Leaferral - The Green Site Directory
11th Hour Action
This action community will help individuals and communities connect with each other to help find solutions that will reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, increase the use of renewable energy, and slow down consumption of natural resources. Inspired by the movie "The 11th Hour."
11thhouraction.com

Alliance to Save Energy
The Alliance to Save Energy promotes energy efficiency worldwide to achieve a healthier economy, a cleaner environment, and greater energy security. Topics include lighting, windows, insulation and more.
www.ase.org

An Inconvenient Truth
Web site for the movie "An Inconvenient Truth"; includes tips to reduce your impact on the climate.
www.climatecrisis.net

BeGreenNow
Tips to reduce your energy use and carbon offsets available for purchase.
www.begreennow.com

Big Green Purse
Encourages shoppers to buy environmentally and socially responsible products. Includes links to stores and tips for greener living.
www.biggreenpurse.com

Carbonrally
A climate change community focused on fun, social, and competitive challenges. Compete with others in your area and around the world.
www.carbonrally.com

Carectomy.com: Removing Cars from People
Tips and encouragement to help you live without a car or at least drive less.
www.carectomy.com

Carfree Cities
Lots of resources to help you live without a car.
www.carfree.com

Catalog Choice
Free service that lets you stop unwanted catalogs. Endorsed by the National Wildlife Federation and the Natural Resources Defense Council.
www.catalogchoice.org

Climate 411 by the Environmental Defense Fund
Climate 411 is the voice of the experts at Environmental Defense Fund, providing plain-English explanations of climate change science, technology, policy, and news.
environmentaldefenseblogs.org/climate411/

Climate Connections : NPR
News and information on environmental issues from National Public Radio and National Geographic.
www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9657621&sc=emaf

Consumer Consequences
An interactive game designed to illustrate the impact of our lifestyles on the Earth, Consumer Consequences will ask you a series of questions about your lifestyle, and as you play, it will show you how many "Earths" of natural resources it would take to sustain all 6.6 billion humans... if everyone lived like you.
sustainability.publicradio.org/consumerconsequences/

Daily Fuel Economy Tip
Includes tips on saving gas and auto-related environmental news.
www.dailyfueleconomytip.com

Earth Day - US Government Portal
Links to information and volunteer opportunities from various federal agencies.
www.earthday.gov

Earth Share - Earth Saving Tips
Tips to help you reduce your impact on the environment.
www.earthshare.org/get_involved/earth_saving_tips.html

Eco-Cycle
Working to build zero-waste communities with tips and resources for reducing, reusing, and recycling.
www.ecocycle.org

ecoLogical Home Ideas - Magazine
Introduces you to the enormous variety of products and ideas available for every home building and remodeling task from do-it-yourself projects to hiring a contractor or architect. No politics, no preaching, just plain "how-to" advice for building a Healthy Family, Home and Earth.
www.ecologicalhomeideas.com/magazine/

EcoWho
With EcoWho we are trying to be 'Eco informative'; i.e. mentally 'equip' you with real facts and directly useful information to directly live a better and more green and eco friendly life - rather than bombarding you with thinly disguised info advertising and other 'greenwash'. We feel that the biggest contribution we all can make to helping the real long term environment and ourselves is to share our eco knowledge & experiences and apply them.
www.ecowho.com

emPivot - green video sharing
The first network where you can watch and share green-related media. "View green from every angle."
www.empivot.com

Environmental Protection Volunteer Opportunities
Charity Guide's list of environmental volunteering opportunities; includes tips for things you can do in 15 minutes or less to reduce your environmental impact.
www.charityguide.org/volunteer/environmental-protection.htm

Environmental Working Group
EWG specializes in providing useful resources (like Skin Deep and the Shoppers' Guide to Pesticides in Produce) to consumers while simultaneously pushing for national policy change to replace federal policies that damage the environment and natural resources.
www.ewg.org

Fight Global Warming - Environmental Defense Fund
Learn how you can help fight climate change.
www.fightglobalwarming.com

Findsolar.com
Learn about solar power and find professionals to help you install it.
findsolar.com

FixingThePlanet.com
Ed Begley, Jr.'s site to help you learn about sustainable living and find ways to get immediately started on the path to changing the way you live and having a greater collective impact.
www.fixingtheplanet.com

