US Internet Links

Introduction

• Right Sharing of World Resources
• Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
• Vegsource
• The Worldwatch Institute
• Responsible Wealth
• YES! Helping Visionary Young Leaders Build A Better World
• Slow Food Movement
• The Cornucopia Institute
• Chef"s Collaborative
• Compassion and Choices
• Earth Pledge
• EarthSave International
• Eldar Co-Housing Network
• Farmed and Dangerous
• Food Routs
• Gray Panthers
• Just Food
• National Senior Citizens Law Center
• Organic Consumers Association
• Our Stolen Future /a>
• People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
• Pesticide Action Network North America
• Soil Remineralization
• Sustainable Food
• The Canary Club
• The Center for Informed Food Choices
• The Healthy Aging Campaign
• The Jane Goodall Institute
• The Pachamama Alliance
• The Savvy Vegetarian
• The Soil Association /a>
• Toward a New Culture of Aging
• Alliance to Save Energy
• American Forest and Paper Association
• Carbon Fund
• Cultural Survival
• Do Something Youth Grants
• Earth 911
• Earth Echo International
• EarthNews TV
• Earth Team
• EarthWatch Institute
• EcoEarth Info
• EElinked Networks
• Environmental Media Assiciation
• Environmental Protection Agency, High School Site
• Global Green USA
• Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes
• Go Green Initiative
• Humane Teen
• IdeaList
• National Audubon Society
• National Environmental Education Foundation
• National Outdoor Leadership School
• Nicodemus Wilderness Project
• Outward Bound
• P2D2: Prescription Pill and Drug Disposal Program
• People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
• Planet Green
• Roots and Shoots
• Sierra Club
• Sierra Student Coalition
• Teen Activist
• Teens Turning Green
• Teens for Planet Earth
• The Story of Stuff
• Act MTV
• Tree Hugger
• Trees for the Future
• US Department of Energy
• US Energy Information Administration
• Vegetarian Teen
• World Wildlife Fund
• Youth Venture
• UC Berkeley’s Cool Climate Carbon Footprint Calculator
• Sea Shepherd
• Green Peace
• Tiny URL

Home Green Home: Creating a Safe, Earth-Friendly Place to Live

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’s Household Products Database
• Earth-friendly cleaning products:
  • - Earth911
  • - Biokleen
  • - Ecos
  • - Ecover
  • - Method
  • - Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day
  • - Seventh Generation
• Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)
• National Coalition for Pesticide-Free Lawns
• AmericanLawns.com’s grass recommendations
• Prairie Nursery
• NoMowGrass.com
• U.S. EPA’s landscaping site
• Gray Water Companies:
  • - Clivus Multrum
  • - Envirosink
  • - NutriCycle Systems
  • - Oasis Design
  • - ReWater Systems

Save Energy, Money, and the Earth

• Energy Star
• Refrigerator recycling info
• Find a home energy rater
• Kill A Watt
• Watt’s Up?
• EM100 meter
• Google PowerMeter
• Energy-cost calculators:
  • - Consumers Power Online Usage Calculator
  • - Energy Guide
  • - Generic Electrical Energy Cost Calculator
  • - Home Energy Saver
• Zillow
• Tips for choosing an air conditioner
• Australian guide for choosing appliances
• Wonder Wash
• Solar Style
• Solio
• BITS Limited
• Watt Stopper
• Consumer Support Group’s water consumption calculator
• WaterSaver Technologies
• HarvestH20.com
• Green car-care products:
• - EcoTouch
• - Freedom
• - DriWash
• Recycling centers
• Refrigerator recycling
• Professional Energy Auditors
• Online power-use calculators:
• - Consumers Power Online Usage Calculator
• - Energy Guide
• - General Electric Energy Cost Calculator
• - Home Energy Saver
• Find out real estate values
• Choose the right-sized AC
• Compare appliances in Australia
• Electricity-free washing machine
• Solar-powered chargers:
  • - Solar Style
  • - Solio
  • - Amazon.com
• Master outlet
• Occupancy sensor monitors
• Water Consumption Calculator
• Gray-water system
• Rainwater harvesting techniques
• Waterless car-washing products:
• - EcoTouch
• - Freedom
• - DriWash
• Find recycling centers for CFLs

