The former F.W. Horch retail store in Brunswick is now under capable new management; my next venture is an online F.W. Horch Sustainable Living Handbook. While that's under development, you can still get my Green Tidings newsletter.
Each month I consult many organizations and web sites to put together Green Tiding's calendar of environmental news and events. I look for anything happening that looks fun or interesting, directly related to saving the planet. While I have some ideas about how to make this calendar easier to produce, easier to use, and easier to expand to cover more communities in Maine and beyond, I thought I'd start by posting my list of sources.
Environmental / Nonprofit Groups
Maine
- Bicycle Coalition of Maine
- Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust
- Cathance River Education Alliance
- Chewonki
- Environment Maine
- Environmental Health Strategy Center
- Friends of Casco Bay
- Friends of Merrymeeting Bay
- Habitat for Humanity / 7 Rivers Maine
- Island Institute
- Maine Appalachian Trail Club
- Maine Audubon
- Maine Coast Heritage Trust
- Maine Conservation Voters
- Maine Interfaith Power & Light
- Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association
- Maine Rivers
- Maine Solar Energy Association
- Midcoast Green Collaborative
- Natural Resources Council of Maine
- The Nature Conservancy, Maine Chapter
- Physicians for Social Responsibility, Maine Chapter
- Portland Green Drinks
- Sierra Club, Maine Chapter
- Western Foothills Land Trust
- Wolfe's Neck Farm
Regional / National / International
- 350.org
- Center for Biological Diversity
- Conservation Law Foundation
- Earth Day Network
- Greenpeace
- LightHawk
- Natural Resources Defense Council
- Ocean Conservancy
- Toxics Action Center
- Union of Concerned Scientists
- The Wilderness Society
- Worldwatch Institute
Educational Institutions
Governmental Agencies
Local- Bowdoin College
- Colby College
- College of the Atlantic
- Long Branch School of Maine
- Unity College
- University of Maine Cooperative Extension
Governmental Agencies
Maine
United States
- Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
- Environmental Protection Agency
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- Food and Agriculture Organization
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- UN Energy
- UN Habitat
- UN Water
- United Nations Environment Programme
- World Health Organization
Web Sites / Media / Blogs
- Maine Environmental News
- Maine Public Broadcasting Network
- Mother Earth News
- Environmental Health News
- New York Times Green Blog
- TED
- Green Tech Media
- The Green Guide
- treehugger
- Grist
- Yes Magazine
- It Starts With Me
- The Environmental Magazine
- Environmental News Network
- The Times Record
- The Forecaster
- The Portland Press Herald
- Bangor Daily News
- Sun Journal
Business Groups
- Brunswick Downtown Association
- E2Tech
- Maine Association of Building Efficiency Professionals
- Maine Businesses for Sustainability
- Midcoast Maine Chamber of Commerce
- U.S. Green Building Council, Maine Chapter
People and Businesses / Organizations
- Colin Beavan, No Impact Man
- Lester Brown, Earth Policy Institute
- Heather Chandler, The Sunrise Guide
- Lisa Fernandes, Maine Permaculture
- Gil Gilroy, Frontier Cafe + Cinema + Gallery
- Al Gore, The Climate Reality Project
- Al Heath, Cold Climate Home
- Christy Hemenway, Gold Star Honeybees
- Bill Lord, Maine Solar House
- Kay Mann, Green Energy Maine
- Bill McKibben, Bill McKibben
- Jason Peacock, Green Homes of Maine
- Gary Reysa, BuildItSolar
- Brett Thompson, The Worm Wiz
If you know of other people or groups that organize interesting events or consistently make environmental news, please let me know! (And my sincere apologies to anyone I inadvertently left off my list of sources.)