Environmental Management & Great Plains Sustainability Consulting
by Al Herbel, LEED AP
TM
Environmental & Safety  links:
 

Page Index  (alphabetical) after Homeland Security info:

A - B C - D E F - G H - J
K - M N O - Q R - S T - Z
  and Other Safety or Interesting Links sustainable communities
 
Earth hour - March 27, 8:30pm local time around the world
350 .org  carbon emissions 350 ceiling
 

Homeland Security for the current Nationwide Threat Level
American Tribute (Lizzie Palmer - a 15yr old)
Advisor Codes (small JPG)   (larger Codes in (PDF)
Presidential Directive  3.11.02 Directive in (Word97)
Announcement / Memo 3/12/02 Announcement in (Word97)
Factsheet  3/12/02 Facts in (Word97)
National Response Plan - Incident Management, etc
International & Homeland Security (National homland security consortium, led by Ohio State University)

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- B
Acadia University (Academy for the Environment) Adam Joseph Lewis Center for Environmental Studies of (Oberlin College)
Applied Sustainability Center (Univ of Arkansas) ASU Global Institute of Sustainability (Arizona State University)
All Conferences .com Alliance for Sustainable Colorado  (see PPT1of 4, PPT2of 4, PPT3of 4, PPT4of 4 - each17meg or less)

Alliance to Save Energy .org, promoting energy efficiency worldwide

Alternative Fuel Vehicle Group
American Assoc. of Poison Control Center 1-800-222-1222 American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment  (PresidentsClimateCommitment .org)
  American Fence Association .com  (Fence Tech)
Arborists (of Nebraska)
(and / or) International Society of Arboriculture
 

Architects with LEED Experience

Leo A Daly .com  (LEED Lincoln Public Schools)  
  RB+B Architects .com - LEED Schools of Ft.Collins
RDg Planning and Design (LEED builders in Omaha)  
Architecture 2030 .org   (the 2110 imperative - "RESUSCITATING A DYING WORLD"
by Edward Mazria
)  and also  Why the Private Building Sector is key to economic recovery
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education
  AuroraLaboratories .com  Digital lighting, uses less energy - an innovative lighting company!  

Baby Center (tips to be green)
 
Batteries - Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corp. Be Green Build Blue .com
  BigStones .com (earthwood building school)
Bird Conservation through Education  Conference Bird Education .org
Bottled Water - how green is it?  
Brown University (Brown is Green) Build Green Schools .org
Builders Challenge (home builders) Building Design + Construction (BDCnetwork.com)
Building Green Building Information Modeling (Autodesk Solutions)
Building the Perfect School  (pdf) - American School Board Journal / Oct 2007 Buffalograss!  Water Conserving Sod found at  ToddValleyFarms.com
BuyerBeFair .org  

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C - D

Campus

American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment    (PresidentsClimateCommitment .org) Arlington Sustainability    (and list of campus sustainable organizations by UTA)
  Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education

B
rown University (Brown is Green)

Campus Consortium of Environmental Excellence (C2E2)

 
Campus Ecology  by National Wildlife Federation  (nwf.org)
Campus EMS .org Campus Green Builder .org
Campus Safety Health & Environmental Management Association  (CSHEMA) Campus Sustainability linked below)
Capital E - Greening America's Schools Care2 .com (green friendly tips!)
Climate Action Toolkit (Campus Carbon Calculator)     Clean Air - Cool Planet .org Colorado Cost Benefits (pdf)

Environmental Management for Sustainable Universities - EMSU
Sustainability Educator (Educators in EPA Region 7)

Talloires Declaration  (tal'whar) by the University Leaders for a Sustainable Future
50 Green Strategies that Cost Less (by InnovativeDesign.net)
Cape Cod Community College Campaign for Environmental Literacy
Capital E - Greening America's Schools Catalog Choice .org (opt out for unwanted mags!)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Central Community College (CCC)
Chadron State College (CSC) Children and Nature Network
  Chronicle of Higher Ed
Clean Air Campaign .com (idling cars at school) Clean Links Weekly News Updates
Climate Action Toolkit (Campus Carbon Calculator)     Clean Air - Cool Planet .org Climate Counts .org (make climate change history)
Climate Crisis .net Coffee and Conservation
Colo. Alliance of Sustainable Business Associations   (www.casba.info ) Commissioning & Green Building Solutions, Inc.  (CxGBS)
Common Chemistry .org Common Chemical Alternatives (MIT)
Colorado Nonprofit Organization (CANPO) Community College Week

Community Sustainability
Academy for Sustainable Communities
Building Sustainable Communities
Community Planning
Community Sustainability Assessment (pdf)
Earth Easy .com
Ecovillage Network of the Americas (How Sustainable is your Community?)
Examples of initiatives at the state level throughout the United States
Facing the Future .org
FreshStart .ncat. org articles
Global Sustainable Centers (Ethisphere .com) Sustainable Cities
ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability  (International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives)
Integrated Community Sustainability Planning Tool
by Drs. Chris Ling, Ann Dale, Kevin Hanna - Royal Roads University
Institute for Environmental Solutions (Denver www.i4es.org )
Joslyn Castle Institute -(Joslyn Institute for Sustainable Communities - Ecospheres.com)
 
