According to National Geographic, Humans impact the physical environment in many ways: overpopulation, pollution, burning fossil fuels, and deforestation. Changes like these have triggered climate change, soil erosion, poor air quality, and undrinkable water. These negative impacts can affect human behavior and can prompt mass migrations or battles over clean water.
Asbestos.com
For most of the 20th century, asbestos had been used in municipal water, wastewater and stormwater systems. As these water systems develop cracks and degrade over time, the danger of asbestos leaching into the water supply grows and asbestos in the water supply at certain levels poses a health risk to the general public. Learn about and help spread awareness about asbestos and assist anyone currently suffering from exposure to it.
350.org
We're an international movement of ordinary people working to end the age of fossil fuels and build a world of community-led renewable energy for all. Visit our website to learn more and get involved.
The International People's Platform for Climate Justice
This website includes millions of people around the world, working towards a safe, clean, and just future for everyone. To create meaningful and lasting climate action, climate stories are shared to help others understand the climate-related disasters happening worldwide. Read their stories. They are a group of people who are working on solutions from the global climate justice movement.
Memphis Community Against Pollution (MCAP)
MCAP is dedicated to pursuing environmental justice for Black communities in Southwest Memphis, protecting the area's health and environment, and combating climate injustice.
Protect Our Aquifer
The mission of Protect Our Aquifer is guardianship of our most precious resource—water. In Shelby County, this means preserving and protecting the Memphis Sand Aquifer for the benefit of present and future generations.
Earth911 - More Ideas, Less Waste
Discover Earth911."We believe humans can successfully reduce their impact by using less, reusing and recycling more, and constantly making small improvements through their daily decisions at home, while shopping, at work, and at play. More ideas make less waste." Read about what they believe at Earth911. Find out their mission. One easy step? Send your Pill Bottles to Do Some Good.
Entomologist and Author, Douglas W. Tallamy
Douglas W. Tallamy is an entomologist and author. He teaches in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware. Tallamy advocates for home gardens that bridge the gaps between parks and preserves in providing habitat for native species. Douglas W. Tallamy's first book awakened thousands of readers to an urgent situation: wildlife populations are in decline because the native plants they depend on are fast disappearing. In this new book, Tallamy takes the next step and outlines his vision for a grassroots approach to conservation, describing how homeowners can turn their yards into conservation corridors that provide wildlife habitats. The concept is practical, effective, and easy—you will walk away with specific suggestions you can incorporate into your own yard. If you're concerned about doing something good for the environment, Tallamy's new book is the blueprint you need. By acting now, you can help preserve our precious wildlife—and the planet—for future generations.
- Smithsonian Institute Webinar Interview with Douglas W. Tallamy
- Douglas W. Tallamy's first book, Bringing Nature Home
- Douglas W. Tallamy's newest book, Nature's Best Hope
White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council (WHEJAC)
Learn about the federal government's efforts to address environmental injustice. Learn about the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council (WHEJAC)
U.S. Department of Justice
The National Prescription Drug Take Back Day aims to provide a safe, convenient, and responsible means of disposing of prescription drugs, while also educating the general public about the potential for abuse of medications. Locate a collection site. Search by zip code or city/state to find a collection site near you.
Earth is amazing! from The World Counts!
Here are some amazing environmental facts that you need to know about.
- 27,000 trees are cut down each day so we can have toilet paper.
- When you throw plastic bags and other plastic materials in the ocean, it kills as many as 1 million sea creatures annually.
- Rainforests are cut down at a rate of 100 acres per minute.
Earth 911 - The Nation's Premier Environmental Resource
Earth911.com is a privately owned, for-profit company that specializes in providing consumers with accessible and actionable recycling information across the country. Our online Recycling Directory is the most accurate and comprehensive directory of its kind and contains recycling information for over 300 different consumer products. We have collected over 1 million recycling locations and programs that people can search for to find their nearest recycling options and resources. We also have a toll-free and bilingual hotline (1-800 CLEANUP) and a free mobile application (iRecycle®).
Environmental Defense Fund
Guided by science, the Environmental Defense Fund design and transform markets to bring lasting solutions to the most serious environmental problems.
