Farms Destroyed by Global Warming
James Armon | 01.08.2007 18:44 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Technology | Oxford
Global warming is the most serious threat facing planet.
We have an opportunity, and an obligation, to lead in solving this global crisis by investing in clean and safe electricity, efficient buildings and a less polluting transportation system.
We have an opportunity, and an obligation, to lead in solving this global crisis by investing in clean and safe electricity, efficient buildings and a less polluting transportation system.
The people of New Hampshire derive their sense of place from the Granite State's unique landscapes and the rhythms of its climate, from its brilliant fall foliage to deep winter snows in the White Mountains, to summer fun in the Lakes Region.
However, changes in New Hampshire's climate brought about by global warming are beginning to affect New Hampshire's way of life—from tourism to economic opportunity and health care costs.
To help ensure our children inherit a state that supports a high quality of life and rich opportunities, it is important to understand the causes and direction of climate trends, as well as the practical and responsible steps New Hamphire can take in the next few years to help avoid many of the unfavorable consequences of global warming.
CLIMATE TRENDS
In New England everyone jokes about the fickle weather. Although there is some natural variation in the weather every year, over longer time periods we see climate trends emerge. If you grew up in New Hampshire, you probably remember winters being longer and snowier. In the northeast United States, the average annual temperature has increased by 1.8°F over the last century. Even more striking, New England's average winter (December to February) temperature has increased 4.4°F over the last 30 years.
These temperature changes are affecting the region's plants, animals, and environment. For example, the average snow cover season has decreased by more than 15 days compared with 30 years ago, and the New Hampshire state flower, the purple lilac, now blooms four days earlier.
Much of this warming is caused by emissions, primarily carbon dioxide (CO2), that blanket the earth and trap heat. The main source of excess CO2 is the burning of coal, oil, and natural gas to generate electricity and drive our cars. If we continue to generate large quantities of CO2 and other heat-trapping gases, we can expect an average temperature increase for the northeastern United States of between five and nine degrees Fahrenheit by 2100. To place these projections in perspective, the average global temperature has increased 1.1°F over the last century. Fortunately there are sensible and affordable solutions available today to help us reduce our heat-trapping emissions and preserve our quality of life.
WHAT'S AT STAKE
SKI INDUSTRY
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Since 1930 the ski industry has been an important part of New Hampshire's economy. Skiing provides critical jobs in small towns and pumps more than $650 million into the New Hampshire economy. The ski industry is already suffering from shorter ski seasons and increased operating costs attributable to the warming of the past few decades. Since 1970 the number of New Hampshire ski areas dropped steeply, with many southern and lower-elevation resorts closest to population centers going out of business.
In order to survive today, New Hampshire ski areas must produce artificial snow on more than 90 percent of their trails. Snowmaking requires freezing temperatures, access to large local water sources, and intensive infrastructure investments. Rising temperatures mean increased snowmaking, leading to higher operating costs.
Tourism associated with cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, and snowmobiling will see the earliest effects from global warming because these activities depend on natural snowfall and do not have the option of artificial snowmaking.
FORESTS
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Because forests cover most of New Hampshire, projected changes in forest species will change the character of the state. Sugar maples (Acer saccharum), for example, occur exclusively in the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada. Maple sugar production depends on prolonged cold temperatures with freezing nights and warm daytime temperatures to create the optimal sugar content and sap production. With warming under way, the maple sugar industry long associated with New England has already felt some impact. Over the last two decades, the center of maple sugar production has shifted from the United States into Canada.
Global climate models project a substantial northward shift in maple tree distribution. Such shifts in forest vegetation could cause lower elevations in New Hampshire to lose their brilliant fall foliage and resemble instead the brown autumns currently experienced in southern Pennsylvania.
HEALTH TRENDS LINKED TO CLIMATE
Today summer storms tracking across Canada clear away pollution in the northeast United States. A recent study looking specifically at global warming and its impact on air quality found that storm frequency is projected to decrease in the region, resulting in air stagnation over much of New England. If future emissions of carbon monoxide and black carbon remain at today's levels, the study showed air stagnation will result in hazardous smog episodes that will increase in both severity and duration by mid-century.
Studies for Boston and Portland already show increases in emergency room visits for respiratory and asthma incidents that correlate with bad air pollution days (specifically, ground-level ozone events). In addition to asthma and respiratory ailments, poor air quality is also harmful to New Hampshire residents with cardiovascular disease.
Currently poor air quality in New Hampshire results in the premature death of more than 100 residents each year, costing the state one billion dollars annually. If global warming increases the frequency and/or severity of dangerous air pollution, then air pollution-related health problems will likely increase, compromising the health of many New Hampshire citizens and increasing the state's public health care expenses.
CHOICES FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE
There is a great deal that state, regional, and national policy makers can do today to address the root causes of global warming and reduce its effect on New Hampshire's economy, public health, and environment.
A MODEL REGION
New Hampshire has already taken the lead by joining other northeastern states in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI)—a cooperative effort to establish a program that will reduce CO2 emissions from power plants much the same way we successfully and quickly reduced acid rain pollution in the 1990s. This flexible "cap and trade" program harnesses the efficiency of the marketplace to achieve pollution reductions in the most cost-effective manner. A successful program for the Northeast not only benefits the region by reducing pollutants but can serve as a national model for federal policy.
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Renewable energy resources including wind, solar, and bioenergy are now affordable alternatives to the burning of fossil fuels. Policies such as a federal renewable electricity standard, which requires utilities to generate a portion of their electricity from renewable sources, would create jobs and other in-state economic development while reducing air pollution and global warming emissions.
For example, a 10 percent standard—similar to the standard that has passed the U.S. Senate three times—would generate an estimated $12 million in new income for rural landowners and $42 million in new property tax revenue. In addition, New Hampshire consumers would save $70 million on their electricity and natural gas bills by 2020 under a 10 percent standard.
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
The old "waste not, want not" adage has guided New Englanders for years. Nationally, energy efficiency improvements have helped us keep our per capita energy use almost identical to that of 1973, even though our economic output increased 74 percent in the intervening 30-plus years. These improvements saved consumers at least $430 billion.
But there remains enormous potential for additional cost-effective energy savings. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) estimates that energy efficiency solutions are available now to cut national energy use 10 percent by 2010. For example, simply extending tax incentives for energy-efficient equipment and buildings and setting new efficiency standards for new equipment could reduce peak electricity demand 70,000 megawatts (MW) by 2020—eliminating the need to build 230 300-MW polluting power plants.
FUEL ECONOMY
Because cars and trucks are responsible for almost a quarter of annual U.S. emissions of heat-trapping CO2, improving vehicle fuel economy (and thereby reducing emissions) should be a key element of climate policy. Fortunately, increasing fuel efficiency is one of the most cost-effective and technologically feasible methods of addressing the threat of global warming while benefiting our economy and protecting public health. Off-the-shelf technology can greatly reduce the amount of gasoline that cars, SUVs, and pickup trucks need without raising costs. For example, increasing fuel economy to an average 40 mpg would cost consumers about $1,000 to $2,500 per vehicle, but would save consumers $3,500 to $6,000 (calculated at two dollars per gallon) on fuel over the life of the vehicle.
A sensible federal policy would therefore increase the average fuel economy of cars, SUVs, and pickup trucks to 40 mpg over the next 10 years. By using existing technology to make more efficient vehicles, Granite State consumers would cut their 2015 gasoline consumption by nearly 500,000 gallons every day, for a net savings of $217 million at the gas pump. In addition, 700 new jobs would be created in New Hampshire by 2015.
MOVING FORWARD RESPONSIBLY
Because heat-trapping emissions remain in the atmosphere for decades or even centuries, the choices we make today will affect the climate our children and grandchildren inherit. The only responsible approach is to start reducing heat-trapping emissions now. As illustrated above, many solutions exist today that not only help us begin to slow global warming, but will also have immediate benefits for our air quality and economy. Delaying action by even five to ten years will greatly increase the costs of grappling with the problem.
In addition to reducing emissions that cause global warming, we can address root causes of air pollution that have public health consequences. We must also prepare to manage those future changes that cannot be avoided. With foresight, planning, and a commitment to responsible management, New Hampshire can be a leader in effective climate solutions.
Please email this web page to your friends and to people who are concerned about our future and our Grandchildren’s future. Thank you.
Proverb: A good person leaves an inheritance to their children’s children.
What kind of inheritance are you leaving?
Per the Sustainable Industries Journal,
the Pentagon has blocked the construction of 16 Wind Energy sites in the USA.
The military claims the Wind Farms are a threat to national security.
Maybe the Wind Farms are a threat to Big Oil and Big Coal?
SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY TRAINING for WOMEN
http://solarenergy.org http://www.solarliving.org http://www.vestas.com
http://www.ncsc.ncsu.edu/programs/nc_solar_in_schools.cfm
http://www.fsec.ucf.edu http://www.permaculture.org.uk
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http://www.strawbalefutures.org.uk http://www.ecologicalsolutions.com.au
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http://www.eartharchitecture.org http://www.adobeasw.com http://www.gadhiasolar.net
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http://www.hlf.org.np http://www.solare-bruecke.org http://www.barefootcollege.org
http://thealgebraproject.org http://bristol.indymedia.org/newswire.php?story_id=25107
http://www.yesmagazine.com/article.asp?ID=576 http://www.carbon.org
http://phillyimc.org/en/2007/02/36740.shtml
book: Super Power Breathing for Super Energy; author: Paul Bragg http://www.wolvertonenvironmental.com http://bragg.com
http://chiapas.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=148373
http://seattle.indymedia.org/en/2007/07/260728.shtml
http://boston.indymedia.org/newswire/display/200482/index.php
VOLUNTEER to WORK on ORGANIC FARMS all over the World
http://www.wwoof.org http://www.wwoof.it http://www.wwoof.dk http://www.wwoof.de http://www.wwoof.com.au http://www.wwoof.ca
TOURS of SOLAR HOMES and SOLAR BUILDINGS
http://www.ases.org/tour/2006_tour/california.htm
http://www.homepower.com/events/index.cfm
http://www.solarliving.org
http://www.solarhouseday.com/index01.shtml
FREE OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE
http://www.openoffice.org - word processor, spreadsheets, data bases and much more
http://directory.fsf.org - education, games and more
http://www.theopencd.org
http://www.safer-networking.org - Securtiy and Spy Ware
LINKS TO GROUPS SUPPORTING FOOD SECURITY, CLEAN AIR, CLIMATE PROTECTION
USA- http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2006/07/8046.php
International- http://bristol.indymedia.org/newswire.php?story_id=25168
ELECTRIC BICYCLES
http://www.myebike.com http://www.evt-scooter.de http://www.vestas.com http://www.velomobile.de
ELECTRIC VEHICLES
http://www.electroauto.com http://www.eaaev.org http://www.vestas.com http://www.nedra.com http://www.veva.bc.ca http://www.myersmotors.com http://www.ampmobiles.com http://www.acpropulsion.com
http://chiapas.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=145793
http://ovl.indymedia.org/news/2007/06/17060.php
http://newjersey.indymedia.org/en/2007/06/15908.shtml
CONVERT YOUR CAR TO ELECTRIC
http://www.canev.com http://ev-america.com http://www.evparts.com http://www.kta-ev.com http://www.go-ev.com http://www.metricmind.com
WOMEN'S CLASSES ON ELECTRIC AUTOS
http://www.electroauto.com
http://www.electric-cars-are-for-girls.com
WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR
http://www.sonyclassics.com/whokilledtheelectriccar
http://tothesurface.org/?p=70
http://www.dontcrush.com http://www.saveev1.org
book: Internal Combustion; author: E. Black http://www.internalcombustionbook.com
REFINERY REFORM, POLLUTION and DEATH
Does Big Oil have a body bag with your name on it?
Do not allow Big Oil and the Robber Barons to molest you and your family.
http://www.refineryreform.org
http://www.sunkills.com
http://bulgaria.indymedia.org/newswire/display/14135/index.php
http://adelaide.indymedia.org/newswire/display/37113/index.php
http://bristol.indymedia.org/newswire.php?story_id=25422
http://www.offshore-environment.com
http://shellfacts.com
book: Confessions of an Economic Hit Man; author: John Perkins
book: Secret History of the American Empire; author: John Perkins
book: Internal Combustion; author: E. Black http://www.internalcombustionbook.com
book: Halliburton Agenda, The Politics of Oil and Money; author: Dan Briody
book: Globalization and Its Discontents; author: Joseph Stiglitz
book: American Fascists; author: Chris Hedges
book: Tempting Faith, An Inside Story of Political Seduction; author: David Kuo
IS GOD GREEN:
http://www.chelseagreen.com/2006/items/servegod/AssociatedArticles
http://www.shoppbs.org/sm-pbs-moyers-on-america-is-god-green-dvd--pi-2511328.html
STOP CLIMATE CHAOS
and the DESTRUCTION of the POOR
http://www.itdg.org/?id=stopclimatechaos
GLOBAL WARMING DESTROYS WINE INDUSTRY
http://seattle.indymedia.org/en/2006/07/253921.shtml
http://rogueimc.org/en/2006/07/6945.shtml
ORGANIC VEGETABLE DIESEL FUEL
http://www.plantdrive.com
http://biodieselwarehouse.com
http://www.joshuatickell.com/books_films.htm
BILLION dollar CROP- http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/hemp.html
book: How to Make Biodiesel; author: Dan Carter http://www.lowimpact.org/manuals.htm
book: Biodiesel Power; author: Lyle Estill http://www.newsociety.com/bookid/3898
oil seed press machine - http://www.oilpress.com http://www.biofuels-sa.com http://www.ufop.de
http://www.grownfuel.com http://www.petrotec.de http://www.aldabiodiesel.co.uk http://www.rerorust.de
CONVERTING USED COOKING OIL into DIESEL FUEL
http://plantdrive.com/Used_Cooking_Oil_Fuel_4_18_07.pdf
http://bristol.indymedia.org/newswire.php?story_id=25107
http://www.hawaii.indymedia.org/news/2006/06/5943.php
http://www.goldenfuelsystems.com http://www.mrfunnel.com
HEATING BUILDINGS with organic Vegetable Diesel Fuel - http://www.homepower.com
QUADRUPLING FOOD PRODUCTION
Per a report from Malaysia, crops grown with Volcanic Rock Dust ( http://www.remineralize.org ) and Eeffective Micro-organisms (EM http://www.emtechnologynetwork.org ) increased production by 400%.
References: Permaculture Magazine, #51, Spring 2007; article: Stone Age Science; author: Dylan Keating
http://www.remineralize.org/story.php?story=EEZFAlEukZOJwODROk.html
http://www.permaculture-magazine.co.uk
http://www.squarefootgardening.com
http://www.carbon.org
http://www.localharvest.org
book: Bread from Stones; author: Michael Olson http://www.acresusa.com
book: How to Grow World Record Tomatoes; author: Charles Wilber http://www.acresusa.com
book: Eco-Farm; author: Charles Walters http://www.acresusa.com
book: Worms Eat My Garbage; author: Mary Appelhof http://www.wormwoman.com http://www.vermico.com
book: Recycle With Earthworms; author: Shelley Grossman http://www.wormbooks.com/all.books.htm http://elementgreen.com
book: The Farmer's Earthworm Handbook; author: David Ernst http://www.acresusa.com
Free organic gardening-farming Catalog: http://www.acresusa.com/other/freesample.htm
CARBON SOILS
Adding CHARCOAL to soil ~ http://www.eprida.com ~ greatly increases crop production for very many years.
