ORGANIZATIONS
- Rodale Institute: Resources for backyard organic gardening, composting, eating for people and the planet & supporting local regenerative farmers.
- Sierra Club: National grassroots environmental organization.
- 350.org: International organization focused on combating the climate crisis by ending fossil fuels and focusing on renewable energy.
- Kiss the Ground: Organization focused on regenerative agriculture and carbon sequestration.
- Regeneration International: Organization focused on the global transition to regenerative food, farming and land management for the purpose of restoring climate stability, ending world hunger and rebuilding deteriorated social, ecological and economic systems.
- Project Drawdown: Leading resource for climate solutions.
- Fibershed: Re-envisioning a system of regional and regenerative fiber systems.
- Land Institute: A science-based research organization dedicated to advancing perennial grain crops and polyculture farming solutions.
- Material Innovation Initiative: Accelerates the development of next-generation sustainable materials for the fashion, automotive, and home goods indus tries.
- Croatan Institute: nonprofit research institute whose mission is to harness the power of investment for social good and ecological resilience by working at the critical nexus where sustainability, finance, and economic development intersect.
- Welcome to Green America | www.greenamerica.org
- PA Solar Center Helps Organizations and Individuals Go Solar
- Pages| Rapid Assessment (sustainablepacommunitycertification.org) Sustainable PA Community certification
- https://www.choosecleanwater.org/
- https://stroudcenter.org/
- GreenBiz,
- Sustainable Brands
- Home (globalreporting.org) Global Reporting Initiative;
- Home – CDP Carbon Disclosure Project
- Insulation | Department of Energy
- Smart Thermostats | Products | ENERGY STAR
- DSIRE: Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency®
- The Principles: Passive House Institute US
- Find a Recycler
- Aim Plastic Free Challenge – Aim Plastic Free
INSPIRATION
Documentaries:
- Kiss the Ground Film
- An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
- Before the Flood
- The Story of Plastic
- The Man Who Stopped the Desert
- The Biggest Little Farm
- A Life on Our Planet
- Fantastic Fungi
- My Octopus Teacher
- Forks Over Knives
- Farmer’s Footprint
- Unbroken Ground
- Sustainable
- Virtual Reality Organic Farm Tour
- Panel: Climate Change & The Soil Carbon Solution
- Reed’s Organic Farm: Margate, NJ
Books:
- “The Future We Choose” by Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac
- “The Soil Will Save Us” by Kristen Ohlson
- “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” by Michael Pollan
- “Braiding Sweetgrass” by Robin Wall Kimmerer
- “Call of the Reed Warbler” by Charles Massey
- “EcoRenaissance” by Marci Zaroff
- “Drawdown” by Paul Hawken
- Cradle to Cradle by William McDonough
PODCASTS