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Bike Projects
Africa - Village Bike Program º http://www.villagebicycleproject.org/
Community Bicycle Project: Bloomington, Indiana º http://www.bloomington.in.us/~bikeproj/
Community Bike Programs: Worldwide Directory º http://www.ibike.org/encouragement/freebike/directory/international.htm
Directory of Community Bike Programs in the United States of America º http://www.ibike.org/encouragement/freebike/directory/usa.htm
FREE COMMUNITY BIKE PROGRAM in Portland º http://c2.com/ybp/story.html
Keene NH: Green Bike Project º http://www.tlaorg.org/pathways/greenbike.html
NYC: Bike Share Project º http://www.nybikeshare.org/
Pittsburgh, PA: Ride Free º http://freeridepgh.org/
Texas: The Blanco Blue Bike Project º http://www.blanco-texas.com/blanco-blue-bike-project.html
The Austin Yellow Bike Project (YBP) º http://www.austinyellowbike.org/home.htm
Vancouver: Change Everything - Bike Program º http://www.changeeverything.ca/the_lyon_france_community_bicycle_program_velov
Wisconsin Bicycle Project º http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/projects/bike.htm
Bio Fuels
Collaborative Biodiesel Tutorial º http://www.biodieselcommunity.org/
Make your own biodiesel º http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_make.html
National biodiesel º http://www.biodiesel.org
Wikopedia - Biodiesel º http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiesel
CFL Light Bulbs
1000 Bulbs Great Selection of Bulbs º http://www.1000bulbs.com/category.php?category=14
All About Super T8's º http://www.aceee.org/conf/mt04/wbprsnt/Sardinsky-C4.pdf
Bulbs . com º http://www.bulbs.com/Compact_Fluorescent_Bulbs,_Screw--in_Base/results.aspx?keyword=googlecfb03
Buy Lighting º http://www.buylighting.com/Compact-Fluorescent-s/74.htm
Color Temp Explained º http://www.1000bulbs.com/page.php?s=KelvinTempExplained
Efficiency Vermont Direct º http://www.energyfederation.org/efficiencyvt/default.php/cPath/2050_25_44
Light Bulbs Direct º http://www.lightbulbsdirect.com/
Super bright LEDs º http://www.superbrightleds.com
Walmart and CFLs º http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/108/open_lightbulbs.html
Climate Change
10 Percent Challenge º http://www.tenpercentchallenge.org/
Brattleboro Climate Protection º http://www.brattleboro.org/vertical/Sites/%7BF60A5D5E-AC5C-4F97-891A-615C172A5783%7D/uploads/%7B8E554F52-EB49-422F-8E2A-C90242FDF15B%7D.PDF
Clean Energy Blueprint º http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_energy/clean_energy_policies/offmen-clean-energy-blueprint-resolution.html
MUSE Campiagn º http://www.coolourplanet.org/muse/
Tackling Climate Change in the U.S. º http://www.ases.org/climatechange/
Vermont Clean air Cool Planet Study º http://www.cleanair-coolplanet.org/for_communities/PDFs/10PercentChallenge.pdf#search=%2210%20percent%20challenge%22p://
Conservation
Alliance to Save energy º http://www.ase.org/
Coalition for Energy Solutiuons º http://www.coalitionforenergysolutions.org/
Duct - Reflective Insulation º http://www.btubusters.com/hvac-duct-wrap-insulation.html
Efficiency Vermont º http://www.efficiencyvermont.com/pages/
Idle Free Vermont º http://www.idlefreevt.org/
No idling - Clear Air Cool Planet º http://www.cleanair-coolplanet.org/champions/2004_dec.php
COOP and Volunteer Installers
PV Squared - worker owned Solar PV company º http://pvsquared.coop/
Educational
Boycot xxxx º http://www.boycottbush.net/consumers.htm
Colorado Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Education Program Report º http://www.state.co.us/oemc/publications/Renewable_Energy_Education.htm
Danish Wind Industry Assoc - adult-level tutorial º http://www.windpower.org/en/tour/wres/index.htm
Danish Wind Industry Assoc with children's tutorial º http://www.windpower.org/en/kids/index.htm
Energy Star º http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=k12_schools.bus_schoolsk12
Follow the money º http://www.followthemoney.org/
Massachusetts Technology Collaborative º http://www.mtpc.org/cleanenergy/curriculum/about.htm
NESEA Educational links º http://nesea.org/education/ycleanenergy/documents/Clean.Green.Teacher.07.pdf
Open Secrets º http://www.opensecrets.org/
Re-Energy.ca - renewable energy project kits º http://www.re-energy.ca/
