Sustainable Climate & Energy Initiative
Resources

Agriculture and Local Food Systems Air Quality Climate Change Energy Conservation Green Building Get Involved! Low Impact Development (LID) Responsible Purchasing Water Conservation Zero Waste

Climate Change

• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Department of Ecology
• Puget Sound Clean Air Agency
• Puget Sound Regional Council
• Materials Management Approaches for State and Local Climate Protection:
  • Tool Kit
  • Resources and Calculators
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
• University of Washington Climate Impacts Group
• What can you do about climate change?

Energy Conservation

• Department of Energy (DOE)
• Department of Energy (DOE) - Energy Sources
• Snohomish County Public Utility District:
  • PUD Energy Challenge
• Puget Sound Energy
• Energy Star:
  • Products
  • Home Improvement
  • Portfolio Manager

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Green Building

• Cascadia Green Building Council:
  • LEED
• Sustainable Buildings Industry Council
• King County GreenTools
• City of Seattle
• City of Portland
• Built Green for King & Snohomish Counties
• Energy Star Buildings and Plants

Zero Waste (toxics reduction, waste prevention,
recycling, composting, product stewardship)

• Snohomish County Public Works Solid Waste:
  • Recycling
  • Take it Back Program (and toxics)
  • E-Cycle Program
  • Medicine Return Program and Take Back Your Meds Program 
  • Hazardous Waste
• Department of Ecology Recycling Hotline
• Earth911
• EPA Waste:
  • EPA Procurement Tools & Guidelines
  • EPA Tools for Local Government Recycling Programs
  • EPA Waste Reduction Model (WARM) calculator
• Materials Management Approaches for State and Local Climate Protection:
  • Tool Kit
  • Resources and Calculators
• Zero Waste Washington
• Washington Organics Recycling Council
• Washington Toxics Coalition
• Northwest Product Stewardship Council
• Compostable Organics Out of Landfills by 2012
• The Story of Stuff
• Local Compost Facilities:
  • Bailey Farm and Compost
  • Cedar Grove Compost
  • Lenz Enterprises
  • Pacific Topsoils

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Responsible Purchasing

• Energy Star Certification (see Energy Star in ‘Energy Conservation’)
• EPA Procurement Tools & Guidelines
• Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT)
• Responsible Purchasing Network
• Northwest Product Stewardship Council

Low Impact Development (LID)

• Puget Sound Partnership
• LID Technical Guidance Manual for Puget Sound
• Snohomish County Conservation District
• Seattle Public Utilities
• EPA Website for Low Impact Development
• Healthy Soils:
  • Soils for Salmon
  • Soil Best Management Practices (BMP) Manual
• Local Compost Facilities:
  • Bailey Farm and Compost
  • Cedar Grove Compost
  • Lenz Enterprises

Water Conservation

• Washington State Department of Ecology
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Water Sense Program
• Snohomish County PUD Water Conservation Tips
• Snohomish County Marine Resources
• Snohomish County Conservation District

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Air Quality

• Department of Ecology Air Quality Protection
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Indoor Air Quality Resources
• Puget Sound Clean Air Agency

Agriculture and Local Food Systems

• Snohomish County Focus on Farming
• Cedar Grove Composting
• Snohomish County Farmers Markets

Get Involved!

• Sustainable Development Task Force of Snohomish County
• Snohomish County Carbon Masters
• Washington State University Extension Programs
• Living Sustainably in Snohomish County:
  • KSER Podcasts
  • Monthly Newsletter
• Snohomish County Green Drinks
• Transition Port Gardner
• National Sustainable Building Advisor Program
• Sightline Institute

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