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

• Zero Waste Alliance
• Disposing hazardous waste
• Amazon’s Frustration-Free Packaging program
• Reducing unsolicited mail:
  • - Catalog Choice
  • - Privacy Council
  • - 41pounds.org
  • - Tonix MailStopper
  • - Direct Marketing Association
  • - Canadian Marketing Association
  • - UK DMA
  • - Opt out of credit card and insurance offers
• Crafty Magazines:
  • - ReadyMade
  • - Etsy
  • - Craft Magazine
• Tutorial for re-using plastic bags
• Craft ideas for kids
• Repurposing everyday things blog
• Craigslist
• The Recycler’s Exchange
• European Recycler’s Exchange
• Selling stuff on eBay
• Thrift Stores:
  • - Goodwill Industries
  • - Goodwill online auction
  • - Goodwill store locator
  • - Salvation Army
  • - National Thrift Store Directory
• Giving things away:
  • - Freecycle Network
  • - Free Mesa
  • - Craigslist
• Find out what you can recycle
• Find a recycling center in the UK
• Plant-based packaging material
• Recycle Styrofoam
• Info about tire-derived fuel
• Recycle Cellphones:
  • - Cellphones for Soldiers
  • - Cellphones for Soldiers Canada
  • - Hope Line
  • - Phones 4 Charity
  • - Recycling for Charities
  • - Phoneraiser
  • - Ecophones
  • - Shelter Alliance
  • - Gazelle
  • - Pace Butler
  • - Cell for Cash
  • - Simply Sellular
  • - Recycling Appeal UK
• Recycling Electronics:
  • - e-Stewards
  • - Electronics TakeBack Coalition
  • - Free Geek
• Recycle your refrigerator

Building and Remodeling

• Finding a green house:
  • - U.S. Green Building Council
  • - Canada Green Building Council
  • - Code for Sustainable Homes UK
  • - UK Green Building Council
  • - Australia Green Building Council
  • - South Africa Green Building Council
  • - Hong Kong Building Environmental Assessment Method
• Hybrid electricity-generating systems
• Find certified stoves for burning biomass
• Efficient toilets
• Evaluating building supplies
• Reclaimed Wood:
  • - Elmwood Reclaimed Timber
  • - Reclaimed Lumber Company
• Find Green Seal-approved paints with low VOCs
• Find a lead paint tester
• Radon testing professionals
• Find a green builder:
  • - U.S. Green Building Council
  • - Sustainable Sources’ Green Building Professionals Directory
• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
• U.S. Internal Revenue Service
• U.S. Department of Energy-sponsored Weatherization Assistance Program

Raising a Green Family

• Greenguard-certified products
• Biodegradable diapers:
  • - Ecobaby
  • - Tushies
  • - Nature Babycare
  • - Nature Boy & Girl
  • - gDiapers
• Sustainable Forestry Initiative-certified trees
• Flushable Diaper liners:
  • - Kushies
  • - Bummis
• Organic baby formula:
  • - Earth’s Best
  • - Similac Organic
  • - Baby’s Only Organic
• Human Milk Banks:
  • - Human Milk Banking Association of North America (U.S. and Canada)
  • - United Kingdom Association for Milk Banking
  • - Mother’s Milk Bank (Australia)
• The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics
• Skin Deep Cosmetic Safety Database
• DEET-free bug repellant:
  • - California Baby Natural Bug Blend
  • - Natural Newborn’s Bug Stopper Spray
  • - Badger Organic Anti-Bug Balm
• Planet Happy Kids
• KinderArt
• Video games and activities with an environmental slant:
  • - NoteNiks Software
  • - U.S. EPA Environmental Kids Club
  • - EcoKids
  • - Kids Planet
  • - TUNZA from the United Nations Environment
• Green projects for teens:
  • - Community service project suggestions
  • - Do Something
  • - Idealist.org
  • - Idealist.org for kids
  • - TeenActivist.org
  • - YouthNoise
• Green Fundraising:
  • - Equal Exchange
  • - Go Green Fundraising
  • - Greenraising
• Green party decorations
• Donate My Dress
• Vermont’s Cold River Veterinary Center
• Organic Pet Food:
  • - Canidae and Felidae All Natural Pet Foods
  • - Flint River Ranch Super Premium
  • - Natura Pet Products
  • - PetGuard
  • - Steve’s Real Food for Pets
  • - Wysong pet foods
  • - Only Natural Pet Store
• Natural Resources Defense Council flea medicine study
• Natural Resources Defense Council Green Paws Guide
• Feline Pine kitty litter
• City Farmer info on building a composter for pooch poop
• Safe Paw Ice Melter

