This page provides recent updates on topics of interest to Waterwise Consulting service providers and clients. 

GREEN REUSE, RECYCLING and UPCYCLING

https://www.freecycle.org/

GREEN CONSUMER PROTECTION

http://www.consumerprotect.com/protecting-the-environment/

GREEN TRANPORTATION

Automoblies

https://autos.yahoo.com/news/2016-toyota-mirai-hydrogen-fuel-cell-car-few-143005195.html

THE GREENING OF AMERICA

http://sierraclub.org/sierra/2013-5-september-october/green-life/pro-football-stadiums-go-green?suppress=true&src=1link&utm_source=greenlife&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   

 -- the latest from the American Chemical Society's Environmental Science & Technology (EST)

http://pubs.acs.org/journal/esthag

-- the latest from the Society of Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry (SETAC)

 http://www.setac.org/

-- the latest from Science News

http://www.sciencenews.org/



ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

 -- the latest from the American Chemical Society's Chemical & Engineering News (CEN)

http://pubs.acs.org/cen/

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING

NEON: National Ecological Observatory Network

http://news.yahoo.com/hows-earths-health-network-keep-tabs-205218380.html

ENVIROMENTAL REGULATION

-- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers claim Clean Water Act authority to regulate waters tributary to navigable waters 

http://www.bna.com/epa-corps-propose-n17179879956/

After another in a long history of delays dating back a quarter century, EPA finally releases Volume 1 of the polychlorinated dibenzo(p)dioxin (dioxin) reassessment report on non-cancer effects

http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/CFM/nceaQFind.cfm?keyword=Dioxin

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

-- EPA Grants 

http://www.epa.gov/enviroed/grants.html

-- Early Childhood Environmental Educational Program: Guidelines for Excellence are available from North American Association of Environmental Education (NAAEE) and the Environmental Education Training Partnership (EETP)

http://www.naaee.net/

http://www.eetap.org/

ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY   

-- American Association of Environmental History 2014 Annual Meeting in San Francisco, March 12-16 