References: Solar Today journal, Nov/Dec 2006, article: Chair's Corner: Positive Charcoal equals Negative Carbon; author: Roanl Larson
Permaculture Magazine, #50, Winter 2006; article: The Magical Soils Of El Derado; author: Terra Preta
http://www.newfarm.org/columns/research_paul/2006/0106/charcoal.shtml
http://terrapreta.bioenergylists.org
http://iaiconference.org
http://www.carbonnegative.info
http://www.permaculture-magazine.co.uk
http://www.css.cornell.edu/faculty/lehmann/terra_preta/TerraPretahome.htm
http://www.css.cornell.edu/faculty/lehmann/publications.htm
http://deltafarmpress.com/news/051114-terra-preta
http://www.dynamotive.com/english/biooil/char.html http://www.agri-therm.com
CHARCOAL SOIL: Adaptation Strategies for Global Change:
http://www.css.cornell.edu/faculty/lehmann/publ/MitAdaptStratGlobChange%2011,%20403-427,%20Lehmann,%202006.pdf
http://www.css.cornell.edu/faculty/lehmann/publ/Lehmann%20et%20al.,%202002,%20WCSS%20Bangkok,%20paper%20no.0449.pdf
book: Carbon Cycle; by Leonard Ridzon http://www.acresusa.com
IMPACT by COUNTRY: AGRICULTURE DESTRUCTION by GLOBAL WARMING
http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/14090
utilizing ORGANIC GARDENING in SCHOOLS-UNIVERSITIES
for improving Academic Performance and social development
http://uruguay.indymedia.org/news/2006/01/44217.php
http://ambazonia.indymedia.org/en/2006/01/1186.shtml
http://ru.indymedia.org/newswire/display/14175/index.php
http://india.indymedia.org/en/2006/01/211309.shtml
http://pr.indymedia.org/news/2006/01/12625.php
ORGANIC GARDENING:
Free Organic Gardening Catalog: http://www.acresusa.com/other/freesample.htm http://planetnatural.com
book: How to Grow World Record Tomatoes; author: Charles Wilber http://www.acresusa.com http://wormsway.com
book: Square Foot Gardening; author: Mel Bartholomew http://www.squarefootgardening.com
book: Worms Eat My Garbage; author: Mary Appelhof http://www.wormwoman.com
book: Compost Tea Manual, 5th edition; author: Elaine Ingham http://www.soilsoup.com http://soilfoodweb.com http://vermico.com/compost_tea_brewers.htm
book: Organic Lawn Care Manual; by Paul Tukey
book: An Earth Saving Revolution; author: Teruo Higa http://www.emtechnologynetwork.org http://brewngrow.com
book: Gaia's Garden; author: Toby Hemenway
book: The Earth Care Manual; author: P Whitefield
book: Secret Life of Compost; author: Malcolm Beck http://www.acresusa.com
book: Soul of Soil, book; author: Joseph Smillie
book: Four-Season Harvest; author: Eliot Coleman http://www.fourseasonfarm.com http://www.led-grow-master.com http://fifthseasongardening.com
book: MetroFarm; author: Michael Olson http://www.metrofarm.com
book: Lasagna Gardening for Small Spaces; author: Patricia Lanza
book: Bread from Stones; author: Michael Olson http://acresusa.com http://remineralize.org http://stonebread.co.nz http://www.uoguelph.ca/rocks http://seercentre.org.uk
http://soilandhealth.org http://wewantrealfood.com http://www.canhealyourself.com/trees.htm http://biobiz.ca http://rockdust.co.uk http://gaiagreen.com
book: Growing Communities: How to Build Community Through Community Gardening; author: Jeanette Abi-Nader
http://www.communitygarden.org/publications.php
book: Food Not Lawns; by Heather C. Flores
book: Carbon Cycle; by Leonard Ridzon
Organic insect repellant - Garlic Barrier: http://garlicbarrier.com http://ghorganics.com http://biconet.com http://organiclandscape.com http://foxfarmfertilizer.com
Organic Weed Killer - 25% Acetic Acid eliminates Weeds: http://www.gardensalive.com/article.asp?ai=468&bhcd2=1162226528
http://www.milkyspore.com/burnout.htm http://garden-ville.com http://greenergyinc.com http://groworganic.com http://ehabc.org http://hotpepperwax.com
http://www.indymedia.no/newswire/display/18832/index.php http://www.organiclandcare.org http://www.mcs-global.org http://www.panna.org
Worm Tea: http://www.vermico.com/castings.htm http://soilsoup.com http://edibella.com http://gaiacollege.ca http://gardenspout.com http://homeharvest.com
Seattle Tilth: http://www.seattletilth.org Sustainable Technology for your community. http://www.seedsavers.org http://www.wwoof.org
Microgardens: http://www.carbon.org http://www.echonet.org http://www.neemfoundation.org http://www.moringatrees.org http://www.permaculture.org.uk
Church - School Gardening Technology: http://peru.indymedia.org/news/2006/01/24394.php http://www.led-grow-master.com http://solatube.com
Gleaners: Please set up a Gleaners Group in your community to pick excess vegetables and fruits from your neighbors' gardens, from local farms and from Farmers Markets for use by your local food bank.
Thank you. http://www.gleanerscoalition.org http://www.localharvest.org
For more information, please contact local gardeners and farmers who specialize in Organic gardening, Permaculture gardening, Biodynamic gardening, Japanese Kyusei Nature gardening, Biointensive gardening, Heirloom gardening, Agroforestry gardening, Organic Hydroponics gardening and Gardening Therapy. Gardening is micro-climate specific. These means that local gardeners might know of gardening techniques and resources which are helpful for the location you live in. Keep researching, reading, refining your gardening methods and experimenting with different growing techniques. Eco Gardening technology is changing and improving all the time. Also, as the climate changes, you may need to learn other gardening techniques for various climates.
http://www.localharvest.org
PERMACULTURE
http://www.seedinternational.com.au http://www.tagari.com http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/perma.html http://www.permaculture-magazine.co.uk http://www.berg-en-dal.co.za http://www.permacultureinternational.org http://www.permaculture-hawaii.com http://www.permacultura-es.org http://www.permacultureactivist.net http://www.permaculture.org.au http://www.permacult.com.au http://www.permacultura.org http://permakultur.dk http://www.permaculture-steve.net http://www.permacult.com.au/noosa http://www.permaculturemelbourne.org.au http://www.permaculture.biz http://www.tortuga.com/permacultura http://www.3.telus.net/permaculture http://permaculturevisions.com http://www.permaculture.net http://www.openpermaculture.com http://www.permaculture.org.nz http://www.permacultura-bahia.org.br http://www.permacultura-montsant.org http://www.permacultura.org.br http://www.tierramor.org http://www.ecohabitar.org http://www.ecocentro.org http://www.pacificos.org http://permacultura.freeservers.com http://www.permacultura.cl http://permacultura.no.sapo.pt http://www.utopie.it/ecovillaggi/permacultura.htm http://www.gaia.org.ar/cursoperma.htm http://www.vidasana.org http://www.ufpa.br/permacultura http://www.mutantia21.com.ar/permacultura.html http://www.permaculture.org.uk http://colombiaenhechos.org/permacultura.htm http://www.permacultura.it http://www.ipemabrasil.org.br http://www.brightonpermaculture.co.uk http://www.torri-superiore.org http://www.agrorede.org.br/curso-permacultura http://www.ybytucatu.com.br/permacultura.htm http://www.amazonia.org http://www.permacultura-rs.org.br http://www.mmrfbz.org http://www.permaculture.org http://www.moa-inter.or.jp/english/naturefarm/nf-contents.html
http://www.booksite.com/texis/scripts/oop/click_ord/showlist.html?sid=5845&list=Gardening
Eco-Buddhahist Project: http://www.buddhafield.com
journal: Permaculture Activist http://www.permacultureactivist.net
journal: Permaculture Magazine http://www.permaculture-magazine.co.uk
journal: Permaculture Drylands Journal http://www.permaculture.net
PIL's Planet Newsletter http://www.permacultureinternational.org/newsletter/newsletter.htm
Permaculture Store: http://green-shopping.co.uk http://eco-logicbooks.com http://acresusa.com
EAT LOCAL ORGANIC FOOD
Please support your Local Organic Family Farmers
http://www.localharvest.org/csa http://www.localharvest.org/csa.jsp http://www.eatlocal.org/Ideas.html
http://colombia.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/34640.php
http://arizona.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/33261.php
http://www.iatp.org
ELIMINATING HUNGER Luke 10:29 Isaiah 1:17; 1:19
Proverb: The field of the poor my yield much food, but it is swept away through injustice.
http://www.carbon.org http://www.tfljournal.org http://www.treesforlife.org http://neemfoundation.org http://www.neemresource.com http://www.moringatrees.org http://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/ppatch http://www.leftfootorganics.org
http://bristol.indymedia.org/newswire.php?story_id=25076
http://southafrica.indymedia.org/news/2006/06/10603.php
dvd: Gandhi
the miracle of tithing
http://twincities.indymedia.org/newswire/display/29435/index.php
http://newjersey.indymedia.org/en/2007/02/13715.shtml
http://www.sfbay.indymedia.org/newsitems/2007/02/05/18357610.php
http://www.kcindymedia.org/newswire/display/72930/index.php
LINKS
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RENEWABLE ENERGY - ENERGY CONSERVATION
Three Times More JOBS - Real Economic Progress
http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2007/03/125432.shtml
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/03/18/18378731.php
PASSIVE SOLAR HEATING of BUILDINGS
http://www.greenhouse.gov.au/yourhome/technical/fs14.htm
http://www.ourcoolhouse.com/phase2.htm
http://www.sunplans.com http://www.passivhaustagung.de http://www.passiv.de http://www.solardwellings.com.au http://www.omsolar.net http://www.poweredliving.co.nz http://www.solarliving.org
http://www.passivehouse.org.nz http://www.sunpowerdesign.com.au
Passive House Planning Package 2007 Manual + CD-Rom (7th revised edition) http://e-colab.org
http://www.passivhaus.org.uk http://passiefhuisplatform.be http://pibp.pl http://budynek-pasywny.pl http://www.lamaisonpassive.fr http://maison.passive.free.fr http://www.lamaisonpassive.be http://www.maison-passive.be http://www.maisonpassive.be http://www.passiefhuisplatform.be http://www.batirbio.org http://www.la-maison-ecologique.com http://passive-aventure.vivao.be http://maisonpassive.info http://solares-bauen.fr http://www.energieinstitut.at http://www.hausderzukunft.at
book: Warm House, Cool House: Inspirational Designs for Low-Energy Housing; author: Nick Hollo
http://www.unireps.com.au/isbn/0947277226.htm
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/environ/housedesign/moreinfo.shtml
http://www.aseg.net/InTheNews.htm
http://www.cfd.rmit.edu.au/programs/sustainable_buildings/books_on_sustainable_architecture_and_building
http://www.architext.com.au/Cat/environmental.htm
http://www.facs.gov.au/indigenous/housing_guide2/b8.htm
http://www.bookworm.com.au/bookworm/dw000013.htm
http://www.theownerbuilder.com.au/Bookshop.pdf
book: Passive Solar House; author: James Kachadorian http://www.chelseagreen.com/2006/items/passivesolarhouse2 http://www.dirtcheapbuilder.com/passolhous.html http://www.urbanharvest.org/permaculture/pclinks.html http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/ow/bccde3d2434d17fba19afeb4da09e526.html http://www.homesteadinginfo.com/books/chelseapublishing/passive_solar_house.html http://store.sundancesolar.com/pasohoussode.html http://www.acresaustralia.com.au/bookstore/prod381.htm http://www.rockymtsolar.com/passivesolar.htm
book: Solar House, Passive Heating and Cooling; author: Ph.D. Chiras http://www.nesea.org/publications/NESun/review_chiras.html http://store.altenergystore.com/Books-Videos/Solar/c457 https://www.oikos.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=160 https://www.naturalhomeandgarden.com/nhgecom/router.aspx?PageId=ProDetail&ItemNumber=1436 http://www.dynamiclist.com/?node=a55acf4b-3c30-407f-b74a-712446aeb04d http://www.designcoalition.org/features/lansing/details/aircore/aircore.htm
book: Affordable Passive Solar Homes; author: Richard Crowther http://www.nesea.org/buildings/passive.html http://www.ases.org/print_catalog/residential_design.htm http://www.austinenergy.com/Energy%20Efficiency/Programs/Green%20Building/Sourcebook/passiveSolarDesign.htm http://www.3sc.net/solarm/resources.htm http://www.permacult.com.au/shelter/energy_solar.html http://www.cectoxic.org/pdf/BuildingGreen.pdf
book: Passive Solar Design and Construction Handbook; author: Michael J. Crosbie http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471183083.html http://www.greenenergyohio.org/page.cfm?pageId=492 http://www.cecer.army.mil/Sustdesign/SDRFavBooksPV.cfm http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/solardesign.html http://www.greensage.com/CEU/4467nr/CEU4467nrbooks.html http://www.greenhomebuilding.com/heatwithsun.htm
book: The Passive Solar Energy Book: A Complete Guide to Passive Solar Home, Greenhouse, and Building Design; author: Edward Mazria
book: Solar Projects for Under 500 Dollars; author: Mary Twitchell
book: Passive Solar Construction Handbook; author: Levy Emanuel
book: European Passive Solar Handbook; author: Owen Lewis
book: Survey of European Passive Solar Buildings; author: Commissariat a L'ene
book: Profiting from Sunshine - Passive Solar Building in the Mountains
book: Passive Solar Design Strategies; National Renewable Energy Lab http://bookstore.greenbuilder.com/index.books
book: Passive Solar Retrofit; author: Darryl Strickler
book: Village Homes, Solar House Designs; author: J. Corbett
book: California Passive Solar Handbook; California Energy Commission
book: Passive Solar Design Handbook (volumes I, II, III); author: D. Balcomb
book: National Design Handbook Prototype on Passive Solar Heating and Natural Cooling of Buildings; United Nations Centre for Human Settlements
book: Erstes Mehrfamilien-Passivhaus im Altbau; author: A. Willensdorfer http://www.hausderzukunft.at
book: Passivhaus Schulungunterlagen; author: P. Holzer
book: 1000 Passivhäuser in Österreich; author: G. Lang
book: Praxis- und Passivhaustaugliche Sanierungssysteme für Dach und Wandbauteile unter Verwendung von Hochleistungswärmedämmsystemen; author: A. Ferle
book: Wohnbausanierung mit Passivhaustechnologie; author:
HIGH PERFORMANCE PASSIVE HOUSES
http://www.viking-house.net
WASTE NOT, WANT NOT
http://www.zeri.org http://www.emtech.org http://www.oceanarks.org http://www.bokashi.co.nz http://www.elementgreen.com
http://www.zerowastekovalam.org http://zerowaste.co.nz http://www.zerowaste.com http://www.towardszero.com
http://www.powerefficiencycorp.com http://www.1windowquilts.com http://www.waterless.co.nz http://waterrecycling.com http://ecoflo.ie
book: Create an Oasis With Greywater; author: A. Ludwig http://www.oasisdesign.net http://www.ecological-engineering.com http://atlantium.com
book: Safe Rainwater Collection; author: Charmaine Taylor http://www.dirtcheapbuilder.com/safraincol.html http://www.wolvertonenvironmental.com
Greywater Heat Exchangers: http://www.gfxtechnology.com
book: Worms Eat My Garbage; author: Mary Appelhof http://www.wormwoman.com http://www.vermico.com http://elementgreen.com
book: Recycle With Earthworms; author: Shelley Grossman http://www.wormbooks.com/all.books.htm
ADVANCED RECYCLING TECHNOLOGIES:
http://rogueimc.org/en/2007/05/8529.shtml
http://india.indymedia.org/en/2005/12/211277.shtml
http://santiago.indymedia.org/news/2007/05/68545.php
http://turkce-cyprus.indymedia.org/newswire/display/120/index.php
RAINWATER HARVESTING
http://www.greengridroofs.com
http://www.rainharvesting.co.uk http://www.rainwaterclub.org http://www.eng.warwick.ac.uk/DTU/rwh/index.html http://www.rainwaterharvesting.org http://www.aboutrainwaterharvesting.com http://www.rainman.ie http://www.sustainable.com.au/rainwater.html http://www.rainharvesting.co.uk http://www.forgottenrain.com http://www.lifewater.ca/rain.htm http://www.rainwaterharvesting.net http://www.raincentre.org http://www.ne-design.net http://dnr.metrokc.gov/wlr/PI/rainbarrels.htm http://www.rainharvesting.ie http://www.freerain.co.uk http://www.cseindia.org http://www.ideorg.org/Page.asp?NavID=215 http://products.ecosaver.com.au/dma-savew/?sectionid=20
online book: Texas Guide to Rainwater Harvesting; author: Wendy Price Todd
http://www.twdb.state.tx.us/publications/reports/RainwaterHarvestingManual_3rdedition.pdf
http://www.ircsa.org/7th.html
http://www.bnm.ie/utilities/news/july_04_rainsaver.htm
http://home.btconnect.com/engindia/rainwaterharvesting.htm
http://www.harvestingrainwater.com/resources/rainwater-harvesting-with-cisterns-resources
http://www.newint.org/issue354/harvesting.htm
http://www.selfhelpintl.ie/selfhelp/Files/20509%20Self%20Help%20Water%20Book.pdf
http://www.itdg.org/docs/technical_information_service/rainwater_harvesting.pdf
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dpu-projects/.../DFID_DPU_Bridging_Chennai.pdf
http://www.p2pays.org/ref/18/17754.htm
http://www.oneworld.ca/guides/water/harvesting
http://www.solar783.com/rainharv.pdf
INTERNET BOOKS:
http://www.abebooks.com http://alibris.com http://eco-logicbooks.com http://amazon.co.uk http://fetchbook.info http://lowimpact.org http://www.cat.org.uk
http://oasisdesign.net http://dirtcheapbuilder.com http://chelseagreen.com http://permaculture.org.uk http://green-shopping.co.uk http://acresusa.com http://www.green-shopping.co.uk
ARE AMERICANS STUPID?