Solar Energy International's "Solar in the Schools" progaram º http://www.solarenergy.org/programs/solarschools.html
Tennessee Valley Authority renewable energy resources for middle school º http://www.ceeonline.org/curriculum/detail.cfm?Program_id=240
The Rocky Mountain Institute º http://www.rmi.org/sitepages/pid468.php
Vermont Energy Education Program º http://www.veep.org/
Vermont High Performance Schools program º http://www.vthps.org/
What is in a pound of CO2 º http://www.thegreenguide.com/doc/121/co2
Electric Vehicles
3 Prong Power º http://www.3prongpower.com/
Plug in America º http://www.pluginamerica.org/
Revenge of the Electric Car º http://revengeoftheelectriccar.com/
Sherry Boschert Plugin EV Advocate º http://www.SherryBoschert.com/
X Prize - Automotive º http://auto.xprize.org/
Energy Groups
Apollo Alliance º http://www.apolloalliance.org/
Dummerston Energy Committee º http://herakleitos.net/energy_comm/
Post Oil Solutions º http://www.postoilsolutions.org/
Renewable Energy Vermont º http://www.revermont.org/
SERG º http://www.serg-info.org/
SERG º http://www.serg-info.org/stories/storyReader$24
VECAN email: info@vecan.net   º http://vecan.net
Vermont Public Interest Group º http://www.vpirg.org/
Windham Energy Group º http://weg.brattleboro.net
Gov links / Energy Star
Efficiency Vermont Rebate Center º http://efficiencyvermont.com/pages/Business/RebateCenter/
Energy Star º http://www.energystar.gov/
Energy Star Action Guide º http://www.putney.net/energy/estar_action_guide_7-9-04.pdf
ENERGY STAR Refrigerated Beverage Vending Machines º http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=vending_machines.pr_vending_machines
Energy-Efficient Lighting º http://www.efficiencyvermont.com/pages/Business/HVAC/Lighting/
HUD - Energy Efficient Mortgages Program º http://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/sfh/eem/energy-r.cfm
Townsville State High School Sustainability Program (Queensland, Australia) º http://www.soe-townsville.org/schools/tshs/
Green Building and Net Zero
Austrialian Energy Efficient Housing º http://www.csiro.au/promos/ozadvances/Series4Houses.html
Beaufort Court º http://www.beaufortcourt.com/
Best practices - housing and buildings º http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/housingbuildings/professionals/
Building Green º http://www.buildinggreen.com
California - Green Building Design and Construction º http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov
Campbell Scientific - Habitate for Humanity º http://www.campbellsci.ca/Download/enrghse.pdf
E N E R G Y E F F I C I E N T H O U S I N G º http://www.sustainable.energy.sa.gov.au/pdfserve/general/pdf/energy_efficient_housing.pdf
Echo Axis º http://www.ecoaxis.net/archt/
EPA - Green Buildings. º http://www.epa.gov
Green Communities Projects º http://www.greencommunitiesonline.org/projects.asp
Green Living- Greener Houses º http://www.greenlivingjournal.com/page.php?p=9130
GreenSpec is BuildingGreen's premiere product information service º http://www.buildinggreen.com
ICF - Energy Efficiency & Building Technology º http://www.icfi.com/Markets/Community_Development/cd-expertise-3.asp
Nevada Energy Efficient Housing Connection º http://www.natresnet.org/nevada/
New Jersey Town Looks to Build Energy-Efficient Housing º http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5324470
Northeast Sustainable Energy Association º http://www.nesea.org
NRDC Green Building Primmer. º http://www.nrdc.org
Putney School Net Zero Field house º http://www.putneyfieldhouse.org/
Vermont Green Building Community º http://www.bsr-vt.org
VERMONT Green Building Network º http://www.vgbn.org
Virtual Library - Sustainable housing º http://www.schools.ash.org.au/immanuel/htm/susthouse.htm
Green services
Eco Bank Green America Card º http://www.eco-bank.com/cards/greenAmerica.php
Firemans Fund Insurance º http://www.firemansfund.com/green/
Green america º http://www.greenamericatoday.org/
Green Business Insurance º http://www.greenbusinessinsurance.com/
The Better World Club º http://www.betterworldclub.com/
Hydro Power
Low Head DIY Micro Hydro º http://www.homepower.com/files/homebrewhydro.pdf
Red tape issues with Micro Hydro º http://www.sevendaysvt.com/features/2007/red-tape-runs-through-it.html