Green America
Green America is a not-for-profit membership organization founded in 1982. Green America went by the name "Co-op America" until January 1, 2009. 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.
Green Faith Interfaith Partners for the Environment
Green Faith's mission is to inspire, educate and mobilize people of diverse religious backgrounds for environmental leadership. Their work is based on beliefs shared by the world's great religions. They believe that protecting the earth is a religious value, and that environmental stewardship is a moral responsibility.
National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
The goal of NRCS is not just a sustainable, nutritious, abundant food supply, but also thriving ecosystems that support a diversity of life. In the next century, NRCS will not only continue to tackle familiar challenges like ensuring clean water and healthy soil, but will also rise to meet new issues, such as clean air, clean energy, climate change, and new technology.
National Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
NRDC is the nation's most effective environmental action group, combining the grassroots power of 1.3 million members and online activists with the courtroom clout and expertise of more than 350 lawyers, scientists and other professionals.
Sierra Club, Memphis Chapter
The Sierra Club is America's oldest, largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization. The Chickasaw Group of the Sierra Club represents over 1000 members in Memphis and West Tennessee. Members advocate for policies that protect our natural environment, offer hikes and outdoor recreation for people of all ages, support environmental candidates for public office, and provide opportunities for people who want to develop leadership skills to help their community while enhancing the environment.
Recycling is a process to change materials (waste) into new products to prevent waste of potentially useful materials, reduce the consumption of fresh raw materials, reduce energy usage, reduce air pollution (from incineration) and water pollution (from landfilling) by reducing the need for conventional waste disposal, and lower greenhouse gas emissions as compared to plastic production. Recycling is a key component of modern waste reduction and is the third component of the Reduce, Reuse, Recycle waste hierarchy.
(Source: Wikipedia.org)
TN Environmental Council
"Be The Solution." The Tennessee Environmental Council is welcoming volunteers to help achieve thriving habitats, a circular economy and climate balance in Tennessee.
Memphis City Beautiful
The mission of Memphis City Beautiful is working together for a clean, green, beautiful Memphis. Through our relationship with Memphis City Beautiful, here are recycling resources: Collins Center and Recycle Right Memphis.
Binghamton Development Corp
The mission of the Binghampton Development Corporation (BDC) is to improve the quality of life in the Binghampton Community. As a community-oriented and faith-backed entity, the BDC is working to be an instrument of God's love to reach those in economic oppression.
Check out their program, Recycle Styroform Today. Today program at 2690 Yale Ave, Memphis, TN 38112
Check out how they are Turning Trash into Treasure at the BDC Business Hub.
Matthew 25: Ministries
Cincinnati-based Matthew 25: Ministries, an international humanitarian aid and disaster relief organization, accepts donations of empty plastic pill bottles that are either sent to places where medical supplies are needed or are shredded and recycled. Our pill bottle program fulfills the dual needs of improving medical care in developing countries and caring for our environment, according to the website.
From the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy
Disposing of unused or expired medications safely is one way to keep families safe. Use the Drug Disposal Locator Tool for permanent drug disposal boxes in your area. With the support of law enforcement, pharmacies like Walgreens and CVS are partners in this effort.
Bausch and Lomb Recycling Program
The Bausch and Lomb recycling program for any brand of contact lenses and blister packs. You can print a label and mail yourself or drop off at most eye doctor offices. I take them to Mid South Vision Center across from Poplar Plaza. They have a collection box inside. Learn more The One by One Recycling Program FAQs.
What is Composting?
eartheasy offers extensive information about the topic. Composting is a simple way to add nutrient-rich humus which fuels plant growth and restores vitality to depleted soil. It's also free, easy to make and good for the environment.
Memphis - Develop 901
Learn about Sustainability and Resilience. The team serves as a leading advocate, expert, and educator for sustainability and resilience in Memphis and Shelby County. The office coordinates and supports regional initiatives promoting sustainable, resilient, and livable communities.
How to Reduce & Dispose of Our PPE Waste More Responsibly
For an additional resource regarding How to Reduce & Dispose of Our PPE Waste More Responsibly read more here.
Are you looking for information about our health regarding food such as toxic pesticides in crops, excessive antibiotics in animal agriculture? Are you wondering how to make healthy sustainable food choices and where to buy fresh produce in our community? These resources provide this information and more.
Heifer International
Heifer International is a global nonprofit with the goal of ending poverty and hunger in a sustainable fashion. Established in 1944, Heifer International gives out gifts of livestock, seeds and trees and extensive training to those in need. Based in Little Rock, Arkansas, Heifer International has helped more than 13.6 million families (71 million people) in more than 125 countries.
Local Harvest
The best organic food is what's grown closest to you. This is known as local harvest. Use this website to find farmers' markets, family farms, and other sources of sustainably grown food in your area, where you can buy produce, grass-fed meats, and many other goodies. Want to support this great web site? Shop in their catalog for things you can't find locally!
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Called one of the nation's most powerful environmental groups by The New York Times, NRDC is the nation's most effective environmental action group. Although there are numerous valuable topics on their site, this will take you to information about food.
Project Green Fork
Project Green Fork contributes to a sustainable Mid-South by helping reduce environmental impacts, with a focus on strengthening homegrown restaurants. On the website, you will find many participating restaurants that have been certified by Project Green Fork.
Square Foot Gardening
Square Foot Gardening is a simple system that adapts to all levels of experience, physical abilities, and geographical locations. Grow all you want and need in only 20% of the space of a conventional row garden. Save time, water, work and money!
FoodPrint
What is FoodPrint? Whether it's a salad, a hamburger or your morning egg sandwich, your meal has an impact on the environment and on the welfare of animals, food/farm workers and on public health.
The Land Institute
The Land Institute has worked for over 30 years on the problem of agriculture. Our purpose is to develop an agricultural system with the ecological stability of the prairie and a grain yield comparable to that from annual crops.
Did you know that the typical Memphis family spends about $1,900 a year on home utility bills? Unfortunately, a large portion of that energy is wasted. And each year, electricity generated by fossil fuels for a single home puts more carbon dioxide into the air than two average cars. And as for the road, transportation accounts for 67% of all U.S. oil consumption. The good news is that there is a lot you can do to save energy and money at home and in your car.
ConsumerAffairs: Solar Energy
The ConsumerAffairs team worked with global thought leader and solar expert, Zachary Shahan, to create an online resource about solar panels. Since 1977, the price of solar panels has dropped approximately 100 times over, and solar power is now less expensive than power from the grid for billions of people. This guide that helps consumers determine whether or not going solar is for them. A few topics in the guide include companies, financing options, and services or maintenance after installation.
Guide to Green Mortgages: Energy Efficient Mortgages
This informative article covers the importance of energy efficient upgrades and how to get a green mortgage for that purpose.
Home Energy Rating
A Home Energy Rating is a measurement of a home's energy efficiency. Home energy ratings can be used for either existing homes or new homes. A home energy rating of an existing home allows a homeowner to receive a report listing options for upgrading a home’s energy efficiency. The homeowners may then use the report to determine the most effective ways in which to upgrade the home's energy efficiency. A home energy rating of a new home allows buyers to compare the energy efficiency of homes they are considering buying.
Home Energy Saver
Home Energy Saver is a set of online resources developed by the U.S. Department of Energy intended to help consumers and professional energy analysts, analyze, reduce, and manage home energy use.
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Make the Green Power Switch in order to support Green Power Providers and other regional renewable energy projects using wind, solar and biogas sources. You have the power to change the way electricity is generated throughout the region, reducing emissions and saving natural resources.
The Total Guide: Green Home Buying
Through green home buying and renovations, anyone can transform their home into an energy efficient, money saving machine. The green home was designed to minimize environmental footprints, while still preserving a comfortable and healthy indoor living environment. This web site includes terminology to detailed information that will beneift the discerning home buyer. Check it out.
United States Green Building Council (USGBC)
The purpose of USGBC is to transform the way buildings and communities are designed, built, and operated, enabling an environmentally and socially responsible, healthy, and prosperous environment that improves the quality of life. The Memphis chapter has a Facebook page.
Wind Power Monthly
Windpower Monthly is the leading news magazine of the international wind energy business, publishing non-stop since 1985. Fiercely protective of its independent status, the magazine provides balanced quality information on wind power and only wind power.
