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Reference & resource site links

 

 

environment & conservation

epa.gov

nrdc.org

environmentaldefense.org

illinoispirg.org

aldoleopold.org

sierraclub.org

davidsuzuki.org

trustees.org

thewoodlandschool.org

earthaction.org

ecology.com

truthout.org/environment.htm

 

green products & systems

buildinggreen.com

greenbuilder.com

greenproducts.net

 

green roofs

greenroofs.com

cityfarmer.org

 

labor, economy & human rights

faireconomy.org

cepr.net

globalexchange.org

epinet.org

thebetrayalofwork.org

witness.org

jobwatch.org

nosweatapparel.com

sweatx.net

 

media & investigative journalism

mediachannel.org

fair.org

well connected

pilger.carlton.com

gregpalast.com

consciouschoice.com

What's wrong with contemporary mass media (mpeg)

 

reclaimed timbers & materials

salvo.co.uk

ransfords.com

old-barn-wood.com

reclaimed-building-materials.net

resourcecenterchicago.org

thebarnpages.com

 

sustainable design/urban planning

sustainusa.org

sustainable.doe.gov

cnu.org

carfree.com

doverkohl.com

foresightdesign.org

smartgrowthamerica.org

nrdc.org

bikewalk.org

sfbike.org

 

sustainable energy

wind.ecw.org

solarelectricpower.org

ases.org

citizen.org/cmep

eere.energy.gov/geothermal

geoexchange.org

energystar.gov

 

cool stuff

eco travel

hubble site

national geographic

woodman speaks out

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reference & resource books

 

green products & systems

Green Building Materials: A Guide to Product Selection and Specification, Ross Spiegel

Eco, Elizabeth Wilhide

Handbook of Sustainable Building, David Anink

The HOK Guidebook to Sustainable Design, Sandra F. Mendler

 

urban planning

Why Architecture Matters: Lessons from Chicago, Blair Kamin

The New Urbanism: Toward an Architecture of Community, Peter Katz

Greyfields into Goldfields: Dead Malls become Living Neighborhoods, Lee S. Sobel

Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States, Kenneth T. Jackson

Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream, James Kunstler

 

business, labor & economy

What Matters Most: How a Small Group of Pioneers Is Teaching Social Responsibility to Big Business and Why Big Business Is Listening, Jeff Hollender 

The Betrayal of Work: How Low-Wage Jobs Fail 30 Million Americans, Beth Shulman

The Judas Economy: the triumph of capital and the betrayal of work, William Wolman

Unequal Protection: The Rise of Corporate Dominance and the Theft of Human Rights, Thom Hartmann

Wealth and Our Commonwealth : Why America Should Tax Accumulated Fortunes, William H. Gates

Perfectly Legal, David Cay Johnston

 

media

Manufacturing Consent, Naom Chomsky  (film and book)

Culture Jam, Kalle Lasn

Corporate Media and the Threat to Democracy, Robert Waterman McChesney

Taking the Risk Out of Democracy: Corporate Propaganda Versus Freedom and Liberty, Alex Carey,