Shunt load technology º http://www.homepower.com/files/shuntregulationhp72.pdf
Water pipe resistance tables º http://www.homepower.com/files/pipe.pdf
Incentives
DSIRE - Business Energy Tax Credit º http://www.dsireusa.org/library/includes/incentive2.cfm?Incentive_Code=US02F&State=federal¤tpageid=1&ee=0&re=1
DSIRE - Clean Energy Development Fund (CEDF) Grant Program º http://www.dsireusa.org/library/includes/incentive2.cfm?Incentive_Code=VT32F&state=VT&CurrentPageID=1&RE=1&EE=1
DSIRE - Clean Energy Development Fund (CEDF) Loan Program º http://www.dsireusa.org/library/includes/incentive2.cfm?Incentive_Code=VT30F&state=VT&CurrentPageID=1&RE=1&EE=1
DSIRE - Direct Loan Program º http://www.dsireusa.org/library/includes/incentive2.cfm?Incentive_Code=VT08F&state=VT&CurrentPageID=1&RE=1&EE=1
DSIRE - Energy Efficient Mortgage Program º http://www.dsireusa.org/library/includes/incentive2.cfm?Incentive_Code=US36F&State=federal¤tpageid=1&ee=0&re=1
DSIRE - Local Option for Property Tax Exemption º http://www.dsireusa.org/library/includes/incentive2.cfm?Incentive_Code=VT02F&state=VT&CurrentPageID=1&RE=1&EE=1
DSIRE - Modified Accelerated Cost-Recovery System -MACRS- Bonus Depreciation º http://www.dsireusa.org/library/includes/incentive2.cfm?Incentive_Code=US06F&State=federal¤tpageid=1&ee=0&re=1
DSIRE - Residential Energy Conservation Subsidy Exclusion for Corporations º http://www.dsireusa.org/library/includes/incentive2.cfm?Incentive_Code=US31F&State=federal¤tpageid=1&ee=0&re=1
DSIRE - Solar & Small Wind Incentive Program º http://www.dsireusa.org/library/includes/incentive2.cfm?Incentive_Code=VT17F&state=VT&CurrentPageID=1&RE=1&EE=1
Efficiency Vermont Rebate Center º http://www.efficiencyvermont.com/pages/Business/RebateCenter/
RESNET º http://www.resnet.us/ratings/mortgages/default.htm
The Vermont Solar & Small Wind Incentive Program - FORMS º http://www.rerc-vt.org/incentives/forms.htm
The Vermont Solar & Small Wind Incentive Program º http://www.rerc-vt.org/incentives/index.htm
USDA Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvements Program º http://www.dsireusa.org/library/includes/incentive2.cfm?Incentive_Code=US05F&State=federal¤tpageid=1&ee=0&re=1
Vending Machines Purchasing & Procurement Language º http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=vending_machines.pr_proc_vendingmachines
Vermont Clean Energy development Fund º http://publicservice.vermont.gov/energy/CEDF%20Loan%20Brochure.pdf
Vermont Economic Development Authority º http://www.veda.org/interior.php/pid/1/sid/1
VT State Tax Exemption º http://www.dsireusa.org/library/includes/incentive2.cfm?Incentive_Code=VT01F&state=VT&CurrentPageID=1&RE=1&EE=1
Zero Percent - Clean Renewable Energy Bonds (CREBs) º http://www.dsireusa.org/library/includes/incentive2.cfm?Incentive_Code=US45F&State=federal¤tpageid=1&ee=0&re=1
LED lighting
BETA LED º http://betaled.com/
Kramer LED º http://www.kramerlighting.com/kramerled/
Local Food Resources
American Community Gardening Association º http://www.communitygarden.org
Animal Vegetable Miracle º http://www.animalvegetablemiracle.com
Canada's Office of Urban Agriculture º http://www.cityfarmer.org
Edible Communities º http://www.ediblecommunities.com
FoodRoutes º http://www.foodroutes.org
Local Food Works º http://www.localfoodworks.org
Local Harvest º http://www.Localharvest.org
National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service º http://www.attra.org
Organic Farming Research Foundation º http://www.ofrf.org
Slow Food International º http://www.slowfood.com
Slow Food USA º http://www.slowfoodusa.org
Sustain: The alliance for better food and farming º http://www.sustainweb.org
Sustainable Table º http://www.sustainabletable.org
The National Farm to School Network º http://farmtoschool.org
The Community Food Security Coalition º http://www.foodsecurity.org
The Ecological Farming Associatio º http://www.eco-farm.org
The International Institute for Ecological Agriculture º http://www.permaculture.com
The Land Institute º http://www.landinstitute.org
The National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture º http://www.sustainableagriculture.net
The Rodale Institute farming resources º http://www.newfarm.org
The Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education º http://www.sare.org
