United States
Aboriginal Links
Website: http://www.bloorstreet.com/300block/aborcan.htm
This site offers links to all kinds of information for the Native Peoples of Canada and the US.
Action Without Borders/Idealist
Website: http://www.idealist.org/
The mission of this group is to connect people, organizations, and resources in an effort to help build a world where all people can live free and dignified lives. It is independent of any government, political ideology, or religious creed; but it is guided by the common desire to find practical solutions to social and environmental problems, in a spirit of generosity and mutual respect.
Contact: 79 Fifth Avenue, 17th floor, New York, NY 10003 (212-843-3973) or email: lindsay@idealist.org
Affluenza
Website: http://www.pbs.org/kcts/affluenza/
This is a PBS satyrical presentation of what it is like trying to "keep up with the Jones." Affluenza is a one-hour television special exploring the high social and environmental costs of materialism and overconsumption. According to its "dictionary": Af-flu-en-za n. 1. The bloated, sluggish, and unfulfilled feeling that results from efforts to keep up with the Joneses. 2. An epidemic of stress, overwork, waste and indebtedness caused by dogged pursuit of the American Dream. 3. An unsustainable addiction to economic growth. 4. A television program that could change your life.
Aleut International Association (AIA)
Website: http://www.arctic-council.org/aia.html
AIA was formed in 1998, resulting in the first formal organization of Aleut people in over 178 years and represents the first effort by Aleuts on both sides of the Bering Sea to cooperate on the mutual goal of protecting natural resources vital for the continuation of the Aleut way of life in the surrounding regions. Today, these homelands are threatened by the impact of the Russian economy, pollution, climate change, and the commercial fishing fleets of several nations. The Aleut people are indigenous to the Aleutian Islands of southwestern Alaska, which they have occupied for at least 8,000 years. However, some Aleuts were separated from their Native homelands during the 1800s, when they were enslaved by Russian fur traders and forced to settle new islands to harvest sea mammals for the Russian American Fur Company. As the Aleut people occupy some of the most remote islands in the northern hemisphere, major communication and organizational hurdles were overcome to bring the tribes together to form the AIA. Today, the organization faces a new challenge: securing the funds in order to establish offices in Anchorage, Alaska, and Petropavlovsk, and Kamchatka. In Eastern Russia, funds are needed for computers, for office supplies, to support travel throughout the region, and to participate in Arctic Council meetings. The Aleutian/Pribilof Islands Association, Inc. (A/PIA) is a non-profit consortium of twelve federally recognized tribes living in the Aleutian/Pribilof region. A/PIA functions as the governmental representative for these tribes in the area of Community Service and Human Service Departments, as well as maintaining an active Health Services Department. The Association of Peoples of the North-Aleut District, Kamachatsky Region, is the Russian equivalent to A/PIA: a non-profit organization representing the interests of the Russian Aleuts who live mostly on the Commander Islands.
Contact: Michael Zacharof, President, AIA (907-576-2443) or email: csd@apiai.com
Alternative Medicine Homepage
Website: http://www.pitt.edu/~cbw/altm.html
This site provides links and information on unconventional, unorthodox, unproven, or alternative, complementary, innovative, integrative therapies. It was created and is maintained by a medical librarian, Charles B. Wessel, M.L.S., Health Sciences Library System, University of Pittsburgh 15261.
Contact: cbw@pitt.edu
American Botanical Council (ABC)
Website: http://www.herbalgram.org/
This particular "ABC" is a leading nonprofit education and research organization which disseminates science-based information that promotes the safe and effective use of medicinal plants and phytomedicines. Founded in 1988, ABC now operates out of a beautiful homestead in Austin, Texas, and works to educate the public, healthcare practitioners, media, and government agencies as to the responsible choices regarding herbal medicine as an accepted part of healthcare.
Contact: 6200 Manor Rd, Austin, TX 78723 (512-926-4900) or email: abc@herbalgram.org
American Waterworks Association (AWWA)
Website: http://www.awwa.org/waterwiser/
This "Water Wiser" site is a clearinghouse of water conservation information. It has a variety of links to water conservation projects and tips for conserving water. Founded in 1881, AWWA is the largest organization of water supply professionals in the world. It is an international nonprofit scientific and educational society comprised of more than 50,000 members dedicated to the improvement of drinking water quality and supply. Such members include: treatment plant operators and managers, scientists, environmentalists, manufacturers, academicians, regulators, and others who hold genuine interest in water supply and public health. Membership includes more than 4,000 utilities that supply water to roughly 180 million people in North America.
Contact: 6666 W. Quincy Ave., Denver, CO 80235 (303-794-7711 or toll free 1- 8000-926-7337) or use email form provided on the site.
Botanical.com
Website: http://www.botanical.com/botanical/article/incense.html
This site matches botanical and common names and provides articles and links pertaining to plants.
Builders Without Borders
Website: http://www.builderswithoutborders.org/
This is an international network of ecological builders who form partnerships with communities and organizations around the world to create affordable housing built from local materials. The builders believe the solution to homelessness is not merely housing, but a local population working together and being trained to provide housing for themselves. Since its founding in December of 1999, BWB has formed a dynamic team of ecological builders and other dedicated volunteers whose role is largely educational -- supporting those working in the field, through providing resources, advice, networking, and training. BWB advocates the use of straw, earth, and other easily obtainable materials for the construction of homes, thereby helping to decrease reliance on expensive, and often unavailable, alternatives. One of the main objectives is to develop and distribute simple, easy-to-understand educational resources that promote natural building methods, as well as the facilitation techniques that are culturally-sensitive, fun and effective.
Contact: 119 Main St. Kingston, NM 88042 (505-895-5400) or email: mail@BuildersWithoutBorders.org
Building Green
Website: http://www.buildinggreentv.com/
It started out as a nationally-aired TV series. Producer and host Kevin Contreras took viewers on a highly personal journey, showing them exactly what it was like for an “ordinary guy” to make the commitment to go green. The show and website provide detailed how-to information and connects people with resources. As fans of the social network, they also offer readers a place to share their own stories and tips, and to interact directly with Kevin and an ever-growing roster of self-taught green building mavens and experts alike.
Contact: Use form at http://www.buildinggreentv.com/contact .
Center For A New American Dream
Website: http://www.newdream.org/
The center teaches Americans how to consume responsibly in order to protect the environment, enhance quality of life, and promote social justice. It works with individuals, institutions, communities, and businesses to conserve natural resources, counter the commercialization of our culture, and promote positive changes in the way goods are produced and consumed. In addition, it has launched two new websites: The Conscious Consumer and Be,Live,Buy -- Make a Difference targeting the growing numbers of younger consumers.
Contact: 6930 Carroll Avenue,Suite 900, Takoma Park, MD 20912 (301-891-3683 or 1-877-68-DREAM) or email:newdream@newdream.org
Conscious Choice
Website: http://www.consciouschoice.com/
This is a bi-monthly Midwestern magazine that reports on environmental issues and natural alternatives in health care, food, and nutrition. The online information is supported by the advertisers of the printed editions.
Contact: 920 N. Franklin St., Suite 202, Chicago, Illinois 60610
Constructed Wetlands
Website: http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/construc/
This site, hosted by the EPA's Office of Water, has 17 case studies of wetlands of various sizes, designed for wildlife habitat objectives, ranging over many types of climate and geography. In addition, it has good supporting material on a range of related issues. Although still pertinent, they do draw your attention to the fact that this information was accurate and current when it was first created in 1993, but it is now outdated and has not been updated since the original publication date. The symbol on the cover of the report was developed in Washington State by a group of state and federal agencies working in cooperation with a private real estate firm, Port Blakely Mill Company. It is available free of charge for use in any program dealing with wetland preservation and enhancement. To date, organizations in 33 states are using the symbol.
Contact: Ellin Spenser, Port Blakely Mill Company, 151 Madrone Lane, North Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 (206-842-3088)
CSA Hot Topics
Website: http://www.csa.com/csa/hottopics/hottopics-main.shtml
CSA is a privately-owned information company that has been publishing abstracts and indexes to scientific and technical research literature for over 30 years. Located in Bethesda, Maryland, the organization also has other offices in Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, France, the Netherlands, and the UK. This site gives comprehensive information on current issues of interest or concern. Content coverage includes the life sciences, environmental and aquatic sciences, computer sciences, materials science and engineering, aerospace, social sciences, and humanities.
Contact: 7200 Wisconsin Avenue - Suite 601, Bethesda, Maryland 20814 (301-961-6700) or email: Service@csa.com
Diaper Pin
Website: http://www.diaperpin.com/home.asp
This is the ultimate resource information about natural cloth products for mama and baby. You can learn what kinds of cloth products are out there, read up on tips and tricks for easy care, find out where to buy them, and talk about cloth with other moms. Diaper Pin started in May 2000 with a handful of directory members and a simple "how to" and diapering dictionary page. By the fall, the group had launched its now most popular section, "Product Reviews." In the winter it unveiled a one-of-a-kind diaper savings calculator, and word soon spread. In 2001, it began providing cloth diapering articles written by talented cloth-diapering business moms. Today, there are over 300 directory members and more than 1000 products reviews, making the site an invaluable cloth diapering resource.
Contact form is provided on the site.
EarthTrends
Website: http://earthtrends.wri.org/
This environmental information portal provides a comprehensive online database, focusing on environmental, social, and economic trends in such categories as marine, water, climate, population, energy, protected areas, agriculture, lands, and those that govern such, plus much more.
EcoIQ.com
Website: http://www.ecoiq.com/energy/
This website is for everyone interested in making smart choices about our energy future -- choices that are both economically and ecologically intelligent. The site provides an online magazine, links to more than 10,000 sources, plus books, videos, CDs, and much more.
Contact: 988 Cranberry Dr., Cupertino, CA 95014 (408-865-0888) or email: ecoiq@ecoiq.com
El Paso Solar Energy Association
Website: http://www.epsea.org/adobe.html
The purpose of this site is to provide practical information on solar energy and energy efficiency. For anyone designing or building a new home or simply needing more information on solar water heating or heating a swimming pool, this site can provide the needed resource information. It also provides information on adobe homes and straw bale construction, plus much more.
Contact: P.O. Box 26384 El Paso, Texas 79926 or use the email page provided on the site.
Energy Crossroads
Website: http://eetd.lbl.gov/EnergyCrossroads/EnergyCrossroads.html
This site provides links to energy efficient resources, including information about global climate changes and weather data resources. It also points you to books, software, and practical guides to help you implement energy saving procedures. Contact: EETDinfo@lbl.gov
Energy Quest
Website: http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/index.html
This website is designed for kids and teachers to learn about energy and its conservation.
Contact: California Energy Commission, Media and Public Communications Office, 1516 Ninth Street, MS-29, Sacramento, CA 95814-5504 (916-654-4989)
EnviroLink Network
Website: http://www.envirolink.org/
This is a non-profit organization which has been providing access to thousands of online environmental resources since 1991. A grassroots online community, it unites hundreds of organizations and volunteers around the world with millions of people in more than 150 countries. It is dedicated to providing comprehensive, up-to-date environmental information, and news and does not take a stand on any specific environmental issues, but exists solely to act as a clearinghouse for the incredibly diverse Internet Environmental Community.
Contact: P.O. Box 8102, Pittsburgh, PA 15217 or email: websupport@envirolink.org
Environmental Building News (eBuild)
Website: http://www.ebuild.com/
This group offers the inside edge to builders, architects, remodelers, subcontractors, dealers, and homeowners with just a few keystrokes. Published on the Web by Hanley-Wood, the leading media company in the residential construction industry, eBuild is a comprehensive, interactive catalog that makes researching and comparing products fast and easy. Launched in February 2001, the website was created by, and for, building professionals and targets all building industry professionals, helping them find, compare, and store product information. Consumers will find the site useful to help them make informed product selections and coordinate with contractors. EBuild promises to reduce the industry’s reliance on paper by creating a continuously updated, centralized source for all buyers.
Environmental Management Accounting (EMA)
Website: http://www.EMAwebsite.org
Environmental Accounting (EA) is a broad term used in several different contexts: management accounting, financial accounting, and national accounting. This website focuses on the application of EA for internal organizational decisions, that is, Environmental Management Accounting (EMA). This can be defined as the identification, collection, estimation, analysis, internal reporting, and use of materials and energy flow information, environmental cost information, and other cost information for both conventional and environmental decision-making within an organization. The intention of this site is to be a source of comprehensive information on EMA issues for the international community. Its most important element is the searchable library, currently containing over 170 annotated entries (75 available for immediate download), including books, reports, journal articles, training materials, case studies.
Contact: info@emawebsite.org
Environmental Web Directory
Website: http://www.webdirectory.com/
This site lives up to its claim as being the "Earth's Biggest Environment Search Engine" where you can find information on anything from Agriculture to the Weather and Wildlife. The directory is the result of a group of twenty-three hard working people dedicated to providing a free service to the environmental community through their thousands of sites from over 100 countries. The group's goal is to make it easy for people from around the world to find your environmentally friendly web page.
Contact: sales@webdirectory.com
EPA: Transportation and Air Quality
Website: http://www.epa.gov/OMSWWW/
This site provides general information about EPA's Office of Transportation and Air Quality: its mission, programs, and organizational structure.
Contact: 1310 L Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 (734) 214-4510) or email: france.jennifer@epa.gov
Fallen Fruit
Website: http://www.fallenfruit.org/
Fallen Fruit is an innovative mapping project that began in Silver Lake, California. The idea is to identify and provide maps to untapped free food resources in every location. Lots of food goes to waste: food that can be found growing in public places and food that overhangs onto public places from private yards. Search through this unique website and then take action in your own community, and, while you are at it, send them your creative map of your area.
Contact: Contact information is on the website.
Food Revolution
Website: http://www.foodrevolution.org/
This site is hosted by John Robbins, author of several books about diet changes that could save the world as well as one's own health. Here, you will find many articles, reviews of his books, and links to related subjects.
Contact forms are supplied on the site.
Gentle World
Website: http://planet-hawaii.com/gentleworld/
This unique site has a very interesting history. Its center in Hawaii is located on the northern tip of the Big Island at 1,500 feet where the trade winds blow to make the air clean and sweet. In New Zealand, it has a special piece of property on the North Island which is surrounded by mountains. Gentle World is a non-profit educational organization founded in 1979. It began by educating the public on health, environmental issues, and the benefits of a plant-based diet and sustainable lifestyle.
Contact: PO Box 238, Kapa'au, HI 96755 or email: gentle@aloha.net
Global Ecovillage Network
Website: http://gen.ecovillage.org/
Ecovillages are urban or rural communities of people, who strive to integrate a supportive social environment with a low-impact way of life. To achieve this, they integrate various aspects of ecological design, permaculture, ecological building, green production, alternative energy, community building practices, and much more. On this site, people can meet to share ideas, exchange technologies, and develop cultural and educational exchanges, produce directories and newsletters. They are dedicated to restoring the land and living "sustainable plus" lives by putting more back into the environment than is taken out. In 1998, ecovillages were first officially named among the United Nations' top "100 listing of Best Practices," as excellent models of sustainable living. GEN operates mainly through the offices and volunteers of its three Regions: Europe and Africa, Oceania, and the Americas.
Global Hemp
Website: http://www.globalhemp.com/
This is a portal to the world-wide hemp community. It was officially established in 1996 in Washington but moved to Peoria, Illinois, in 1998. It began as an internet business; but today, it also includes the Global Hemp Archives and the Global Hemp Emporium. The site is designed to provide value-added information for those interested in learning more about hemp and to provide a source of hemp related materials that are grouped together in one place for the users convenience, as well as a safeguard against misinterpretations of the plants uses.
Contact: 401 E. Illinois Ave., Peoria, IL 61603 (309-685-3591) or email: info@globalhemp.com
GreenHome
Website: http://www.greenhome.org/
This is a non-profit organization dedicated to demonstrating and promoting affordable, sustainable design, construction, and landscape practices for homes and communities throughout the Washington, DC, area. Through efforts of dedicated volunteers and benefactors, it is demonstrating that "green" housing is for everyone! It offers information and training through publications, workshops, and online resources, believing that, with a bit of knowledge and training, anyone can reduce his/her home's resource use, save money, and improve their home's quality. Its workshops focus on ways to save money by avoiding waste of energy and other resources and by using environmentally friendly substitutes for such toxic pollutants as certain household cleaners. Educational materials including tip sheets in several languages are available. These are distributed at workshops for reference. Tours of the homes they have built are offerred to interested organizations and individuals. These show the designs, materials, and techniques used to make these homes affordable and resource-efficient.
Contact: 110 Maryland Avenue NE, Suite 306, Washington, DC 20002 (202-544-5336) or email: info@greenhome.org
Greywater
Website: http://www.greywater.com/
Hosted by a single individual (Carl Lindstrom), this site contains everything you want to know about greywater, including scientific information about its nature, a thorough scoping of many technologies available to deal with it, a series of case studies, and a methodology for planning a greywater management system, as well as many diagrams and pictures that are easy to understand. Greywater is any washwater, but NOT toilet and food wastes, food, or that derived from garbage grinders. There are significant distinctions between greywater and toilet wastewater (called "blackwater"). These distinctions tell us how these wastewaters should be treated/managed and why, in the interests of public health and environmental protection, they should not be mixed together. For example: Greywater contains far less nitrogen than blackwater (Nitrogen is one of the most serious and difficult-to-remove pollutants affecting our drinking water); Greywater contains far fewer pathogens than blackwater (Medical and public health professionals view feces as the most significant source of human pathogens, and by keeping toilet wastes out of the wastewater stream, it dramatically reduces the danger of spreading such organisms via water); and, Greywater decomposes much more quickly than blackwater (The implication of the more rapid decomposition of greywater pollutants is the quicker stabilization and, therefore, enhanced prevention of water pollution.).
Contact: carl@websida.com
Groundwater Foundation
Website: http://www.groundwater.org/
GF is a nonprofit organization dedicated to informing the public about one of our greatest hidden resources, groundwater. Since 1985, its programs and publications have presented the benefits everyone receives from groundwater and the risks that threaten groundwater quality. It makes learning about groundwater fun and understandable for kids and adults alike.
Contact: PO Box 22558, Lincoln, NE 68542-2558 (402-434-2740 or toll free 1-800-858-4844) or email: info@groundwater.org
Hemp Food Association
Website: http://www.hempfood.com/
The hempseed products industry has the technology to provide "zero THC" hempseed and hempseed-based products. Unreasonable fear about THC is holding back the hempseed industry's very ability to be sustainable and viable. This issue highlights the need for federal deregulation of drug-free industrial hemp and is an issue of states' rights, as well as making good business sense for farmers.
Contact: P.O. Box 1368, Santa Rosa CA 95402-1368 (707-571-1330 x306) or email: infohfa@hempfood.com
Hemp Industries Association
Website: http://www.thehia.org/index.html
HIA is at the forefront of the drive for fair and equal treatment of industrial hemp and the instigation of a level playing field on which to compete with other natural resources and synthetics. HIA seeks changes in government policies to encourage global production of hemp as a raw material for industry, and has been dedicated to education, industry development, and accelerating expansion in the hemp supply and the world market demand since 1992. Members believe that hemp is one of our planet's most important natural resources and advocate using it to its full potential.
Contact: PO Box 1080, Occidental, CA 95465 (707-874-3648) or email :info@thehia.org
Hemp Myths and Realities
Website: http://www.votehemp.com/votehemp/mythfact.html
This page is part of the VoteHemp site that provides information about the many practical uses of the plant. People are now beginning to realize they have been duped into believing it was used only for the drug trade. Hemp is the world's premier renewable resource for food, fiber, and energy. For the last ten years, the global hemp market has been an ever-increasing thriving commercial success. Unfortunately, because of outdated attitudes and drug-war paranoia in Washington, the US is the only major industrialized nation to prohibit the growing and processing of hemp. Since Jamestown and up to 1937 (before hemp became a nasty word), American farmers cultivated industrial hemp. It was widely used in America, including the paper for the first draft of the Constitution. Today, a large, well-educated cross-section of American citizens is demanding that this right be restored.
Contact:tom@votehemp.com
Hempology.org
Website: http://www.hempology.org/
This is site is the Boston Hemp Coop's Digital Library and Museum which provides some great pictures and articles from the past and present about hemp.
Contact: boston.hemp@pobox.com
Home Ecology
Website: http://home.comcast.net/~homeecology/
This site offers an abundance of ideas about ecology principles for the home including waste reduction, energy conservation, recycling, composting, natural gardening, water conservation, junk mail reduction, safe cleaning products, chemical safety, food quality and safety issues, and more.
Contact: an email form is provided.
Home Energy
Website: http://homeenergy.org/hewebsite/
This online magazine was started by Alan Meier, a researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, who realized that he and his colleagues were conducting and publishing studies that could change the way houses and multifamily units were being designed and built. However, this valuable information was not reaching the architects, builders, contractors, engineers, auditors, and utility managers who most needed it. In 1984, Meier founded Energy Auditor and Retrofitter, a non-profit educational organization devoted to filling the information gap between research and practical application of building science. This original magazine became the vehicle to disseminate information to those professionals who most directly affect our homes' energy efficiency, comfort, safety, durability, and affordability. Since then, the field of building science has grown enormously and continues to produce volumes of important information on residential performance. Now known as Home Energy, the magazine has grown to be the premier magazine of residential building performance. With articles covering topics from insulation to ventilation, windows to weatherization, and Energy Star to energy savings, Home Energy covers all the pertinent home performance news.
Contact: 2124 Kittredge St., #95 Berkeley, CA 94704 (510-524-5405) or email: contact@homeenergy.org
Homeopathic Educational Services
Website: http://www.homeopathic.com/
This is one of the most comprehensive sites on homeopathic medicine on the web today.
Contact: 2124B Kittredge St., Berkeley, CA 94704 (510-649-0294) or email: mail@homeopathic.com
Home Resource Efficiency
Website: http://www.rmi.org/sitepages/pid167.asp
This site is provided by the Rocky Mountain Institute and includes basic information on home resource efficiency, as well as more detailed publications in the following areas: energy efficiency; appliances and lighting; home cooling; household greenhouse-gas reduction; water efficiency; resource-efficient new home construction; environmentally friendly building materials; renewable energy: solar, wind, micro-hydro; indoor air quality; and recycling. The Rocky Mountain Institute is a non-profit organization existing in large measure because of the financial support of concerned individuals and organizations throughout the world; but such non-cash items as real estate, products, or services are also welcome.
Contact development director Dale Levy, 1739 Snowmass Creek Rd., Snowmass, CO 81654-9199 (970-927-3851) or email: dalelevy@rmi.org
How To Make: Soaps And Toiletries
Website: http://www.meltandpour.com/
Recipes for making home made soaps, lotions, bath bombs, lip balms, massage oils, and other products.
How To Make: Solar Powered Generator
Website: http://www.rain.org/~philfear/how2solar.html
For less than $300, you can make this useful tool. Great for power failures and life outside the power grid, you can power your computer, modem, vcr, tv, cameras, lights, or DC appliances anywhere you go. Use in cabins, boats, tents, archaeological digs, or while travelling throughout the third world. Have one in the office storeroom in case of power failures in your highrise.
How To Make: Tortillas
Websites: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~rjsalvad/scmfaq/tortilla.html and http://www.texascooking.com/features/sept98flourtortillas.htm
Making tortillas is just not simply providing a recipe. Special techniques are also involved, as well as having the right flour to make this dietary staple.
Institute for Children's Environmental Health (ICEH)
Websites: http://www.iceh.org and www.partnersforchildren.org
ICEH, founded in 1999, is a nonprofit educational organization working to ensure a healthy, just and sustainable future for children and the planet. Its primary mission is to foster collaborative initiatives to reduce and ultimately eliminate environmental exposures that can undermine the health of current and future generations. ICEH helps build a more effective and collaborative environmental health movement; works with health-affected constituencies, in particular learning and developmental disabilities organizations and educates their members about possible environmental links to various health problems and nurtures their capacity to advocate for policies that protect children from neurotoxicants; and supports policies and actions that are based on preventative, transparent, democratic, and precautionary practices to ensure children's unique susceptibilities to environmental exposures are being addressed.
Contact: 1646 Dow Road, Freeland, WA 98249 (360-331-7904) or email: emiller@iceh.org
Institute For Local Self-Reliance
Website: http://www.ilsr.org/
ILSR is a nonprofit research and educational organization that provides technical assistance and information on environmentally sound economic development strategies. Since 1974, ILSR has worked with citizen groups, governments, and private businesses in developing policies that extract the maximum value from local resources. It also has an excellent links page.
Contact: Washington, DC, 2425 18th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009 (202-232-4108);
Minneapolis, MN, 1313 Fifth Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414 (612-379-3815) or email: info@ilsr.org
Integrative Health Care
Website: http://www.integrativehealthcare.com/
To integrate is first to understand diverse elements, then incorporate them into a greater synergistic whole. The diverse elements in this case are different approaches in medicine, which include conventional Western, Eastern, and some that are considered alternatives.