Why be stupid?
http://pr.indymedia.org/news/2006/09/18295.php
http://valparaiso.indymedia.org/news/2006/09/8723.php
http://indymedia.org.nz/newswire/display/38087/index.php
USA LINKS
Utility Solar Water Heating Initiative
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/ush2o
http://www.solargenix.com
http://www.heliodyne.com
http://www.solarthermal.com
http://www.sundasolar.com/aboutus.htm
Million Solar Roofs Initiative
http://www.millionsolarroofs.org
http://www.powerlight.com
http://www.solarwall.com
http://www.cansolair.com
Photovoltaic Power Systems for Buildings Organization
http://www.task7.org
USA Solar Energy Society
http://www.ases.org/about_ases/chapters.htm
Solar Energy Industries Association
http://www.seia.org
Solar energy, solar heated homes - buildings
Solar heated swimming pools, spas and hot tubs.
~~Advanced Sustainable Technologies for Economic Progress
http://www.thunderbay.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/21689.php
http://istanbul.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/82627.php
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2006/05/112665.php
Solar Incentives by each state
http://www.dsireusa.org
Renewable Energy Links
http://www.homeenergy.org/links.html
Renewable Energy Events
http://homepower.com/events
http://homepower.com/links
Local Energy
http://www.localenergy.org
Climate Change Knowledge Network
http://www.cckn.net
Post Carbon Institute
http://www.postcarbon.org
Surviving Peak Oil
http://www.survivingpeakoil.com
Fossil Fuel's Destructive Hidden Costs
http://www.homepower.com/files/hiddencosts.pdf
Schools going Solar
http://www.irecusa.org/schools
http://www.the-environment.org/FEE/schools.html
http://www-solar.mck.ncsu.edu/sgs/sgsindex.htm
Alliance's Green Schools Program
energy-saving activities for schools
http://www.ase.org/section/program/greenschl/aboutgs
Solar Schools
http://solarschools.com
American Lung Association Action Network
protecting our grandchildren from Filthy outdoor Air
http://lungaction.org
http://calhealthyschools.org
Clean the Air Assocaition
stop Power Plant Dirty Air Pollution
http://www.cleartheair.org/dirtypower
SILENT SPRING INSTITUTE
Links between the Environment and breast Cancer
http://www.silentspring.org
Clean Energy Climate Solutions Project
http://www.cleanair-coolplanet.org
SolarQuest
http://www.solarquest.com
Sustainable School Design
http://www.innovativedesign.net/sustainableschools.htm
List of Grant Money and Loans for Solar Schools
http://www.dsireusa.org
Public Renewables Partnership
http://www.repartners.org/stateactres.htm
Alliance to Save Energy
http://www.ase.org/section/_audience/educators
Local Power Program
http://www.local.org
Solar Electric Power Association
http://www.solarelectricpower.org
National Center for Photovoltaics
http://www.nrel.gov/ncpv
International Solar Energy Society
http://www.ises.org/ises.nsf!Open
Green Festivals USA
http://www.greenfestivals.org
Interfaith Climate Change Network
http://www.protectingcreation.org
Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life
http://www.coejl.org
Evangelical Climate Initiative
http://www.christiansandclimate.org
Islamic Foundation for Ecology
and Environmental Sciences
http://www.ifees.org
Earth Sangha
http://www.earthsangha.org
National Religious Partnership for the Environment
http://www.nrpe.org
National Catholic Rural Life Conference
Care of community and care of creation
http://www.ncrlc.com
US Conference of Catholic Bishops
Environmental Justice Program
http://www.nccbuscc.org/sdwp/ejp
Native American Energy Campaign
http://www.ienearth.org/energy.html
http://www.hoanw.org
Episcopal Ecological Network
http://eenonline.org
Episcopal Church and the Environment
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/1829_ENG_HTM.htm
http://www.episcopal-life.org/26724_62397_ENG_HTM.htm
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/1829_54110_ENG_HTM.htm
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_19838_ENG_HTM.htm
North American Coalition for Christianity and Ecology
http://www.nacce.org
Energy Justice Network
http://www.energyjustice.net
Religious Witness for the Earth
http://www.religiouswitness.org
Greek Orthodox and the Environment
http://www.goarch.org/en/ourfaith/environment
UU Ministry for Earth
http://uuministryforearth.org
Quaker Earthcare Witness
http://www.quakerearthcare.org
National Black Environmental Justice Network
http://www.nbejn.org
National Hispanic Environmental Council
http://www.nheec.org
Asian Pacific Environmental Network
http://www.apen4ej.org
Minority Environmental Lawyers Association
http://www.concentric.net/%7EMstanisl
National Council of Churches of Christ
Eco-Justice Programs
http://www.nccecojustice.org
http://www.toad.net/~cassandra/otherprog.htm
Climate Ark
http://www.climateark.org
Noah Alliance
http://www.noahalliance.org
Earth Ministry
http://www.earthministry.org/your_congregation.htm
EarthCare
http://www.earthcareonline.org
Earth Ethics
http://earthethics.com
Target Earth
Serving the Earth, Serving the Poor
http://www.targetearth.org
Interfaith Works
http://www.interfaithworks.org
GreenFaith
http://www.peqnj.org
Navajo Renwable Energy Programs
http://www.seedmagazine.com/news/2006/01/hopi_power.php?page=all
http://www.wapa.gov/es/pubs/esb/2000/00Oct/default.htm
http://www.sunwize.com/news/images/ntua_project.pdf
http://www.sandia.gov/media/NewsRel/NR2000/navajos.htm
Native American Wind Energy
http://www.nativewind.org
http://www.irecusa.org/articles/static/1/1082763722_1051597266.html
Climate Crisis Coalition
http://www.climatecrisiscoalition.org
Set America Free
http://www.setamericafree.org
Physicians for Social Responsibility
http://www.psr.org
Science and Environmental Health Network
http://www.sehn.org
Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility
http://www.iccr.org
Our Stolen Future
http://www.ourstolenfuture.org
National Center for Appropriate Technology
http://www.ncat.org
Rocky Mountain Institute
http://www.rmi.org
Community Energy Opportunity Finder
http://www.energyfinder.org
Community Solution
http://www.communitysolution.org
Global Footprint Network
http://www.globalfootprintnetwork.org
Earth Policy Institute
eco-economy
http://www.earth-policy.org
Alliance for Sustainability through Higher Education
http://www.secondnature.org
Campus Ecology - Sstainable Campus
http://www.nwf.org/campusEcology
Clean Air Now
http://www.lung.ca/cando
Global Warming early warning signs
http://www.climatehotmap.org
Climate Crisis
http://www.climatecrisis.net
Climate Change Educational Speakers
http://www.greenhousenet.org
Redefining Progress
http://www.rprogress.org
University Leaders for a Sustainable Future
http://www.ulsf.org
New England Climate Coalition
http://www.newenglandclimate.org/effectsbystate.htm
Advocates for Oil Awareness
http://oilawareness.meetup.com
Life After the Oil Crash
http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net
Refinery Reform Campaign
http://www.refineryreform.org
OilSandsWatch
The Destruction of Canadian Wilderness
http://oilsandswatch.org
Mining Watch
http://miningwatch.ca
Killing with Oil Company Spills
http://www.sunkills.com
http://www.panda.org/news_facts/newsroom/crisis/spain_oil_spill/index.cfm
Environmental impact of the offshore oil and gas industry
http://www.offshore-environment.com
book: Big Coal, The Dirty Secret, author: Jeff Goodell
http://www.booktv.org/feature/index.asp?segID=7209&schedID=444
http://www.vestas.com
DVD: Kilowatt Ours
How Coal is destroying the Planet
http://www.kilowattours.org
Global Warming Impacts on Arctic ecosystem
and the destruction of Native Alaskans and artic people.
http://www.montreal2005.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=En&n=985F2458-1
Global Warming is a massive threat to Biodiversity and Wildlife
http://conservation.org/xp/CIWEB/programs/climatechange
book: Next Gulf, Oil Conflict in Nigeria; author: Andy Rowell
http://www.remembersarowiwa.com/nextgulf.htm
http://www.corporatewatch.org.uk/?lid=2511
http://www.carbonweb.org/showitem.asp?article=70&parent=7&link=Y&gp=3
http://www.spinwatch.org/modules.php?name=Content&pa=list_pages_categories&cid=20
Building Tomorrow’s Crisis?
http://www.foe.org/camps/intl/institutions/finan03.pdf
British Petroleum (BP) Greenwash, Climate Change
http://www.pacificviews.org/weblog/archives/002130.html
http://www.medialens.org/alerts/index.php
http://www.uow.edu.au/arts/sts/sbeder/bp.html
http://forests.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=30224
BP's pipeline destroying communities
http://www.bakuceyhan.org.uk/more_info/bp_pipeline.htm
http://www.bakuceyhan.org.uk/news.htm
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/02/285978.html
Vice President Dick Cheney, British Petroleum, Halliburton and Russian Black Gold
http://indexresearch.blogspot.com/2005/11/siberian-shadowlands-part-1.html
http://indexresearch.blogspot.com/2005/11/siberian-shadowlands-part-3.html
http://www.unknownnews.org/041004a-te.html
Campaign Against Climate Change
http://www.campaigncc.org
DIRTY TRICKS against AMERICANS and
Corporate spying on citizens
http://www.oneworldsee.org/external/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.greenpeace.org%2Finternational_en%2Ffeatures%2Fdetails%3Fitem_id%3D434049
WATCHING THEM, WATCHING YOU
http://www.socialistreview.org.uk/article.php?articlenumber=9653
The PRESIDENT and EXXON
Axis of oil
http://www.oneworldsee.org/external/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.greenpeace.org%2Finternational_en%2Ffeatures%2Fdetails%3Fitem_id%3D434049
Association for the Study of Peak Oil
http://www.peakoil.net
The Coming Global Oil Crisis
http://www.oilcrisis.com
Twilight in the Desert,
The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy
http://www.twilightinthedesert.com
Powerdown Project
project to assist municipalities and communities in surviving
http://www.postcarbon.org/initiatives/powerdown
Power Shift
http://www.videoproject.com/pow-833-v.html
Community Food Security Coalition
http://www.foodsecurity.org
Community Solutions
Film: Power of Community, How one Community Survived Peak Oil
http://www.communitysolution.org/cuba.html
High Noon For Natural Gas
http://highnoon.ws
Peak Oil Project
http://www.bone2.com/kt/po/peakoil_project.htm
Oil Empire
http://www.oilempire.us
Oil Decline
http://www.oildecline.com
Oil Crash
http://www.oilcrash.com
Crude Awakening
http://www.crudeawakening.org
Die Off
http://dieoff.com
Freedom From Oil
http://freedomfromoil.com
Kick the Oil Habit
http://kicktheoilhabit.org
Threats of Peak Oil
to the Global Food Supply
http://www.museletter.com/archive/159.html
http://www.energybulletin.net/7088.html
The Oil We Eat
http://www.harpers.org/TheOilWeEat.html
Hunger For Natural Gas
http://www.chelseagreen.com/2004/items/highnoon/AssociatedArticles
Why Our Food Is So Dependent on Oil
http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/34/10314
Pew Center on Global Climate Change
http://pewclimate.org
National Environmental Trust
http://www.net.org
Environment Site
http://theenvironmentsite.org
Planet Drum
http://planetdrum.org
Natural Step
http://www.thenaturalstep.com
BioGems
http://www.savebiogems.org
Kibbutz Collective Farm
sustainable communities and food security
http://www.kibbutz.us
David Suzuki Foundation
http://www.davidsuzuki.org
Living Nutrition
http://www.livingnutrition.com
Tour d'Organics bike rides
http://www.tourdorganics.com
Organic Athlete
http://www.organicathlete.org
Race to Be Cool
http://www.racetobecool.org
Wolf at the Door
Beginner's Guide to Peak Oil
http://www.wolfatthedoor.org.uk
Survival in the 21st Century After Oil
http://www.after-oil.co.uk
Film: The End Of Suburbia,
Oil Depletion and the Collapse of The American Dream
http://www.endofsuburbia.com
Film: Oil Crash
http://www.oilcrashmovie.com
Film: The Oil Factor
http://www.theoilfactor.com
Film: PEAK OIL - imposed by Nature
http://www.peakoil-imposedbynature.com
Peak Oil Video material
FREE downloads links
http://sydneypeakoil.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=49
book: Uneasy Alchemy, Citizens and Experts in Louisiana's Chemical Corridor Disputes (death from oil refineries); author: Barbara L. Allen
book: Oil Spills; author: Joanna Burger
book: Energy, Economics, and the Environment: Conflicting Views of an Essential Interrelationship; author: Herman E. Daly
book: The Oil Depletion Protocol, A Plan to Avert Oil Wars, Terrorism and Economic Collapse; author: Richard Heinberg
book: Powerdown; author: Richard Heinberg
book: Save Cash and Save the Planet; author: Andrea Smith
book: Empty Tank, Oil, Gas, Hot Air, and the Coming Global Financial Catastrophe; author: Jeremy Leggett
book: Outgrowing the Earth, The Food Security Challenge in an Age of Falling Water Tables and Rising Temperatures; author: Lester R. Brown
book: The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of the Oil Age, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-first Century; author: James Howard Kunstler
book: Petrodollar Warfare: Oil, Iraq and the Future of the Dollar; author: William R. Clark
book: Big Book of Self-Reliant Living; author: Walter Szykitka
book: When Technology Fails, A Manual for Self Reliance & Planetary Survival; author: Matthew Stein
report: The Full Economic Costs Of Louisiana’s Oil/Gas And Petrochemical Industries; author: P. Templet
free report at- http://www.leanweb.org/pub.html
report: The Making (and Breaking) of a Petrochemical Paradise; author: Raymond J. Burby
free report at- http://www.planning.unc.edu/facstaff/faculty/burby/Baton_Rouge.pdf
Solidarity Economics
Strategies for Building New Economies
http://www.geo.coop/SolidarityEconomicsEthanMiller.htm
Green Economics
http://www.greeneconomics.net
EcoSquared
Ecological Economics
http://www.ecosquared.org
Local Living Economies
http://www.livingeconomies.org
Energy and Resource Institute
http://www.teriin.org
Organization of Petroleum Avoiding Consumers
http://www.mainebrook.com/opac
Culture Change
http://www.culturechange.org
World Centric
http://www.worldcentric.org
Solar Electric Light Fund
http://www.self.org
Architects-Designers-Planners for Social Responsiblity
http://adpsr.org
No Need for Nukes
http://www.socialistreview.org.uk/article.php?articlenumber=9622
Car Sharing - to reduce costs.