Nebraska Sustainability Leadership Workshop     US Mayors Mainstreet Economic Recovery (Omaha)
Kenai resilience .org (Alaska)
Local Government Environmental Assistance Network (www.lgean.org)
Mayor Council (US)       Climate Protection, best practices 2007 (pdf)
National Summit on Energy & the Environment, May, 2006 (pdf)
Measurements and Assessments   (by the International Institute for Sustainable Development)
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
(the) Natural Step
Nebraska Sustainability Leadership Workshop
Planning for a Sustainable Future (in PDF, an EPA resource) (A Guide for Local Governments)
Redefining Progress
Sustainability Institute
Sustainability Leadership Institute (Joslyn Institute for Sustainable Communities)
Sustainable Communities Capacity Center (Wisconsin)
Sustainable Measures
Transition Alaska
Transition Nebraska
Tri-City Sustainability Plan - development Team
Smart Community Network 10 Steps to Sustainability
Dr. Albert Bartlett:  Arithmetic, Population and Energy
Johnson Control, Sustainability (pdf)

Examples of City Green/Sustainable programs

Albuquerque, NM (albuquerquegreen) Boulder, CO
Casper, WY (pdf) Colorado Springs, CO
Denver, CO (GreenprintDenver) Dallas, TX - specific Green Building Pgm specific - Ordinance Requirements

Durango, CO
Ft.Collins, CO
Grand Rapids, MI (pdf) Greensburg, KS    (Greensburg Master Plan in PDF)
La Crosse, MI Lanark Highlands, CA
Minneapolis, MN Palm Springs, CA (pdf)
Portland, OR Redwood City, CA (pdf)
Sacramento, CA  
San Francisco, CA Sioux Falls, SD green program
Steam Boat Springs, CO Telluride, Mountain Village, and San Miguel County, Colorado) New Community Coalition
Tools - Carbon Footprinting
Carbon Footprint calculators (Univ of Arkansas) Climate Action Toolkit (Campus Carbon Calculator)     Clean Air - Cool Planet .org
Green House Gas Protocol .org   Green House Gas Calculator (EPA)
Local Governments for Sustainability - Carbon Footprint My Footprint .org
  Seattle Climate Partnership Tools & Resources
Foth .com  (environmental consulting)

Great Plains Sustainability Consulting (www.alherbel.com)

Sustainability Consulting - The Sustainability Group .us

ConnexionCreative.com  (your message with strategic design) Conservation Fund .org  (The)
Conservation Waterwise  - Stewardship Week (by NACD) Consumer Education Initiative .org
Conversions (onlineconversion.com) CORE (Connected Organizations for a Responsible Economy)
  CRS ballast recycling

D
ata Base of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiencies (dsireusa.org)
Day Creek .com (cordwood, etc)
DesignHomes.com Dictionary .com (dictionary.reference.com)
Digital Citizenship (KSU's College of Education) Drug Disposal recommendations
  Drury University

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Earth 911 .org EarthDay .net
Earth hour - March 27, 8:30pm local time around the world.  Take part in Earth Hour - a global event in which millions of people will turn out their lights to make a statement of concern about our planet and climate change.  
EarthShare .org EarthWeave .com  (carpets & pads)
Ecobroker .com  (Real-estate and more) Ecospheres. com  (Joslyn Castle Institute)
EcoVersity .org Empire Drafting and Design (Mike Payne, LEED AP -Architectural Technologist)
  Energy Alternatives (Hot water in roof vents!)
Energy Active (Get)  getenergyactive.com Energy Conservation Tips   (Georgia So.Univ)
Energy Hog  energy use analysis! Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (US.Dof E)
Energy & Environmental Building Association (EEBA)  

Energy Fairs

EarthWorks 2010 .com  May 22-23, 2010, Denver, CO

2009 version / 2008 version / 2007 version
Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA) look for link to their "Energy Fair", largest in World!  Held last of June, since 1989
Rocky Mountain Sustainable Living Fair  One of largest in the nation, held 3week of Sept, since 1999, Custer, WI Upper Midwest Association for Campus Sustainability  3rd week of April, Luther College in Decorah, IA

Enjoy The Ride

 
EnergyStar free energy use assistance EnvironetBASE (resources)
  Environment - Product Stewardship
Environmental Education Week (EEWEEK.org) Environmental Management for Sustainable Universities - EMSU
Environmental Management Systems (PEERCENTER.net) Environmental Virtual Campus (C2E2)