Contact: 9200 East Raintree, Suite 100, Scottsdale, AZ 85260 (480 657 0003) or email: webmaster@integrativehealthcare.com
Intentional Communities
Website: http://www.ic.org/
Since 1994, this site has offerred information regarding intentional communties: a term for ecovillages, cohousing, residential land trusts, communes, student co-ops, urban housing cooperatives, and other related projects and dreams. This site serves the growing communities movement by providing important information and access to crucial resources for seekers of community, existing and forming communities, and other friends of community.
Contact: Fellowship for Intentional Community, RR 1, Box 156, Rutledge, MO 63563 (660-883-5545) or email: fic@ic.org
McSurvivors
Website: http://www.mcsurvivors.com/
This is a resource website for those suffering from multiple chemical sensitivities or environmental illnesses. Originally compiled in 1996 by a multiple, chemically sensitive person (Lynda Hamilton), this site is an attempt to organize the growing body of related information and resources available on the WWW.
Contact: An email page is provided on the site.
Medicine and Global Survival
Website: http://www.ippnw.org/MGS/
This is an international peer-reviewed journal that publishes original research, review articles, news, and informed opinion on worldwide threats to health and to our collective well being and survival. The printed form of this magazine was suspended in 2002, but issues can be found in the archives section of this site. Among such threats are the possession and use of weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons; environmental and social destruction due to war, pollution, overpopulation, overdevelopment, and the inequitable distribution of the world's resources; natural and human-caused disasters; and massive abuses of human rights. MGS also takes a special interest in the social and ethical responsibilities of physicians and other health professionals.
Contact: 727 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139 (617-868-9230) or email: jloretz@ippnw.org
Natural Health Yellow Pages
Website: http://www.naturalhealthlinks.com/
This huge web-directory helps you find natural health products or information on health matters. It is hosted by Fred Rohé, an author, retailer, wholesaler, salesman, marketing consultant, broker, and farmer. He also had his own natural products company and marketing agency. Therefore, he is well-equipped to know where to find any natural product on the market today. He also gives this advice: "As a consumer myself, I find some of the trade listings very interesting. Some of these sites have information you won't find anywhere else about ingredients you're getting in products. Don't forget that many, probably most, of the products you buy are really just assembled by the branding companies. Those companies get the ingredients from materials suppliers you've probably never heard of. That's why it can be so informative to visit their websites."
Contact form is provided on the site.
Natural Home
Website: http://www.naturalhomemag.com/
This magazine offers today's health-conscious, environmentally concerned homeowner the information needed to practice earth-inspired living. Since its first issue in May 1999, its bi-monthly issues have brought together the best in home design, earth-friendly décor and natural living, featuring sustainable, healthy homes, decorating tips, and the latest green products and services.
Contact: 201 East Fourth Street, Loveland, Colorado 80537 (800-272-2193) or email: NaturalHome@NaturalHomeMagazine.com
Natural Resource Directory
Website: http://www.nrd.com/
This site began as one man's dream when he moved to Los Angeles where he discovered that the wealth of alternative medicine sources in the area had no central means for people to find them. Having experience in the Yellow Page business, he spent the next several years compiling a vast resource list. The printed version of the Directory made its premiere appearance at the Eco Expo in April, 1994, and has since grown to a free circulation of 100,000 per year and a distribution territory including counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura. The upcoming expansion will include all of Southern California from Santa Barbara to San Diego, with many resources just across the border in Mexico. Now, with the Internet, NRD is able to expand to a worldwide reference service. What makes this Internet site unusual is that it is as complete and detailed as a local telephone directory.
Contact: 520 Washington Blvd., Suite 509, Marina del Rey, CA 90292 (310 305-8521) or use the online email form.
New Mexico Solar Energy Association (NMSEA)
Website: http://www.nmsea.org/
NMSEA is a educational, nonprofit organization, dedicated to promoting solar energy and related sustainable practices. It was one of the first organizations in the country to seek methods and ideas on how to use renewable energy, how small villages could live sustainably, and how to empower people through education about these issues. It is an all-volunteer organization in their 28th year, with a membership comprised of a diverse group of citizens including interested advocates of solar energy, architects, building contractors, engineers, educators, and planners specializing in renewable energy and sustainability.
Contact: 1009 Bradbury SE, #35, Albuquerque, NM 87106 (505-246-0400 or toll free 1-888-88-NMSOL) or email: info@nmsea.org
Northwest Eco Building Guild
Website: http://www.ecobuilding.org/index.html
This is an association of builders, designers, homeowners, tradespeople, manufacturers, suppliers, and others interested in ecologically sustainable building. It was founded in 1993 by a small group of people who were already incorporating Green building ideas into their practices, and formed for the purpose of networking and exchanging areas of expertise. Since then, the Guild has grown to seven chapters around the northwest with a mission to function as an educational forum facilitating building practices that protect human health, encourage sustainable resource usage, and foster long-term economic vitality.
Contact: There is a list of contacts on their website.
Not Milk
Website: http://www.notmilk.com/
This website has a huge database of articles and links about milk and why it should not be used by humans. Its goals are to help you find the whole truth about cow's milk and dairy quickly ... and to provide quality online resources.
Contact: Dairy Education Board, 841 Kinderkamack Road, Oradell, NJ 07649 (201-967-7001) or email: notmilkman@notmilk.com
Nursing Cultural Exchange Project Description
Website: http://www.decolores.missouri.edu/Library/Kuehn_Nursing_2003.htm
Professional nurses are challenged by the increasing complexity of their own health care delivery systems and by the growing inter-connectivity of these health care systems worldwide. This article focuses on the three countries of North America -- Canada, USA, and Mexico -- but could become a base of awareness for others as well since so many people are on the move these days.
Oikos
Website: http://oikos.com/index.lasso
This site is devoted to serving professionals whose work promotes sustainable design and construction; and provides books, videos, and other resources to help create a healthy living environment. For example, its "eco-shake" shingle is made from two recycled materials: reinforced vinyl and cellulose fiber; and the insulating concrete forms are made from recycled polystyrene foam and cement. It also carries waterless urinals, bamboo flooring, recycled paints, recycled roofing materials, non-toxic insulation batts from recycled cotton, plus so much more. Oikos is a Greek word meaning "house" and serves as the root for two English words: ecology and economy -- a good combination.