(When will this happen for electric bicycles?)
http://www.erideshare.com
http://www.carsharing.net
http://vvv.com/carshare/Links.html
http://www.flexcarnetwork.com
http://www.carshare.org
http://www.shareajourney.com
http://www.carsharing.org
http://www.citycarshare.org
http://www.autoshare.com
http://www.liftshare.org
http://www.zipcar.com
http://www.flexcar.com
http://www.communauto.com
http://www.stattauto.com
http://www.carsharing.ca
http://www.mobility.ch
http://www.icscarsharing.it
http://www.carsharing.bz.it
http://www.communitycar.com
http://www.hourcar.org
http://www.phillycarshare.org
http://www.a2c3.org
http://www.carsharegloucestershire.com
Car Pooling or Ride Sharing
http://www.erideshare.com
http://www.nationalcarshare.co.uk
http://www.carcompanion.co.uk
http://www.carpoolconnect.com
http://www.commuterchoice.com
Electric Car Rentals
http://www.revaindia.com/rentareva.htm
Organic Gardening Catalog
http://www.acresusa.com/other/freesample.htm
Solar Catalog
http://www.gaiam.com/realgoods
Journal of Solar Energy Engineering
http://scitation.aip.org/ASMEJournals/Solar/
INTERNATIONAL LINKS
International Solar Energy Society
http://www.ises.org
International Photovoltaic Solar Electricity Association
http://www.iea-pvps.org/ar/index.htm
International Source Guide for Renewable Energy
http://energy.sourceguides.com
PV database
http://www.pvdatabase.com
International Solar Heating and Cooling Programme
http://www.iea-shc.org
Solar Works
http://www.solar-works.com/staff.htm
Solar Cookers International
http://www.solarcookers.org
Farming with Windmills
http://fr.allafrica.com/stories/200208260345.html
http://www.sunfrost.com
Ocean Energy Expo
http://www.energyocean.com
Concentrating Solar Power
http://www.mng.org.uk/green_house/renewable_energy/csp.htm
http://www.energylan.sandia.gov/sunlab/index.html
http://www.dlr.de/tt/med-csp
http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy04osti/34440.pdf
International Symposium on
Concentrating Solar Power Systems
http://solarpaces2006.com
Huge Solar Plants Bloom in Desert
http://www.wired.com/news/planet/0,2782,69528,00.html?tw=rss.TOP
http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/story?id=43336
Boron: A Better Energy Carrier than Hydrogen?
http://www.eagle.ca/~gcowan/boron_blast.html#borotop
Schools going Solar
http://www.solarschools-brighterfuture.org/solarschools_en.htm
International Institute for Energy Conservation
http://www.iiec.org
Sun & Wind Energy Journal
http://www.sunwindenergy.com
http://www.bva-solar.de
Home Power Journal - free
http://homepower.com
Journal of Solar Energy Engineering
http://scitation.aip.org/ASMEJournals/Solar/
World Solar Challenge Car Racing
http://www.wsc.org.au/2007
~~ IRELAND - SCOTLAND - UK ~~
Irish Solar Energy Association
http://www.irishsolar.com
Scottish Solar Energy Group
http://www.sseg.org.uk
UK Solar Energy Society
http://www.thesolarline.com
http://www.uk-ises.org
British Photovoltaic Association
http://www.greenenergy.org.uk/pvuk2
Solar for London Schools
http://www.sustainable-energy.org.uk/site.builder/school%20solar.html
http://www.solarforlondon.org.uk/site.builder/community.html
Sustainable Ireland
http://www.sustainable.ie
Fuelling the Future
http://www.fuellingthefuture.org
Leeds Sustainability Network
http://www.leeds-susnet.org.uk
sustainable Thornbury
http://www.sustainablethornbury.org
Carbon Trust
http://www.carbontrust.co.uk
London Rising Tide
http://www.londonrisingtide.org.uk
People and Planet
http://www.peopleandplanet.org
Friends of the Earth-Climate Change Campaign
http://www.foe.co.uk/campaigns/climate/issues/climate_change/index.html
South Bank University
Solar Car Racing
http://www.lsbu.ac.uk/solarcar/main.htm
~~ CANADA ~~
Solar Energy Society of Canada
http://www.solarenergysociety.ca
Canadian Solar Industries Association
http://www.cansia.ca
Canadian Solar Decathlon
http://www.canadiansolar.org
BC Sustainable Energy Association
http://www.bcsea.org
Oil Free Coast Alliance
http://www.oilfreecoast.org
Vancouver Renewable Energy Coop
http://www.recov.org
City Green
http://www.citygreen.ca
Relocalize Saint John
http://www.relocalizesj.org
Canadian Electric Vehicle Society
http://www.evsociety.ca
Electric Vehicle Society of Canada
http://www.evsociety.ca
Vancouver Electric Vehicle Association
http://www.veva.bc.ca
http://www.veva.bc.ca/#otherlinks
Electric Vehicle Council of Ottawa
http://www.evco.ca
Durham Electric Vehicle Association
http://www.durhamelectricvehicles.com
Solar Vehicle Racing
http://www.uoitsolarcar.ca
Power of One
Solar Car Racing
http://www.xof1.com
McMaster University
Solar Car Racing
http://www.solarcar.mcmaster.ca
University of Calgary
Solar Car Racing
http://www.calgarysolarteam.ca
University of New Brunswick
Solar Car Racing
http://www.ee.unb.ca/Projects/unbsolar
University of Toronto
Solar Car Racing
http://www.blueskysolar.utoronto.ca
University of Waterloo
Solar Car Racing
http://www.midsun.uwaterloo.ca/www
University of Western Ontario
SunStang Solar Car Project
http://www.eng.uwo.ca/sunstang
Polytechnique de Montreal
Solar Vehicle
http://www.polymtl.ca/esteban
Technologie Supérieure
Solar Car Racing
http://eclipse.etsmtl.ca/fr/
~~ AFRICA - MIDDLE EAST ~~
Solar Energy Society of Southern Africa
http://www.sessa.org.za
Solar Schools in South Africa
http://www.self.org/SamanthaDlomo.asp
Sustainable Energy Africa
http://www.sustainable.org.za
Renewable Energy Association of Swaziland
http://www.ecs.co.sz/reaswa
Yonge Nawe
http://www.yongenawe.com
Green Clippings
http://www.greenclippings.co.za
Egyptian Solar Energy Society
http://www.soficom.com.eg/eses
North Africa Renewable Energy Conference
http://www.nrea.gov.eg/menarec/menarec.htm
Desert Power: energy, food, and water from desert
http://www.ju.edu.jo/confernces/gcreader/workshops_details.htm
Sustainable Design links
http://www.iciscenter.org/html/4_resources/links_sustainable.htm
Arava Institute for Environmental Studies
http://www.arava.org
Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem
http://www.arij.org
Dead Sea Project
http://www.deadseaproject.org
~~ LATIN AMERICA ~~
Latin America Renewable Energy Fair
http://www.rio6.com
Asociacion Nacional de Energía Solar
http://www.anes.org
Oilwatch Mesoamerica
http://www.oilwatchmesoamerica.net
~~ CUBA ~~
Cubasolar
http://www.cubasolar.cu
~~ PUERTO RICO ~~
Universidad de Puerto Rico
Solar Decathlon
http://solar.uprm.edu
~~ EUROPE ~~
Eurener Energia Solar
http://eurener.com
European Photovoltaic Industry Association
http://www.epia.org
European Solar Energy Association
http://www.eurosolar.org
European Solar Cities
http://www.eu-solarcities.org
European Solar Thermal Industry Federation
http://www.estif.org
European Solar Water Heater Initiative
http://www.soltherm.org
European Solar Research
http://www.pvnord.org
European Solar Engineering School
http://www.eses.org
European Association for Electric Vehicles
http://www.avere.org
http://www.citelec.org
~~ AUSTRIA ~~
Austria Solar Water Heater Initiative
http://www.austriasolar.at
Austrian Society for Renewable Energy
http://www.aee.at
Austrian Solar Thermal Initiative
http://www.soltherm.at
~~ BELGIAN ~~
Belgian Solar Car Racing
http://www.solarteam.be
~~ DENMARK ~~
Denmark Sustainable Energy Technology
http://www.elle-kilde.dk
Denmark Solar City
http://www.solarcity.dk
Solar City Copenhagen
http://www.solarcitycopenhagen.dk
Denmark Gaia Solar
http://www.gaiasolar.dk
Denmark Solar Heating
http://www.arcon.dk
http://www.solvarme.dk
Dansk solenergiforening
http://www.danvak.dk
Dansk Eco Building
http://www.ecobuilding.dk
Green City Denmark
http://www.greencity.dk
~~ FRANCE ~~
France Association for the Development of Renewable Energy
http://www.asder.asso.fr
France Committee on Renewable Energy
http://www.cler.org
France Renewable Energy Organization
http://www.energies-renouvelables.org
France Hespul Association
http://www.hespul.org
France Electric Vehicle Association
http://www.cereveh.org
Renewable Energy Policy Network
for the 21st Century
http://www.ren21.net
French Renewable Energy Industry Association
and Exhibition
http://www.energie-ren.com/2006
SolarPACES
concentrating solar power systems
http://www.solarpaces.org
France Solar Car Racing
http://www.helioscar.com
~~ FINLAND ~~
Finnish Solar Education Program
http://solis.wwnet.fi
Finnish Solar Energy Society
http://www.tkk.fi/Units/NEMO/eng4ises.htm
~~ GERMANY ~~
German Institute for Solar Energy Systems
http://www.ise.fhg.de
German Federal Solar industry Association
http://www.bsi-solar.de
German Solar Industry Association
http://www.solarwirtschaft.de
German Society for Solar Power
http://www.dgs.de
German Solar Server
http://www.solarserver.de
German Solar Promotion Association
http://www.sfv.de
German Solar Promotion
http://www.solarfoerderung.de
German Solar Info
http://www.solarinfo.de
German Solar Intergration
http://www.solarintegration.de
German Solar Institute
http://www.sij.fh-aachen.de
Renweable Energy in Germany
http://www.german-renewable-energy.com
German Solar Energy Circle
http://www.solarkreis.de
German Solar Journal
Photon
http://www.photon.de
German Solar Journal
Solar Themen
http://www.solarthemen.de
German Solar Initiative
http://www.solarinitiativen.de
German Solar Federal League
http://www.solarbundesliga.de
German Solar Portal
http://www.solaranlagen-portal.de
German Solar Factory Group
http://www.solar-fabrik.com
German International Solar Center
http://emsolar.ee.tu-berlin.de/iscb/home.html
German Solar Association of Amberg
http://www.solarverein-amberg.de
German Citizen Solar Power Group of Ainring
http://www.sonnenkraft-ainring.de
German Citizen Solar Power Group of Bavaria
http://www.gmoaner.de
German Solar Association of Bensheim
http://www.solarverein-bensheim.de
German Solar Project of Freilassing
http://www.solarprojekt-freilassing.homepage.t-online.de
German Solar Association of Marbach
http://www.solarverein-marbach.de
German Solar Association of Leobendorf
http://www.solarregiolaufen.de
German Solar Association of Piding
http://piding.buergerkraftwerke.de
German Solar Association of Rosenheimer
http://www.rosolar.de
German Citizen Solar Power Group of Saaldorf-Surheim
http://www.saaldorf-surheim.de/index.php?id=115
German Solar Association of Trier
http://www.solarverein-trier.de
German Solar Cooker
Easy for you to build
http://www.solarofen.de
German Solar Energy Demonstration
http://www.solid.de
Erneuerbare Energien
http://www.erneuerbareenergien.de
Bochum Solar Car Racing
http://www.fh-bochum.de/solarcar
~~ GREECE ~~
Greek Solar Industry Association
http://www.ebhe.gr
Greek Centre of Renewable of Energy
http://www.cres.gr
Greek Electric Vehicle Association
http://www.heliev.gr
University of Patras
Solar Car Racing
http://www.mech.upatras.gr/~solarcar
Olympic Solar Cars Racing
Phaethon 2004
http://www.phaethon2004.org
Aristotle University
Solar Car Racing
http://lat.eng.auth.gr/helios2004/
Holland Solar
http://www.hollandsolar.nl
~~ ITALY ~~
ItalianSun Country
http://www.paesedelsole.org
Italian Solar Energy Society
http://www.isesitalia.it
Italian Solar Energy Newsletter
http://www.ilsolea360gradi.it/news/news_sommario.htm
Italian Association of Renewable Energy Producers
http://www.aper.it
Italian Solar Thermal Association
http://www.ambienteitalia.it/solare.htm
Italian Association for Solar Heating
http://www.assolterm.it
Italian Association for Renewable Energy
http://www.resedaweb.org
Italian Renewable Energy Society
http://www.renael.it
Italian PV Tech Expo
http://www.pvtech.it
Italian PV Journal
Fotovoltaici FV
http://www.artenergy.it/pages/rivista_FV.asp
Concentrating Solar Power
for the Mediterranean Region
http://www.dlr.de/tt/med-csp
Trans-Mediterranean Renewable Energy Cooperation
http://www.trecers.net/index.html
Italian Team Futura
Solar Car Racing
http://www.futura2.it
~~ NETHERLANDS ~~
Netherlands Solar Links
http://www.solarstart.nl
Netherlands Solar - Startkabel
http://zonne-energie.startkabel.nl
Netherlands Solar - boogo links
http://zonne-energie.boogolinks.nl
Netherlands Solar
http://www.polderpv.nl
Netherlands Solar Solutions
http://www.tss4u.nl
GEZEN Foundation for Massive Solar Power
http://www.gezen.nl
Netherlands Electric Vehicle Association
http://www.asne.nl
Netherlands Nuon Solar Team
Solar Car Racing
http://www.nuonsolarteam.nl
Netherlands University of Twente
Solar Car Racing
http://www.solarteamtwente.nl
http://www.raedthuyssolarteam.nl
http://www.wsc2005.utwente.nl
Netherlands Solar Team
http://www.solar-team.nl
~~ NORWAY ~~
Norwegian Solar Energy Society
http://www.solenergi.no
Norsk Solar Industry Association
http://www.norsksolfangerindustri.no
Norsk side om solenergianlegg
http://www.solvarme.no
SOLARNOR water heating systems
http://www.solarnor.no
Sun Lab
http://www.sunlab.no
ECO ark
http://www.arkitektur.no/ecoark
Sun Cook
http://www.suncook.no
~~ RUSSIA ~~
Center for Energy Efficiency
http://www.cenef.ru
~~ SPAIN ~~
Spain Renewable Energy Association
Eco Earth
http://www.ecoterra.org
International Symposium
Concentrating Solar Power Systems
http://solarpaces2006.com
Plataforma Solar de Almería
http://www.psa.es
Spain Solar Cookers Conference
http://www.solarconference.net/
Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
Solar Decathlon
http://www.solardecathlon.upm.es
Spain Solar Energy Training Centre
http://www.censolar.es
~~ SWEDEN ~~
Solar Energy Association of Sweden
http://www.solenergiforeningen.se
Swedish PV consultants
http://www.energibanken.se
Swedish Design tool for
building integrated photovoltaic systems
http://www.solcell.nu/
Swedish Renewable Energy
http://www.elforsk.se
Swedish Switch to Solar Energy
http://www.switchpower.se
Swedish Solar Technology
http://www.gpv-solar.com
Solklart – solvärme
http://www.solklart-solvarme.nu
Nationellt solcellsprogram
http://www.elforsk.se/solel
SOLCELLER I BYGGANDET
http://www.solcell.nu
Svenska Solgruppen
http://www.solgruppen.se
~~ SWITZERLAND ~~
Swiss Solar Energy Society
http://www.sses.ch
Swiss Solar Thermal Initiative
http://soltherm.ch
Swiss Exhibition center for photovoltaic integration
http://www.demosite.ch
Swiss Solar Engineering Association
http://www.solarstrom.ch
Stirling Engine
http://www.bekkoame.ne.jp/~khirata/indexe.htm
~~ OCEANIA ~~
~~ AUSTRALIA ~~
Australian & New Zealand Solar Energy Society
http://www.anzses.org
Solar Home and Building Tours
http://www.solarhouseday.com
Solar Education for Schools
http://www.solarschools.net
ASPO-Australia
http://www.aspo-australia.org.au
Blackall Range Relocalisation
http://www.blackallrangerelocalisation.org
Beaudesert Shire -
Local Planning for an Oil-Depleted Future
http://www.kimspages.org/beaudesertshirepeakoil.htm
Sydney Peal Oil Group
http://sydneypeakoil.com
Queen's University
Solar Car Racing
http://engsoc.queensu.ca/solar
Australia Aurora Vehicle Association
Solar Car Racing
http://www.aurorasolarcar.com
Australian Technology Network
Solar Car Racing
http://www.unisa.edu.au/solarcar
Australia
Solar Car Racing
http://www.sunrace.com.au
~~ JAPAN ~~
Energy Conservation Center of Japan
http://www.eccj.or.jp
JapaneseSolar Car Racing
http://www.toyobo.co.jp/mirai/sunlake/top/solahome3.htm
Japanese Osaka University
Solar Car Racing
http://solarcar.osaka-sandai.ac.jp
Kyushu Tokai University
Solar Car Racing
http://www.jp-nextage.com
Zero to Darwin Project
Solar Car Racing
http://www.zdp.co.jp
Yumekobo
Solar Car Racing
http://www2.kanazawa-it.ac.jp
~~ INDIA ~~
Solar Energy Society of India
http://www.ises.org/india
Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency
http://www.iredaltd.com
Energy and Resource Institute
http://www.teriin.org
~~ KOREA ~~
Solar City - Korea
http://www.solarcities.or.kr
~~ NEPAL ~~
Kathmandu. School of Renewable Energy
http://www.sre.org.np
~~ CHINA ~~
Chinese Renewable Energy Industries Association
http://www.creia.net/cms_eng/_code/english/invest/index.php
Beijing International Wind Power Exhibitiion
http://www.gwref.org
~~ INDONESIA ~~
Institut Bisnis dan Ekonomi kerakyatan
http://ibeka.port5.com
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However, changes in New Hampshire's climate brought about by global warming are beginning to affect New Hampshire's way of life—from tourism to economic opportunity and health care costs.
To help ensure our children inherit a state that supports a high quality of life and rich opportunities, it is important to understand the causes and direction of climate trends, as well as the practical and responsible steps New Hamphire can take in the next few years to help avoid many of the unfavorable consequences of global warming.
CLIMATE TRENDS
In New England everyone jokes about the fickle weather. Although there is some natural variation in the weather every year, over longer time periods we see climate trends emerge. If you grew up in New Hampshire, you probably remember winters being longer and snowier. In the northeast United States, the average annual temperature has increased by 1.8°F over the last century. Even more striking, New England's average winter (December to February) temperature has increased 4.4°F over the last 30 years.
These temperature changes are affecting the region's plants, animals, and environment. For example, the average snow cover season has decreased by more than 15 days compared with 30 years ago, and the New Hampshire state flower, the purple lilac, now blooms four days earlier.
Much of this warming is caused by emissions, primarily carbon dioxide (CO2), that blanket the earth and trap heat. The main source of excess CO2 is the burning of coal, oil, and natural gas to generate electricity and drive our cars. If we continue to generate large quantities of CO2 and other heat-trapping gases, we can expect an average temperature increase for the northeastern United States of between five and nine degrees Fahrenheit by 2100. To place these projections in perspective, the average global temperature has increased 1.1°F over the last century. Fortunately there are sensible and affordable solutions available today to help us reduce our heat-trapping emissions and preserve our quality of life.
WHAT'S AT STAKE
SKI INDUSTRY
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Since 1930 the ski industry has been an important part of New Hampshire's economy. Skiing provides critical jobs in small towns and pumps more than $650 million into the New Hampshire economy. The ski industry is already suffering from shorter ski seasons and increased operating costs attributable to the warming of the past few decades. Since 1970 the number of New Hampshire ski areas dropped steeply, with many southern and lower-elevation resorts closest to population centers going out of business.
In order to survive today, New Hampshire ski areas must produce artificial snow on more than 90 percent of their trails. Snowmaking requires freezing temperatures, access to large local water sources, and intensive infrastructure investments. Rising temperatures mean increased snowmaking, leading to higher operating costs.
Tourism associated with cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, and snowmobiling will see the earliest effects from global warming because these activities depend on natural snowfall and do not have the option of artificial snowmaking.
FORESTS
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Because forests cover most of New Hampshire, projected changes in forest species will change the character of the state. Sugar maples (Acer saccharum), for example, occur exclusively in the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada. Maple sugar production depends on prolonged cold temperatures with freezing nights and warm daytime temperatures to create the optimal sugar content and sap production. With warming under way, the maple sugar industry long associated with New England has already felt some impact. Over the last two decades, the center of maple sugar production has shifted from the United States into Canada.
Global climate models project a substantial northward shift in maple tree distribution. Such shifts in forest vegetation could cause lower elevations in New Hampshire to lose their brilliant fall foliage and resemble instead the brown autumns currently experienced in southern Pennsylvania.
HEALTH TRENDS LINKED TO CLIMATE
Today summer storms tracking across Canada clear away pollution in the northeast United States. A recent study looking specifically at global warming and its impact on air quality found that storm frequency is projected to decrease in the region, resulting in air stagnation over much of New England. If future emissions of carbon monoxide and black carbon remain at today's levels, the study showed air stagnation will result in hazardous smog episodes that will increase in both severity and duration by mid-century.
Studies for Boston and Portland already show increases in emergency room visits for respiratory and asthma incidents that correlate with bad air pollution days (specifically, ground-level ozone events). In addition to asthma and respiratory ailments, poor air quality is also harmful to New Hampshire residents with cardiovascular disease.
Currently poor air quality in New Hampshire results in the premature death of more than 100 residents each year, costing the state one billion dollars annually. If global warming increases the frequency and/or severity of dangerous air pollution, then air pollution-related health problems will likely increase, compromising the health of many New Hampshire citizens and increasing the state's public health care expenses.
CHOICES FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE
There is a great deal that state, regional, and national policy makers can do today to address the root causes of global warming and reduce its effect on New Hampshire's economy, public health, and environment.
A MODEL REGION
New Hampshire has already taken the lead by joining other northeastern states in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI)—a cooperative effort to establish a program that will reduce CO2 emissions from power plants much the same way we successfully and quickly reduced acid rain pollution in the 1990s. This flexible "cap and trade" program harnesses the efficiency of the marketplace to achieve pollution reductions in the most cost-effective manner. A successful program for the Northeast not only benefits the region by reducing pollutants but can serve as a national model for federal policy.
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Renewable energy resources including wind, solar, and bioenergy are now affordable alternatives to the burning of fossil fuels. Policies such as a federal renewable electricity standard, which requires utilities to generate a portion of their electricity from renewable sources, would create jobs and other in-state economic development while reducing air pollution and global warming emissions.
For example, a 10 percent standard—similar to the standard that has passed the U.S. Senate three times—would generate an estimated $12 million in new income for rural landowners and $42 million in new property tax revenue. In addition, New Hampshire consumers would save $70 million on their electricity and natural gas bills by 2020 under a 10 percent standard.
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
The old "waste not, want not" adage has guided New Englanders for years. Nationally, energy efficiency improvements have helped us keep our per capita energy use almost identical to that of 1973, even though our economic output increased 74 percent in the intervening 30-plus years. These improvements saved consumers at least $430 billion.
But there remains enormous potential for additional cost-effective energy savings. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) estimates that energy efficiency solutions are available now to cut national energy use 10 percent by 2010. For example, simply extending tax incentives for energy-efficient equipment and buildings and setting new efficiency standards for new equipment could reduce peak electricity demand 70,000 megawatts (MW) by 2020—eliminating the need to build 230 300-MW polluting power plants.
FUEL ECONOMY
Because cars and trucks are responsible for almost a quarter of annual U.S. emissions of heat-trapping CO2, improving vehicle fuel economy (and thereby reducing emissions) should be a key element of climate policy. Fortunately, increasing fuel efficiency is one of the most cost-effective and technologically feasible methods of addressing the threat of global warming while benefiting our economy and protecting public health. Off-the-shelf technology can greatly reduce the amount of gasoline that cars, SUVs, and pickup trucks need without raising costs. For example, increasing fuel economy to an average 40 mpg would cost consumers about $1,000 to $2,500 per vehicle, but would save consumers $3,500 to $6,000 (calculated at two dollars per gallon) on fuel over the life of the vehicle.
A sensible federal policy would therefore increase the average fuel economy of cars, SUVs, and pickup trucks to 40 mpg over the next 10 years. By using existing technology to make more efficient vehicles, Granite State consumers would cut their 2015 gasoline consumption by nearly 500,000 gallons every day, for a net savings of $217 million at the gas pump. In addition, 700 new jobs would be created in New Hampshire by 2015.
MOVING FORWARD RESPONSIBLY
Because heat-trapping emissions remain in the atmosphere for decades or even centuries, the choices we make today will affect the climate our children and grandchildren inherit. The only responsible approach is to start reducing heat-trapping emissions now. As illustrated above, many solutions exist today that not only help us begin to slow global warming, but will also have immediate benefits for our air quality and economy. Delaying action by even five to ten years will greatly increase the costs of grappling with the problem.
In addition to reducing emissions that cause global warming, we can address root causes of air pollution that have public health consequences. We must also prepare to manage those future changes that cannot be avoided. With foresight, planning, and a commitment to responsible management, New Hampshire can be a leader in effective climate solutions.
Please email this web page to your friends and to people who are concerned about our future and our Grandchildren’s future. Thank you.
Proverb: A good person leaves an inheritance to their children’s children.
What kind of inheritance are you leaving?
Per the Sustainable Industries Journal,
the Pentagon has blocked the construction of 16 Wind Energy sites in the USA.
The military claims the Wind Farms are a threat to national security.
Maybe the Wind Farms are a threat to Big Oil and Big Coal?
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http://www.greenhomebuilding.com http://www.cobcottage.com http://www.networkearth.org
http://www.adobebuilder.com http://www.hybridadobe.com http://www.adobebuilding.com
http://www.eartharchitecture.org http://www.adobeasw.com http://www.gadhiasolar.net
http://www.calearth.org/apprent.htm http://www.monolithic.com http://www.portlandpermaculture.com
http://www.hlf.org.np http://www.solare-bruecke.org http://www.barefootcollege.org
http://thealgebraproject.org http://bristol.indymedia.org/newswire.php?story_id=25107
http://www.yesmagazine.com/article.asp?ID=576 http://www.carbon.org
http://phillyimc.org/en/2007/02/36740.shtml
book: Super Power Breathing for Super Energy; author: Paul Bragg http://www.wolvertonenvironmental.com http://bragg.com
http://chiapas.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=148373
http://seattle.indymedia.org/en/2007/07/260728.shtml
http://boston.indymedia.org/newswire/display/200482/index.php
VOLUNTEER to WORK on ORGANIC FARMS all over the World
http://www.wwoof.org http://www.wwoof.it http://www.wwoof.dk http://www.wwoof.de http://www.wwoof.com.au http://www.wwoof.ca
TOURS of SOLAR HOMES and SOLAR BUILDINGS
http://www.ases.org/tour/2006_tour/california.htm
http://www.homepower.com/events/index.cfm
http://www.solarliving.org
http://www.solarhouseday.com/index01.shtml
FREE OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE
http://www.openoffice.org - word processor, spreadsheets, data bases and much more
http://directory.fsf.org - education, games and more
http://www.theopencd.org
http://www.safer-networking.org - Securtiy and Spy Ware
LINKS TO GROUPS SUPPORTING FOOD SECURITY, CLEAN AIR, CLIMATE PROTECTION
USA- http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2006/07/8046.php
International- http://bristol.indymedia.org/newswire.php?story_id=25168
ELECTRIC BICYCLES
http://www.myebike.com http://www.evt-scooter.de http://www.vestas.com http://www.velomobile.de
ELECTRIC VEHICLES
http://www.electroauto.com http://www.eaaev.org http://www.vestas.com http://www.nedra.com http://www.veva.bc.ca http://www.myersmotors.com http://www.ampmobiles.com http://www.acpropulsion.com
http://chiapas.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=145793
http://ovl.indymedia.org/news/2007/06/17060.php
http://newjersey.indymedia.org/en/2007/06/15908.shtml
CONVERT YOUR CAR TO ELECTRIC
http://www.canev.com http://ev-america.com http://www.evparts.com http://www.kta-ev.com http://www.go-ev.com http://www.metricmind.com
WOMEN'S CLASSES ON ELECTRIC AUTOS
http://www.electroauto.com
http://www.electric-cars-are-for-girls.com
WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR
http://www.sonyclassics.com/whokilledtheelectriccar
http://tothesurface.org/?p=70
http://www.dontcrush.com http://www.saveev1.org
book: Internal Combustion; author: E. Black http://www.internalcombustionbook.com
REFINERY REFORM, POLLUTION and DEATH
Does Big Oil have a body bag with your name on it?
Do not allow Big Oil and the Robber Barons to molest you and your family.
http://www.refineryreform.org
http://www.sunkills.com
http://bulgaria.indymedia.org/newswire/display/14135/index.php
http://adelaide.indymedia.org/newswire/display/37113/index.php
http://bristol.indymedia.org/newswire.php?story_id=25422
http://www.offshore-environment.com
http://shellfacts.com
book: Confessions of an Economic Hit Man; author: John Perkins
book: Secret History of the American Empire; author: John Perkins
book: Internal Combustion; author: E. Black http://www.internalcombustionbook.com
book: Halliburton Agenda, The Politics of Oil and Money; author: Dan Briody
book: Globalization and Its Discontents; author: Joseph Stiglitz
book: American Fascists; author: Chris Hedges
book: Tempting Faith, An Inside Story of Political Seduction; author: David Kuo
IS GOD GREEN:
http://www.chelseagreen.com/2006/items/servegod/AssociatedArticles
http://www.shoppbs.org/sm-pbs-moyers-on-america-is-god-green-dvd--pi-2511328.html
STOP CLIMATE CHAOS
and the DESTRUCTION of the POOR
http://www.itdg.org/?id=stopclimatechaos
GLOBAL WARMING DESTROYS WINE INDUSTRY
http://seattle.indymedia.org/en/2006/07/253921.shtml
http://rogueimc.org/en/2006/07/6945.shtml
ORGANIC VEGETABLE DIESEL FUEL
http://www.plantdrive.com
http://biodieselwarehouse.com
http://www.joshuatickell.com/books_films.htm
BILLION dollar CROP- http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/hemp.html
book: How to Make Biodiesel; author: Dan Carter http://www.lowimpact.org/manuals.htm
book: Biodiesel Power; author: Lyle Estill http://www.newsociety.com/bookid/3898
oil seed press machine - http://www.oilpress.com http://www.biofuels-sa.com http://www.ufop.de
http://www.grownfuel.com http://www.petrotec.de http://www.aldabiodiesel.co.uk http://www.rerorust.de
CONVERTING USED COOKING OIL into DIESEL FUEL
http://plantdrive.com/Used_Cooking_Oil_Fuel_4_18_07.pdf
http://bristol.indymedia.org/newswire.php?story_id=25107
http://www.hawaii.indymedia.org/news/2006/06/5943.php
http://www.goldenfuelsystems.com http://www.mrfunnel.com
HEATING BUILDINGS with organic Vegetable Diesel Fuel - http://www.homepower.com
QUADRUPLING FOOD PRODUCTION
Per a report from Malaysia, crops grown with Volcanic Rock Dust ( http://www.remineralize.org ) and Eeffective Micro-organisms (EM http://www.emtechnologynetwork.org ) increased production by 400%.
References: Permaculture Magazine, #51, Spring 2007; article: Stone Age Science; author: Dylan Keating
http://www.remineralize.org/story.php?story=EEZFAlEukZOJwODROk.html
http://www.permaculture-magazine.co.uk
http://www.squarefootgardening.com
http://www.carbon.org
http://www.localharvest.org
book: Bread from Stones; author: Michael Olson http://www.acresusa.com
book: How to Grow World Record Tomatoes; author: Charles Wilber http://www.acresusa.com
book: Eco-Farm; author: Charles Walters http://www.acresusa.com
book: Worms Eat My Garbage; author: Mary Appelhof http://www.wormwoman.com http://www.vermico.com
book: Recycle With Earthworms; author: Shelley Grossman http://www.wormbooks.com/all.books.htm http://elementgreen.com
book: The Farmer's Earthworm Handbook; author: David Ernst http://www.acresusa.com
Free organic gardening-farming Catalog: http://www.acresusa.com/other/freesample.htm
CARBON SOILS
Adding CHARCOAL to soil ~ http://www.eprida.com ~ greatly increases crop production for very many years.
