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We, the Seven Veils Sanctuary Community, affirm our
commitment to protect and enhance the environment through our
teaching, research, service, and administrative operations. We seek
to foster a community that sustains ecological systems and educates
for environmental awareness, local action, and global thinking. We
seek to make environmentally sound practices a core value of the
College. Our fundamental principles are to:
- Incorporate environmental concerns as a significant priority
in decision making.
- Seek alternative practices and procedures to minimize negative
impacts on the environment.
- Conserve natural resources and restore environmental quality.
- Protect the biodiversity of our region and serve as a living
library and habitat for local species.
Passing the gift along is an important part of our
philosophy--recipients pass on resources to help others get started.
Through training combined with gifts, this organization helps
individuals make a better life for themselves and their communities.
Our aquaculture system is just one example of the way we
respond when individuals come to them for help and guidance.
Small farming is an endangered species in our
country, and this is just where we like to concentrate our efforts.
Fish farming, for example, Alison had seen a
great idea in Canada--an indoor aquaculture system. She proposed it,
and now, 18 families are successfully farming fish indoors. A
simple filter cleans and circulates the water while chayote plants,
ginger, and duckweed add oxygen and food.
Aquaculture,
aquaponics, recirculating aquaculture, pond liners, fish farming,
fish farms
RecirculateAquaSys
- Back Home Magazine
- Do-it-yourself, self-reliant living.
- Cottage Living -
Guide for cottage, cabin and recreational property owners. Read
cottage related articles, get your cottage questions answered and
link to a host of related cottage and cabin sites.
- Countrylife.net - Portal
to simple living with links to herbs, homesteading, home dairy,
and livestock.
- CountryRoads Network
- An information resource for America's rural population,
providing links to valuable sites about farming, health, travel,
recreation, investing, cooking, news, cars and trucks, and
religion.
- Countryside Magazine
- Selected articles from the printed magazine for readers seeking
voluntary simplicity and greater self-reliance with emphasis on
home food production. Gardening, cooking, food preservation, and
livestock. Has an active forum.
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Down on the farm - Includes farmer Jocelyn Hainsworth's diary,
reports, pictures and essays on farm life from CBC News.
- Internet Hay Exchange
- Free International hay listing service for the US and Canada.
- Kountry Life
- An interactive country and rural living site with discussion
forums, photo gallery, articles, how-to information, humor,
sounds, and recipes.
- Log and Timber
Style - The magazine for log and timber frame homes, building,
log cabins, architecture, design, decorating, real estate and
rustic furniture.
- Our
Country Haven - Forum for old-fashioned tips for home business
and frugal living.
- ProgressiveFarmer.com
- Forums and news for farmers and people involved in rural issues.
- Rural Index - A guide
to rural, countryside and environmental websites in UK, designed
for those who live, work in or value the rural way of life.
- Rural Living Canada
- A concise directory of Canadian non-urban lifestyle information,
news and websites.
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Self Reliant Living - Information, articles and links related
to living simply, permaculture, homesteading, self sufficiency,
natural living, and homeschooling.
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Self-Sufficiency in Style - Homesteading, hobby farming and
survivalism, essays in simple living.
- Soil and Health
Library - A free how-to and encouragement resource for
self-supporters with little cash, for non-domineering
environmentalists, and folks frustrated with urbanity.
- Straw Bale
Building - Service and training contact information.
- The Urban Rancher
- The Texas A&M University site dedicated to improving rural
living with information on natural resources, rural life, and the
urban-rural interface.
- Yonder Way - For the
small farmer, homesteader, or country family. Articles, a bulletin
board, and links for homesteading and small farm resources.
- Organic
Gardening - Plant list, soil management practices, and
cultivation hints.
-- http://www.organic-gardening.net
Home: Gardening:
Organic (41)
- The Veggie Lady -
Organic Gardening Advice - Includes advice, monthly
planting guide, pest and disease control, featured plants.
-- http://www.theveggielady.com
Home: Gardening:
Organic (41)
- PlanTea Organic
Fertilizer - Organic fertilizer in convenient tea bags
for houseplants. Offers UpBeet Gardener newsletter with organic
gardening tips, resources, and unique recipes.
