Sustainability Resources

Daily Tips / Blogs

•  Green Biz – www.greenbiz.com
•  Treehugger – www.treehugger.com
•  Ideal Bite – www.idealbite.com
•  Grist – www.grist.org
•  Lime – www.lime.com
•  Inhabitat – www.inhabitat.com

Social Networking

•  Meet Up – www.meetup.com
•  Green Design Dialogues on Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=20099056376

Local Paper Reps

• RIS the paper house
    -  Mary Allen, Specification Sales Manager Mary.allen@rispaper.com
    -  Tracy Meredith, Specification Sales Representative Tracy.meredith@rispaper.com
• xpedx
    -  Janet VonGunten,  Specifications Representative janet.vongunten@xpedx.com

Resources / Articles

•  AIGA Center for Sustainable Design – http://sustainability.aiga.org/
  
•  Compostmodern – www.compostmodern.org
•  Re-nourish – www.re-nourish.com
•  Design Can Change – www.designcanchange.org
•  Interface Sustainability Journey – http://www.interfaceglobal.com/Sustainability.aspx
•  10 Steps to a More Sustainable Office – http://www.e4s.org/content/sustainable_office.asp
•  GD USA - September 2007 – http://www.gdusa.com/egdusa/pages/070925-green.html
•  Herman Miller Inc.  - http://www.hermanmiller.com/CDA/SSA/Category/0,1564,a10-c382,00.html
•  Ready Made Magazine – http://readymademag.com/

Local Organizations

•  Green Energy Ohio – www.greenenergyohio.org
•  Entrepreneurs for Sustainability – www.e4s.org
•  Cleveland Green Building Coalition – www.clevelandgbc.org
•  Cuyahoga Countryside Conservancy – www.cvcountryside.org
•  Green City Blue Lake – www.gcbl.org
•  A Piece of Cleveland – www.apieceofcleveland.com

Recycling

•  Cuyahoga County Solid Waste District – www.cuyahogaswd.org
•  City of Cleveland Recycling Program – www.city.cleveland.oh.us
•  Habitat for Humanity – http://www.habitat.org/

Calculators

•  Paper Usage Calculator – http://www.edf.org/papercalculator/index.cfm?tagID=1654
•  Printer/Copier Energy Consumption Calculator – http://www.consulting.xerox.com/flash/thoughtleaders/suscalc/xeroxCalc.html
•  Ecological Footprint Calculators – http://www.ecobusinesslinks.com/ecological_footprint_calculator.htm

Fun Media

•  The Story of Stuff – http://www.storyofstuff.com/index.html
•  AIGA Next Conference – http://designconference2007.aiga.org/content.cfm/dc-podcasts-and-slides#2020
•  TED Conference – A Greener Future? – http://www.ted.com/index.php/themes/a_greener_future.html

Books

•  Natural Capitalism – Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins, L. Hunter Lovins
•  Cradle to Cradle – By William McDonough & Michael Braungart
•  Biomimicry – Janine Benyus
•  Reverb – Available online only – http://www2.tricycleinc.com/reverb/
  

Many of the resources here were collected at the May 28 2008 Green Salon – Learn / Act event. Here are some more notes and comments from that event:

Questions:
1) What Interests me the most in sustainability?
2) What can I do to make my job/workplace more sustainable?
3) What resources/help do I need to make my workplace more sustainable?

Major themes recorded from paper on tables.

•  Recycling  - Why doesn’t’ everybody recycle?  If people  
  were penalized for throwing out trash then the change would happen.
•  Waste – Think when using disposables, is there a reusable  
  solution?  Shreded paper – waste for one company becomes bedding for  
  the other.
•  Energy Efficiency  -  In Oberlin after 6 pm traffic lights  
  start blinking.  Eliminating Left turns for delivery fleets.
•  Green Procurement  -  Making sustainable office and cleaning  
  purchases.  Request domestic sheet.
•  Climate Change*  Transportation – Reducing miles traveled:  
  work from home, carpool, public transportation.
•  Culture change – Shifting paradigms.  Set a standard for  
  yourself.  Work with account executives and educate them about  
  sustainability.  Connect with clients. Little Changes – big results  
  (collectively). Hiring based on knowledge of sustainability. Getting  
  everyone on board – establishing an engaging Green Team.
•  Inks – Soy – current standard, vegetable based – next step.   
  Safe Pantone colors.
•  Packaging – reusable bags, less packaging, cradle to cradle  
  principles when designing packaging.