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Activism & Politics
> 1Sky
> Climate Dialogues
> Ella Baker Center for Human Rights (Oakland organization eading the way on green collar job initatives)
> Seattle Climate Action
Business
Celebrations, Gifts & Parties
> Holiday Parenting
Clothing
> SolesUnited (recycle your used crocs into shoes for people in other parts of the world)
Email Campaigns
> Natural Resources Defense Council
> American Rivers Action Alerts
Energy
Education about the Climate Crisis
> An Inconvenient Truth
> Environmental Health News
> Oceans of Stuff
> Story of Stuff
> Grist
> Treehugger
> Worldchanging
Entertainment
> Swaptree (trade books, music, video games for FREE! well, the price of shipping. it really works.)
Food & Drink
> Kleen Kanteen
> SIGG Bottles
Health & Beauty
> Skin Deep (extremely useful cosmetic safety database)
> Campaign for Safe Cosmetics (learn about the toxic cosmetics industry)
> Not Just A Pretty Face (Stacy Malkan's Toxic Beauty Blog)
> Home Spa (recipes for homemade grooming and beauty products)
> Pollution in People (scary report about the chemicals found in our bodies)
Home
> Care2 (how to make a non-toxic cleaning kit)
> Washington Toxics Coalition (healthy homes)
> Greener Buildings (green building practices for professionals but still useful if you're remodeling)
> Make Mine Green (evaluates your home or building project for maximum green-efficiency)
Kids & Parenting
> Healthy Toys (a database of toxic-free toys)
> Toxic-Free Toys
> I Buy Different (teaches older kids about the impact of their consumption)
> Planet Happy Kids (the coolest sustainable toy shop EVER!)
> Real Mama (useful website with lots of great green parenting suggestions)
Local Resources
> Cool Pennsylvania Partners
Money & Budgets
Shopping
> Story of Stuff
> Craigslist (all kinds of used items)
> Freecycle (all kinds of free items)
> Swaptree (trade books, music, video games for FREE! well, the price of shipping. it really works.)
> Greener Design (interesting news about changes in the industrial design of our products)
> U and I Trade (trade your outgrown family gear with other families)
Technology
> Greener Computing (resources for environmentally responsible computing)
Transportation
Urban Agriculture (aka Grow Your Own!)
> Backyard Chickens (for the urban chicken wrangler)
> Container Gardening (grow your veggies in containers)
> Square-Foot Gardening (how to set up a square-foot garden anywhere)
> Grow Your Own Food (great detailed plans for a big garden)
> Kitchen Gardeners International (lots of useful information for the small urban garden)
> Seattle Tilth Garden Hotline (call or email your gardening questions)
> Urban Gardening Help (lots of useful suggestions for the beginning urban gardener)
> Urban Tilth (inspiring Contra Costa County to grow 5% of their own food supply)
> Vertical Farm (an urban vision of the future)
Waste & Recycling
> SolesUnited (recycle your used crocs into shoes for people in other parts of the world)
> How Can I Recycle This? (moderately useful but highly entertaining)
Water
> American Rivers
> The Groundwater Foundation (educating and motivating people to care for and about groundwater)
> The World's Water (biannual report on the world's freshwater resources)
> Pacific Institute (research on water for people and the planet)
> Food & Water Watch (wants to ban privitization of water for profit)
> Water Use It Wisely (great site with lots of suggestions for ways to conserve water)
> The Water Page (lots of useful resources on water conservation - thanks to the students at Brighter Futures for the great tip!)
Work & Business
> Green Biz (daily news & resources on green businesses and sustainable practices)
> Greener Buildings (news about green building developments)
Yards & Gardens
> Washington Toxics Coalition (healthy yards & gardens)