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• - Michael Mobbs is a Sustainable Projects and Design consultant based in Sydney, Australia. Michael has held an interest in sustainable design for over 20 years, advising about technology, design, environmental law and policy to government, the private sec
  
• - Promotes renewable energy and sustainable living in the Rocky Mountain west.
  
• - An independent, non-profit association that exists to promote design-led change to more sustainable ways of living
  
• - Oikos is an Oregon based distribution firm with many links to green design resources. Features a Green Product Directory and a Green Building Library. Useful for commercial green builders and novices seeking professional information.
  
• - Creates and disseminates new methods and processes for generating scientific knowledge and engineering products in support of sustainability decisions and education.
  
• - The Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF) is an initiative of the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS). The ISF conducts applied research and consulting on a wide range of sustainability related topic areas.
  
• - Discussion of declining quality of various world systems, extracted from book "The Vital Vastness". Includes some positive suggestions. Book available for order online. Lots of assertions. Sources used in book are not referenced online.
  
• - Promotes sustainability in the San Juan Islands. Offers educational programs and events to engage individuals, professionals, organizations and groups in applying sustainable systems, and in promoting stewardship within San Juan County.
  
• - Table of contents, excerpts, and environmental tips from book by Greg Pahl. Brief review of book by Seventh Generation of Burlington, Vermont. Also lists links to relevant resources. Book is offered for sale online.
  
• - A for profit organization for the purpose of exploring and developing systems that support ecological living.
  
• - Green Building: A Primer for Builders, Consumers and Realtors published by B.E.S.T. (Building Environmental Science and Technology). Provides a detailed review of green building approaches and considerations. USA centric, globally useful.
  
• - Extensive noncommercial information source on strategies for ecologically sound living: composting, natural gardening, junk mail reduction, energy and water conservation, garbage reduction, safety of household chemicals and cleaners, and related topics.
  
• - All aspects of sustainable design and construction: energy efficiency, renewable technologies, daylighting, healthy indoor environments, traditional materials, and resource conservation.
  
• - Site offers weekly tips and other information to email subscribers, some information and links accessible without subscription.
  
• - Provides information regarding the planning and development of a simple and self-reliant environmentally friendly home, with emphasis on how or why choices were made. Includes references to helpful resource materials.
  
• - Online community that represents the values of cultural creatives. Stated focus is on naturally healthy, earth friendly living. Sections include message boards, articles, links, e-cards and current events. Primary issues include health, home, gardens,
  
• - A story of making an inner city home into an "urban farmstead" including the topics of raising ducks and chickens, greywater, gardening, solar energy, composting, and the economic benefits.
  
• - Non Profit hands on work study program in sustainable affordable building in earthen construction, passive solar design with bio-sewage options.
  
• - Low-Impact Living Initiative (LILI) is a UK based non-profit organisation dedicated to helping protect the global environment by researching and promoting sustainable, low-impact living alternatives. Includes information sheets, information on workshops,
  
• - Contemporary perspective on sustainability in the household. Household appliances in ceramics form a water network in the appartement.
  
• - An Environmental Risk Assessment Guide for the home. Covers eleven topics that every homeowner or resident should understand: evaluating a property for environmental risks, stormwater management, drinking water well management, household wastewater usage
  
• - Buildings which by design are completely self sustaining by using gravity geo-thermal envelope to heat and cool buildings without using fossil fuels as well as lights, gas, water, waste and food production.
  
• - Independent, solar housing made from materials that are indigenous to the entire planet.
  
• - Carnegie Mellon University's Green Design Initiative. Promotes environmentally conscious engineering, product and process design, manufacturing, and architecture. Information includes research, publications, education.
  
• - Backyard Wildlife Habitat program can help you save a place for wildlife right in your own backyard and community, while opening your eyes to the natural world around you, to be nourished by its wonders.