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  Earth Day 2010 Online Resource Guide

 

Green Resources
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www.earthday.net (Contains news, events, resources, educational materials)

Green Guide Info Categories

Energy

Environmental Blogs

Food & Farmers' Markets

Green Goods & Services

Health & Beauty

Miscellaneous
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Recycling

Organizations

Energy

How big is your EcoFootprint?

Carbonfund (Offset your carbon emissions.)

Solarhome (All solar products)

Terrapass (Offset your carbon emissions.)

Environmental Blogs

Best Green Blogs (Love blogs? Then check out this website for a directory of the best green blogs.)

Ecogeek ("EcoGeek devotes its pages to exploring the symbiosis between
nature and technology.")

Ideal Bite (Advice on small things you can do to "go green")

No Impact Man (Writer Colin Beavan blogs about his family's one-year
experiment to live a no-impact lifestyle in New York City.)

Sustainablog (Blogging about environmental and economic sustainability)

Treehugger (All things green including job boards, forums, news, design, clothing, etc.)

Food & Farmers' Markets

Local Harvest (Locate farmers' markets, CSAs, restaurants, and sustainably-grown
food in your area.)

Organic (Find information on organic food, product reviews, store finder, Just for Kids, etc.)

Seed Savers Exchange (SSE is a non-profit organization who share and save heirloom seed.)

State of NJ Department of Agriculture (Features Jersey Fresh growing schedule)

World's Healthiest Foods (George Mateljan Foundation sponsored website on healthy eating. Contains recipes, nutritional information, and information on organic food.)

Green Goods & Services

Ecomall (An online shopping depot of green goods)

Environmental Home Store (Green building materials, design, installation;
located in Philadelphia)

Great Green Goods (Blogs green products such as jewelry, furniture, etc
made out of recycled materials.)

Organic Mattress Store (Organic mattress showroom in Hellertown, PA)

Reusable Bags (Online store of eco-friendly shopping, lunch, and recycled
bags and water bottles)

Terracycle Recycle drink pouches and snack bags for cash. They sell products made
from recycled materials.

White Lotus (Organic mattress and bedding store in New Brunswick, NJ)

Health & Beauty

Aubrey Organics (Certified organic skin and hair care)

Dr. Bronner's Soap (Fair trade, all natural soap)

Jason (Natural hair and skin care products)

Greenpeople (Online directory of eco-friendly health products)

Organizations
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Greenpeace

League of Conservation Voters

National Audubon Society

Sierra Club

Union of Concerned Scientists

Wilderness Society

World Wildlife Fund

Recycling

Reuse-a-Shoe Send your used athletic shoes to Nike and they'll recycle
them into a playground or basketball court surface.

Freecycle (Non-profit groups all over the world who are giving and
getting stuff for free so it stays out of landfills)

Morris County Municipal Utilities Authority

Recycling Centers (Locate recycling centers in your area.)

Rockaway Twp Recycling (Locate the recycling schedule under
the Health & Social Services tab.)

Yemm & Hart (Yemm & Hart is soliciting wine corks to be turned into
new materials. Check out the wine cork recycling link on the right side
of the homepage for information.)

Miscellaneous

CatalogChoice (Get rid of unwanted catalogs and save some paper.)

 

 

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