Eco-Portal

A clearinghouse collection of news, legislation, references, print materials, and websites dealing with all environmental issues and sustainability; full text searches of the best reviewed material on sustainability.

Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes

International index system for companies scored with regard to general as well as industry-specific sustainability trends based on economic, environmental as well as social criteria. The biggest 600 companies in North America have been identified as the starting universe for a new addition to the series of sustainability benchmarks.

Second nature: Sustainability Education for Colleges and Universities

Since 1993, Second Nature has been dedicated to accelerating a process of transformation in higher education. We assist colleges and universities in their quest to integrate sustainability as a core component of all education and practice in order to make human society healthy, fair, economically secure and ecologically thriving for all current and future humans and other species.

National Wildlife Federation: Campus Ecology Project

For more than a decade, NWF's Campus Ecology program has been helping transform the nation's college campuses into living models of an ecologically sustainable society, and training a new generation of environmental leaders.

The Meatrix

This award-winning website features an animated spoof on the Matrix that brings to light the practices of factory farming and animal cruelty. Take the red pill and find out where your meat really comes from.

Energy Star Light Catalog

A catalog of efficient lighting for customers of participating electric utilities or energy efficiency service providers.  For Massachusetts residents, this catalog offers a huge range of bulbs and light fixtures at reduced prices, with savings of up to $4 off light bulbs and $20 off fixtures and torchieres.

Million Monitor Drive

In 2004, Energy Star began a national campaign to save energy through monitor power management. Companies, schools, and other organizations pledged to activate monitor power management on over a million monitors. The projected savings for last year's drive are $15 million, and Energy Star hopes to activate power management on another 2 million monitors this year.

Also check-out Smith's Million Monitor Drive webpage

Environmental Defense: What is Global Warming?

An excellent summary of what exactly people mean when they talk about global warming. The Environmental Defense website makes clear how global warming could affect you, and how to "undo it."

Another great site is the Fight Global Warming page with all the facts on how global warming is affecting you.

Rocky Mountain Institute

The Rocky Mountain Institute shows businesses, communities, individuals, and governments how to create more wealth and employment, protect and enhance natural and human capital, increase profit and competitive advantage, and enjoy many other benefits-largely by doing what they do far more efficiently.

MassBike: Better Bicyling For Massachusetts

MassBike works to promote the bicycle as a safe, healthful, enjoyable, efficient, and environmentally sound means of transportation. Explore their website for bike trail maps, information about bicycle legislation, and much more.

Center for Ecological Technology

Since 1976, the Center for Ecological Technology (CET), a non-profit (501c3) organization, engages in work that demonstrates and promotes practical, affordable solutions to the environmental challenges encountered in our daily activities. CET’s mission is "to research, develop, demonstrate and promote those technologies which have the least disruptive impact on the natural ecology of the Earth." From offices in Pittsfield, Northampton and Springfield, CET finds sustainable solutions to complex issues in order to benefit our environment, health, economy, and community.