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LINKS TO OTHER SUSTAINABLE ORGANIZATIONS
Communities for a Sustainable Monterey County website has the complete and current information on
Sustainable Pacific Grove and other community action groups
in Monterey County. Click here to go to a page of links for
all the groups.
LINKS ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY
TRANSITION INITIATIVE
What is a Transition town (or village / city / forest / island)?
"It all starts off when a small collection of motivated individuals within a community
come together with a shared concern: how can our community respond to the challenges,
and opportunities, of Peak Oil and Climate Change?"
They begin by forming an initiating group and then adopt the Transition Model. This
is similar to what we have already done in PG. The 'Transition' model can help us to
further move our
city and our lives to increased sustainability.
Jennifer Gray, a pioneer in the Transition Initiative in the UK and co-founder of
Transition US, describes it as "a community-led response to the twin crises of
peak oil and climate change. It's ... positive, pro-active [and] engages the
whole community in building resilience into our world."
Watch the video.
This video interview, is one with the founder of the transition movement in the UK. Listen to
Rob Hopkins.
Here are several links that explore Transition and what it can mean to us.
Surfrider Foundation
Working to help clean up our Bay, Surfrider Foundation, Monterey chapter.
Link here.
Green Businesses
Shop Green -- Sell Green -- Enjoy Green!!
SPG supports the
Green Business Program of the Monterey Bay Area.
Here is a link to a new online journal that looks at the security implications of the
growing energy shortage.
Journal of Energy Security
Permaculture
While originating as an agro-ecological design theory, permaculture has developed a large
international following of individuals who have received training in permanent agriculture
as well as permanent culture.
Click here to see more below.
Sustainable Conservation
They partner with business, agriculture, and government leaders to find practical ways
for the private sector to protect the environment.
Click to see more below.
Transition Culture
This website sub-titles its home page with "an evolving exploration into the head, heart and hands of
energy descent."
It offers many examples and bits of advice on how we all can adjust to the changing energy
picture. Lots of thoughtful ideas and information.
Click here to see more.
Their book "The Transition Handbook, From oil dependency to local resilience," is now in the
PG Public Library.
Carbon Footprint Calculators
Links to definitions of a carbon footprint and several
carbon footprint calculators
are provided below.
Front Groups
This site exposes who is really funding some very nice sounding groups.
Names like "Clean and Safe Energy Coalition" and "The Water Policy Institute"
sound great, but who is paying for them?
A collaboration of Consumer Reports and Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) has put up
"a site that exposes front groups - organizations that claim to have a particular
agenda, while hiding or obscuring their identity, membership, sponsorship, or all three."
Take a look.
Communities for a Sustainable Monterey County
The Mission of CSMC is "to meet the challenges of Climate Change and Peak Oil by helping our communities transition to sustainable uses of energy and resources.
• Decreasing the use of fossil fuels and other non-renewable resources
• Protecting and restoring the natural environment
• Help communities meet new challenges and new opportunities"
The CSMC website is
www.sustainablemontereycounty.org/
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Carbon Footprint
The explanation of the concept of "carbon footprint" in Wikipedia can be found at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_footprint
Here are links to several different 'carbon footprint calculators'. The first ones presented
are simpler. It may be interesting to try several to see what different results may come up.
Here is a calculator within
this website . It is easy to replace your original numbers to see what changes if you change
your usage.
The data below the calculator shows some typical total usage by those living locally.
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Green Business Program
INFO FOR PACIFIC GROVE IN NOT ACCURATE; May, 2013
Businesspeople:
Want to save time, save money, and increase business?
Find out how your business can be certified and promoted.
Take advantage of free help, advice, and resources!
Locals & Visitors:
Want to feel good about how and where you spend your money?
Find out where to shop and eat. Look for the signs:
"Monterey Bay Area Certified Green Business"
Encourage your favorite local businesses to prosper by going green!
Learn about this exciting program at
www.montereybaygreenbusiness.org
To see a list of green businesses ( you can select area of interest).
click here.
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Sustainable Conservation
Succeeding Where Others Have Failed
Founded in 1992, Sustainable Conservation partners with business, agriculture and government leaders to find practical ways that the private sector can protect clean air, clean water and healthy ecosystems.
By promoting effective business and agricultural practices throughout California, Sustainable Conservation and its partners can shift entire industries toward environmental stewardship.
Sustainable Conservation website is
www.suscon.org/
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Permaculture
Permaculture has developed possible
sustainable solutions to many of the problems that face the world today. Care for
the planet, care for people, and everyone gets a fair share. This is a philosophy
that has gone way past gardening that uses principles of sustainability to turn problems
into solutions.
To see more in 'wiki'
click here.
Another view of what permaculture is and how to apply it is found here;
permacultureprinciples.com/ .
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