Eating Green: It’s Not Just Spinach Anymore

• Farm Sanctuary
• Sustainable Table dairy map
• Slow Food movement
• Energy costs of producing a cheeseburger
• Definitions of organic:
  • - Organic Europe
  • - Canadian Food Inspection Agency
  • - Australian Certified Organic
  • - New Zealand Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
• Best produce to buy organic
• Cooperative Grocer’s directory
• Find sources of organic foods:
  • - Organic Consumers Association
  • - LocalHarvest
  • - Eat Well Guide
• Seeds of Change
• Vermicomposting resources:
  • - Uncle Jim’s Worm Farm
  • - Kazaerie Worm Farm
  • - Pet Poo Converter
• Floral attractants, repellants, and insecticides
• Extremely Green Gardening Company
• Community Gardens:
  • - American Community Gardening Association
  • - City Farmer
  • - National Society of Allotment and Leisure Gardeners
  • - Australian City Farms and Community Gardens Network
• Finding organic restaurants:
  • - LocalHarvest
  • - Eat Well Guide
  • - HappyCow’s Vegetarian Guide

Responsible Shopping

• New Rules Project
• Supporting local businesses:
  • - American Independent Business Alliance
  • - Institute for Local Self-Reliance
  • - Big Box Tool Kit (to start a buy local campaign)
  • - Organic Consumers Association
• Natural Resources Defense Council guide to buying home paper products
• Fair trade resources
  • - TransFair USA
  • - Fairtrade Foundation
  • - TransFair Canada
  • - Northwest Shade Coffee Campaign
  • - FLO-certified products
  • - Ten Thousand Villages
• National Geographic Society’s Green Guide
• eBay
• Green clothes and accessories:
  • - The Threadbanger
  • - Autonomie Project
  • - Etsy
  • - GreenKarat
  • - Green Assay
  • - Greenloop
  • - Mink Shoes
  • - My Green Closet
  • - Nau
  • - Rapanui Organic Clothing
  • - Stewart + Brown
  • - StyleWillSaveUs
  • - Target
  • - Rogan Gregory’s Loomstate
  • - Terra Plana
  • - White Apricot
• Green health and beauty products:
  • - Cosmetic Safety Database
  • - Campaign for Safe Cosmetics
  • - Desert Essence
  • - Dr. Hauschka Skin Care
  • - Eco-Beauty
  • - Farmaesthetics
  • - Future
  • - John Masters Organics
  • - Juice Beauty
  • - Kuumba Made
  • - Origins Oranics
  • - Pangea Organics
  • - Suki
  • - Tarte Cosmetics
  • - MakeYourCosmetics.com
  • - Coalition for Consumer Information on Cosmetics
• Charity Navigator
• National Geographic Society
• World Wildlife Fund
• Sierra Club
• National Resources Defense Council’s Great Green Gift Guide
• Eco-friendly businesses:
  • - 1% for the Planet
  • - Happyhippie.com
  • - Home Depot Eco Options
  • - Organic Consumers Association
  • - Planet Green
  • - TreeHugger

Going Green: Transportation and Travel

• Public Transportation
• Prototype PRT
• Biking resources:
  • - Bike Commuters
  • - Commute by Bike
  • - Bicycling Life’s Bicycle Commuter’s Guide
  • - League of American Bicyclists
  • - Consumer Reports Bikes Buying Guide
  • - Bicycle Buying Guide
  • - The Bicycle Shopping Guide
  • - League of American Bicyclists guide on bike upkeep
  • - About.com’s riding basics
  • - Safe biking tips
  • - U.K. cycling laws
  • - Wheels of Justice (Australia)
  • - Guide on safe cycling
  • - Map My Ride
  • - Bikely
• Craigslist
• The Car Sharing Network
• U.S. Department of Energy
• K&N filter
• MapQuest
• Google Maps
• American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
• Compare car models for fuel efficiency
• Canadian Office of Energy Efficiency
• U.K. car efficiency site
• Vegetable-oil conversion kits:
  • - Frybrid Vegetable Oil Fuel System
  • - Golden Fuel Systems
  • - PlantDrive
  • - Veg Powered Systems
• Green Hotels:
  • - Audubon International’s Green Leaf Eco-Rating Program
  • - Best Green Hotels
  • - Green Hotels Association
  • - Green Lodge
  • - Sustainable Travel International
  • - CouchSurfing International
• Guide to Recommended Guides and Tour Operators
• Union of Concerned Scientists
• Union of Concerned Scientists’ Getting There Greener report
• Ecotourism:
  • - The Charity Guide
  • - Conservation International
  • - Ecoclub, the International Ecotourism
  • - International Ecotourism Society
  • - The Rainforest Alliance’s Eco-Index Sustainable Tourism
  • - Volunteer Match

