiing on land;
enjoy making local errands fun, quick and easy;
like to save money, meet new people, and protect the environment;
still need convenient, point-to-point transportation after losing their driving privileges;
want their own traffic "lane", convenient parking spots and shortcuts;
would use public transportation if they could avoid the "long walk";
find electric scooter dates even more romantic than motorcycle dates;
regularly travel farther than the 1-mile range of kick scooters;
deserve more fun and freedom in their lives.

For either recreation or transportation, electric scooters offer major advantages over the most popular gas-powered scooters:

  1. Electric scooters are allowed on public transit (bus/train/plane) whereas gas-powered scooters are prohibited.
  2. Noise and air pollution of gas-powered scooters is eliminated.
    Electric motors provide quick starts and hill-climbing without the delay of gas engine "ramp up".
  3. Although often purchased as a "toy", electric scooters often serve as transportation – whether for local errands or when youngsters go to college.
Hotlinks to Additional Internet Resources:
E Scooters:   / (added 09/2005)
Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA):  Manufacturer of pocket bike, electric-bike, electric motorcycle, gas scooter, electric scooter, golf cart and so on.  / (added 09/2005)
Electric Scooters:  (Formerly Electric Vehicle Association of the Americas) EDTA is an international association representing the interest of those involved in the development, production and use of battery, hybrid and fuel cell electric drive technologies and supporting infrastructure. EDTA serves as the central source of information on technical, market and policy issues for the electric drive industry. / (added 09/2005)
Electric Scooters & Electric Mobility Scooters:  Electric Scooters: information on electric scooters and environment-friendly transport. / (added 09/2005)
Electric Scooters Galore:  A wide variety of portable, convenient, cost and energy efficient electric scooters for recreation, commute and play. We offer great discounts and free shipping on every single one of our e-scooters!  / (added 09/2005)
Electric Vehicle Center of Technology (EVCT):  Info & reviews on electric scooters and other energy efficient vehicles. / (added 09/2005)
Electricore:   / (added 09/2005)
EV Tech:   / (added 09/2005)
Gobox Universal Motor Controller:  EV Tech sells all electric scooters, bikes, golf carts, low speed vehicles, utility vehicles and industrial vehicles. / (added 09/2005)
Groov-E-Skootz Online Electric & Gas Scooter Store:  The GoBox is a set of electronic subassemblies to control the Motor functions of Experimental Vehicles, specifically those that use water and hydrolysis products to reduce or replace petrol as combustible.  / (added 09/2005)
Hellenic Institute of Electric Vehicles:  See our full selection of electric and fuel-efficient gas vehicles at the guaranteed lowest prices. We sell parts and accessories for your electric scooter as well. Your #1 Source for Alternative Transportation. / (added 09/2005)
Hybrid Electric Vehicle Program (US Department of Energy):   / (added 09/2005)
Motorsooters for you – Electric or gas Motor Scooters and ATV and many others:   / (added 09/2005)
United States Council for Automotive Research (FreedomCAR):  We are excited to share the exciting and fun entertainment of owning your own electric or gas motorized scooters. We are looking to provide information to wonderful scooters that are fun and safe. Many new specials will allow multiple scooter purchases so everyone can enjoy the times together.  / (added 09/2005)
Welsh car team pioneer electric dream:   / (added 09/2005)

ReUse and Recycle

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Get the recycling habit to help conserve the earth’s resources and show your commitment to the environment, both globally and here in the UK. A lot of people doing something quite small to help the environment – makes a BIG difference!

And when you collect aluminium drinks cans and foil for recycling, you are not only helping the environment – up to 95% less energy is used every time a used drinks can or a foil pie case is recycled into new aluminium – but you are also releasing the high value of aluminium.

All over the country, aluminium cans and foil can be exchanged for cash, or donated to help raise funds for different local charities and community groups.

Or, you can give your aluminium to a local authority recycling scheme: most collect aluminium cans, and an increasing number operate foil schemes.

Every year in the UK almost 5,000,000,000 drinks in aluminium cans are consumed, along with foods packed or wrapped in 35,000 tonnes of aluminium foil. Over £10m a year is already paid to aluminium collectors, with another £30m-worth just waiting to be collected!

Abundant Dawn :   "Organic farming could produce enough food to feed large populations, according to British scientists at the Festival of Science in Sheffield." — "Organic farming can ‘feed the world’", BBC Science, September 14, 1999 / (added 09/2005)
Cities for Climate Protection:  Near Floyd Virgina / (added 09/2005)
CoHousing:  The Cities for Climate Protection program of the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives offers a framework for local governments to develop a strategic agenda to reduce global warming and air pollution emissions, with the benefit of improving community livability. / (added 09/2005)
Dancing Rabbit:   / (added 09/2005)
Earth Auroville:  An ecovillage set amid the hills and prairies of rural northeastern Missouri. Our goal is to live ecologically sustainable and socially rewarding lives, and to share the skills and ideas behind that lifestyle.  / (added 09/2005)
Earthaven :   / (added 09/2005)
Eco-village Challenge:  Earthaven Ecovillage is an aspiring ecovillage in a mountain forest setting near Asheville, North Carolina. We are dedicated to caring for people and the Earth by learning, living, and demonstrating a holistic, sustainable culture.  Since 1995, we have grown to 60 full members–from young children to a great-grandmother–and we expect to grow to 150 people. We are building homes in 14 neighborhoods and developing on-site businesses as part of our own village-scale economy. / (added 09/2005)
Experiments in  Sustainable Urban Living:  by Robert Gilman, from In Context issue 29 / (added 09/2005)
Federation of Canadian Municipalities – Partners for Climate Protection
:  in Portland, Oregon / (added 09/2005)
Federation of Egalitarian Communities :  PCP is a national program of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities that brings municipal governments together to reduce the local production of greenhouse gas emissions. / (added 09/2005)
Fellowship for Intentional Community :  a network of income sharing egalitarian communities. / (added 09/2005)
Findhorn:  a great place to find out about all sorts of intentional communities. / (added 09/2005)
GreenCommunitiescom:   / (added 09/2005)
La’akea Permaculture Gardens:   / (added 09/2005)
Lost Valley :  25-acre permaculture demonstration farm, which offers month-long residential programs in Permaculture Design and Deep Ecology.  / (added 09/2005)
Oregon Rural Action:  Community and education center in Oregon / (added 09/2005)
Sandhill Farm  :  Oregon Rural Action is a long term, multi-ethnic organization whose mission is to support and encourage community organizing around locally identified issues, with a shared vision of creating a healthy, democratic, and just society. ORA’s members and community groups work to promote social justice, agricultural and economic sustainability, and stewardship of the region’s land, air and water.  / (added 09/2005)
Sirius :   / (added 09/2005)
Skyhouse is a member of the Federation  of Egalitarian Communities:  Community with ecological focus in Massachusetts / (added 09/2005)
The Eco-village Challenge:   / (added 09/2005)

