Eco-friendly

Companies, Corporations, and Non-profits in the Industry

AMD Corporate – AMD is committed to enhancing the quality of life and protecting the environment of the communities in which we operate

Carbonfund.org Foundation – Carbonfund.org reduces the threat of climate change by making it easy and affordable for any individual or business to reduce their carbon footprint and support climate-friendly projects

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – Established by WMO and UNEP to assess scientific, technical and socio- economic information relevant for the understanding of climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation

Natural Resource Defense Council – NRDC is the nation's most effective environmental action organization. We use law, science and the support of 1.2 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things

Sierra Club - Global Warming section – America's oldest, largest, and most influential grassroots environmental organization

Solar Electric Light Fund – The Solar Electric Light Fund, Inc. (SELF) is a non-profit charitable organization founded in 1990 to promote, develop, and facilitate solar rural electrification and energy SELF-sufficiency in developing countries

TerraPass – Funds renewable energy projects with money from the purchases of TerraPasses such as wind farms; projects result in verified reductions in greenhouse gas pollution to counterbalance individual carbon footprints

United Nations Environment Programme – Provides leadership and encourages partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing, and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations

World Meteorological Organization – UN system's authoritative voice on the state and behaviour of the Earth's atmosphere, its interaction with the oceans, the climate it produces and the resulting distribution of water resources

Zero Emissions Forum – United Nations University-based initiative promoting the realization of a more sustainable industrial-societal system

Periodicals, Magazines, and other Industry Publications

E.O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - Environmental Energies Technologies Division – Energy-efficiency publications & other information sources

Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool – EPEAT is a system to help purchasers in the public and private sectors evaluate, compare and select desktop computers, notebooks and monitors based on their environmental attributes

Energy Information Administration Publications List

GreenPeace International: Guide to Green Electronics – Greenpeace is a non-profit organisation, with a presence in 40 countries across Europe, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific

New Energy Star Office Equipment Specs – PDF

NOAA list of global warming articles

University of Colorado: Green Computing Guide – UC-Boulder guide detailing energy conservation from a consumer perspective

Online News, Portals, and other Resources

Climate Ark – Climate change and global warming portal and search engine that promotes public policy that addresses global climate change through reductions in carbon dioxide and other emissions, renewable energy, energy conservation and ending deforestation

Computers must be greener – BBC News article by Tim Hirsch on Mar 2004

EarthTrends – Comprehensive online database, maintained by the World Resources Institute, that focuses on the environmental, social, and economic trends that shape our world

Environmental News Network – Selected news stories from a variety of sources, including major wire services and feature content from partner publishers, freelance journalists, and on-going research

EPA to Scrutinize Computer Servers' Growing Power Needs – The Mercury News article published Jan 2007

Green Pages – Helps companies solve real-world business problems with a comprehensive suite of IT solutions including consulting, system design, technology procurement, implementation and support services

Planet Under Pressure series – BBC News Special Report, last updated Nov 2006

SciTechResources.gov Energy Information Portal – Gateway to hundreds of Web sites and thousands of online documents on energy efficiency and renewable energy

The Global Directory for Environmental Technology – Online gateway to environmental products and services, facilitates cross-border direct trade by bringing together suppliers and buyers

Local, National, and International Environmental Associations

Global Reporting Initiative – Large, multi-stakeholder network striving to make reporting on economic, environmental, and social performance by all organizations is as routine and comparable as financial reporting

International Society for Industrial Ecology – Promotes industrial ecology as a way of finding innovative solutions to complicated environmental problems, and facilitates communication among scientists, engineers, policymakers, managers and advocates who are interested in how environmental concerns and economic activities can be better integrated

The Green Grid – Association of information technology professionals seeking to lower the overall consumption of power in datacenters around the globe

Union of Concerned Scientists – Leading science-based nonprofit working for a healthy environment and a safer world, combining independent scientific research and citizen action to develop innovative, practical solutions and to secure responsible changes in government policy, corporate practices, and consumer choices

Government Agencies, Programs, and Projects

Energy Information Administration – Official energy statistics from the U.S. Government

Energy Star – A government-backed program helping businesses and individuals protect the environment through superior energy efficiency

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) – Leads the nation's environmental science, research, education and assessment efforts

EPA - Global Warming site

National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration – Federal agency focused on the condition of the oceans and the atmosphere.