Our Stolen Future
Website: http://www.ourstolenfuture.com/
This site provides resources about endocrine disruptions, particularly those related to hormonally-distruptive contaminants. It is the official website for Our Stolen Future, the book that brought world-wide attention to scientific discoveries revealing that common contaminants can interfere with the natural signals controlling the development of a fetus. Written like a scientific detective story, the book explores the emerging science of endocrine disruption and how some synthetic chemicals interfere with the ways that hormones work in humans and wildlife. The authors provide regular updates about the cutting edge of science related to endocrine disruption and post information about ongoing policy debates, as well as new suggestions about what you can do as a consumer and citizen to minimize risks related to hormonally-disruptive contaminants. The authors are: Dr. Theo Colborn (a senior scientist with the World Wildlife Fund -- US and one of the world's leading authorities on endocrine disrupting chemicals in the environment); Dianne Dumanoski (who has reported on national and global environmental issues for the Boston Globe); and Dr. John Peterson Myers (reporter, editor and publisher of the website and senior advisor to the United Nations Foundation [Washington, DC] and a Senior Fellow at Commonweal [Bolinas, CA]. He was also a director of the W. Alton Jones Foundation, a private foundation supporting efforts to protect the global environment and to prevent nuclear war).
Contact: comments3@ourstolenfuture.org
People and Planet Friendly Directory
Website: http://www.planetfriendly.net/
This site offers thousands of links under a wide assortment of topics and shows "people" where to find "planet friendly" products and services, ideas, events, resources, opportunities, and thematic directories and guides for hard-to-find information. This unique service works to bring people together over ideas that matter with such themes as peace, environment, sustainable living, food, community, communication, democracy and human rights. They are best known for their unique listings of events and activities, courses, jobs, volunteering, and other opportunities. Based in Canada and founded in 1998, the directory now includes a website, e-mail newsletters and lists, plus various services for media, journalists, nonprofit groups, and businesses.
Contact: Box 183, Station P, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2Z2 or email: people@planetfriendly.net
Permatopia
Website: http://www.permatopia.com/levels.html
Permatopia is a website dedicated to using our remaining oil to build renewable energy systems, improve food security, relocalize production, and strengthen bioregional economies. In order to do this, our thinking has to change to where we can find local, bioregional, and global permaculture solutions to Peak Oil, climate change and other environmental crises and move toward a sustainable civilization.
Planetary Systems
Website: http://www.planetarysystems.com/index.html
This site provides products and systems that promote renewable energy and sustainable living. It also gives a history behind America's dependence on fossil fuels and good reasoning as to why that dependence should be changed to other sources less draining on the environment. There is also an extensive links page.
Contact: PO Box 340, 262 Badger Road, Ennis MT 59729 (406-682-5646) or email: info@planetarysystems.com
Plants For a Future
Website: http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/
With a database of 7380 plants, the site also provides UK, US, and Australian searches in English and Spanish. This is a valuable resource centre for rare and unusual plants, particularly those which have edible, medicinal, or have other uses.
Contact: instructions are on the site.
Power Trip Energy Company
Website: http://www.powertripenergy.com/
This site provides information on renewable energy systems, energy-efficient appliances, eco-building materials, and how to SYMB (spin your meter backwards!).
Contact: Port Townsend, WA 98368 (360-643-3080) or email: andy@powertripenergy.com
Rachel's Environment and Health Weekly
Website: http://www.rachel.org/home_eng.htm
This is an excellent source of information about health and environmental issues, provided in both English and Spanish. Rachel Carson, the famous scientist and writer, published Silent Spring in 1962 and warned that toxic industrial chemicals and pesticides would cause irreparable harm to the environment and to human health. In 1986, her efforts were continued on this website, which was named in her honor. "Rachel's" provides timely information on toxic substances and other environmental hazards and covers many such technical issues as the toxicity of dioxin, incinerator emissions, rising cancer rates, and the intricacies of risk assessment; but it is written in plain language that anyone can understand. Much of the information covered in Rachel's never appears in the mainstream media and can only be found in medical and scientific journals that most people never see. Furthermore, Rachel's tries to put environmental problems into a political context of money and power, so that people can see how all our problems -- and all our local fights -- are connected. To address these "big picture" concerns, it discusses such issues as the influx of money into elections, the enormous influence of multinational corporations, and other distortions of our democracy.
Contact: P.O. Box 160, New Brunswick, NJ 08903-0160 (732-828-9995 or toll free 1-888-2Rachel or (888-272-2435) or email: erf@rachel.org
Rain Barrel Guide
Website: http://rainbarrelguide.com/
This is an information guide for collecting rainwater for use on lawns or in the garden. Rain is a natural soft water and devoid of most minerals, chlorine, fluoride, and other chemicals -- unlike most tap water. It is usually collected from the roofs of houses. Instead of letting the water flow down the driveway and into a storm drain, a surprisingly large amount of rainwater can be collected from the gutters with one or more rain barrels.
Rainforest Action Network
Website: http://www.ran.org/
This is an important website that brings together news and updates about global rainforest destruction.
Contact: 221 Pine St., Suite 500, San Francisco, CA 94104 (415-398-4404) or email: rainforest@ran.org
Rainforest Information Center (RIC)
Website: http://www.rainforestinfo.org.au/
RIC was born out of the successful struggle to save the sub-tropical rainforests of New South Wales, Australia, in the early 1980s. Since then, it has been involved in campaigns and projects which protect rainforests while, at the same time, recognising the legitimate development aspirations of rainforest peoples. Its activities include projects in Ecuador, Papau New Guinea, and India. See also its "State of the Planet" page (http://www.rainforestinfo.org.au/background/planet.htm), which gives information taken from news releases about extinct and endangered species around the world.
Contact: Box 368, Lismore, NSW, 2480 Australia (61-2-66-218505) or email: rainforestinfo@ozemail.com.au
American Contact: Earthways, 20110 Rockport Way, Malibu, CA 90265
ReSource Institute for Low Entropy Systems (RILES)
Website: http://www.riles.org/index.html
RILES is an independent, nonprofit organization that works in partnership with communities in both English- and Spanish- speaking countries to protect public health and the environment. It supports non-depleting, non-wasting, and non-polluting methods and technologies for sustainable development. The site also has a good library list of books and papers written on such subjects as toxic sludge, the Oprah beef lawsuit, and sustainable sanitation plus much more.