Forecast Earth from The Weather Channel
Video, blogs, news and science articles.
climate.weather.com

Green America (formerly Co-op America)
A not-for-profit membership organization that harnesses economic power —- the strength of consumers, investors, businesses, and the marketplace —- to create a socially just and environmentally sustainable society. Has many resources for consumers trying to find greener products and services.
www.greenamerica.org

Green Daily
Environmental news, products, and tips for greener living from AOL.
www.greendaily.com

Green Home
Environmental products and advice and information on greening your home.
www.greenhome.com

Green Home Guide
Tips, case studies, expert Q&A articles and regional directories of products and services to help create homes that feel good.
www.greenhomeguide.com

Green is Universal
NBC Universal's initiative to bring an environmental perspective to their networks. Offers video clips, games, e-cards, and green tips and resources.
www.greenisuniversal.com

Green Living Online
Environmental news and tips from the publishers of Green Living magazine (in Canada). Topics include beauty & fashion, energy, home & garden, family, health & nutrition, transportation, and business.
www.greenlivingonline.com

Green Living Tips from the writers at LifeTips
Hundreds of tips for green living on topics such as energy, travel, power, appliances, clothing, weddings, shopping, pets, food, health, the military, remodeling and technology.
greenliving.lifetips.com

Green On The Fly
Business travelers share info, tips & tricks on how to reduce our impact on the environment.
greenonthefly.com

Green planet for kids
Fun family educational site providing practical conservation tips and ideas.
greenplanet4kids.com

Green Progress
Provides the latest news and information on environmental technology and green innovations.
www.greenprogress.com

green.tv
green.tv is a web TV channel dedicated to the environment. The aim of green.tv is to raise awareness of environmental issues, especially climate change. We try to do this by collating watchable, engaging films and publishing them online.
www.green.tv

GreenerChoices.org
Run by Consumers Union, the non-profit publisher of Consumer Reports, it offers an accessible, reliable, and practical source of information on buying greener products that have minimal environmental impact and meet personal needs.
www.greenerchoices.org

Grist
Environmental news, opinion, humor, and answers to your questions about environmental issues.
www.grist.org

Grist: How to Talk to a Climate Skeptic
A series containing responses to the most common skeptical arguments on global warming.
gristmill.grist.org/skeptics

Healthy Child Healthy World (formerly CHEC)
Educates parents, supports protective policies, and engages communities to make responsible decisions, simple everyday choices, and well-informed lifestyle improvements to create healthy environments where children and families can flourish.
www.healthychild.org

HGTV Change the World, Start at Home Campaign
Tips for living greener from HGTV.
www.hgtv.com/hgtv/ah_change_the_world/text/0,,HGTV_30676_65472,00.html

Home Depot - Eco Options Home Page
Home Depot's environmentally friendly products and tips.
www6.homedepot.com/ecooptions/

How can I recycle this?
A British site that offers creative ideas for reusing all kinds of items.
www.recyclethis.co.uk

Ideal Bite
Bite-sized ideas for light green living; offers an email subscription with a new tip every weekday.
www.idealbite.com

idealist.org
An interactive site where people and organizations can exchange resources and ideas, locate opportunities and supporters, and take steps toward building a world where all people can lead free and dignified lives.
www.idealist.org

Instructables
User-submitted do-it-yourself projects that often reuse objects you already have.
www.instructables.com

KeepGreenGoing
Articles that provide you with everyday tips to keep your green life alive and progressing.
keepgreengoing.com

Lazy Environmentalist - Easy, Hip Environmentalism
Easy, stylish and super-convenient ways to green your lifestyle.
www.lazyenvironmentalist.com

Lime
Find ideas, information and resources to inspire you to live healthier and help make our planet greener - and have some fun while you're at it.
www.lime.com

Low Impact Living
Helps you lower the environmental impact of your home and your daily life by helping you find green products, practices and service providers to help you achieve your environmental goals. The site will also help you understand the environmental benefits and economic trade-offs of your choices. Includes a calculator to calculate your impact on the earth.
www.lowimpactliving.com

NativeEnergy
Offers carbon-dioxide offsets that support new clean and renewable sources of energy that reduce global warming pollution and create sustainable economies for Native Americans, family farmers, and local communities.
www.nativeenergy.com

