TOPIC: ENVIRONMENT (87)
Ecofriend
http://www.ecofriend.comEcofriend is for those who do not consider environment a separate entity; rather feel themselves an integral part of it. The idea behind Ecofriend is simple: to inform and educate consumers who love to possess the latest gadgets and products available in the market and who are also concerned about the environment around them. The main focus of Ecofriend is to highlight latest green technologies, lifestyle trends and help combat global warming among a host of other environmental problems.
WebEcoist
http://webecoist.momtastic.comWebEcoist goes beyond being an ordinary ‘green’ lifestyle, design and travel publication. Sure, you will find articles on eco-friendly food, sustainable technology and innovations both good and bad but you will also discover a vast array of environmental oddities, natural disasters, fantastic plants and amazing animals. The site is thus a (free) one-stop shop for everything about our Earth – including great guides to eco-friendly facts, the sustainable web, our environmental history and the green movement.
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
https://www.globalreporting.orgThe Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is a non-profit organization that promotes economic, environmental and social sustainability. GRI provides all companies and organizations with a comprehensive sustainability reporting framework that is widely used around the world.
American Rivers
http://www.americanrivers.orgAmerican Rivers is the leading organization working to protect and restore the nation’s rivers and streams. Rivers connect us to each other, nature, and future generations. Since 1973, American Rivers has fought to preserve these connections, helping protect and restore more than 150,000 miles of rivers through advocacy efforts, on-the-ground projects, and the annual release of America’s Most Endangered Rivers™.
Headquartered in Washington, DC, American Rivers has offices across the country and more than 100,000 supporters, members, and volunteers nationwide.
Sourcemap
http://sourcemap.comSourcemap.com is the open directory of supply chains and environmental footprints. Consumers use the site to learn about where products come from, what they’re made of, and how they impact people and the environment. Companies use Sourcemap to communicate transparently with consumers and tell the story of how products are made.
GreenBiz.Com
http://www.greenbizgroup.comGreenBiz.com™, Business Voice of the Green Economy, is the leading source for news, opinion, best practices, and other resources on the greening of mainstream business. Launched in 2000, its mission is to provide clear, concise, accurate, and balanced information, resources, and learning opportunities to help companies of all sizes and sectors integrate environmental responsibility into their operations in a manner that supports profitable business practices.
bobble
http://www.waterbobble.com/Since bobble’s introduction in 2010, our retail network has grown furiously; the product is now available in all 50 states in the USA, from department and specialty stores and mass-market retailers to corner boutiques. We are in more than 35,000 stores, nearly three dozen countries and on five continents. Millions of bobbles have been sold worldwide. If each filter equates to 300 single-serve bottles, bobble’s collective success has helped to remove many millions of discarded plastic bottles from the environment.
Google Green
http://www.google.com/greenAt Google, we've worked hard to minimize the environmental impact of our services. For instance, to provide users with nonstop YouTube for three weeks, Google uses less energy than it takes to do a single load of laundry. If you add in our renewable energy and offsets, our footprint is zero. And we continue to find new ways to reduce our impact even further.
Our Future Planet
http://www.ourfutureplanet.orgOur Future Planet (OFP) is an online community and think tank which aims to be the platform to create global change in the real world today. Our long term goal is to harness the innovative ideas created through the website to write and publish a ‘Planetary Constitution.’ This is a huge undertaking, but one that can be achieved through the mass global co-operation seen with OFP. Our platform gives each and every one of you a serious voice and by contributing to OFP you really can help shape the future of the planet.
GREEN.TV
http://green.tvThe GREEN.TV story is all about producing, gathering and distributing the best environmental films around.
Why do we do that? Well, we believe that combining the emotive power of video with the interactive potential of digital media means we can do our bit to bring about real change. That’s the thinking behind our strap-line; Watch, Engage, Act.
Atlas
http://atlasbycollins.com/Atlas contains a series of interactive themed globes, broken down by subject areas: the app helps users put their world in context. Globe topics, such as environment, energy, population, communications and politics, are visualized by overlaying colour-coded layers of rich information on top of continents and countries. This is not a navigation app like Apple Maps or Google maps. This is an atlas, giving an overview of the world.
Rainforest Alliance
http://www.rainforest-alliance.orgThe Rainforest Alliance works to conserve biodiversity and ensure sustainable livelihoods for by transforming land-use practices, business practices, and consumer behavior.
Reforest Patagonia
http://www.reforestemospatagonia.cl/?lang=enPatagonia is one of the world’s greatest natural treasures—admired for both its ecological significance and its extraordinary beauty. However, in the last 100 years, forest fires and human intervention have destroyed more than 7.5 million acres of pristine wilderness.
Reforest Patagonia is a nonprofit, public-private alliance that unites people of different backgrounds, cultures, and nationalities with a single objective: to recover one of the world’s most important ecosystems.
Patagonia matters to us all. Join this historic campaign by planting your own tree for only $4.
GBO Hawai’i
http://gbohawaii.comGBO Hawai’i is the first sustainability themed board game for a mass market audience. Through private sector investment in sustainable businesses, (a field known as impact investing), players are able to help the state of Hawai’i meet its sustainability goals, reducing fossil fuel consumption, advancing the local and organic food movement, and reducing waste generation.
The Nature Conservancy
http://www.nature.orgThe Nature Conservancy is the leading conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people.
