Links

Sustainable concepts

Rooftop agricuture

• Getting started on a rooftop agriculture project

Materials

Concrete

• EcoSmart

Landscaping/Food/Forestry

• Biogran Natural
• City Farmer
• RUAF
• Sustainweb

Plastics/Textiles

• It's Recycled

Straw/Earth

• Straw Sticks and Bricks

Directories

• Build Smarter
• Oikos

Waste/Pollution Reduction

Urban

• Best Practices The UN's guide to sustainable urban practices.
• City Limits London City Limits London is a resource flow and ecological footprint analysis of Greater London.

Manufacturing

• Industrial Symbiosis Industrial Symbiosis works to make manufacturing work together as an ecosystem.

Water

• Living Systems Living Systems - natural water cleansing via bacteria, algae and wetland systems.

Waste

• NO Waste NO Waste aims to implement the No Waste by 2010 act by the Australian government in the city of Canberra.
• The ReUse People Oakland, CA-based company seeking to expand to other cities offers triple threat: deconstruction services, retail sales of salvaged materials, and consultation.
• Zero Waste Alliance New Zealand works toward zero waste.
• Zero Waste Alliance The Zero Waste Alliance is a non-profit partnership of universities, government, business and other organizations working to develop, promote and apply Zero Waste strategies.

Organizations

• Aga Khan Award for architecture
• Center for Neighborhood Technology Chicago, IL. "Strategies for Livable Communities"
• Chicagoland Bicycle Federation Chicagoland's grassroots, non-profit bicycling advocacy organization. Join today for great benefits!
• Cycling Sisters The Cycling Sisters host social rides and bicycle maintenance workshops for Chicago women. All levels of cycling and mechanical ability are welcome.
• Environmental Law & Policy Center A Midwest public interest environmental advocacy organization.
• Global Development Research Center
• Green @ Work Magazine "The essential guide to the business world's growing embrace of sustainability."
• Greenpeace
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assesses scientific, technical and socio- economic information relevant for the understanding of climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.
• Nerds at Heart Dating for Green Nerds - come find love with others who love the planet.
• Rocky Mountain Institute "Rocky Mountain Institute is an entrepreneurial nonprofit organization that fosters the efficient and restorative use of resources to make the world secure, just, prosperous, and life-sustaining."
• The Urban Conservancy New Orleans-base nonprofit dedicated to research, education and advocacy that promote the wise stewardship of the urban built environment and local economies.
• The Urban Land Institute
• The Worldwatch Institute provides independent research for an environmentally sustainable and socially just society.
• U.S. Green Building Council The U.S. Green Building Council is a coalition of leaders from across the building industry working to promote sustainable and green building practices and the developers of LEED.
• Urban Ecology uses urban planning, ecology, and public participation to help design and build healthier cities.
• World Resources Institute World Resources Institute researches climate change.

Sustainable concepts

Materials

Waste/Pollution Reduction

Organizations

• Aga Khan Award for architecture
• Center for Neighborhood Technology Chicago, IL. "Strategies for Livable Communities"
• Chicagoland Bicycle Federation Chicagoland's grassroots, non-profit bicycling advocacy organization. Join today for great benefits!
• Cycling Sisters The Cycling Sisters host social rides and bicycle maintenance workshops for Chicago women. All levels of cycling and mechanical ability are welcome.
• Environmental Law & Policy Center A Midwest public interest environmental advocacy organization.
• Global Development Research Center
• Green @ Work Magazine "The essential guide to the business world's growing embrace of sustainability."
• Greenpeace
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assesses scientific, technical and socio- economic information relevant for the understanding of climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.
• Nerds at Heart Dating for Green Nerds - come find love with others who love the planet.
• Rocky Mountain Institute "Rocky Mountain Institute is an entrepreneurial nonprofit organization that fosters the efficient and restorative use of resources to make the world secure, just, prosperous, and life-sustaining."
• The Urban Conservancy New Orleans-base nonprofit dedicated to research, education and advocacy that promote the wise stewardship of the urban built environment and local economies.
• The Urban Land Institute
• The Worldwatch Institute provides independent research for an environmentally sustainable and socially just society.
• U.S. Green Building Council The U.S. Green Building Council is a coalition of leaders from across the building industry working to promote sustainable and green building practices and the developers of LEED.
• Urban Ecology uses urban planning, ecology, and public participation to help design and build healthier cities.
• World Resources Institute World Resources Institute researches climate change.