Hotlinks to Permaculture Internet Resources

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5th World Network:  "Environmental Building Design & Green Building Construction Searchable Web Portal." (July ’01) / (added 09/2005)
A Definition Of Permaculture:  provides networking and education for individuals and communities interested in sustainable development, permaculture, and bioregional resource protection.  / (added 09/2005)
A further explanation of Permaculture:  To paraphrase the founder of Permaculture, designer Bill Mollison:. Permaculture principles focus on thoughtful designs for small- scale intensive systems .. / (added 09/2005)
A Permaculture Designer’s Checklist:  by Food & Trees for Africa / (added 09/2005)
About Permaculture:  by Rene & Lorraine van Raders / (added 09/2005)
Around the world: Permaculture :  by Jocelyn Collins / (added 09/2005)
Australia: Permaculture:  From ATTRA – National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service located in Fayetteville, AR / (added 09/2005)
Australian Correspondence Schools:  From ATTRA – National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service located in Fayetteville, AR / (added 09/2005)
Australian Permaculture-More than organic gardening:  offers courses in Permaculture and other aspects of sustainability / (added 09/2005)
Berg-en-Dal:  Australian Permaculture Gardens. How you can create an oasis around your house. / (added 09/2005)
Building a square foot garden:   / (added 09/2005)
CAN THIS HOME BE GREENED?:   / (added 09/2005)
Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute:  new link — The LA Eco-Village, an intentional community in the heart of Los Angeles, encompasses a two-block area of older apartment buildings (see “Design for Life,” January/February 2003). Recently, Eco-Villager Lois Arkin asked for Natural Home’s input on the eco-rehab of a building that Eco-Village recently purchased. Bimini Terrace is a two-story, eighty-year-old, eight-unit Mediterranean Revival building. It has a wood-frame structure, flat parapet roof, and stucco exterior finish. The building faces east, with a lawn in front and detached garages in back. The south side faces a wide, sunny alley, and the north side is close to an adjacent apartment building. / (added 09/2005)
Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute design consult teach:   / (added 09/2005)
Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute, Basalt, Colorado:  .. a Permaculture training, counseling, research and development center. The Institute is part of an alliance of Permaculture activists on the cutting edge .. / (added 09/2005)
Characteristics of permaculture:  Permaculture training in the Colorado Rockies or the Bahamas. Also consulting. / (added 09/2005)
Comfortably Off the Grid:   / (added 09/2005)
Composting:  new link — Drawn together by their mutual questioning of architecture’s conventional party line and their search for holistic living alternatives, architects Ken Haggard and Polly Cooper have been designing passive solar buildings on California’s central coast for decades. In the late 1970s, the couple recycled buildings to create a home and office complex on an old trout farm just north of San Luis Obispo, where they broadened their practice to include sustainability issues such as the life-cycle impact of materials and the use of small buildings, healthy building materials, and permaculture. But when a wildfire plowed through Los Padres National Forest in 1994, burning 40,000 acres and leveling the complex, Ken and Polly were able to take a good hard look at their own lifestyle.  / (added 09/2005)
Composting for small farms:  Garden guides often describe composting as "nature’s way" of recycling. Not so — you just don’t ever find large amounts of organic matter with the correct carbon-nitrogen ratio, water content and aeration carefully piled up by bears or gorillas working away in the forests with a compost fork and a watering-can, leaving it cooking away at high temperatures and emitting jets of steam. Nature doesn’t make compost. Nature mulches / (added 09/2005)
Composting indoors:   / (added 09/2005)
Composting resources:   / (added 09/2005)
Crazy Palestinians Permaculture Page:   / (added 09/2005)
Crystal Waters:  Information on permaculture (including its ethics and principles), where to take permaculture courses, and other links. / (added 09/2005)
David Holmgren:  village in Australia designed in 1985 by Eco-Logical Solutions.  / (added 09/2005)
Edible Ecosystems in Sustainable Agriculture:  David Holmgren was the research student and co-originator with Bill Mollison, his research supervisor, of the permaculture concept. / (added 09/2005)
Feeding the world?:  study of permaculture in Britain by Graeme Sherrif, 2001. Includes case study photographs and information.  / (added 09/2005)
Feet On the Ground:  "Feeding the world?" Quietly, slowly and very significantly, sustainable agriculture is sweeping the farming systems of the world — Jules Pretty, Director of the Centre for Environment and Society at the University of Essex, examines the myths and realities of sustainable farming’s quiet revolution. / (added 09/2005)
First Straw:  A floor made of dirt, you say? Far from being dusty, this leather-like material is comfortable, durable, and an eco-friendly addition to any home.  / (added 09/2005)
Garden pond:  Hanuman Bertschy trod where no Virginian had gone before when she built a straw bale home on an ashram just outside of Charlottesville. / (added 09/2005)
Green Mountain Permaculture:   / (added 09/2005)
Greenmountain Permaculture:  Teaches and practices permaculture design on the shores of Lake Champlain in northern Vermont. Site also offers a photo galley of projects and articles. / (added 09/2005)
Humanure:  new link — Teaches and practices permaculture design on the shores of Lake Champlain in northern Vermont. Site also offers a photo galley of projects and articles. / (added 09/2005)
ibiblio: Permaculture:   / (added 09/2005)
Instituto de Permacultura Cerrado-Pantanal:   / (added 09/2005)
International Institute for Ecological Agriculture:  Good collection of permaculture information resources, with special focus on projects, courses, people, and newsletters in Brazil. (English, Spanish, and Portuguese languages) / (added 09/2005)
Intro to Permaculture:  Information, reading list, and links on permaculture and community-supported agriculture. / (added 09/2005)
Introduction to Permaculture: Concepts and Resources:  Permaculture Visions International is a leader in Permaculture by Distance Learning, with students from Alaska to Outback Australia. Permaculture is about .. / (added 09/2005)
Klein Karoo Sustainable Drylands Permaculture Project:   / (added 09/2005)
Kootenay Permaculture Institute:  Klein Karoo sustainable drylands permaculture project is a permaculture eco-village in South Africa / (added 09/2005)
KOOTENAY PERMACULTURE INSTITUTE education in organic agriculture:  Information about the permaculture research and education undertaken by the institute based in British Columbia, Canada. / (added 09/2005)
Laakea Permaculture Gardens:  Kootenay Permaculture a centre for research, design, consulting, education apprenticeship, sustainable living organic agriculture agro forestry in British .. / (added 09/2005)
Making compost:  Offers month-long courses in permaculture design and deep ecology. / (added 09/2005)
Natural Home Natural Community :   / (added 09/2005)
Naturewise Permaculture and Forest Gardens:  It is great to live in a natural home, and it is wonderful to see more and more of them. But what about the context of these natural homes? Are they also located in natural communities or natural neighborhoods? Very few are, I expect. Many of us have a dream of living in a sustainable, healthy community—a “natural community.” What can we do to make the dream a reality? / (added 09/2005)
No ground? Use containers:  About programs in London, UK, promoting permaculture and forest gardens, including courses on permaculture. / (added 09/2005)
Organic Gardening will Feed the World:   / (added 09/2005)
Permacult Project:  "The truth, so effectively suppressed that it is now almost impossible to believe, is that organic farming is the key to feeding the world." — "Biotech has bamboozled us all — Studies suggest that traditional farming methods are still the best", The Guardian, August 24, 2000 / (added 09/2005)
Permaculture:  holistic design system working in harmony with and imitating nature to produce healthy food crop and a sustainable community.  / (added 09/2005)
Permaculture & Outdoor Education:  Permaculture Academy of Brittany. / (added 09/2005)
Permaculture and Sustainable Architecture:   / (added 09/2005)
Permaculture Association (Britain) – Designing for Sustainability:   / (added 09/2005)
Permaculture Credit Union:  Provides information about the association, courses, UK links and general permaculture information. / (added 09/2005)
Permaculture defined:  Permaculture Credit Union – the first financial institution based on the ethics of permaculture – care for the earth, care for the species, and sharing the .. / (added 09/2005)
Permaculture defined:  From ATTRA – National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service located in Fayetteville, AR / (added 09/2005)
Permaculture Definition:   / (added 09/2005)
Permaculture Education-Djanbung Garden:  by Geoff Lawton / (added 09/2005)
Permaculture founder Bill Mollison:  for information about Djanbung Gardens Australia’s leading permaculture .. Permaculture Education at Djanbung Gardens is proud to be one of the first .. / (added 09/2005)
Permaculture From Down Under:  Interview of Mill Mollison om In Context / (added 09/2005)
Permaculture in Mexico:  Introduction to permaculture in hot climates. / (added 09/2005)
Permaculture in New Zealand:  activities, contacts, articles, and more. In Spanish and English.  / (added 09/2005)
Permaculture Institute:  Information about the world of permaculture in New Zealand. Site also has event listings and a question and answer forum. / (added 09/2005)
Permaculture International:  Our Institute’s mission statement is the promotion of sustainable system design known as Permaculture, through education, publishing, translation, implementation, the development of curricula, and the establishment and administration of aid projects. / (added 09/2005)
Permaculture International Ltd:   / (added 09/2005)
Permaculture Internationals:  Publisher Permaculture International Journal, now a networking organization connecting permaculture groups and activists as well as offering an electronic newsletter. / (added 09/2005)
Permaculture Melbourne:  Permaculture International Limited (PIL) provides services to members in ..PIL wishes to update Permaculture International’s Global Directory of Pc .. / (added 09/2005)
Permaculture Principles:  Enabling people to establish productive environments providing for food, energy, shelter, material and non-material needs. / (added 09/2005)
Permaculture resources :  by Frank & Vicky Giannangelo / (added 09/2005)
Permaculture Sustainable Futures:   / (added 09/2005)
Permaculture The Earth:  new link — Environmental planning and design for permaculture and ecologically sound village designs. Australia. / (added 09/2005)
Permaculture Visions:  Offers information about sustainable design and interactive forums for the discussion of topics related to permaculture. / (added 09/2005)
Permaculture Visions International:  Australian permaculture school, which teaches by correspondence.  / (added 09/2005)
Permaculture.co.za:  Worldwide Permaculture School and support network with students in over 20 countries. Collection of writings and ideas about permaculture. Offers permaculture courses by distance learning. / (added 09/2005)
Permaculture: Method of Agriculture, Way of Life:  A personal website, with information about permaculture and other related issues. It also includes "The diary of a landless farmer." / (added 09/2005)
PermacultureNet !:  Article describes the permaculture philosophy, outlines its history, and discusses prospects for its future. From Catalyst, a student magazine at Brown University. / (added 09/2005)
PermAgro The Permaculture Research Institute Denmark:  Permaculture training in the Colorado Rockies or the Bahamas. Also consulting. / (added 09/2005)
Philosophical and Practical Overview of Permaculture:  A non-government organization to research sustainable agriculture in a cold temperate climate, teach people the basics of permaculture, and promote the importance of seed saving. Provides information on different types permaculture. / (added 09/2005)
PIW – Home:  project explores permaculture as a viable alternative.  / (added 09/2005)
Planetary Permaculture Directory:  Welcome to the Permaculture Information Web, a growing resource of Permaculture information created by and for the people who use it. .. / (added 09/2005)
Plant spacing guides:   / (added 09/2005)
Quindalup Permaculture Farm:   / (added 09/2005)
Robert Hart’s Forest Garden:  a place to visit for information and practical tips on permaculture and sustainable agriculture.  / (added 09/2005)
SEED International Home:  A small celebration of Robert’s forest garden at Wenlock Edge, described as ‘possibly the UK’s only fully developed Permaculture Project.’ / (added 09/2005)
Simply Lush:  permaculture, permaculture designs course, hands-on permaculture workshop, community food systems, local food, city farms, community gardens, ecodesign, .. / (added 09/2005)
Sustainability as Seen from a Vegetable Garden:  By working with nature’s cycles, James Stark and Penny Livingston have created a veritable Eden in the heart of Point Reyes, California. / (added 09/2005)
The Crazy Palestinians Permaculture Page:  The site is an honours thesis completed in 1999. It looks at urban sustainability as highlighted by community gardens in Sydney, Australia. / (added 09/2005)
The ethics of permaculture:  Information on permaculture (including its ethics and principles), where to take permaculture courses, and other links. / (added 09/2005)
The First Straw:   / (added 09/2005)
The Food Forest:  Hanuman Bertschy trod where no Virginian had gone before when she built a straw bale home on an ashram just outside of Charlottesville. / (added 09/2005)
The Permaculture Project:  A 40-acre permaculture demonstration, and production property at Gawler South Australia. Offers consulting services, learning courses, information, and tours. / (added 09/2005)
The practical application of permaculture:  Promotes true self-reliance for all through personal and customized consultation, research, design, implementation, workshops and seminars. / (added 09/2005)
The principles of permaculture design:   / (added 09/2005)
U of Missouri-Columbia Water-Efficient Gardening & Landscaping:   / (added 09/2005)
United States: Permaculture:  Gather ideas for plants to use in low water use zones by observing native plants along roadsides or other undisturbed areas. / (added 09/2005)
Vermicomposting:  From ATTRA – National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service located in Fayetteville, AR / (added 09/2005)
Weeds or Wild Nature?:   / (added 09/2005)
What is Permaculture?:  1997 article by David Holmgren, one of the co-founders of the permaculture movement, discusses the evolution of ideas related to environmentally progressive responses to weeds and pests, with particular focus on Australia. / (added 09/2005)
What is Permaculture?:  by Kirby Fry / (added 09/2005)
When to sow what:  by James Neill / (added 09/2005)
Yes, Organic Farmers Can Feed the World:   / (added 09/2005)

What is Permaculture?

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Permaculture (permanent agriculture) is the conscious design and maintenance of agriculturally productive ecosystems which have the diversity, stability, and resilience of natural ecosystems. It is the harmonious integration of landscape and people providing their food, energy, shelter, and other material and non-material needs in a sustainable way. Without permanent agriculture there is no possibility of a stable social order.

Permaculture design is a system of assembling conceptual, material, and strategic components in a pattern which functions to benefit life in all its forms.

The philosophy behind permaculture is one of working with, rather than against, nature; of protracted and thoughtful observation rather than protracted and thoughtless action; of looking at systems in all their functions, rather than asking only one yield of them; and allowing systems to demonstrate their own evolutions.

