Sustainable Living...
A thoughtful approach to leading fulfilling, productive and environmentally responsible lives, by balancing our economic, cultural and environmental needs, to meet the needs of the present without compromising the needs of future generations.
This website provides research-based information to help individuals make intelligent consumer decisions; and educational tools for natural resources and Cooperative Extension Service professionals.
Our mission is to reduce environmental degradation and improve quality of life in the Pacific Northwest by fostering new consumption patterns and promoting sustainable lifestyles.
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| This guide (click on image) provides the tools to take the first steps towards enriching your life and moving towards sustainable living. Before looking towards making changes in life ways, it challenges the reader to pause and consider what is most important when considering how we spend our time and energy. Then it moves on through an process to help the reader better understand where they are and how to get where they want to go ending with resources to help you continue your journey towards personal sustainablity. Want to explore more deeply how you can live more sustainably? Click here for our free on-line course. | The Climate Change Handbook: A Citizen's Guide to Thoughtful Action is a National Network for Sustainable Living Education project. NNSLE improves quality of life and reduces environmental degradation by fostering new consumption patterns and sustainable lifestyles through Cooperative Extension Service programs at land-grant institutions. |
Interesting Blogs
Conversations and practices for families to live lighter
http://blogs.extension.iastate.edu/isuecofamily/bloggers/
Kristi Cooper
Family Life Extension Specialist
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
Policies, politics, and adaptation strategies for climate change
http://adaptationfactory.blogspot.com/
Jay Moynihan, Community Development Educator
University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension