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ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES The following links are Resources for your convenience. Ecology Aracruz Papel — one of many paper product companies replacing rainforests around the world so we can have soft, high-end tissue products made from monoculture Eucalyptus plantations www.agrogemeos.com.br/aracruz BioGems: Saving Endangered Wild Places www.savebiogems.org Biomess Animation of Massachusetts Forest Clearing Impacts www.maforests.org/Impacts.htm Boston Globe – Green Living www.boston.com/lifestyle/green Brookline Green Space Alliance www.bgsa.net Charles River Watershed Association (CRWA) www.crwa.org Clean Water Action www.cleanwateraction.org/ma Conservation Law Foundation www.clf.org Earth Charter Initiative www.earthcharter.org Earth Justice www.earthjustice.org Friends of Hemlock Gorge www.channel1.com/users/hemlock Massachusetts Forests Watch website, photos, campaigns, links www.maforests.org Natural Resources Defense Council www.NRDC.org Princes Rainforest Project, Prince Charles' (Great Britain) campaign to make rainforests worth more alive and intact www.rainforestsos.org Save Our Wild Forests www.wildforests.com Waltham Land Trust www.walthamlandtrust.org Wellesley Trails Committee www.ci.wellesley.ma.us/nrc/trails/walk.htm Wilderness Society www.wilderness.org Weston Forest & Trail Association www.westonforesttrail.org Global Warming Cap and Trade by Annie Leonard: storyofstuff.com/capandtrade Health & Safety Center for Food Safety www.foodsafetynow.org Children‘s Environmental Health Coalition www.checnet.org Guide to Toxics in Cosmetics www.cosmeticsdatabase.com) Guide to ingredients/hazards of common household products from the National Institutes of Health, Dept of Human Services, National Library of Medicine householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov Guides to safer food, produce, plastics, and many other resources for healthier living and sustainable agriculture from Institute for Trade and Agriculture Policy (IATP) www.iatp.org/foodandhealth Health: for health links related to pesticides and toxins, see GreenCAP resource page Healthlink www.healthlink.org Institute For Children‘s Environmental Health www.iceh.org Minnesota Department of Health www.health.state.mn.us/divs/eh/children/index.html National Christmas Tree Association Fake vs. Real Christmas Tree Facts www.christmastree.org/faketrees.cfm PVC: The Poison Plastic, Center for Health & Environmental Justice (CHEJ) www.besafenet.com/pvc/pvcproducts.htm PVC Factsheets, Center for Health & Environmental Justice (CHEJ) www.chej.org/BESAFE/pvc PVC — Reports on Hazards of PVC Production, Use, Disposal www.chej.org/BESAFE/pvc/pvcreports.htm Sam Suds & the Case of PVC video for children www.besafenet.com/pvc/samsuds/index.htm Toxics Action Center www.toxicsaction.org Toxics Use Reduction Institute (TURI) www.turi.org Lifestyle Conservation International EcoFootprint Survey: www.conservation.org/act/live_green/Pages/ecofootprint.aspx Catalog Choice: Control the Catalogs You Receive in the Mail www.catalogchoice.org You have to deal with each catalog separately, and send separate emails or separate Do Not Send instructions for each catalog company. But, worth the effort if you’re determined to cut down on excess mail. Do Not Call Registry where you can get your phone number removed from telemarketers’ lists within 31 days of registering, and file complaints against any telemarketers that still call your number. www.donotcall.gov Do Not Mail List – to get your name/address off of mailing lists www.directmail.com/directory/mail_preference/ Chasing Green ChasingGreen.org is a consumer resource site dedicated to spreading the word that ordinary people can positively impact our world in their everyday lives. The mission of ChasingGreen.org is to encourage individuals to see how we each impact life on planet earth and to educate how each of us can make a difference in our daily lives. Do Not Mail List – to get your name/address off of mailing lists www.directmail.com/directory/mail_preference/ Greener Every Day - greenereverydayconsulting.com Organizations (including government) American P.I.E. (Public Information on the Environment) www.AmericanPIE.org Environmental League of Massachusetts www.environmentalleague.org Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility (GBPSR) psr.igc.org Legislators: Need a name? www.wheredoivotema.com. Massachusetts Department of Food and Agriculture www.state.ma.us/dfa MASSPIRG (Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group) www.masspirg.org Newton Organizations and Government Angino Farm Group (Newton Community Farm) www.newtonconservators.org/communityfarm.pdf City of Newton www.ci.newton.ma.us Newton Conservators, Inc. www.newtonconservators.org National Association of Environmental Law Societies www.naels.org Recycling City of Newton Reusable Materials Exchange, www.2good2waste.org/newton Building Materials Resource Center www.bostonbmrc.org Bottled vs. Tap Water - Oregon DEQ Study on Environmental/Health Impacts of Each www.deq.state.or.us/news/prDisplay.asp?docID=3149 Electronics Recycling Resources Collective Good Cell & Mobile Phone Recycling w/ proceeds to charity www.collectivegood.com Buy/Sell Used Electronics (responsibly sent for reuse or recycling) www.gazelle.com Database of e-waste recycling programs www.mygreenelectronics.org Product Policy Institute provides extensive technical assistance and support in formation of state Product Stewardship Councils and passage of framework legislation www.productpolicy.org Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard: www.storyofstuff.com The Three Rs Still Rule (NRDC) www.nrdc.org/thisgreenlife/0802.asp Miscellaneous Energy: for various energy links, see Energy resource page Environmental Defense www.environmentaldefense.org Environmental Science Program www.newtonenvisci.org
Environmental Working Group www.ewg.org Federation of Massachusetts Farmers‘ Markets www.massfarmersmarkets.org Green Buildings: for green buildings issues, see High Performance Buildings resource page Newton-Needham Chamber of Commerce www.nnchamber.com Northeast Organic Farming Association www.nofamass.org Our Stolen Future www.ourstolenfuture.org Pesticides and Organic Gardening, see our greenCAP resource page Silent Spring Institute (environment & women‘s health) www.silentspring.org Soil Test (U MASS) www.umass.edu/plsoils/soiltest
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