Contact: 179 Boylston Street, 4th Floor, Jamaica Plain, Boston, MA 02130 (617-524-7258) or email: resource@riles.org
Resources for the Chemically Injured, Chemically Sensitive or Environmentally Ill
Website: http://www.lassentech.com/mcsei.html
This is an extensive guide to information and product resources, including publications, laboratories, and advocacy groups. Many people who are physically injured by chemicals (chemical injury) subsequently become hypersensitive to chemcials (chemically sensitive, multiple chemical sensitivity [MCS], environmentally ill). One toxic event or continuous low level exposures to chemicals can cause this. Injury occurs when the overall toxic load has gone past the body's limit of coping. The greatest offenders are petrochemicals, artificial fragrances, pesticides, gases, chemicals in new carpets, formaldehyde, paints, and detergents. Through medical school training and medical journals, many physicians are strongly influenced by the chemical companies who fund the schools and journals. These same chemical companies manufacture both the harmful chemicals and the prescriptions given to mitigate the resulting symptoms. As a result, many chemically injured people do not initially find doctors who can actually help them understand their illness. The purpose of this website is to provide some initial information which might be of assistance to the injured person but they do not endorse people, products, or services or give medical advice. What works for one person does not necessarily work for another.
Contact: An email page has been provided for contact on the site.
Sierra Club Factory Farm News
Website: http://www.sierraclub.org/factoryfarms/
America's drinking water, rivers, and lakes are at risk from giant, corporate-owned factory farms. These Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) confine thousands of animals in one facility and produce staggering amounts of animal waste in the process (2.7 trillion pounds per year). Too often, this waste leaks into our rivers and streams, fouling our air, contaminating our drinking water and spreading disease. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, hog, chicken and cattle waste has polluted 35,000 miles of rivers in 22 states and contaminated groundwater in 17 states. This site also carries an alert should a factory farm be set up in your neighborhood.
Solar Harvest Organization
Website: http://www.solarharvest.org/
This site was created to fill a void. As of December, 2002, a search of Google turned-up more than 900 websites featuring Do-It-Yourself projects, but less than 100 of these were alternative energy; and; out of those, most were trying to sell something. This site features articles on what it has done and how it worked out, good or bad. It does not promote products, but it does tell you who steps up to help and whose products have been successful. The only thing it sells is equipment its members have taken out of service. It also has a bookstore in association with Amazon, where a portion of the purchase price goes to the organization.
Contact: information@solarharvest.org
Stream Restoration
Website: http://www.usda.gov/stream_restoration/
This site, hosted by the Federal Interagency Stream Corridor Restoration Working Group, which is comprised of federal American agencies, has a wealth of information on streams and restoration processes. It covers information on stream corridors, effects of disturbances, developing restoration plans, restoration design, construction, and rehabilitation. The US has 3.5 million miles of rivers and, according to the 1992 National Water Quality Inventory, only 56% of them are fully supported multiple uses -- including drinking water supply, fish and wildlife habitat, recreation, and agriculture, as well as flood prevention and erosion control. The remaining 44% of the stream miles inventoried, sedimentation and excess nutrients were the most significant causes of degradation. Sediment problems result from soil erosion from watersheds and streambanks. Today, interest in restoring stream corridors is expanding nationally and internationally, as indicated by increasing numbers of case studies, published papers, technology exchanges, research projects, and symposia that are available on the subject. Stream corridors are increasingly recognized as critical ecosystems supporting interdependent uses and values. This document was produced by the collective experience, skills, and techonology of fifteen federal agencies of the United States government. It is a benchmark document used by these agencies, as well as many others who are interested in restoring the functions and values of the nation's stream corridors.
Contact: The site has a free download or you can purchase a copy of the complete book from: National Technical Information Service (NTIS), 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161 (703-605-6000 or 1-800-553-NTIS) or email: orders@ntis.fedworld.gov
Sun's Joules
Website: http://sol.crest.org/renewables/SJ/
This is a new CD-ROM multimedia encyclopedia on renewable energy and the environment produced by the Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology (CREST). It was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, and technically reviewed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. CREST invites you to take its program for a test drive and has made a WWW demo version. This version looks best when viewed with a browser which conforms to the HTML 3.0 standards; Netscape version 1.0 or later is particularly effective. However, any Web browser, including lynx, will do an adequate job of displaying the information. Unfortunately, because the limitations of HTML and to bandwidth constraints, it could not include some of the best features. The CD-ROM version has sound tracks, video clips, animations, interactive exercises on each technology represented, and much more which is missing from the on-line version. Sun's Joules opens into a visual landscape full of icons to explore, each leading to a different section of the encyclopedia. It contains over 900 illustrated pages, 60 video clips, 60,000 characters of text, about 1,500 visual images, a variety of music and audio tracks, and 10 different interactive exercises. Designed for high-school age students, it is also a powerful learning tool for young people and adults of all ages. Subjects include biomass, small hydropower, geothermal, solar thermal, passive solar building design and energy efficiency, photovoltaics, wind, economics, transportation, and the environment. Also included is a state-by-state breakdown of energy use in the U.S., a glossary, an index, and the ability to perform full-text keyword searches.
Contact: joules@crest.org
Sustainable Development
Website: http://www.ulb.ac.be/ceese/meta/sustvl.html
This virtual library offers a huge comprehensive list of internet sites dealing with sustainable development, including organizations, projects and activities, electronic journals, libraries, references and documents, databases, directories or metadatabases. It is definitely a good starting point in finding what you need in these areas.
Contact: bkest@ulb.ac.be
Texas Solar Energy Society (TSES)
Website: http://www.txses.org/
TSES is a non-profit organization open to anyone with an interest in renewable energy. Its mission is to increase awareness of solar potential and other renewable energy applications and to promote the wise use of these sustainable and non-polluting resources. TSES is dedicated to educating the public about the use of solar and other renewable energy technologies. The site provides a wealth of information about solar useage including a section for kids. Membership includes educators, engineers, researchers, students, bankers, electrical contractors, architects, builders, building inspectors, home owners, and solar enthusiasts who use and implement renewable energy, as well as participating in research and projects in many such areas including: passive solar building, electric vehicles, solar thermal power generation, wind-powered electricity, natural lighting for buildings, electricity generation with photovoltaic panels, energy efficiency, solar radiation resources assessment, renewable and general energy education, biomass utilization, and solar thermal applications. The Society also publishes a quarterly newsletter and engages in educational projects and conferences.