References: Solar Today journal, Nov/Dec 2006, article: Chair's Corner: Positive Charcoal equals Negative Carbon; author: Roanl Larson
Permaculture Magazine, #50, Winter 2006; article: The Magical Soils Of El Derado; author: Terra Preta
http://www.newfarm.org/columns/research_paul/2006/0106/charcoal.shtml
http://terrapreta.bioenergylists.org
http://iaiconference.org
http://www.carbonnegative.info
http://www.permaculture-magazine.co.uk
http://www.css.cornell.edu/faculty/lehmann/terra_preta/TerraPretahome.htm
http://www.css.cornell.edu/faculty/lehmann/publications.htm
http://deltafarmpress.com/news/051114-terra-preta
http://www.dynamotive.com/english/biooil/char.html http://www.agri-therm.com
CHARCOAL SOIL: Adaptation Strategies for Global Change:
http://www.css.cornell.edu/faculty/lehmann/publ/MitAdaptStratGlobChange%2011,%20403-427,%20Lehmann,%202006.pdf
http://www.css.cornell.edu/faculty/lehmann/publ/Lehmann%20et%20al.,%202002,%20WCSS%20Bangkok,%20paper%20no.0449.pdf
book: Carbon Cycle; by Leonard Ridzon http://www.acresusa.com
IMPACT by COUNTRY: AGRICULTURE DESTRUCTION by GLOBAL WARMING
http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/14090
utilizing ORGANIC GARDENING in SCHOOLS-UNIVERSITIES
for improving Academic Performance and social development
http://uruguay.indymedia.org/news/2006/01/44217.php
http://ambazonia.indymedia.org/en/2006/01/1186.shtml
http://ru.indymedia.org/newswire/display/14175/index.php
http://india.indymedia.org/en/2006/01/211309.shtml
http://pr.indymedia.org/news/2006/01/12625.php
ORGANIC GARDENING:
Free Organic Gardening Catalog: http://www.acresusa.com/other/freesample.htm http://planetnatural.com
book: How to Grow World Record Tomatoes; author: Charles Wilber http://www.acresusa.com http://wormsway.com
book: Square Foot Gardening; author: Mel Bartholomew http://www.squarefootgardening.com
book: Worms Eat My Garbage; author: Mary Appelhof http://www.wormwoman.com
book: Compost Tea Manual, 5th edition; author: Elaine Ingham http://www.soilsoup.com http://soilfoodweb.com http://vermico.com/compost_tea_brewers.htm
book: Organic Lawn Care Manual; by Paul Tukey
book: An Earth Saving Revolution; author: Teruo Higa http://www.emtechnologynetwork.org http://brewngrow.com
book: Gaia's Garden; author: Toby Hemenway
book: The Earth Care Manual; author: P Whitefield
book: Secret Life of Compost; author: Malcolm Beck http://www.acresusa.com
book: Soul of Soil, book; author: Joseph Smillie
book: Four-Season Harvest; author: Eliot Coleman http://www.fourseasonfarm.com http://www.led-grow-master.com http://fifthseasongardening.com
book: MetroFarm; author: Michael Olson http://www.metrofarm.com
book: Lasagna Gardening for Small Spaces; author: Patricia Lanza
book: Bread from Stones; author: Michael Olson http://acresusa.com http://remineralize.org http://stonebread.co.nz http://www.uoguelph.ca/rocks http://seercentre.org.uk
http://soilandhealth.org http://wewantrealfood.com http://www.canhealyourself.com/trees.htm http://biobiz.ca http://rockdust.co.uk http://gaiagreen.com
book: Growing Communities: How to Build Community Through Community Gardening; author: Jeanette Abi-Nader
http://www.communitygarden.org/publications.php
book: Food Not Lawns; by Heather C. Flores
book: Carbon Cycle; by Leonard Ridzon
Organic insect repellant - Garlic Barrier: http://garlicbarrier.com http://ghorganics.com http://biconet.com http://organiclandscape.com http://foxfarmfertilizer.com
Organic Weed Killer - 25% Acetic Acid eliminates Weeds: http://www.gardensalive.com/article.asp?ai=468&bhcd2=1162226528
http://www.milkyspore.com/burnout.htm http://garden-ville.com http://greenergyinc.com http://groworganic.com http://ehabc.org http://hotpepperwax.com
http://www.indymedia.no/newswire/display/18832/index.php http://www.organiclandcare.org http://www.mcs-global.org http://www.panna.org
Worm Tea: http://www.vermico.com/castings.htm http://soilsoup.com http://edibella.com http://gaiacollege.ca http://gardenspout.com http://homeharvest.com
Seattle Tilth: http://www.seattletilth.org Sustainable Technology for your community. http://www.seedsavers.org http://www.wwoof.org
Microgardens: http://www.carbon.org http://www.echonet.org http://www.neemfoundation.org http://www.moringatrees.org http://www.permaculture.org.uk
Church - School Gardening Technology: http://peru.indymedia.org/news/2006/01/24394.php http://www.led-grow-master.com http://solatube.com
Gleaners: Please set up a Gleaners Group in your community to pick excess vegetables and fruits from your neighbors' gardens, from local farms and from Farmers Markets for use by your local food bank.
Thank you. http://www.gleanerscoalition.org http://www.localharvest.org
For more information, please contact local gardeners and farmers who specialize in Organic gardening, Permaculture gardening, Biodynamic gardening, Japanese Kyusei Nature gardening, Biointensive gardening, Heirloom gardening, Agroforestry gardening, Organic Hydroponics gardening and Gardening Therapy. Gardening is micro-climate specific. These means that local gardeners might know of gardening techniques and resources which are helpful for the location you live in. Keep researching, reading, refining your gardening methods and experimenting with different growing techniques. Eco Gardening technology is changing and improving all the time. Also, as the climate changes, you may need to learn other gardening techniques for various climates.
http://www.localharvest.org
PERMACULTURE
http://www.seedinternational.com.au http://www.tagari.com http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/perma.html http://www.permaculture-magazine.co.uk http://www.berg-en-dal.co.za http://www.permacultureinternational.org http://www.permaculture-hawaii.com http://www.permacultura-es.org http://www.permacultureactivist.net http://www.permaculture.org.au http://www.permacult.com.au http://www.permacultura.org http://permakultur.dk http://www.permaculture-steve.net http://www.permacult.com.au/noosa http://www.permaculturemelbourne.org.au http://www.permaculture.biz http://www.tortuga.com/permacultura http://www.3.telus.net/permaculture http://permaculturevisions.com http://www.permaculture.net http://www.openpermaculture.com http://www.permaculture.org.nz http://www.permacultura-bahia.org.br http://www.permacultura-montsant.org http://www.permacultura.org.br http://www.tierramor.org http://www.ecohabitar.org http://www.ecocentro.org http://www.pacificos.org http://permacultura.freeservers.com http://www.permacultura.cl http://permacultura.no.sapo.pt http://www.utopie.it/ecovillaggi/permacultura.htm http://www.gaia.org.ar/cursoperma.htm http://www.vidasana.org http://www.ufpa.br/permacultura http://www.mutantia21.com.ar/permacultura.html http://www.permaculture.org.uk http://colombiaenhechos.org/permacultura.htm http://www.permacultura.it http://www.ipemabrasil.org.br http://www.brightonpermaculture.co.uk http://www.torri-superiore.org http://www.agrorede.org.br/curso-permacultura http://www.ybytucatu.com.br/permacultura.htm http://www.amazonia.org http://www.permacultura-rs.org.br http://www.mmrfbz.org http://www.permaculture.org http://www.moa-inter.or.jp/english/naturefarm/nf-contents.html
http://www.booksite.com/texis/scripts/oop/click_ord/showlist.html?sid=5845&list=Gardening
Eco-Buddhahist Project: http://www.buddhafield.com
journal: Permaculture Activist http://www.permacultureactivist.net
journal: Permaculture Magazine http://www.permaculture-magazine.co.uk
journal: Permaculture Drylands Journal http://www.permaculture.net
PIL's Planet Newsletter http://www.permacultureinternational.org/newsletter/newsletter.htm
Permaculture Store: http://green-shopping.co.uk http://eco-logicbooks.com http://acresusa.com
EAT LOCAL ORGANIC FOOD
Please support your Local Organic Family Farmers
http://www.localharvest.org/csa http://www.localharvest.org/csa.jsp http://www.eatlocal.org/Ideas.html
http://colombia.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/34640.php
http://arizona.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/33261.php
http://www.iatp.org
ELIMINATING HUNGER Luke 10:29 Isaiah 1:17; 1:19
Proverb: The field of the poor my yield much food, but it is swept away through injustice.
http://www.carbon.org http://www.tfljournal.org http://www.treesforlife.org http://neemfoundation.org http://www.neemresource.com http://www.moringatrees.org http://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/ppatch http://www.leftfootorganics.org
http://bristol.indymedia.org/newswire.php?story_id=25076
http://southafrica.indymedia.org/news/2006/06/10603.php
dvd: Gandhi
the miracle of tithing
http://twincities.indymedia.org/newswire/display/29435/index.php
http://newjersey.indymedia.org/en/2007/02/13715.shtml
http://www.sfbay.indymedia.org/newsitems/2007/02/05/18357610.php
http://www.kcindymedia.org/newswire/display/72930/index.php
LINKS
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RENEWABLE ENERGY - ENERGY CONSERVATION
Three Times More JOBS - Real Economic Progress
http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2007/03/125432.shtml
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/03/18/18378731.php
PASSIVE SOLAR HEATING of BUILDINGS
http://www.greenhouse.gov.au/yourhome/technical/fs14.htm
http://www.ourcoolhouse.com/phase2.htm
http://www.sunplans.com http://www.passivhaustagung.de http://www.passiv.de http://www.solardwellings.com.au http://www.omsolar.net http://www.poweredliving.co.nz http://www.solarliving.org
http://www.passivehouse.org.nz http://www.sunpowerdesign.com.au
Passive House Planning Package 2007 Manual + CD-Rom (7th revised edition) http://e-colab.org
http://www.passivhaus.org.uk http://passiefhuisplatform.be http://pibp.pl http://budynek-pasywny.pl http://www.lamaisonpassive.fr http://maison.passive.free.fr http://www.lamaisonpassive.be http://www.maison-passive.be http://www.maisonpassive.be http://www.passiefhuisplatform.be http://www.batirbio.org http://www.la-maison-ecologique.com http://passive-aventure.vivao.be http://maisonpassive.info http://solares-bauen.fr http://www.energieinstitut.at http://www.hausderzukunft.at
book: Warm House, Cool House: Inspirational Designs for Low-Energy Housing; author: Nick Hollo
http://www.unireps.com.au/isbn/0947277226.htm
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/environ/housedesign/moreinfo.shtml
http://www.aseg.net/InTheNews.htm
http://www.cfd.rmit.edu.au/programs/sustainable_buildings/books_on_sustainable_architecture_and_building
http://www.architext.com.au/Cat/environmental.htm
http://www.facs.gov.au/indigenous/housing_guide2/b8.htm
http://www.bookworm.com.au/bookworm/dw000013.htm
http://www.theownerbuilder.com.au/Bookshop.pdf
book: Passive Solar House; author: James Kachadorian http://www.chelseagreen.com/2006/items/passivesolarhouse2 http://www.dirtcheapbuilder.com/passolhous.html http://www.urbanharvest.org/permaculture/pclinks.html http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/ow/bccde3d2434d17fba19afeb4da09e526.html http://www.homesteadinginfo.com/books/chelseapublishing/passive_solar_house.html http://store.sundancesolar.com/pasohoussode.html http://www.acresaustralia.com.au/bookstore/prod381.htm http://www.rockymtsolar.com/passivesolar.htm
book: Solar House, Passive Heating and Cooling; author: Ph.D. Chiras http://www.nesea.org/publications/NESun/review_chiras.html http://store.altenergystore.com/Books-Videos/Solar/c457 https://www.oikos.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=160 https://www.naturalhomeandgarden.com/nhgecom/router.aspx?PageId=ProDetail&ItemNumber=1436 http://www.dynamiclist.com/?node=a55acf4b-3c30-407f-b74a-712446aeb04d http://www.designcoalition.org/features/lansing/details/aircore/aircore.htm
book: Affordable Passive Solar Homes; author: Richard Crowther http://www.nesea.org/buildings/passive.html http://www.ases.org/print_catalog/residential_design.htm http://www.austinenergy.com/Energy%20Efficiency/Programs/Green%20Building/Sourcebook/passiveSolarDesign.htm http://www.3sc.net/solarm/resources.htm http://www.permacult.com.au/shelter/energy_solar.html http://www.cectoxic.org/pdf/BuildingGreen.pdf
book: Passive Solar Design and Construction Handbook; author: Michael J. Crosbie http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471183083.html http://www.greenenergyohio.org/page.cfm?pageId=492 http://www.cecer.army.mil/Sustdesign/SDRFavBooksPV.cfm http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/solardesign.html http://www.greensage.com/CEU/4467nr/CEU4467nrbooks.html http://www.greenhomebuilding.com/heatwithsun.htm
book: The Passive Solar Energy Book: A Complete Guide to Passive Solar Home, Greenhouse, and Building Design; author: Edward Mazria
book: Solar Projects for Under 500 Dollars; author: Mary Twitchell
book: Passive Solar Construction Handbook; author: Levy Emanuel
book: European Passive Solar Handbook; author: Owen Lewis
book: Survey of European Passive Solar Buildings; author: Commissariat a L'ene
book: Profiting from Sunshine - Passive Solar Building in the Mountains
book: Passive Solar Design Strategies; National Renewable Energy Lab http://bookstore.greenbuilder.com/index.books
book: Passive Solar Retrofit; author: Darryl Strickler
book: Village Homes, Solar House Designs; author: J. Corbett
book: California Passive Solar Handbook; California Energy Commission
book: Passive Solar Design Handbook (volumes I, II, III); author: D. Balcomb
book: National Design Handbook Prototype on Passive Solar Heating and Natural Cooling of Buildings; United Nations Centre for Human Settlements
book: Erstes Mehrfamilien-Passivhaus im Altbau; author: A. Willensdorfer http://www.hausderzukunft.at
book: Passivhaus Schulungunterlagen; author: P. Holzer
book: 1000 Passivhäuser in Österreich; author: G. Lang
book: Praxis- und Passivhaustaugliche Sanierungssysteme für Dach und Wandbauteile unter Verwendung von Hochleistungswärmedämmsystemen; author: A. Ferle
book: Wohnbausanierung mit Passivhaustechnologie; author:
HIGH PERFORMANCE PASSIVE HOUSES
http://www.viking-house.net
WASTE NOT, WANT NOT
http://www.zeri.org http://www.emtech.org http://www.oceanarks.org http://www.bokashi.co.nz http://www.elementgreen.com
http://www.zerowastekovalam.org http://zerowaste.co.nz http://www.zerowaste.com http://www.towardszero.com
http://www.powerefficiencycorp.com http://www.1windowquilts.com http://www.waterless.co.nz http://waterrecycling.com http://ecoflo.ie
book: Create an Oasis With Greywater; author: A. Ludwig http://www.oasisdesign.net http://www.ecological-engineering.com http://atlantium.com
book: Safe Rainwater Collection; author: Charmaine Taylor http://www.dirtcheapbuilder.com/safraincol.html http://www.wolvertonenvironmental.com
Greywater Heat Exchangers: http://www.gfxtechnology.com
book: Worms Eat My Garbage; author: Mary Appelhof http://www.wormwoman.com http://www.vermico.com http://elementgreen.com
book: Recycle With Earthworms; author: Shelley Grossman http://www.wormbooks.com/all.books.htm
ADVANCED RECYCLING TECHNOLOGIES:
http://rogueimc.org/en/2007/05/8529.shtml
http://india.indymedia.org/en/2005/12/211277.shtml
http://santiago.indymedia.org/news/2007/05/68545.php
http://turkce-cyprus.indymedia.org/newswire/display/120/index.php
RAINWATER HARVESTING
http://www.greengridroofs.com
http://www.rainharvesting.co.uk http://www.rainwaterclub.org http://www.eng.warwick.ac.uk/DTU/rwh/index.html http://www.rainwaterharvesting.org http://www.aboutrainwaterharvesting.com http://www.rainman.ie http://www.sustainable.com.au/rainwater.html http://www.rainharvesting.co.uk http://www.forgottenrain.com http://www.lifewater.ca/rain.htm http://www.rainwaterharvesting.net http://www.raincentre.org http://www.ne-design.net http://dnr.metrokc.gov/wlr/PI/rainbarrels.htm http://www.rainharvesting.ie http://www.freerain.co.uk http://www.cseindia.org http://www.ideorg.org/Page.asp?NavID=215 http://products.ecosaver.com.au/dma-savew/?sectionid=20
online book: Texas Guide to Rainwater Harvesting; author: Wendy Price Todd
http://www.twdb.state.tx.us/publications/reports/RainwaterHarvestingManual_3rdedition.pdf
http://www.ircsa.org/7th.html
http://www.bnm.ie/utilities/news/july_04_rainsaver.htm
http://home.btconnect.com/engindia/rainwaterharvesting.htm
http://www.harvestingrainwater.com/resources/rainwater-harvesting-with-cisterns-resources
http://www.newint.org/issue354/harvesting.htm
http://www.selfhelpintl.ie/selfhelp/Files/20509%20Self%20Help%20Water%20Book.pdf
http://www.itdg.org/docs/technical_information_service/rainwater_harvesting.pdf
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dpu-projects/.../DFID_DPU_Bridging_Chennai.pdf
http://www.p2pays.org/ref/18/17754.htm
http://www.oneworld.ca/guides/water/harvesting
http://www.solar783.com/rainharv.pdf
INTERNET BOOKS:
http://www.abebooks.com http://alibris.com http://eco-logicbooks.com http://amazon.co.uk http://fetchbook.info http://lowimpact.org http://www.cat.org.uk
http://oasisdesign.net http://dirtcheapbuilder.com http://chelseagreen.com http://permaculture.org.uk http://green-shopping.co.uk http://acresusa.com http://www.green-shopping.co.uk
ARE AMERICANS STUPID?
Why be stupid?
http://pr.indymedia.org/news/2006/09/18295.php
http://valparaiso.indymedia.org/news/2006/09/8723.php
http://indymedia.org.nz/newswire/display/38087/index.php
USA LINKS
Utility Solar Water Heating Initiative
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/ush2o
http://www.solargenix.com
http://www.heliodyne.com
http://www.solarthermal.com
http://www.sundasolar.com/aboutus.htm
Million Solar Roofs Initiative
http://www.millionsolarroofs.org
http://www.powerlight.com
http://www.solarwall.com
http://www.cansolair.com
Photovoltaic Power Systems for Buildings Organization
http://www.task7.org
USA Solar Energy Society
http://www.ases.org/about_ases/chapters.htm
Solar Energy Industries Association
http://www.seia.org
Solar energy, solar heated homes - buildings
Solar heated swimming pools, spas and hot tubs.
~~Advanced Sustainable Technologies for Economic Progress
http://www.thunderbay.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/21689.php
http://istanbul.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/82627.php
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2006/05/112665.php
Solar Incentives by each state
http://www.dsireusa.org
Renewable Energy Links
http://www.homeenergy.org/links.html
Renewable Energy Events
http://homepower.com/events
http://homepower.com/links
Local Energy
http://www.localenergy.org
Climate Change Knowledge Network
http://www.cckn.net
Post Carbon Institute
http://www.postcarbon.org
Surviving Peak Oil
http://www.survivingpeakoil.com
Fossil Fuel's Destructive Hidden Costs
http://www.homepower.com/files/hiddencosts.pdf
Schools going Solar
http://www.irecusa.org/schools
http://www.the-environment.org/FEE/schools.html
http://www-solar.mck.ncsu.edu/sgs/sgsindex.htm
Alliance's Green Schools Program
energy-saving activities for schools
http://www.ase.org/section/program/greenschl/aboutgs
Solar Schools
http://solarschools.com
American Lung Association Action Network
protecting our grandchildren from Filthy outdoor Air
http://lungaction.org
http://calhealthyschools.org
Clean the Air Assocaition
stop Power Plant Dirty Air Pollution
http://www.cleartheair.org/dirtypower
SILENT SPRING INSTITUTE
Links between the Environment and breast Cancer
http://www.silentspring.org
Clean Energy Climate Solutions Project
http://www.cleanair-coolplanet.org
SolarQuest
http://www.solarquest.com
Sustainable School Design
http://www.innovativedesign.net/sustainableschools.htm
List of Grant Money and Loans for Solar Schools
http://www.dsireusa.org
Public Renewables Partnership
http://www.repartners.org/stateactres.htm
Alliance to Save Energy
http://www.ase.org/section/_audience/educators
Local Power Program
http://www.local.org
Solar Electric Power Association
http://www.solarelectricpower.org
National Center for Photovoltaics
http://www.nrel.gov/ncpv
International Solar Energy Society
http://www.ises.org/ises.nsf!Open
Green Festivals USA
http://www.greenfestivals.org
Interfaith Climate Change Network
http://www.protectingcreation.org
Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life
http://www.coejl.org
Evangelical Climate Initiative
http://www.christiansandclimate.org
Islamic Foundation for Ecology
and Environmental Sciences
http://www.ifees.org
Earth Sangha
http://www.earthsangha.org
National Religious Partnership for the Environment
http://www.nrpe.org
National Catholic Rural Life Conference
Care of community and care of creation
http://www.ncrlc.com
US Conference of Catholic Bishops
Environmental Justice Program
http://www.nccbuscc.org/sdwp/ejp
Native American Energy Campaign
http://www.ienearth.org/energy.html
http://www.hoanw.org
Episcopal Ecological Network
http://eenonline.org
Episcopal Church and the Environment
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/1829_ENG_HTM.htm
http://www.episcopal-life.org/26724_62397_ENG_HTM.htm
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/1829_54110_ENG_HTM.htm
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_19838_ENG_HTM.htm
North American Coalition for Christianity and Ecology
http://www.nacce.org
Energy Justice Network
http://www.energyjustice.net
Religious Witness for the Earth
http://www.religiouswitness.org
Greek Orthodox and the Environment
http://www.goarch.org/en/ourfaith/environment
UU Ministry for Earth
http://uuministryforearth.org
Quaker Earthcare Witness
http://www.quakerearthcare.org
National Black Environmental Justice Network
http://www.nbejn.org
National Hispanic Environmental Council
http://www.nheec.org
Asian Pacific Environmental Network
http://www.apen4ej.org
Minority Environmental Lawyers Association
http://www.concentric.net/%7EMstanisl
National Council of Churches of Christ
Eco-Justice Programs
http://www.nccecojustice.org
http://www.toad.net/~cassandra/otherprog.htm
Climate Ark
http://www.climateark.org
Noah Alliance
http://www.noahalliance.org
Earth Ministry
http://www.earthministry.org/your_congregation.htm
EarthCare
http://www.earthcareonline.org
Earth Ethics
http://earthethics.com
Target Earth
Serving the Earth, Serving the Poor
http://www.targetearth.org
Interfaith Works
http://www.interfaithworks.org
GreenFaith
http://www.peqnj.org
Navajo Renwable Energy Programs
http://www.seedmagazine.com/news/2006/01/hopi_power.php?page=all
http://www.wapa.gov/es/pubs/esb/2000/00Oct/default.htm
http://www.sunwize.com/news/images/ntua_project.pdf
http://www.sandia.gov/media/NewsRel/NR2000/navajos.htm
Native American Wind Energy
http://www.nativewind.org
http://www.irecusa.org/articles/static/1/1082763722_1051597266.html
Climate Crisis Coalition
http://www.climatecrisiscoalition.org
Set America Free
http://www.setamericafree.org
Physicians for Social Responsibility
http://www.psr.org
Science and Environmental Health Network
http://www.sehn.org
Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility
http://www.iccr.org
Our Stolen Future
http://www.ourstolenfuture.org
National Center for Appropriate Technology
http://www.ncat.org
Rocky Mountain Institute
http://www.rmi.org
Community Energy Opportunity Finder
http://www.energyfinder.org
Community Solution
http://www.communitysolution.org
Global Footprint Network
http://www.globalfootprintnetwork.org
Earth Policy Institute
eco-economy
http://www.earth-policy.org
Alliance for Sustainability through Higher Education
http://www.secondnature.org
Campus Ecology - Sstainable Campus
http://www.nwf.org/campusEcology
Clean Air Now
http://www.lung.ca/cando
Global Warming early warning signs
http://www.climatehotmap.org
Climate Crisis
http://www.climatecrisis.net
Climate Change Educational Speakers
http://www.greenhousenet.org
Redefining Progress
http://www.rprogress.org
University Leaders for a Sustainable Future
http://www.ulsf.org
New England Climate Coalition
http://www.newenglandclimate.org/effectsbystate.htm
Advocates for Oil Awareness
http://oilawareness.meetup.com
Life After the Oil Crash
http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net
Refinery Reform Campaign
http://www.refineryreform.org
OilSandsWatch
The Destruction of Canadian Wilderness
http://oilsandswatch.org
Mining Watch
http://miningwatch.ca
Killing with Oil Company Spills
http://www.sunkills.com
http://www.panda.org/news_facts/newsroom/crisis/spain_oil_spill/index.cfm
Environmental impact of the offshore oil and gas industry
http://www.offshore-environment.com
book: Big Coal, The Dirty Secret, author: Jeff Goodell
http://www.booktv.org/feature/index.asp?segID=7209&schedID=444
http://www.vestas.com
DVD: Kilowatt Ours
How Coal is destroying the Planet
http://www.kilowattours.org
Global Warming Impacts on Arctic ecosystem
and the destruction of Native Alaskans and artic people.
http://www.montreal2005.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=En&n=985F2458-1
Global Warming is a massive threat to Biodiversity and Wildlife
http://conservation.org/xp/CIWEB/programs/climatechange
book: Next Gulf, Oil Conflict in Nigeria; author: Andy Rowell
http://www.remembersarowiwa.com/nextgulf.htm
http://www.corporatewatch.org.uk/?lid=2511
http://www.carbonweb.org/showitem.asp?article=70&parent=7&link=Y&gp=3
http://www.spinwatch.org/modules.php?name=Content&pa=list_pages_categories&cid=20
Building Tomorrow’s Crisis?
http://www.foe.org/camps/intl/institutions/finan03.pdf
British Petroleum (BP) Greenwash, Climate Change
http://www.pacificviews.org/weblog/archives/002130.html
http://www.medialens.org/alerts/index.php
http://www.uow.edu.au/arts/sts/sbeder/bp.html
http://forests.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=30224
BP's pipeline destroying communities
http://www.bakuceyhan.org.uk/more_info/bp_pipeline.htm
http://www.bakuceyhan.org.uk/news.htm
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/02/285978.html
Vice President Dick Cheney, British Petroleum, Halliburton and Russian Black Gold
http://indexresearch.blogspot.com/2005/11/siberian-shadowlands-part-1.html
http://indexresearch.blogspot.com/2005/11/siberian-shadowlands-part-3.html
http://www.unknownnews.org/041004a-te.html
Campaign Against Climate Change
http://www.campaigncc.org
DIRTY TRICKS against AMERICANS and
Corporate spying on citizens
http://www.oneworldsee.org/external/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.greenpeace.org%2Finternational_en%2Ffeatures%2Fdetails%3Fitem_id%3D434049
WATCHING THEM, WATCHING YOU
http://www.socialistreview.org.uk/article.php?articlenumber=9653
The PRESIDENT and EXXON
Axis of oil
http://www.oneworldsee.org/external/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.greenpeace.org%2Finternational_en%2Ffeatures%2Fdetails%3Fitem_id%3D434049
Association for the Study of Peak Oil
http://www.peakoil.net
The Coming Global Oil Crisis
http://www.oilcrisis.com
Twilight in the Desert,
The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy
http://www.twilightinthedesert.com
Powerdown Project
project to assist municipalities and communities in surviving
http://www.postcarbon.org/initiatives/powerdown
Power Shift
http://www.videoproject.com/pow-833-v.html
Community Food Security Coalition
http://www.foodsecurity.org
Community Solutions
Film: Power of Community, How one Community Survived Peak Oil
http://www.communitysolution.org/cuba.html
High Noon For Natural Gas
http://highnoon.ws
Peak Oil Project
http://www.bone2.com/kt/po/peakoil_project.htm
Oil Empire
http://www.oilempire.us
Oil Decline
http://www.oildecline.com
Oil Crash
http://www.oilcrash.com
Crude Awakening
http://www.crudeawakening.org
Die Off
http://dieoff.com
Freedom From Oil
http://freedomfromoil.com
Kick the Oil Habit
http://kicktheoilhabit.org
Threats of Peak Oil
to the Global Food Supply
http://www.museletter.com/archive/159.html
http://www.energybulletin.net/7088.html
The Oil We Eat
http://www.harpers.org/TheOilWeEat.html
Hunger For Natural Gas
http://www.chelseagreen.com/2004/items/highnoon/AssociatedArticles
Why Our Food Is So Dependent on Oil
http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/34/10314
Pew Center on Global Climate Change
http://pewclimate.org
National Environmental Trust
http://www.net.org
Environment Site
http://theenvironmentsite.org
Planet Drum
http://planetdrum.org
Natural Step
http://www.thenaturalstep.com
BioGems
http://www.savebiogems.org
Kibbutz Collective Farm
sustainable communities and food security
http://www.kibbutz.us
David Suzuki Foundation
http://www.davidsuzuki.org
Living Nutrition
http://www.livingnutrition.com
Tour d'Organics bike rides
http://www.tourdorganics.com
Organic Athlete
http://www.organicathlete.org
Race to Be Cool
http://www.racetobecool.org
Wolf at the Door
Beginner's Guide to Peak Oil
http://www.wolfatthedoor.org.uk
Survival in the 21st Century After Oil
http://www.after-oil.co.uk
Film: The End Of Suburbia,
Oil Depletion and the Collapse of The American Dream
http://www.endofsuburbia.com
Film: Oil Crash
http://www.oilcrashmovie.com
Film: The Oil Factor
http://www.theoilfactor.com
Film: PEAK OIL - imposed by Nature
http://www.peakoil-imposedbynature.com
Peak Oil Video material
FREE downloads links
http://sydneypeakoil.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=49
book: Uneasy Alchemy, Citizens and Experts in Louisiana's Chemical Corridor Disputes (death from oil refineries); author: Barbara L. Allen
book: Oil Spills; author: Joanna Burger
book: Energy, Economics, and the Environment: Conflicting Views of an Essential Interrelationship; author: Herman E. Daly
book: The Oil Depletion Protocol, A Plan to Avert Oil Wars, Terrorism and Economic Collapse; author: Richard Heinberg
book: Powerdown; author: Richard Heinberg
book: Save Cash and Save the Planet; author: Andrea Smith
book: Empty Tank, Oil, Gas, Hot Air, and the Coming Global Financial Catastrophe; author: Jeremy Leggett
book: Outgrowing the Earth, The Food Security Challenge in an Age of Falling Water Tables and Rising Temperatures; author: Lester R. Brown
book: The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of the Oil Age, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-first Century; author: James Howard Kunstler
book: Petrodollar Warfare: Oil, Iraq and the Future of the Dollar; author: William R. Clark
book: Big Book of Self-Reliant Living; author: Walter Szykitka
book: When Technology Fails, A Manual for Self Reliance & Planetary Survival; author: Matthew Stein
report: The Full Economic Costs Of Louisiana’s Oil/Gas And Petrochemical Industries; author: P. Templet
free report at- http://www.leanweb.org/pub.html
report: The Making (and Breaking) of a Petrochemical Paradise; author: Raymond J. Burby
free report at- http://www.planning.unc.edu/facstaff/faculty/burby/Baton_Rouge.pdf
Solidarity Economics
Strategies for Building New Economies
http://www.geo.coop/SolidarityEconomicsEthanMiller.htm
Green Economics
http://www.greeneconomics.net
EcoSquared
Ecological Economics
http://www.ecosquared.org
Local Living Economies
http://www.livingeconomies.org
Energy and Resource Institute
http://www.teriin.org
Organization of Petroleum Avoiding Consumers
http://www.mainebrook.com/opac
Culture Change
http://www.culturechange.org
World Centric
http://www.worldcentric.org
Solar Electric Light Fund
http://www.self.org
Architects-Designers-Planners for Social Responsiblity
http://adpsr.org
No Need for Nukes
http://www.socialistreview.org.uk/article.php?articlenumber=9622
Car Sharing - to reduce costs.
