Its not that easy being green, or so said Kermit the Frog. Fortunately, today there are many ways to be greener and more eco-friendly. Every bit helps! If you have some favorite green links you'd like to share, send them to: clocks@wesleyancollege.edu.
The American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment is a high-visibility effort to address global warming by garnering institutional commitments to neutralize greenhouse gas emissions, and to accelerate the research and educational efforts of higher education to equip society to re-stabilize the earth's climate. Wesleyan's President Ruth Knox is a Charter Signatory of the Commitment.
Lime: healthly living with a twist.
Lime has a recycling guide based on what you want to recycle.
National Geographic: The Green Guide
An online magazine featuring green living tips, product reviews, and environmental health news. Owned and operated by the National Geographic Society.
Guide to local resources including recycling centers, how to recycle, pollution prevention and how help protect the environment.
Grist: environmental news, advice, cartoons, a blog, and more!
Sustainable Table celebrates the sustainable food movement, educates consumers on food-related issues and works to build community through food.
The Worldwatch Institute offers a unique blend of interdisciplinary research, global focus, and accessible writing that has made it a leading source of information on the interactions among key environmental, social, and economic trends. Our work revolves around the transition to an environmentally sustainable and socially just society - and how to achieve it.
Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition
Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition is a diverse organization engaged in research, advocacy and grassroots organizing to promote human health and environmental justice in response to the rapid growth of the high-tech industry.
An Inconvenient Truth: Take Action
An Inconvenient Truth: Take Action website is part of the website for the film, and includes a carbon footprint calculator.
World Resources Institute SafeClimate Carbon Footprint Calculator
Another and possibly more accurate carbon footprint caculator.
The World Resources Institute (WRI) is an environmental think tank that goes beyond research to find practical ways to protect the earth and improve people's lives.
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