Activism > Environment > Housing Summary This document provides access to resources and information for building green sustainable buildings, homes, and communities. Home Carbon Calculator This interactive tool shows the difference the average household can make, in the equivalent trees planted and flights saved. [View] Featured Resources Our currently featured resources are: The PVcase “Guide… Continue reading Building Green Sustainable Buildings, Homes, and Communities
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Wal-Mart Live Better Campaign Sustainability and Health
Effective Living Summary. In April 2007 Wal-Mart introduced the Sustainability branch of their Live Better Campaign. The Live Better Index looks at consumer spending habits and preferences to make observations about the collective consumer consciousness. Regarding the sustainability index: “At the six month mark of the Index, updated October 17 2007, adoption rates for eco-friendly products… Continue reading Wal-Mart Live Better Campaign Sustainability and Health
Water doesn’t grow on trees…
“Water doesn’t grow on trees, but trees grow on water.” – Gregory Paul Johnson
Small House Education and Workshops for Sustainable Living
Effective Living > Small House Society > Resources The Small House Movement has inspired the growth of many small house workshops and education opportunities. Below is a listing of education and workshop opportunities related to smaller and more sustainable living. Please contact us if you know of any other resources that should be added to… Continue reading Small House Education and Workshops for Sustainable Living
Environmental Resource Group
Click here to visit the Environmental Resource Group Featured Iowa Links GO Iowa! Pontiac Prescription Drug Disposal Program
Nothing But Nets, Activism Leveraging Simple Things for a Big Impact
The Nothing But Nets campaign is using something as simple as nets to save lives in Africa. From the NothingButNets.net website: Nothing But Nets is a grassroots campaign to save lives by preventing malaria, a leading killer of children in Africa. While the UN Foundation has been working with the UN to fight malaria for… Continue reading Nothing But Nets, Activism Leveraging Simple Things for a Big Impact
Fuel Efficient Automobile Technology – Open Letter from the NPR Car Talk Hosts
The following letter about fuel efficient automobile technology is an open letter to the U.S. Congress from Tom and Ray Magliozzi — of the National Public Radio show Car Talk. Tom and Ray Magliozzi Box 3500 Harvard Square Cambridge MA 02238 Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming United States House of Representatives Washington… Continue reading Fuel Efficient Automobile Technology – Open Letter from the NPR Car Talk Hosts
Resources for Life Welcomes GO Iowa!
GO Iowa! is a new website at Resources for Life that represents the efforts of a number of volunteers who care about the preservation and enhancement of Iowa’s Great Outdoors, land and other natural resources.It is intended as an information resource for those who are also working to promote these ends, in a belief that… Continue reading Resources for Life Welcomes GO Iowa!
Greenbelts
“A Greenbelt is a ring of open land that encircles an urban area. Once a Greenbelt is established it is available to the public for recreational uses, such as hiking and biking trails, golf, parks, hunting and fishing, as well as farming, wildlife preservation, and many other purposes.” — From the GO Iowa! website.
World’s Largest Marine Protected Area
By Associated Press RAY LILLEY Updated: 2/21/2008 WELLINGTON, New Zealand The tiny islands nation of Kiribati declared the world’s largest marine protected area Thursday — a California-sized ocean wilderness that includes pristine reefs and eight coral atolls teeming with fish and birds. The Phoenix Islands Protected Area, or PIPA, lies about halfway between Hawaii and… Continue reading World’s Largest Marine Protected Area
Home Heating
Compact Heaters. For smaller spaces, radiant heaters are an excellent choice since forced air furnaces usually are designed to service larger spaces. Dickinson Marine offers marine heating systems designed for use in tight spaces such as a boat cabin (or small house). Their heaters run on diesel, LP (propane) gas, or solid fuels such as… Continue reading Home Heating
Native American Thanksgiving
“We send thanks to all the Animal life in the world. They have many things to teach us as people. We are glad they are still here and we hope it will always be so.” – Exerpt from the Thanksgiving Address, Mohawk version, quote printed on pages 24 and 25 in all new U.S. Passports