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+ some useful links that we thought you might enjoy...

+ email Mary or Linda with suggestions for links, events, books, articles etc.

+ things at Harvard...

Harvard Green Campus Initiative
Working to engage the Harvard community in becoming a learning organization and living laboratory dedicated to the pursuit of campus environmental sustainability.

Harvard Center for the Health and Global Environment
Working towards a more comprehensive understanding of the relationship between human health and the global environment for future physicians, policy-makers and public health experts.

Harvard University Center for the Environment
HUCE encourages research and education about the environment and its many interactions with human society, incorporating faculty members and students across the University .

Treehugger.com
"The largest, most frequested green lifestyle blog on the internet."

Grist Magazine
Environmental news + commentary.

+ other intiatives...

Eco-Design Sourcebook
Alastari Fuad-Luke (Chronicle Books, 2002).

GROWing the Next Generation of Water Recycling Plants
Imperial College, London, has developed a vegetated rooftop recycling system allowing water to be used twice before it is flushed into the communal waste water system.

Clean water from dew
Measurement and Modelling of Dew in Island, Coastal and Alpine areas, Beysens D.; Muselli M.; Nikolayev V.; Narhe R.; Milimouk I. Atmospheric Research, Vol. 73 num. 1-2 pag. 1-22

BEES
Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability software.

Bed Zed, UK
Bill Dunster

Supermarket of the future?
By Diana Jess. for Metropolis Magazine article click here

Coalition for a Liveable Future
A network of 60 community-based organizations working together to create a more equitable and sustainable Portland metropolitan region.

Energy Star
A government-backed program helping businesses and individuals protect the environment through superior energy efficiency.

Massachusetts Climate Action Network
Dedicated to halting the threat of global climate change, through reducing emissions of greenhouse gases, in our communities and the state.

Healthy Building Network
A national network of green building professionals, environmental and health activists, socially responsible investment advocates interested in promoting healthier building materials.

+ links

+ some useful links that we thought you might enjoy...	+ email Mary or Linda with suggestions for links, events, books, articles etc.	+ last update 6 September, 2007

+ things at Harvard...		+ quick links

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Harvard Green Campus Initiative Working to engage the Harvard community in becoming a learning organization and living laboratory dedicated to the pursuit of campus environmental sustainability.	Harvard Center for the Health and Global Environment Working towards a more comprehensive understanding of the relationship between human health and the global environment for future physicians, policy-makers and public health experts.	+ articles Brown Urges Global Green Solution BBC News [April 20, 2006] 7 World Trade Center and Hearst Building: New York's Test Cases for Environmentally Aware Office Towers Robin Pegrebin, New York TImes [April 16, 2006] 2030 °Challenge Architecture2030 editorial, Issue 1 February 2006 How to Build a Low-PVC, Reduced-Plastic, Polar-Bear-Sensitive House Florence Williams, New York Times [March 05, 2006] High-Rises That Have Low Impact on Nature Robin Pogrebin, New York Times [February 02, 2006]. The Future of Energy Four conversations with leaders in government, business and academia by Harvard University Center for the Environment [Spring 2006]. US ranked 28th in world green list John Vidal, environment editor, The Guardian [January 24, 2006]. Pay as you Pollute Neasa MacErlean, The Guardian [January 24, 2006]. Gleaneagles Communiqué Climate Change, Energy and Sustainable Development (32 page PDF). Climate Change Guardian special report. Renewable Energy Guardian special report. Al Gore: The Second Coming Geraldine Bell, The Observer Feb 05 06

	HLS Environmental Law Society KSG The Environmental Professional Interest Group The Green Campus Network Contact Maura Leahy
Harvard University Center for the Environment HUCE encourages research and education about the environment and its many interactions with human society, incorporating faculty members and students across the University .


+ webzines


Treehugger.com "The largest, most frequested green lifestyle blog on the internet."	Grist Magazine Environmental news + commentary.


EDC Magazine Environmental Design and Construction resource...	Architecture2030.org Established in 2005 and sponsored by New Energy Economy, a non-profit, non-partisan and independent organization, which conducts research, provides information and innovative solutions in the fields of architecture and planning, in an effort to address global climate change.