(When will this happen for electric bicycles?)
http://www.erideshare.com
http://www.carsharing.net
http://vvv.com/carshare/Links.html
http://www.flexcarnetwork.com
http://www.carshare.org
http://www.shareajourney.com
http://www.carsharing.org
http://www.citycarshare.org
http://www.autoshare.com
http://www.liftshare.org
http://www.zipcar.com
http://www.flexcar.com
http://www.communauto.com
http://www.stattauto.com
http://www.carsharing.ca
http://www.mobility.ch
http://www.icscarsharing.it
http://www.carsharing.bz.it
http://www.communitycar.com
http://www.hourcar.org
http://www.phillycarshare.org
http://www.a2c3.org
http://www.carsharegloucestershire.com
Car Pooling or Ride Sharing
http://www.erideshare.com
http://www.nationalcarshare.co.uk
http://www.carcompanion.co.uk
http://www.carpoolconnect.com
http://www.commuterchoice.com
Electric Car Rentals
http://www.revaindia.com/rentareva.htm
Organic Gardening Catalog
http://www.acresusa.com/other/freesample.htm
Solar Catalog
http://www.gaiam.com/realgoods
Journal of Solar Energy Engineering
http://scitation.aip.org/ASMEJournals/Solar/
INTERNATIONAL LINKS
International Solar Energy Society
http://www.ises.org
International Photovoltaic Solar Electricity Association
http://www.iea-pvps.org/ar/index.htm
International Source Guide for Renewable Energy
http://energy.sourceguides.com
PV database
http://www.pvdatabase.com
International Solar Heating and Cooling Programme
http://www.iea-shc.org
Solar Works
http://www.solar-works.com/staff.htm
Solar Cookers International
http://www.solarcookers.org
Farming with Windmills
http://fr.allafrica.com/stories/200208260345.html
http://www.sunfrost.com
Ocean Energy Expo
http://www.energyocean.com
Concentrating Solar Power
http://www.mng.org.uk/green_house/renewable_energy/csp.htm
http://www.energylan.sandia.gov/sunlab/index.html
http://www.dlr.de/tt/med-csp
http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy04osti/34440.pdf
International Symposium on
Concentrating Solar Power Systems
http://solarpaces2006.com
Huge Solar Plants Bloom in Desert
http://www.wired.com/news/planet/0,2782,69528,00.html?tw=rss.TOP
http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/story?id=43336
Boron: A Better Energy Carrier than Hydrogen?
http://www.eagle.ca/~gcowan/boron_blast.html#borotop
Schools going Solar
http://www.solarschools-brighterfuture.org/solarschools_en.htm
International Institute for Energy Conservation
http://www.iiec.org
Sun & Wind Energy Journal
http://www.sunwindenergy.com
http://www.bva-solar.de
Home Power Journal - free
http://homepower.com
Journal of Solar Energy Engineering
http://scitation.aip.org/ASMEJournals/Solar/
World Solar Challenge Car Racing
http://www.wsc.org.au/2007
~~ IRELAND - SCOTLAND - UK ~~
Irish Solar Energy Association
http://www.irishsolar.com
Scottish Solar Energy Group
http://www.sseg.org.uk
UK Solar Energy Society
http://www.thesolarline.com
http://www.uk-ises.org
British Photovoltaic Association
http://www.greenenergy.org.uk/pvuk2
Solar for London Schools
http://www.sustainable-energy.org.uk/site.builder/school%20solar.html
http://www.solarforlondon.org.uk/site.builder/community.html
Sustainable Ireland
http://www.sustainable.ie
Fuelling the Future
http://www.fuellingthefuture.org
Leeds Sustainability Network
http://www.leeds-susnet.org.uk
sustainable Thornbury
http://www.sustainablethornbury.org
Carbon Trust
http://www.carbontrust.co.uk
London Rising Tide
http://www.londonrisingtide.org.uk
People and Planet
http://www.peopleandplanet.org
Friends of the Earth-Climate Change Campaign
http://www.foe.co.uk/campaigns/climate/issues/climate_change/index.html
South Bank University
Solar Car Racing
http://www.lsbu.ac.uk/solarcar/main.htm
~~ CANADA ~~
Solar Energy Society of Canada
http://www.solarenergysociety.ca
Canadian Solar Industries Association
http://www.cansia.ca
Canadian Solar Decathlon
http://www.canadiansolar.org
BC Sustainable Energy Association
http://www.bcsea.org
Oil Free Coast Alliance
http://www.oilfreecoast.org
Vancouver Renewable Energy Coop
http://www.recov.org
City Green
http://www.citygreen.ca
Relocalize Saint John
http://www.relocalizesj.org
Canadian Electric Vehicle Society
http://www.evsociety.ca
Electric Vehicle Society of Canada
http://www.evsociety.ca
Vancouver Electric Vehicle Association
http://www.veva.bc.ca
http://www.veva.bc.ca/#otherlinks
Electric Vehicle Council of Ottawa
http://www.evco.ca
Durham Electric Vehicle Association
http://www.durhamelectricvehicles.com
Solar Vehicle Racing
http://www.uoitsolarcar.ca
Power of One
Solar Car Racing
http://www.xof1.com
McMaster University
Solar Car Racing
http://www.solarcar.mcmaster.ca
University of Calgary
Solar Car Racing
http://www.calgarysolarteam.ca
University of New Brunswick
Solar Car Racing
http://www.ee.unb.ca/Projects/unbsolar
University of Toronto
Solar Car Racing
http://www.blueskysolar.utoronto.ca
University of Waterloo
Solar Car Racing
http://www.midsun.uwaterloo.ca/www
University of Western Ontario
SunStang Solar Car Project
http://www.eng.uwo.ca/sunstang
Polytechnique de Montreal
Solar Vehicle
http://www.polymtl.ca/esteban
Technologie Supérieure
Solar Car Racing
http://eclipse.etsmtl.ca/fr/
~~ AFRICA - MIDDLE EAST ~~
Solar Energy Society of Southern Africa
http://www.sessa.org.za
Solar Schools in South Africa
http://www.self.org/SamanthaDlomo.asp
Sustainable Energy Africa
http://www.sustainable.org.za
Renewable Energy Association of Swaziland
http://www.ecs.co.sz/reaswa
Yonge Nawe
http://www.yongenawe.com
Green Clippings
http://www.greenclippings.co.za
Egyptian Solar Energy Society
http://www.soficom.com.eg/eses
North Africa Renewable Energy Conference
http://www.nrea.gov.eg/menarec/menarec.htm
Desert Power: energy, food, and water from desert
http://www.ju.edu.jo/confernces/gcreader/workshops_details.htm
Sustainable Design links
http://www.iciscenter.org/html/4_resources/links_sustainable.htm
Arava Institute for Environmental Studies
http://www.arava.org
Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem
http://www.arij.org
Dead Sea Project
http://www.deadseaproject.org
~~ LATIN AMERICA ~~
Latin America Renewable Energy Fair
http://www.rio6.com
Asociacion Nacional de Energía Solar
http://www.anes.org
Oilwatch Mesoamerica
http://www.oilwatchmesoamerica.net
~~ CUBA ~~
Cubasolar
http://www.cubasolar.cu
~~ PUERTO RICO ~~
Universidad de Puerto Rico
Solar Decathlon
http://solar.uprm.edu
~~ EUROPE ~~
Eurener Energia Solar
http://eurener.com
European Photovoltaic Industry Association
http://www.epia.org
European Solar Energy Association
http://www.eurosolar.org
European Solar Cities
http://www.eu-solarcities.org
European Solar Thermal Industry Federation
http://www.estif.org
European Solar Water Heater Initiative
http://www.soltherm.org
European Solar Research
http://www.pvnord.org
European Solar Engineering School
http://www.eses.org
European Association for Electric Vehicles
http://www.avere.org
http://www.citelec.org
~~ AUSTRIA ~~
Austria Solar Water Heater Initiative
http://www.austriasolar.at
Austrian Society for Renewable Energy
http://www.aee.at
Austrian Solar Thermal Initiative
http://www.soltherm.at
~~ BELGIAN ~~
Belgian Solar Car Racing
http://www.solarteam.be
~~ DENMARK ~~
Denmark Sustainable Energy Technology
http://www.elle-kilde.dk
Denmark Solar City
http://www.solarcity.dk
Solar City Copenhagen
http://www.solarcitycopenhagen.dk
Denmark Gaia Solar
http://www.gaiasolar.dk
Denmark Solar Heating
http://www.arcon.dk
http://www.solvarme.dk
Dansk solenergiforening
http://www.danvak.dk
Dansk Eco Building
http://www.ecobuilding.dk
Green City Denmark
http://www.greencity.dk
~~ FRANCE ~~
France Association for the Development of Renewable Energy
http://www.asder.asso.fr
France Committee on Renewable Energy
http://www.cler.org
France Renewable Energy Organization
http://www.energies-renouvelables.org
France Hespul Association
http://www.hespul.org
France Electric Vehicle Association
http://www.cereveh.org
Renewable Energy Policy Network
for the 21st Century
http://www.ren21.net
French Renewable Energy Industry Association
and Exhibition
http://www.energie-ren.com/2006
SolarPACES
concentrating solar power systems
http://www.solarpaces.org
France Solar Car Racing
http://www.helioscar.com
~~ FINLAND ~~
Finnish Solar Education Program
http://solis.wwnet.fi
Finnish Solar Energy Society
http://www.tkk.fi/Units/NEMO/eng4ises.htm
~~ GERMANY ~~
German Institute for Solar Energy Systems
http://www.ise.fhg.de
German Federal Solar industry Association
http://www.bsi-solar.de
German Solar Industry Association
http://www.solarwirtschaft.de
German Society for Solar Power
http://www.dgs.de
German Solar Server
http://www.solarserver.de
German Solar Promotion Association
http://www.sfv.de
German Solar Promotion
http://www.solarfoerderung.de
German Solar Info
http://www.solarinfo.de
German Solar Intergration
http://www.solarintegration.de
German Solar Institute
http://www.sij.fh-aachen.de
Renweable Energy in Germany
http://www.german-renewable-energy.com
German Solar Energy Circle
http://www.solarkreis.de
German Solar Journal
Photon
http://www.photon.de
German Solar Journal
Solar Themen
http://www.solarthemen.de
German Solar Initiative
http://www.solarinitiativen.de
German Solar Federal League
http://www.solarbundesliga.de
German Solar Portal
http://www.solaranlagen-portal.de
German Solar Factory Group
http://www.solar-fabrik.com
German International Solar Center
http://emsolar.ee.tu-berlin.de/iscb/home.html
German Solar Association of Amberg
http://www.solarverein-amberg.de
German Citizen Solar Power Group of Ainring
http://www.sonnenkraft-ainring.de
German Citizen Solar Power Group of Bavaria
http://www.gmoaner.de
German Solar Association of Bensheim
http://www.solarverein-bensheim.de
German Solar Project of Freilassing
http://www.solarprojekt-freilassing.homepage.t-online.de
German Solar Association of Marbach
http://www.solarverein-marbach.de
German Solar Association of Leobendorf
http://www.solarregiolaufen.de
German Solar Association of Piding
http://piding.buergerkraftwerke.de
German Solar Association of Rosenheimer
http://www.rosolar.de
German Citizen Solar Power Group of Saaldorf-Surheim
http://www.saaldorf-surheim.de/index.php?id=115
German Solar Association of Trier
http://www.solarverein-trier.de
German Solar Cooker
Easy for you to build
http://www.solarofen.de
German Solar Energy Demonstration
http://www.solid.de
Erneuerbare Energien
http://www.erneuerbareenergien.de
Bochum Solar Car Racing
http://www.fh-bochum.de/solarcar
~~ GREECE ~~
Greek Solar Industry Association
http://www.ebhe.gr
Greek Centre of Renewable of Energy
http://www.cres.gr
Greek Electric Vehicle Association
http://www.heliev.gr
University of Patras
Solar Car Racing
http://www.mech.upatras.gr/~solarcar
Olympic Solar Cars Racing
Phaethon 2004
http://www.phaethon2004.org
Aristotle University
Solar Car Racing
http://lat.eng.auth.gr/helios2004/
Holland Solar
http://www.hollandsolar.nl
~~ ITALY ~~
ItalianSun Country
http://www.paesedelsole.org
Italian Solar Energy Society
http://www.isesitalia.it
Italian Solar Energy Newsletter
http://www.ilsolea360gradi.it/news/news_sommario.htm
Italian Association of Renewable Energy Producers
http://www.aper.it
Italian Solar Thermal Association
http://www.ambienteitalia.it/solare.htm
Italian Association for Solar Heating
http://www.assolterm.it
Italian Association for Renewable Energy
http://www.resedaweb.org
Italian Renewable Energy Society
http://www.renael.it
Italian PV Tech Expo
http://www.pvtech.it
Italian PV Journal
Fotovoltaici FV
http://www.artenergy.it/pages/rivista_FV.asp
Concentrating Solar Power
for the Mediterranean Region
http://www.dlr.de/tt/med-csp
Trans-Mediterranean Renewable Energy Cooperation
http://www.trecers.net/index.html
Italian Team Futura
Solar Car Racing
http://www.futura2.it
~~ NETHERLANDS ~~
Netherlands Solar Links
http://www.solarstart.nl
Netherlands Solar - Startkabel
http://zonne-energie.startkabel.nl
Netherlands Solar - boogo links
http://zonne-energie.boogolinks.nl
Netherlands Solar
http://www.polderpv.nl
Netherlands Solar Solutions
http://www.tss4u.nl
GEZEN Foundation for Massive Solar Power
http://www.gezen.nl
Netherlands Electric Vehicle Association
http://www.asne.nl
Netherlands Nuon Solar Team
Solar Car Racing
http://www.nuonsolarteam.nl
Netherlands University of Twente
Solar Car Racing
http://www.solarteamtwente.nl
http://www.raedthuyssolarteam.nl
http://www.wsc2005.utwente.nl
Netherlands Solar Team
http://www.solar-team.nl
~~ NORWAY ~~
Norwegian Solar Energy Society
http://www.solenergi.no
Norsk Solar Industry Association
http://www.norsksolfangerindustri.no
Norsk side om solenergianlegg
http://www.solvarme.no
SOLARNOR water heating systems
http://www.solarnor.no
Sun Lab
http://www.sunlab.no
ECO ark
http://www.arkitektur.no/ecoark
Sun Cook
http://www.suncook.no
~~ RUSSIA ~~
Center for Energy Efficiency
http://www.cenef.ru
~~ SPAIN ~~
Spain Renewable Energy Association
Eco Earth
http://www.ecoterra.org
International Symposium
Concentrating Solar Power Systems
http://solarpaces2006.com
Plataforma Solar de Almería
http://www.psa.es
Spain Solar Cookers Conference
http://www.solarconference.net/
Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
Solar Decathlon
http://www.solardecathlon.upm.es
Spain Solar Energy Training Centre
http://www.censolar.es
~~ SWEDEN ~~
Solar Energy Association of Sweden
http://www.solenergiforeningen.se
Swedish PV consultants
http://www.energibanken.se
Swedish Design tool for
building integrated photovoltaic systems
http://www.solcell.nu/
Swedish Renewable Energy
http://www.elforsk.se
Swedish Switch to Solar Energy
http://www.switchpower.se
Swedish Solar Technology
http://www.gpv-solar.com
Solklart – solvärme
http://www.solklart-solvarme.nu
Nationellt solcellsprogram
http://www.elforsk.se/solel
SOLCELLER I BYGGANDET
http://www.solcell.nu
Svenska Solgruppen
http://www.solgruppen.se
~~ SWITZERLAND ~~
Swiss Solar Energy Society
http://www.sses.ch
Swiss Solar Thermal Initiative
http://soltherm.ch
Swiss Exhibition center for photovoltaic integration
http://www.demosite.ch
Swiss Solar Engineering Association
http://www.solarstrom.ch
Stirling Engine
http://www.bekkoame.ne.jp/~khirata/indexe.htm
~~ OCEANIA ~~
~~ AUSTRALIA ~~
Australian & New Zealand Solar Energy Society
http://www.anzses.org
Solar Home and Building Tours
http://www.solarhouseday.com
Solar Education for Schools
http://www.solarschools.net
ASPO-Australia
http://www.aspo-australia.org.au
Blackall Range Relocalisation
http://www.blackallrangerelocalisation.org
Beaudesert Shire -
Local Planning for an Oil-Depleted Future
http://www.kimspages.org/beaudesertshirepeakoil.htm
Sydney Peal Oil Group
http://sydneypeakoil.com
Queen's University
Solar Car Racing
http://engsoc.queensu.ca/solar
Australia Aurora Vehicle Association
Solar Car Racing
http://www.aurorasolarcar.com
Australian Technology Network
Solar Car Racing
http://www.unisa.edu.au/solarcar
Australia
Solar Car Racing
http://www.sunrace.com.au
~~ JAPAN ~~
Energy Conservation Center of Japan
http://www.eccj.or.jp
JapaneseSolar Car Racing
http://www.toyobo.co.jp/mirai/sunlake/top/solahome3.htm
Japanese Osaka University
Solar Car Racing
http://solarcar.osaka-sandai.ac.jp
Kyushu Tokai University
Solar Car Racing
http://www.jp-nextage.com
Zero to Darwin Project
Solar Car Racing
http://www.zdp.co.jp
Yumekobo
Solar Car Racing
http://www2.kanazawa-it.ac.jp
~~ INDIA ~~
Solar Energy Society of India
http://www.ises.org/india
Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency
http://www.iredaltd.com
Energy and Resource Institute
http://www.teriin.org
~~ KOREA ~~
Solar City - Korea
http://www.solarcities.or.kr
~~ NEPAL ~~
Kathmandu. School of Renewable Energy
http://www.sre.org.np
~~ CHINA ~~
Chinese Renewable Energy Industries Association
http://www.creia.net/cms_eng/_code/english/invest/index.php
Beijing International Wind Power Exhibitiion
http://www.gwref.org
~~ INDONESIA ~~
Institut Bisnis dan Ekonomi kerakyatan
http://ibeka.port5.com
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