Living Green

This section provides you with information and direct links to individuals, businesses, and organizations that are promoting environmentally-friendly green living.

Green Activism

Action Network
●A gateway to online activism centers for over 170 leading environment, health and population advocacy organizations.

Environmental Action
●Connecting you with local conservation movements around the world, with information about needed action, and connections to make your voice heard.

Environmental Defense
●Fighting to protect human health, restore our oceans/ecosystems, and curb global warming.

Natural Resource Defense Council
●The Natural Resources Defense Council's purpose is to safeguard the Earth: its people, its plants and animals and the natural systems on which all life depends.

New American Dream
●Helps Americans consume responsibly to protect the environment, enhance quality of life, and promote social justice.

NRDC BioGems
●Each year, NRDC selects 12 BioGems -- unspoiled places in the Americas facing imminent destruction from development -- and mobilizes citizens around the world to take action to protect them.

 

Green Businesses Information

Conscious Consumer @ New American Dream
●Want to buy the right things but don't always know where to start.  Wise decisions are hard to make without the right information. But it is out there and we're dedicated to getting it to you so you can make informed choices about the things you buy.

Convictions of the Heart
●Convictions of the Heart realizes how hard it can be to take the extra effort to make a positive impact on the environment. We have put together a site that is educational and product oriented, so that you don't have to leave your home. We are affiliated with some outstanding products and services. We also offer alternative products that you can purchase through our green merchants, which are environmentally safe and healthy for everyone. By buying these products you are helping the environment and making simple health solutions. Remember, the products you are currently purchasing are pocketing the individuals who care nothing about our environment. We will donate 5% of our proceeds to Environmental Non-Profit Organizations. Convictions of the Heart aims to inform you about environmental issues so that you have the ammunition to take action.

●Resources on this earth are limited; therefore we must all work together, take positive action and restore balance, purity and perfection that was originally created before man. One by one, as we join together a new awareness will be created, a new way of living in balance and harmony with the earth. Now is the time for us to lead the way. We hope your awareness grows with the information you are about to read.

●Remember there's only one earth, one sky, and one life. Together we can make a difference!! Thank you for taking the time to care. Convictions of the Heart, working with you is the difference that works!

Ecofish
●A small company dedicated to promoting ecologically responsible consumption of seafood while providing customers fresh, high quality fish. Its mail-order selection ranges from Dungeness crab to spot prawns. The company reinvests 25% of pretax profits into communities and organizations around the world that promote sustainable fishing practices.

Environmental Data Interactive
●News, Information, & Service on the Environment & Business, Pollution Monitoring & Control, Contaminated Land, Water & Waste Water, Waster & Recycling, & Climate Change & Energy

GreenBiz
●The nonprofit nonpartisan GreenBiz.com works to harness the power of technology to bring environmental information, resources, and tolls to the mainstream business community.

Oceans Alive @ Environmental Defense
●Best & Worst Seafood: Use our guide to select seafood that is good for the ocean and healthy to eat
●Consumption Advisories: Eating these fish too often is risky

SafeClimate for Business
●A joint project of the World Resources Institute and the Center for Environmental Leadership in Business, dedicated to helping business of all sizes understand and take action on climate change.

Seafood Choices Alliance
●The web site's subscriber data base allows you to check your state for businesses (restaurants, fish markets, associations and more) that support ocean-friendly seafood.

 

Green Energy Information

Green-e: Renewable Electric Certification Program
 ●The Green-e logo is a nationally recognized symbol to help consumers identify superior, certified renewable energy products3. Green-e is the nation's leading independent certification and verification program for renewable energy products.

Green Tags
●Green Tags are created when wind power or other renewable energy is substituted for traditional power. The result is a shift away from our dependence on burning fossil fuel to produce electricity. Using clean renewable energy is friendly to the environment and reduces emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. Green Tags represent the real savings in carbon dioxide and other pollutants that occur when green power replaces burning fossil fuel.

U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Saving Tips
●Whether choosing energy efficient products, auditing your home  energy use, adding energy smart plans when building a new home or saving on transportation costs, the following links will provide the tools and information you need to help save energy and money at home and on the road.

 

Green Investing Information

Calvert Giving
●Established with a simple goal: to help end poverty through investment. It serves as a facility for individuals and institutions, seeking to place capital on softer terms to finance affordable homes, fund small and micro businesses and to make available essential community services. Calvert Foundation works in disadvantaged communities with local partner non-profits that use common sense and compassion to provide the investment capital people need to work themselves out of poverty

Innovest Group
●An internationally recognized investment research and advisory firm specializing in analyzing companies' performance on environmental, social, and strategic governance issues, with a particular focus on their impact on competitiveness, profitability, and share price performance.

Social Funds
●A website of SRI World Group, Inc., a news, research, and consulting firm that advises clients regarding sustainability investment issues and corporate responsibility practices.

 

Pollution Information & Recycling Information

Earth 911
●It is the mission of Earth 911 to empower the public with community-specific resources to improve their quality of life. While sustainable prevention programs are by far the best way to protect our nation’s environment, the costs associated with many of these programs can be astronomical. That is why the use of this Public and Private Sector Partnership is so important in effectuating prevention ideals. Through the Partnership, economies of scale and scope are achieved, promoting this public service across the nation and centralizing environmental resources into one user-friendly network.

●Through a single toll-free phone call to 1-800-CLEANUP or the use of this Web site, you can access several sections of community-specific environmental information at no cost to the user or taxpayer.

Local & Regional Recycling Sites
California -- Recycle your used motor oil (searchable by city, county, or zip code)
 Kansas City metro area -- Offers the convenience of accepting a variety of recyclables at one location.

HP Recycle PC parts and accessories
●If you're wondering what to do with your old printer, scanner, or PC, take a look at the many options available from HP.
●HP Planet Partners Program
●HP Trade-In Program
●HP E-coupon at hpshopping.com

Planet Ark Australia
●Planet Ark's aim is to show people and business the many ways that they can reduce their day to day impact on the environment.
●Welcome to Planet Ark's 'Recycling Near You' web site. Enter your Postcode, Council Name or Suburb below to see what can be recycled in your area.

Planet Ark UK
●Planet Ark's aim is to show people and business the many ways that they can reduce their day to day impact on the environment.
●Choose the waste type(s) you want to recycle from the list displayed below.  Select whether you want to search by postcode, place name or London street then enter the details in the search field.

Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation
●Searchable by City, Province/State, or Zip Code for the United States and Canada
●The Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation (RBRC) can help you recycle your portable rechargeable batteries. These batteries are commonly found in cordless power tools, cellular and cordless phones, laptop computers, camcorders, digital cameras, and remote control toys. RBRC recycles the following battery chemistries: Nickel Cadmium (Ni-Cd), Nickel Metal Hydride (Ni-MH), Lithium Ion (Li-ion) and Small Sealed Lead* (Pb).

Recycle Your Mobile Phones @ Motorola
●Motorola is taking action to help save our environment from the damaging effects of used mobile phones being placed in landfills.

Scorecard
●Scorecard is the web's most popular resource for information about pollution problems and toxic chemicals. Find out about the pollution problems in your community and learn who is responsible. See which geographic areas and companies have the worst pollution records. Identify which racial/ethnic and income groups bear more than their share of environmental burdens. Then take action as an informed citizen - you can fax a polluting company, contact your elected representatives, or get involved in your community.