Useful Green Links | Sustainable Life Solutions

Articles (5)
- Safer Household Cleaners
  Deirdre Imus
- Time to Button Up
  James O'Brien
- BPA Levels up 70% in adults after drinking from plastic bottles
  Environmental Working Group
- The Seven Sins of Greenwashing
  Terrachoice Environmental Marketing
- Turn 'em off! Idle computers burn $2.8 billion overnight
  Tom Guay
Books (4)
- Tracking Trash, Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion
  Loree Griffin Burns
- Poisoned Profits, The Toxic Assault on Our Children
  Philip and Alice Shabecoff
- Green Guide: The Complete Reference for Consuming Wisely
  National Geographic
- The Carbon Buster's Home Energy Handbook
  Godo Stoyke
Movies and Videos (3)
- Kilowatt Ours
  This documentary by Jeff Barrie has become a national movement to promote energy conservation, efficiency and renewable energy.
- The Story of Stuff
- Tapped
  Tapped illustrates the impact of the global water crisis on America and what we can do as individuals to enact change sooner rather than later.
Websites (13)
- Earth911
  Extend the lifecycle of many items by learning where to recycle them.
- For kids; HippoCampus - Environmental Science
  Educational videos organized by topic as an outline for a high school science class.
- For great educational games and activities from Earth Day Canada.
  A library of K-12 lessons, articles and news.
- For kids; Ecokids
  For great educational games and activities from Earth Day Canada.
- Ways to reduce junk mail
- Climate Action
  Get involved to help reduce energy & carbon usage.
- Mass Energy Consumer Alliance
  Save money on your fuel bill by joining the Mass Energy Consumer Alliance.
- State and Federal Tax Incentives and Rebates
  State & Federal tax incentives and rebates for energy efficiency and alternative energy solutions.
- Impact of environmental factors on health problems.
- The Deirdre Imus Environmental Health Center™
  Impact of environmental factors on health problems.
- Environmental Working Group & the Skin Deep Cosmetics Safety Database
- Low Carbon Diet
  Calculate your carbon footprint.
- 350.org
  305.org is an international effort to raise awareness of the need to decrease carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere to 350 parts per million.

Quick Tip

Energy vampires can account for 20% or more of your electricity usage. Energy vampires are any device that continues to use electricity even when not in use. Common culprits include cell phone chargers, game stations, TVs, entertainment center electronics, computers and peripherals, cordless phones, even microwave ovens and toasters! Check out JustUnplugIt! for tips to slay your energy vampires.

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