These references are just the tip of the iceberg in this very large topic. Researching any of these topics will give you many more references. We have made a great effort to be sure that all these references are current. However, at any time these sites may be changed or under construction. We apologize in advance if that occurs with any of these sites.
Opening page
Opening collage made by Ben W. using
Photoshop with pictures from Picfndr.com
Music in the opening video was written and played by Ben W.
Home-Sustainability
Information here was assimilated and gleaned from:
Wright, Dr. Richard T. Environmental Science¸ 8th Edition. Upper Saddle River, Prentice-all, 2002.
Human Needs
Bothner, Mike. Turning Point in Boston Harbor Clean-up. http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2000/10/
Ocean Dumping grounds. http://marinebio.org/Oceans/OceanDumping.asp
Saving What Remains. http://rainforests.mongabay.com/10wotango.htm
Sharma, Mukul. Tackling over-harvesting. http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1619/16190660.htm
Environmental Equilibrium
Sustainable Food Production and Consumption. The University of California: Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program.
http://www.consumersinternational.org/Templates/News.asp?NodeID=90168v
Feenstra, Gail ,What is Sustainable Agriculture? http://www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/concept.htm.
Ecosystems
Wright, Dr. Richard. Environmental Science¸ 8th Edition. Upper Saddle River, Prentice-Hall, 2002
Food supply
FAO Report - Enough Food in the Future. http://www.ucsusa.org/food_and_environment/genetic_engineering/world-food-supply.htm
Human Appropriation of the World’s Food Supply. http://www.globalchange.umich.edu/globalchange2/current/lectures/food_supply/food.htm
Raloff, Janet. Global Food Trends. http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20030531/food.asp
Sustainable Approach to Agriculture. http://www.ucsusa.org/food_and_environment/sustainable_food/the-sustainable-approach-to-agriculture.html
Sustainable Food Production and Constumption. http://www.consumersinternational.org/Templates/News.asp?NodeID=90168v
Yarrow, David. Trace Elements, Topsoil and Health. http://www.championtrees.org/topsoil/tracesoil.htm
Water Supply
Dukhovnyl, Viktor. http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/Socialstd/MSPAP/Dying_Aral.html
Investigation on Soil-Aquifer Treatment for Sustainable Water Reuse. http://www.fulton.asu.edu/civil/ncsws/projects.html
Sustainable Water Supply System. http://www2.irc.nl/manage/whatisit/sustain.html
The Aral Sea. http://enrin.grida.no/aral/aralsea/english/arsea/arsea.htm
Overharvesting
Kendrick, Brian. Why Should the Average Person Be Concerned About the Depletion of the Rain Forests.
http://www.asms.net/rtc/199697/BrianKendrick.html
Mammal Species Decline in Face of Over-Hunting, Habitat Loss, Climate Change.
http://www.worldwatch.org/node/124
Ocean Pilferage and Depletion of Marine Life. http://www.siamcanadian.com/reef-cod/pilferage.htm
Pretty Mermaids are Always Over fishing for Compliments. http://www.grinningplanet.com/2005/06-07/overfishing-article.htm
Rain Forest Facts. http://www.rain-tree.com/facts.htm
The Coming Global Oil Crisis. http://www.oilcrisis.com/
Overharvesting. http://ology.amnh.org/biodiversity/goinggoinggone/pages/overharvesting.html
Waste Disposal
Beijing to Launch First-ever Garbage Burning Plant Beijing to Launch First-ever Garbage Burning Plant. http://www.china.org.cn/english/environment/160953.htm
Garbage—How Can My Community Reduce Waste. http://www.learner.org/exhibits/garbage/intro.html
Waste Disposal. http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761569634/Solid_Waste_Disposal.html#461534115
Burning Waste. http://www.dec.state.ak.us/eh/sw/Factsheets/Burning.pdf
Florida county plans to vaporize landfill trash. http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-09-09-fla-county-trash_x.htm