-- http://www.plantea.com/
Shopping: Home and Garden: Fertilizers and Soil Additives
(8)
- Greenfire Gardening
Supplies - Hydroponic and organic gardeners' supplies
for both commercial growers and hobbyists.
-- http://www.greenfire.net/
Shopping: Home and Garden: Hydroponics (6)
- The Gardener's Network
- Articles on many gardening topics, from growing guides
and lawn care to organic gardening and seedstarting.
Some jokes, games, and clipart as well.
-- http://gardenersnet.com/
Home: Gardening: FAQs, Help, and Tutorials (5)
- Organic
Matters - Unique and handmade gardening products.
-- http://www.organicmattersgardening.com/
Shopping: Home and Garden: Garden Shops (5)
- Gardening
Places - Directory of gardening websites, including
seeds, catalogs, greenhouses, tools, nurseries, flowers,
vegetables, organic supplies.
-- http://www.gardeningplaces.com/
Home:
Gardening: Directories (2)
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Making Organic Compost with the HDRA - A guide to
making compost by the HDRA, Europe's largest organic
gardening organisation. Dedicated to researching and promoting
organic gardening, farming and food.
-- http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/organicgardening/gh_comp.php
Home: Gardening: Soil and Additives: Compost (3)
- Organic
Kitchen - Organic foods resource with links to foods,
restaurants, markets, farms, vineyards, gardening, recipes
and health.
-- http://www.organickitchen.com/
Business: Food and Related Products: Organic (2)
- ManyTracks -
Information about homesteading, organic gardening,
self-sufficiency, seed saving, solar energy and recumbent
bicycles.
-- http://www.manytracks.com/
Home:
Rural Living: Homesteading (2)
- The Organic
Gardening Catalogue - Official catalogue of the HDRA
offers seeds, fertilisers, composts, pest controls, weed controls,
tools and books.
-- http://www.organiccatalog.com/
Regional: Europe: United Kingdom: Business and Economy: Shopping:
Home and Garden: Gardens (4)
- Square Foot
Gardening - Organic Gardening - UK -
Cultural information, trail gardens, plant spacings and related
articles.
-- http://www.organicgarden.org.uk/SqFt/
Home:
Gardening: Intensive Planting (1)
- HDRA Hampshire Group (Organic
Gardening) - Listings for meetings and events, sources
of organic items, links, potato information, recipes, hints
and articles.
-- http://www.hhdra.org.uk/
Regional: Europe: United Kingdom: Recreation and Sports: Home and
Garden: Gardening: Organisations: Organic (3)
- Organic
Authority - Ezine featuring articles and interviews about
organic food and gardening, with recipes and
descriptions of health benefits.
-- http://www.organicauthority.com
Society: Issues: Environment: Food and Drink: Organic Food
(2)
- Seeds of
Italy - Speciality Italian seeds including herbs, salad,
brassica, and other vegetables. Includes organic seeds, and
gardening equipment.
-- http://www.seedsofitaly.sagenet.co.uk/
Shopping: Home and Garden: Plants: Seeds (2)
- Long Beach Organic
- Promotes sustainable organic gardening practices
and local food production in an urban environment. Community
gardens on formerly vacant lots, and a nursery offering organic
fruit, vegetable and flower plants.
-- http://longbeachorganic.org
Home:
Gardening: Gardens: Community (1)
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Gardening as an Anarchist Plot - California organic
gardener shares his experiences and tips for companion and
container planting, herbs and vegetables, and a number of other
interesting topics.
-- http://www.rain.org/~philfear/garden.html
Home:
Gardening: Gardens: Personal (1)
- Extremely Green
Gardening Company - Online source for organic
gardening products including fertilizers, biological pest
control, soil test kits.
-- http://www.extremelygreen.com
Home: Gardening: Soil and Additives: Fertilizers (1)
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Vegetable Gardening @ The Vegetable Patch - Resources
for organic vegetable gardening and growing fruit.
-- http://members.optusnet.com.au/gavin_paula/index.htm
Home: Gardening: Plants: Vegetables (1)
- Minifarms Network -
Ken Hargesheimer teaches organic, biointensive, raised bed
and market gardening, mini-farming, and ranching worldwide.