http://aseh.net/ 

ENVIRONMENTAL 

JUSTICE 

3-Year Environmental Justice Plans

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

http://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/plan-ej/

Department of Commerce

http://forgottennavajopeople.org/blog/tag/environmental-justice

ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNICATION

https://www.peaceproject.com/subjects/Environmental

ENVIRONMENTAL CLASSICS



• Thomas Robert Malthus, An Essay on the Principle of Population, 1798 http://www.esp.org/books/malthus/population/malthus.pdf
• Henry David Thoreau, Walden, 1854 http://books.google.com/books/about/Walden_Pond.html?id=wMDVLVduRdAC
• John Muir, "Studies in the Sierra," 1874 http://www.amazon.com/Studies-Sierra-John-Muir/dp/1596054263
• Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac, 1949 http://books.google.com/books/about/A_Sand_County_Almanac.html?id=Gxq72yz1z6EC
• Rachel Carson, Silent Spring, 1962 http://books.google.com/books/about/Silent_spring.html?id=HeR1l0V0r54C
• Garrett Hardin, Nature and Man’s Fate, New American Library, NY, 1965 http://www.garretthardinsociety.org/tributes/tr_bajerna_2003dec.html
• Buckminster Fuller, Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth, 1968 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_Manual_for_Spaceship_Earth
• Garrett Hardin, “The Tragedy of the Commons,” 1968  http://dieoff.org/page95.htm
• Paul Ehrlich, The Population Bomb, NY,1968 http://icte.umsl.edu/WEArecipients/ehrlich.html
• Barbara Ward and Rene Dubos, Only One Earth, 1968      http://www.amazon.com/Only-One-Earth-Maintenance-Planet/dp/039330129X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1363819122&sr=1-1&keywords=only+one+earth
• Ian McHarg, Design with Nature, 1969 http://www.time.com/time/magazine
• Barry Commoner, The Closing Circle, Knopf, NY, 1971 (introduces The Four Laws of Ecology)  http://www.amazon.com/Closing-Circle-Nature-Man-Technology/dp/0553202464
• Howard T. Odum, Environment, Power, and Society, Wiley Interscience, NY, 1971 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_T._Odum
• Donella H. Meadows, Dennis L. Meadows and Jorgen Randers, Limits to Growth, Universe Press, NY, 1972 http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/search/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED065302&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=ED065302
• E.F. Schumacher, Small Is Beautiful: A Study of Economics As If People Mattered, Blond & Briggs, London, 1973 http://www.ecobooks.com/books/smbeaut.htm
• Barry Commoner, The Poverty of Power, Random House, NY, 1976  http://compare.ebay.com/like/160505984616?var=lv&ltyp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar&_lwgsi=y
• Paul Ehrlich, Ann Ehrlich and John Holdren, Ecoscience, Freeman, NY, 1977 http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/archivos_pdf/ecoscience.pdf
• Sim Van Der Ryn, The Toilet Papers, Ecological Design Press, Sausalito, CA, 1978 http://www.amazon.com/The-Toilet-Papers-Recycling-Conserving/dp/1890132586
• John Todd and Nancy Jack Todd,Tomorrow Is Our Permanent Address, 1980  http://www.amazon.com/Tomorrow-Our-Permanent-Address-Ecological/dp/0060907126
• Jeremy Rifkin, Entropy, Viking Press, NY, 1980  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Rifkin
• World Commission on the Environment and Development, Our Common Future, 1987 http://www.un-documents.net/our-common-future.pdf
• James Lovelock, Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth, 1990  http://www.amazon.com/Gaia-New-Look-Life-Earth/dp/0192862189
• Jeremy Rifkin, The Green Lifestyle Handbook, Holt, NY, 1990  http://www.foet.org/books/green-handbook.html
• Robert Costanza (Ed), Ecological Economics: The Science and Management of Sustainability, Columbia University Press, NY,    1991  http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Ecological-Economics/Robert-Costanza/e/9780231075633
• Isaac Azimov & Frederick Pohl, Our Angry Earth, TOR, NY, 1991 http://www.amazon.com/Our-Angry-Earth-Isaac-Asimov/dp/0812520963
• Al Gore, Earth in the Balance, Houghton Mifflin, NY, 1993  http://www.amazon.com/Earth-Balance-Ecology-Human-Spirit/dp/0452269350
• Theo Colburn, Dianne Dumanoski and John Petersen Myers, Our Stolen Future, Penguin, NY, 1996  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Stolen_Future
• Eugene Odum, Ecology: A Bridge Between Science and Society, Sinauer, Sunderland, MA, 1997  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Odum
• Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins and Hunter Lovins, Natural Capitalism:Creating the Next Industrial Revolution, Little, Brown & Co, NY, 1999  http://www.amazon.com/Natural-Capitalism-Creating-Industrial-Revolution/dp/B00008RWBH 
• Bjorn Lomborg, The Skeptical Environmentalist, Cambridge University Press, 2001  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bjørn_Lomborg
• Green Living, E/Environmental Magazine. Penguin, NY, 2003  http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/green-living-e-magazine/1007078413

http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/89/i36/8936notw9.html

http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/89/i36/8936notw9.html

IMPORTANT LINKS TO CLIMATE CHANGE

Governments

http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/

http://climate.nasa.gov/

http://www.noaa.gov/climate.html

https://www.climate.gov/

http://www.usda.gov/oce/climate_change/

https://www.data.gov/climate/

http://www.climatechange.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=En&n=E18C8F2D-1

http://www.ec.gc.ca/cc/Default.asp?lang=En&n=9853BFC5-1  

Academic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=espLfnvuYps

http://globalchange.mit.edu 

http://stephenschneider.stanford.edu/

https://pangea.stanford.edu/programs/outreach/climatechange/curriculum

http://environment.yale.edu/climate-communication/

http://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/

Other

http://www.environmentalsciencedegree.com/climate-change/

http://www.skepticalscience.com/

http://www.climatesciencewatch.org/

http://climatenexus.org/

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/issue/?mobile=nc

http://www.dailyclimate.org/

http://www.theclimategroup.org/

http://www.realclimate.org/

http://www.bloomberg.org/program/environment/?gclid=COG18anU_MMCFehj7AoddH0ASA

IMPORTANT BOOKS ON OUR GROWING WATER CRISIS

Robert Glennon, Unquenchable: Our Growing Water Crisis and What to Do about It, 2009

http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/photos/top-10-environmental-books-of-2009/iunquenchable-america%E2%80%99s-water-crisi

Steven Solomon, Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and Civilization, Harper, NY, 2010

http://www.harpercollins.com/books/Water-Steven

NEW BOOKS ON THE ENVIRONMENT

http://newbooksinenvironmentalstudies.com/

http://www.amazon.com/Recent-Environmental-Books/lm/R3IR7N2TWSVN0S

http://www.amazon.com/gp/new-releases/books/14459

http://www.amazon.com/Recent-Environmental-Books/lm/R3IR7N2TWSVN0S

http://www.amazon.com/The-Imperfect-Environmentalist-Practical-Clearing/dp/0345537580/ref=zg_bsnr_14459_4