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

EPA Enforcement & Compliance History Online (ECHO) EPA - Healthy School Environments (print this page flyer in Word.doc)
EPA, Region 7 (IA, KS, MO, NE, & 9 Tribal Nations) EPA, Region 8 (CO, MT, ND, SD, WY, UT, & 27 Tribal Nations)
EPA, RCRA Online EPA Wastewise
  E School News .com
Equal Exchange .com  (Fair Trade Coffee, Tea, Chocolate)  

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F - G

Fair Trade Coffee/Chocolate/Tea

BuyerBeFair .org Coffee and Conservation Equal Exchange .com   (Fair Trade Coffee, Tea, Chocolate)
FairTrade .org Northwest Shade Coffee Campaign TransFairUSA .org
Focus on Energy Fight Global Warming .com
FirstGov (first link to US Government) First Inspections .com for Home Inspections
Focus on Energy Fossil Freeway!
Foth .com  (environmental consulting) FreeCycle .org   (free for free)
  Frostburg State University   ( Univ Sys of Maryland )

GenGreen .org

Gering (City of)
Gering City Schools (Bd Ed / agendas minutes / committee meetings, facility-first Fri) Global Reporting Initiative
GoodGuide .com  (safe, healthy and green products, etc) Grain Plains Diagnostic Network (GPDN.org)
Green Home Guide .com Great Plains Sustainability Network

Green Building

Alliance for Sustainable Colorado Architecture 2030 .org   (the 2110 imperative - select "RESUSCITATING A DYING WORLD"
by Edward Mazria
)   and also  Why the Private Building Sector is key to economic recovery

BigStones .com (earthwood building school)

Build Green Schools .org
Builders Challenge (home builders) Building the Perfect School (pdf) - American School Board Journal / Oct 2007
  Building Green

Day Creek .com (cordwood, etc)
 

EarthWeave .com  (carpets & pads)

Energy & Environmental Building Association  (EEBA.org)
Energy Alternatives (Hot water in roof vents!) Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (US.DofE)

GenGreen .org

Green Build 365
Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI) Green Building Design & Construction (California IWMB)
Green Building Resource Guide Green Building 101 (Inhabitant.com)
Green Building Resources, IRIS  (oikos.com) Green Built Tour (NM)
Green Colorado Schools Green Home Guide .com
Green Hotels Association Green Planet Paints .com
Green School Tips  (Back to School Tips) Green Seal products & services - less toxic, waste, etc
Green Team Real Estate Greenhouse Net
GreenerBuilding .org GreenerBuildings .com
Greening of Industry Greening the Heartland .org
Healthy Building network
High-Performance Schools:  Energy Savings Without Added Construction Cost
(ppt by
Steve Laughlin, LEED AP of Leo A Daly Architects)

Institute for the Built Environment  by Colo.State Univ

Insulated Component Structures - Rocky Mountain INC (structural insulated panels)  ics-rm .net

Joslyn Castle Institute -(Joslyn Institute for Sustainable Communities - Ecospheres.com) Nebraska Sustainability Leadership Workshop     US Mayors Mainstreet Economic Recovery (Omaha)
 
LEED Building (Build green, everyone profits) Leo A Daly .com  (LEED Lincoln Public Schools)
  Live Green Live Smart .org  (Home audit info!)
NaturalGreenDesign .com Nebraska LEED homes
New Home Construction (Nebraska Energy Office) (The) Not So Big House Network

RB+B Architects .com - LEED Schools of Ft.Collins
RDg Planning and Design (LEED builders in Omaha)
ReGreen ASID / USGBC sustainable residential remodeling projects (American Society of Interior Designers’ Foundation / U.S.Green Building Council)  

Solar Decathlon (construction!)
 
Southface Sustainable Building Industry Council  (SBICouncil.org)
Sustainable Building Sources Sustainability (UCSB) (LEED-Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)

US Green Building Council (USGBC.org)

50 Green Strategies that Cost Less  (by InnovativeDesign.net)
Green Earth Institute .org Green House Gas Calculator (EPA)
Green House Gas Protocol .org GreenKarat  .com  (recycling old jewelry into new!)
GreenPrintDenver .org GreenSchoolsAlliance .org (K-12)
Green Team Real Estate Green United States .com
Greening the Heartland .org Groundwater Foundation (The)

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H - J
Healing Path .com Heartland BioComposites, LLC
Higher Education Network for Sustainability and the Environment  

ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability  (International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives)
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Institute for Environmental Solutions (Denver www.i4es.org ) Institute for the Built Environment by Colo.State Univ
  Tracy Farmer Institute for Sustainability and the Environment (by Univ.Kentucky)
Insulated Component Structures - Rocky Mountain INC (structural insulated panels)  ics-rm .net International Society of Arboriculture  (and / or) Nebraska Arborists

Joslyn Castle Institute -(Joslyn Institute for Sustainable Communities - Ecospheres.com) Nebraska Sustainability Leadership Workshop     US Mayors Mainstreet Economic Recovery (Omaha)
 

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K - M
Kansas Small Business Environmental Assistance Program (sbeap.org) Keep Nebraska Beautiful (knb.org) (buy / sell chemicals, etc)

 Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Resources - US Green Building Council (USGBC)

Build Green Schools .org LEED Building .org (Build green, everyone profits)
LEED for Schools, etc LEED Initiatives in Government and Schools  (pdf)
  LEED Initiatives in Government by Type  (pdf)
US Green Building Council Toolkit for State and Local Government  (pdf)

Material Use for LEED projects

Aggregate Green Industry US Green Building Products Green Building 101 (Inhabitant.com) Green Building 101 part 1
    Green Building 101, part 2

Green Home Guide .org

LEEDCommercialCompany.com - LEEDConstructionCompany.com provides articles on LEED Construction Companies, green buildings, and a directory of construction-related links.
Technical Library - EPA - Green Building Reference Links
 

LEED Chapters / info

USGBC - Colorado Chapter
Institute for the Built Environment by Colo.State Univ
LEED Schools of Ft.Collins - RB+B Architects .com
USGBC - Nebraska Flatwater Chapter
Green Schools Advocate - Steve Laughlin, LEED AP
High-Performance Schools:  Energy Savings Without Added Construction Cost  (ppt by Steve Laughlin, LEED AP, of Leo A Daly .com)
Database of State Initiatives for Renewables and Efficiency   (dsireusa.org)

LEED Experienced Architects

Commissioning & Green Building Solutions, Inc.  (CxGBS)
Leo A Daly .com  (LEED Lincoln Public Schools)
RB+B Architects .com (LEED Schools of Ft. Collins)
RDg Planning and Design (LEED builders in Omaha)
 
LEED Reference Guidelines
Nebraska LEED homes  (Ne Energy Office)
Land Help .info Land use  Evaluation & Assessment Model
Leo A Daly .com  (LEED Lincoln Public Schools)  

Lighting

AuroraLaboratories .com Digital lighting, uses less energy - an innovative lighting company!  Solatube. com
Live Green Live Smart .org  (Home audit info) Local Government Environmental Assistance Network (www.lgean.org)

Mayor Council (US)    Climate Protection, best practices 2007 (pdf)
National Summit on Energy & the Environment, May, 2006 (pdf)

Medicine Disposal - from the Office of National Drug Control Policy about how to dispose of unused prescription medications.
MedlinePlus - National Library of Medicine / National Institutes of Health   (Health Info!) Mid-America Regional Council (MARC.org)
  Mid-Plains Community College (MPCC)
Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA) look for link to their "Energy Fair", largest in World! Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
  Multi-State Working Group on Environmental Performance

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National Association of Clean Air Agencies (NACAA)
National Association of Conservation Districts (NACDnet.org) National Energy Education Development Project (NEED.org)
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) National Incident Management System (NIMS)
National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL.gov)
National Wildlife Federation  (NWF.org)  
NaturalGreenDesign .com Nature Conservancy (NATURE.org)
Natural Resource Conservation Service  (the) Natural Step

Nebraska . . .

Center for Bioprepardness Education Environmental Trust .org
Groundwater Foundation (The) Joslyn Castle Institute -(Joslyn Institute for Sustainable Communities - Ecospheres.com) Nebraska Sustainability Leadership Workshop     US Mayors Mainstreet Economic Recovery (Omaha)
  LEED - Flatwater (Omaha) Chapter
Nebraska Arboretum Nebraska Alliance for Conservation and Environmental Education  (NACEE.org)
Nebraska Arborists (and / or) International Society of Arboriculture Nebraska Department of Agriculture - Law/Regulation, Pesticide Databases, etc!
Nebraska Department of Economic Development  (neded.org) Nebraska Department of Education  (nde.state.ne.us)
Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality (NDEQ) Nebraska Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)
Nebraska Energy Office (NEO.ne.gov  for Nebr. Energy Quarterly, on menu - Newsletters, Current) Nebraska Health and Human Services (NHHS)
Nebraska Industrial Council on the Environment   (NICE) See our NICE Award for 2006! Nebraska LEED Homes  (Ne Energy Office)
Nebraska OnLine (Official Nebr.Web site) Nebraska NRD's
Nebraska Panhandle Area Development District Nebraska Public Health Laboratory (NPHL)
Nebraska Initiative Rural Development  
 Nebraska State Government Nebraska Wind and Solar .com
North Platte Natural Resources District (NPNRD.org)
Ogallala Commons .org Panhandle RC & D (Resource Conservation and Development )
South Platte Natural Resources District (SPNRD) Transition Nebraska
  USDA Rural Development
NoMoreTrash.org (trash guide, MO) NonProfitCenters .org
Northeast Community College (NECC) Northwest Shade Coffee Campaign

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O
- Q
Ogallala Commons .org OH Green .com
Oil Poster .org  On Line Conversion .com
3-25-2010  Online Code Environmental Advocacy Network .org  (OCEAN.org) Organic Valley family of farms