Waste to Energy. http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/saving/recycling/solidwaste/wastetoenergy.html
Pollution Issues
Air Pollution
Air Pollution. http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761577413/Air_Pollution.html
CBS News. Eye on Air Pollution. http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/dirty_air/framesource.html
Indoor and Outdoor Air Pollution. http://www.lbl.gov/Education/ELSI/pollution-main.html
The Patriot News. Study Blasts Use of More Coal Burning Plants. http://healthandenergy.com/coal.htm
Soil Pollution
Shen, Li. National Soil Pollution Survey Planned. http://www.china.org.cn/english/China/175191.htm
Soil Pollution. http://greenpack.rec.org/soil/problems_and_threats_to_the_soil/03-03-03.shtml
Soil Pollution. http://library.thinkquest.org/C0110400/usr/www/tqteams/tqic/2001/C0110400/4cs folder/soil.html
Trevors, Jack C. Water, Air & Soil Pollution. http://www.environmental-expert.com/magazine/springer /wasp/index.asp
Water Pollution
Health impacts of water pollution. http://edugreen.teri.res.in/explore/water/health.htm
Kaminsky, Peter. Water Pollution. http://www.bergen.org/AAST/Projects/ES/WS/pollution.html
Krantz, David and Brad Kifferstein. Water Polluton and Society. http://www.umich.edu/~gs265/society/waterpollution.htm
Ocean Dumping Grounds. http://marinebio.org/Oceans/OceanDumping.asp
Water Pollution. http://www.units.muohio.edu/dragonfly/water/h2oindex.shtml
Dr. Richard Wright. Environmental Science¸ 8th Edition. Upper Saddle River, Prentice-Hall, 2002.
Smart Growth
About Smart Growth. http://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/about_sg.htm
About Smart Growth. http://www.smartgrowth.org/about/default.asp?res=1024
Exhaustive study shows power of walkable neighborhoods to reduce driving while succeeding in the marketplace. http://www.smartgrowthamerica.org/
Co-housing
Success Stories.http://www.smartcommunities.ncat.org/success/village.shtml
Sustainable Communities. http://www.sustainableenterprises.com/Community/
What is Co-housing? http://www.cohousing.org/overview.aspx
What is Co-housing? http://www.whdc.com/what_is_cohousing.shtml
Building Green
Building Green Basics. http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/greenbuilding/Basics.htm#Elements
Did You Know? http://globalgreen.org/greenbuilding/
Fiber-cement Siding. http://www.toolbase.org/Technology-Inventory/walls/fiber-cement-siding
Green Building Technology Data Base. http://www.ncgreenbuilding.org/site/ncg/public/show_project.cfm?project_id=192
Getting Started. http://www.lowimpactliving.com/pages/getting-started/getting-started
Goffman, Ethan. Green Buildings - Preserving the Human Habitat. http://www.gvrd.bc.ca/BuildSmart/pdfs/csadiscoveryguide.pdf
Recycled Building Materials. http://www.sustainableabc.com/recycled.html
What is Co-housing? http://www.cohousing.org/overview.aspx
Transportation
Check out Vanpooling. http://www.sacramento-tma.org/vanpool.html
Sustainable Transportation Introduction. http://www.smartcommunities.ncat.org/transprt/trintro.shtml
Transportation. http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/sustainable/
Transportation and Sustainable Communities. http://scitech.dot.gov/partners/sustran/index.html
Vanpooling. http://www.co.loudoun.va.us/transportation/vanpool.htm
Renewable Energy
25 Percent Renewable Energy by 2025 Possible for USA. http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/nov2006/2006-11-13-05.asp
Clean Energy Technology and a Vision for Victory. http://www.eere.energy.gov/
Renewable Energy. www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/renewable/renewable.html
Renewable Energy in Industrialized Countries. http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/solar.renewables/renewable.energy.annual/backgrnd/chap12b.htm
Renewable Energy in Industrialized Countries. www.energy.gov/energysources/index.htm
Renewable Energy Generators—Australia, LTD. http://www.rega.com.au/Documents/Publications/REGA%20Submission%20-%20Geosequestration%20Inquiry.pdf.
