Alaska ( (listen) ə-LAS-kə) is a U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., it borders British Columbia and the Yukon in Canada to the east, and it shares a western maritime border in the Bering Strait with the Russian Federation's Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. To the north are the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas of the Arctic Ocean, and the Pacific Ocean lies to the south and southwest.
Alaska is the largest U.S. state by area, comprising more total area than the next three largest states of Texas, California, and Montana combined, and is the seventh-largest subnational division in the world. It is the third-least populous and most sparsely populated U.S. state, but with a population of 736,081 as of 2020, is the continent's most populous territory located mostly north of the 60th parallel, more than quadruple the combined populations of Northern Canada and Greenland. The state capital of Juneau is the second-largest city in the United States by area, and the former capital of Alaska, Sitka, is the largest U.S. city by area. Approximately half of Alaska's residents live within the Anchorage metropolitan area.
The indigenous population of Alaska is proportionally the highest of any U.S. state, at over 15 percent. Close to two dozen native languages are spoken, and Alaskan Natives exercise considerable influence in local and state politics.
Biodiversity[edit | edit source]
Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center
Coasts[edit | edit source]
Alaska Marine Conservation Council
Community energy[edit | edit source]
Renewable Energy Alaska Project
Cycling activism[edit | edit source]
Wikipedia: Bike paths in Alaska (category)
Food activism[edit | edit source]
Alaska Community Agriculture, Farmer's Markets - Alaska Permaculture
Sustainable transport activism[edit | edit source]
Wikipedia: Hiking trails in Alaska (category)
Resources[edit | edit source]
Networks and sustainability initiatives[edit | edit source]
- Alaska Center for the Environment
- Alaska Conservation Foundation
- Office of Sustainability, University of Alaska Anchorage
- Office of Sustainability, University of Alaska Fairbanks
- Rivers Without Borders
- Sustainable Alaska, Rice University's Baker Institute
Citizens data initiative[edit | edit source]
Energy & Environmental Data for Alaska
Maps[edit | edit source]
Map of Renewable Energy Installations, alaskarenewableenergy.org
News and comment[edit | edit source]
2018
Alaska can save its economy and environment by investing in renewable energy. What are we waiting for? Feb 22[1]
2017
What rural Alaska can teach the world about renewable energy, Mar 6[2]
2015
Alaska's quest to power remote villages - and how it could spread clean energy worldwide, August 14[3]
2014
In rainy Southeast Alaska, a village experiments with solar power, December 29[4]
Ice loss sends Alaskan temperatures soaring by 7C, October 17[5]
Worlds First Airborne Wind Turbine to Bring Renewable Energy and WiFi to Alaska, March 25[6]
External links[edit | edit source]
Wikipedia: Alaska