The Alan Guttmacher
Institute (AGI) -The Institute focuses its
research and education on domestic population programs and policies but
it also is concerned with international population issues. AGI's
special reports and journals are excellent.
Association
of Vermont Recyclers -AVR promotes waste
reduction, reuse, recycling, and buying recycled in Vermont. AVR
provides information, assistance, and education to individuals, towns,
solid-waste districts, schools, and businesses.
Carbon calculator
Carrying Capacity Network -CCN is a national, non-profit organization which
focuses on initiatives that will achieve population stabilization,
immigration reduction, economic sustainability, and resource
conservation. It publishes a bimonthly Network Bulletin for members and
periodic study results as part of the "Carrying Capacity Research
Issues Series".
Climate Change Learning and Information Center
-This organization offers training workshops and produces education
materials on the topic of global climate change.
Center for a New American Dream -This organization works to get Americans
talking about materialism and working to reduce their consumption. They
have a Simple Living and Earth Saving Action Kitavailable
for $10.
Demographic
news updates
Ecological
footprint calculator
Ecological
Footprint
FAO (Food and Agriculture
Organization of the U.N.) -Information on
global agriculture, fisheries,forestry, and water.
Global Action Plan -GAP promotes and supports the development of
environmentally sustainable lifestyles in communities around the U.S.
GAP's Household EcoTeam Program empowers individuals to adopt
resource-efficient lifestyle practices. Their Community Lifestyle
Campaign brings the EcoTeam Program to municipalities. GAP has a
Journey for the Planet curriculum for grades 4-6.
Home Energy Saver -An
interactive questionnaire of home energy use.
Izaak Walton League of
American -The IWL began 75 years ago as a
group of
anglers who were concerned about natural resources of the U.S. It has
evolved to address human population growth, resource consumption, and
pollution abatement. The League has several booklets and a curriculum
on sustainable communities.
KZPG
National Audubon's Society's
Population and Habitat Program -The
Population and Habitat Campaign produces print and audiovisual
materials, policy reports and a free bimonthly newsletter. The
Population and Habitat Campaign has state coordinators in six states, a
population policy associate in Washington, DC, and active population
chapters in many states.
National Wildlife
Federation, Population Program -Population
staff at NWF work on advocacy as well as outreach to its five million
members. Several fact sheets on population and environmental issues are
available from NWF. They also have a Fast Action Network which is a
telephone or e-mail communication tree for population issues. Contact
Kelley Sayre at population@nwf.org or (202) 797-6630 for more
information.
The New Road Map
Foundation -The New Road Map Foundation is an
all-volunteer nonprofit organization dedicated to improving people's
quality of life through an examination of their relationship with
money. They are best know for the book, Your Money or Your Life
by Joe Dominquez and Vicki Robin.
-Population: An
Introduction to Concepts and Issues Seventh Edition, by John R.
Weeks
www.popplanet.org
- A new site by the
Population Reference Bureau (PRB) and the National Council for Science
and the Environment (NCSE) covering relationships between population,
health and environmental issues.
Population Action International
-Population Action International tracks and
analyzes legislation and policy changes in the United States Congress.
They have free fact sheets and booklets on "Why Population Matters".
Population Association of America -This is an association of demographers focused on
matters related to population.
Population
Connection - Population Connection is a national population
membership organization that educates, advocates and brings media
attention to population and environment issues. It produces a number of
fact sheets, a newsletter, and curricula for K-12.
Population Reference
Bureau -The Population Reference Bureau is a
private scientific and educational organization which gathers,
interprets, and disseminates facts related to population. PRB produces
reports and teaching materials on U.S. and international population
issues, as well as materials on population and the environment. They
have a Population-Environment Film Library with many audio-visual
materials for rent.
Rockefeller
Foundation population document
Resource
Renewal Institute
Second
Nature -This organization provides education for
sustainability information for colleges and universities.
Several
calculators including carbon
Sierra
Club, International Population Program -The
Sierra Club, whose members have been working on population issues for
over 20 years, has an International Population Program, a national
newsletter, local committees and an advocacy program. They have a
variety of resources on population and environment topics.
www.neeea.org -SWEEP - Vermont's
State-Wide Environmental Education Programs for information about all
of Vermont's environmental education programs
United Nations Fund for Population
Activities (UNFPA) -The UNFPA has a
publications and audio-visual guide listing many pamphlets, books,
films, and videos on population issues.
UNICEF -Global education
UNICEF -Girls'
education
U.N. Population Data
UN Population Information
Network
U.S. POP Clock
U.S. Sustainable Population
Policy Project
Vermont Forum on Sprawl -This
multi-year project, started in January of 1998, is researching the
causes and effects of sprawl and is developing, publicizing and
implementing a set of actions that will effectively confront sprawl.
The Vermont Green Building Network is a
non-profit organization dedicated toincreasing Vermont's
participation in green building and to promoting
theenvironmental, financial, community, and health benefits of green
design,construction, and building operation practices. VGBN provides
networking opportunities for green building professionals and a
centralized
clearinghousefor consumers.
World
POP Clock
World Resources
Institute -WRI is a policy research institute
that helps the private sector, governments and international
organizations determine how to meet human needs and nurture development
without undermining environmental integrity. It publishes a catalog of
resources concerning natural resource use.
Worldwatch
Institute -Worldwatch Institute is
a policy research organization that analyzes global trends and progress
towards a sustainable society. It produces the well known, annual State
of the World report as well as the
Worldwatch issue papers.
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