 Selected Internet
resources
Library
information
Library services
Media Services
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Selected bibliographies of materials available in the library, article databases, and other online resources.
Access to these resources may require authentication of affiliation with Skagit Valley College.
In the Library
eBook
America's environmental report card [ electronic resource] : are we making
the grade? / Harvey Blatt. Imprint Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press,
c2005.
eBook
Environmental change [electronic resource] : the evolving ecosphere
/ Richard John Huggett.London : Routledge, 2003.
337 WORLDWA No. 151
Micropower : the next electrical era / Seth Dunn. Washington, DC : Worldwatch Institute, c2000.
337 WORLDWA No.160
Reading the weathervane : climate policy from Rio to Johannesburg /
Seth Dunn. Washington, DC : Worldwatch Institute, c2002.
363.7 DESIGN
Designing a great neighborhood [videorecording] : behind the scenes at
Holiday / produced by the Sustainable Futures Society ;
funded by the U.S. EPA ; producer, David Wann ; narration, Evelyn Callaway.
363.738 INCONVE
An inconvenient truth [videorecording] / [presented by] Paramount Classics
and Participant Productions ; a Lawrence Bender/Laurie David production ;
directed by Davis Guggenheim ; produced by Laurie David, Lawrence Bender,
Scott Z. Burns ; executive producers, Jeff Skoll ... [et al.] ; co-producer,
Leslie Chilcott. Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount, c2006.
363.73874 DRAKE
Global warming : the science of climate change / Frances Drake.London : Arnold ;
New York : Co-published in the United States of America by Oxford University Press, 2000.
363.73874 FLANNER
The weather makers : how man is changing the climate and what it means for
life on Earth / Tim Flannery. New York : Atlantic Monthly
Press, c2005.
363.73874 GLOBAL
Global climate change / edited by Paul McCaffrey.Bronx, NY : H. W. Wilson Company, 2006.
381.3 ESCAPE
Escape from affluenza [videorecording] / producers, John de Graaf, Vivia Boe ; writer, John de Graaf ;
a co-production of KCTS Television and John de Graaf.
Articles
Links
1-800-RECYCLE
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The Washington State Department of Ecology maintains a database
of recycling opportunities available in Washington State.
Information from this database is available by calling
1-800-RECYCLE, the state’s toll-free recycling hotline, or by
accessing the database
online. |
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Good 2 Toss
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Online materials exchange for small or large quantities of used
or surplus building materials and large household items.
Regional areas in Washington include Skagit and Snohomish
counties. |
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World Institute for a Sustainable Humanity (AWISH)
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An international nonprofit organization working to provide
models and
support for life sustaining activities that integrate solutions
to poverty and the environment while fostering self-reliance. |
Climate
Debate Daily
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Site with links to scientific articles, news stories, economic
studies, polemics, historical articles, PR releases, editorials,
feature commentaries, and blog entries. Includes arguments and
evidence generally in support of the IPCC position on the
reality of significant anthropogenic global warming. *and*
material skeptical of the IPCC position and the notion that
anthropogenic global warming represents a genuine threat to
humanity. |
DOE
Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (EERE)
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Includes information on DOE programs for biomass, building,
vehicle, geothemal, hydrogen and fuel cells, industrial,
solar, wind and hydropower technologies. |
EPA
Climate Change
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Offers comprehensive information on the issue of climate change
in a way that is accessible and meaningful to all parts of
society – communities, individuals, business, states and
localities, and governments. Includes a greenhouse gasses
personal emissions calculator. |
Institute
for Agriculture and Trade Policy
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The IATP promotes resilient family farms, rural communities and
ecosystems around the world through research and education,
science and technology, and advocacy. |
Greenerchoices.org
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Web-based initiative to inform, engage, and empower consumers
about environmentally-friendly products and practices. Offers an
accessible, reliable, and practical source of information on
buying “greener” products that have minimal environmental impact
and meet personal needs. |
National Biodiesel Board
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The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) is the national trade association
representing the biodiesel industry as the coordinating body for research
and development in the United States.
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Northwest
Energy Coalition
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An
alliance of more than 100 environmental, civic, and human
service organizations, progressive utilities, and businesses in
Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Alaska and British Columbia
promoting development of renewable energy and energy
conservation, consumer protection, low-income energy assistance,
and fish and wildlife restoration on the Columbia and Snake
rivers.
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Solar
Energy International (SEI)
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Provides provides education and training to decision makers,
technicians and users of renewable energy sources; expertise to
plan, engineer and implement sustainable development projects;
local and online workshops; information and links to additional
resources; and works cooperatively with grassroots and
development organizations to meet sustainable development goals
with renewable energies, and |
Sustainable
Agriculture Research and Education (SARE)
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Since 1988, the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE)
program has helped advance farming systems that are profitable,
environmentally sound and good for communities through a
nationwide research and education grants program. The program,
part of USDA's
Cooperative
State Research, Education, and Extension Service, funds projects
and conducts outreach designed to improve agricultural systems. |
Washington
State Deparment of Agriculture
Organic Food Program
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The program provides technical information about organic food
production and assists in the development of markets for the
organic food industry.
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Washington
State Department of Ecology
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Includes information on air, land, water, toxics and waste
programs to prevent and clean up pollution, and support
sustainable communities and natural resources in the state of
Washington. |
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