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• Alternet - www.alternet.org
     AlterNet is an award-winning news magazine and online community that creates original journalism and amplifies the best of dozens of other independent media sources. AlterNet's aim is to inspire citizen action and advocacy on the environment, human rights and civil liberties, social justice, media, and health care issues.


• Appalachian State University Collaborative Biodiesel Project - www.biodiesel.appstate.edu/
     The purpose of the project is to create a closed loop biodiesel processing facility that provides for its own energy needs, and recycles its waste products.


• Appalachian State University Energy Center - www.energy.appstate.edu/
     The Energy Center at Appalachian State University was established in 2001 to conduct energy research and applied program activities in a multi-disciplinary environment. The Center, working through faculty, staff and students, has programs in the areas of energy efficiency, renewable energy technology, biofuels, policy analysis, forecasting, and economic development.


• Appalachian Voices - www.appvoices.org
     Appalachian Voices brings people together to solve the environmental problems having the greatest impact on the central and southern Appalachian Mountains. Our mission is to empower people to defend our region's rich natural and cultural heritage by providing them with tools and strategies for successful grassroots campaigns.


• Asheville Community Resource Center - www.agrnews.org/issues/magpie/contact.html
     The Asheville Community Resource Center is an all-volunteer coalition of local community members and organizations working toward social change in our community, our society, and our world.


• Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League - www.bredl.org
     The Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League is a regional, community-based, non-profit environmental organization. Our founding principles are earth stewardship, environmental democracy, social justice, and community empowerment. Working in rural and disadvantaged areas, our staff and volunteers put into practice the ideals of love of community and love of neighbor. BREDL is a grassroots organization: each community group solves pressing local problems by developing a citizens' campaign with goals, strategies, activities, and assessments.


• Clean Water for North Carolina - www.cwfnc.org
     CWFNC is a private non-profit membership organization serving residents across the state of North Carolina. We have a very active and diverse board and staff, dozens of volunteers and hundreds of members who work hard to make North Carolina a better place.


• Consumer's Guide to Energy Efficiency - www.eere.energy.gov/consumer/your_home/
     Your home uses energy every day, all day long. It uses energy to keep you warm in the winter and cool in the summer. It uses energy to provide you with light when you need it. It uses energy to provide you with hot water. And it uses energy to run all of your appliances and home electronics.


• Council Update from Robin Cape - www.robinforasheville.com
     


• Domestic Use of Water - www.academic.evergreen.edu/g/grossmaz/ABRASHNM/
     


• ecofeminism.net - www.ecofeminism.net
     ecofeminism.net and ecofeminism.org aim to provide audio, visual and textual resources combined with the best online resources in ecofeminist philosophy and its related fields.


• Environmental and Conservation Organization - www.eco-wnc.org
     ECO is dedicated to preserving the natural heritage of Henderson County and the mountain region through EDUCATION, RECREATION, SERVICE, and CIVIC ACTION. Our guiding statement is . . . take care of your own backyard. Seeking to think globally and act locally, we work to preserve and protect our streams and wetlands, wildlife and natural habitats, air, and trees - the environment that sustains us all.


• Environmental Careers Organization - www.eco.org./
     


• Environmental Defense Fund - www.environmentaldefense.org/home.cfm
     


• Environmental Impact of Bioenergy - www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2007/1000553/index.html
     "The fast-growing bioenergy industry offers many opportunities, but also involves a number of trade-offs and risks, the United Nations said today in its most comprehensive review of the likely impact of the emerging bioenergy market."


• Environmental Working Group - www.ewg.org/
     Environmental investigations have been our specialty at the Environmental Working Group since 1993. Our team of scientists, engineers, policy experts, lawyers and computer programmers pores over government data, legal documents, scientific studies and our own laboratory tests to expose threats to your health and the environment, and to find solutions. Our research brings to light unsettling facts that you have a right to know. It shames and shakes up polluters and their lobbyists. It rattles politicians and shapes policy. It persuades bureaucracies to rethink science and strengthen regulation. It provides practical information you can use to protect your family and community.


• EPA Window to My Environment - www.epa.gov/enviro/html/em/index.html
     This maps environmental features, such as water and air and water monitors.


• Green Deals Daily - www.greendealsdaily.com/
     Good for the pocketbook, good for the planet


• Heartstone - www.warren-wilson.edu
     HEARTSTONE a journal of the Environmental Leadership Center of Warren Wilson College. The Environmental Leadership Center is determined to foster the dialog, develop the leaders, and apply the practices required to implement systemic change. Its vision is global, its focus is regional, and its initiatives are action-oriented and designed to inform the beliefs, policies, and practices of citizens at all levels of involvement in the most pressing environmental issues.


• Hugg - www.hugg.com
     Hugg is your source for user-submitted green news.


• kilowattours.com - www.kilowattours.com/
     For resources and information on Energy saving and KWh meters. A series of sponsored links.


• Laurel Valley Watch - www.laurelvalleywatch.org
     Laurel Valley Watch is a non-profit organization formed in December 2005 by the residents of Laurel Valley, a peaceful glen of rural grazing land and gardens in the northwest corner of Madison County, North Carolina.


• Mountain Voices Alliance - www.mvalliance.net
      Mountain Voices would like to see all current and future development in Western North Carolina be responsible, sustainable and sensitive to our unique environmental surroundings and cultural heritage.


