Sustainable Sources

Catalogues and Commercial Sites

• San Francisco Institute of Architecture Evening and Saturday courses in: Ecological Design, Nature-Based Architecture, Visionary Creativity

• Aprovecho Research Center a non-profit school, research center, public demonstration site, and public education center dedicated to the design, research, and dissemination of sustainable living practices.

• The Ecosa Institute

• Eco-Build Schools list, an excellent compilation by Sandra Leibowitz

  The Fox Maple School of Building

  Yestermorrow Design Build School

  Real Goods' Institute for Solar Living

  Findhorn College link is no longer good. If you know where they are, please update us.

Sustainable Community Indicators

The Eco-Village Information Service has connections and info on the Eco-Village Network (currently 9 villages around the world), Green Business and Resources, and the Gaia Trust.
Intentional Community Page
CoHousing
Findhorn
Cerro Gordo Community
The Eco-village Challenge by Robert Gilman, from In Context issue 29

Dancing Rabbit

GreenCommunities.com (As of 1/2001 the website is under construction, with a user feedback form asking what you'd like to see on the site.)

Environmental Site for Teachers

Green and Growing is a great series of lesson plans on sustainable agriculture. Of course, there are lots of other related topics linked too!

General Environmental Sites

Northeast Sustainable Energy Association

Sustainable Business.com

Regional Environmental Center Central and Eastern Europe-based environmental search engine

Society of Environmental Journalists

Arizona Toxics Information

Keep America Beautiful
Renew America
US Environmental Protection Agencey (EPA)
Rainforest Action Network
EcoTips
National Audubon Society
Friends of the Earth
Man and the Biosphere
MacroNet
Information Center for the Environment
EcoNet Web page

Energy & Solar Related Sites

Solar Energy International

Common Purpose for Clean Energy

DOE's Photovoltaic Energy online document database

The Source Renewable Energy database
Solar Car Page
Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology (CREST)
HomePower Magazine
American Solar Energy Society

Sustainable Forestry Sites

The Forest Partnership's Sustainable Forests Directory
The Certified Forest Products Council (includes a list of certified suppliers)

Permaculture sites

• Planetary Permaculture Directory

• Interview from In Context on Permaculture founder Bill Mollison

  CFS's Permaculture section

  Australian Correspondence Schools offers courses in Permaculture and other aspects of sustainability

Water Related Sites

Universities Water Information Network
National Wetlands Inventory
J. Payton's Constructed Wetland site

Parks and Wilderness Sites

National Park Service WWW Server
The Wilderness Society
National Parks and Conservation Association (NPCA)

Environmental Law

Pace Global Environmental Law Network

Indiana U.'s international and environmental law site

Sustainable Futures

The International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives
Communications for a Sustainable Future(CSF)

Government Related or Sponsored Sites

Corporation for National Service includes info on Vista, AmeriCorps, Learn & Serve, and SeniorCorps
CIESIN Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network

Environmental Health Clearinghouse, sponsored by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)

Some Other Progressive Sites

Institute for Global Communications
Socially Responsible Business
Eartheart

Yahoo Environmental Index
EnviroLink
UN Environmental Gopher Source
ERIN - The Australian Environmental Resources Info Network

General Construction sites

AEC Info Center

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