Includes articles, books, programs, suggested applications, tools,
and methods.
-- http://www.minifarms.com/
Science: Agriculture: Sustainable Agriculture: Organic Farming:
Biointensive Culture (2)
- 3ABN: Three Angels Broadcasting
Network - Television and radio programming on cable and
satellite includes gospel music, vegetarian cuisine, weight loss,
exercise, organic gardening, and Christian lifestyle
topics.
-- http://www.3abn.org
Arts:
Television: Networks (1
match)
- Henry Doubleday
Research Association. - The HDRA researches and promotes
organic gardening in the UK.
-- http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/
Science: Agriculture: Horticulture (1)
- Buglogical Control Systems
- Natural beneficial insects and information to control pests, and
disease without using poisonous chemicals and insecticide in your
organic gardening, farming and greenhouse.
-- http://www.buglogical.com
Business: Agriculture and Forestry: Biologicals (1)
- Price-Pottenger
Nutrition Foundation - Health organization providing
information about healthy lifestyles, ecology, sound nutrition,
alternative medicine, farming, and organic gardening.
-- http://www.price-pottenger.org/
Health:
Nutrition: Organizations (1)
- WaterWise
Gardening Software - Software for drought tolerant plants
that incorporates organic gardening practices and
pest control.
-- http://www.thewaterwisegarden.com/
Home:
Gardening: Software (1)
- The Edible
Schoolyard - A non-profit program located on over one acre of
land on the campus of Martin Luther King Junior Middle School in
Berkeley, California. The focus is on organic gardening,
cooking, and coursework related to both.
-- http://www.edibleschoolyard.org/
Home:
Gardening: Kids Gardening (1)
- Austin Organic
Gardeners - Membership and meeting schedule, listing of local
farmer's markets and growers, Austin area planting guide, and
organic gardening news and information.
-- http://www.main.org/aog/
Regional: North America: United States: Texas: Localities: A:
Austin: Science and Environment: Gardening (2)
- Organic
Rose Gardening in NC - Lists over 100 Old Garden and
English roses with pictures and information on organic
gardening.
-- http://www.amypadgett.com/Roses.htm
Home: Gardening: Plants: Shrubs: Roses: FAQs, Help, and Tutorials
(1)
- Organic
Gardening Resources - Reviews of non-commercial
resources on organic gardening.
-- http://www.organicgardeningresources.com
Home: Gardening:
Organic (41)
- The Urban Farming Source
Book - Gardening supplies specifically geared towards
indoor and organic gardening.
-- http://www.wormsway.com/
Shopping: Home and Garden: Fertilizers and Soil Additives
(8)
- GTG Hydroponics -
Provides a wide variety of indoor gardening supplies, grow
lights, organic fertilizers, as well as advanced climate
and carbon dioxide controllers. Online forum and FAQ.
-- http://www.gtghydroponics.com/
Shopping: Home and Garden: Hydroponics (6)
- Garden-guide.net -
Horticultural consultant offers a wide variety of garden tips,
tricks, and information. Includes articles on organic
gardening, lawncare, gardening with kids, garden
calendar, and buying advice.
-- http://www.garden-guide.net
Home: Gardening: FAQs, Help, and Tutorials (5)
- Plant It Earth.com -
Order grow lights, hydroponics, organic gardening
for indoor plants.
-- http://www.plantitearth.com
Shopping: Home and Garden: Garden Shops (5)
- Earth and Table -
Provides annotated links to many gardening resources,
mainly in the areas of organic gardening and
sustainable agriculture.
-- http://www.earthandtable.com/
Home:
Gardening: Directories (2)
- The Compost Heap
- Resources for composting, recycling, and organic
gardening.
-- http://www.silverlf.com/barrick/
Home: Gardening: Soil and Additives: Compost (3)
- Rosaly's Garden -
Selling organic gardening videos, books and
pictures. Organic gardening tips.
-- http://www.rosalysgarden.com
Business: Food and Related Products: Organic (2)
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Houston Homestead - Links for many aspects of country living
from organic gardening to farm animals. Features
"Homemaker's Corner."
