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This directory contains information sources on various topics and businesses related to sustainable housing . Please add either '''external links''', or links to relevant '''Greenlivingpedia articles'''. | This directory contains information sources on various topics and businesses related to sustainable housing . Please add either '''external links''', or links to relevant '''[[Greenlivingpedia:|Greenlivingpedia:]] articles'''.<ref>To link to a [[Greenlivingpedia article, use the form '''<nowiki>[[Greenlivingpedia:Pagename]]</nowiki>''', e.g. '''<nowiki>[[Greenlivingpedia:Chippendale house]]</nowiki>'''.</ref> | ||
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* [http://www.geoairservices.com.au/ Geo Air Services] -- Sydney-based company dedicated to helping home owners cool and heat their homes efficiently, and with less power than conventional air conditioning | * [http://www.geoairservices.com.au/ Geo Air Services] -- Sydney-based company dedicated to helping home owners cool and heat their homes efficiently, and with less power than conventional air conditioning | ||
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* [http://www.tasmanianenvironmentcentre.org.au/ Sustainable Living Tasmania] -- community resource and education centre to provide a for the protection and restoration of the natural environment and the development of homes and cities for a sustainable future. | * [http://www.tasmanianenvironmentcentre.org.au/ Sustainable Living Tasmania] -- community resource and education centre to provide a for the protection and restoration of the natural environment and the development of homes and cities for a sustainable future. | ||
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== General information and topics == | == General information and topics == | ||
* [http://www.google.com/Top/Science/Environment/Sustainability/Sustainable_Living/ Google Directory - Sustainable Living] | * [http://www.google.com/Top/Science/Environment/Sustainability/Sustainable_Living/ Google Directory - Sustainable Living] | ||
=== Wikis === | === Wikis === | ||
* [[Appropedia:Welcome to Appropedia|Appropedia]] is focused reducing poverty through international development and increasing sustainability through the use of appropriate technology | * [[Appropedia:Welcome to Appropedia|Appropedia]] is focused reducing poverty through international development and increasing sustainability through the use of appropriate technology | ||
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* [[Wikipedia:Sustainable energy|Sustainable energy]] | * [[Wikipedia:Sustainable energy|Sustainable energy]] | ||
* [[Wikipedia:Sustainable living|Sustainable living]] | * [[Wikipedia:Sustainable living|Sustainable living]] | ||
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Revision as of 05:22, 29 March 2007
This directory contains information sources on various topics and businesses related to sustainable housing . Please add either external links, or links to relevant Greenlivingpedia: articles.[1]
Information sources by region
Australia
- The EcoShop - online eco shop with links to information resources
- Earth Garden magazine -- Australia's original magazine about sustainable living with country and city alternatives, now in its 33rd year
- Earth garden favourite Links -- renewable energy, RAP installers, owner building, earth and straw building, permaculture and organic gardening, waste management, ethical investment, green organisations, ecoproperty, eco products
- The Greendirectory - Australian online eco directory
- Alternative Technology Association - Australia’s leading not-for-profit organisation, promoting sustainable technology and practice to protect the environment.
- Sustainable Living Foundation is a community based not-for-profit organisation committed to promoting, celebrating and practicing principles of sustainable living.
- Warming: Cool It An Australian Government home guide to reducing energy costs and greenhouse gases.
- Australian Greenhouse Office
Victoria
- Sunpower Design - over 25 years experience specialising in integrated sustainable building design of homes that exceed the 5 star energy performance rating.
- Zen Architects
- Lighter footprints is a climate change neighbourhood action group active in Surrey Hills and adjacent suburbs, Melbourne, Victoria
- Families Facing Climate Change is a group based in Ashburton, Melbourne, Australia.
- Greenlink Box Hill -- Local plants for local places.
- Environment Victoria -- Victoria's peak non-government environment organisation, campaigning across Victoria for more than 30 years.
- Bayside Climate Change Action Group -- formed by parents in the Bayside area, the group goals are to provide a collective voice for Bayside residents for both families and individuals determined to fight for a clean energy future.
- Wren Industries -- makes of concertina foil bats and Renshade aluminium foil holland blinds for windows.
- Going Solar -- provides innovative solutions for integrating PV solar power modules into buildings.
- Building and renovating sustainably -- Sustainability Victoria, Victorian Government, how you can be energy and water efficient in all aspects of your project.
Western Australia
- Solar Dwellings -- passive solar energy efficient homes designer in Perth.
- Sustainable Consulting -- Perth-based consulting firm established in 2001 to help progress the sustainability agenda in Western Australia and beyond.
- Sustainable Living WA -- provides information from Western Australian Government agencies and other sources on sustainable living in Western Australia.
Queensland
- Sustainable Living QLD -- Queensland Government information on sustainable living and building.
New South Wales
- The Institute for Sustainable Futures -- Based in Sydney, Australia
- Michael Mobbs Sustainable Projects -- design, consulting and speaking services.
- Geo Air Services -- Sydney-based company dedicated to helping home owners cool and heat their homes efficiently, and with less power than conventional air conditioning
Tasmania
- Sustainable Living Tasmania -- community resource and education centre to provide a for the protection and restoration of the natural environment and the development of homes and cities for a sustainable future.
- Core Collective -- is committed to the production of innovative architecture grounded in a sensitivity for its environmental, social, cultural and economic context.
United States
- Green Home Building
- Building Living Neighborhoods
- TheGreenerHome -- Sustainable Living Resource for Western North Carolina
- LA Green Living
- America -- Economic Action for a Just Planet
- Architecture for humanity -- charitable organisation promoting architectural and design solutions to global, social and humanitarian crises.
Germany
- SCHOTT AG -- is one of the leading solar industry companies worldwide, offering a wide range of future-oriented products and solutions for almost all photovoltaic and solar thermal applications.
General information and topics
Wikis
- Appropedia is focused reducing poverty through international development and increasing sustainability through the use of appropriate technology
- Technology and Social Action Wiki was established to foster dialogue and collaboration between activists in social movements, voluntary and community organisations and technology designers.
- Howtopedia is a collaborative platform for practical knowledge and simple technologies that are easily explainable and usable by individuals or small communities for a sustainable and ecological future.
- Village Earth's Appropriate Technology Wiki Project aims to improve the development of and access to information on small-scale do-it-yourself technologies through an open design approach.
- TipThePlanet is a green wiki website that encourages discussion and the generation of tips that benefit you and the planet - from tips for individuals to tips for multi-national companies on how to limit their carbon footprints.
- PermaWiki is a free permaculture designers manual that anyone can edit
- SolaRoof Open Eco Wiki's goal is to transform our homes and communities through an Open Source initiative for Sustainable Living
Energy
- Oil Depletion Protocol is an international agreement that will enable nations of the world to cooperatively reduce their dependence on oil.
- Futureenergy.org -- information about clean power, polluting power, energy efficiency, climate change, oil peak, politics, energy efficient homes and transport solutions.
- Renew News -- is a community-based resource about Renewable Energy
Wikipedia articles
- Carbon dioxide sink
- Global warming
- Greenhouse effect
- Natural gas
- Permaculture
- Renewable energy
- Solar power
- Sustainability
- Sustainable energy
- Sustainable living
Notes
- ↑ To link to a [[Greenlivingpedia article, use the form [[Greenlivingpedia:Pagename]], e.g. [[Greenlivingpedia:Chippendale house]].