"We provide free online video, how to information, and products to help consumers transform their houses from being energy hogs, into healthy, resilient, and energy efficient homes. We also work with institutions, communities, and businesses to educate and promote resource conservation and sustainable principles."
The Zero Energy Building Award seeks the best building in the Northeast (USA) that produces as much power as it needs to heat, cool, illuminate and provide other functions required by occupants over the course of a year. The goal of the competition is to honor a building that offers great comfort and amenities with little impact on the environment.
Zero-energy buildings – buildings that produce as much energy as they consume – represent the cutting edge of environmentally responsible construction. These buildings, which require state-of-the-art energy-efficient construction and renewable energy systems such as solar and wind, are challenging to design and build but can offer comfort and amenities while reducing the building’s impact on the environment.
The Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA) is the Northeast’s leading organization of professionals working in sustainable energy, whole-systems thinking and green technologies. NESEA advances the adoption and practical application of sustainable, low carbon energy practices. NESEA accomplishes this through a number of ongoing programs and annual events. NESEA is a proud chapter of the American Solar Energy Society (ASES).
AskNature, the online inspiration source for the biomimicry community. Think of it as your home habitat—whether you're a biologist who wants to share what you know about an amazing organism, or a designer, architect, engineer, or chemist looking for planet-friendly solutions. AskNature is where biology and design cross-pollinate, so bio-inspired breakthroughs can be born.
Biomimicry (from bios, meaning life, and mimesis, meaning to imitate) is a design discipline that seeks sustainable solutions by emulating nature’s time-tested patterns and strategies, e.g., a solar cell inspired by a leaf. The core idea is that Nature, imaginative by necessity, has already solved many of the problems we are grappling with: energy, food production, climate control, non-toxic chemistry, transportation, packaging, and a whole lot more.
Environmentally sensitive options for your life. Answers to your questions, covering topics on the most effective composting toilets, chemical-free water treatment systems, solar water heaters, air purifiers, non-toxic products, and other things you can do immediately to minimize your footprint on the earth.
The Earth Policy Institute was founded May 2001 by Lester Brown and Reah Janise Kauffman to provide a vision of a sustainable future and a plan for how to get from here to there.
Business that contributes to an equitable and ecologically sustainable economy. Provides global news and networking services to help green business grow. Offers visitors a unique lens on the field as a whole, covering all sectors that impact sustainabilty: renewable energy/ efficiency, green building, green investing, and organics.