Local Web Sites
Brattleboro.com º http://www.brattleboro.com
iPutney.com º http://www.iputney.com
Putney º http://www.putneyvt.org
Putney.net º http://www.putney.net
No Idling
Air Watch º http://www.airwatchnorthwest.org/wa/NO_IDLE/
Burlington Free Press º http://www.idlefreevt.org/free_press.1.8.6.pdf
Lenox - Idle Free º http://www.cleanair-coolplanet.org/champions/2004_dec.php
No idling at Schools º http://www.pca.state.mn.us/oea/ee/noidle.cfm
Post Oil - No idling º http://www.postoilsolutions.org/Projects/transportation/noidlecampaign
No New Nukes
50 years of bad decisions in the French Nuclear Program º http://www.nirs.org/nukerelapse/background/frenchnf2008.pdf
Peak Oil
Peak Oil º http://www.peakoil.com
Peek Oil º http://www.energybulletin.net/primer.php#primer
Print and electronic resources
Home Power Mag º http://www.homepower.com
Rebates and incentives
Recycling and Reuse
Experienced Goods - Brattleboro Hospice - Experienced Goods Thrift Shop is our major fundraiser. Donations of quality furniture, household items, antiques, jewelry and clothing are welcome. Experienced Goods is located at 77 Flat Street on the ground floor of the Transportation Center in Brattleboro, and open Monday - Saturday, 10:00 - 5:30 pm., Fridays 10:00 - 7:00 p.m. For more information call, 802-254-5200. º http://www.brattleborohospice.org/involve.htm
Free Cycle - Free goods for the asking... º http://www.freecycle.org/
Green line paper º http://www.greenlinepaper.com/
New Leaf Paper º http://www.newleafpaper.com/
Recycled Products º http://www.recycledproducts.com/?cid=4
Renew Salvage - A great resource for used building materials. º http://www.renewsalvage.org/
SEVCA - thrift stores provide low cost clothing and other products at very reasonable prices. Some of the items are even new! SEVCA thrift stores sell only the best of previously owned items. º http://www.sevca.org/good-buy-stores
Swirl º http://www.facebook.com/pages/Swirl/120244754041
The Windam County Swap program º http://www.windhamsolidwaste.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=74&Itemid=151
The Windham Solid Waste Management District - Offers recycling rolloffs for paper, plastic and cans º http://www.windhamsolidwaste.org/
Tree Cycle º http://www.treecycle.com/
Twice Upon a Time - Brattleboro's largest second hand store. º http://twicetime.com/
Vermont Business Materials Exchange - State of Vermont's list of Solid Waste Districts and solid waste planning groups. A place to list what you no longer need and find what you do. º http://www.vbmx.org
Vermont Recycling Centers Directory º http://vermont.uscity.net/Recycling_Centers/
This is a listing of many other links.

Renewable Energy System Installers
Central Vermont Solar and Wind (802) 747-0577
email: cvsolar@aol.com  º http://www.cvsolar.com/
Efficiency Vermont's Resource pages. º http://www.efficiencyvermont.com/pages/Residential/Marketplace/index.cfm?pg=&sort=0&sub=res&go=search&zip=05346&mdst=&cat=MKTRAUDH
Green Energy Options 603-358-3444
email: geo@usasolarstore.com  º http://usasolarstore.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_uhp2&task=viewpage&user_id=75&Itemid=29
Grow Solar 800.374.4494
email: info@grosolar.com  º http://grosolar.com/
Serg Residential Energy Assessment º http://web.valley.net/serg/energy-assessment
Shine-On Solar - Jeff Finnel 802-896-6860
email: shineonsolar@gmail  º
Solar Source 603-363-4505
email: homeefficiency@verizon.net  º http://http://solarsourcesite.com/
Solar Works º http://www.solar-works.com/
Solar Wrights email: info@solarwrights.com  º http://www.solarwrights.com/
Soveren 802 869 2500
email: peter@soveren.org  º http://www.soveren.org
The renewable energy centre º http://www.therenewableenergycentre.co.uk/
Solar Power
American Solar Energy Society º http://www.ases.org/
Green Energy Times º http://www.greenenergytimes.org/
Solar Fest Vermont º http://www.solarfest.org/
Solar Hot Water primer º http://www.motherearthnews.com/Alternative-Energy/2007-02-01/Go-Solar-for-Free-Hot-Water.aspx
US Department of Energy - great site º http://www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/financial_opportunities.html
Web designers that work for Energy groups
Dosolutions 802 387 4141
º http://www.dosolutions.com
120 Main St