Technologies

• Energy Directory Alternative energy resource listings

Tools

• Sun angle calculator Sun angle calculator for passive solar designing

Sponsors

• True Nature Foods A source of natural foods and products from farmer to local grocer. Also a drop-off site for three independently owned and operated farms. Special thanks to owner Paula Companio and her staff.

Architects & Designers

• Bruce Goff Fearless design prodigy. From Kansas!
• Frei Otto A special gift for creating lightweight tent-like structures.
• Glenn Murcutt Chiefly admired among his contemporaries for creating an identifiably Australian idiom in domestic architecture.
• Jersey Devil Jersey Devil's architecture shows a concern for craft and detail, an attention to the expressiveness of the construction materials, and a strong environmental consciousness.
• Malcolm Wells This guy rocks! Dedicated to the promotion and discussion of: underground buildings, earth-sheltered architecture, eco-friendly design, and energy-efficient houses.
• R. Buckminster Fuller Inventor, architect, engineer, mathematician, poet, cosmologist.

Schools

• Yestermorrow The Yestermorrow Design/Build School is a dynamic learning community exploring and teaching the integrated creative process of designing and building a sustainable future. Vermont.

Technologies

• Energy Directory Alternative energy resource listings

Sustainable concepts

Materials

Waste/Pollution Reduction

Organizations

• Aga Khan Award for architecture
• Center for Neighborhood Technology Chicago, IL. "Strategies for Livable Communities"
• Chicagoland Bicycle Federation Chicagoland's grassroots, non-profit bicycling advocacy organization. Join today for great benefits!
• Cycling Sisters The Cycling Sisters host social rides and bicycle maintenance workshops for Chicago women. All levels of cycling and mechanical ability are welcome.
• Environmental Law & Policy Center A Midwest public interest environmental advocacy organization.
• Global Development Research Center
• Green @ Work Magazine "The essential guide to the business world's growing embrace of sustainability."
• Greenpeace
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assesses scientific, technical and socio- economic information relevant for the understanding of climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.
• Nerds at Heart Dating for Green Nerds - come find love with others who love the planet.
• Rocky Mountain Institute "Rocky Mountain Institute is an entrepreneurial nonprofit organization that fosters the efficient and restorative use of resources to make the world secure, just, prosperous, and life-sustaining."
• The Urban Conservancy New Orleans-base nonprofit dedicated to research, education and advocacy that promote the wise stewardship of the urban built environment and local economies.
• The Urban Land Institute
• The Worldwatch Institute provides independent research for an environmentally sustainable and socially just society.
• U.S. Green Building Council The U.S. Green Building Council is a coalition of leaders from across the building industry working to promote sustainable and green building practices and the developers of LEED.
• Urban Ecology uses urban planning, ecology, and public participation to help design and build healthier cities.
• World Resources Institute World Resources Institute researches climate change.

Technologies

• Energy Directory Alternative energy resource listings

Tools

• Sun angle calculator Sun angle calculator for passive solar designing

Sponsors

• True Nature Foods A source of natural foods and products from farmer to local grocer. Also a drop-off site for three independently owned and operated farms. Special thanks to owner Paula Companio and her staff.

Architects & Designers

• Bruce Goff Fearless design prodigy. From Kansas!
• Frei Otto A special gift for creating lightweight tent-like structures.
• Glenn Murcutt Chiefly admired among his contemporaries for creating an identifiably Australian idiom in domestic architecture.
• Jersey Devil Jersey Devil's architecture shows a concern for craft and detail, an attention to the expressiveness of the construction materials, and a strong environmental consciousness.
• Malcolm Wells This guy rocks! Dedicated to the promotion and discussion of: underground buildings, earth-sheltered architecture, eco-friendly design, and energy-efficient houses.
• R. Buckminster Fuller Inventor, architect, engineer, mathematician, poet, cosmologist.

