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Viva Verde Guide: Web-based Tools & Resources
Calculators
Center for Sustainable Economy
Ecological Footprint Calculator
The Ecological Footprint Quiz estimates the area of land and ocean required to support your consumption of food, goods, services, housing, and energy and assimilate your wastes. Your ecological footprint is expressed in "global hectares" (gha) or "global acres" (ga), which are standardized units that take into account the differences in biological productivity of various ecosystems impacted by your consumption activities. Your footprint is broken down into four consumption categories: carbon (home energy use and transportation), food, housing, and goods and services. Your footprint is also broken down into four ecosystem types or biomes: cropland, pastureland, forestland, and marine fisheries.
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www.myfootprint.org
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Energy-saving Light Bulb Calculator
Energy-saving light bulbs now come in all shapes and sizes. Choose as many or as few criteria as you like and we’ll recommend bulbs that match and calculate your cost savings.
www.edf.org/page.cfm?tagid=632
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H2O House Water Saver
Web based interactive tool for water efficiency at home.
www.h2ouse.org
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Sierra Club Green Home
Dedicated to helping you create a more sustainable home environment. Browse our site to learn more about all the things you can do. Your health, your wallet and the earth will thank you.
www.sierraclubgreenhome.com
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Data & Place-based Toolkits
Green Info Network
Tool for nonprofits to effectively show the relationships between issues, people and places through the power of computer-based mapping.
www.greeninfo.org
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Ecology & Racial Diversity
National Hispanic Environmental Council
NHEC seeks to encourage Latinos to actively work to preserve and protect our environment; provide a national voice for Latinos before federal, state, and non- profit environmental decision-makers; and actively assist Latinos to pursue the many career, educational, and policy opportunities in the environment and natural resources field.
www.nheec.org
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Center for Diversity & the Environment
Racially and ethnically diversifies the environmental movement by developing leaders, diversifying institutions, and building community. This website provides information about efforts, organizations, people, research and strategies that are diversifying the environmental movement.
www.environmentaldiversity.org
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Energy Efficiency
EPA Energy Star
Consult the Energy Star webpage to find energy efficient products and practices or look for the Energy Star label on products that show that they meet stict energy efficiency standards.
www.energystar.gov
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Sierra Club Green Home
Dedicated to helping you create a more sustainable home environment. Browse our site to learn more about all the things you can do. Your health, your wallet and the earth will thank you.
www.sierraclubgreenhome.com
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Green Jobs
Green Jobs
Bringing recruiters and job seekers together in the renewable energy industry.
www.greenjobs.com
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Green Jobs Network
Connecting people seeking jobs that focus on environmental and social responsibility with available opportunities and resources.
www.greenjobs.net
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Sustain Lane Job Board
SustainLane.com is the web's largest people-powered guide to sustainable living.
sustainlane.com/green-jobs
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Treehugger Job Board
TreeHugger is the leading media outlet dedicated to driving sustainability mainstream.
jobs.treehugger.com
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Green News
The Daily Green
Site geared toward people who are looking to be more environmentally-responsible. Includes news items, a dictionary of environmentalist terms, articles,etc.
www.thedailygreen.com
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Greenbiz
Green business news and tools for aligning sustainability with business success. Resources for successful green strategies, covering operations, energy,etc.
www.greenbiz.com
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The Grist
Environmental news and green living tips from Grist, the most recognizable voice in environmental journalism.
www.grist.org
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Treehugger
Partial to a modern aesthetic, it shares sustainable design, green news and solutions.
www.treehugger.com
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Recycling
Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corp
Online Battery Collection for recycling
www.rbrc.org
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Sustainability
Community Solutions
A national resource for knowledge and practices on low-energy living and self-reliant communities.
www.communitysolution.org
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Culture Change
A national resource for knowledge and practices on low-energy living and self-reliant communities.
www.culturechange.org
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Worldchanging
Global network of independent journalists, designers and thinkers covering the world's most intelligent solutions to today's problems.
www.worldchanging.com
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Transportation
eRideShare
Puts the power of the internet to work, connecting commuters or cross-country travellers going the same way.
www.eRideShare.com
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Water Conservation
H2O House Water Saver
Web based interactive tool for water efficiency at home
www.h2ouse.org
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