• NC Conservation Network - www.ncconservationnetwork.org
     The North Carolina Conservation Network is a statewide network of over 120 environmental, community and environmental justice organizations focused on protecting North Carolina’s environment and public health. The NC Conservation Network supports, trains and coordinates diverse groups and directly advocates to achieve equitable and sustainable solutions for our environment.


• NC Native Plant Society - www.ncwildflower.org
     The purpose of the Society is to promote enjoyment and conservation of native plants and their habitats through education, protection, and propagation.


• NC Sustainable Business Council - www.sustainnc.org/
     The NC Sustainable Business Council promotes business leadership for change toward an environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable future in North Carolina.


• North American Association for Environmental Education - www.eelink.net/ee-linkintroduction.html
     Online resources supporting educators


• North Carolina Arboretum - www.ncarboretum.org/
     The Arboretum focuses on the education, economic development, research, conservation, and garden demonstration with respect to landscape, architecture, and plant sciences. The 434-acre site is nestled in one of the most beautiful natural settings in the United States. Mountain peaks bound the property's visual perimeters and 1.8 miles of the Bent Creek stream run through the center of the Arboretum.


• North Carolina Drinking Water - www.epa.gov/safewater/dwinfo/nc.htm
     


• North Carolina Environment and Climate Observing Network - www.nc-climate.ncsu.edu/econet/
     With improvement in our understanding of local weather and climate issues, it has become clear that local weather and climate observations are critical for so many applications. In order to improve local weather information and forecasts and to create a database for future research, the State Climate Office, in cooperation with state and federal agencies, has initiated development of the NC ECONet.


• North Carolina Environmental Education Clearinghouse - www.eenorthcarolina.org
     All of North Carolina's environmental educational resources in one place!


• North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission - www.ncwildlife.org
     


• Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides - www.pesticide.org/
     The NCAP protects the health of people and the environment by advancing alternatives to pesticides.


• Nuclear Information and Resource Service - www.nirs.org
     NIRS/WISE is the information and networking center for people and organizations concerned about nuclear power, radioactive waste, radiation, and sustainable energy issues.


• Operation: Climate Vote - www.edf.org/page.cfm?tagID=12803
     House and Senate leaders have promised to make global warming a priority. But, they have not yet scheduled a vote on global warming legislation. It's our job to keep up the pressure. Our leaders need to know that there are serious consequences if they don't act, both environmental and political. That's why Environmental Defense Action Fund is launching Operation Climate Vote, an intensive online campaign to focus grassroots pressure like never before and demand a vote. Time is running out and we cannot let Congress adjourn for the year without having voted on global warming legislation.


• Quality Forward - www.qualityforward.org
     Quality Forward is a volunteer based organization working to enhance the environment and quality of life for the citizens of Asheville and Buncombe County through awareness building, community activities and partnership.


• Rehabilitation of Wildlife - www.wildforlife.org
     Center for the rehabilitation of wildlife


• River Conservation in Western North Carolina - www.library.appstate.edu/appcoll/research_aids/akota.htm
     Library resources


• Scorecard: NC Water - www.scorecard.org/env-releases/water/cwa-state.tcl?fips_state_code=37
     The pollution information site


• Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy - www.appalachian.org/
     The Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy is one of the country’s oldest and most respected land trusts.   Founded in 1974 as a non-profit, charitable organization, the SAHC Conservancy’s mission is to protect the world’s oldest mountains for the benefit of present and future generations.


• Southern Research Station - www.srs.fs.usda.gov/
     The Southern Research Station, with headquarters located in western North Carolina, is the leading organization for research on natural resource management and sustainability in the Southern United States. With a staff of 130 scientists serving 13 Southern States, our mission is to create the science and technology needed to sustain and enhance Southern forest ecosystems and the benefits they provide.


• Student Environmental Action Committee - www.seac.org/
     


• The Dogwood Alliance - www.dogwoodalliance.org
     Dogwood Alliance is the only organization in the South holding corporations accountable for the impact of their industrial forestry practices on our forests and our communities. Through a combination of persistent grassroots pressure and skillful negotiation, we achieve the results necessary to create real and lasting protection for Southern forests.


• The Enviro Network - www.environetwork.com/
     Environmental jobs


• Watershed Association of the Tuckasegee River - www.watrnc.org/index.html
     The Watershed Association of the Tuckasegee River (WATR) is a citizen-based group dedicated to the protection and enhancement of the health and quality of the Tuckasegee River and its watershed.


• Western North Carolina Air Quality - www.webcam.srs.fs.fed.us/
     


• Western North Carolina Alliance - www.wnca.org
     The Western North Carolina Alliance represents democracy in action - a grassroots organization of people who care about the quality of life in our towns and countryside. For the past twenty years, we've been bringing people together to address critical environmental issues facing our mountain communities - issues that have local, regional, state, and national impact.


• Western North Carolina Nature Center - www.wildwnc.org/
     The WNC Nature Center is a living museum of plants and animals native to the Appalachian region. Our purpose is to increase public awareness and understanding of all aspects of the natural environment of Western North Carolina through hands-on and sensory experiences.


• Western North Carolina Regional Air Quality Agency - www.wncairquality.org/
     The Western North Carolina Regional Air Quality Agency (WNCRAQA) is one of three local programs in North Carolina. The Agency enforces Air Quality regulations in Buncombe County and the City of Asheville. Regulations cover everything from open burning to asbestos demolition, as well as industrial facilities.