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Hotlinks to Additional Internet Resources:
Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute:  new link — The LA Eco-Village, an intentional community in the heart of Los Angeles, encompasses a two-block area of older apartment buildings (see “Design for Life,” January/February 2003). Recently, Eco-Villager Lois Arkin asked for Natural Home’s input on the eco-rehab of a building that Eco-Village recently purchased. Bimini Terrace is a two-story, eighty-year-old, eight-unit Mediterranean Revival building. It has a wood-frame structure, flat parapet roof, and stucco exterior finish. The building faces east, with a lawn in front and detached garages in back. The south side faces a wide, sunny alley, and the north side is close to an adjacent apartment building.
Composting:  new link — Drawn together by their mutual questioning of architecture’s conventional party line and their search for holistic living alternatives, architects Ken Haggard and Polly Cooper have been designing passive solar buildings on California’s central coast for decades. In the late 1970s, the couple recycled buildings to create a home and office complex on an old trout farm just north of San Luis Obispo, where they broadened their practice to include sustainability issues such as the life-cycle impact of materials and the use of small buildings, healthy building materials, and permaculture. But when a wildfire plowed through Los Padres National Forest in 1994, burning 40,000 acres and leveling the complex, Ken and Polly were able to take a good hard look at their own lifestyle. 
Humanure:  new link — Teaches and practices permaculture design on the shores of Lake Champlain in northern Vermont. Site also offers a photo galley of projects and articles.
Permaculture The Earth:  new link — Environmental planning and design for permaculture and ecologically sound village designs. Australia.

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What is Natural Building?

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"Natural building" is an umbrella term than connotes any sort of building that is accomplished with the use of natural materials primarily, as opposed to the use of man-made or industrial materials. There is, of course, a blurring of this distinction when any specific material or building technique is examined, because the influence of technology is all-pervasive in today’s world. Still, it is worthwhile to focus on those ways of building that minimize the use of products that require considerable embodied energy for their manufacture or transportation. The objective is to build with simple techniques that don’t further pollute the environment, consume more fossil fuel, or unnecessarily extract the resources of Mother Earth. Such techniques, by their very nature, have an aesthetic value that tends to blend in with the environment and "feel" natural.

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Strawbales

Strawbale buildings are all the rage in alternative construction today, and with good reason–they are cheap, easy to build, and very energy efficient. Strawbale buildings look similar to adobe, with massive walls, wide window sills and typically rounded corners, but with the added benefit of a higher insulation value. The soft, sometimes curvy edges of strawbale construction can lend a fairy tale look to the finished structures. The fun part of strawbale construction is that anyone can do it. Anyone can help stack the fluffy, oversized bricks in place.

Strawbale homes and outbuildings were first developed by pioneers in the Sand Hills of Nebraska where there was lots of straw, but few trees. The early pioneers built houses of sod, up until the late 1800’s when baling technology provided the first compressed, string-tied rectangular bales. The next logical step was to stack those bales like bricks to make warm walls. Strawbale buildings from the early 1900’s are still in use and in excellent condition today.

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Hotlinks to Additional Internet Resources:
Natural Building Photo Gallery:  new link — They developed an inexpensive way to monitor SB houses for moisture content in the walls, and studied a few over time. More data on moisture is always a Good Thing, so contact them if you’d like to help out. (Seems to me that the best moisture peace of mind you could get would be installing a few inexpensive meters in your walls so that you’ll know if you’ve sprung a leak or something.)
The Cob Builders Handbook:  new link — It’s a thoughtful site, which speaks to the concerns of Housing and The Environment. They offer a booklet for sale under their Publications link called Strawbales As A Building Element, which "provides general background information on building with straw bales, including discussion of advantages and disadvantages of building with baled straw. This overview includes methods of load-bearing and non-load bearing applications, roofing and finish work." I’ve never seen a copy of it, so I’ll take them at their word. Also check out the article about "Northside Strawbale," a two-home development in Missoula, Montana, under the Demonstration link.
The Thermal Resistivity of Straw Bales for Construction:  new link — The hut has two different solar systems that power the 40 sensors taking readings on moisture, humidity, and temperature.."
Wood chip and Light-clay Infill Systems:  new link — We all know how things turned out for that first little pig, but he really didn’t have such a bad idea. There’s nothing flimsy about a house made of straw, as long as the straw is tightly baled, free of pesticides, dry, and used in accordance with good engineering principles.  Don’t believe it? Meet Susan Riebel of Rimrock, Arizona. She opened the Huff ‘n’ Puff Straw Bale Inn in August, 1996. The house boasts post-and-beam construction and a solar-powered electrical system. Hot water pipes run under the concrete slab floor, offering radiant heating in the winter. "And my utility bill runs about US$18 a month," said Susan. "It’s one of this house’s many great features."

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Hotlinks to Living Green Internet Resources

