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The website links and other references listed below are arranged under the
following topics:
1. Science and Research
2. Sustainable Communities
3. Local Issues
4. Personal Actions
5. Books and Magazines
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1. Science and Research
Climate Change
Real Climate: Climate science from climate scientists-http://www.realclimate.org/ Introduction to Climate Changehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Changehttp://www.ipcc.ch/
Peak Oil, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
The Oil Drum: Discussions about energy and our future-http://www.theoildrum.com/ Introduction to the issues of Peak Oilhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_oil Energy Bulletinhttp://www.energybulletin.net/
Introduction to Renewable Energyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energy
Introduction to Energy Efficiencyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_efficiency
Water Issues and Conservation
Water Conserve: water conservation portal and search engine -http://www.waterconserve.org/
Introduction to water conservationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_conservationWaste Management and Recycling
Introduction to Habitat Restoration and Wildlife -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitat_conservation
Introduction to waste management and recycling -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RecyclingHabitat Conservation and Wildlife
Health: Food Systems
http://www.realclimate.org/http://www.realclimate.org/http://www.realclimate.org/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warminghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warminghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warminghttp://www.ipcc.ch/http://www.ipcc.ch/http://www.ipcc.ch/http://www.theoildrum.com/http://www.theoildrum.com/http://www.theoildrum.com/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_oilhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_oilhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_oilhttp://www.energybulletin.net/http://www.energybulletin.net/http://www.energybulletin.net/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_efficiencyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_efficiencyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_efficiencyhttp://www.waterconserve.org/http://www.waterconserve.org/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_conservationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_conservationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_conservationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitat_conservationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitat_conservationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recyclinghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recyclinghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recyclinghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recyclinghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitat_conservationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_conservationhttp://www.waterconserve.org/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_efficiencyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energyhttp://www.energybulletin.net/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_oilhttp://www.theoildrum.com/http://www.ipcc.ch/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warminghttp://www.realclimate.org/ -
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News and Informationhttp://www.treehugger.com/food_health/ San Francisco Food Shed Report
http://www.farmland.org/programs/states/ca/Feature%20Stories/San-Francisco-Foodshed-Report.asp
Center for Food Safetyhttp://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/
Ecological Farming Associationhttp://www.eco-farm.org/
Green Business -http://www.greenbiz.com
Green Building, Smart Growth and Transportation
Introduction to Smart Growthhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_growth Introduction to Green Building - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_building Smart Growth Americahttp://www.smartgrowthamerica.org/ Cars and Transportation: News and Information
http://www.treehugger.com/cars_transportation/
2. Sustainable CommunitiesCheck theTransition Initiativepage on this website for an overview of the Transition Initiative
model and for links to key websites and information. Some additional Transition Initiativerelated websites include:
http://uniteddiversity.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/transition-handbook.pdf http://www.transitionsydney.org.au/tscontent/history-transition-town-movement http://www.cityofventura.net/files/public_works/maintenance_services/environmental_se
rvices/resources/post-peakoil.pdf
http://transitionla.blogspot.com/ http://transitioncalifornia.ning.com/ http://transitioncalifornia.ning.com/group/transitionsantacruz
For generic information about sustainable communities:
Introduction to sustainable communities -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_communities
Smart Communities: Creating Energy Smart Communitieshttp://www.smartcommunities.ncat.org/
