Resources

SUSTAINABILITY RESOURCES ON THE INTERNET

General Information

• Conservation International
• Al Gore’s Official Website
• World Watch Institute
• Earth Pledge
• GreenBiz
• GreenXchange
• Green Seal™
• Mother Nature Network

Construction

• U.S. Green Building Council – LEED-certified construction
• American Solar Energy Society
• American Wind Energy Association

Energy Conservation

• NRA Conserve
• Food Service Technology Center
  • Life cycle and energy calculators
  • Spray valve/water cost calculator
  • Energy-Efficient Kitchen Design Tool
• ENERGY STAR
• Alliance to Save Energy
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Water Reduction

• Food Service Technology Center
  • Spray valve/water cost calculator
• American Water Learning Center

Waste Stream Reduction

• U.S. Composting Council
• U.S. EPA Composting Guide
• Recycling Revolution
• American Forest & Paper Association (recycling)
• Earth 911
• ForestEthics Business Guide to Paper Reduction
  

Packaging & Cleaning Chemicals

•  Foodservice Packaging Institute
  
• Sustainable Packaging Coalition
• Glass Packaging Institute
• R3 Reliable Redistribution Resource

General Resources on Sustainable Food

• Meat Eaters Guide to Climate & Health
  
• LocalCrop
• Food Routes
• Local Harvest
• Sustainable Food Laboratory
• Yale Sustainable Food Project
• Common Sense Solutions
• VegWeb Composting Guide

Sustainable Agriculture

• Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
• Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture
• Defining Consumer-Supported Agriculture
• USDA Alternative Farming Systems Information Center
• Natural Sustainability Agriculture Information
• Growing Power: Urban Agriculture

Sustainable Seafood Resources

• Chefs Collaborative
• Shedd Aquarium
• Seafood Choices Alliance
• Blue Ocean Institute
• Reef Relief
• Blue Frontier Campaign
• World Ocean Council
• Monterey Bay Aquarium
• FishChoice
  

Video

• Yale Sustainable Food Video(20 minutes)
• Kendall College Sustainability Video
• Sustainable Farming – Curi ng America’s Eating Disorder (10 minutes)
• Reef Relief
• Fast Food World: Global Food Chain – Michael Pollan (56 minutes)
• The Slow Food Story
  • Part II
  • Part III
• Aquaponic Farming System
  • Part I
  • Part II
• Marine Stewardship Council
• Al Gore: 15 Ways to Avert a Climate Crisis (28 minutes)
• Al Gore: New Thinking on the Climate Crisis (27 minutes)

Case Studies – Sustainable Operators/Suppliers

• Delaware North GreenPath®
• Bon Appetit
• Coke Solutions
• Electrolux

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