Human Impact on Global Warming

Conservation of Energy Resources

General Sites

Lighting Replacement

Environmental Law & Policy Center: You can Reduce Global Warming Polution
http://www.globalwarmingsolutions.org/documents/CFL_factsheet.pdf
Environmental Defense: How to Pick a Better Bulb
http://www.fightglobalwarming.com/page.cfm?tagID=608
Concord Municipal Light Plant: Energy Efficient Lighting - Rebate Information
http://www.concordnet.org/cmlp/Light_Bulb_rebate_program.htm
ACEEE: Lighting
http://aceee.org/consumerguide/lighting.htm
US Dept of Energy: Lighting
http://www.eere.energy.gov/consumer/your_home/lighting_daylighting/index.cfm/mytopic=11980
Stopglobalwarming: Green Campus Program Gives Out Light Bulbs
http://www.stopglobalwarming.org/sgw_read.asp?id=147452122007

Automobile Use

Sierra Club: Clean Car
http://www.sierraclub.org/globalwarming/biggest_single_step/
Union of Concerned Scientists: Clean Vehicles
http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_vehicles/fuel_economy/
US Department of Energy: Importance of Fuel Economy
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/climate.shtml

Reducing Meat Consumption

ABC News: Meat-Eaters Aiding Global Warming?
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=1856817&page=1
AlterNet: Meat Is a Global Warming Issue
http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/40639/

Recylcing

Solcomhouse: Recycling
http://www.solcomhouse.com/recycling.html

Mass Transit

Environmental Law & Policy Center: Fund and Expand Mass Transit
http://www.globalwarmingsolutions.org/fundexpandmasstransit.php
Environmental Law & Policy Center: Build High Speed Rail
http://www.globalwarmingsolutions.org/buildhighspeedrail.php
Working Minds: Mass Transit
http://www.working-minds.com/solutions/altvehicles.htm#mass
Earth & Sky: When will the U.S. have mass transit?
http://www.earthsky.org/radioshows/50969/when-will-the-us-have-mass-transit
Union of Concerned Scientists: Cleaner Transit - New Buses
http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_vehicles/big_rig_cleanup/cleaner-transit-new-buses.html
Propane Council: Propane Fleets
http://www.propanecouncil.org/trade/fleet/propane_fleets.htm
Sierra Club: Support Mass Transit
http://www.sierraclub.org/sprawl/transportation/masstransit.asp

Green Building Design

Mass Tech Collaborative: Green Buildings
http://www.masstech.org/cleanenergy/greenbuilding.htm
CBS News Video: It's Not So Hard Being Green
http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=2493475n
State of California:Green Building Basics
http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/GreenBuilding/Basics.htm
US Green Building
http://www.usgbc.org/

Air Transportation

AlterNet: Saying Goodbye to Cheap Airfare
http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/47960/
The Independent: Passenger jets get a radical green makeover
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/article2268991.ece
British Airways: What impact does you flight have on climate change?
http://www.britishairways.com/travel/climateimpact/public/en_gb
LiveScience: Longer Airline Flights Proposed to Combat Global Warming
http://www.livescience.com/environment/050126_contrail_climate.html

Appliance Replacment

Environmental Law & Policy Center: While you're improving your home, you can reduce global warming pollution.
http://www.globalwarmingsolutions.org/energystar.php
Concord Municipal Light Plant: Appliance Rebate Program
http://www.concordnet.org/cmlp/appliance_rebate_program%20explanation.htm
ACEEE: Consumer Guide to Home Energy Savings
http://aceee.org/consumerguide/index.htm

Electricity Conservation

http://aceee.org/consumerguide/index.htm
http://www.eere.energy.gov/consumer/your_home/

Updated 3/1/07