The Sustainability Website of John C. Ayers

Web Resources

This is a list of the web resources listed at the end of each chapter:

Chapter Link
2 Earth 2100 (video): http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Earth2100/
2 Sustainability easily explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5r4loXPyx8
2 Worldwatch Institute: Vision for a Sustainable World: http://www.worldwatch.org/
2 Yale Environment 360: http://www.e360.yale.edu/
3 Consumption: The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard: http://www.storyofstuff.com/
3 Ecological Footprint Quiz by Redefining Progress: http://myfootprint.org/
3 GoodGuide Ratings of Natural, Green and Healthy Products: http://www.goodguide.com/
3 Population: TED talk by Hans Rosling on Population http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_religions_and_babies.html
3 Tool for charting data related to sustainability: http://www.gapminder.org/
4 Disaster Resilience: A National Imperative: http://dels.nas.edu/Report/Disaster-Resilience-National-Imperative-2012/13457
5 Consilience – Journal of Sustainable Development: http://consiliencejournal.readux.org/
5 Foundation for Sustainable Development: http://www.fsdinternational.org/
5 Sustainable Development – Earth Charter Initiative: http://www.earthcharterinaction.org/content/
5 Sustainable Development 101: http://youtu.be/Oa5dPsjrkik
6 ASPO International The Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas: http://www.peakoil.net/
6 http://www.ted.com/talks/lisa_margonelli_the_political_chemistry_of_oil.html
6 http://www.ted.com/talks/rob_hopkins_transition_to_a_world_without_oil.html 
6 Oilchrash – The documentary: http://www.oilcrashmovie.com/index.html
6 The Great Change Into a Post Petroleum World: http://www.thegreatchange.com/
6 There’s No Tomorrow: http://youtu.be/IipwQryubIE
7 An Inconvenient Truth
7 Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center: http://cdiac.ornl.gov/
7 Climate change: http://nas-sites.org/americasclimatechoices/summaries-and-videos-from-the-acc-series/climate-change-lines-of-evidence-videos/ 
7 CO2 emissions, birth & death rates by country, simulated real-time: http://breathingearth.net/
7 Global Warming – Understanding the Forecast: http://forecast.uchicago.edu/
7 How to Talk to a Climate Skeptic: Responses to the most common skeptical arguments on global warming: http://www.grist.org/article/series/skeptics/
8 America’s Climate Choices: http://americasclimatechoices.org/?utm_medium=etmail&utm_source=The%20National%20Academies&utm_campaign=ACC+Update+10
8 TED talk by Vicki Arroyo: Let’s prepare for our new climate: http://www.ted.com/talks/vicki_arroyo_let_s_prepare_for_our_new_climate.html
9 David MacKay FRS: Sustainable Energy – without the hot air: Contents
10 TED talk by David MacKay on renewable energy http://www.ted.com/talks/david_mackay_a_reality_check_on_renewables.html 
11 A Guide to Energy Efficient Home Lighting: http://www.mortgagecalculator.org/helpful-advice/energy-efficient-lighting.php
11 All About Energy and How to Use it More Efficiently: http://roscoebrown.com/how-to-use-energy-more-efficiently.html
11 Energy efficiency & renewable resources: www.energysavers.gov
11 Energy Efficient Appliances: http://www.appliancepartspros.com/a-guidebook-to-energy-efficient-appliances.aspx
11 Lighting recycling: http://www.bellacor.com/viewArticle.cfm?articleid=54
11 Switch Energy Project Documentary Film and Energy Expert Video Series: http://switchenergyproject.com/
11 U.S. DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy program: http://www.eere.energy.gov/
12 American Water Works Association: http://www.drinktap.org/consumerdnn/Default.aspx?tabid=85
12 Safe Drinking Water is Essential: http://www.drinking-water.org/html/en/index.html
12 Sustainability: Water: <http://www.nbclearn.com/water> 
12 The World’s Water: http://www.worldwater.org/
12 Water conservation: http://wateruseitwisely.com/ , http://www.h2ouse.org/ and http://www.homeintelligence.ca/resources/at-home-water-conservation-guide/
12 Water Encyclopedia Science and Issues http://www.waterencyclopedia.com/
12 Water footprint and virtual water: http://www.waterfootprint.org/?page=files/home
13 49 Good Reasons For Being A Vegetarian: http://www.britishmeat.com/49.htm
13 A Sustainability Challenge: Food Security for All (book): http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13378
13 United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization: http://www.fao.org/
13 Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity: http://www.earth-policy.org/books/fpep/fpep_presentation
13 http://www.ted.com/talks/allan_savory_how_to_green_the_world_s_deserts_and_reverse_climate_change.html
13 Measuring Food Insecurity and Assessing the Sustainability of Global Food Systems (book): http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13290
14 http://www.ted.com/talks/dianna_cohen_tough_truths_about_plastic_pollution
14 ScoreCard: Environmental Pollution: http://www.scorecard.org/
15 IUCN Red List of Endangered Species: http://www.iucnredlist.org/
15 Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Reports: http://www.millenniumassessment.org/en/index.aspx
15 Nature Conservation: International Union for Conservation of Nature: http://www.iucn.org/
15 TED talk by Jason Clay: How big brands can help save biodiversity: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/jason_clay_how_big_brands_can_save_biodiversity.html
15 TED talk by Pavan Sukhdev: Put a Value on Nature: http://www.ted.com/talks/pavan_sukhdev_what_s_the_price_of_nature.html
15 The New World of the Anthropocene: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es903118j
15 Twenty-First Century Ecosystems: Managing the Living World Two Centuries After Darwin: http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=13109
15 World Wildlife Federation http://www.worldwildlife.org/

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