+ other intiatives...		+ new links and events

		New Book: Drosscape - Wasting Land in Urban America Princeton Architectural Press, New York by Alan Berger, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at the GSD. This book addresses the issues facing the new reality that toxic waste sites or "waste landscapes" become sites for new development. Berger uses ten cities as case studies to investigate the problems and potentials that toxic waste sites offer. Worldwide release May 1, 2006. Exhibit on display in the lobby of Gund Hall (48 Quincy Street. Recommended Book: Cradle to Cradle William McDonough + Michael Braungart, North Point Press, 2002 . Cradle to Cradle maps the lineaments of McDonough and Braungart's new design paradigm, offering practical steps on how to innovate within today's economic environment. Part social history, part green business primer, part design manual, the book makes plain that the re-invention of human industry is not only within our grasp, it is our best hope for a future of sustaining prosperity. Exhibit: Implementation of Green Roofs at Gund Hall by Barbara Deutsch, ASLA, Loeb Fellow 2006, Katrin Scholz-Barth Green Roof Consultant, Lecturer in the Landscape Architecture Department at the GSD Christian Werthmann, Assistant Professor in Landscape Architecture at the GSD. Exhibit on display in the lobby of Gund Hall. Conference: Harvard Vision 2020: A Bridge to Campus Sustainability The Harvard Spring 2006 Sustainability Conference April 27-29, 2006 Registration is free to all Harvard affiliates Speakers include Hunter Lovins and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Conference: Fourth Annual International Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities Conference Awards and Trade Show, Boston, MA May 11-12, 2006 Sheraton Boston Hotel, 1-888-627-7054 Hynes Convention Center Register at www.greenroofs.org.
BuildingEnvelopes.org A non-profit consortium of building industry companies, universities, and research centers. This portal aims to provide the building industry with innovative and state-of-the-art information leading to energy-efficient buildings.	Lowtech Lowtech is a "leading advocate of universal access to low or no-cost information technology." Working with zero-cost technology rescued from the trash, and free, open-source software costing nothing.


Tufts Climate Initiative Steering Tufts University towards a cleaner energy path. TU is committed to meeting or beating the Kyoto target for university-related greenhouse gas emissions.	Eco-Design Sourcebook Alastari Fuad-Luke (Chronicle Books, 2002).


GROWing the Next Generation of Water Recycling Plants Imperial College, London, has developed a vegetated rooftop recycling system allowing water to be used twice before it is flushed into the communal waste water system. Clean water from dew Measurement and Modelling of Dew in Island, Coastal and Alpine areas, Beysens D.; Muselli M.; Nikolayev V.; Narhe R.; Milimouk I. Atmospheric Research, Vol. 73 num. 1-2 pag. 1-22	BEES Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability software.


Bed Zed, UK Bill Dunster	Supermarket of the future? By Diana Jess. for Metropolis Magazine article click here


Coalition for a Liveable Future A network of 60 community-based organizations working together to create a more equitable and sustainable Portland metropolitan region.	Energy Star A government-backed program helping businesses and individuals protect the environment through superior energy efficiency.


Massachusetts Climate Action Network Dedicated to halting the threat of global climate change, through reducing emissions of greenhouse gases, in our communities and the state.	Healthy Building Network A national network of green building professionals, environmental and health activists, socially responsible investment advocates interested in promoting healthier building materials.


LEED Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. The Genzyme Center, Cambridge is a local LEED certified project...	L'OEUF Architects (L'Office de l'eclectisme urbain et fonctionnel) founded in 1992, is a firm with a broad and diversified architectural practice, L'OEUF has developed a reputation for sustainable architecture.

The Civic Initiative for a Livable New England (Smart Growth Issues)	Environmental League List and Contact information for many groups...

GreenerBuildings.com The resource center for environmentally responsible building development.	The Green Rountable Boston

Building Green Links about GreenSpec Directory	NESEA Northeast Sustainable Energy Association.

U.S. Green Building Council	ELM/Massachusetts Smart Growth Alliance

Boston Society of Architects Committee on the Environment	Ecobuild Sustainable building trade show, London (next show, March 2007).

Building Energy Conference and Trade Show	The Earthwatch Institute Engages people worldwide in scientific field research to promote the understanding and action necessary for a sustainable environment.