Living Green

Green Terminology

• 1800 Recycling Green Glossary

Living Green at Home

• Energy Star Program
  
• Alliant Energy              
  
• National Geographic Green Guide--quizzes
  
• Green Renter
  
• Low Impact Living
  
• Kill A Watt Meter—measures efficiency of home/work appliances                 Checkout at any county library--if not available, reserve to get
  
  

Living Green with your Auto

• Be Car Care Aware
  
• The Car Connection (green car reports lower left of page)
• Dept. of Energy: Vehicles
    
  

Living Paperless

• Paperless Office and Home
  
• Direct Market Association (cancel unwanted ads, etc.)
  
• Treasury Direct 
  

Food and Gardening

• National Gardening Association
  
• WI Community Gardens:  FEEDS (Food & Ecosystem Educational Demonstration Sites)
  Can also be found in the UW Extension Staff Directory
  
• REAP (Research, Education, Action and Policy on Food Group) - REAP created this atlas
  
• FDA – How to read a nutrition label
  (Move to Label 4, PDF view and click below the label to view in a larger size)

Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose, Upcycle, Recycle

• Earth911 - largest and most accurate recycling directory in the U.S.
  
• EPA Environmental Protection Agency --Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
  
• Freecycle 
  
• WI Department of Natural Resources - WI Markets Recycling Directory
• WI DNR Ecycle -Electronics Recycling
• WI DNR - Database of WI sites
  
• WasteCap Direct  - Directory of construction/demolition recycling companies and locations.
  
• Habitat for Humanity ReStore - 320 E. Milwaukee Street Janesville, WI
  
• Recycling for Charities - Protecting the earth while helping charities
  

Energy Effiency

• U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency
  and Renewable Energy (EERE)
  
• American Solar Energy Society (ASES) -  nation's leading association of solar professionals & advocates.
  
• Alliant Energy -   View Save Energy & Money
  
• Carbon Footprint Calculator 
  

Information Resources

• DSIRE—DSIRE--N.C. (Solar Center and the Interstate Renewable Energy Council)
  
• Sustainability Ninja  -  (right side Survival)
  
• Environmental Career Center - Environmental Career Center (ECC) for
  Job Seekers in field
  
  

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