Schools

• Yestermorrow The Yestermorrow Design/Build School is a dynamic learning community exploring and teaching the integrated creative process of designing and building a sustainable future. Vermont.

Tools

• Sun angle calculator Sun angle calculator for passive solar designing

Sustainable concepts

Materials

Waste/Pollution Reduction

Organizations

• Aga Khan Award for architecture
• Center for Neighborhood Technology Chicago, IL. "Strategies for Livable Communities"
• Chicagoland Bicycle Federation Chicagoland's grassroots, non-profit bicycling advocacy organization. Join today for great benefits!
• Cycling Sisters The Cycling Sisters host social rides and bicycle maintenance workshops for Chicago women. All levels of cycling and mechanical ability are welcome.
• Environmental Law & Policy Center A Midwest public interest environmental advocacy organization.
• Global Development Research Center
• Green @ Work Magazine "The essential guide to the business world's growing embrace of sustainability."
• Greenpeace
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assesses scientific, technical and socio- economic information relevant for the understanding of climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.
• Nerds at Heart Dating for Green Nerds - come find love with others who love the planet.
• Rocky Mountain Institute "Rocky Mountain Institute is an entrepreneurial nonprofit organization that fosters the efficient and restorative use of resources to make the world secure, just, prosperous, and life-sustaining."
• The Urban Conservancy New Orleans-base nonprofit dedicated to research, education and advocacy that promote the wise stewardship of the urban built environment and local economies.
• The Urban Land Institute
• The Worldwatch Institute provides independent research for an environmentally sustainable and socially just society.
• U.S. Green Building Council The U.S. Green Building Council is a coalition of leaders from across the building industry working to promote sustainable and green building practices and the developers of LEED.
• Urban Ecology uses urban planning, ecology, and public participation to help design and build healthier cities.
• World Resources Institute World Resources Institute researches climate change.

Technologies

• Energy Directory Alternative energy resource listings

Tools

• Sun angle calculator Sun angle calculator for passive solar designing

Sponsors

• True Nature Foods A source of natural foods and products from farmer to local grocer. Also a drop-off site for three independently owned and operated farms. Special thanks to owner Paula Companio and her staff.

Architects & Designers

• Bruce Goff Fearless design prodigy. From Kansas!
• Frei Otto A special gift for creating lightweight tent-like structures.
• Glenn Murcutt Chiefly admired among his contemporaries for creating an identifiably Australian idiom in domestic architecture.
• Jersey Devil Jersey Devil's architecture shows a concern for craft and detail, an attention to the expressiveness of the construction materials, and a strong environmental consciousness.
• Malcolm Wells This guy rocks! Dedicated to the promotion and discussion of: underground buildings, earth-sheltered architecture, eco-friendly design, and energy-efficient houses.
• R. Buckminster Fuller Inventor, architect, engineer, mathematician, poet, cosmologist.

Schools

• Yestermorrow The Yestermorrow Design/Build School is a dynamic learning community exploring and teaching the integrated creative process of designing and building a sustainable future. Vermont.

Sponsors

• True Nature Foods A source of natural foods and products from farmer to local grocer. Also a drop-off site for three independently owned and operated farms. Special thanks to owner Paula Companio and her staff.

Sustainable concepts

Materials

Waste/Pollution Reduction

Organizations

• Aga Khan Award for architecture
• Center for Neighborhood Technology Chicago, IL. "Strategies for Livable Communities"
• Chicagoland Bicycle Federation Chicagoland's grassroots, non-profit bicycling advocacy organization. Join today for great benefits!
• Cycling Sisters The Cycling Sisters host social rides and bicycle maintenance workshops for Chicago women. All levels of cycling and mechanical ability are welcome.
• Environmental Law & Policy Center A Midwest public interest environmental advocacy organization.
• Global Development Research Center
• Green @ Work Magazine "The essential guide to the business world's growing embrace of sustainability."
• Greenpeace
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assesses scientific, technical and socio- economic information relevant for the understanding of climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.
• Nerds at Heart Dating for Green Nerds - come find love with others who love the planet.
• Rocky Mountain Institute "Rocky Mountain Institute is an entrepreneurial nonprofit organization that fosters the efficient and restorative use of resources to make the world secure, just, prosperous, and life-sustaining."
• The Urban Conservancy New Orleans-base nonprofit dedicated to research, education and advocacy that promote the wise stewardship of the urban built environment and local economies.
• The Urban Land Institute
• The Worldwatch Institute provides independent research for an environmentally sustainable and socially just society.
• U.S. Green Building Council The U.S. Green Building Council is a coalition of leaders from across the building industry working to promote sustainable and green building practices and the developers of LEED.
• Urban Ecology uses urban planning, ecology, and public participation to help design and build healthier cities.
• World Resources Institute World Resources Institute researches climate change.