BREAKING NEWS

http://ecowatch.org/2012/transitioning-to-renewable-energy/

http://ecowatch.org/2012/fossil-fuels-to-renewable-energy/

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2013/01/130130-water-demand-for-energy-to-double-by-2035/ 

http://www.publicintegrity.org/environment?gclid=CO6fwsDoibYCFQ-xnQodsSMAKA

http://www.kpbs.org/news/environment/

http://ens-newswire.com/ 

http://www.npr.org/sections/environment/

http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/

http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/45796

http://news.yahoo.com/hows-earths-health-network-keep-tabs-205218380.html

NEW SERVICE LINKS

-- Green Home Tools

http://www.greenhometools.com

-- Mother News Network

http://www.mnn.com/

-- GOOD Network

http://www.good.is/environment/

-- Center for Public Integrity

http://www.publicintegrity.org/environment

-- Clark Environmental Consulting, LLC 

http://www.clarkenviro.com/about-us.htm

 -- U.S. Green Home Energy Efficiency Information and Self-Audit Services

http://usgreenhome.com/Green_Home_Rating_Tool.html

 -- Compare Best Price for WaterWise Products

http://www.best-price.com/search/landing/query/waterwise/s/google/koid/8975616267/?gclid=CI3EzPSzgrYCFQrqnAodG08Ayw

http://www.pricemachine.com/waterwise/zzpsmuszB1z0--search-html?nxtg=24670a3c0505-650D06D2A786D948

-- Home Energy Audits

http://www.energywise1.com/

https://energywiserewards.delmarva.com/

-- EnergyWise Design and Construction

http://www.energywisestructures.com/

http://spectrum.ieee.org/blog/energywise

-- Waste Recycling, Reuse, and Upcycling 

http://earth911.com/

NEW PRODUCT LINKS

-- Green Home Tools

 http://www.greenhometools.com



-- Green Culture Water Savers

http://www.watersavers.com/

-- WaterWise Automatic Plant Watering System

http://www.provenwinners.com/learn/watering/waterwise

 -- Energy-Saving and Alternative Energy-Saving Devices

http://www.energywiseok.com/content/show/6930

NEW INFORMATION & RESOURCE LINK

-- Green Home Tools

http://www.greenhometools.com

-- Mother Nature Network

 http://www.mnn.com/



-- GOOD Network

http://www.good.is/environment/

-- Center for Public Integrity

http://www.publicintegrity.org/environment

-- Waterwise Project

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Waterwise_Project

-- World Water Monitoring Challenge

http://www.monitorwater.org/default.aspx

-- Institute for Local Self-Reliance 

http://www.ilsr.org/

-- EnviroLink

http://www.envirolink.org/

-- Center for Ecoliteracy

http://www.ecoliteracy.org/teach

-- Gulf of Mexico Program

http://www.gulfbase.org/

-- U.S. Centers for Disease Control

http://www.cdc.gov/Features/BeWaterWise/

-- Wetlands, Wildlife and Environmental Protection NGOs 

Clean Water Action

http://www.cleanwateraction.org/

Earth Justice

http://earthjustice.org/

Everglades Coalition

http://www.evergladescoalition.org/

Everglades Foundation

http://www.evergladesfoundation.org/

Florida Wildlife Federation

http://www.fwfonline.org/

Friends of the Everglades

http://everglades.org/ 

Wildlands CPR

http://www.wildlandscpr.org/

-- Colorado WaterWise

http://coloradowaterwise.org/

 -- WaterWise Landscaping

http://www.sjrwmd.com/waterwiselandscapes/ 

-- EnergyWise Plans

http://www.slocounty.ca.gov/planning/CAP.htm

-- EnergyWise Landscaping

 http://www.energywiselandscape.com/

-- Water and Energy Conservation Lifestyle Tips 

http://www.bathroomremodel.com/how-to-conserve-water-in-the-bathroom/#.UeRdpo0cdZ0 

NEW EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE LINKS

http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/

http://www.envirolink.org/

http://www.wateruseitwisely.com/

http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/?source=NavEnvHome

http://www.squidoo.com/kidswater

http://www.benefits-of-recycling.com/index.html

http://www.thewaterpage.com/index.htm

http://www.thewaterpage.com/water-conservation-kids.htm

http://www.sjrwmd.com/waterwiselandscapes/



http://waterwise.arizona.edu/

http://www.mnn.com/