Resources: Web Links
- Biofuels
- Climate Change
- Environmental Technology
- Green Building
- Peak Oil
- Plug-in Hybrids
- Renewable Energy
- Smart Growth
- Sustainable Agriculture
- Sustainable Development Indicators
- Sustainable Forestry
- Buy Local/Voluntary Simplicity/Green Purchasing
Bold indicates a Vermont based organization
Alternative Fuels Data Center: www.afdc.doe.gov/altfuel/biodiesel.html
Alternative Fuels Station Locator: http://afdcmap2.nrel.gov/locator
Biodiesel America: www.biodieselamerica.org
Biodiesel Magazine: www.biodieselmagazine.com
Biodiesel Now: www.biodieselnow.com
Biodiesel Warehouse, Inc: www.biodieselwarehouse.com
Bioenergy Feedstock Information Network: bioenergy.ornl.gov
Biopact: http://biopact.com/
BioQuantum, Inc.: www.bioquantum.net
BioTown USA: www.biotownusa.com
Clean Cities Program: www.eere.energy.gov/cleancities
Dog River Alternative Fuels Company: www.veggiefuels.com
Energy Future Coalition: www.energyfuturecoalition.org
EPA SmartWay Grow & Go: www.epa.gov/smartway/growandgo
Green Technologies, LLC: www.greentechvt.com
Journey to Forever: www.journeytoforever.org
Local B100: www.localb100.com
National Biodiesel Board: www.biodiesel.org
National Renewable Energy Laboratory: www.nrel.gov
NREL: A Look Back at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Aquatic Species Program:
Biodiesel from Algae
Northeast Sustainable Energy Association: www.nesea.org
Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century: www.ren21.net
Renewable Energy Vermont: www.revermont.org
Swedish screw presses: www.oilpress.com
United States Department of Agriculture: Soybeans and Oil Crops Data Tables: www.ers.usda.gov
United States Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration: www.eia.doe.gov
University of Vermont Center for Sustainable Agriculture: www.uvm.edu/~susagctr/
Vermont Alternative Energy Corporation: www.vaec2000.com
Vermont Biodiesel Project: www.vtbiodieselproject.org
Vermont Biofuels Association: www.vermontbiofuels.org
Vermont Fuel Dealers Association: www.vermontfuel.com
Clean Air - Cool Planet: www.cleanair-coolplanet.org
Climate Change and Northeast Agriculture: www.climateandfarming.org
Goddard Institute for Space Studies: www.giss.nasa.gov
Governor's Commission on Climate Change: www.vtclimatechange.us
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: www.ipcc
Pew Center on Climate Change: www.pewclimate.org
Real Climate: www.realclimate.org
Union of Concerned Scientists: www.ucsusa.org
U.S. Global Change Research Program: www.usgcrp.gov
World Resources Institute: www.wri.org
Vermont Environmental Consortium: www.vecgreenvalley.org
Building for Social Responsibility: www.bsr-vt.org
Eco-Structure Magazine: www.eco-structure.com
Environmental Building News: www.buildinggreen.com
Green Builder Magazine: www.greenbuildermag.com
Natural Resources Defense Council: www.nrdc.org/buildinggreen
US Green Building Council: www.usgbc.org
Vermont Green Building Network: www.vgbn.org
Yestermorrow Design/Build School: www.yestermorrow.org
Association for the Study of Peak Oil & Gas: www.peakoil.net
The Community Solution: www.communitysolution.org
Energy Bulletin: www.energybulletin.net
Hubbert Peak of Oil Production: www.hubbertpeak.com
Post Carbon Institute: www.postcarbon.org
Simmons & Company International: www.simmonsco-intl.com
Vermont Peak Oil Network: vtpeakoil.net
The Wolf at the Door: www.wolfatthedoor.org
Cal Cars: The California Car Initiative: www.calcars.org
Electric Auto Association: www.eaaev.org
Hybrid Consortium: www.hybridconsortium.org
Plugs and Cars: www.plugsandcars.blogspot.com
Plug-In America: www.pluginamerica.com
Plug-In Partners National Campaign: http://pluginpartners.com/
