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	Environmental Building News URL: http://www.buildinggreen.com/ ODP description: A leading periodical on environmentally responsible design and construction. Site contains detailed articles, reviews, and news stories. Page title: BuildingGreen.com - Home Page description: Home page for BuildingGreen, Inc. - Publishers of Environmental Building News and of other information resources for practictioners of sustainable design.
	Sustainable Sources URL: http://www.greenbuilder.com/ ODP description: Online collections of information on sustainable building, eco travel, and Latin American environmental issues. Keyword searchable. Page title: Sustainable Sources . : : . Welcome Page description: Sustainable Sources - One of the world's best online collections of information on Sustainable Building, Eco Travel, and Latin American Environment. Keyword searchable.
	GreenClips URL: http://www.greenclips.com/ ODP description: A biweekly email newsletter that contains a summary of news on sustainable building design and related government and business issues. Site contains 13 years of archives. Page description: For designing and building a sustainable future, the Green Design Network offers a searchable design center, books, regional resource directories, and publications such as GreenClips and Building Concerns.
	EPA Green Building URL: http://www.epa.gov/greenbuilding/ ODP description: A gateway to numerous U.S. Environmental Protection Agency webpages on how to improve the environmental performance of buildings, with sections covering energy use, building materials, indoor air quality, water conservation and waste. Page title: Green Buildings \| US EPA
	Sustainable Architecture: Eco Design and Landscaping, Urbanism URL: http://www.aloha.net/~laumana/ ODP description: An archive of information about sustainable architecture and urbanism collected by Robert D. Hotten, MLA
	Northeast Sustainable Energy Assoication: Green Buildings URL: http://www.nesea.org/buildings/info/ ODP description: Regional group promoting responsible energy use through education about green building practices. Publishers of "Northeast Sun". Site also includes information on energy and transportation. Page title: Green Buildings Info - Main Page Page description: The Northeast Sustainable Energy Association works to bring clean electricity, green transportation, and healthy, efficient buildings into everyday use.
	GreenHomeNYC URL: http://www.greenhomenyc.org/ ODP description: GreenHomeNYC facilitates the adoption of sustainable building methods and materials by owners of small residential and commercial buildings in New York City. Includes links and listing of local events. Page title: GreenHomeNYC: We Help New York City's Buildings Go Green. Page description: GreenHomeNYC\'s mission is to help owners and residents of small buildings in New York City use sustainable building methods and materials.
	Sustainable Condo URL: http://www.sustainablecondo.com ODP description: An educational traveling display to illustrate and promote leading-edge sustainable building design, products, technologies, and systems. Based in Vancouver Canada.
	ecospecifier URL: http://www.ecospecifier.org/ ODP description: A knowledge base of environmentally-preferable materials, products, and technologies. Page title: ecospecifier - products/knowledge/solutions Page description: ecospecifier is an eco-products knowledgebase providing information to assist the design of eco-preferable buildings, interiors and landscapes in Australia. Produced by RMIT's Centre for Design and ESD consultants Natural integrated Living, ecospecifier combiones practice and research in a powerful tool for designers, builders, home owners and researchers. As well as the online resource ecospecifier offers training and education in selectio...
	Green Building Encyclopedia URL: http://www.whygreenbuildings.com ODP description: Green building design guide with resources on the LEED exam, indoor air quality, water conservation, environmental construction products, straw bale, and energy-star appliances. For homebuilders, architects, engineers, real estate developers. Page title: Green Building Encyclopedia - Design, Construction, Water Conservation, Energy Efficiency, LEED (Elements Group Inc.)
	Oikos Green Building Library URL: http://oikos.com/library/index.html ODP description: Articles and selections from books about sustainable design and energy efficiency. Includes a green products directory, classifieds, and bookstore. Page title: Oikos Library
	Living Homes URL: http://www.livinghomes.us/ ODP description: Produces a line of homes featuring modern design and green materials. Shows sample interiors and exteriors. Page title: LivingHomes
	Temporary Desert Structures Project URL: http://www.geocities.com/potatotrap/tech/bluetarp.htm ODP description: Structures for Burning Man, or camping in the Black Rock Desert, must be designed for the extreme heat, severe wind storms, and sudden rains of northwestern Nevada. Lots of technical advice about building environmentally appropriate structures. Page title: Desert Structures
	Natural Logic URL: http://www.natlogic.com/index.html ODP description: Consulting firm that assists companies and communities improve their environmental performance by using ecological models to reduce waste and energy use. E-letter, primer on sustainability, and links to articles and other resources. Page description: Natural Logic provides strategy, systems and software that help turn exceptional environmental performance into economic advantage, supporting your strategic, operating and business objectives. Our design services help companies and communities conceive and create buildings and land use patterns that are both sustainable and regenerative. Our web-based software provide implementation tools that improve productivity, add insight, and help em...
	Dawn South West URL: http://www.greenbuilder.com/dawn/ ODP description: Tucson, AZ organization that conducts workshops on straw bale construction. Includes list of straw bale resources. Page title: DAWN SouthWest
	Building Science Corporation URL: http://www.buildingscience.com/ ODP description: Specializes in building technology consulting. Focus is preventing and resolving problems related to building design, construction and operation. Includes company overview and seminar information.
	Habitat Technology Group URL: http://www.habitattechnologygroup.org/ ODP description: A non-governmental organization (NGO) located in India that promotes sustainable building solutions through training and advocacy. Page title: HABITAT TECHNOLOGY GROUP - HOME Page description: Habitat Technology Group - A non governmental organization for the people's shelter issues, building construction Kerala, house buiding India, Low cost houses
	Natural Homes URL: http://naturalhomes.org ODP description: Information and resources on low-impact construction methods. Includes links to building projects and workshops, and an interactive map of homes around the world. Page title: Courses in Straw Bale House Building, Cob and other Eco Homes Page description: Eco house building courses from around the World and resourses for the straw bale house, cob, earthbag and green oak timber frame builder.
	AllGreenRatings.com URL: http://www.allgreenratings.com ODP description: Comprehensive listing of rating and certification programs available for sustainable construction. Includes municipal programs and links to publications and other sites. Page title: AllGreenRatings.com - Live sustainable - green building, energy efficient, healthy living, eco-friendly and nontoxic ratings, and logos . Home Page description: AllGreenRatings.com offers the most comprehensive and easily searchable list of green ratings and green certifications on the web. In an effort to promote the use of sustainable healthy living products and green building AllGreenRatings.com tells the consumer the truth and background information behind each green certification preventing greenwashing.
	Strawbale Studio Natural Building Project URL: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/7729/index.html ODP description: Gives information on natural building, thatching, ecovillages, permaculture and sustainable living. Page title: StrawBale Studio Building Project Page description: The Strawbale Studio website gives information on natural building, thatching, ecovillages, permaculture and sustainable living. Oxford,Michigan