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(Beer) Building Energy Efficiency Research:  is the Building Energy Efficiency Research project at the Department of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong. The objective of this research study is to formulate effective strategies for achieving energy efficient design in architecture and buildings. / (added 09/2005)
(EECA) The Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority:  EECA’s role is to encourage, promote, and support the uptake of energy efficient initiatives and renewable energy. / (added 09/2005)
A climate and environmental strategy for US agriculture :  (20 pages) Examines how implementation of the Kyoto Protocol could actually help U.S. agriculture. Paul Faeth and Suzie Greenhalgh. / (added 09/2005)
A Climate of Innovation: Northeast business action to reduce greenhouse gases :  (30 pages) Reviews corporate greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions management based on the experiences of 9 large corporations from various economic sectors. Andrew Aulisi, Jennifer Layke and Samantha Putt del Pino. / (added 09/2005)
A flushing device that saves the maximum possible amount of water:  The user stops the flush just as soon as the pan is clear. / (added 09/2005)
A Green Home is a Healthy Home:  The ways that you use water and energy even what you do with your backyard can have a very significant health impact / (added 09/2005)
A Precise Water Monitoring Device:  Make a precision instrument from common hardware supplies. / (added 09/2005)
A Summary of Water Pasteurization Techniques:   / (added 09/2005)
A water-wise Demonstration Garden:  High-tech equipment uses local weather data to water your landscape with maximum efficiency / (added 09/2005)
Advanced Building Systems:  Environmental Responsible Construction Materials – Aerated Autoclaved Concrete Blocks, Pre Insulated Light Gauge Steel Panels / (added 09/2005)
Alameda County Waste Management Authority:  Alameda County, CA / (added 09/2005)
Alfalfa Irrigation Scheduling with an Automated Evaporation Pan System:  Reese Valley, Nevada, Evaporation Pan and Evapotranspiration Data. / (added 09/2005)
Are We Running Out of Wood:  Robert Bryce on timber and sustainability  / (added 09/2005)
Arlington County Virginia:   / (added 09/2005)
Artic Glass and Window:  Insulated glass for sunroom and solar homes, energy efficient windows, doors and skylights. Over 100,000 thermal panes sold since 1979 / (added 09/2005)
Ask the Expert: Do radiant barriers damage shingles?:   / (added 09/2005)
Ask the Expert: How does paint color affect energy use?:   / (added 09/2005)
Ask the Expert: Is masonry insulation worth the money and effort?:   / (added 09/2005)
Ask the Expert: Should I hire a home energy auditor?:   / (added 09/2005)
Ask the Expert: What difference does leaving one light bulb on make?:   / (added 09/2005)
Ask the Expert: What should I do about leaky jalousie windows?:   / (added 09/2005)
Ask the Expert: What’s the real scoop on double paned windows?:   / (added 09/2005)
Association of BC Professional Foresters :  Association of 4,000 members who work in government, industry and consulting throughout British Columbia.  / (added 09/2005)
Austin Sustainable Building Coalition Austin Texas:    / (added 09/2005)
Awakening the ‘Dead Zone’: An investment for agriculture, water quality, and climate change :  (24 pages) Compares a number of policy options to reduce nutrient loss in the Mississippi River Basin from agricultural sources, provide new income sources for farmers, and help address hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico. Suzie Greenhalgh and Amanda Sauer. / (added 09/2005)
Back to Basics? :  The Viability of Plastics Recycling By Tertiary ProcessesT.- Randall Curlee and Sujit Das, September, 1996 / (added 09/2005)
BagelHoleorg :  An excellent rural living, renewable energy and survival site! Big links directory. / (added 09/2005)
BC Community Forestry Directory :  For a directory of what community forestry projects are doing in BC  / (added 09/2005)
Beer (Building Energy Efficiency Research):  is the Building Energy Efficiency Research project at the Department of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong. The objective of this research study is to formulate effective strategies for achieving energy efficient design in architecture and buildings. / (added 09/2005)
BestPractices Program:   / (added 09/2005)
Bringing conservation from the countryside to your backyard – Backyard Conservation booklet by USDAs Natural Resources Conservation Service:   / (added 09/2005)
Build a Better Kitsap:  Kitsap County HBA, WA / (added 09/2005)
Build San Antonio Green:   / (added 09/2005)
Building Energy Analysis Group (Bea):  undertakes diverse research on the performance of buildings through both direct measurement and simulation / (added 09/2005)
Building Industry Professionals for Environmental Responsibility:  BIPER USA provides a range of resources for sustainable design professionals.  / (added 09/2005)
Building on the Kyoto Protocol: Options for Protecting the Climate :  new link — (256 pages) Experts from around the world explore options for strengthening the Kyoto Protocol and Climate Convention, including proposals to engage both developed and developing countries in protecting the climate. Edited by Kevin A. Baumert with Odile Blanchard, Silvi Llosa and James Perkaus. / (added 09/2005)
Built Green:  Master Builders Association of King & Snohomish Counties, WA / (added 09/2005)
Built Green Colorado:  Home Builders Association of Metro Denver / (added 09/2005)
Built Green/Green Space:  Southwestern WA / (added 09/2005)
Business Conservation Initiatives:  A water audit is an excellent place to start determining where excess water is being used / (added 09/2005)
Busy Persons Guide to Greener Living :  The choices you make each day matter a lot. This e-guide can simplify green living because it puts practical tools and resources at your fingertips that are designed with the busy person in mind.  / (added 09/2005)
Buying a new home? Quick list to check your window efficiency:   / (added 09/2005)
Buying Green Power Site:   / (added 09/2005)
Cabinets:    / (added 09/2005)
California Green Builder:  Building Industry Institute / (added 09/2005)
California Irrigation Management Information System (CIMIS):  Is a network of more than 120 computerized weather stations located at key agricultural and municipal sites throughout California https://wwwcimis.water.ca.gov/cimis/welcome.jsp / (added 09/2005)
Canadian Eco-Lumber Co-op :  ELC is a partnership between ecoforestry operations, processors of eco-certified wood, and advocates of ecoforestry. / (added 09/2005)
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society:  CPAWS works to protect Canada’s wild ecosystems and promotes understanding of ecological principles through education, while working with government, First Nations, business, other organizations and individuals. / (added 09/2005)
Canadian Pollution Prevention Information Clearinghouse :   / (added 09/2005)
Capacity Challenges and Future Commitments under the Climate Convention :  (35 pages) This book chapter examines the capacity needs and constraints faced by governments in relation to making future climate protection commitments under the UNFCCC. Kevin Baumert, Christiana Figueres, and Stéphane Willems. / (added 09/2005)
Capacity for climate: Economies in transition after Kyoto :  (24 pages) This report reviews the challenges and opportunities presented by the Climate Convention and the Kyoto Protocol for Central and Eastern European countries with economies in transition, and serves as a background study for the project. Kevin A. Baumert, Elena Petkova, Diana Barbu. / (added 09/2005)
Car wash water is reclaimed:  Protect the environment and save water at the same time. / (added 09/2005)
Cellox Corporation:  Insulated concrete forms / (added 09/2005)
Center for Excellence for Sustainable Development:  Department of Energy / (added 09/2005)
Changing Drivers: The impact of climate change on competitiveness and value creation in the automotive industry :  (84 pages) Emerging carbon constraints constitute a new influence on competitiveness in the automotive industry, creating both risks and opportunities for companies that could materially affect their earnings and ability to compete in global markets. Duncan Austin, Niki Rosinski, Amanda Sauer, Colin Le Duc. Published by World Resources Institute and WRI and Sustainable Asset Management (SAM). / (added 09/2005)
Chatter Creek Mountain Lodge Construction :  new link — Photo journal of mountain lodge construction at Chatter Creek, deep in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Follow the impossible task of building a 9300 sq. ft log building in one short summer. Editor’s note–we at Otherpower.com thought we lived in a remote area until we read this web log. Wow!  / (added 09/2005)
Checklist for Environmentally Responsible Design and Construction:  offers a checklist to help you get started with your green building project.  / (added 09/2005)
Choosing Windows:  by Mary McLeod / (added 09/2005)
Clean Energy Basics:  Highlights the positive impact these technologies have on the environment, economy and national security, and explains why they are important to individuals and businesses  / (added 09/2005)
Climate of Export Credit Agencies :  (16 pages) Reveals that export credit and investment insurance agencies (ECAs) as a group is promoting exports and investments to developing countries that will contribute to long-term increases in greenhouse gas emissions. Crescencia Maurer with Ruchi Bhandari. / (added 09/2005)
Climate protection and the national interest: The links among climate change, air pollution, and energy security :  (56 pages) Shows how an integrated U.S. approach to dealing with of climate change, air pollution, and energy security would be a much more efficient and economical way of solving these linked problems. James J. MacKenzie. / (added 09/2005)
Climate, biodiversity, and forests: Issues and opportunities emerging from the Kyoto Protocol :  (80 pages) Examines why the role of forests and land-use change under the Kyoto Protocol remains controversial. Notes that climate change is a major threat to biodiversity and that protecting biological diversity may help mitigate other impacts of climate change. World Resources Institute and The World Conservation Union (IUCN). / (added 09/2005)
Clotheswasher Savings Calculator:  Calculate your savings in common areas laundry rooms / (added 09/2005)
Complete Idiots Guide to Saving Environment:  Located in Vermont, United States / (added 09/2005)
Complying with the Kyoto Protocol requirements: Capacity needs in Central and Eastern Europe :  (12 pages) The paper offers a regional summary of the current ability and common capacity needs in the surveyed countries for implementing national systems for inventories and for the Kyoto Mechanisms. Andrew Buchman, Kevin Baumert and Francesco Rizzo. / (added 09/2005)
Composting Toilet Feasibility Report:  Composting toilets have the potential to reduce water use and divert pollutant loads from the sewerage system directly to agriculture / (added 09/2005)
Composting Toilets:   / (added 09/2005)
Compressed Air Challenge:  The mission of the CAC is to develop and provide resources that educate industry on the opportunities to increase productivity by optimizing compressed air systems. There is a series of training sessions to help you learn more about the fundamentals of compressed air systems. A sourcebook and fact sheets are also available.  / (added 09/2005)
Concrete Foundations that Double as the Finished Floor:  by Jill Mayfield / (added 09/2005)
Conservation 101:  Clarify the difference between water "wants" and water "needs." / (added 09/2005)
Conservation Technologies:  Accurate Dorwin fibreglass windows, photovoltaics, Venmar ventilation solutions, other products and services for sustainable healthy homes / (added 09/2005)
Conserving Energy & Water Tip of the Month:  Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s monthly tip list / (added 09/2005)
Contributions to global warming map :  (2 pages) This map redefines the relative area of countries and regions of the world using historical carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel consumption. World Resources Institute. / (added 09/2005)
Cool Roofing:  fact sheet about cool roofing / (added 09/2005)
Corporate Guide to Green Power Markets (Installment 1): Business case, challenges, and steps forward :  (12 pages) Outlines the challenges and benefits of green power for commercial and industrial users. Based on WRI’s experience with the Green Power Market Development Group. Duncan Austin and Craig Hanson. / (added 09/2005)
Corporate Guide to Green Power Markets (Installment 2): Opportunities with landfill gas :  (16 pages) Provides an introduction to landfill gas as a green energy source for commercial and industrial enterprises. Shehnaz Y. Atcha and Vince T. Van Son. / (added 09/2005)
Corporate Guide to Green Power Markets (Installment 3): Corporate greenhouse gas emissions inventories: Accounting for the climate benefits of green power :  (20 pages) This publication is the third installment of the Corporate Guide to Green Power Markets series, which is based on WRI’s experiences convening the Green Power Market Development Group. Craig Hanson and Janet Ranganathan . / (added 09/2005)
Corporate Guide to Green Power Markets (Installment 4): Introducing the Green Power Analysis Tool :  (16 pages) The fourth installment accompanies the release of the Green Power Analysis Tool. This installment identifies the business case for the tool, describes how it works, and explains how managers can input data on green power projects and corporate targets. Duncan Austin. / (added 09/2005)
Corporate Guide to Green Power Markets (Installment 5): Renewable energy certificates: An attractive means for corporate customers to purchase renewable energy :  (16 pages) This installment provides an introduction to RECs for corporate energy users. The publication defines RECs, their business benefits, and their similarities to other renewable energy products. It also makes suggestions for purchase strategy and policy. Craig Hanson and Vince Van Son. / (added 09/2005)
Council of Haida Nations Forest Guardians:  The Forest Guardians provide technical support to the Council of Haida Nations and advocate concerns to ensure that the forests and associated waters of Haida Gwaii are used in ways that respect both the land and Haida rights and title.  / (added 09/2005)
Creating a Water-Wise Landscape:  Minimizing the need for watering in your landscape requires careful observation, planning and common sense. / (added 09/2005)
Creating Landscape Diversity:  Landscaping and Gardening Without a Yard. Includes an Action Guide. / (added 09/2005)
Creative and attractive landscape design learned in workshops:  CSBE  Arizona & Jordan joint water conserving landscape project / (added 09/2005)
Customized Irrigation Calculator:  Data for each zone on your irrigation system will maximize the efficiency of your watering practices / (added 09/2005)
Designing a Sustainable Energy Future—Integrating Negawatts with Diverse Supplies at Least Cost :  PDF-3.2 MB — E03-13, Keynoting Australia’s first national conference on energy efficiency, Amory Lovins integrates exciting opportunities in advanced electric, heat, and transport efficiency with their ability to accelerate distributed generation and renewable sources (13 November 2003). / (added 09/2005)
Designing the Clean Development Mechanism to meet the needs of a broad range of interests :  (20 pages) Details struggles over basic design and features of the Clean Development Mechanism established in the 1997 Kyoto Protocol to the Framework Convention on Climate Change. Reviews different designs and explores how an "open architecture" CDM might operate. Kevin Baumert and Nancy Kete with Christiana Figueres . / (added 09/2005)
Deter Pests and Use Less Pesticide With Good Home Maintenance:  by Erik Bliss / (added 09/2005)
Dimensional Lumber:    / (added 09/2005)
Does the Solid Waste Management Hierarchy Make Sense? :  new link — A Technical, Economic & Environmental Justification for the Priority of Source Reduction and Recycling – John Schall, October, 1992 / (added 09/2005)
Dogwood Initiative :  A broad-based group working to change forest policy in British Columbia, with a goal to increase opportunities for community-based alternatives to corporate industrial forestry.  / (added 09/2005)