Biomass Energy Resource Center: www.biomasscenter.org
National Renewable Energy Laboratory: www.nrel.gov
Renewable Energy Access: www.renewableenergyaccess.com
Renewable Energy Vermont: www.revermont.org
Vermont Biofuels Association: www.vermontbiofuels.org
The Institute for Sustainable Communities: www.iscvt.org
Smart Growth America: www.smartgrowthamerica.org
The Sustainable Communities Network: www.sustainable.org
Smart Growth Vermont: www.smartgrowthvermont.org
Environmental Commons - Local Food: www.environmentalcommons.org/LocalFood
Fair Food Foundation: www.fairfoodfoundation.org
Farm to School: www.farmtoschool.org
Food & Water Watch: www.foodandwaterwatch.org
Harvest New England: www.harvestnewengland.org
Intervale Center: www.intervale.org
The Land Institute: www.landinstitute.org
Local Harvest: www.localharvest.org
National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture: www.sustainableagriculture.net
National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service: www.attra.org
Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont: www.nofavt.org
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education: www.sare.org
University of Vermont Center for Sustainable Agriculture: www.uvm.edu/~susagctr
Vital Communities Valley Food & Farm: www.vitalcommunities.org
Sustainable Development Indicators
Examples of Organization/Business Indicators:
Global Reporting Initiative: www.globalreporting.org
International Institute for Sustainable Development: www.iisd.org
International Organization for Standardization: www.iso.org
Examples of Community Indicators:
The Boston Indicators Project: www.tbf.org/current
Burlington Eco Info Project: www.uvm.edu/~empact
Burlington Legacy Project: www.cedo.ci.burlington.vt.us/legacy
Champlain Counts: www.unitedwaycc.org/ccounts.htm
Fraser Basin Council, BC: www.fraserbasin.bc
Jacksonville Community Council, Inc.: www.jcci.org
Maine Economic Growth Council: www.mdf.org/megc
Oregon Progress Board: www.oregon.gov/DAS/OPB
The Northern Forest Wealth Index: www.northernforest.org
Portland-Multnomah Benchmarks: www.portlandonline.com
Portland’s Office of Sustainable Development: www.sustainableportland.org
Santa Monica Environmental Programs Division: http://santa-monica.org/epd
Scorecard: www.scorecard.org
Sustainable Measures, Inc.: www.sustainablemeasures.com
Sustainable Seattle: www.sustainableseattle.org
Yellow Wood Associates, Inc.: www.yellowwood.org
Examples of National/International Indicators:
The International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives: www.iclei.org
U.S. Interagency Working Group on Sustainable Development Indicators: www.sdi.gov
United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development: www.un.org/esa/sustdev/csd.htm
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: www.fao.org
Forest Certification Resource Center: www.metafore.org
Forest Stewardship Council: www.fscus.org
Green Forestry Education Initiative: www.uvm.edu/envnr/greenforestry
Northern Forest Alliance: www.northernforestalliance.org
Northern Forest Center: www.northernforest.org
SmartWood: www.rainforest-alliance.org
Vermont Family Forests: www.familyforests.org
Vermont MapleWood Gallery: www.vtmaplewoodgallery.com
Vermont Wood Manufacturers Association: www.vermontwood.com
Vermont WoodNet: www.vtwoodnet.org
Voluntary Simplicity/Green Purchasing
Business Alliance for Local Living Economies: www.livingeconomies.org
Center for a New American Dream: www.newdream.org
Green Maven: www.greenmaven.com
Green Seal: www.greenseal.org
Local First Vermont: localfirstvermont.org
The Vermont Earth Institute: www.vtearthinstitute.org
Photo credit: Wayne Fawbush
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