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| Links to Important Information Sources Smart Growth Smart Growth Network http://www.smartgrowth.org Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) Smart Growth Page http://www.abag.ca.gov/planning/smartgrowth Smart Growth Partnership of Westmoreland County, PA http://smartgrowthpa.org/ New Urbanism http://www.newurbanism.org/ Main Street http://www.mainstreet.org/ Sierra Club Sprawl Report http://www.sierraclub.org/sprawl/report04_highwayhealth/ U.S.Green Building Council LEED Certification http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CategoryID=19
Water Russian River Interactive Information System http://www.russianriverwatershed.net/ Riverkeeper http://www.riverkeeper.org EPA Water Site http://www.epa.gov/water/ Water Stewards Network http://www.waterstewards.org/ Ocean Arks http://www.oceanarks.org/ Transportation California Rail News http://www.calrailnews.com/ Nature Institute for Sustainable Forestry http://www.isf-sw.org/ Sustainability Carrying Capacity Network http://www.carryingcapacity.org/ Sustainable Sonoma County http://www.sustainablesonoma.org/ Institute for Local Self Reliance http://www.ilsr.org/ Bioneers http://www.bioneers.org Solar Living Institute http://www.solarliving.org/ Energy Union of Concerned Scientists: http://www.ucsusa.org/ Solar Sebastopol: http://www.solarsebastopol.com California Energy Commission: http://www.energy.ca.gov/ SSU Environmental Studies Energy Program: http://www.sonoma.edu/ensp/academic_plan_energy.htm Donald Aitken Associates: http://www.donaldaitkenassociates.com/policies_daa.html Accountable Development Sprawl Busters http://www.sprawl-busters.com/ Coalition of Tri Lake Communities Big Box Report http://www.coalitiontlc.org/big_box_study.htm CA Partnership for Working Families http://www.californiapartnership.org/ Center on Policy Initiatives (CPI) http://www.onlinecpi.org/ Working Partnerships USA http://www.wpusa.org/ East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE) http://www.workingeastbay.org/ LA http://www.laane.org/ad/cba.html
Environmental Activism National Resources Defense Council www.nrdc.org/ Environmental Defense http://www.environmentaldefense.org/ Green Peace http://www.greenpeace.org/ Grist Magazine http://www.grist.org California League of Conservation Voters http://www.ecovote.org Books on Environment http://www.chelseagreen.com/ Organic Consumers Association http://www.organicconsumers.org/ New Rules http://www.newrules.org/environment/index.html
Further Activism Oakland Institute www.oaklandinstitute.org True Majority http://www.truemajority.org United Farm Workers http://www.ufw.org
Permaculture Permaculture Activist http://www.permacultureactivist.net/ Permaculture Institute of Northern California http://www.permacultureinstitute.com/ Earth Activist Training http://www.earthactivisttraining.org/
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 Link of the Month: This site is designed for the progressive at heart! Here's an excerpt from their "Why New Rules?" page... Why New Rules? Because the old ones don't work any longer. They undermine local economies, subvert democracy, weaken our sense of community, and ignore the costs of our decisions on the next generation. The Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) proposes a set of new rules that builds community by supporting humanly scaled politics and economics. The rules call for:
These are the principles of "new localism." They call upon us to begin viewing our communities and our regions not only as places of residence, recreation and retail but as places that nurture active and informed citizens with the skills and productive capacity to generate real wealth and the authority to govern their own lives. All human societies are governed by rules. We make the rules and the rules make us. Thus, the heart of this web site is a growing storehouse of community and local economy-building rules - laws, regulations, and ordinances - because these are the concrete expression of our values. They channel entrepreneurial energy and investment capital and scientific genius. The New Rules Project identifies rules that honor a sense of place and prize rootedness, continuity and stability as well as innovation and enterprise. _________________________ Union of Concerned Scientists: http://www.ucsusa.org/ Renewing America's Economy |
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