-- http://members.aol.com/denise1227/page/homestead.htm
Home:
Rural Living: Homesteading (2)
- The Organic
Gardening Catalogue - A joint venture between the HDRA and
Chase Organics. Vegetable, herb and flower seeds. On-line
shopping, or request a mail-order catalogue.
-- http://www.organiccatalog.com/
Regional: Europe: United Kingdom: Business and Economy: Shopping:
Home and Garden: Gardens: Plants: Seeds (2)
- Somerset
Organic Gardeners - Organic gardening club
for gardeners interested in green gardening in the area of
Taunton, Somerset. Includes details of meetings and contacts.
-- http://www.sogweb.btinternet.co.uk/
Regional: Europe: United Kingdom: Recreation and Sports: Home and
Garden: Gardening: Organisations: Organic (3)
- Food Not Lawns -
Information regarding permaculture, organic gardening,
and kinship gardening.
-- http://www.foodnotlawns.com/
Society: Issues: Environment: Food and Drink: Organic Food
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Imagine
that you could, without cost, extend your garden out over the
surrounding countryside--perhaps to include the meadow next door,
even as far as the eye can see. Imagine, too, that while doing so
you could incorporate only the picturesque areas, editing out all
the rest. No doubt this does sound like a fantasy. But the fact is,
you can have all of this if you learn to employ the Japanese art of shakkei, that is "borrowing scenery."
The name may be exotic, but
the techniques involved are quite simple. Essentially, what the
scenery borrowers do is to select the view that they admire, frame
it, and then include in the garden elements that blur the
distinction between here and there.
This is a case where the frame is every bit as important as the
picture, for the way in which you capture the view has much to do
with making it seem an integral part of your own landscape.
The Japanese, for example, often use hedges to frame a view, but
when borrowing scenery they never use a formal hedge. Instead, they
use an irregular screen composed of a mixture of different shrubs or
trees. The reason for this is that they want the hedge to be
unobtrusive. A perfectly clipped rampart of yew will funnel the
vision most effectively, but it's liable to catch and hold the eye
in the process, keeping the viewer from enjoying the vista.
Another trick of borrowing scenery is to use a frame that
suggests a connection between garden and view. For a view of a pine
wood, for example, you should consider planting a frame of pine
trees. Prune away the lower limbs so that you see the view through
the trunks of your own little grove, and you'll feel as though you
are already in that wood (see below).
establishing links
The second step in taking possession of a view is to include
features within the garden that echo the distant scenery. I saw this
trick used to great effect in a garden in Sun Valley, Idaho. The
garden itself was just a path that wound among clusters of aspen
trees along the flank of a grassy foothill. But everywhere you came
upon a view, the owners had set up jagged pinnacles of native
granite. Your eye skipped from these "peaks" to the mountain peaks
beyond, and you seemed to fly through the whole mountain range.
The Japanese clip evergreen shrubs into rounded mounds to mimic
the swells of tree-covered hills, Likewise, they'll set a gnarled
dwarf tree to one side of a view to suggest that you aren't just
looking at the peak, you are there at the tree-line. Planting your
garden with the flora of the region can also link it to the vista.
I've landscaped my tiny front yard with tall, tousled grasses and
New England meadow flowers to bond it with the neglected (but
picturesque) hay field that sweeps up to the state school across the
street.
water features
A water feature is the obvious link to include in a garden on the
water's edge. Recently I visited a garden on the shore of the
Chesapeake Bay. The swimming pool that sat between house and bay was
asymmetric and rounded in profile, lined with dark gray, and edged
with a recessed drain so that it seemed as if water was continually
welling up and out of it. Who could tell where pool ended and bay
began?
Establishing links between garden and view is useful for
expanding and enriching your landscape. It also roots your creation
into its setting.
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- Alphabetic Index of Entries
- This browsable alphabetic index comprises over 51,000 entries.
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- Atlas of Renewable
Energy - Geographical maps and other information about
renewable energy generation all over the world. The atlas is in
three languages: English, French and German.
- Australian
Renewable Energy - This site is published by the Australian
Greenhouse Office to promote the use of renewable energy and
develop the Australian Renewable Energy Industry.