Paints

Paints, by Green Planet  (greenplanetpaints.com) Paints, by Insuladd .com (insulating paint additive)
Panhandle Area Development District Panhandle Resource Conservation & Development, Inc
Pesticide Education Resources (UNL) Pickens Plan .com (energy independance)
Plastics / Recycling - How can you tell what type a plastic is? Planet Green.com
Plug In America (electric vehicles) Pollution Prevention Regional Information Center (P2RIC.org)
Presidents Climate Commitment .org  
Print Cartridge Recycling Public Entity Environmental Management Systems Resource Center (PEER - peercenter.net)
Recycled Plastics Market Database (by the American Chemistry Council) Platte River Basin Environments  (www.nebwild .org)  or/and  (www.PlatteRiverBasin .org)

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R
- S
RB+B Architects .com - LEED Schools of Ft.Collins RDg Planning and Design (LEED builders in Omaha)
Ready Kids! Real Estate - Green Team
Recycled Plastics Market Database (by the American Chemistry Council) Recycled Products
RecycleMania .org Recycling - Univ. of Colorado
Red Jelly Fish .com  (environmental) ReDirect Guide .com (Bus. Dir /  Resource Guide)
ReGreen ASID / USGBC sustainable residential remodeling projects (American Society of Interior Designers’ Foundation / U.S.Green Building Council) Renewing The Countryside
Renewable Energy World .com Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Information (RCRAInfo) database

Restoration Projects

Cole Creek .org (Omaha) stormwater demonstration  
Rowe Sanctuary (Central Nebraska, Crane viewing in a Green building) Rock Mountain Bird Observatory (rmbo.org)
Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI.org) Rocky Mountain Sustainable Living Fair

SafeKids.org

(The) Safe Side (for Kids!)
Safekids.ne.gov  SafetyInfo .com
Safety Network Safety Online
Safety Source (yellow pages) Safety World
Sandhills Alliance eSchool News .com
School of Global Environmental Sustainability (CSU)  
Scottsbluff (City of) Scottsbluff Public Schools
  Scorecard (environmental, etc)

Service Learning

Learn and Serve America a Program of the Corporation for National and Community Service

Calif.Campus Compact Service Learning (by American Assoc of Comm.Colleges)
Sod and Water Conserving Buffalograss at ToddValleyFarms.com Solar Decathlon (construction!  Thanks Lisa)
Solatube. com Southface
Stop Global Warming .org Stormwater Practices (Sustainable) gives landscape architects, designers, engineers, stormwater managers, elected officials and the public creative new ideas on sustainability
Sustainable Building Industry Council  (SBICouncil.org) Sustainable Building Sources
Sustainable Living (Bus. Dir /  Resource Guide) ReDirectGuide .com Sustainable Sites .org  or (the report) Sustainable Building Sites
Sustainability (by UCSB) (LEED-Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Sustainability Consortium
  Sustainability Educator (Educators in EPA Region 7)


Sustainability!

American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment    (PresidentsClimateCommitment .org) Arlington Sustainability    (and list of campus sustainable organizations by UTA)
Acadia University (Academy for the Environment) Adam Joseph Lewis Center for Environmental Studies of (Oberlin College)
Alliance for Sustainable Colorado  (see PPT1of 4, PPT2of 4, PPT3of 4, PPT4of 4 - each17meg or less) Alliance to Save Energy .org  (promoting energy efficiency worldwide)
Alternative Fuels Vehicle Group Architecture 2030 .org   (the 2110 imperative - select "RESUSCITATING A DYING WORLD"
by Edward Mazria
)
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE.org) Aurora Laboratories .com  Digital lighting, uses less energy - an innovative lighting company! 

Baby Center (tips to be green)

Be Green Build Blue .com
BigStones .com (earthwood building school) Brown University (Brown is Green)

Build Green Schools .org

Builders Challenge (home builders)
Building Green Building Information Modeling (Autodesk Solutions)
Building the Perfect School (pdf) - American School Board Journal / Oct 2007 BuyerBeFair .org

Campus Consortium of Environmental Excellence (C2E2)

Campus Ecology by National Wildlife Federation  (nwf.org)
Campus EMS .org Campus Environmental Awareness by Univ.Wyo
Campus Green Builder .org Campus Safety Health & Environmental Management Association (CSHEMA.org)
Campus Sustainability by Drury University Campus Sustainability Plan by Univ.Cal @ Santa Barbara
Cape Cod Community College Capital E - Greening America's Schools
Children and Nature Network Climate Action Toolkit (Campus Carbon Calculator)     Clean Air - Cool Planet .org
Climate Counts .org (make climate change history) Climate Crisis .net
Colo. Alliance of Sustainable Business Associations   (www.casba.info ) Colo. Association of School Dist. Energy Managers (casdem.org)

