Climate Change Web Sites
Reliable Sources on Climate Change
Prof. Raymond Najjar of Penn State has provided a list of reliable online sources for learning about climate change.
A physics professor at Cambridge University provides quantitave approach to what can be done to move to sustainable energy. His example is Great Britain, but principles can be applied elsewhere. Wonderful charts and illustrations. Read online or download.
A 2008 study by the Union of Concerned Scientists and independent scientists and economists provides an in-depth look at the potential consequences of climate change in Pennsylvania and the opportunities available today to reduce heat-trapping emissions in the state
Prof. Donald Brown of the Rock Ethics Institute at Penn State has created this site to address the ethical implications of climate change.
Three good sites on glaciers:
http://news.discovery.com/videos/earth-glacier-comparisions.html
http://nsidc.org/glaciers/science/data.html
http://asiasociety.org/onthinnerice
An essential site for understanding the science of climate change. Lots of interesting discussions, much of it quite technical, that shows how scientists approach the issues. On the right of the screen is an index to further information. The site also has many links to other sources.
This report was published in 2007 by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The science was updated in a more recent report prepared for the Copenhagen meeting and entitled the Copenhagen Diagnosis.
This site provides a table with arguments used by those who deny global warming in the first column and the current scientific evidence on the subject in the second column.
YouTube clip from 1958 directed by Frank Capra warns of dangers of global warming. Scientists have been aware of the problem for a long time.
Guide to news about climate change from media sources throughout the world. Updated every day.
Consumer Sites
Good Guide -- This on-line guide lets you type in a product name and then it provides a wealth of information on the product and its manufacturer on its impact on people's health, the environment and society. It's compiled by a number of researchers and scientists. You can buy products through the site -- which is how it makes its money.
Green America --This is another place to search out greener, more eco-friendly and more just businesses. Green America, formerly called Co-Op America, includes among its resources a directory of businesses dedicated to socially just and environmentally sustainable principles. According to their website their mission is "to harness economic power—the strength of consumers, investors, businesses, and the marketplace—to create a socially just and environmentally sustainable society".
Buy Fresh. Buy Local. -- Is buying locally grown food part of your action plan for caring for creation? The Pennsylvania Association of Sustainable Agriculture provides this searchable listing of local farms.
Educational Tools and Sites
Carbon Rally -- Check out this amazing page for personal and group challenges that reduce your carbon footprint. Take them on individually or compete with other groups.
Carbon Calculators online:
http://www.empowermentinstitute.net/
Empowerment Institute -- many resources and books, including an excellent online carbon calculator.
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/ind_calculator.html
Carbon Calculator from Environmental Protection Agency with calculations on how to reduce emissions
Northwest Earth Institute study guides and discussion groups -- This site provides a number of short 6 to 8 week seminars that can be arranged for small groups. Books cost about $20. Includes discussion guides and more.
The Story of Stuff -- This little video provides an entertaining and easy to understand explanation of the origins and destination of all the stuff in our waste stream. Does Annie Leonard know what she's talking about? A copy of the script with footnotes is available on the SOS website.
Speaking of Faith -- this American Public Media program has incredible podcasts on all sorts of topics. Listen to host Krista Tippett's interview with Bill McKibben on the Moral Math of Climate Change and scroll the page for additional pieces on climate change and faith.
Faith Traditions Respond
Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life
London Islamic Network for the Environment
The Yale Project on Climate Change links to Christian responses.
Taking Action
Our own state affiliate of the national organization listed below.
Encourage your congregation to join and join yourself as an individual member.
A religious response to global warming
Great resources, including on-line store.
for group organizing a Pennsylvania chapter of Interfaith Power and Light.
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