Caring for Creation / OUR ENVIRONMENT
A list of resources: references, games, books
and commercial sites.
|
NEW – from GMS |
Links submitted by Deanna Ryan’s science class at
Green Mountain School District in Vermont. |
|
|
REFERENCES,
RESOURCES |
||
|
Recycle old materials: Remodeling, putting on
a new roof? The old materials could be recyclable - ask your
contractor. Some furniture can be recycled; contact the manufacturer. |
||
|
NEW – from GMS All About Fair Trade. Good resource site
by Interbank FX. |
||
|
http://www.ibfx.com/Education/All-About-Fair-Trade |
||
|
Animal,
Vegetable, Miracle. Barbara Kingsolver's family documented their year of
procuring as much of their food as possible from neighboring farms and their
own backyard. Web site is full of resources. |
||
|
|
||
|
Best Buy
Electronics Recycling. Stores will accept up to 2 items per customer per day to be
recycled. See their web site for their guidelines. |
||
|
|
||
|
Carbon Footprint. Measure the impact of human activities
on the environment in terms of the amount of green house gases produced,
measured in unit of carbon dioxide |
||
|
|
||
|
Catalog
Choice. A
free service that lets you decline paper catalogs you no longer wish to
receive. |
||
|
|
||
|
Climate
Counts a collaborative
effort to bring consumers and companies together. |
||
|
|
||
|
Conservation
Minnesota. Works to protect our lands, lakes and
way of life. With dependable information and effective tools,
Conservation Minnesota makes it easy for Minnesotans to help their elected
leaders make responsible decisions and make a difference that will last for
generations. |
||
|
|
||
|
Do It Green, A directory of green businesses and
organizations. Formerly the Green Guide. Printed guidebook Do It Green! Magazine,
Community workshops and skillshares, and a model
eco home for educational tours |
||
|
|
||
|
DSIRE. DSIRE is a comprehensive source of
information on state, local, utility, and federal incentives that promote
renewable energy and energy efficiency. |
||
|
|
||
|
ELCA - Caring for Creation. The Environment program of the ELCA under Social Issues.
New URL |
||
|
|
||
|
Empowerment
Institute.
Publisher of "Low Carbon Diet." |
||
|
|
||
|
NEW – from GMS Environmentally Friendly Car / Cheap Car Insurance |
||
|
http://www.cheapcarinsurance.net/the-environmentally-friendly-car/ |
||
|
Global Warming 101. An initiative of the
Will Steger Foundation |
||
|
|
||
|
Global
Impact Domain: "Methane Emissions." Analysis of the “methane emissions” including methane emitted
directly from livestock digestive processes. And, “Humans’ Beef with Livestock.” |
||
|
|
http://www.fao.org/wairdocs/lead/x6116e/x6116e00.HTM |
|
|
Green
Guardian.
Go-to guide for waste and recycling in the Twin Cities. |
||
|
|
||
|
Green Guide, The Twin Cities. A directory of green
businesses and organizations. |
||
|
|
http://www.thegreenguide.org/ [Note: URL has a problem] |
|
|
NEW – from GMS Greening Schools. Protecting our children, our
environment, our future. A Project by the Illinois EPA and WMRC |
||
|
http://istc013.istc.illinois.edu/resources/view_cat_admin.cfm?id=2 |
||
|
Grist. Latest news with humor, too.. |
||
|
|
||
|
H2ouse.org. Interactive site with hints for saving water throughout the
house. |
||
|
|
||
|
IPCC,
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. |
||
|
|
||
|
MN Interfaith Power
and Light. Congregations Caring for Creation -
promoting the active care of creation as integral to spiritual life and
social justice in Minnesota communities of faith. |
||
|
|
||
|
National Wildlife
Federation. National
Wildlife Federation inspires Americans to protect wildlife for our children's
future. Ideas for gardening, update on legislative actions - latest
news, educational projects. |
||
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
Our Earth. Includes a range of info from tax rebates to live web
cams of animals. |
||
|
|
||
|
Real Climate. A site written by working climate scientists. |
||
|
|
||
|
NEW – from GMS Recycling
101 http://Earth911.com/Recylcing |
||
|
Recycling
and Re-Using - Anoka and Ramsey Counties. |
||
|
Roseville
Recycling
Go to the "For Residents" pull down menu to access the Recycling
pages |
||
|
|
||
|
Stop
Global Warming. Action steps and lots of links. |
||
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
Best Buy Recycling - 3 units per person per day with no charge. PCsForPeople.com
- Working
equipment donations are accepted free of charge. Check their site for more information and for
events such as the Free Computer Cleanup Day (an event to clean up and
upgrade your PC). |
||
|
|
||
|
Consumer Consequences. An online game from
American Public Media |
||
|
|
||
|
MN
Energy Challenge. This website will help you calculate your
carbon footprint and show how to save money and energy in your home. Take the
EZ Challenge which will then e-mail you your user ID and password. At
the optional team field select "Congregations" and then at the
"Name" field type in "Incarnation" so you can select the
church as your team. (Or, after taking the challenge go to
"Members Area" and to "Modify Teams.") |
||
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
Animal Vegetable Miracle. |
||
|
Break Through: From the Death of Environmentalism to the
Politics of Possibility. |
||
|
Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future. |
||
|
Dream of the Earth. Thomas Berry. http://www.thomasberry.org/ |
||
|
Easy
Green Living and other resources. |
||
|
How Much is Enough: Hungering for God in an Affluent Culture. |
||
|
A Moral Climate: the Ethics of Global Warming. |
||
|
Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. |
||
|
|
||
|
Diane MacEachern - Diane's Big Green Purse. For eco-conscious consumers |
||
|
|
||
|
Fair Trade Certified. The Fair Trade Certified™ Label guarantees
consumers that strict economic, social and environmental criteria were met in
the production and trade of an agricultural product. Fair Trade Certification
is currently available in the U.S. for coffee, tea and herbs, cocoa and
chocolate, fresh fruit, flowers, sugar, rice, and vanilla. |
||
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
NEW – from GMS Guide to Green Furniture. |
||
|
|
||
|
Organic Bouquet. Floral gifts sourced from growers that are
committed to the highest social and environmental standards. Flowers are
grown and harvested using practices that aim to improve the quality of farm
working conditions, minimize damage to ecosystems, conserve biodiversity, and
enhance environmental quality for future generations. |
||
|
|
||
|
Organic Pages on Line. Organic Trade Association (OTA). A quick,
easy way to find certified organic products, producers, ingredients, supplies
and services offered by OTA members, as well as items of interest to the
entire organic community. |
||
|
|
||
|
Seed Savers. Heritage seeds - vegetables and flowers. |
||
|
|
||
|
Moss Envy Eco
Home & Life. Made in the U.S. with recycled,
reclaimed, natural and organic materials. Had been Twin Cities Green;
and Regifts merged with Twin Cities Green in 2008. |
||
|
|
http://www.mossenvy.com/ |
|
|
|
||