Community solutions: What can we do about Peak Oil and climate change? Thecommunity is the solution.http://www.communitysolution.org/
3. Local IssuesWater Conservation in California and Monterey County
California Urban Water Conservation Councilhttp://www.cuwcc.org/default.aspx Climate Change Impacts - http://cityonahillpress.com/article.php?id=1567
http://www.treehugger.com/food_health/http://www.treehugger.com/food_health/http://www.treehugger.com/food_health/http://www.farmland.org/programs/states/ca/Feature%20Stories/San-Francisco-Foodshed-Report.asphttp://www.farmland.org/programs/states/ca/Feature%20Stories/San-Francisco-Foodshed-Report.asphttp://www.farmland.org/programs/states/ca/Feature%20Stories/San-Francisco-Foodshed-Report.asphttp://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/http://www.eco-farm.org/http://www.eco-farm.org/http://www.eco-farm.org/http://www.greenbiz.com/http://www.greenbiz.com/http://www.greenbiz.com/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_growthhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_growthhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_growthhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_buildinghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_buildinghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_buildinghttp://www.smartgrowthamerica.org/http://www.smartgrowthamerica.org/http://www.smartgrowthamerica.org/http://www.treehugger.com/cars_transportation/http://www.treehugger.com/cars_transportation/http://www.treehugger.com/cars_transportation/http://weebly-link/81515340http://weebly-link/81515340http://weebly-link/81515340http://uniteddiversity.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/transition-handbook.pdfhttp://uniteddiversity.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/transition-handbook.pdfhttp://www.transitionsydney.org.au/tscontent/history-transition-town-movementhttp://www.transitionsydney.org.au/tscontent/history-transition-town-movementhttp://www.cityofventura.net/files/public_works/maintenance_services/environmental_services/resources/post-peakoil.pdfhttp://www.cityofventura.net/files/public_works/maintenance_services/environmental_services/resources/post-peakoil.pdfhttp://www.cityofventura.net/files/public_works/maintenance_services/environmental_services/resources/post-peakoil.pdfhttp://transitionla.blogspot.com/http://transitionla.blogspot.com/http://transitioncalifornia.ning.com/http://transitioncalifornia.ning.com/http://transitioncalifornia.ning.com/group/transitionsantacruzhttp://transitioncalifornia.ning.com/group/transitionsantacruzhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_communitieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_communitieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_communitieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_communitieshttp://www.smartcommunities.ncat.org/http://www.smartcommunities.ncat.org/http://www.communitysolution.org/http://www.communitysolution.org/http://www.communitysolution.org/http://www.cuwcc.org/default.aspxhttp://www.cuwcc.org/default.aspxhttp://www.cuwcc.org/default.aspxhttp://cityonahillpress.com/article.php?id=1567http://cityonahillpress.com/article.php?id=1567http://cityonahillpress.com/article.php?id=1567http://cityonahillpress.com/article.php?id=1567http://www.cuwcc.org/default.aspxhttp://www.communitysolution.org/http://www.smartcommunities.ncat.org/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_communitieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_communitieshttp://transitioncalifornia.ning.com/group/transitionsantacruzhttp://transitioncalifornia.ning.com/http://transitionla.blogspot.com/http://www.cityofventura.net/files/public_works/maintenance_services/environmental_services/resources/post-peakoil.pdfhttp://www.cityofventura.net/files/public_works/maintenance_services/environmental_services/resources/post-peakoil.pdfhttp://www.transitionsydney.org.au/tscontent/history-transition-town-movementhttp://uniteddiversity.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/transition-handbook.pdfhttp://weebly-link/81515340http://www.treehugger.com/cars_transportation/http://www.smartgrowthamerica.org/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_buildinghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_growthhttp://www.greenbiz.com/http://www.eco-farm.org/http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/http://www.farmland.org/programs/states/ca/Feature%20Stories/San-Francisco-Foodshed-Report.asphttp://www.farmland.org/programs/states/ca/Feature%20Stories/San-Francisco-Foodshed-Report.asphttp://www.treehugger.com/food_health/ -
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Energy Down the Drain: The Hidden Costs of Californias Water Supplyhttp://www.nrdc.org/water/conservation/edrain/contents.asp
Monterey Peninsula Water Management Districthttp://www.mpwmd.dst.ca.us/ Monterey County Water Recycling Projects: A Case Study
http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11241&page=187
Water Awareness Committee of Monterey Countyhttp://www.waterawareness.org/activities.php
Waste Management and Recycling in Monterey County
City of Monterey Solid Waste and Recycling Divisionhttp://www.monterey.org/recycle/
