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Free Daily/Weekly Newsletters, Audio, and Webcasts
A Few Sites About the Others We Share the Earth With
Some Local Farms, Eateries, Markets, and Food Advocacy
Other Local Stuff, Places to Go, Things to Do
Some Environmental Organizations
REDUCE, Reuse, Recycle
Green Tips, Eco-Labeling, and Consumer Miscellaneous
Eco-Travel Information and Transport
Footprint Calculators, Carbon Offsets, and Energy Efficiency
Green Building Information
Environmental Science/Studies at Local 4-Year Colleges and Universities
Sustainable MBA Programs and Business Miscellaneous
Some Sites on Green Investing
Social Networking
Government Websites
Other Sites of Interest and Miscellaneous Resources
Some good films/videos/TV to watch
Some good books to read

Some green and environmental career resource books

Sustainability in Education

Free Daily/Weekly Newsletters, Audio, and Webcasts

11 Top Green Food Radio Shows

Bay Nature on the Air

BBC Science and Nature

Earth Day Television

Ecologist Online Podcasts

Ecology Global Network

Environmental Health News

Environmental News Network

Environment Report

Global Public Media, PBS for a Post Carbon World

GreenBiz

Grist, Environmental News and Commentary

The Lazy Environmentalist

Living on Earth

Mother Nature Network

National Geographic: Environment

New York Times: Science

On Earth Podcasts

Planet Ark World Environment News

Rachel's News

Real Climate

Science Daily

Scientific American Frontiers: Wild Places

Seminars on Long Term Thinking

SF Gate: Green

University of California, Berkeley Webcasts

USGS Podcasts

Worldwatch Institute

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A Few Sites About the Others We Share the Earth With

An Online Encyclopedia of Life

American Field Guide

American Museum of Natural History

Animal Diversity Web

Bill's Wildlife Sites

BirdLife International

British Natural History Museum

AmphibiaWeb

Arthropod Story

Botany/Plant Resources on the Internet

Botanical Society of America

CalPhotos

E-nature Online Field Guides

Electronic Zoo/NetVet Animal Image Collection

Fun Facts About Fungi

Hall of Mammals

California Academy of Science: Ichthyology

Microbe World

Mycology Resources on the Internet

Mycoweb

National Audubon Society

National Geographic Wild World

New Reptile Database

Passport to the Rainforest

Plants Database

Pollinator Conservation Digital Library

Tree of Life

Virtual Zoo

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Some Local Farms, Eateries, Markets, and Food Advocacy

Alemany Farm

American Tuna

Bi-Rite Market

Blue Moon Organics

Cal Organic Farms

California Food and Justice Coalition

Canvas Ranch

Center for Food Safety

Center for Informed Food Choices

Center for Urban Education About Sustainable Agriculture

City Slicker Farms

Community Alliance With Family Farmers

Earthbound Farm

Eat Well Guide from Sustainable Table

Eating Sustainable Seafood

Eating with the Seasons

Eatwell Farm

Eat Wild

Farm and Food Policy Project

Farm Fresh to You

Farmer's Markets

Food First

Free Farm Stand

Frog Hollow Farms

Full Belly Farm

Gardener's Guide to Global Warming

Green Restaurant Association

Local Foods Wheel

Local Harvest

MyFarm

Organic Consumers Association

Organic Prairie Family of Farms

People's Grocery

Rainbow Grocery

Revolution Foods

San Francisco Garden Registry

Seafood Choices Alliance

Seafood Watch

Slow Food USA

Sustainable Agriculture Education

Swanton Berry Farm

Terra Firma Farms

True Food Network

Veritable Vegetable

Where Do Your Fruit and Vegetables Come From?

Where Does Your Food Come From?