Dr Tom Reimchens Lab  :  Dr. Tom Reimchen and his graduate students are conducting some of the most innovative research on the BC coast looking at the connections between bears, salmon and the temperate rainforest.  / (added 09/2005)
Drip Irrigation for Home Gardens:  CSU Gardening Series: Little water is lost to deep percolation if the proper amount is applied. / (added 09/2005)
Drip or microsprinkler irrigation for olive and citrus trees:  NAGREF research evaluates new irrigation systems’ suitability and efficiency on water savings. / (added 09/2005)
Drop by Drop:  A How-To Guide: Starting a Water Conservation Program / (added 09/2005)
Drought Protection on a Budget:  by John Gleason, president of the Xeriscape Garden Club. / (added 09/2005)
Dry Fire Hydrant Program:  A readily available source of untreated water allowing fire departments to be more efficient by providing close water sources to fire risks / (added 09/2005)
e5 – Climate is Business:  European Business Council for a Sustainable Energy Future. / (added 09/2005)
Earth Craft House:  Greater Atlanta HBA / (added 09/2005)
Earth Materials:    / (added 09/2005)
Earth Sheltered Design:   / (added 09/2005)
Earthship Global Operations:  Earthship central / (added 09/2005)
Earthwood Building School:  Conducts workshops in cordwood masonry, underground housing and megalithic. Offers books and videos on these and these and related subjects / (added 09/2005)
Ebb and flow irrigation system:  Innovative greenhouse watering ways where water conservation is a great side benefit / (added 09/2005)
Eco Talk Radio :  Northern California’s broadcast feature offering news on waste prevention, resource conservation and pollution solutions.  / (added 09/2005)
Eco-footprint:  Are you too big for your boots? How heavily do you tread upon the world? Let’s see how you measure up. Your ecological footprint is the amount of land it takes to support your way of life, your lifestyle. / (added 09/2005)
Ecoforestry Institute Society :  A practitioner-based organization working on on-the-ground solutions, which promote both jobs and ecologically sustainable logging. EIS recently held a conference in Nanaimo entitled "Forests for the Future".  / (added 09/2005)
EcoFuture :  EcoFuture (TM) believes people can meet all their real needs while still preserving the health and beauty of this planet for future generations. Please visit their comprehensive site for more info.  / (added 09/2005)
EcoISP :  EcoISP donates 50% of profits from your subscription fees to the environmental group of your choice. Please help us grow and choose Earth Action Network as your group of choice!  / (added 09/2005)
Ecological Engineering: ECOS:  A water conservation store featuring composting toilets, etc. / (added 09/2005)
Ecological Stewardship Workshop:  report from the US Forest Service on sustainable forestry and forest ecosystems / (added 09/2005)
Ecotrust Canada :  Ecotrust Canada promotes conservation-based development as a means to a conservation economy in the coastal temperate rain forests of British Columbia, Canada  / (added 09/2005)
EcoWorld:  is creating the first online source of complete data on the species and ecosystems of the world. It is also reporting on projects everywhere to preserve and restore species and ecosystems. / (added 09/2005)
Efficient Irrigation: Turfgrass should be watered separately from shrubs and flowers:  Report from North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service / (added 09/2005)
Efficient Water Use in the Vegetable Garden:  CSU Gardening Series: Use and Loss of Water / (added 09/2005)
Eight small UK hotels water efficiency project:  Common problems included leaking taps, wasteful toilet flushes, taps left running and weak showers. / (added 09/2005)
Electricity free Refrigeration:  here are do-it-yourself plans for building an absorption refrigerator that does not use electricity. / (added 09/2005)
Ending Our Oil Dependence :  PDF-388k  —  E05-02, The United States has the world’s mightiest economy and most mobile society. Yet the oil that fueled its strength has become its greatest weakness. The United States can eliminate its oil dependence and revitalize its economy—not by passing federal laws, taxing fuels, biasing markets, subsidizing favorites, mandating technologies, limiting choices, or crimping lifestyles, but by adopting smart business strategies. If government steers, not rows, then competitive enterprise, supported by judicious policy and vibrant civil society, can turn the oil challenge into an unprecedented opportunity for wealth creation and common security. This article appeared in The Ripon Forum; Volume 39, Number II (March/April 2005). / (added 09/2005)
Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA):  EECA’s role is to encourage, promote, and support the uptake of energy efficient initiatives and renewable energy. / (added 09/2005)
Energy efficiency in the building sector in China :   / (added 09/2005)
Energy Efficiency, Taxonomic Overview :  PDF-400k  —  E04-02, Efficient use of energy is in all countries the most important, economical, prompt, underused, overlooked, and misunderstood way to provide future energy services. It is rapidly becoming even larger, faster, and cheaper as technologies, delivery methods, and integrative design improve. Whole-system design can indeed make very large energy savings cost less than small ones. But capturing energy efficiency’s remarkable potential requires careful terminology, prioritization, attention to engineering details and to market failures, and willingness to accept measured physical realities even if they conflict with economic theories. If well done, such energy efficiency can displace costly and disagreeable energy supplies, enhance security and prosperity, speed global development, and protect Earth’s climate—not at cost but at a profit. This article appeared in the Encyclopedia of Energy, Volume 2. pages 383–401 (23 July 2004).  / (added 09/2005)
Energy Efficient Lighting:   / (added 09/2005)
Energy Research & Development:  The Energy Trends site examines trends in energy research, development, and investment around the world. / (added 09/2005)
Energy Saving for Commercial Building Owners and Operators:   / (added 09/2005)
Energy Saving Now:  Promote, inform and educate professionals and common people about energy saving. / (added 09/2005)
Energy Smart Schools:   / (added 09/2005)
Energy Star Buildings Program:   / (added 09/2005)
Energy Star for Small Businesses:   / (added 09/2005)
ENERGY STAR Homes Program :  U.S. EPA Energy Star Program / (added 09/2005)
Energy Star Interactive Tools:   / (added 09/2005)
Energy Star Ratings: 
EnergyWeb: The Energy Sectors Global Information Source
Engineered Sheet Materials: 
Engineered Siding and Trim: 
Engineered Structural Materials: 
Enhancement Of Solar Water Pasteurization With Reflectors
Enviromental News Networks
Environ Design Collaborative
Environmental Expertcom
Environmental stories to watch in 2004 
EnviroText: 
Evaluating Your Landscape Irrigation System
Exxon Oil Outlook. : 
Floor Coverings: 
Florida Green Building Coalition
Flyash Concrete: 
For a truly independent energy system your choices are solar wind and water
Framing Climate Change Risk in Portfolio Management : 
Freckle Farm Log Homes
Gaining the air quality and climate benefit for telework
Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association (GAMA)
Gimme Shelter Construction
Going Rate: What it really costs to drive
GPX – Green Power eXchanger
GRACE Factory Farm Project
Grasscycling is a simple and natural approach to lawncare
Great opportunity to achieve maximum water conservation
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Great River Greening:  Great River Greening restores valuable and endangered natural areas and open spaces in the greater Twin Cities by engaging individuals and communities in stewardship of the Mississippi, Minnesota, and St. Croix river valleys and their watersheds. / (added 09/2005)
Greater Cleveland Green Building Coalition:  Cleveland, Ohio / (added 09/2005)
Green academy:   / (added 09/2005)
GREEN AFRICA Network  :  Networking Rural Africa Communities in Sustainable Development Programs / (added 09/2005)
Green Building:  City of San Jose, CA / (added 09/2005)
Green Building Alliance:  Santa Barbara, California / (added 09/2005)
Green Building Association of Central Pennsylvania:   / (added 09/2005)
Green Building Concepts:  contains general information on green building with a focus on residential and the do-it-yourselfer.  / (added 09/2005)
Green Building Information Council.:  Based in British Columbia, Canada, the Council provides information and links to other green building Web sites.  / (added 09/2005)
Green Building Supply:  Environmentally friendly construction products / (added 09/2005)
Green Built Home Wisconsin:   / (added 09/2005)
Green Communities:  Green Communities delivers home energy assessments in Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, and Nova Scotia.  / (added 09/2005)
Green Delaware:  Green Delaware is a grassroots organization concerned with environmental and public health issues in Delaware and surrounding states. We advocate policies consistent with good health, preservation of biodiversity, and long-term sustainability. We believe that achieving these ends also requires progress towards human relationships based on peace, justice, and democratic forms of government. Located in Port Penn, Delaware / (added 09/2005)
Green fees: How a tax shift can work for the environment and the economy :  (100 pages) Demonstrates how shifting tax burden can reduce environmental damages, increase economic production and income, and increase economic welfare overall. Robert Repetto, Roger C. Dower, Robin Jenkins, and Jacqueline Geoghegan. / (added 09/2005)
Green Home Design:  Green Home Design helps homeowners put their environmental commitments into practice in residential construction projects. GHD specializes in the design of small, aesthetically pleasing, healthy, energy and resource efficient living spaces. GHD strives to minimize the negative impacts of the built-environment on ecosystems by using non-toxic sustainably produced or recycled materials, renewable energy sources and appropriate technologies.  Located in Oakland, California / (added 09/2005)
Green Home: Sensible Home Buying in Central Texas:  by Jill Mayfield and Mary McLeod. / (added 09/2005)
Green Rated:  Portland, Oregon / (added 09/2005)
GreenBuilder.com:  The Sustainable Building Sourcebook was developed to complement the efforts of the Green Builder Program in Austin, TX to foster the implementation of environmentally responsible practices in homebuilding / (added 09/2005)
GreenHomeNYC:  New York, NY / (added 09/2005)
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading in US States: Observations and Lessons from the OTC NOx Budget Program :  (36 pages) Reviews the performance of a multi-state emissions trading program for nitrogen oxides (NOx), implemented by states in the Ozone Transport Commission. Based on this review, recommendations are made for multi-state emissions trading for greenhouse gases. Andrew Aulisi (WRI), Alexander E. Farrell (University of California at Berkeley), Jonathan Pershing (WRI), and Stacy VanDeveer (University of New Hampshire) . / (added 09/2005)
Greenhouse Gas Protocol: A corporate accounting and reporting standard (Revised edition) :  (112 pages) Helps companies and other organizations to identify, calculate, and report GHG emissions by outlining a standard for accurate, complete, consistent, relevant and transparent accounting and reporting by companies and organizations. World Resources Institute and World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). / (added 09/2005)
Greywater:  Some water can be reused.. or can it? by Suzy Banks  / (added 09/2005)
Greywater Irrigation:   / (added 09/2005)
Guide to Purchasing Green Power: Renewable Electricity, Tradable Renewable Certificates and On-Site Renewable Generation :  (80 pages) Provides an overview of green power markets and describes the necessary steps to buying green power. U.S. DOE, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Federal Energy Management Program; U.S. EPA Green Power Partnership; World Resources Institute; Center for Resource Solutions Green-e Renewable Energy Certification Program. / (added 09/2005)
H2O Water Saver Home:  California Urban Water Conservation Council Water Saver Home. Take a tour of water saving opportunities in your home. / (added 09/2005)
Handmade Organic Mosquito Repellent (HOMeR):  The Thai lemon grass in our herb garden grows nearly two inches a day — and we found it keeps the mosquitoes away. We’ve also found that it’s an effective herbal anti-fungal medicine (lemongrass tea) and in Puerto Rico people use the fibrous stalks as a natural toothbrush! But how can its essence be extracted and preserved without losing its magic? We use a tincture we make with Chinese brandy. It works well — but can you find a better way? / (added 09/2005)
Harvested Rainwater:   / (added 09/2005)
Hawaii BuiltGreen:  Building Industry Association of Hawaii / (added 09/2005)
Help save the planet!:  Energy development from biomass conversion to fusion to hydrogen.  / (added 09/2005)
Helping Hands Natural Building and Sustainable Living Network:  Promoting strawbale construction and other natural environmentally friendly building / (added 09/2005)
Hidden benefits of climate policy: Reducing fossil fuel use saves lives now :  (6 pages) The same activities that will eventually threaten the earth’s climate also threaten human health today. World Resources Institute. / (added 09/2005)
Home Energy Brief #1, Building Envelope :  PDF-260k — E04-11, On average, a typical family can spend as much as $680 per year to heat and cool its home. This Brief explains why this expense is not necessary, even in extreme climates, and can be reduced by up to 50 percent through investment in building envelope improvements such as sealing air leaks, adding adequate insulation, and upgrading window features (28October 2004). / (added 09/2005)
Home Energy Brief #2, Lighting :  PDF-200k — E04-12, There are many lighting designs and technologies available today that can not only meet all your lighting needs, but also can do so using less electricity. This Brief details a few steps to make your home lighting more energy efficient while maintaining and improving lighting quality (28October 2004). / (added 09/2005)
Home Energy Brief #3, Space Cooling :  PDF-248k — E04-13, Space cooling typically accounts for 13 percent of total energy use, costing homeowners an average $197 per year. A well-insulated and tightly sealed home that uses the natural movement of heat and air to maintain comfortable indoor temperatures can reduce cooling costs by up to 50 percent while also saving on heating bills. This Brief outlines how to first minimize the amount of heat that enters and is generated inside the home, and then, if additional cooling is still needed, take steps to increase the efficiency of cooling equipment and/or buy new, more efficient equipment (28October 2004). / (added 09/2005)
Home Energy Brief #4, Space Heating :  PDF-235k — E04-14, Space heating costs the average homeowner $480 per year and accounts for about 32 percent of the total energy bill. This Brief details how a well-insulated, tightly constructed home can require little supplementary heating, and how retrofit measures that minimize heat loss can reduce heating requirements even in old, leaky homes (28October 2004). / (added 09/2005)
Home Energy Brief #5, Water Heating :  PDF-160k — E04-15, Water heating accounts for approximately 19 percent of total home energy use and costs an average household over $300 a year. This Brief outlines the many things you can do to cut your water heating costs, including using hot water more efficiently, switching to water-efficient shower and faucet fixtures, and making a few simple adjustments to your existing heater (28 October 2004). / (added 09/2005)
Home Energy Brief #6, Cleaning Appliances :  PDF-150k — E04-16, Dishwashers, clothes washers, and dryers are among the most energy-intensive appliances in the home, costing the average household about $150 annually to power them. This Brief points out efficient models that are available today and that can actually produce cleaner clothes and dishes while using less energy and water (28 October 2004). / (added 09/2005)