Technologies

• Energy Directory Alternative energy resource listings

Tools

• Sun angle calculator Sun angle calculator for passive solar designing

Sponsors

• True Nature Foods A source of natural foods and products from farmer to local grocer. Also a drop-off site for three independently owned and operated farms. Special thanks to owner Paula Companio and her staff.

Architects & Designers

• Bruce Goff Fearless design prodigy. From Kansas!
• Frei Otto A special gift for creating lightweight tent-like structures.
• Glenn Murcutt Chiefly admired among his contemporaries for creating an identifiably Australian idiom in domestic architecture.
• Jersey Devil Jersey Devil's architecture shows a concern for craft and detail, an attention to the expressiveness of the construction materials, and a strong environmental consciousness.
• Malcolm Wells This guy rocks! Dedicated to the promotion and discussion of: underground buildings, earth-sheltered architecture, eco-friendly design, and energy-efficient houses.
• R. Buckminster Fuller Inventor, architect, engineer, mathematician, poet, cosmologist.

Schools

• Yestermorrow The Yestermorrow Design/Build School is a dynamic learning community exploring and teaching the integrated creative process of designing and building a sustainable future. Vermont.

Architects & Designers

• Bruce Goff Fearless design prodigy. From Kansas!
• Frei Otto A special gift for creating lightweight tent-like structures.
• Glenn Murcutt Chiefly admired among his contemporaries for creating an identifiably Australian idiom in domestic architecture.
• Jersey Devil Jersey Devil's architecture shows a concern for craft and detail, an attention to the expressiveness of the construction materials, and a strong environmental consciousness.
• Malcolm Wells This guy rocks! Dedicated to the promotion and discussion of: underground buildings, earth-sheltered architecture, eco-friendly design, and energy-efficient houses.
• R. Buckminster Fuller Inventor, architect, engineer, mathematician, poet, cosmologist.

Sustainable concepts

Materials

Waste/Pollution Reduction

Organizations

• Aga Khan Award for architecture
• Center for Neighborhood Technology Chicago, IL. "Strategies for Livable Communities"
• Chicagoland Bicycle Federation Chicagoland's grassroots, non-profit bicycling advocacy organization. Join today for great benefits!
• Cycling Sisters The Cycling Sisters host social rides and bicycle maintenance workshops for Chicago women. All levels of cycling and mechanical ability are welcome.
• Environmental Law & Policy Center A Midwest public interest environmental advocacy organization.
• Global Development Research Center
• Green @ Work Magazine "The essential guide to the business world's growing embrace of sustainability."
• Greenpeace
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assesses scientific, technical and socio- economic information relevant for the understanding of climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.
• Nerds at Heart Dating for Green Nerds - come find love with others who love the planet.
• Rocky Mountain Institute "Rocky Mountain Institute is an entrepreneurial nonprofit organization that fosters the efficient and restorative use of resources to make the world secure, just, prosperous, and life-sustaining."
• The Urban Conservancy New Orleans-base nonprofit dedicated to research, education and advocacy that promote the wise stewardship of the urban built environment and local economies.
• The Urban Land Institute
• The Worldwatch Institute provides independent research for an environmentally sustainable and socially just society.
• U.S. Green Building Council The U.S. Green Building Council is a coalition of leaders from across the building industry working to promote sustainable and green building practices and the developers of LEED.
• Urban Ecology uses urban planning, ecology, and public participation to help design and build healthier cities.
• World Resources Institute World Resources Institute researches climate change.

