ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES
The following links are Resources for your convenience.
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Ecology
Aracruz Papel — one of many paper product companies replacing rainforests around the world so we can have soft, high-end tissue products made from monoculture Eucalyptus plantations www.agrogemeos.com.br/aracruz
At this site, you can use Google Maps to scan the area around Aracruz's plant and see all the clear-cutting of the Amazon rainforest; after valuable trees are harvested/sold, eucalyptus plantations are
established in the former rainforest: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aracruz_Celulose
BioGems: Saving Endangered Wild Places www.savebiogems.org
Biomess Animation of Massachusetts Forest Clearing Impacts www.maforests.org/Impacts.htm
Boston Globe – Green Living www.boston.com/lifestyle/green
Brookline Green Space Alliance www.bgsa.net
Charles River Watershed Association (CRWA) www.crwa.org
Clean Water Action www.cleanwateraction.org/ma
Conservation Law Foundation www.clf.org
Earth Charter Initiative www.earthcharter.org
Earth Justice www.earthjustice.org
Friends of Hemlock Gorge www.channel1.com/users/hemlock
Massachusetts Forests Watch website, photos, campaigns, links www.maforests.org
Natural Resources Defense Council www.NRDC.org
Princes Rainforest Project, Prince Charles' (Great Britain) campaign to make rainforests worth more alive and intact www.rainforestsos.org
Save Our Wild Forests www.wildforests.com
Waltham Land Trust www.walthamlandtrust.org
Wellesley Trails Committee www.ci.wellesley.ma.us/nrc/trails/walk.htm
Wilderness Society www.wilderness.org
Weston Forest & Trail Association www.westonforesttrail.org
Global Warming
Cap and Trade by Annie Leonard: storyofstuff.com/capandtrade
Health & Safety
Center for Food Safety www.foodsafetynow.org
Children‘s Environmental Health Coalition www.checnet.org
Guide to Toxics in Cosmetics www.cosmeticsdatabase.com)
Guide to ingredients/hazards of common household products from the National Institutes of Health, Dept of Human Services, National Library of Medicine householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov
Guides to safer food, produce, plastics, and many other resources for healthier living and sustainable agriculture from Institute for Trade and Agriculture Policy (IATP) www.iatp.org/foodandhealth
Health: for health links related to pesticides and toxins, see GreenCAP resource page
Healthlink www.healthlink.org
Institute For Children‘s Environmental Health www.iceh.org
Minnesota Department of Health www.health.state.mn.us/divs/eh/children/index.html
Their children‘s environmental health program serves as a model for state departments of health around the country.
National Christmas Tree Association Fake vs. Real Christmas Tree Facts www.christmastree.org/faketrees.cfm
PVC: The Poison Plastic, Center for Health & Environmental Justice (CHEJ) www.besafenet.com/pvc/pvcproducts.htm
PVC Factsheets, Center for Health & Environmental Justice (CHEJ) www.chej.org/BESAFE/pvc
PVC — Reports on Hazards of PVC Production, Use, Disposal www.chej.org/BESAFE/pvc/pvcreports.htm
Sam Suds & the Case of PVC video for children www.besafenet.com/pvc/samsuds/index.htm
Toxics Action Center www.toxicsaction.org
Toxics Use Reduction Institute (TURI) www.turi.org
* TURI toxics data for your community www.turi.org/turadata
* TURI community website www.turi.org/community
Lifestyle
Conservation International EcoFootprint Survey: www.conservation.org/act/live_green/Pages/ecofootprint.aspx
Catalog Choice: Control the Catalogs You Receive in the Mail www.catalogchoice.org You have to deal with each catalog separately, and send separate emails or separate Do Not Send instructions for each catalog company. But, worth the effort if you’re determined to cut down on excess mail.
Do Not Call Registry where you can get your phone number removed from telemarketers’ lists within 31 days of registering, and file complaints against any telemarketers that still call your number. www.donotcall.gov
Do Not Mail List – to get your name/address off of mailing lists www.directmail.com/directory/mail_preference/
Chasing Green ChasingGreen.org is a consumer resource site dedicated to spreading the word that ordinary people can positively impact our world in their everyday lives. The mission of ChasingGreen.org is to encourage individuals to see how we each impact life on planet earth and to educate how each of us can make a difference in our daily lives.
Do Not Mail List – to get your name/address off of mailing lists www.directmail.com/directory/mail_preference/
Greener Every Day - greenereverydayconsulting.com
Sound advice about sustainable living and personal assistance creating greener lifestyles and homes.
Organizations (including government)
American P.I.E. (Public Information on the Environment) www.AmericanPIE.org
Environmental League of Massachusetts www.environmentalleague.org
Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility (GBPSR) psr.igc.org
Legislators:
Need a name? www.wheredoivotema.com.
Need phone numbers?
Senate numbers are listed at www.state.ma.us/legis/memmenus.htm
House numbers are listed at www.state.ma.us/legis/memmenuh.htm
Massachusetts Department of Food and Agriculture www.state.ma.us/dfa
MASSPIRG (Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group) www.masspirg.org
Newton Organizations and Government
Angino Farm Group (Newton Community Farm) www.newtonconservators.org/communityfarm.pdf
City of Newton www.ci.newton.ma.us
Newton Conservators, Inc. www.newtonconservators.org
National Association of Environmental Law Societies www.naels.org
Recycling
City of Newton Reusable Materials Exchange, www.2good2waste.org/newton
Building Materials Resource Center www.bostonbmrc.org
Bottled vs. Tap Water - Oregon DEQ Study on Environmental/Health Impacts of Each www.deq.state.or.us/news/prDisplay.asp?docID=3149
Electronics Recycling Resources
Collective Good Cell & Mobile Phone Recycling w/ proceeds to charity www.collectivegood.com
Buy/Sell Used Electronics (responsibly sent for reuse or recycling) www.gazelle.com
Database of e-waste recycling programs www.mygreenelectronics.org
Product Policy Institute provides extensive technical assistance and support in formation of state Product Stewardship Councils and passage of framework legislation www.productpolicy.org
Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard: www.storyofstuff.com
The Three Rs Still Rule (NRDC) www.nrdc.org/thisgreenlife/0802.asp
Miscellaneous
Energy: for various energy links, see Energy resource page
Environmental Defense www.environmentaldefense.org
Environmental Science Program www.newtonenvisci.org
A unique summer program that lets students enjoy exploring
the wilderness while learning about the environment
Environmental Working Group www.ewg.org
Federation of Massachusetts Farmers‘ Markets www.massfarmersmarkets.org
Green Buildings: for green buildings issues, see High Performance Buildings resource page
Newton-Needham Chamber of Commerce www.nnchamber.com
Northeast Organic Farming Association www.nofamass.org
Our Stolen Future www.ourstolenfuture.org
Pesticides and Organic Gardening, see our greenCAP resource page
Silent Spring Institute (environment & women‘s health) www.silentspring.org
Soil Test (U MASS) www.umass.edu/plsoils/soiltest