Elisabeth's Links

Interviews

Rocky Mountain Bedrock (KOTO): Interview about Tibetan Girl's School

Local Resources (San Miguel River Watershed, SW Colorado)

Valley Floor Preservation Partners

Green Business Survey Form
This online form can be used to evaluate the "green quotient" of businesses in the San Miguel River watershed.

Regional, State, and National Resources

Co-op America
Its Green Business Program provides networks, resources, and technical assistance for socially and environmentally responsible businesses.

Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) [California]
Site provides guide to programs, policies and laws concerning the handling of hazardous wastes.

Earth 911
Provides access to both community-specific and national resources for help on everything from recycling, household hazardous waste, electronics recycling, to environmental education.

Energy Star Small Business Program
Energy Star is a federal program that seeks to improve environmental quality through the reduction in energy use. It provides technical support, educational information and energy-conservation guidance to small businesses.

Environmental Finance Center (EFC 9)
As the Western States Green Business Coordinator, EFC 9 is assisting jurisdictions throughout California and other states to organize and launch Green Business Programs.

Green Seal
An independent, non-profit organization that identifies and promotes products and services that cause less toxic pollution and waste, conserve resources and habitats, and minimize global warming and ozone depletion.

GreenBiz.com
Online resource center for businesses looking for information on environmental practices, references to other green business websites, government programs for businesses.

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)
Provides information about the voluntary standards created by the U.S. Green Building Rating System® for developing high-performance sustainable buildings.

Our Water Our World
This Website has been developed to assist consumers in managing home and garden pests using less-toxic methods that help protect the environment.

Small Business Energy Alliance
Provides lighting, air conditioning, refrigeration recommendations and state-subsidized retrofit grants to help small businesses in Napa, Marin, Sonoma, Solano and Lake counties conserve energy.

Western Regional Pollution Prevention Network (WRPPN)
Clearinghouse for links to information on P2 programs, organized by Region, Industry Sector and Services Offered.

National P2 Results Data System

An online data system sponsored by WRPPN is designed to collect readily available data on waste reduction and resource efficiency efforts ("pollution prevention," or P2) from public agencies in Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Nevada. The data will help quantify P2 progress related to air, water, waste, and energy resources. This model is also designed to translate P2 progress into the context of bigger-picture issues such as climate change, habitat, and sustainability.

Industry Specific Resources and Professional Associations

The Center for Clean Products and Clean Technologies (EERC)
Evaluates cleaner products for many industries.

Coordinating Committee for Automotive Repair (CCAR-GreenLink)
National information clearinghouse to help automotive professionals save time and protect the environment.

EPA Region 9: Pollution Prevention for Auto Repair and Fleet Maintenance
Provides links to fact sheets and documents offering technical assistance in dealing with items such as Aqueous Parts Cleaning, Floor Cleanup and Oil Water Separartors.

Printer's National Environmental Assistance Center (PNEAC)
EPA and private industry partner effort offering compliance assistance and pollution prevention information.

The Teleosis Institute
An educational not-for-profit organization devoted to Green Health Care-sustainable medical practices that are good for you and your local environment. The Institute is a certified member of the Bay Area Green Business Program. Teleosis assists health care providers in greening their offices.

Thimmakka's Resources for Environmental Education - Green Restaurant Program
Thimmakka's is an environmental education organization focused on providing community resources. Thimmakka's green restaurant program works with members to improve environmental performance. Certified as a Bay Area Green Business, Thimmakka's has helped restaurants achieve Bay Area Green Business Program certification.

Products, Services & Organizations

Extended Product Responsibility
Offers a product-oriented approach to environmental protection.

Sustainable Business Network
Offers articles that highlight individual sustainable businesses and overall trends in industry.

Telluride , Colorado
July 2007