Big Sur Powerdown
A co-created localized community
Big SurPowerdown is our community cooperating and communicating to address diminishing natural resources and climate change by applying strategies forrelocalizing our resources, reducing fossil fuel dependency and having fun while doing it. Our intent with Big Sur Powerdown is to educate the populace of Big Sur and ourselves about the long-term problems and ...learn more
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Created: Feb 21, 2008
Updated: Nov 02, 2009
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Resources
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Updated: 1 day ago
The video The Innovative Turn has been prepared by the partners of the project Zer0-M, fun...
Updated: 7 days ago
Women Need Water Rights, Not Just Technologies
In poor communities, technologies are often touted as panaceas for
poverty. For wom...
Areas: Hydrology and the Global Water Cycle, Water and Energy, Water and Sustainable Development, Water Law and Policy, Water Quality and Health, Water Rights, Water Supply and Conservation, Watershed Management, Sustainable Urban Environmental Services, Sanitation ...
Type: Website - Author: Masum Momaya
Type: Website - Author: Masum Momaya
Updated: about 1 month ago
Matter Network is a rich-media network dedicated to creating,
aggregating, and syndicating actionable news and information about the
clean technology and sustainability revolutions.MatterNetwork.co...
Areas: Renewable Energy, Sustainable Energy Development, Energy Security and Sustainability, Alternative Fuels, Energy Efficiency and Conservation, Emissions Trading, Ecological Footprint, Recycling and Reuse, Sustainable Production, Water and Sustainable Development ...
Type: Website - Author: Carrie Schluter
Type: Website - Author: Carrie Schluter
Updated: about 1 month ago
Mekong's dams wreak havoc on rural poor
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
CHIANG RAI, Thailand - In a rush to emulate Thailand's model of
building dams in the name of development, countries that share the
...
Areas: Agricultural Water Conservation and Management, Acid Rain, Ecosystem Services, Coastal Ecology, Marine Ecology and Conservation, Land Restoration, Land Stewardship, Natural Resource Conservation, Restoration Ecology, Electric Power ...
Type: Article - Author: Marwaan Macan-Markar
Type: Article - Author: Marwaan Macan-Markar
Updated: about 1 month ago
Check out this new Homeowner's Guide to Greening Stormwater Runoff. Here's an intro from Brock Dolman:
Hi All,
I think that many of you interested in community stormwater education may
find the...
Updated: 3 months ago
A program of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, the New Rules
Project started back in 1998 and continues to bring fresh new policy
solutions to communities and states to ensure that they are "d...
Areas: Community Enterprise, Sustainable Communities, Sustainable Living, Sustainable Livelihoods, Local Food Systems, Urban Revitalization, Environmental Resource Center, Environmental Law and Policy, Sustainable Urban Environmental Services
Type: Other - Author: Institute for Local Self-Reliance
Type: Other - Author: Institute for Local Self-Reliance
Updated: 4 months ago
Implementing a Community-Based Watershed Approach
Available Information
F...
Areas: Watershed Management, Water Law and Policy, Water and Sustainable Development, Water Supply and Conservation, Agricultural Water Conservation and Management, Water Quality and Health, Water Pollution, Inland Aquatic Ecosystems, Sustainable Urban Environmental Services
Type: Video - Author: US Environmental Protection Agency
Type: Video - Author: US Environmental Protection Agency
Updated: 4 months ago
About our Programs
The Center for Water and Land Use's mission is to increase awareness
and understanding of the rel...
Updated: 4 months ago
Water Matters is an excellent half hour show produced by NBC Bay Area (KNTV) that describes the severity of our Water ...
Updated: 4 months ago
Our good friends at the USEPA have been working hard to evaluate and promote incorporation of Low Impact Design elements into infrastructure designs (primarily stormwater).
The Green Infrastructu...