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Please send your suggestions for additional resources to share with the CSMC community to: CSMCwebmaster@gmail.com.
The materials below are arranged under the following topics:
2. Sustainable Communities
3. Local Issues
4. Personal Actions
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Note: Access Monterey Peninsula (AMP) screens 'Peak Moments TV', sponsored by Sustainable Monterey County, which shows videos that cover many of the subjects listed below and more. This local station also records and broadcasts video of important local sustainability events. To see a complete listing of their videos click here. For what is showing currently, enter “Peak” in the AMP program listings search form.
Climate Change
- Introduction to Climate Change – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming
- US Climate Change Science Program : Executive Summary – http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap3-3/final-report/sap3-3-final-ExecutiveSummary.pdf
Peak Oil and Renewable Energy
- The Oil Drum: Discussions about energy and our future – http://www.theoildrum.com/
- Introduction to the issues of Peak Oil – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_oil
- Energy Bulletin – http://www.energybulletin.net/
- Introduction to Renewable Energy – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energy
Water
- Water Conserve: water conservation portal and search engine – http://www.waterconserve.org/
- Introduction to water conservation – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_conservation
Waste Management
- The Story of Stuff - see the full video and related information on this website
- Introduction to waste management and recycling – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recycling
Food
- News and Information – http://www.treehugger.com/food_health/
- San Francisco Food Shed Report – http://www.farmland.org/programs/states/ca/Feature%20Stories/San-Francisco-Foodshed-Report.asp
- Ecological Farming Association – http://www.eco-farm.org/
Green Building, Smart Growth and Transportation
- Introduction to Smart Growth – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_growth
- Introduction to Green Building – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_building
- Smart Growth America – http://www.smartgrowthamerica.org/
- Cars and Transportation: News and Information – http://www.treehugger.com/cars_transportation/
2. Sustainable Communities
Check the Transition Initiative page on this website for an overview of CSMC as a Transition Initiative and for links to more information about the Transition model.
The Transitions movement emerged from the principles of Permaculture - http://www.permaculture.org/nm/index.php/site/index/
For a related approach, see also: http://www.foundationofsustainableliving.org
For other information about sustainable communities:
- Introduction to sustainable communities – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_communities
- Smart Communities: Creating Energy Smart Communities – http://www.smartcommunities.ncat.org/
- Community solutions: What can we do about Peak Oil and climate change? The community is the solution. – http://www.communitysolution.org/
Water
- Central Coast Rainwater Harvesting – http://www.ccrwh.com/
Harvesting Rain: Addressing Water Needs of the Monterey Peninsula – Bryce Kantz - Monterey County Water Recycling Projects: A Case Study – http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11241&page=187
- Water Awareness Committee of Monterey County – http://www.waterawareness.org/activities.php
Transportation
- Transportation Agency for Monterey County – http://www.tamcmonterey.org/
- Bicycling - http://www.bicyclingmonterey.com/
Ft. Ord Development
Information about preserving wild space at Ft. Ord and designating it as a National Monument
Green Business
- The Monterey Bay Green Business Certification program - http://www.montereybaygreenbusiness.org/
- Local Green Shopping, including Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) - For vegetables: http://jporganics.com/ (Note: There are other local CSA choices, in addition to farmer's markets) For fish: http://www.localcatchmontereybay.com/
- What you can do at home – http://www.sustainablepg.org/program/at_home.php
- How to go on a carbon diet – http://www.carbondiet.ca/
- Evaluations of products in your home for safety, health and impact on the environment – http://www.goodguide.com/
- Energy calculators, including carbon footprint calculators – http://www.greenerchoices.org/calculators.cfm
- Sustainable Seafood Choices – SeaWatch from Monterey Bay Aquarium – http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/seafoodwatch.aspx
- Green cleaning - Suggestions
