No Impact Man Resources
Selected Web Resources
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Environment
- US Environmental Protection Agency
- EPA : Terms of Environment - Glossary, Abbreviations and Acronyms
- Environmental Health Topics – National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
- Encyclopedia of Earth – excellent website full of information, ebooks, articles and collections.
- Pinelands Preservation Alliance – Protecting and exploring New Jersey’s Pine Barrens
- New Jersey Pinelands Commission
- Greenhouse Gases : NOAA
- National Geographic Environment Facts
- Environmental History Timeline – interactive timeline
- Food & Water Watch
Early Environmentalists
- John Muir – The Sierra Club
- Henry David Thoreau – The Walden Woods Project
- John Burroughs, Naturalist and Essayist 1837-1921
- Aldo Leopold – The Aldo Leopold Foundation
- Rachel Carson’s environmental ethics – article from Encyclopedia of Earth
- The Evolution of the Conservation Movement, 1850-1920 – American memory, Library of Congress
Slow Food Movement
- Slow Food South Jersey Shore
- Slow Food USA
- Slow Food International
- Slow Food Movement: The Greener Diet Video
- Sustainable Table
- The Perennial Plate
- The Center for Food Safety
- New Jersey Agricultural Experimentation Center - Rutgers
Sustainability and Sustainable Development
- Sustainable Jersey
- What is Sustainable Development? – World Bank Group
- World Data Center for human interactions in the environment; CIESIN Columbia University
- Worldwatch Institute
- EBSCO Sustainabiltity Blog
- Center for a New American Dream
- Natural Resources and Environment : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Sustainability at the EPA
- Sustainability explained through animation - YouTube
- Sustainability Coverage from American Public Media
Renewable Energy
- American Solar Energy Society
- Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy – U.S. Dept. of Energy
- Renewable Resource Data Center - U.S. Dept. of Energy
- Sustainable Energy Coalition
- Human Power – Alternative Energy News
- Today in Energy – U.S. Energy Information Administration
Green Economy
- UNEP – Green Economy – United Nations Environment Programmer
- Green For All
- Q&A: What is a “Green Economy?” – World Resources Institute
- TreeHugger
- The Green Economy Post
Climate Change
- Feeling the Heat – Introduction to climate change – UNFCCC website
- Psychology and Global Climate Change: - APA Task Force on the Interface Between Psychology and Global Climate Change
- Thematic Guides on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
- World Meteorological Organization
- Global Warming and a New Energy Economy – Clean Water Action
- 350 – Global grassroots movement
- Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation - IPCC
- Start with Science! - USGS
- Climate Change Clearinghouse
- Climate Q&A : Blogs
Pollution
- State of the Air: 2011 – American Lung Association
- Air Pollution: MedlinePlus
- Air Pollution & Respiratory Health - CDC
- ScienceDaily: Pollution News
- 5 Gyres – Understanding Plastic Pollution
- Seeturtles Ocean Plastic
- NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries
- Water Pollution – EPA
- Water – States – New Jersey - EPA
- Water Quality Information – USGS
- Clean Water Action
Carbon Footprint
- Atlantic Cape’s Green Campus Initiative
- Nature Conservatory Carbon footprint calculator
- Encyclopedia of the Earth – carbon footprint
- Carbon Footprints of Nations
Recycling
- Atlantic County MUA
- Cape May County MUA
- Where to Recycle in NJ Counties
- Atlantic Cape Recycling Policy
- Freecycle Network – Giving and getting items for free to keep them out of landfills
- US EPA - Reduce, reuse, recycle
- Earth911 - News & Lifestyle; Recycling 101; Business Solution
Upcycling
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