Community Sustainability
Academy for Sustainable Communities
Building Sustainable Communities
Community Planning
Community Sustainability Assessment (pdf)
Earth Easy .com
Ecovillage Network of the Americas (How Sustainable is your Community?)
Examples of initiatives at the state level throughout the United States
Facing the Future .org
FreshStart .ncat. org articles
Global Sustainable Centers (Ethisphere .com) Sustainable Cities
ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability  (International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives)
Integrated Community Sustainability Planning Tool
by Drs. Chris Ling, Ann Dale, Kevin Hanna - Royal Roads University
Institute for Environmental Solutions (Denver www.i4es.org )
Joslyn Castle Institute -(Joslyn Institute for Sustainable Communities - Ecospheres.com)
 
Nebraska Sustainability Leadership Workshop     US Mayors Mainstreet Economic Recovery (Omaha)
Kenai resilience .org (Alaska)
Local Government Environmental Assistance Network (www.lgean.org)
Mayor Council (US)       Climate Protection, best practices 2007 (pdf)
National Summit on Energy & the Environment, May, 2006 (pdf)
Measurements and Assessments   (by the International Institute for Sustainable Development)
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
(the) Natural Step
Nebraska Sustainability Leadership Workshop
Planning for a Sustainable Future (in PDF, an EPA resource) (A Guide for Local Governments)
Redefining Progress
Sustainability Institute
Sustainability Leadership Institute (Joslyn Institute for Sustainable Communities)
Sustainable Communities Capacity Center (Wisconsin)
Sustainable Measures
Transition Alaska
Transition Nebraska
Tri-City Sustainability Plan - development Team
Smart Community Network 10 Steps to Sustainability
Dr. Albert Bartlett:  Arithmetic, Population and Energy
Johnson Control, Sustainability (pdf)

Examples of City Green/Sustainable programs

Albuquerque, NM (albuquerquegreen) Boulder, CO
Casper, WY (pdf) Colorado Springs, CO
Denver, CO (GreenprintDenver) Dallas, TX - specific Green Building Pgm specific - Ordinance Requirements

Durango, CO
Ft.Collins, CO
Grand Rapids, MI (pdf) Greensburg, KS    (Greensburg Master Plan in PDF)
La Crosse, MI Lanark Highlands, CA
Minneapolis, MN Palm Springs, CA (pdf)
Portland, OR Redwood City, CA (pdf)
Sacramento, CA  
San Francisco, CA Sioux Falls, SD green program
Steam Boat Springs, CO Telluride, Mountain Village, and San Miguel County, Colorado) New Community Coalition
Tools - Carbon Footprinting
Carbon Footprint calculators (Univ of Arkansas) Climate Action Toolkit (Campus Carbon Calculator)     Clean Air - Cool Planet .org
Green House Gas Calculator (EPA)  Green House Gas Protocol .org  
Local Governments for Sustainability - Carbon Footprint My Footprint .org
  Seattle Climate Partnership Tools & Resources
Foth .com  (environmental consulting)

Great Plains Sustainability Consulting ( www.alherbel.com )

Sustainability Consulting - The Sustainability Group .us

ConnexionCreative.com  (your message with strategic design!)  CORE (Connected Organizations for a Responsible Economy)

Day Creek .com (cordwood, etc)

Drury University

Eco Radio Resource List (Recycle, conservation & Sustainable Solutions)

Ecological Footprint (ecofootprint.net)

Ecological Footprint Analysis
Earth 911 (earth911.org) EarthShare .org
EarthWeave .com  (carpets & pads) EarthWorks 2010 .com  May 22-23, 2010, Denver, CO
EcoTourism (international) EcoVersity .org
Energy Active (Get) getenergyactive.com Energy Alternatives (Hot water in roof vents!)
Energy Conservation Tips   (Georgia So.Univ) Energy Hog energy use analysis!
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (US.Dof E) Energy & Environmental Building Association (EEBA.org)
EnergyStar free energy use assistance EnvironetBASE (resources)
Environment - Product Stewardship Environmental Education Week (EEWEEK.org)
Environmental Management for Sustainable Universities - EMSU Environmental Management Systems (PEERCENTER.net)
Environmental Trust .org Environmental Virtual Campus (C2E2)
EPA - Healthy School Environments   (print this page flyer in Word.doc) EPA, Region 7 (IA, KS, MO, NE, & 9 Tribal Nations)

Fair Trade Coffee/Chocolate/Tea

BuyerBeFair .org Coffee and Conservation Equal Exchange .com   (Fair Trade Coffee, Tea, Chocolate)
FairTrade .org Northwest Shade Coffee Campaign TransFairUSA .org
Fight Global Warming .com Focus on Energy
FreeCycle .org   (free for free) Foth .com  (environmental consulting)

GoodGuide .com  (safe, healthy and green products, etc)

Great Plains Sustainability Consulting (www.alherbel.com )
Great Plains Sustainability Network Green Build 365
Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI) Green Building Design & Construction (California IWMB)
Green Built Tour (NM) Green Building Resource Guide
Green Building Resources, IRIS  (oikos.com) Green Colorado Schools
Green Earth Institute .org Green Home Guide
Green Hotels Association Greenhouse Net
Green House Gas Calculator (EPA) GreenKarat  .com  (recycling old jewelry into new!)
GreenPrintDenver .org GreenSchoolsAlliance .org (K-12)
  Green Seal products & services - less toxic, waste, etc
Green Team Real Estate Green United States .com
GreenerBuilding .org GreenerBuildings .com
Greening of Industry Greening the Heartland .org
  Groundwater Foundation (The)