Green Business is Good Business

• Recycling at work
• EPA’s Comprehensive Procurement Guide
• Green jobs:
  • - Tree Hugger
  • - Greenjobs
  • - Green Jobs Network
  • Gaia
• Green rental vehicles:
  • - DrivenEco
  • - Clean Air Limo (Austin, TX)
  • - Green SUV (Hollywood/Los Angeles, CA)
  • - Greentomatocars (London, U.K.)
  • - Green Fleet Car Service (New Jersey/New York)
  • - NYC Green Car (New York)
  • - OZOcar (New York)
  • - Green Car Limo (San Francisco)
• Environmental Defense Fund carbon offset projects
• Ecobusinesslinks.com carbon offset table
• Voluntary Carbon Standard
• Voluntary Carbon Standard-approved offset programs
• The Breakthrough Institute carbon offsets report
• Corporate giving for green-conscious nonprofits:
  • - Charity Navigator
  • - The Alliance for Climate Protection
  • - Conservation International
  • - The Conservation Fund
  • - Defenders of Wildlife
  • - Earth Day Network
  • - Environmental Defense Fund
  • - Greenpeace
  • - National Audubon Society
  • - National Wildlife Federation
  • - Natural Resources Defense Council
  • - The Nature Conservancy
  • - Rainforest Alliance
  • - Sierra Club
  • - World Wildlife Fund
  • - GoodSearch.com

Alternative and Renewable Energy

• Yes2Wind
• National Audubon Society

Getting Involved

• Arbor Day Foundation
• Trees Forever
• Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup
• Start a recycle program
• Habitat for Humanity
• Google mail (Gmail)
• Yahoo mail
• EPA plan to make communities greener
• Online environmental communities:
  • - Care2
  • - Gen Green Life
  • - Huddler’s Green Home
  • - Planet Green
  • - Tree Hugger
  • - WiserEarth
  • - Green Maven
  • - Sea Shepherd
  • - Green Peace
• Animal Protection and Habitat Conservation:
  • - Amazon Conservation Team
  • - Amazon Watch
  • - Audubon Society
  • - Birdlife International
  • - Conservation International
  • - Defenders of Wildlife
  • - Ecology Fund.com
  • - Forests and European Union Resource Network
  • - Grey Seal Conservation Society
  • - National Wildlife Federation
  • - Natural Resources Defense Council
  • - Nature Conservancy
  • - Rainforest Action Network
  • - Rainforest Alliance
  • - Sierra Club
  • - Wilderness Society
  • - Sea Shepherd
  • - Green Peace
  • - World Wildlife Fund
• Climate Change and Global Warming:
  • - Clean Air Cool Planet
  • - Climate Group
  • - We Can Solve It
• Environmental education and outreach:
  • - ecoAmerica
  • - Foundation for Environmental Education
  • - Focus the Nation
  • - Slate Foundation
  • - Student Environmental Action Coalition
• Environmental law and policy:
  • - Center for International Environmental Law
  • - Earth Justice
  • - Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide
  • - Rocky Mountain Institute
• Oceans and Water conservation:
  • - American Rivers
  • - Blue Ocean Institute
  • - MarineBio
  • - Ocean Alliance
  • - Ocean Conservancy
  • - Ocean Conservation Society
  • - Oceana
  • - Waterkeeper Alliance
  • - Sea Shepherd
• - Green Peace
• Gaia
• Social Investment Forum
• SocialFunds
• Investopedia
• Self-Help
• Kiva
• Morningstar
• MSN’s Money Central
• Climate Counts
• Greenpeace’s Greenwashing site
• Greenwashing Index