Home Energy Brief #7, Electronics :  PDF-170k — E04-17, Home office equipment, audio and video systems, and miscellaneous electronics consume almost 20 percent of all electricity used inside the average home and can cost as much as $175 per year to operate. This Brief shows that while buying more efficient electronic devices can save some of this energy and money, changing how you use the equipment is more effective (28 October 2004). / (added 09/2005)
Home Energy Brief #8, Kitchen Appliances :  PDF-160k — E04-18, Having an energy efficient kitchen means understanding the energy consumption of the appliances in your kitchen, the energy life cycle of the food that comes into it, and all of the wastes that leave it. No matter what your lifestyle is, there are numerous energy efficient practices that you should consider. The options in this Brief range from locating your refrigerator away from heat sources, to sizing appliances to match the job to be done, to considering your food disposal habits (28 October 2004). / (added 09/2005)
Home Energy Brief #9, Whole System Design :  PDF-200k — E04-19, This Brief introduces the powerful tool of whole system design within the context of the building envelope—introducing the synergies that exist between thermal mass, windows, and other components of passive solar design. Whole system or integrated building design actively considers the interconnections between systems, occupants, and the environment, and uses these connections to develop single solutions to multiple problems (shelter, energy savings, aesthetics, natural daylight, indoor environmental quality, affordability, etc.) (28 October 2004). / (added 09/2005)
How America Can Free Itself of Oil—Profitably :  PDF-36k  —  E04-21, Amory Lovins’s two-page FORTUNE essay summarizes for business leaders how the strategy in RMI’s WInning the Oil Endgame (www.oilendgame.org) can get the U.S. completely off oil at a profit and revitalize the nation’s industrial and farming sectors. This article appeared in FORTUNE magazine (04 October 2004).  / (added 09/2005)
How Energy Efficiency Can Turn 1300 Power Plants into 170:   / (added 09/2005)
How much sustainable development can we expect from the Clean Development Mechanism? :  (12 pages) WRI authors team up with collaborators in Brazil, China and India to assess the development benefits of potential CDM projects. Duncan Austin and Paul Faeth. / (added 09/2005)
How will the Clean Development Mechanism ensure transparency, public engagement and accountability :  (16 pages) Pinpoints the areas within the CDM’s regulations where public access and participation should be introduced. Highlights the importance and the benefits of including such measures in the already complex Kyoto Protocol on climate change. Kevin A. Baumert and Elena Petkova. / (added 09/2005)
Hudson Valley NY:  Builders Assn of the Hudson Valley / (added 09/2005)
Hybridcenter.org:  Hybridcenter.org features an interactive hybrid vehicle buyer’s guide that allows users to input personal details about driving habits, location, and ownership history and receive customized information about hybrid models that fit their lifestyle and budget. The site also includes an interactive "under the hood" feature for technophiles, a guide to hybrid consumer incentives, tips for quicker access to the most popular models, comparisons of hybrid vehicles on the market, vehicle reviews, and anecdotes from hybrid owners.  / (added 09/2005)
Indoor Water Conservation:   / (added 09/2005)
Information for Action:  The Information for Action website explains the environmental problems and offers solutions to fix them and includes an automated lobbying service An easy to use lobbying facility, allowing you to quickly send e-mails, letters or faxes to politicians and business leaders all over the world. A huge database allowing you to search for the contact details of thousands of politicians, business leaders, and environmental groups by name, country or using keywords. An entertaining and educational quiz, which tests your knowledge of the environmental issues. Various articles and guides on the environment and how you can help, as well as song lyrics, videos and MP3s. A database containing information on thousands of chemicals, including their effects on the environment and the health of humans.  / (added 09/2005)
Innovative soil moisture control system in Western Australia:  Computerized system works by canceling planned irrigation cycles if garden soil is moist enough / (added 09/2005)
Institutional Capacity and Climate Actions :  (50 pages) This paper, published by the IEA and OECD, explores the issue of country-level institutional capacity necessary for future climate-related actions, particularly in developing countries. Stéphane Willems and Kevin Baumert. / (added 09/2005)
Insulation:    / (added 09/2005)
Intl Year of Rice 2004 Rice is life:  New Water-Saving Agricultural Practices / (added 09/2005)
Iowa Central Community College – Energy Efficient Construction Program:  The ICCC’s Energy Efficient Construction Program is a partnership program with the Iowa Energy Center that teaches ICCC construction students how to build more energy efficient homes. / (added 09/2005)
Iowa Citizen Action Network (ICAN):  ICAN is Iowa’s largest grassroots consumer and environmental watchdog organization. Their web site provides a "How to Lobby" section that gives detailed information on how to build relationships with state legislators. There are tips on writing letters, making calls, attending public hearings and other important tools of grassroots organizing. / (added 09/2005)
Iowa Small Business Development Centers
:  The SBDC helps new and existing business owners develop and grow their businesses. Their website features a section co-sponsored by MidAmerican Energy to help small business owners understand energy regulation, efficiency and economic impact for their business.  / (added 09/2005)
Irrigating Peach Trees:  Rutgers’ New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station / (added 09/2005)
Irrigation and Water Quality Research Unit:  U.S. Water Conservation Laboratory / (added 09/2005)
Irrigation Performance Indicators:  Comparative performance indicators help identify better water usage. / (added 09/2005)
Irrigation Scheduling by the Checkbook Method:  Sensors help in reducing crop water stress / (added 09/2005)
Island tourism industrys innovative approaches to water savings:  Including time switches in collective toilets and showers; flow meters in common services. / (added 09/2005)
Kansas City Build Green:   / (added 09/2005)
Keep America Beautiful:   / (added 09/2005)
Landscaping for Energy Conservation:   / (added 09/2005)
Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture:  The Leopold Center, located at Iowa State University, works to identify and reduce negative impacts of agriculture on natural resources and rural communities. Their web site features research and publications by the Center, as well as a list of programs, events and conferences. / (added 09/2005)
Less Waste on the Loading Dock::   Competitive Strategy & the Reduction of Logistical Packaging Wastes – Diana Twede, September, 1995 / (added 09/2005)
Low-Water Use and Drought-Tolerant Plants:  Arizona Dept. of Water Resources: Arranged by plant type / (added 09/2005)
Mainstreaming Climate Change at the Multilateral Development Banks  :  Equipment & technologies cutting water consumption in the food service industry. Calculate your savings. / (added 09/2005)
Making joint implementation work: Lessons from Central and Eastern Europe :  (9 pages) Investigates the limited extent to which climate change issues have been included in the World Bank Group’s country assistance strategies, energy-sector loans and project lending and recommends structural reforms to improve Bank lending practices. John Sohn, Smita Nakhooda, and Kevin Baumert. / (added 09/2005)
Making Smart (And Green) Choices When You Paint:  (16 pages) Draws on experiences of Central and Eastern European countries to examine the Joint Implementation (JI) and the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) flexibility mechanisms created by the Kyoto Protocol and explores issues regarding their implementation. Elena Petkova and Kevin A. Baumert. / (added 09/2005)
Market demand is building for additional water savings:   by Jill Mayfield / (added 09/2005)
Maryland Department of Natural Resources Green Building Program:   / (added 09/2005)
Moringa Seeds Used in Water Purification:   / (added 09/2005)
Mulching & watering practices:  Mulching increasing in favor as municipalities restrict the use of water for lawns and landscapes / (added 09/2005)
Multi-Family Laundry Rooms Save Water:  Help implement this cost-saving and resource-friendly water and energy conservation method / (added 09/2005)
NAHB Research Center:  identifies resources for developing a Green Building Program and Green Building activities at the Research Center.  / (added 09/2005)
Natural Capitalism and the New North Carolina Economy :  PDF-3.8 MB — E03-11, In this presentation, given at the Save Our State Awards Dinner, Raleigh, North Carolina, Amory Lovins explains the principles of natural capitalism and the four kinds of capital: money, goods, people and nature (27 October 2003). / (added 09/2005)
Nature Conservancy of Canada:  For over 40 years, the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) has been working to protect Canada’s most threatened natural habitats and the endangered species that call them home. / (added 09/2005)
New Age of Building Materials Becoming Common Place in Homes:  by Jill Mayfield / (added 09/2005)
New Water Pasteurization Technology Saves Lives in Developing Countries:   / (added 09/2005)
New Website Helps Buildings Save Millions In Energy Costs:   / (added 09/2005)
No Time to Waste: Time Use and the Generation of Residential Solid Waste:  Geoffrey Godbey, August, 1996 / (added 09/2005)
Non-Toxic Termite Control:    / (added 09/2005)
Nova Process Technology Inc :  Sofscape cushioned rubber pavers / (added 09/2005)
Oasis Design Greywater books ecological systems design consulting:  The grey water expert / (added 09/2005)
Office of Sustainable Energy in Queensland Australia:  The Office of Sustainable Energy is Queensland’s lead agency to promote energy efficiency and renewable power and other initiatives that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. / (added 09/2005)
Online Homesteading and Small Farming Resource!:    / (added 09/2005)
Pace Global Environmental Law Network:   / (added 09/2005)
Paints Finishes and Adhesives:    / (added 09/2005)
Parade of Homes to Feature Green Building:  by Jill Mayfield / (added 09/2005)
Permanent Water Conservation Measures:  watering gardens, grounds and nurseries in Australia / (added 09/2005)
Pervious Materials:   / (added 09/2005)
Pittsburg Green Building Alliance:  Pittsburg, PA / (added 09/2005)
Plant a Tree This Winter For a Green Spring:  by City of Austin, Texas  Xeriscape Program Coordinator, Dick Peterson / (added 09/2005)
Plugging into Negawatts:  Steps to energy efficiency by Robert Bryce  / (added 09/2005)
Pressure assist toilets saves money for hotels:  A 33% savings in water usage than standard 1.6 gpf toilets. / (added 09/2005)
Pricing promotes efficiency and conservation:  Market-based pricing of water use would enable consumers to prioritize their water use. / (added 09/2005)
Problems of Elimination:  Marshall Frech on alternatives to sewage  / (added 09/2005)
Programmable Thermostats :   / (added 09/2005)
Purple piping and fixtures for recycled water:  Town of Windsor, CA creates beautiful landscapes for less. New homes receive free pipes. / (added 09/2005)
R Values for Existing Homes:   / (added 09/2005)
Raincoast Conservation Society:  Founded in 1990, Raincoast Conservation Society works in partnership with scientists, First Nations, local communities and non-governmental Organizations to protect marine and rainforest habitat on BC’s central and north coast.  / (added 09/2005)
Rainwater collection:  From the Austin, Texas Green Builder program / (added 09/2005)
Raising water productivity:  The options include germplasm improvements, aerobic rice, water harvesting and trade in "virtual water".. / (added 09/2005)
Reading your water meter will keep your water bill lower:  Straight and Round Meter reading instructions / (added 09/2005)
Recent Advances in Solar Water Pasteurization:   / (added 09/2005)
Red Jellyfish:  Environmental directory with natural products, services and organizations. Links to recycled, organic, solar, cruelty-free, healthy, socially conscious, and environmentally friendly products / (added 09/2005)
Reduce Garbage, Eliminate Landfills:  As you may have noticed, it has been a long time since I’ve updated this page. I wish to apologize for that. I typically slack off during the summer so that I can spend most of my weekends camping. Usually I’m back online by Fall, but this year I helped organize an animal rights group at my old university, and that took up most of my time. The group is up and running now, though, so hopefully I’ll be able to devote more time to this page.  / (added 09/2005)
Reduce Your Electricity Use:   / (added 09/2005)
Reducing Water Demands:  Your garden soil may appear to have a high water content, but all water held in the soil may not be available to plants / (added 09/2005)
Regional Environmental Center:  Central and Eastern Europe-based environmental search engine / (added 09/2005)
Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET):  The Residential Energy Services Network’s (RESNET) mission is to improve the energy efficiency of the nation’s housing and to qualify more families for home ownership by expanding the national availability of mortgage financing options and home energy ratings. Their web site features a large amount of both economic and energy efficiency advice for use in the home. / (added 09/2005)
Responsible Lawn Watering:  Northern Colorado turfgrass water requirements in inches including an easy sprinkler test. / (added 09/2005)
Roofing:    / (added 09/2005)
San Diego expands landscape conservation programs:  Water savings continues with plans for the next five-to-ten years. / (added 09/2005)
School composting:  Gardening and composting go hand-in-hand, especially in school garden projects: gardening without composting only teaches half the lesson. 
School gardens:  Composting concerns the invisible half of the Wheel of Life, Nature’s cycle of growth and decay. This is the vital part that happens underground, where wastes decay to give rise to new life. Composting helps to bring the regenerative capabilities of the soil to a high peak of natural efficiency, ensuring a bountiful, beautiful and healthy garden.  / (added 09/2005)
Science of Safe Water:  School gardening projects fit easily into the curriculum and enhance studies in a wide range of subjects, but they also have a special value all their own. Some schools have always had gardens, but gardens for teaching have a more recent history.  A small visitor to our garden — he was fascinated with the pots of green pepper plants (Midori Hiraga) Over the last 30 years many thousands of schools have incorporated gardening into the curriculum. With the growing experience of school gardening has come a great deal of evidence of the multiple benefits to be gained. / (added 09/2005)
Scottsdales Green Building:    / (added 09/2005)
Seeds of the world:  Scottsdale, Az / (added 09/2005)
Service Your Air Conditioner for Summer Comfort:  Traditional varieties of vegetables and grains are a vital heritage: they could be the key to our food security in the future. But, where hundreds of varieties of a crop were once grown, now there may be only two or three, or the crop itself may have been abandoned. / (added 09/2005)
Seven Steps to Green Building:   by Doug Garrett / (added 09/2005)
Silva Forest Foundation :  Basic guidance to make your house green / (added 09/2005)
Simply Insulate:  The Silva Forest Foundation works with rural communities to develop diverse forest uses, which protect, maintain and restore forests. The SFF develops and teaches the principles of ecologically responsible forest use, including alternatives to conventional timber management.  / (added 09/2005)
Site Selection and Analysis for a Greener Central Texas:  This Web site from the North American Insulation Manufacturers Association provides a variety of information about the benefits of insulating homes. Features include installation information and tools that determine the necessary insulation in your state and your projected energy savings.  / (added 09/2005)
Small-scale clay pot & porous capsule irrigation:   / (added 09/2005)
Society For Conservation Biology:  Irrigation practices by increasing storage and improving the distribution of water in the soil in water-scarce areas / (added 09/2005)
