Big Bend Climate Action Team Resource List 

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INFORMATIONAL WEBSITES DEALING WITH CLIMATE AND ENERGY

 

     Climate Science:

Science at NASA

Real Climate

Natural Resources Defense Council

Environmental Defense

     Green Building

U.S. DOE Sustainable Design Program

Austin Energy's Green Building Program

Santa Monica's Green Building Program

U.S. Green Building Council & LEED

Premier Pro-Energy Homes

GoodCents Energy Efficiency Programs

EWEB Energy-Efficient Homes

Green Roofs in Urban Landscapes

Austin Energy's S.M.A.R.T. housing

     Distributed Generation

DG Monitor

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     Investments in Alternative Energy

New Alternatives Fund

     Local Governments for Sustainability

ICLEI

     Energy Efficiency

Austin Energy's efficiency programs

Best Practices in energy efficiency

American Council for an Energy-

Efficient Economy

Alliance to Save Energy (ASE)

Apollo Alliance

Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance

League of Conservation Voters

    

     Renewable Energy

Florida Solar Energy Center

DSIRE

Renewable Energy Access (News)

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FLORIDA GOVERNMENT WEBSITES DEALING WITH CLIMATE AND ENERGY

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STATE OF FLORIDA  

Governor Crist's office

Governor's Action Team on Climate Change

Department of Community Affairs

Department of Environmental Protection

Florida Public Service Commission

 

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CITY OF TALLAHASSEE

BBCAT'S TALLAHASSEE & FLORIDA ALLIES

ALA  American Lung Association, Florida branch    (http://www.lungfla.org/aspcode/index.asp)

Apalachee Audubon Society    (Eric Draper, 222-2473)   (http://www.apalachee.org/)

Big Bend Sierra Club     (Gary Lloyd, shawlloyd@earthlink.net) (http://florida.sierraclub.org/)

Capital Medical Society        (http://www.capmed.org/index.htm)

CURG  Citizens United for Responsible Growth  (Scott Hannahs, sth@curg.org)     (http://www.curg.org/)

EAoNF "Enough") Environmental Alliance of North Florida     (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EANoF/)

Environment Florida   (Holly Binns, 224-3321)   (http://www.environmentflorida.org/)

FPIRG (Florida Public Interest Research Group) (http://floridapirg.org/FL.asp?id2=8326&id3=FL&)

FWF  Florida Wildlife Federation   (Dorothy Routh, 925-6393)   (http://www.fwfonline.org/)

HOE  Heart of the Earth    (LucyAnn Walker-Fraser, 487-9168)   (http://www.heartoftheearth.org)

JAXGREEN Jacksonville Carbon Neutral Initiative (http://jaxgreen.org/)

LWVT  League of Women Voters of Tallahassee    (http://www.lwvfla.org/)    (lwvf1@comcast.net)

SING  Save It Now, Glades!  (http://www.saveitnowglades.org/)

SNCA Sarasota Network for Climate Action (http://www.sarasotaclimate.org/index.html)

TRUE  Taylor Residents United for the Environment  

    (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SaveTaylorCountyFloridaResidents/messages/2088)

OTHER CLIMATE ACTIVISTS, U.S. and CANADA

Georgia:

Friends of the Chattahoochee (Georgia) (http://www.friendsofthechattahoochee.org/)

Georgia Center for Law in the Public Interest (http://cleangeorgia.org/cleangeorgia/home/)

Chesapeake region:

Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN) (www.ccan.org)

Southeast:

Southern Energy Network (http://www.climateaction.net/)

New England:

Massachusetts Climate Action Network (MCAN) (http://www.massclimateaction.org/)

California:

California Climate Action Registry (http://www.climateregistry.org/Default.aspx?refreshed=true)

Nationwide:

U.S. Climate Action Partnership (USCAP) (http://www.us-cap.org/)

Clean Air Task Force (http://www.catf.us/projects/power_sector/)

Sierra Club's "Stopping the Coal Rush" effort (http://www.sierraclub.org/environmentallaw/coal/)

Canada:

Climate Action Network Canada (http://www.climateactionnetwork.ca/e/)

International:

International Climate Action Network (http://www.climatenetwork.org/)

 RECOMMENDED TV AND FILMS

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TV RERUNS                                             

The Global Warming Comedy Show

Too Hot Not to Handle

Global Warming (Tom Brokaw)

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WEEKLY TV SHOWThe Climate Code with Dr. Heidi Cullen

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FILMS

An Inconvenient Truth

The Great Warming

The Heat Is On

RECOMMENDED BOOKS

The Prize - The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power (by Daniel Yergin)

Big Coal - The Dirty Secret behind America's Energy Future (by Jeff Goodell)

The Weather Makers - How Man Is Changing the Climate (by Tim Flannery)

Red Sky at Morning - America and the Crisis of the Global Environment (by James

Gustave Speth)

Insurmountable Risks: Dangers of Using Nuclear Power to Combat Global Climate

Change (by Brice Smith)

The Long Emergency - Surviving the Converging Catastrophes of the 21st Century

           (by James Howard Kunstler)

Heat: How to Stop the Planet from Burning (by George Monbiot)

Plan B 2.0: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble ( by Lester R.

Brown)

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