What You Need to Know About:

Green Consumerism

ClimateCounts.org: How you spend your money changes the world. Business has the power to change the world - and you have the power to change business. In tackling the growing climate crisis, is your favorite company STUCK, STARTING, or STRIDING?

Climate Counts video: Unstoppable

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf4RIieY1BI

http://www.climatecounts.org/

The Green Guide’s Buying Guide: http://www.thegreenguide.com/products/

Green Business. A monthly digest of BusinessWeek coverage on green issues and trends in business. [http://www.businessweek.com/green_business/newsletter/index.html ]

A great online resource to learn about green design. Covers water policy and the challenge of creating living buildings. [http://www.buildinggreen.com/]

Your city council could save the world

How local building codes can be adapted to meet the 2030 Challenge right now. [http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/7/8/15370/78756]

Keep current with the global sustainable business news and events.

[http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/]

Chris Jordan’s Statistical Art. Images are brilliant, all are created from waste.

http://www.chrisjordan.com/current_set2.php

How Green Is That Product? An increasing number of consumers want “green” products for their homes. How to determine which ones are and which ones claim to be but aren’t?

http://www.elabs5.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=o1l,2gw3,er,2gl7,bu9a,l49c,a20z

Organic Consumers Association

http://www.organicconsumers.org/

Residential Energy Tax Credits (RETC)

http://egov.oregon.gov/ENERGY/CONS/RES/RETC.shtml

Business Energy Tax Credits (BETC)

http://egov.oregon.gov/ENERGY/CONS/BUS/BETC.shtml