Resources - Links

We hope you find these websites and publications useful.  Please note that this is not a comprehensive list – there are many, many good sources of information on the Internet and elsewhere.  Disclaimer:  inclusion of a commercial website in this list is not to be considered an endorsement by the New Brunswick Climate Change Hub or any of its supporters or stakeholders.

• NB Department of Environment - Take Action on Climate Change
• New England Governors / Eastern Canadian Premiers
• National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Reports
• North American Environmental Atlas

Climate Science and Climate Change

• For more information on weather, climate and climate change, visit RealClimate (climate science from climate scientists)
  http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2007/05/start-here/
• The Pew Institute on Global Climate Change has a number of Climate Change 101 publications (to download)  http://www.pewclimate.org/global-warming-basics/climate_change_101
  … and good FAQs  
   http://www.pewclimate.org/global-warming-basics/faq_s
  … and Global Warming Basics Fact Sheets and Briefs
  http://www.pewclimate.org/global-warming-basics/factsheets
• The Weather Network also has a video, as well as good information and links
  http://www.theweathernetwork.com/climatechange/
• Union of Concerned Scientists – Global Warming
  http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/

Ecological Footprint, Carbon Footprint, and other Calculators

• EarthDay
  www.earthday.net
• Ecological Footprint (Redefining Progress) (Redefining Progress)  
  http://www.ecologicalfootprint.org/  
  http://www.ecologicalfootprint.org/Global%20Footprint%20Calculator/GFPCalc.html
• Redefining Progress a personal calculator, an office footprint quiz, one for kids 
  http://www.rprogress.org/ecological_footprint/footprint_FAQs.htm
• Footprint Standards
   www.footprintstandards.org
  http://www.footprintnetwork.org/
• Carbon labelling initiative
  http://www.carboncounted.com/
• Water footprint info and calculators 
• http://www.waterfootprint.org/?page=files/home
• US water footprint calculator and tips on water conservation
• http://www.h2oconserve.org/home.php?pd=index
• One Less Tonne (a challenge from the Pembina Institute)
• http://www.onelesstonne.ca/home.cfm

Canadian Government websites:

• Environment Canada GHG emissions calculators for the Ontario region – for travel, home/personal, waste management, lawnmowers/snowblowers, etc.
• http://www.on.ec.gc.ca/community/ecoaction/greenhousecalcs-e.html
• EcoAction has a variety of tools and calculators for consumers and business
  http://ecoaction.gc.ca/tools-outils-eng.cfm
• Transport Canada – Urban transportation emissions calculator
  http://www.tc.gc.ca/programs/environment/UTEC/default.aspx

Carbon Offsets / Going Carbon Neutral

• EcoNeutral - calculators for estimating your carbon footprint for the purpose of neutralizing your footprint by buying carbon offsets 
   https://www.econeutral.com/carboncalculator.html
• ZeroFootprint has a whole list of zero footprint calculators
  http://www.zerofootprint.net/about/calculators
• David Suzuki Foundation – Go Carbon Neutral 
  http://www.davidsuzuki.org/Climate_Change/What_You_Can_Do/carbon_neutral.asp
• The CarbonNeutral Company – ‘climate friendly’ products, carbon offsets, projects, research, etc. [hyperlink to] 
  http://www.carbonneutral.com/
• Bonneville Environmental Foundation (USA)
  http://www.greentagsusa.org/greentags/calculator/
• http://www.carboncounter.org/
• http://www.climatetrust.org/index.html

Carbon Offsets – purchase to offset air travel, etc (many of these sites have calculators and other information):

