Environmental Organizations for the Spirit

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Page index:  General sites  -  Government sites  -  Statistics

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• Restoring Eden
  "Christians for environmental stewardship."

  Care of Creation

  "...a Christian environmental organization, seeking to awaken and mobilize the Church to care for God's creation in the face of an environmental crisis that is devastating vast areas of the world and hurting our brothers and sisters in the faith."

  Saving God's Green Earth

  One of the better books about the Church's involvement in/against environmentalism and the stewardship of Creation.  (Publisher's site.)

  Earth 911

  This is a huge site on recycling and preventing waste.  Includes a section on "eco-spirituality."  A division of Global Alerts.

  Earthtrends: The Environmental Information Portal, via World Resources Institute.

  "Free, online database that focuses on issues of sustainable development and the environment."  (Quote from review in Reference & User Services Quarterly, vol. 44: 41, Fall, 2004.)

  Eco-Cycle

  A major recycling resource, including "free trade" exchange lists for reusable items you may no longer need.  Includes Eco-Cycle's cooperative with Denver, the "Center for Hard to Recycle Materials" (CHaRM.)

• U.S. Federal Government:
  • Department of Energy
    National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
    Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)http://www.eia.doe.gov/

    Evironmental Protection Agency (U.S.)

    Forest Service, U.S.

    An agency of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture.

    Parknet (the National Park Service)
• Related Sites & Collections of Links:
  • USA.GOV's Energy & Fuel page
    This page includes numerous links to energy effeciency sites in federal and state governments, including links to appliance efficiency and automobile efficiency comparisons.

    USA.GOV's Facts for You:  Environment and Energy

    Includes direct links to such things as:  local air quality, annual energy outlook, car fuel efficiency comparison, drought monitor, energy & fuel facts, local environmental data and maps, gas prices, greenhouse gas calculator, hazardous waste sites, ocean conditions, local use of toxic chemicals, UV index by Zip code, weather forecasts, and similar sites.

    State Environmental Agencies (by state, compiled by the EPA.)

    State Utility Commissions.

Energy Statistics:

• Energy Information Administration
  From the U.S. Dept. of Energy, collects and disseminates data on energy reserves, production, consumption, distribution, prices, technology, and related international, economic, and financial matters.

  Energy Statistics

  From the International Energy Agency.

  Survey of Energy Resources 2001 (World Energy)

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