- Canmet Energy
Technology Center - Information about Canadian government
initiatives to investigate and promote renewable energy
technologies.
- Center for Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Technologies - News and information
about clean power. CEERT campaigns cover a wide range of issues,
such as sustainable electrical generation policies throughout the
West, clean vehicles and energy efficiency and conservation.
- CleanEnergy -
Worldwide directory of clean and renewable energy related
companies, products and news (biomass, photovoltaic, solar
thermal, hydrogen, wind, geothermal, fuel cell). Languages:
English, Deutsch.
- Consortium for Advancing
Renewable Energy Technologies - Partnership between minority
universities dedicated to providing students with educational
experiences in science through projects in renewable energy.
includes program overview and research topics.
- Database of State
Incentives for Renewable Energy - Information on U.S. state
and federal tax incentives for solar electric and other renewables,
alternative-fuels vehicles, and energy conservation. Searchable
database.
- De Montfort
University: Institute of Energy and Sustainable Development -
Research, consulting and teaching group of the De Montfort
University, U.K. Includes teaching aspects and research
activities.
- DOE: National Renewable Energy
Laboratory (NREL) - Facility of the U.S. Department of Energy
(DOE) for renewable energy and energy efficiency research,
development and deployment.
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Energy and Semiconductor Research, University of Oldenburg,
Deutschland - Carries out education and fundamental and
applied research in Renewable Energy and Semiconductor Physics.
Since 1980 the research activities have focus on conversion and
utilisation of renewable energies, including wind energy,
photovoltaics, solar energy systems, and energy meteorology.
Deutsch, English.
- Energy Ideas
Clearinghouse - Offers content-rich databases for technical
information on renewable energy regarding solar, biomass,
geothermal, distributed generation, wind, hydro and other
renewable resources.
- Energy Production
- Discusses the environmental factors and benefits of wind
turbines and solar panels compared to solar cells.
- European Renewable
Energy Council - Council of the leading European renewable
energy industry and research associations. Includes objectives,
list of members, publications, projects catalogue, events overview
and contact information.
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Fossil Fuels, Renewables and Nuclear Power - About.com - An
index to renewable energy information on the internet.
- Great Lakes Renewable Energy
Association - Nonprofit organization promoting renewable
technology in the US Great Lakes region. Includes educational and
program information.
- Green Energy News -
Recent business and technology developments in clean, efficient
and renewable energy for transportation, industry, government and
home.
- HCI Publications - Hydro
information, water power magazines, hydropower newsletters,
conferences, books, North American hydro market, business and
regulatory news, plant management, sustainable and renewable
energy.
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Institute of Electrical Power Engineering - Renewable Energy
Section - Renewable energy education using the Interactive
Learning System for Renewable Energy (ILSE). Technical University
of Berlin site in English.
- Institute of Solar
Technology - Greek scientific and educational organization
offering conferences on renewable energy sources. Includes
proceedings and schedules. [Greek, English]
- Interstate Renewable Energy
Council - U.S. non-profit organization committed to
accelerating the sustainable utilization of renewable energy.
Information about incentives and other programs to encourage use
of solar and other renewable energy.
- Montana Green
Power - Information on solar, wind, geothermal and other
renewable energy technologies and utility restructuring in
Montana.
- National Center
For Renewable Energy (Norway) - research center at Agder
University College on solar energy and terminal solar energy
seasonal storage. Includes principles, documents and theses.
[English, Norwegian]
- Nordic Folkecenter for
Renewable Energy - Independent non-governmental organization
for promoting renewable energy applications in Denmark and
throughout the world. Includes technological aspects, training and
tour.
- Northwest Energy Solutions
- Information and products for establishing renewable/alternative
energy generation and utilization systems: solar lighting, solar
electric, wood stoves, hydropower generators, and related.
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On-site Solar and Wind Power - Tutorial explaining how to
estimate power and energy yields of building-integral on-site
solar and wind power conversion installations.
- Planetary Engineering Group
Earth - Eclectic collection of information and advocacy
materials related to solar power, other renewable energy sources,
and concepts for reducing energy use.
- Positive Power -
News about renewable energy, survey, free email, search facility
and web links. A UK based portal for renewable energies and
environmental technology.