Technologies

• Energy Directory Alternative energy resource listings

Tools

• Sun angle calculator Sun angle calculator for passive solar designing

Sponsors

• True Nature Foods A source of natural foods and products from farmer to local grocer. Also a drop-off site for three independently owned and operated farms. Special thanks to owner Paula Companio and her staff.

Architects & Designers

• Bruce Goff Fearless design prodigy. From Kansas!
• Frei Otto A special gift for creating lightweight tent-like structures.
• Glenn Murcutt Chiefly admired among his contemporaries for creating an identifiably Australian idiom in domestic architecture.
• Jersey Devil Jersey Devil's architecture shows a concern for craft and detail, an attention to the expressiveness of the construction materials, and a strong environmental consciousness.
• Malcolm Wells This guy rocks! Dedicated to the promotion and discussion of: underground buildings, earth-sheltered architecture, eco-friendly design, and energy-efficient houses.
• R. Buckminster Fuller Inventor, architect, engineer, mathematician, poet, cosmologist.

Schools

• Yestermorrow The Yestermorrow Design/Build School is a dynamic learning community exploring and teaching the integrated creative process of designing and building a sustainable future. Vermont.

Schools

• Yestermorrow The Yestermorrow Design/Build School is a dynamic learning community exploring and teaching the integrated creative process of designing and building a sustainable future. Vermont.

Sustainable concepts

Materials

Waste/Pollution Reduction

Organizations

• Aga Khan Award for architecture
• Center for Neighborhood Technology Chicago, IL. "Strategies for Livable Communities"
• Chicagoland Bicycle Federation Chicagoland's grassroots, non-profit bicycling advocacy organization. Join today for great benefits!
• Cycling Sisters The Cycling Sisters host social rides and bicycle maintenance workshops for Chicago women. All levels of cycling and mechanical ability are welcome.
• Environmental Law & Policy Center A Midwest public interest environmental advocacy organization.
• Global Development Research Center
• Green @ Work Magazine "The essential guide to the business world's growing embrace of sustainability."
• Greenpeace
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assesses scientific, technical and socio- economic information relevant for the understanding of climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.
• Nerds at Heart Dating for Green Nerds - come find love with others who love the planet.
• Rocky Mountain Institute "Rocky Mountain Institute is an entrepreneurial nonprofit organization that fosters the efficient and restorative use of resources to make the world secure, just, prosperous, and life-sustaining."
• The Urban Conservancy New Orleans-base nonprofit dedicated to research, education and advocacy that promote the wise stewardship of the urban built environment and local economies.
• The Urban Land Institute
• The Worldwatch Institute provides independent research for an environmentally sustainable and socially just society.
• U.S. Green Building Council The U.S. Green Building Council is a coalition of leaders from across the building industry working to promote sustainable and green building practices and the developers of LEED.
• Urban Ecology uses urban planning, ecology, and public participation to help design and build healthier cities.
• World Resources Institute World Resources Institute researches climate change.

Technologies

• Energy Directory Alternative energy resource listings

Tools

• Sun angle calculator Sun angle calculator for passive solar designing

Sponsors

• True Nature Foods A source of natural foods and products from farmer to local grocer. Also a drop-off site for three independently owned and operated farms. Special thanks to owner Paula Companio and her staff.

Architects & Designers

• Bruce Goff Fearless design prodigy. From Kansas!
• Frei Otto A special gift for creating lightweight tent-like structures.
• Glenn Murcutt Chiefly admired among his contemporaries for creating an identifiably Australian idiom in domestic architecture.
• Jersey Devil Jersey Devil's architecture shows a concern for craft and detail, an attention to the expressiveness of the construction materials, and a strong environmental consciousness.
• Malcolm Wells This guy rocks! Dedicated to the promotion and discussion of: underground buildings, earth-sheltered architecture, eco-friendly design, and energy-efficient houses.
• R. Buckminster Fuller Inventor, architect, engineer, mathematician, poet, cosmologist.

Schools

• Yestermorrow The Yestermorrow Design/Build School is a dynamic learning community exploring and teaching the integrated creative process of designing and building a sustainable future. Vermont.