Healthy Building network

Healing Path .com
Heartland BioComposites, LLC Higher Education Network for Sustainability and the Environment by University Leaders for a Sustainable Future

ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability  (International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives)
 
 

Institute for Environmental Solutions
(Denver www.i4es.org)


Institute for the Built Environment by Colo.State Univ
Tracy Farmer Institute for Sustainability and the Environment (UK) Insulated Component Structures - Rocky Mountain INC (structural insulated panelsics-rm .net

Joslyn Castle Institute -(Joslyn Institute for Sustainable Communities - Ecospheres.com)
 
Nebraska Sustainability Leadership Workshop
 

Kansas Small Business Environmental Assistance Program (sbeap.org)
 

Land Help .info

LEED Building (Build green, everyone profits)
 

LEED Resources - US Green Building Council (USGBC)

Build Green Schools .org LEED for Schools, etc
LEED Initiatives in Government and Schools  (pdf) LEED Initiatives in Government by Type  (pdf)
US Green Building Council Toolkit for State and Local Government  (pdf)
 

LEED Chapters / info

USGBC - Colorado Chapter
Institute for the Built Environment by Colo.State Univ
LEED Schools of Ft.Collins - RB+B Architects .com
USGBC - Nebraska Flatwater Chapter
Green Schools Advocate - Steve Laughlin, LEED AP
High-Performance Schools:  Energy Savings Without Added Construction Cost  (ppt by Steve Laughlin, LEED AP, of Leo A Daly .com)
 

LEED Experienced Architects

Commissioning & Green Building Solutions, Inc.  (CxGBS)
 Leo A Daly .com  (LEED Lincoln Public Schools)
RB+B Architects .com (LEED Schools of Ft. Collins)
RDg Planning and Design (LEED builders in Omaha)
 
LEED Reference Guidelines
Nebraska LEED homes  (Ne Energy Office)
 

Lighting

AuroraLaboratories .com Digital lighting, uses less energy - an innovative lighting company!  Solatube. com
 
Live Green Live Smart .org  (Home audit info) Local Government Assistance Network .org

Maharishi Univ of Management (mum.edu/sustainable_living)
Mayor Council (US)     Climate Protection, best practices 2007 (pdf)
National Summit on Energy & the Environment, May, 2006 (pdf)
Mid-America Regional Council (MARC.org)
Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA) look for link to their "Energy Fair", largest in World!
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Multi-State Working Group on Environmental Performance

National Association of Clean Air Agencies (NACAA)
 
National Wildlife Federation  (nwf.org) NaturalGreenDesign .com
(the) Natural Step Nature Conservancy (nature.org)
Nebraska Alliance for Conservation and Environmental Education  (NACEE.org) Nebraska Arboretum
Nebraska Industrial Council on the Environment  (NICE) Nebraska LEED homes  (Ne Energy Office)
Nebraska Wind and Solar .com New Home Construction (Nebraska Energy Office)
NoMoreTrash.org (trash guide, MO) NonProfitCenters .org
(The) Not So Big House Network OH Green .com
Organic Valley family of farms  

Paints

Paints, by Green Planet  (greenplanetpaints.com) Paints, by Insuladd .com (insulating paint additive)

Panhandle Area Development District
Panhandle Resource Conservation & Development, Inc
Planet Green.com Platte River Basin Environments
  Play A Greater Part .org college students get credit for helping to solve our societal problems through their academic assignments.
Plug In America (electric vehicles) Pollution Prevention Regional Information Center (P2RIC.org)
Presidents Climate Commitment .org Public Entity Environmental Management Systems Resource Center (PEER - peercenter.net)

Recycled Plastics Market Database (by the American Chemistry Council)

Recycled Products .com
RecycleMania .org ReDirect Guide .com (Bus. Dir /  Resource Guide)
Recycling - Univ. of Colorado Plastics / Recycling - How can you tell what type a plastic is?
ReGreen ASID / USGBC sustainable residential remodeling projects (American Society of Interior Designers’ Foundation / U.S.Green Building Council) Renewable Energy Access .com
Renewable Energy World .com Renewing The Countryside
Rock Mountain Bird Observatory (rmbo.org) Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI.org)
Rocky Mountain Sustainable Living Fair Rowe Sanctuary (Central Nebraska, Crane viewing in a Green building)