- REFOCUS - The
international renewable energy magazine of the International Solar
Energy Society.
- Regenerative
Power and Motion - White papers discussing several concepts
for innovative and renewable energy, including on-site solar/wind
powered buildings, flywheels, and electric highways for
high-performance EVs.
- Renewable
Energies Unit - European Commission research organization
conducting studies in support of EU policies on the introduction
of renewable energies into the energy supply. Includes information
on solar electricity and advanced electrical storage technology.
- Renewable Energy - The
Infinite Power of Texas - Site dedicated to educating Texans
about the potential and the benefits of renewable energy. Contains
information about renewable energy technologies, economics, and
Texas projects.
- Renewable
Energy Access - A portal for renewable energy information.
Search the renewable energy business directory, participate in a
live products auction, get the latest solar energy news, look for
a job in windpower or shop in our on-line store.
- Renewable Energy Europe -
EuroRex - Commercial, investment, export, country and
technology information with up-to-date news on sustainable and
alternative energy developments in Europe and the rest of the
world. Some info is free, other material requires paid
subscription.
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Renewable Energy in California - California Energy
Commission's information site for Californians who now have the
power to choose a renewable electricity provider as the state
deregulates the electricity industry.
- Renewable Energy
Information - Resource for publications, basic references,
organizations and businesses, research institutes related to
renewable energy markets, policies and investments in developing
countries.
- Renewable
Energy World - Magazine. Site has selected articles, abstracts
and links to other renewable energy information sources.
- Renewable Resource Data
Center - Provides information on several types of renewable
energy resources in the United States, in the form of
publications, data, and maps. An extensive dictionary of renewable
energy related terms is also provided.
- Renewables East
- Promotes the use of renewable energy in the east of England.
Includes technical aspects, facts and data.
- Renewables for Sustainable
Village Power (RSVP) - The National Renewable Energy
Laboratory's Renewables for Sustainable Village Power Program
provides information to assist in the implementation of renewable
energy solutions for rural electrification.
- Renewables
Fuel Page - A site by the Energy Information Administration of
DOE. Provides information on renewable fuels in the farm of data,
charts and tables.
- Sandia
National Laboratories - Renewable Energy Technologies -
Information about research to develop commercially viable energy
technologies based on solar, wind, and geothermal resources that
become significant domestic and international energy supplies,
with a primary focus on the utility sector.
- Sandia's Photovoltaic
Systems Project - Details on focused research and systems
development integrated with the needs of manufacturers and users
of systems and components. Features technical guide and overview
of projects.
- Solar and Wind
Energy Resource Assessment (SWERA) - Solar and wind energy
resources data survey and assessment for utilization in energy
planning and private sector projects. Includes insights,
documents, technical and statistical with satellite images.
[Spanish, Portuguese, English]
- Solar Energy
International - Teaches the practical use of renewable energy
technologies, including electricity from sun, wind and water.
- Solar Today Magazine
- Bi-monthly magazine that covers all renewable energy
technologies, including photovoltaics, passive solar and other
climate-responsive building, and wind power.
- Solarfuture -
Organization with purpose of promoting renewable energies and
sustainable development. Includes mission overview and insights
about different energy sources.
- Solutions for the
Environment - Interactive, multimedia information resource
tools covering all areas of renewable energy technologies. Some
information content is available free on website.
- The
Source for Renewable Energy - A comprehensive guide to over
2800 renewable energy related businesses and organizations around
the world.
- State
Energy Alternatives - Information on U.S. state renewable
energy resources, state electricity sectors, renewable energy
technologies, and state policy options for renewable energy.
- Sustainable
Technologies Programme - Research initiative by the UK
Economic and Social Research Council. Conducts innovative and
policy-relevant research on the social and economic processes that
shape, foster or inhibit more sustainable technologies.
- U.S. DOE Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) - U.S. Department of
Energy web site for information on energy efficiency and renewable
energy technologies.
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Wikipedia: Renewable Energy - Free encyclopedia article
covering renewable energy technology aspects and applications.
- Wind From The Sun
- Information about a new technology using the sun's energy to
generate wind power.
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