Society For Conservation GIS:  new link — The SCB is an international professional organization dedicated to promoting the scientific study of the phenomena that affect the maintenance, loss, and restoration of biological diversity. The Society’s membership comprises people in the conservation and study of biological diversity: resource managers, educators, government and private conservation workers, and students. / (added 09/2005)
Society of Environmental Journalists:  SCGIS is a non-profit organization that builds community, provides knowledge, and supports individuals using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and science for the conservation of natural resources and cultural heritage / (added 09/2005)
Software for environmental awareness:   / (added 09/2005)
Solar Disinfection Studies:  Save an amazing amount of water money while protecting the environment. (Self-extracting zip file 0.9 Mb) / (added 09/2005)
Solar Kettle Thermos Flask now in commercial production:   / (added 09/2005)
Solar Puddle Water Pasteurizer:    / (added 09/2005)
Solar Water Disinfection:    / (added 09/2005)
Solar water disinfection through plastic bottles:    / (added 09/2005)
Spread Out — The 5 Acre Plot :    / (added 09/2005)
Staff awareness and involvement in water efficiency:  Articles, discussion, philosophy and links about decentralization, local economies, homesteading, and home food production. The advantages of villages over giant cities. Interesting reading!  / (added 09/2005)
State and Local Initiatives :  The best water conservation measure for office-based companies is the washroom / (added 09/2005)
Structural Wall Panels:  Financial Incentives and Programs / (added 09/2005)
Sun and water: an overview of solar water treatment devices:    / (added 09/2005)
Survival Dealercom :   / (added 09/2005)
SurvivalistBookscom:  Products for remote living, renewable energy systems, remote living, gardening, defense and more.  / (added 09/2005)
Sustainability and the Urban Water System:  A HUGE selection of books, and a big link directory. You can get the famous Foxfire books here. Home schooling, videos, and more! / (added 09/2005)
Sustainable Architecture Design Principles:  The traditional approach to water related problems must change drastically  / (added 09/2005)
Sustainable Building :  Improve the efficiency of plumbing fixtures, and reduce the water demand of landscaping. / (added 09/2005)
Sustainable Energy and Economy Network (SEEN):  Resources, information and links about sustainable living in all forms — building, agriculture, energy, recycling, and more.  / (added 09/2005)
Sustainable Minnesotas Biofuels Information Page:  a project of the Institute for Policy Studies (Washington, DC) and the Transnational Institute (Amsterdam), works in partnership with citizens groups globally on environment and development issues with a particular focus on climate change, energy, gender equity, and economic issues. / (added 09/2005)
Sustainable Property Group Ltd (SPG):   / (added 09/2005)
Sustainable Sources:  Sustainable Property Group Ltd (SPG) are a high quality property development and period renovation company. Located in Buckinghamshire and employing 25 staff Sustainable Property Group specialise in design and build solutions, Barn conversions and period renovations.  The SPG build team is well versed in traditional construction techniques and offer a broad spectrum of consultancy services including design and technology evaluation, intelligent home design, energy and resource saving proposals and planning review. All our work is carried out with the up most attention to detail ensuring extremely high standards are met in all areas. / (added 09/2005)
Sustainable Sources Environmental Website:  allows the user to search through a sustainable building site and a green building professionals directory and find other environmental related sites.  / (added 09/2005)
Taking the High (Fuel Economy) Road: What Do the New Chinese Fuel Economy Standards Mean for Foreign Automakers?  :   / (added 09/2005)
Texas Wildscapes: Gardening for Wildlife in backyards schoolyards and corporate parks:  (10 pages) New Chinese fuel economy standards are likely to affect automakers differently. More info. Amanda Sauer and Fred Wellington. / (added 09/2005)
The Austin Sustainable Building Coalition Austin Texas:  A habitat restoration and conservation plan for rural and urban areas / (added 09/2005)
The Busy Persons Guide to Greener Living :    / (added 09/2005)
The Complete Idiots Guide to Saving the Environment:  The choices you make each day matter a lot. This e-guide can simplify green living because it puts practical tools and resources at your fingertips that are designed with the busy person in mind.  / (added 09/2005)
The costs of climate protection: A guide for the perplexed :  Located in Vermont, United States / (added 09/2005)
The Dogwood Initiative :  (60 pages) Provides readers a tool by which to form their own judgment about the likely economic impact of climate protection policy. Robert Repetto and Duncan Austin. / (added 09/2005)
The Dry Fire Hydrant Program:  A broad-based group working to change forest policy in British Columbia, with a goal to increase opportunities for community-based alternatives to corporate industrial forestry.  / (added 09/2005)
The Ecoforestry Institute Society :  A readily available source of untreated water allowing fire departments to be more efficient by providing close water sources to fire risks / (added 09/2005)
The Green Home: Sensible Home Buying in Central Texas:  A practitioner-based organization working on on-the-ground solutions, which promote both jobs and ecologically sustainable logging. EIS recently held a conference in Nanaimo entitled "Forests for the Future".  / (added 09/2005)
The Online Homesteading and Small Farming Resource!:  by Jill Mayfield and Mary McLeod. / (added 09/2005)
The Science of Safe Water:    / (added 09/2005)
The Silva Forest Foundation :    / (added 09/2005)
The Solar Puddle Water Pasteurizer:  The Silva Forest Foundation works with rural communities to develop diverse forest uses, which protect, maintain and restore forests. The SFF develops and teaches the principles of ecologically responsible forest use, including alternatives to conventional timber management.  / (added 09/2005)
The Sustainable Energy and Economy Network (SEEN):    / (added 09/2005)
The Use of Ultraviolet Light to Disinfect Drinking Water in Developing Countries:  a project of the Institute for Policy Studies (Washington, DC) and the Transnational Institute (Amsterdam), works in partnership with citizens groups globally on environment and development issues with a particular focus on climate change, energy, gender equity, and economic issues. / (added 09/2005)
The Watercone changes salt water or brackish water into potable water:    / (added 09/2005)
The Weatherization Pages contractor :    / (added 09/2005)
The Woodworkers for Fair Forest Policy :  Fred’s personal page on the philosophy and practice of weatherization / (added 09/2005)
TheWorkshopca :  The Woodworkers for Fair Forest Policy are an organization of woodworkers who are pushing for progressive tenure and forest policy reform.  / (added 09/2005)
Tilting at Energy Windmills :  Plans and projects for renewable energy and self-sufficiency. Electric bike, meat smoker, solar fish finder, rural survival skills, maple syrup, and more! / (added 09/2005)
Tips to Keep Your Attic Cool:  PDF-175k  —  E05-07, Suddenly, lots more people are paying attention to Amory Lovins. Mr. Lovins’s basic thesis: Energy efficiency is good business because it cuts costs—and that big moves to boost efficiency are better, and ultimately cheaper, than little ones. His latest grand idea: that the U.S. can drastically slash its oil consumption by shifting its auto fleet to vehicles built with carbon composites. This article appeared in The Wall Street Journal (25 July 2005). / (added 09/2005)
Toronto Atmospheric Fund:  By Marc Richmond-Powers / (added 09/2005)
Towards a water-sustainable future:  The Toronto Atmospheric Fund was established by Toronto City Council to finance local initiatives to combat global warming and improve air quality.  / (added 09/2005)
Transparency Issues with ACEA Agreement: Are investors driving blindly? :  Waterless urinals are economic, sanitary and minimize wastewater treatment. / (added 09/2005)
Tree Preservation Makes Cents:  (15 pages) The ACEA Agreement target in 2008 will entail costs for the industry that are likely to distributed differently between the member companies. Yet these costs, along with their competitive implications, remain hidden from the public. Amanda Sauer, Philipp Mettler, Fred Wellington, Gabriela Grab Hartmann. / (added 09/2005)
Trees, soil and water:  by Dennis Brown, Arborist / (added 09/2005)
U.S. Department of Energy.:  The crops that feed the cities are raised in the valleys and flat river plains, but the fate of the valleys is decided in the hills and mountains where the streams rise. Where the hill slopes and ridges in the upper reaches are covered with trees, the streams flow clearly and steadily and all is well in the valleys below / (added 09/2005)
Understanding the ancillary effects of climate change policies: A research agenda :  The Sustainable Building Technical Manual may be downloaded from this site.  / (added 09/2005)
United States, developing countries, and climate protection: Leadership or stalemate? :  (16 pages) Identifies the research needed to understand effects of climate change policies on public health, transportation, and ecosystems in order to have a more complete picture of the potential consequences such policies have for the environment and the economy. Anthony C. Janetos and Amy Wagener. / (added 09/2005)
US DOE Inventions and Innovation Program:  (12 pages) Explores U.S. position on developing countries in climate protection efforts. Concludes that climate protection requires the initial leadership of a few countries that bear historical responsibility for the problem and have considerable capability to act. Kevin A. Baumert and Nancy Kete. / (added 09/2005)
UScommittee on Irrigation and Drainage:   / (added 09/2005)
Use of Ultraviolet Light to Disinfect Drinking Water in Developing Countries:  Mission to foster sustainable, socially acceptable, environmentally responsible irrigation, drainage and flood control systems. / (added 09/2005)
UT and Others Think Green:    / (added 09/2005)
Utah Water-Wise Plants:  Organizational conservation, by Jeanine Sih  / (added 09/2005)
Valhalla Wilderness Society:  Relatively easy to maintain and good characteristics in the landscape to remain desirable under limited water availability / (added 09/2005)
Veggie Van Gogh:  The VWS works to encourage more environmentally and socially sustainable forest practices, to protect watersheds, and to protect existing parks and protected areas from encroachment and environmental degradation.  / (added 09/2005)
Vermont Building for Social Responsibility:  An ongoing tale of a Frito-Lay truck turning into an environmentally friendly art mover.  / (added 09/2005)
Voluntary Conservation Plan for Your Land:   / (added 09/2005)
Water Budget:  Consider stream protection, riparian and contour buffers and partnerships / (added 09/2005)
Water Conservation & Irrigation link listing:   / (added 09/2005)
Water Conservation Garden in San Diego County:  Useful US state-specific listing by NC State University / (added 09/2005)
Water Disinfection Using Solar Radiation:  Saving water while gardening can be less mysterious by touring The Garden. / (added 09/2005)
Water Efficiency Manual:   / (added 09/2005)
Water Efficient Landscape Planner:  for Commercial, Industrial and Institutional Facilities. 139 pages. / (added 09/2005)
Water safety clearly explained in audio interview with Dr Robert Metcalf:  USEPA: Software for Environmental Awareness. download in English or Spanish. Serving Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin and 35 Tribes / (added 09/2005)
Watercone changes salt water or brackish water into potable water:   / (added 09/2005)
Wateright: An educational and irrigation scheduling resource for water managers:    / (added 09/2005)
WaterNet:  Assistance with irrigation scheduling / (added 09/2005)
Watersavercom :  All kinds of water resources: drilling, pipes, tanks, etc. / (added 09/2005)
Water-saving practices for thirsty crops:  Pond liners for all purposes –from homestead ponds to industrial uses.  / (added 09/2005)
Waterwise checklists for all kinds of businesses:  Growing crops more suited to the location and season would give more ‘crop per drop’. / (added 09/2005)
Weatherization Pages contractor :  Attention to details will save lots of water in Australia / (added 09/2005)
WebGarden Factsheet Database:  Fred’s personal page on the philosophy and practice of weatherization / (added 09/2005)
West Coast Environmental Law :  Plant facts, images and videos to help you along the way to garden correctly. / (added 09/2005)
Western North Carolina Green Building Council:  Forestry law, in particular issues of tenure reform, compensation, and implications of the privatization of public lands.  / (added 09/2005)
Western Washington Lawn Watering Guide:   / (added 09/2005)
Wet Harvest:  Depths in cans minutes to water in spring, summer and fall / (added 09/2005)
What might a developing country climate commitment look like? :  Suzy Banks on rainwater catchment systems  / (added 09/2005)
What to do with a cardboard carton:  (4 pages) Examines voluntary participation by developing countries under an approach that reintegrates the two facets of the common but differentiated principle. Discusses the use of an alternative form of emission targets — greenhouse gas intensity targets. Kevin Baumert, Ruchi Bhandari, and Nancy Kete. / (added 09/2005)
What Won’t Get Harvested:  Most cardboard boxes end up in the garbage dump / (added 09/2005)
Who is Water Wise?:  The Effects of Paper Recycling on Timber Harvests – Peter Ince, September, 1995 / (added 09/2005)
Will international investment rules obstruct climate protection policies? :  A sampling of organizations, businesses and agencies doing great work in water conservation, education and management. / (added 09/2005)
Windows and Doors:  (20 pages) An assessment of the potential interaction between the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and the framework of international investment law. Jacob Weksman, Kevin A. Baumert, and Navroz K. Dubash. / (added 09/2005)
Wood Flooring:    / (added 09/2005)
Wood Treatment:    / (added 09/2005)
Woodworkers for Fair Forest Policy :    / (added 09/2005)
Working 9 To 5 On Climate Change: An Office Guide:  The Woodworkers for Fair Forest Policy are an organization of woodworkers who are pushing for progressive tenure and forest policy reform.  / (added 09/2005)
Working Assets :   Based on experiences gained implementing WRI’s CO2 reduction commitment, this guide helps other office-based organizations understand climate change and the practical steps they can take to measure and reduce their CO2 emissions. Samantha Putt del Pino and Pankaj Bhatia. / (added 09/2005)
WRI’s Annual Carbon Dioxide Inventory Report (2002) :  Their credit card and long distance service customers generate donations for progressive nonprofit groups just by doing what they do every day.  / (added 09/2005)
WRI’s Annual Carbon Dioxide Inventory Report (2003)  :  Describes WRI’s fiscal year 2002 CO2 inventory in detail, including how data was gathered and calculations made. Samantha Putt del Pino. / (added 09/2005)
Xeric Demonstration Gardens :  WRI’s "Annual Carbon Dioxide Inventory Report" describes WRI’s 2003 CO2 inventory in detail. Highlights include WRI’s purchase of green power and our decision to join the Chicago Climate Exchange. Samantha Putt del Pino. / (added 09/2005)
Xeriscape:  Learn first-hand about the exciting array of landscape options to typical yards for this semi-arid climate. / (added 09/2005)
Xeriscape Colorado Inc:   by City of Austin, Texas  Xeriscape Program Coordinator, Dick Peterson / (added 09/2005)
Xeriscape Demonstration Garden Background:  Promoting creative approaches to water conserving landscapes / (added 09/2005)
Xeriscaping & Conserving Water in the Landscape:  An attractive, sustainable landscape that conserves water, is based on sound horticultural practices, and shows evidence of care. / (added 09/2005)
Xeriscaping with garden flowers and helpful plant charts:  Lists plants possessing the xeriphytic characteristics of drought tolerance / (added 09/2005)

