Sustainability Links
There are a number of sustainability resources available to Environmental Studies and Sustainability students. The following links are resources, organization and initiatives that are categorized by general themes.
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
- Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
http://www.masstech.org/ - Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnership
http://www.neep.org/ - Northeast Sustainable Energy Association
http://www.nesea.org/about/
Carbon Emissions and Climate Change
- American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment
http://www.presidentsclimatecommitment.org/ - Cities for Climate Protection (ICLEI)
http://iclei.org/co2 - Clean Air-Cool Planet
http://www.cleanair-coolplanet.org - The Climate Group
http://www.theclimategroup.org - Massachusetts Climate Action Network (MCAN)
http://www.massclimateaction.org - Northeast Climate Impacts Assessment
http://www.northeastclimateimpacts.org/
Sustainable Business Links
- Sustainable Business Network of Greater Boston
http://sbnboston.org/ - Environmental Business Council New England
http://www.ebcne.org/ - Sustainable Business
http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/ - Boston Green Tourism
http://www.bostongreentourism.org/
Sustainable Farming and Agriculture Links
- City Sprouts
http://www.citysprouts.org/ - Edible Boston
http://www.ediblecommunities.com/boston/ - Farmers Market Coalition
http://farmersmarketcoalition.org/ - Federation of Massachusetts Farmers Markets
http://www.massfarmersmarkets.org/ - Food for Free
http://www.foodforfree.org/ - Institute for Community Health
http://www.icommunityhealth.org/ - New Hampshire Farmers’ Market Association
http://www.nhfma.org/ - Northeast Organic Farming Association
http://www.nofa.org/index.php - The Food Project
http://thefoodproject.org/our-farms - UMass Extension Sustainable Agriculture
http://www.umass.edu/umext/programs/agro/sustainable_agriculture/
Environmental Justice Links
- Alternatives for Community and Environment, Boston
http://www.ace-ej.org/ - Natural Resources Defense Council Links
http://www.nrdc.org/reference/topics/environ_justice.asp - Environmental Justice Journal
http://www.liebertpub.com/env - U.S. EPA Environmental Justice Site
http://www.epa.gov/region1/topics/envjustice/index.html
Recycling and Solid Waste Management
- Andover, Massachusetts: Andover Recycles Web Site
http://andoverma.gov/recycle/ - College and University Recycling Council
http://nrc-recycle.org/curc.aspx - Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 Reduce, Reuse, Recycle web site
http://www.epa.gov/region1/topics/waste/swaste.html - Find a Recycling or Re-Use Location by item or zip code
http://earth911.org/ - GRNN on Campus Recycling Web Site
http://www.grrn.org/campus/campus_recycling.html - Massachusetts Department of Environmental Resources Waste and Recycling web site
http://www.mass.gov/dep/recycle/ - North Andover, Massachusetts: Solid Waste and Recycling Web Site
http://www.townofnorthandover.com/Pages/NAndoverMA_Recycling/index - RecycleMania Recycling Competition for Colleges and Universities
http://www.recyclemaniacs.org/index.htm - Recycling and Beyond: A College Campus Primer
http://www.uoregon.edu/~recycle/Book/index.htm - The Massachusetts Recycling Coalition
http://www.massrecycle.org/
Campus Sustainability Initiatives in the Northeast
- Brown University
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Brown_Is_Green - Campus Consortium for Environmental Excellence (C2E2)
http://www.c2e2.org/ - Environmental Consortium of Hudson Valley Colleges and Universities
http://environmentalconsortium.org/ - Green Campus Consortium of Maine
http://www.megreencampus.com/ - Harvard University
http://www.greencampus.harvard.edu - Middlebury College
http://www.middlebury.edu/administration/doenv - New England Board of Higher Education
http://www.nebhe.org/ - New Jersey Higher Education Partnership for Sustainability
http://www.njheps.org - Northeast Campus Sustainability Coalition (NECSC)
http://sustainability.yale.edu/ - University of New Hampshire
http://www.sustainableunh.unh.edu - University of Vermont
http://www.uvm.edu/greening
Sustainability Organizations in Higher Education
- Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE)
http://www.aashe.org/ - Association of University Leaders for a Sustainable Future (ULSF)
http://www.ulsf.org - Higher Education Associations Sustainability Consortium (HEASC)
http://www2.aashe.org/heasc/ - Disciplinary Associations Network for Sustainability (DANS)
http://www2.aashe.org/dans/ - U.S. Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development - Higher Education Sector
http://www.uspartnership.org/main/show_passage/54 - Second Nature
http://www.secondnature.org - National Wildlife Federation (NWF) - Campus Ecology Program
http://www.nwf.org/campusecology - Green Student U
http://www.greenstudentu.com - Campus Sustainability Assessment and Related Literature (PDF)
http://www.ulsf.org/pdf/NixonbiblioFinal.pdf