Where to Find Pastured Chickens

World-wide Opportunities on Organic Farm, USA

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Other Local Stuff, Places to Go, Things to Do

Alliance for a Clean Waterfront

ARC Ecology

Bay Institute

Bay Area Alliance for Sustainable Communities

Bay Area Environmental Education Resource Guide

Bay Friendly Landscaping and Gardening

Bay Localize

Bay Model Visitor Center

Baykeeper

Berkeley Ecology Center

Calflora

California Academy of Sciences

California Clean Water Action

California Coastal Conservancy

California Native Plant Society

CCSF Center for Habitat Restoration

Center for Urban Education About Sustainable Agriculture

CoEvolution Institute

Common Bay Area Plant Communities

Communities for a Better Environment

Earth Day Network

Earth Island Institute

Earth Justice

Earthshare of California

Ecology Center of San Francisco

Ella Baker Center: Reclaim the Future

Environment California

Friends of the Urban Forest

Garden for the Environment

Global Citizen Center

Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy

Green Action for Health and Environmental Justice

HANC Native Plant Nursery

Heart of the Mountain

Kids for the Bay

Let's Green This City

Literacy for Environmental Justice

Living Library

Marin Agricultural Land Trust

Marine Mammal Center

Marine Science Institute

Monterey Bay Aquarium

National Biological Information Infrastructure, California Information

Natural Capital Institute

Oceanic Society

Parking Day

Permaculture SF

PG&E Pacific Energy Center

Plant SF

Point Reyes Bird Observatory

Rising Sun Energy Center

San Francisco Bay Area Oil Awareness

San Francisco Bay Joint Venture

San Francisco Bay Wildlife Refuge Center

San Francisco Bicycle Coalition

San Francisco Botanical Garden

San Francisco Clean City Coalition

San Francisco Community Power

San Francisco Green Connect

San Francisco Green Festival

San Francisco Post Carbon

Save the Bay

Science Cafe

SFBiofuels

The University and Jepson Herbaria

University of California Botanical Garden

Urban Alliance for Sustainability

Urban Ecology

Urban Habitat

Urban Ore

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Some Environmental Organizations

Blue Dolphin

Blue Oceans Institute

Blue Water Network

Born Free

Conservation International

Defenders of Wildlife

Earthwatch Institute

Ecology Action

Environmental Defense

Environmental Working Group

ForestEthics

Friends of the Earth

Global Green USA

Gorilla Foundation

Green Cross International

Greenpeace USA

Jane Goodall Institute

League of Conservation Voters

Marine Conservation Biology Institute

Natural Resources Defense Council

National Wildlife Federation

Nature Conservancy

Pesticide Action Network

Rainforest Action Network

Save the Tiger Fund

Sierra Club

Wilderness Society

Worldwatch Institute

World Wildlife Fund

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REDUCE, Reuse, Recycle

Buy Nothing Day

"The Story of Stuff"

Freecycle Network

Couch Surfing

Neigborrow

Paperback Swap

Reusable Bags

Save Your Trash

Terracycle

Bay Area Recycling Resources

Cole Hardware: Bay Area Recycling Resources

Internet Consumer Recycling Guide

SF Recycling

Call2Recycling Your Rechargeable Batteries and Cell Phones

Electronic Recycling Superguide

Green Citizen Electronics Recycling

eRecycle

Computer Take Back Program

Lamp Recycling

Resin Identification Code

Catalog Choice

41 Pounds

EPA Composting

How to Compost

163 Things You Can Compost

Recycled Runners

Inside the Life of a Scrapped Auto

Urban Ore

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Green Tips, Eco-Labeling, and Consumer Miscellaneous

