General
- Care2 Healthy & Green Living
- A host of ideas to help you pursue a green life style.
- Green Guide
- Green ideas for everyday living.
- Green Living Ideas
- “Keeping going green down to earth.”
- Green Living Tips
- Information on going green in a variety of areas.
- GreenPeople.org
- An online directory of eco-friendly businesses, organizations and events.
- Mother Earth News
- “The original guide to living wisely.”
- Treehugger
- A site which strives “to be a one-stop shop for green news, solutions, and product information.”
Building
- Green Building - U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Green building information from the U.S. Government agency.
- Green Building.com
- General advice, referrals, and information on individual elements of building.
- Green Source
- From the magazine of the same name which deals with green construction and design.
- U. S. Green Building Council
- Non-profit organization dedicated to making green building generally available.
Carbon Footprint
- Carbon Footprint
- Carbon calculators for home and business and information on carbon management.
- Climate Change – Personal Emissions Calculator
- This site from the EPA helps you make a ballpark estimate of your effect on the environment.
- Nature Conservancy – Carbon Footprint Calculator
- Carbon footprint calculator from the well-known conservation group.
Composting
- Compost Guide – Composting Fundamentals
- This VegWeb sites offers a thorough introduction to composting.
- Composting
- A Journey to Forever site on composting.
- Wastes – Resource Conservation – Reduce , Reuse, Recycle - Composting
- EPA info on recycling yard trimmings and food residuals.
Conservation
- Conservation in the Yahoo! Directory
- Yahoo! source for a wide variety of conservation sites.
- National Geographic – Conservation Trust
- Information and grant opportunities from National Geographic.
- The Nature Conservancy
- Conservation organization dedicated to protecting ecologically important lands and waters
Cooking
- Green Cooking Wiki
- Simple ways to green up your kitchen
- How Green is My Cuisine
- A Sierra Club quiz to evaluate the environmental impact of your cooking.
- Solar Ovens for Green Cooking
- Instructions for assembling and using a simple solar oven.
Energy
- Clean Energy Solutions: Repower and Rebuild America
- Sierra Club site dedicated to green energy production.
- Going Green at Google
- Google’s own site devoted to building a clean energy future.
- Living Green, Living Well
- Helps you change details in your life to increase your wealth and reduce your energy consumption.
Environmental Advocacy
- Environmental Working Group
- Information and suggestions for taking environmental action.
- Friends of the Earth
- “A group of committed people who fight daily for a healthy and just world.â€
- Green America
- Dedicated to creating “a socially just and environmentally sustainable society.”
- Greenpeace
- Probably the world’s best-known environmental advocacy group.
Food
- Cincinnati Locavore
- Find locally grown food in the Cincinnati area.
- Local Harvest
- Locations of farmers’ markets, family farms, and “other sources of sustainably grown food.”
- PickYourOwn.org
- Helps you find and use locally grown products.
Gardening & Farming
- How to Go Green: Gardening
- A Discovery Channel/Planet Green site.
Health
- Health/Toxics
- An Environmental Working Group site with information on environmental health effects.
- Teleosis Institute: Health Professionals in Service of the Global Environment
- An organization dedicated to bringing healthcare in line with environmentally friendly values.
- TreeHugger: Food + Health
- TreeHugger’s food and health page.
Heating & Air Conditioning
- Geothermal Heating – Popular Mechanics
- Information on this source of heating and air conditioning which relies on the earth’s natural warmth.
- Geothermal Power
- Details on possible forms of geothermal power for generating heat and electricity.
- How Geothermal Energy Works
- An explanation of geothermal energy from The Union of Concerned Scientists.
- Sierra Club – Heating Systems
- Sierra Club advice on home heating.
- A Sourcebook for Green and Sustainable Building
- Solar hot water, heating and cooling systems
Natural Resources
- NRDC: The Natural Resources Defense Council
- An advocacy group which strives to be “Earth’s best defense.”
Organic Food
- Organic Food
- This USDA site provides information on labeling and a wealth of other subjects related to organic food.
Pet Care
- Great Green Pet
- A shopping blog devoted for the green, eco-friendly pet owner.
- Holistic Pet Care
- A site from Green Living Ideas devoted to pet safety and natural pet care.
- How to Go Green: Pets
- Green pet ideas and information on where to obtain green pet products.
Recycling
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Information from the EPA on a variety of activities related to recycling.
- National Recycling Coalition
- A national non-profit advocacy group. Site includes a useful recycling center finder.
- Recyclecity
- An interactive website from the EPA that shows the ways in which an imaginary city implemented recycling.
- Recycling on Wikipedia
- Wikipedia’s site on recycling, including links and references.
Transportation
- Green Center
- Yahoo! site for green autos.
- GreenCar.com
- Information on electric cars, hybrids, and more.
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