Contact: P.O. Box 1447, Austin, TX 78767-1447 (512-326-3391 or 1-800-465-5049) or email: info@txses.org
Trade Secrets
Website: http://www.pbs.org/tradesecrets/
This is a PBS program, written by Bill Moyers and Sherry Jones, that uncovered the truth about the US chemical industry and the health implications of its products. For over 50 years, Americans have enjoyed the bounty of the chemical revolution and trusted the government and the industry to keep them safe. However, such is not the case. This program devulges the truth about the thousands of chemicals that have compromised health and safety, as well as a secret archive that was uncovered during a lawsuit against chemical companies. Their own words show how they hid the truth from the public about the effects their products have on humans and the environment.
TreeLink
Website: http://www.treelink.org/
This site provides information, research, and networking for people working in urban and community forestry. For the researcher, the arborist, the community group leader, and the volunteer, its purpose is to inform, educate, and inspire.
US Department of Energy
Website: http://www.eere.energy.gov/
The Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Clearinghouse provides access to hundreds of websites and thousands of online documents, as well as fact sheets, brochures, videos and publications on energy efficiency and renewable energy.
Contact: P.O. Box 3048, Merrifield, VA 22116 (1-800-363-3732 or, for the hearing impaired, call 1-800-273-2957) or email: doe.erec@nciinc.com
US Environmental Protection Agency
Website: http://www.epa.gov/owow/nps/ordinance/index.htm
This excellent site outlines suggested ordinances and regulations for dealing with water issues around buffer zones, open space planning, erosion and sediment control, stormwater, and pollution sources. It links to watershed protection and places in the US where ordinances exist to deal with these issues, thereby providing a resource of applied and pragmatic regulatory tools.
Contact: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Nonpoint Source Control Branch (4503T), Ariel Rios Building, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20460 (202-566-1163) or use the email form provided on the site.
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
Website: http://toxics.usgs.gov/index.html
The USGS Toxic Substances Hydrology (Toxics) Program was initiated in 1982. Its goal is to provide scientific information on the behavior of toxic substances in the nation's hydrologic environments. Contamination of surface water, ground water, soil, sediment, and the atmosphere by toxic substances is among the most significant issues facing the nation. Such contaminants as excessive nutrients, organic chemicals, metals, and pathogens enter the environment via industrial, agricultural, mining, or other human activities. Estimates of the costs and time frames for cleanup of contamination and protection of human and environmental health can best be described as astounding, despite continual efforts by governments and industries worldwide to improve environmental technologies. Many pertinent articles are found in its Online Fact Sheet.
Vegan.com
Website: http://www.vegan.com/
This site supplies all the information needed for those who are, or wishing to become, vegans. There are over 100 archive articles that promote a plant-based diet, a top-ten best sellar list, plus articles about fast foods and fad diets. They also have a campaign going in support of the Burger King Veggie Burger.
Contact: correspondence@vegan.com
Vegetarian Baby and Toddler
Website: http://www.vegetarianbaby.com/
This online magazine provides information for parents wanting to use vegetarian ways for their children. Informed articles and recipes are geared toward dispelling the myth that vegetarianism is a dangerous practice, especially for children. Vegetarian Baby and Child's print magazine had subscribers all over the world, including Albania, Australia, Canada, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Isreal, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden, the United Arab Emirates, the U.K., the U.S., and the Virgin Islands before they stopped printing independently. Since their readers expressed a desire to see the publication continue, in October 2003, it switched to an online publication with a totally new look and design.
Contact: P.O. Box 388, Trenton, TX 75490 or email: Editor@Vegetarianbaby.com
VegFamily
Website: http://www.vegfamily.com/
This is an online magazine of information for the vegan family.
Contact: P.O. Box 571961, Tarzana, CA, 91357-1961. (818-341-5133) or use email form provided on the site.
Water Environment Federation
Website: http://www.wef.org/
Founded in 1928, WEF is a not-for-profit technical and educational organization whose members are from varied disciplines, especially water quality professionals from 79 Member Associations in over 30 countries. All are concerned with, and practice, water quality improvement.
Contact: 601 Wythe Street, Alexandria, VA, USA, 22314-1994 (1-800-666-0206 for the U.S. and Canada) (1-703-684-2452 outside the U.S. and Canada) or use the email form provided on website.
Why Vegan
Website: http://www.veganoutreach.org/whyvegan/
This online book is a publication of Vegan Outreach and explains why people choose this way of life. It is complete with pictures that depict industrialized cruelty to animals solely in the name of "food." One applicable quote comes from U.S. Congressman Jim Moran (VA) who said on May 20, 2003: "The vast majority of meat, milk, and eggs in America comes from factory farms, which hardly resembles bucolic family farms many Americans envision their food comes from. Instead, they are part of ‘agribusiness,’ where animals are mass produced for the slaughter house. And in the agribusiness, financial profitability takes priority over treating animals humanely." Check its catalogue for many other publications, books, shirts, and media info.
Contact: Vegan Outreach, 211 Indian Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15238 or use the online email form provided on the site.
Wolf Haven International
Website: http://www.wolfhaven.org/
Wolf Haven International is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1982. Its goals are to protect wild wolves and their habitat, promote wolf re-establishment in historic ranges, provide a sanctuary for captive wolves, and educate the public on the value of all wildlife. Public support for wolves and wolf recovery remains as necessary today as it ever has been, and the importance of Wolf Haven International can not be underestimated. WHI develops and implements educational programs and materials to be used both on and offsite in order to help others learn about the environment and about wolves and other wildlife. In the process, it hopes that there be a greater respect for the natural world.
Contact: 3111 Offut Lake Road, Tenino, WA, 98589 (360-264-4695) or email: kari@wolfhaven.org
(See this article which appeared in the Vancouver Sun, October 30, 2003 about how wolves are helping to save the US wilderness. http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=6f3936b2-26a3-49ee-9ff8-4fb7e7efccb8)
World Ecology
Website: http://www.worldecology.com/
This excellent site offers the latest ecological news from the World News Network. It provides hundreds of articles on every related issue from Astronomy to Weather. There is a long contact list to every region around the world.
Worldometers
Website: http://www.osearth.com/resources/worldometers/
This site literally gives up-to-the-minute records of what is happening in the world pertaining to births, food supplies, education, health, energy and more. The numbers are staggering!
Contact: osEarth, Inc. 50 Elm Street, New Haven, CT 06510 (800-220-4263) or email: info@osearth.com
