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References & Links

Planning “Green” Meetings and Conferences

• Green Meetings
  A one pager with tips for planning meetings and links to other great resources
  

Water Conservation

• How to Conserve Water and Use It Effectively

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

• U.S. Department of Energy's Efficiency and Renewable Energy Site

• Energy Services and Energy Efficiency Resources available from GA

• Washington State Incentives for Solar Energy

• EPA Energy Star
  Internet-Based Training (no cost) to show how to incorporate energy efficiency into an organization's planning process. Participants in these live sessions exchange ideas on a toll-free conference call while logged into a presentation on the Internet. They interact with experienced energy or financial consultants during a 30 to 60 minute session.

Environmentally Preferable Purchasing

• Northwest Paper Forum

• Green Procurement - Topic Hub

• Life Cycle Assessment for Purchasing Agents - PowerPoint Slide Show

• EPA Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Website

Resources For Finding Alternatives to Products with Persistent Toxics

• INFORM - Purchasing for Pollution Prevention
  A site designed to help federal, state, and local governments purchase safer alternatives to products containing persistent, bioaccumulative toxic chemicals (PBTs) such as mercury, lead, and dioxins.

• Researching products - Washington Toxics Coalition
  A guide to using the internet for researching toxics of common household products.

Grounds Maintenance

• Low Impact Development for Landscapes

• City of Seattle and King County Plan to Eliminate Hazardous Pesticides

Low Polluting Vehicles and Fleet Issues

• EPA Guide to Green Vehicles

• Alternative Fuels for Fleet Vehicles

• Puget Sound Clean Cities Coalition

Green Building and Remodeling Resources

• Healthy Building Network
  Promotes healthy building materials as a means of improving public health and preserving the global environment.

• Green Building Resources from GA

• US Green Building Council

Other State, Local and Federal Programs on Sustainable Practices

• Thurston County Recycling

• City of Olympia Residential Recycling

• Who's Who in Litter Pickup

• Sustainable Fort Lewis

• Vermont Clean State Council

• Massachusetts Office of Sustainability

• City of Palo Alto Sustainability Plan

• City of Seattle's Office of Sustainability and Environment

• University Leaders for a Sustainable Future

Sustainable Business Programs

• World Business Council for Sustainable Development

• Kinko's Sustainability Report

• Network for Business Innovation and Sustainability/Northwest

• Federal Network for Sustainability

• U.S. Army Installation Sustainability Program

Climate Change

• About Climate Change - Climate Solutions

General Resources for Understanding Sustainability

• The Natural Step

• The Conservation Economy

• World Resources Institute

• Smart Communities Network

Sustainable Business

• Sustainable Business.Com

• Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution

Funding Opportunities

• Funding for Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency or Pollution Prevention Projects

How to Calculate Environmental Benefit/Savings

• Production Energy Consumption for Different Virgin and Recycled Packaging Materials

• Bonneville Environmental Foundation
  How much CO2 and other greenhouse gasses (CO2e) do your activities create? Fill in the blanks in our CO2 emissions calculator to find out.

• Paper Calculator - Calculate Emissions from Different Types of Paper

• Other Sources for Translating Paper Use Into Direct Environmental Impacts and Resources Used

• Environmental Protection Agency's Estimate on Vehicle Pollution Generation
  It can be extrapolated to a fleet or vehicles nationwide.
  

For General Employee Education

• Ecological Footprint - Calculate your ecological footprint. This quiz estimates how much productive land and water you need to support what you use and what you discard. After answering 15 easy questions you'll be able to compare your Ecological Footprint to what other people use and to what is available on this planet.

• Great Green Web Game - This game tests your knowledge of how consumer choices affect the environment. As you answer questions and 'shop green', the Envirometer gauges the cumulative impact of your choices. The centerpoint on the Envirometer represents the impact of an average American household -- at the end of the game you can compare this average to your own impact on air quality, water quality, natural habitats, and the sustainability of our climate.