Renewables—Global Status Report. http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/solar.renewables/page/trends/table1.html
Welcome to the Green Energy website. http://www.nef.org.uk/greenenergy/index.htm
Resource Depletion
As the Drill Bit Turns. http://fi.edu/guide/dukerich/energy_us.html
Cambodia: Depletion of Timber Resources. http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/search.aspx?q=resource+depletion&Submit2=Go
Leeman, William P. http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~leeman/aNR.html
The Oil Reserve Fallacy. http://www.radford.edu/~wkovarik/oil/
Urban Decay
Bloomberg, Michael. http://home2.nyc.gov/portal/site/nycgov/menuitem.c0935b9a57bb4ef3daf2f1c701c789a0/index.jsp?pageID=mayor_press_release&catID=1194&doc_name=http%3A%2F%2Fhome2.nyc.gov%2Fhtml%2Fom%2Fhtml%2F2006b%2Fpr432-06.html&cc=unused1978&rc=1194&ndi=1
Broken Windows Thesis. http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O88-brokenwindowsthesis.html
Crime Rate. http://search1.nyc.gov/search?output=xml_no_dtd&site=default_collection&proxystylesheet=default_frontend&client=default_frontend&q=crime+rate
Urban Problems—Urban Decay. http://www.scalloway.org.uk/sett17.htm
Urban Sprawl
Barry, Patrick L. Urban Sprawl: the Big Picture. http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2002/11oct_sprawl.htm Solving Sprawl. http://www.nrdc.org/cities/smartGrowth/nsolve.asp?gclid=CJ2L9MSEpYsCFSJGgQodmH-JeQ
Renewable Energy
Cogeneration. http://www.energy.rochester.edu/cogen
Energy Conservation. www.earth911.org/master.asp?s=lib&a=Energy/energy.asp
Evolution Series Locomotive.http://ge.ecomagination.com/@v=020220071742@/site/index.html
Hybrid Cars. http://eartheasy.com/live_hybrid_cars.htm
Thirty Days to Sustainability. http://www.energyconservationinfo.org
Sustainable Cities
Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
Attractions. http://www.chattanoogafun.com/Attractions/
Home: About.http://www.chattanooga.gov/General_Government/62_305.htm
Curbita, Brazil, SA
Curbita, Brazil Three decades of thoughtful city planning. http://www.dismantle.org/curitiba.htm
Curitiba Travel Guide. http://www.world66.com/southamerica/brazil/curitiba
Curitiba and its visionary mayor. http://www.globalideasbank.org/site/bank/idea.php?ideaId=2236
Harper-Bellis, Mary. A City Managed By Common Sense. http://www.catpress.com/bplanet9/e9mary3.htm
Adelaide, AU
Girardet, Herbert. Creating a Sustainable Adelaide. http://www.thinkers.sa.gov.au/images/Girardet_Final_Report_A3.pdf
Solar City Case Study: Adelaide, Australia. http://www.martinot.info/solarcities/adelaide.htm
Others
Austin Sustainable Communities Initiative. http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/sustainable/
What Can You Do?
How to Recycle Your Computer. http://www.computertakeback.com/
Mann, Alison. 5 Recycling Tips. https://ssl.thegreenguide.com/docprem-new.mhtml?i=78&s=recyclingtips
Recycle City. http://www.epa.gov/recyclecity/
Conclusion
Easter Island Home Page. http://www.netaxs.com/trance/rapanui.html
Easter Island in Words and Pictures. http://www.mysteriousplaces.com/Easter_Island/
Ponting, Clive. A Green History of the World: The Environment and the Collapse of Great Civilizations.
Ponting, Clive. The Lessons of Easter Island. http://www.primitivism.com/easter-island.htm
Photographs
All Photographs on this Site were taken
from one of the following ources unless noted otherwise:
- http://www.freefoto.com
- http://picfndr.com
- http://flickr.com
- http://sxc.hu
Site Indexing
Search Indexing Provided by Zoom Search Enginer Indexer: http://www.wrensoft.com/zoom/
