Activism > Environment > Housing
Summary. This document provides access to resources and information for building green sustainable buildings, homes, and communities.
- Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). A membership-based association of colleges and universities working to advance sustainability in higher education in the US and Canada.
- BigGreenSummer.com – Big Green Summer grew out of an informal internship program started in 1998 at Surya Nagar Farm (Iowa and Hawaii – http://www.solarfarm.com) and in 2000 at Abundance Ecovillage (Iowa – http://www.abundance-ecovillage.com) that has served hundreds of students. This program was developed and directed by Big Green Summer founders Lonnie and Valerie Gamble.
- Building Green.com
- Building With Awareness
- Concrete Thinker
- City Listing: | Boulder, CO | Cleveland, OH | Delaware Valley, MD | Portland, OR | San Francisco, CA | Santa Monica, CA | Scottsdale, AZ |
- DPO Construction
- EPA Green Building
- Epic Building Systems.com – Rust free steel framing solutions made to order. Pre-assembled walls are ready to assemble. Steel framing is anticipated to last 500 to 700 years, at which point it can be recycled and used again.
- European Green Building Forum (EGBF)
- GlobalGreen
- GreenBuilder.com
- GreenBuilding.com
- Green Building Alliance
- Green Building Center
- Green Building Expo
- Green Building Initiative (GBI)
- Green Building Institute
- Green Building Pages
- Green Building Services
- Green Building Supplies
- Green Concepts
- Green Guide – Green Building Resource Guide (site no longer active at greenguide.com)
- Green Home Building.com
- Greener Buildings
- Housing Zone – Building Green Forum
- Iowa Center on Sustainable Communities
- Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)
- Natural Building Network
- Natural Built Home
- Natural Resource Defense Council – Building Green
- Oikos
- Paladino & Co.
- RenewFairfield.com – Online encyclopedia of resources and information. “This web site was begun as a collaborative project in the fall of 2006 by the students of a solar energy course (titled”The Energy Basis of Man and Nature“), which is part of the four-year Sustainable Living Program at Maharishi University of Management.”
- SolarFarm.com – “Surya Nagar is Sanskrit for “Home of the Sun”, and the mission of Surya Nagar is to implement and teach how man can create a life based on solar energy. We operate a farm, offer internships, host visitors, and offer educational programs such permaculture design certificate courses.”
- Small House Society
- State Listing: | California | Florida | Iowa | New York State | North Carolina | Vermont | Wisconsin |
- SustainableABC – Sustainable Architecture, Building, and Culture
- Sustain Lane – 2006 Top Ranked Sustainable Cities
- US Green Building Council (USGBC)
- World Green Building Council