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RELATED LINKS: Campus: UCSC Campus Office of Sustainability: http://sustainability.ucsc.edu/ Community: C40 Cities, an international group of the world's largest cities committed to tackling climate change in a partnership pledged to reduce carbon emissions and increase energy efficiency in large cities across the world. http://www.c40cities.org/C40 The California Coastal Coalition, a non-profit advocacy group comprised of 35 coastal cities and allied groups committed to restoring California's coast. http://www.calcoast.org/ Climate Challenge.org unites 42 organizations and over 625 local groups in 56 states and provinces. As a consortium, they have worked to pass hundreds of local and regional climate policies, and to build a movement for a just and sustainable future. http://www.climatechallenge.org/ Climate change research at UCSC: A list of current research projects being conducted at UCSC on climate change, with links to individual projects. http://www.ucsc.edu/research/areas/climate_change.asp EcoCruz: Sign up to be part of the Environmental Guide for Santa Cruz County—current events, news, green business, and listings for Santa Cruz area environmental non-profits and government agencies. www.ecocruz.org Greenopolis, a national social networking site that provides tools and information to encourage environmental changes in peoples’ lives. See "Funding" for information on grants available through the Greenopolis Foundation. http://greenopolis.com/egreenu/foundations The Homeless Garden Project in Santa Cruz: Organic flower and vegetable starts; dried flowers and gifts. RecycleMania is a friendly competition and benchmarking tool for college and university recycling programs to promote waste reduction activities to their campus communities. http://www.recyclemaniacs.org/overview.htm Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition (SVTC): SVTC is a diverse organization engaged in research, advocacy and grassroots organizing to promote human health and environmental justice in response to the rapid growth of the high-tech industry. http://www.etoxics.org/site/PageServer?pagename=svtc_about_us RECENT DOCUMENTARIES: Burning the Future: Coal in America, a film that examines the conflict between the coal industry and residents of West Virginia. Cost of Oil: Voices from the Arctic, outlines the effects of offshore oil production on Alaska Native communities. Insulate! details the creation of a community outreach project by students at Warren Wilson College, working in low-income areas of the community to install better insulation in homes. The project has been used as a model for the creation of similar programs at other universities around the country. Fuel provides an overview of America’s complicated energy past and illuminates possibilities for a decentralized, sustainable, and achievable future. Unlimited discusses renewable energy and other alternatives to fossil fuels, featuring presentations by schoolchildren as well as by energy experts |
FEATURES AND NEWS Greening the Campus: The May newsletter of the UCSC Campus Office of Sustainability includes action items, achievements on campus and in the UC System, upcoming conferences and more. http://sustainability.ucsc.edu/ Grow-a-Farmer Campaign RESOURCES The 2009 "Headwaters to Ocean (H2O)" October 27-29, Long Beach, CA. Organized by the California Shore and Beach Preservation Association, California Coastal Coalition, Southern California Wetlands Recovery Project, and Society of Wetland Scientists (SWS) RECENT BOOKS The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems, by Van Jones; Earth Under Fire, photos, maps, and scientist essays by Gary Braasch. How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate: Scientists and Kids Explore Global Warming; a non-scary book about climate change science and solutions for grades 4-8, by Gary and Lynne Cherry. Down to Earth Guide, an approachable overview by Laurie David, global warming activist and the producer of “An Inconvenient Truth.” Apollo’s Fire: Igniting America’s Clean Energy Economy, by Jay Inslee and Bracken Hendrick, with foreword by President Bill Clinton. Fight Global Warming Now: the Handbook for Taking Action in your Community, by Bill McKibben Communicating On Climate Change: An Essential Resource For Journalists, Scientists, And Educators, by environmental journalist Bud Ward (downloadable as a PDF) |
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