Sandhills Alliance

 
School of Global Environmental Sustainability (CSU) Sod and Water Conserving Buffalograss at ToddValleyFarms.com
Solar Decathlon (construction!) Solatube .com
Southface .org Stormwater Practices (Sustainable) gives landscape architects, designers, engineers, stormwater managers, elected officials and the public creative new ideas on sustainability
Stop Global Warming .org Sustainability (UCSB) (LEED-Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)
Sustainability Consortium Sustainability Educator (Educators in EPA Region 7)
Sustainability Institute Sustainability Leadership Institute (Joslyn Institute for Sustainable Communities)
Sustainable Communities Capacity Center (Wisconsin) Sustainable Building Industry Council  (SBICouncil.org)
Sustainable Building Sources Sustainable Business .com
Sustainable Living (Bus. Dir /  Resource Guide) ReDirectGuide .com Sustainable Measures
  Sustainable Sites .org  or (the report) Sustainable Building Sites

Talloires Declaration  (tal'whar) by the University Leaders for a Sustainable Future

The Air Car .com
ToddValleyFarms.com  for Water Conserving Buffalograss! Think Green From Home

University and Campus Greening (nwf.org)

University Leaders for a Sustainable Future  for the Talloires Declaration  (tal'whar)
Upper Midwest Association for Campus Sustainability  3rd week of April, Luther College in Decorah, IA U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)
US Mayor Council      Climate Protection, best practices 2007 (pdf)
National Summit on Energy & the Environment, May, 2006 (pdf)
US Partnership for the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development

Vancouver Sustainability Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD)
 

Waste Reduction by Waste Reduction (wr2.net) - tissue disposal, etc)
Water Sense (EPA)
Western Area Power Admin's (WAPA) Energy Services 800.769.3756 energy experts We Can Solve It .org
  Wild Ones (Native Plants, Natural Landscapes)


Wind / Solar

Nebraska Wind and Solar .com TMA Wind .com
UltimateCharger .com Wind Energy .com
Wind Power - Texas (Plays a video) Wind Powering America .gov
  Wiser Earth .org
Yale Sustainability 50 Green Strategies that Cost Less (by InnovativeDesign.net)
   

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Talloires Declaration  (tal'whar) by the University Leaders for a Sustainable Future Technical Library - EPA - Green Building Reference Links
TerryTown  (City of) Three Fifty (350 .org  carbon emissions 350 ceiling)   24 October 2009 INTERNATIONAL DAY OF CLIMATE ACTION
Think Green From Home ToddValleyFarms.com  for Water Conserving Buffalograss!
Toolkit for State and Local Government  (pdf) by US Green Building Council Trade-A-Plane
The Air Car .com Transition Alaska
  Transition Nebraska

U
ltimateCharger .com
 

Universities

Acadia University (Academy for the Environment) American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment (ACUPC)
    
(PresidentsClimateCommitment .org)
Applied Sustainability Center (Univ of Arkansas) Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE)
ASU Global Institute of Sustainability (Arizona State University) Arlington Sustainability    (and list of campus sustainable organizations by UTA)
Adam Joseph Lewis Center for Environmental Studies of (Oberlin College) Brown University, Brown is Green
Colo.State University - Institute for the Built Environment

     School of Global Environmental Sustainability (CSU)

Drury University
EcoVersity .org Environmental Management for Sustainable Universities - EMSU
Frostburg State University   ( Univ Sys of Maryland )  
Healthy Ecosystems, Healthy Communities - Kansas State University Maharishi Univ of Management (mum.edu/sustainable_living)
University of Colorado at Boulder, Facilities Mgmnt, Bldg & Construction Standards University of Minnesota, Environmental Health & Safety (UMN)
University of Kentucky, Presidents Sustainability Advisory Committee

     Tracy Farmer Institute for Sustainability and the Environment (UK)

 
University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Environmental Health & Safety  (UNL) University of New Mexico - SHEA  (Safety Health and Environmental Affairs)
University of Utah, Environmental Health and Safety Univ of Wyo - Helga Otto Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources
University Leaders for a Sustainable Future home of the Talloires Declaration  (tal'whar) Yale Sustainability
US Green Building Council  
US Green Building Council Toolkit for State and Local Government  (pdf) US Partnership for the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development
US Mayor Council       Climate Protection, best practices 2007 (pdf)
National Summit on Energy & the Environment, May, 2006 (pdf)
 

Vancouver Sustainability Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD)
 
Waste Reduction by Waste Reduction (wr2.net) - tissue disposal, etc) Water Sense (EPA)
Western Area Power Admin's (WAPA) Energy Services 800.769.3756 energy experts Wheatbelt Public Power District
  Wild Ones (Native Plants, Natural Landscapes)


Wind / Solar

Nebraska Wind and Solar .com TMA Wind .com
UltimateCharger .com Wind Energy .com
Wind Power - Texas (Plays a video) Wind Powering America .gov
Wildcat Audubon (local Audubon news, events, etc) Wiser Earth .org
  Workers Health and Safety Centre
Zero waste by EcoCycle .org  

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other Safety and /or interesting links:
ESafety (ParenthoodWeb family site) Safety Calendar, daily family activities
Site Seeing on the Internet (kid safe) FTC  

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