Resources :: Tapping the Power of Conservation

Brighter Planet

Brighter Planet powers the leading computational sustainability platform, using hard numbers and raw data to reveal actionable opportunities and deliver measurable results to businesses and individuals worldwide.

Terra Cycle

TerraCycle's purpose is to eliminate the idea of waste. They do this by creating national recycling systems for previously non-recyclable or hard-to-recycle waste. Anyone can sign up for these programs, called the Brigades, and start sending in their waste.

Energy Star

Energy Star is a joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy helping Americans save money and protect the environment through energy efficient products and practices. Americans, with the help of Energy Star, saved enough energy in 2010 alone to avoid greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to those from 33 million cars – all while saving nearly $18 billion on their utility bills.

American Solar Energy Society

Established in 1954, the nonprofit American Solar Energy Society (ASES) is the nation's leading association of solar professionals & advocates. Their mission is to inspire an era of energy innovation and speed the transition to a sustainable energy economy-- advancing education, research and policy.

Celsias

A link to direct action steps, where you can learn how to “live lighter” and add your own actions for others to benefit from. Celsias wants you to take action, insisting that climate change is NOT a spectator sport!

We Add Up

The mission at We Add Up is to celebrate the vast amount of daily choices that each of us make that can contribute to creating a positive, thriving future. We Add Up wants to celebrate these positive decisions you are making...  “We want to count you in, whether you do one of them or thirty of them, we want you to know that you are part of a larger puzzle of people who dare to care!”

 

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Growing Power

 

By janet pinto, chief academic paper-writer.org officer & chief marketing officer, curriki curriki offers resources for teaching this very timely and important concept