Smart Growth and Transportation in Monterey County
Transportation Agency for Monterey County - http://www.tamcmonterey.org/Sustainable Community projects in California
City of Santa Monica Sustainable City Programhttp://www01.smgov.net/epd/ Sustainable CityWorking towards a sustainable future for San Francisco
http://www.sustainable-city.org/
4. Personal ActionsThings you can do
10 things you can dohttp://www.monterey.org/green/personalactions.html What you can do at homehttp://www.sustainablepg.org/program/at_home.php TreeHuggers How to Go Green http://www.treehugger.com/gogreen.php List and links to tools you can use to save energy, money, and the planet
http://www.greenerchoices.org/calculators.cfm
Sustainable Seafood ChoicesSeaWatch from Monterey Bay Aquariumhttp://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/seafoodwatch.aspx
5. Books and MagazinesRenewable EnergyThe Homeowners Guide to Renewable Energy: Achieving Energy
Independence from Wind, Solar, Biomass and Hydropower
Green Building and Smart Growth
From Eco-Cities to Living Machines: Principles of Ecological Design Building Green: A Complete How-To Guide to Alternative Building Methods: Earth
Plaster, Straw Bale, Cordwood, Cob, Living Roofs
Green from the Ground Up: Sustainable, Healthy, and Energy-Efficient HomeConstruction
http://www.nrdc.org/water/conservation/edrain/contents.asphttp://www.nrdc.org/water/conservation/edrain/contents.asphttp://www.mpwmd.dst.ca.us/http://www.mpwmd.dst.ca.us/http://www.mpwmd.dst.ca.us/http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11241&page=187http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11241&page=187http://www.waterawareness.org/activities.phphttp://www.waterawareness.org/activities.phphttp://www.monterey.org/recycle/http://www.monterey.org/recycle/http://www.tamcmonterey.org/http://www.tamcmonterey.org/http://www.tamcmonterey.org/http://www01.smgov.net/epd/http://www01.smgov.net/epd/http://www01.smgov.net/epd/http://www.sustainable-city.org/http://www.sustainable-city.org/http://www.monterey.org/green/personalactions.htmlhttp://www.monterey.org/green/personalactions.htmlhttp://www.monterey.org/green/personalactions.htmlhttp://www.sustainablepg.org/program/at_home.phphttp://www.sustainablepg.org/program/at_home.phphttp://www.sustainablepg.org/program/at_home.phphttp://www.treehugger.com/gogreen.phphttp://www.treehugger.com/gogreen.phphttp://www.treehugger.com/gogreen.phphttp://www.greenerchoices.org/calculators.cfmhttp://www.greenerchoices.org/calculators.cfmhttp://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/seafoodwatch.aspxhttp://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/seafoodwatch.aspxhttp://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/seafoodwatch.aspxhttp://www.greenerchoices.org/calculators.cfmhttp://www.treehugger.com/gogreen.phphttp://www.sustainablepg.org/program/at_home.phphttp://www.monterey.org/green/personalactions.htmlhttp://www.sustainable-city.org/http://www01.smgov.net/epd/http://www.tamcmonterey.org/http://www.monterey.org/recycle/http://www.waterawareness.org/activities.phphttp://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11241&page=187http://www.mpwmd.dst.ca.us/http://www.nrdc.org/water/conservation/edrain/contents.asp -
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Green Business
Business for Social ResponsibilityA leader in corporate responsibility TransFair, USA: Fair Trade Goods Green Business Practices for Dummies
Enterprise Carbon Management and Sustainability Software solutions for GlobalOrganizations from Clear Standards
Clean Tech OpenWorlds leading clean tech business competition Eco IQSupports and promotes a transition to sustainability Goddess of Garbage, Carol A. Tanzi The Green OfficeGreen office supplies World Business Council on Sustainable Development
Health
The Omnivores Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life Slow Food Nation: Why Our Food Should Be Good, Clean, And Fair Sara Snows Fresh Living: The Essential Room-By-Room Guide to a Greener, Healthier
Family and Home
Personal Actions
Earth Talk: Expert Answers to Every Day Questions about the Environment Its Not Easy Being Green: One Familys Journey Towards Eco-Friendly Living Green LivingThe E Magazine Handbook for Living Lightly on the Earth You Can Prevent Global Warming51 Easy Ways
Self-Sufficient Living When Technology Fails: A Manual for Self-Reliance & Planetary Survival Easy Green Living: The Ultimate Guide to Simple, Eco-Friendly Choices for You and
Your Home
Generation Green: The Ultimate Teen Guide to Living an Eco-Friendly Life Living Green: A Practical Guide to Simple Sustainability The Self Sufficient-ish Bible: An Eco-Living Guide for the 21st Century Ready, Set, Green: Eight Weeks to Modern Eco-Living from the Experts at
TreeHugger.com
Living Like Ed: A Guide to the Eco-Friendly Life Live an Eco-Friendly Life: Smart Ways to Get Green and Stay That Way(52 Brilliant
Ideas)
50 Simple Steps to Kick Our Oil Habit Green Living for Dummies Complete with handy lists of things you can do to
toward shrinking your footprint.
Haleys Hints Green Edition: 1000 Great Tips to Save Time, Money and the Planet! Green Jobs: A Guide to Eco-Friendly Employment