Going Green 

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Practical Tips

• Coal Questions and Answers, Sierra Club, 2008
• Global Warming & Your Food, a publication of the Cool Foods Campaign www.coolfoodscampaign.org, December 2008
• Sierra Club's The Green Life
• Good Environmental News Blog Good news about the environment and green design tips.
• Time Magazine's Global Warming Survival Guide
• Concerned About Quicksilver: Is the Mercury in CFLs Hazardous? by Sarah Lipman, National Geographic's Green Guide, posted February 2008
• National Geographic's Green Guide website
• 20 Free Ways to Save Energy, Energy Savings Guide from Consumer Reports
• Save Hundreds on Energy Costs - 10 Things You Can Do Now, from Consumer Reports

Director's Desk: Tips by Mary Turgi, CSC

• Green Tip #11: Earth Hour, 23 March 2009
• Green Tip #10: Go on a "carbon diet", 29 January 2009
• Green Tip #9: Green Gifting, 5 December 2008; Français
• Green Tip #8: Greener Flying, 13 November 2008
• Green Tip #7: Conserving Water - Part 2, 13 August 2008; Français
• Green Tip #6: Conserving Water - Part 1, 29 July 2008
• Green Tip #5: Eating "Cool", 30 May 2008
• Green Tip #4: Power Down Your Computer, 9 April 2008
• Green Tip #3: EarthHour, 25 March 2008
• Green Tip #2: Green Printing, 28 February 2008
• Green Tip #1: Energy-Efficient Light Bulbs, 14 February 2008

Shopping Guides

• The Big Green Purse. Eco-friendly products, fair trade and organic products, and recycling.
• Co-op America's Responsible Shopper: Global Research & Action to Stop Corporate Abuse