What is your Carbon Footprint and ways to reduce it and "Go Green"

 

The Climate Trust - Fight Climate Change

http://www.carboncounter.org/

 

The Green Guide from National Geographic

http://www.thegreenguide.com/

 

Act Green - from Scholastic and especially for kids!

http://www.scholastic.com/actgreen/

 

Carbonfund.org is a leading nonprofit provider of verified carbon offsets, fighting climate change and hastening the transition to a clean energy future

http://www.carbonfund.org/

 

The Daily Green: the consumers guide to the green revolution

http://www.thedailygreen.com/

 

Low Impact Living - helps you lower the environmental impact of your home and your daily life

http://www.lowimpactliving.com

 

 

Composting & Recycling

 

A hub for all composting information

http://www.howtocompost.org/

 

United States Dept of Agriculture � Natural Resources Conservation Service

http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/FEATURE/backyard/compost.html

 

Earth 911 delivers actionable local information on recycling and product stewardship that empowers consumers to act locally, live responsibly and contribute to sustainability.

http://earth911.org/

 

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle from the Environmental Protection Agency

http://www.epa.gov/osw/conserve/rrr/index.htm

 

Real Simple Recycling A-Z from ABC News

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/SmartHome/story?id=5998756&page=1

 

 

 

Energy Use

 

RMI's Home Energy Briefs (HEBs) are a series of nine practical guides describing what the average homeowner can do to save energy http://nc.rmi.org/Page.aspx?pid=217&srcid=217

 

ENERGYguide is your unbiased guide to the myriad of energy options that are available to you - http://www.energyguide.com/default.asp

 

Energy Savers: Tips on Saving Energy & Money at home from the U.S. Dept. of Energy

http://www1.eere.energy.gov/consumer/tips/

 

Alliance to Save Energy � Creating an energy efficient world

http://www.ase.org/section/_audience/consumers

 

 

 

 

Building a Green Building

 

U.S. Green Building Council

http://www.greenhomeguide.org/

 

National Association of Home Builders - Model Green Home Building Guidelines

http://www.nahb.org/publication_details.aspx?publicationID=1994�ionID=155

 

Green Building from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

http://www.epa.gov/greenbuilding/

 

Consumer Guide from the NH Sustainable Energy Association

http://www.nhsea.org/resource/NHSEA_Consumer_Resource_Guide.pdf