• TerraPass
  http://www.terrapass.com/
• Planetair (not-for-profit organization)
  http://planetair.ca/
• myclimate foundation (not-for-profit organization):
  http://www.myclimate.org/
• Offset products:
  http://www.econeutral.com/index.html
• Comparisons of companies selling offsets:
  http://www.ecobusinesslinks.com/carbon_offset_wind_credits_carbon_reduction.htm
• The Crichton Carbon Centre is an exciting new development in international efforts to tackle climate change. Combining academic excellence with hands-on experience, the expert team in Dumfries, Scotland, is working to find sustainable solutions to global warming, as well as to communicate advances in energy efficiency and alternative energy sources to businesses and the wider public. Backed by UK-wide business and universities, the Carbon Centre now provides short training courses on all aspects of carbon management for organisations keen to reduce their carbon footprint.   http://www.carboncentre.org/

Communities going Carbon Neutral

• Ashton Hayes, UK    http://www.goingcarbonneutral.co.uk/

Carbon Neutral and Eco-friendly Products

• Carbon-Free Cards http://www.carbonfreecards.com/ordercards.html

Publications:

• Consumers Guide to Carbon Offsets (Clean Air-Cool Planet) - excellent for info on carbon offsets
  http://www.cleanair-coolplanet.org/ConsumersGuidetoCarbonOffsets.pdf
• United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) publications (a wealth of information on climate change, adaptation, Kyoto Protocol, and much more; available in PDF format)
  http://unfccc.int/essential_background/background_publications_htmlpdf/items/2625.php

Solutions

• http://www.greennexxus.com/index.aspx
• OneThing (State of Connecticut) http://www.onethingct.com/

Especially for Municipalities / Communities

• Partners for Climate Protection
  http://sustainablecommunities.fcm.ca/Partners-for-Climate-Protection/
• Green Communities Canada
  http://greencommunitiescanada.org/
  
• EcoAction Teams (Earth Day Canada)
  http://www.ecoactionteams.ca/pub/index.php
• EcoAction Teams provides three levels of action to reduce your energy and water use, waste production, and greenhouse gas emissions. Through active participation and online results tracking, participants can easily and significantly reduce their environmental impact.
• Tools of Change (Community-based Social Marketing)
  http://www.toolsofchange.com/English/firstsplit.asp
• Adapting to Climate Change: A Business Approach (Pew Center on Global Climate Change, April 2008) http://www.pewclimate.org/business-adaptation

Publications or Businesses

• Global Recycling Network: http://www.grn.com/exchange/
• GreenExchange: http://www.greenexchange.com/
• Carbon Neutral and Eco-friendly Products
  Carbon-Free Cards: http://www.carbonfreecards.com/ordercards.html

Ecological Economics

• Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, University of Vermont – publications
  http://www.uvm.edu/giee/?Page=publications.html&default_menu.html
• Earth Inc.  http://www.earthinc.org/index.php

Home / Business

• Architecture2030 (green buildings / green construction)
  http://www.architecture2030.org/home.html
• Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association
  http://www.mofga.org/

• Alliance for Climate Protection (Chairman of the Board, Al Gore):
  http://www.climateprotect.org/about
• STOP DISASTERS!
  A disaster simulation game from the UN/ISDR:
  http://www.stopdisastersgame.org/en/
• Patagonia:  The Footprint Chronicles (you can checkout the ‘good’ and the ‘bad’ about specific clothing items they manufacture)
  http://www.patagonia.com/usa/footprint/index.jsp
• Various neat programmes
  http://planetgreen.discovery.com/carbon-footprint/
• Tree Hugger – How to Go Green (Tree Hugger’s Green Guides)
  http://www.treehugger.com/gogreen.php
• The Green Guide (National Geographic)
  http://www.thegreenguide.com/

Regional

• Climate Choices in the Northeast
  http://www.climatechoices.org/ne/
• Statistics Canada Human Activity and the Environment
  http://www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/16-201-XIE/16-201-XIE2007000.htm
• (also have PDF version – 161 pages, lots of good explanation (CC, etc.))
• Carbon Footprint Ltd.  (carbon offset and tree planting sales, plus information for individuals and businesses and calculators):
  http://www.carbonfootprint.com/
• Excellent for info on carbon offsets:
  http://www.cleanair-coolplanet.org/ConsumersGuidetoCarbonOffsets.pdf