Eco Resources
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Air/Food/Land/Water | Chemicals/Toxins | Plastics | Government/Policy | Education | Eco Women/AdvocacyAir/Food/Land/Water
Our work protects nature and helps people thrive by creating solutions that also carry economic benefits. Air and water. Abundant fish and wildlife. A stable climate.
Creating an ocean free of plastic pollution through education, advocacy and research!
NACAA is the national, non-partisan, non-profit association of air pollution control agencies in 40 states, the District of Columbia, four territories and 116 metropolitan areas. The association serves to encourage the exchange of information, to enhance communication and cooperation among federal, state, and local regulatory agencies, and to promote good management of our air resources.
We are committed to preserving and building sources of non-GMO products, educating consumers and providing verified non-GMO choices.
Our mission is to extend the vision, principles and expertise of organic agriculture to the landscapes where people live their daily lives in the Northeast and beyond.
We are dedicated to defending the Hudson River and its tributaries and protecting the drinking water supply of nine million New York City and Hudson Valley residents.
We are dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of the world’s ocean, waves and beaches through a powerful activist network.
Chemicals/Toxins
The mission of the Children’s Environmental Health Center is to protect children and families against environmental threats to health through science.
Collaboratively working together to address growing concerns about the links between human health and environmental factors.
The mission of the Environmental Working Group (EWG) is to use the power of public information to protect public health and the environment.
America’s first comprehensive human health-focused certification for nontoxic products across store aisles. Our goals are to change the way products are made in this country, make it easy for people to find and buy products made without known toxic chemicals, give companies a road map for making safe products, and make it easy for retailers to select products that aren’t known to cause harm.
Protects public health and the environment by eliminating toxic pollution. We promotes alternative, advocate for policies, empower communities, and educate people on how to create a healthy environment.
Plastics
Up to date map and information on plastic bag bans, fees and fails. I contemplated listing this resource, because it is a business for profit, but I would rather support a business that provides healthier choices for our earth.
A growing global alliance of organizations, businesses, and thought leaders working toward a world free of plastic pollution and its toxic impact on humans, animals, and the environment.
Government/Policy
The mission of the Connecticut Fund for the Environment is to protect and improve the land, air and water of Connecticut and Long Island Sound.
Protecting children’s health from environmental risks is fundamental to EPA’s mission.
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system and serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment’s mission.
Education
Chasing Green is run by a small but dedicated group whose goal is to share the simple message that ordinary people can positively impact our world in their everyday lives.
Earth 911 delivers actionable local information on recycling and product stewardship that empowers consumers to act locally, live responsibly and contribute to sustainability.
The Earth Times aims to provide you with current environmental news coverage and green blogs to give you the background information needed to better understand what can sometimes be enormously complicated and controversial environmental issues.
Provides information about environmental issues, shares ideas and resources so that readers can live more sustainable lives and connect with ongoing efforts for change.
ENN is one of the oldest and most respected environmental news service on the web.
Provides green eco tips for creating a healthy planet.
The ‘Go Green’ web portal was launched in July 2008 to remind people to be mindful of and sensitive to the natural environment in our daily life.
What’s in our library:
BOOKS
Cradle to Cradle, by Michael Braggart — Silent Spring, by Rachel Carson — Overdressed, by Elizabeth Cline — Tomatoland, by Barry Estabrook — Think Green!, by Jeanine Behr Getz — Healthy Child Health World, Creating a Cleaner, Greener, Safer Home, by Christopher Gavigan — Animal Factory, by David Kirby — Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder, by Richard Louv — Crab Wars: A Tale of Horseshoe Crabs, Bioterrorism, and Human Health, by William Sargent
MOVIES
Bag It — Food Inc. — Gasland (I & II) — Idiocracy — Straws — The Story of Stuff — Unacceptable Levels
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We like to mimick how Mother Nature integrates enduring cycles and provides access to necessities in abundance. We have manmade surplus, natural surplus and eco-educational programs.
I want to show you how you can live a healthier, simpler, and happier life by making easy changes and taking small steps toward greener, more sustainable living. At the same time, I hope to encourage you to also create a life worth sustaining. Cuz otherwise, what’s the point?
We are dedicated to providing age-appropriate, topical science news to learners, parents and educators.
Eco Women/Advocacy
We are building a global climate movement through climate-focused campaigns, projects and actions led from the bottom-up by people in 188 countries.
We exist to create the political will for climate solutions by enabling individual breakthroughs in the exercise of personal and political power.
Our mission: Greenpeace is the leading independent campaigning organization that uses peaceful protest and creative communication to expose global environmental problems and to promote solutions that are essential to a green and peaceful future.
Audubon’s Women in Conservation Program was created for girls and women to discover the world of conservation and connect with the best and brightest women leaders in the environmental movement.
Women of Green is a podcast and community with a singular purpose. To turn up the volume of the feminine voice on behalf of our planet and future generations.