Links

A SELECTIVE LIST OF USEFUL WEBSITES & BLOGS

What You Need to Know

• www.metoffice.com/research/hadleycentre Readable and reliable information
  from one of the world's finest climate-change research centers.
• http://www.resourceinsights.blogspot.com Thoughtful, informed essays by
  Kalamazooan Kurt Cobb, on energy, climate change, and why we need radical
  changes, not just "alternatives." A blog.
• www.pewclimate.org Lots of good information.
• www.ucsusa.org. Union of Concerned Scientists. News, scientific information
  and background, action network.
• www.massextinction.net Sobering info about mass extinction of species.
• www.climateark.org Information from around the world about climate change.
• www.grist.org Environmental news with verve and some humor.

Political Action and Grassroots Coalitions on Climate Change

• www.1Sky.org Broad, well-financed coalition of activist organizations.
• www.wecansolveit.org A political and social action coalition founded by Nobel
  Laureate Al Gore.
• www.climatesciencewatch.org Holding public officials accountable for their
  integrity and effectiveness.
• www.climatechallenge.org A coalition of local and regional groups promoting
  local action.
• www.saveourenvironment.org Connect with major environmental organizations.
• www.bioneers.org Strategies for restoring the earth and communities.
• www.lcv.org/scorecard How your Congresspersons voted on climate issues.

How You Can Reduce Consumption and Buy "Greener"

• www.newdream.org Ideas on how to consume less.
• www.ecomall.com and www.gaiam.com On-line "green" shopping malls.
• http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Portage-KalamazooFreecycle Learn how to
  give away what you don't need to people who do.
• www.earthsave.org/globalwarming.htm Methane, cattle, & eating less meat.
• www.grrn.org/beverage/refillables/index.htm Avoid single-use bottles & cups.
• www.coopamerica.org/programs/responsibleshopper

What You Can Do at Home and in Your Community

• http://aceee.org/consumerguide/chklst.htm Checklist on home energy savings.
• www.fairfoodmatters.org Learn about the Kalamazoo Peoples Food Co-op and
  why buying locally produced food is better for you and the environment.

Youth and Faith-Based Organizations

• www.energyaction.net Coalition of leading student environmental and
  social-justice organizations in the U.S. and Canada.
• www.itsgettinghotinhere.org Dispatches from the youth climate movement.
  Lively, informative.
• www/focusthenation.org College and university campaigns and "teach-ins"
  across the nation for 2009.
• www.sierraclub.org/partnerships/faith Campaigns, articles, web links for faith-
  based climate action.

A Few Outstanding Environmental Action Networks, Journals, and Policy Forums

• ACTION Network is a cooperative listing of ACTION Alerts and Campaigns from many environmental organizations.
• Organic Consumers Association has news and ACTION alerts on boycotts, campaigns, issues - such as genetic engineering, cloning, globalization, fair trade, green culture and living, organic food. Networking, forums.
• Save Our Environment ACTION Center enables you to do simultaneous searches of the sites of its 21 member organizations - such as Greenpeace, Union of Concerned Scientists, The Ocean Conservancy, Physicians for Social Responsibility, NRDC, Defenders of Wildlife, Friends of the Earth. There are Action alerts and news stories.
• League of Conservation Voters, "The Political Voice of the Environmental Movement," provides voting "scorecards" for all national legislators and the Bush administration, ACTION alerts, environmental news, and intelligent discussion of policy.
• Resurgence, the leading international forum for ecological and spiritual thinking (published in Britain; editor, Satish Kumar).
  " Inspiring stories, practical examples, visionary proposals, stunning graphics, historic insights, international perspectives, and beautiful poetry. Resurgence is a valued friend and essential resource for all who believe that another world is possible." --David Korten, author, When Corporations Rule the World.
• The Ecologist, hard-hitting British periodical: "Rethinking Basic Assumptions." Must subscribe on-line for current issue, but archives of back issues are open and excellent. Very good "Links Directory."
• Co-op America web page provides info about "Green Shopping" and "Unshopping," boycotts, green energy, green businesses and products, fair trade, and much else. Join and get helpful publications.
• International Forum on Globalization provides analyses of the cultural, social, political, & environmental impacts of economic globalization. "A more democratic, equitable, and environmentally sound world is possible."

Please let us know of other organizations that should be listed here and why you like them