1% for the Planet

3000 Mile Myth

A Happy Planet

About Organic Cotton

Act Green

Alternative Cleaning Recipes

Be Different, Live Different, Buy Different

Big Green Purse

Branch: Sustainable Design for Living

Campaign for Safe Cosmetics

Clean and Green Business Directory

Conservatree: Paper for the Environment

Consumer Reports Greener Choices

Cradle to Cradle Certification

Digital Hive Ecological Design

Earth 911: Enviro Tips

Earthware Biodegradables

Ecolabelling.org

Eco-labels, the Consumers Union Guide to Environmental Labels

Ecocitizen, Fair-trade, Organic, Sweat-free Fashion

EcoLogo Program Greener Purchasing Resources

EcoMall

Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool

Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Best Practices Manual

Environmental Tips for Individuals

Environmental Working Group Consumer Tools

EPA Design for the Environment, Find Safer Products

EVO Environmental Marketplace for Products and Services

Good Guide: Find Safe, Healthy, and Green Products

Good Earthlings: Ecopack for Pets, the Home and Baby Earthlings

Good Stuff: A Behind-the-Scenes Guide to the Things We Buy

Green America's Responsible Shopper: Banking and Financial

Green Earth Office Supply

Green Event: Make Any Social Occasional a Green Event

Green Guide

Green Home Guide

Green Home, the Environmental Store

Green Office

Green Pages

Green Seal: The Mark of Environmental Responsiblity

Green Your Wardrobe

Green Zebra, Local Savings for Natural Living

Greenopia, the Urban Dwellers Guide to Green Living

Guide to Greener Electronics

Healthy Toys

Home Depot: Eco Options

Home Know It All Green Living

How to Green an Event

Igreenclean

New Leaf Paper

Organic Cosmetics: Passionate About Plants

Organic Cotton Directory

Organic Flowers Online

Parent's Buying Guide by the Environmental Working Group

Planet Shoes Eco-logical Shoe Shop

Preserve Recycled Plastic Products

Responsible Purchasing Network Purchasing Guides

Scroungers Center for Reusable Art Parts (SCRAP)

SF Green Dentist

Simple Shoes for a Happy Planet

Simply Green: Green and Crafty Ideas for Everyday Living

Skin Deep Cosmetic Safety Database

Terra Choice EcoLogo Program

To-Go Ware

Wildlife Works

Worldcentric Biocompostables

"It's Not Easy Being a Green Consumer"

"Waste Couture: Environmental Impact of the Clothing Industry"

"More than Just Pretty Knickers"

"Study: 98% of products' green claims are misleading and ecolabels you can trust"

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Eco-Travel Information and Transport

American Walks

Berkeley Biodiesel Collective

Better World Club

Bicycle World California

Car Sharing Network

City Car Share

Costa Rican Adventures

Ethical Traveler

EV Rental Cars

G.A.P. Adventures

Global Exchange Reality Tours - Environment and Sustainability

GoLoco

Green Hotels Association

Green Lodging News

Greenercars.org

International Ecotourism Society

Kimpton Hotels

League of American Bicyclists

Man in Seat Sixty-One

Meaningful Travel

National Ski Areas Association Sustainable Slopes

Organic Holidays

San Francisco Bicycle Coalition

San Francisco Biofuels Cooperative

Ski Area Environmental Scorecard

"How Green is Your Mountain? Ski Resorts Rated on Environment"

State of California's Green Lodging Program

Sustainable Travel International

Travel with the World Wildlife Fund

Traveler's Notebook

Vegetarian Vacations

Zimride

Zipcar

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Footprint Calculators, Carbon Offsets, and Energy Efficiency

Lifecycle Climate Footprint Calculator

Play Consumer Consequences

Ecological Footprint Quiz

Zero Footprint Youth Calculator

Water Calculator

Conservation International Carbon Calculator

Eating Green Calculator

Cool Earth: Keeping Carbon Where it Belongs

Carbon Fund

Live Neutral

Sierra Club Outings and Carbon Offsets

Trees for the Future

Green-e

Consumer Energy Center

Energy Star

Flex Your Power

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Green Building Information

Bay Area Sustainable Building Advisor Program

Build it Green

Building Green

Clever Homes

Database of State Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency

Ecocity Builders

Ecohome Improvement

Ecotimber

Environmental Design Library

Green and Healthy Building Links

Green Building Initiative

Green Building Pages

Green Roofs for Healthy Cities

Greener Buildings

John Todd Ecological Design

Lorax Development

Meridian Builders

Michelle Kaufmann Designs

Plan-it Hardware

Rana Creek

SierraPine Composite Solutions

Simon and Associates Green Building Consultants

Structural Insulated Panel Association

Sustainable Spaces

Toby Long and Clever Homes

Tsui Design and Research Inc.