New American Dream
Encourages consumers to "live consciously, buy wisely, and make a difference." Includes ideas for living more simply and resources for shopping and volunteering.
www.newdream.org

No Impact Man
An experiment by one man with researching, developing and adopting a way of life for him and his family to live in the heart of New York City while causing no net environmental impact.
noimpactman.typepad.com/blog/

Organic Consumers Association
News and information on organic products.
www.organicconsumers.org

Planet Green
The site for Discovery's new green channel; includes tips on a wide variety of issues.
planetgreen.discovery.com

ReadyMade Magazine
Digital version of the magazine that teaches you how to make household items -- from furniture to shampoo -- yourself, often with items you already have.
www.readymade-digital.com

Regreen
The American Society of Interior Designers’ Foundation and the U.S. Green Building Council have partnered to help homeowners and professionals make their residential improvement projects more environmentally sustainable.
www.regreenprogram.org

Renewable Energy Directory
A visual and interactive web directory of information resources about renewable energy technology.
www.energyplanet.info

SafeLawns.org
A non-profit organization dedicated to promoting natural lawn care and grounds maintenance. Features how-to videos and resources on fertilizers, compost, groundcovers, weed killers and pest control.
www.safelawns.org

Smart Growth Online
Collection of news, resources, and tools to help communities develop in a smarter, more environmentally and socially sustainable way.
www.smartgrowth.org

Sprig
Motivates, inspires and informs 95% of the consumer population toward becoming 5% more green. Sprig.com is about the glamour in green and believes that no matter what you need or want, there's an eco-friendly alternative.
www.sprig.com

Sustainable Choices - Stanford University
Small choices we make every day affect the health of the planet we share. The Sustainable Choices Web site provides information you can use to make small changes that will have a major positive impact on our environment.
sustainablechoices.stanford.edu

TCI Carbon Offsets
Helps you learn about offsets and how to select an offset project or company. Assesses several different organizations that offer carbon-dioxide offsets.
www.tufts.edu/tie/tci/carbonoffsets/

The Alliance for Climate Protection
Campaign group that aims to cut emissions and reduce global warming. Information about the challenge and how people can help. Chaired by Al Gore.
www.climateprotect.org

The Alternative Consumer
Provides eco news, product reviews and useful info for busy folks looking to cultivate a greener, more sustainable lifestyle.
www.alternativeconsumer.com

The Green Guide magazine
Digital edition of National Geographic's new magazine that helps you live in a more environmentally friendly way.
www.thegreenguide-magazine.com

The Green Guide website
Green living tips, product reviews, and environmental health news from National Geographic.
www.thegreenguide.com

The Green Home Guide
The U.S. Green Building Council's guide to making your home more environmentally sustainable.
www.greenhomeguide.org

The Internet Consumer Recycling Guide
Provides a starting point for regular folks with regular household quantities of materials to recycle. The goal is to help make recycling so easy and automatic that it blends into the flow of everyday life.
www.obviously.com/recycle/

The New York Times Magazine Green Issue
"Some Bold Steps to Make Your Carbon Footprint Smaller." Green Issue topics entitled Act, Eat, Invent, Learn, Live, Move, and Build, with about 10 mini-articles in each topic. Videos on the site include green design and living off the grid.
www.nytimes.com/indexes/2008/04/20/magazine/

The U.S. House Select Committee for Energy Independence and Global Warming
Website of the U.S. House of Representatives' committee on global warming; includes updates on legislation and how you can reduce your impact on the climate.
globalwarming.house.gov

Triple Pundit
Serving people, planet and profit -- an "integrated bottom-line" approach to looking at business for entrepreneurs, activists, and decision makers.
www.triplepundit.com

We Can Solve It
The We Campaign is a project of The Alliance for Climate Protection -- a nonprofit, nonpartisan effort founded by Nobel laureate and former Vice President Al Gore. We are educating people in the US and around the world that the climate crisis is both urgent and solvable.
wecansolveit.org

What Could Be Greener
Great tips and blogs to help you make the world a greener place. Energy saving tips, money saving tips, and ways to reduce your carbon footprint. Eco reviews and articles.
www.whatcouldbegreener.com

Worldchanging
Links to and analysis of tools, models, and ideas to help you change the world around you.
www.worldchanging.com

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