Eclectic Links

This page will hold an eclectic and ever expanding series of links to things I find interesting. I'll do my best to delete links that no longer work, but if you happen to find one just email me and let me know.

ITunes U
Available using Apple's ITunes software, ITunes U features lectures about many diverse topics from universities around the country, including Stanford, Duke, MIT and UC Berkeley. And the best thing is they're FREE! Go to the ITunes Store and look for ITunes U. Very cool!

Worldwatch Institute
This site has tons of research (for free and for sale) for an environmentally sustainable and socially just society. I learned today that even the Vatican is going Solar! Well, part of it is, anyway...

Bioneers
This great group, which I just joined, is sponsoring a conference in Marin County, California October 19-21, 2007.

Wiser Earth
This is a fast-growing database of companies and organizations from around the world working on environmental and social justice issues. Started by Paul Hawken (see below) and with the site architecture created by many (friends, colleagues, and volunteers) it just went live in May, so it has a long way to go to list all of the potential groups—though there are 105,943 listed as of today. As a Wiki it is self-generated and self regulated and it will evolve by consensus over time. Paul estimates there are between 1 and 2 million groups (from single-person dot-coms to billion dollar non-profits) working in these areas and that combined they create the "largest movement in history." There are two more parts to the WISER (short for World Index for Social and Environmental Responsibility) concept, WiserBusiness and WiserGovernment, that will be launched in the future.

Going Local: The Movement for Community Choice Energy
A great, fast-moving 18-minute briefing on Community Choice Energy (CCE). CCE will allow people like you and me to choose how the electricity we use is generated, either from renewable sources like wind and solar or from traditional sources like natural gas or Nuclear. PG&E, for all of its press and PR about "going green," is not moving fast enough towards renewable power generation and is instead trying to build many more fossil fuel (and even Nuclear) powered plants. I urge you to take the time to watch the video and make up your own mind which direction we should take.