Carbon Footprint
Nature Conservancy Carbon Footprint calculator: http://www.nature.org/initiatives/climatechange/calculator/
Bonneville Environmental Foundation - http://www.greentagsusa.org/greentags/calculator/
Carbon Offsets
Consumers guide to carbon offsets, produced by Clean Air, Cool Planet http://www.cleanair-coolplanet.org/ConsumersGuidetoCarbonOffsets.pdf
Purchase carbon offsets for car, home, flights, even your wedding. ($$$ will go towards carbon offset projects TerraPass funds clean energy and carbon reduction projects across the United States, such wind farms and landfill gas capture projects; “what’s my carbon footprint” calculator , interesting articles, blog - www.terrapass.com
How do carbon offsets work? - http://www.terrapass.com/about/how-carbon-offsets-work.html
Carbon Fund - http://www.carbonfund.org/
Solar hot water heater from recycled bottles
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2007/06/beer_bottle_solarpowered.html
Instructions for “do-it-yourself” renewable energy projects. Great for teachers! http://www.builditsolar.com/Projects/Educational/educational.htm
Energy Education
Cape and Islands Renewable Energy has published a renewable energy information clearing house. A beautiful website that has boatloads of information on the “energy present”, “tools for managing the transition” and “energy future” too much to list…check it out! - http://www.cirenew.info/
New Hampshire Handbook on Energy Efficiency and Climate Change http://nhenergy.org/images/a/a1/Handbook.pdf
Energy Incentives and Tax Credits
New Hampshire Electric Co-Op – energy efficiency programs for individuals
and businesses - www.nhec.com
Federal tax credits – everything you ever wanted to know (and more!) http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=products.pr_tax_credits
DSIRE – Stay up on the latest information about renewable energy and
energy efficiency incentives (federal and state) http://www.dsireusa.org/library/includes/map2.cfm?CurrentPageID=1&State=NH&R
Green Building
U.S Green building
Council – info on LEED, links to green building research, training
opportunities for builders - http://www.usgbc.org/
Yestermorrow Design/Build School Warren, VT – courses in sustainable building, summer internship opportunities - http://www.yestermorrow.org/
Local Foods Plymouth – www.localfoodsplymouth.org
Kitchen Gardners International – “promoting the ‘localest’ food of all, globally” - www.kitchengardners.org
Local food directories - http://ww2.attra.ncat.org/index.php/localfood_results.php?Class=NH
Upper Valley Localvores – the 100 mile diet in the Upper Valley (great recipes grouped by season) http://www.uvlocalvore.com/
Other organizations
Squam Lakes Conservation Society - www.squamlakes.org
New Hampshire Sustainable Energy Association - http://www.nhsea.org/
The
Relocalization Network- www.relocalize.net
Sustainable Energy Resource Group (SERG), Thetford Center, VT - www.serg-info.org
D Acres, Dorchester, NH - www.dacres.org
Lakes Region Living Lightly Association (LARELLA) – www.larella.org
Harvard Local, Harvard, MA www.harvardlocal.org
NH Community Energy Project nhenergy.org & http://nhenergy.org/images/a/a1/Handbook.pdf
New American Dream – A non-profit organization whose mission is
to help
Americans consume responsibly to protect the environment, enhance quality of
life, and promote social justice www.newdream.org
Comments on "The Party's Over" Written by Richard Heinberg*Summary of Ricahrd Heinbergs book "Power Down"*Site describinbg Hubbert's PeakWeb site for the Association for the study of peak oilPeak primer and more - Great resourcePeak Oil Chat & News - Recommended by a member Oil Depletion Analysis Centre - Current Articles on Peak Oil (What is in the Press)
Energy Federation: Energy Saving Products - http://www.efi.org/
Noli Control Systems “energy saving light bulb technology” - light bulbs of every shape and size - www.nolico.com
Insulating blinds and window quilts:
Rand’s Hardware, Plymouth, NH (***discount for PAREI members***) www.rands.doitbest.com
Building Energy Technology, Concord, NH (Inquire about discounts for
PAREI members) www.buildingenergytechnologies.com
Green Culture “products for an enlightened planet” – composters, mowers,
vermiculture and more
Renewable Energy Publications
Homepower Magazine - www.homepower.com
Mother Earth News - www.motherearthnews.com
Countryside & Small Stock Journal, the magazine of modern homesteading www.countrysidemag.com
Interstate Renewable Energy Council (great trade based newsletter)- http://www.irecusa.org/
Post Carbon Institute – free newsletter provides helpful information about how we can relocalize our communities and adapt to an energy constrained world http://www.postcarbon.org/publications/newsletters
Apricus solar water heating collectors (***order through PAREI for your member discount***) www.apricus.com
Earth Solar Go Solar4lots - Member usedThermomaxBig Frog Mountain CorpSilocon Solar - Member usedThe Alternate Energy Hobby StoreColorado Solar ElectricJATS Alternative Power Company
Blue link solar – solar electric panels - www.bluelinksolar.com
Sunweaver, Northwood, NH - www.sunweaver.org
Solar Works, Inc – www.solar-works.com
Gro Solar - https://www.globalresourceoptions.com/
See NH Sustainable Energy Association Consumer Guide: http://www.nhsea.org/resource/resource_guide.php
ABODE – Plymouth N.H.- www.yourabodehome.org - 603-536-1400
Alteris Renewables – Holderness, N.H. - tvansant@solarworksinc.com – 603-968-7359
Appalachian Mountain Club – www.outdoors.org
Atta Girl Records – Thornton, N.H - www.attagirlrecords.com
Bacco Italian Restaurant – Boston, MA. – www.bacconorthend.com
Baker Valley
Motors – Plymouth, N.H. http://www.bakervalleymotors.com/
BEA Realty – Dorchester, N.H.
Boulder Point Condo Associates – Plymouth, N.H.
Pemi Baker Home, Health, Hospice and Aquatic Wellness - www.pemibakerhomehealth.org
Mid State Health – www.midstatehealth.org
Sound Advice – www.soundadvicehearingcenters.com
Bridgewater Power Company – Ashland, N.H.- http://www.bridgewaterpower.com/
BTD Mechanical
Contracting, Plumbing & Heating – Campton, N.H. http://www.btdmechanical.com/
Building Energy
Technology – Concord, N.H. www.buildingenergytechnologies.com
Calm Post Café - Rumney,
N.H.- 603-254-4987
CMC Mechanical – Portsmouth, N.H.- 603-944-1012
D Acres, Dorchester, NH - www.dacres.org
DeCosta Construction – Plymouth, N.H. – www.decostaconstruction.net -
603-536-1995 – Also distributor of Greenblock Insulated Concrete Forms www.greenblocknh.com
DNL Energy LLC – Holderness, N.H. – www.dnlenergy.con – 603-536-2461
Donnell Enterprises – Warren, N.H. – www.jeff-donnell@yahoo.com -
EVP Marketing
& Media – Waterville Valley, N.H. www.evpcreative.com
– 603-236-4946
Frase Electric – South Tamworth, N.H. – 603-284-6618
Gilford Town Energy Committee – Gilford, N.H. – www.gilfordnh.org/public documents/GilfordNH BComm/Energy%20Committee
Harmony in Wood – Bristol, N.H. – 603-744-5540 – HIW@metrocast.net – Builder who is sensitive to energy issues and green building.
Holderness Fire Department – Holderness, N.H. – www.holderness-nh.gov
Holderness School – Holderness, N.H.
www.holderness.org
Jordan Institute
– Concord, N.H. – www.jordaninstitute.org
– 603-226-1009
KTM Auto – Plymouth, N.H.- www.ktmauto.com
KW Management – Nashua, N.H. - great for Geothermal - 603-598-0181
Mauchly Electric – Plymouth, N.H. -
603-536-4109
McLane Realty – Plymouth, N.H. – www.mclanerealtyplymouth.com – 603-536-8181
New Hampshire
Electric Coop – Plymouth, N.H. - www.nhec.com
New Hampton
School – New Hampton, N.H. - www.newhampton.org
Pemi Heating – Carl Doe Plymouth, N.H. – 603-786-2292
Piscataqua Sustainability Initiative – Portsmouth, N.H. – www.thepsi.net
Plymouth State
University – Plymouth, N.H. www.plymouth.edu
Puglisi Builders – Rumney, N.H. -
603-786 – 9398 puglisibuilders@gmail.com
Rand’s Hardware – Plymouth, N.H. - www.rands.doitbest.com
R. B. Eaton &
Co Builders – Rumney, N.H. - 603-786-2380
Rockywold-Deephaven Camps – Holderness, N.H. - www.rdcsquam.com
Roper Real Estate – Waterville Valley, N.H. - www.roperre.com
Sant Bani School – Sanbornton, N.H.
- http://www.santbanischool.org/
Squam Lakes Natural
Science Center –Holderness, N.H. - http://www.nhnature.org/
St. Thomas Contractors – Bridgewater, MA. – street8637@yahoo.com – 508-6978637
Star King Unitarian
Church – Plymouth, N.H. - www.starrkingfellowship.org –
603- 536-8908
Stoppe Management
– Plymouth, N.H. – www.stoppemanagement.com
– 603-536-2479
Sustain Ability – Laconia, N.H. - store@sustainabilitynh.com - 603-528-4300
Ted Hammond
Construction, Llc – Campton, N.H. – 603-726 - 4833
The Common Man – www.thecman.com
Three Mile Island AMC – www.outdoors.org
Waterville Valley Town Square – Waterville Valley, N.H.www.townsquarecondos.com
603-236-8175
Windy Ridge Corp. – Tamworth, N.H. -603-323-2323
http://oikos.com/green_products/company.php?company_id=2511
Wind Works Llc – Charlotte, VT
.- http://www.windworksllc.com/ - 802-425-5055
Woodsville
Guarantee Savings Bank - http://www.theguarantybank.com/