United States Green Building Council

Vetrazzo

Webcor Builders Go Green

"Residential Green Goes Glam"

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Environmental Science/Studies at Local 4-Year Colleges and Universities

Environmental Science, University of California, Berkeley

Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley

Environmental Leadership Pathway, University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley Institute of the Environment

Center for Energy and Environmental Innovation

Energy Biosciences Institute

Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis

Environmental Studies, San Francisco State University

Environmental Studies, San Jose State University

Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz

Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems

Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies

Stanford Center for Environmental Sciences and Policy

Stanford Department for Geological and Environmental Sciences

"15 Green Colleges and Universities"

College Sustainability Report Card

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Sustainable MBA Programs and Business Miscellaneous

Presidio School of Management

Dominican University of California, Green MBA

Act Now Productions

Bay Area Green Business Program

Business Alliance for Local Living Economies

Clean and Green Award Business Directory

Community Jobs in the Green Economy

Green Chamber of Commerce

New Voice of Business

Saving Green by Going Green

SF Green Business Program

Sustainable Business

Sustainable Value Partners

World Business Council for Sustainable Development

"Canon Tops List of Climate-Friendly Companies"

"Giving Goes Green"

"Green Business is Good Business"

"How Green is Green?"

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Some Sites on Green Investing

Green Money Journal

Calvert Global Alternative Energy

Ceres: Investors and Environmentalists for Sustainable Prosperity

Firsthand Funds

Green America: Social Investing

Green Century Funds

Investor Network on Climate Risk

New Resource Bank

PAX World Funds: Socially Responsible Mutual Funds

Responsible Investing

Sierra Club Stock Fund

Winslow Green Mutual Funds

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Social Networking

Greeniacs

Wiser Earth: Toward a Just and Sustainable World Created by Community

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Government Websites

California Air Resources Board

California Environmental Protection Agency

California Water Resources Control Board

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Emerging Diseases

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Environmental Health

Central Intelligence Agency: World Fact Book

Energy Information Administration

Energy Science and Technology Virtual Library

Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

National Institute of Environmental Health Science

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Natural Resources Conservation Service

San Francisco Department of Public Health: Clean and Green Programs

San Francisco Department of the Environment

San Francisco's Public Utilities Commission

Science.gov: Environmental and Environmental Quality

Thomas.gov

United Nations Environment Programme

United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization

United Nations Population Information Network

United Nations Division for Sustainable Development

United Nations Millenium Project

United Nations Statistics Division

United States Census Bureau

United States Department of Agriculture

United States Department of Energy

United States Department of the Interior

United States Environmental Protection Agency

United States Fish and Wildlife Service

United States Food and Drug Administration

United States Forest Service

United States Geological Survey

United States Global Change Research Information Office

World Health Organization: Core Health Indicators

World Meterological Organization

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Other Sites of Interest and Miscellaneous Resources

Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center

Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences

Biodiversity and Conservation Hypertextbook, Peter J. Bryant

Center for International Earth Science Information Network

Center for Science in the Public Interest

Center for the Study of the Environment

Destination Earth

Earth System Science Education for the 21st Century

Earth Trends Environmental Information

Earth University Foundation

Ecology Hall of Fame

Ecological Society of America

Envirolink Network

Environment Directory

Environmental Literacy Council

Environmental Research Foundation

Environmental Science and Technology Links

Evangelical Environmental Network

Exploring Earth

Exploring the Environment

Foundation on Economic Trends

Geology and Earth Science

Global Development Research Center

Global Directory for Environmental Technology

Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment

Goldman Price Environmental Prize

Google Earth Outreach

"Grand Challenges in Environmental Science"

Grantham Prize for Excellence in Reporting on the Environment

GreenFacts on Health and the Environment

International Center for Technology Assessment

International Earthday

International Monetary Fund

International Society for Ecological Economics

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Environmental Energy Technologies Division

Long Now Foundation

Mindfully

National Biological Information Infrastructure

National Council for Science and the Environment

National Environmental Education Foundation

National Geographic Map Machine

National Institute for Global Environmental Change

North American Association of Environmental Education

Quotations About the Environment

Resources First Foundation

Science and Environmental Health Network

Society of Environmental Journalism

Soil and Water Conservation Society

Union of Concerned Scientists

United States Public Interest Research Groups

Virtual Scientists' Presentations

Woodrow Wilson Center: Environmental Change and Security Program

World Bank

World Economic Outlook Reports

World Heritage

World Resources Institute

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Some good films/videos/TV to watch

The 11th Hour

60 Minutes: "The Age of Megafires"

60 Minutes: "Ivory War"

60 Minutes: "Rewriting the Science"

60 Minutes: "Sights and Sounds: Gorillas"

Alliance for Climate Protection Videos

Altered Oceans

The Animals Film

Biomimicry: Learning From Nature

Blue Vinyl

Cadillac Desert

Californians Against Waste: Recycling Related Videos and Audio Clips

Car of the Future

Cities

Contaminated Without Consent

The Corporation

A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash

Crude Impact

The Dammed

Death on a Factory Farm

The Digital Dump

Dimming the Sun

Disappearing Male

Discovery Channel: Planet Green

Dust to Dust: The Health Effects of 9/11

e2: the Economies of Being Environmentally Conscious

Earth on Edge

Earth: the Sequel

Earthlings

Edible City

Empty Ocean, Empty Nets

End of Suburbia

End of the Line

Endangered Planet

Energy Crossroads

Escape from Affluenza

Ethical Markets Television Series

Everything's Cool

Exporting Harm

Extreme Ice

Extreme Oil

Farming the Seas

Fenceline

Fields of Fuel

Fire Next Time

Flow

Food Inc.

Freedocumentaries.org - Environmental Documentaries

The Future of Food

Genetically Modified Food: Panacea or Poison?

Global Warming the Signs and the Science

Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage

The Great Warming

Green Energy TV

Green Planet Films

Harvest of Fear

How Cuba Survived Peak Oil

An Inconvenient Truth

Journey to Planet Earth

Kilowatt Ours

King Corn

KQED Quest

Life After People

Manufactured Landscapes

Maquilapolis

The Next Industrial Revolution

Oil on Ice

Peak Moment Television

Planet Earth

Planet in Peril

Point of Return

Poison Fire

Revolution Green: the True Story of Biodiesel in America

Sea Camel: Reefs Under Seige

Sierra Club Chronicles

Sisters on the Planet

Six Degrees Could Change the World

Solar Energy: Saved by the Sun

Strange Days on Planet Earth

Synthetic Seas

Tapped

Thirst

Toxic Bust

Toxic West Virginia

ToyotaEurope Green Design Documentary Films

Trade Secrets

The Water Front

Up the Yangtze

Whale Wars

What Would Jesus Buy?

Who Killed the Electric Car

World According to Monsanto

World in the Balance

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Some good books to read (more to come)

Biomimicry, Benyus

Collapse, Diamond

Cradle to Cradle, McDonough and Braungart

Deceit and Denial, Markowitz and Rosner

Doubt is their Product, Michaels

Earth in Mind, Orr

Earth: the Sequel, Krupp and Horn

Ecocities, Register

Environmental Politics and Policy, Rosenbaum

Exposed: The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products, Shapiro

Gangs of America, Nace

Last Child in the Woods, Louv

Our Stolen Future, Colburn

Policy Paradox, Stone

Silent Spring, Carson

See also the recommended reading list by subject from the "Story of Stuff" website

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Some green and environmental career resource books

Green Careers Resource Guide (free stuff to download), Cassio

Careers in the Environment, Fasulo and Walker

Career Opportunities in Conservation and the Environment, Greenland and Sheldon

Careers in Renewable Energy, McNamee

Green  Careers, Marquardt

ECO Guide to Careers That Make a Difference, Ginsberg and Doyle

Making a Living While Making a Difference, Everett

Green Jobs: A Guide to Eco-Friendly Employment, Llewellyn et al.,

Saving the Earth as a Career: Advice on Becoming a Conservation Professional, Hunter et al.,

Sustainability in Education

Facing the Future

Assn for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education

Campaign for Environmental Literacy

Center for Ecoliteracy

Education for Sustainable Living Program

Second Nature, Education for Sustainability

UNESCO: Education for a Sustainable Future

University Leaders for a Sustainable Future

US Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development

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