Green Resources
Thank you for visiting and we hope you join us in our commitment to green standards and practices. Please enjoy the following resources that we have compiled to better understand the many efforts being made around the planet to create a better world for our children and for the sea turtles we protect.
“The natural environment sustains the life of all beings universally.” – Dalai Lama
NEWS
Environmental News Network (ENN)
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
For Kids
National Resource Defense Council
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental Protection Agency (Climate Change)
Other Links to Environmental Organizations
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
Environmental Protection Agency
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Environmental Books for Children
The Earth Book By Todd Parr
The Adventures of a Plastic Bottle: A Story About Recycling By Alison Inches
Why Should I Recylce By Jen Green
10 Things I Can Do to Help My World by Melanie Walsh
Easy to Be Green: Simple Activities You Can Do to Save the Earth (Little Green Books) by Ellie O’Ryan
365 Ways to Live Green for Kids: Saving the Environment at Home, School, or at Play–Every Day! By Sheri Amsel
World Without Fish by Mark Kurlansky
The Watcher: Jane Goodall’s Life with the Chimps by Jeanette Winter
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
Earth Book for Kids: Activities to Help Heal the Environment by Linda Schwartz
Earth-Friendly Crafts for Kids: 50 Awesome Things to Make with Recycled Stuff by Joe Rhatigan and Heather Smith
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
The Three R’s: Reuse, Reduce, Recycle (What Do You Know About? Books) by Núria Roca
Life Cycles: Ocean by Sean Callery
Oceans: Dolphins, sharks, penguins, and more! By Johnna Rizzo
A Rainforest Habitat (Introducing Habitats) by Molly Aloian
Environmental Books for Adults
Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan
A Sand County Almanac: With Other Essays on Conservation from Round River by Aldo Leopold
Walden, or Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau
Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things by William McDonough
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson
Ecology of a Cracker Childhood by Janisse Ray
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser
Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution–and How It Can Renew America by Thomas L. Friedman
The End of Nature by Bill McKibben
Nature Writings: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth / My First Summer in the Sierra / The Mountains of California / Stickeen / Essays by John Muir
Song for the Blue Ocean: Encounters Along the World’s Coasts and Beneath the Seas by Carl Safina
Diet for a Small Planet by Frances Moore Lappé
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
Earth Odyssey: Around the World in Search of Our Environmental Future by Mark Hertsgaard
OTHER
Green America.org
Environmental Defense
Treehugger.com
EPA.gov
Earth Share (lots of links)
Jane Goodall Inst. for Wildlife Research, Education and Cons.
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
National Parks Conservation Association
Natural Resources Defense Council
Student Conservation Association (The)
Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide
National Environmental Education Foundation
Sustainable Harvest International