What are Electric Hybrid Vehicles

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Hybrid-electric vehicles (HEVs) combine the benefits of gasoline engines and electric motors and can be configured to obtain different objectives, such as improved fuel economy, increased power, or additional auxiliary power for electronic devices and power tools.

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Hotlinks to Additional Internet Resources:
E Scooters:   / (added 09/2005)
Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA):  Manufacturer of pocket bike, electric-bike, electric motorcycle, gas scooter, electric scooter, golf cart and so on.  / (added 09/2005)
Electric Scooters & Electric Mobility Scooters:  Electric Scooters: information on electric scooters and environment-friendly transport. / (added 09/2005)
Electric Scooters Galore:  A wide variety of portable, convenient, cost and energy efficient electric scooters for recreation, commute and play. We offer great discounts and free shipping on every single one of our e-scooters!  / (added 09/2005)
Electric Vehicle Center of Technology (EVCT):  Info & reviews on electric scooters and other energy efficient vehicles. / (added 09/2005)
Electricore:   / (added 09/2005)
EV Tech:   / (added 09/2005)
Gobox Universal Motor Controller:  EV Tech sells all electric scooters, bikes, golf carts, low speed vehicles, utility vehicles and industrial vehicles. / (added 09/2005)
Groov-E-Skootz Online Electric & Gas Scooter Store:  The GoBox is a set of electronic subassemblies to control the Motor functions of Experimental Vehicles, specifically those that use water and hydrolysis products to reduce or replace petrol as combustible.  / (added 09/2005)
Hellenic Institute of Electric Vehicles:  See our full selection of electric and fuel-efficient gas vehicles at the guaranteed lowest prices. We sell parts and accessories for your electric scooter as well. Your #1 Source for Alternative Transportation. / (added 09/2005)
Hybrid Electric Vehicle Program (US Department of Energy):   / (added 09/2005)
Motorsooters for you – Electric or gas Motor Scooters and ATV and many others:   / (added 09/2005)
United States Council for Automotive Research (FreedomCAR):  We are excited to share the exciting and fun entertainment of owning your own electric or gas motorized scooters. We are looking to provide information to wonderful scooters that are fun and safe. Many new specials will allow multiple scooter purchases so everyone can enjoy the times together.  / (added 09/2005)
Welsh car team pioneer electric dream:   / (added 09/2005)

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