Websites

Learn more about deforestation in Indonesia:
1. Rainforests Turned into Smoldering Ruins
2. Tree Harvester Offers to Save Indonesian Forest
3. We Will Suffer Without the Forests

Learn more about the carbon market:
Mother Jones - GM's Money Trees
Frontline - Carbon Watch
The Burning Season - Carbon Trading

Carbon Offset Information:
Carbon Offsetting: Pros and Cons
Paying Off our Global Warming Sins
What is a Carbon Offset
Brighter Planet Offsets - offsets_by_Brighter_Planet1.pdf

Learn more about the negative side of the carbon market:
The Story of Cap and Trade
REDD - The Wrong Path.pdf REDD - The Wrong Path

Planet in Peril is a CNN website with some of the latest environmental headlines and articles.

International Forum on Globalization has links to talks, articles, books, videos, and other excellent environmental resources. Everything from the "Greensumption" video to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People.

The Current Mass Extinction has hundreds of links to sites and other resources about the mass extinction happening on the planet today.

Food and Water Watch is a good place to "stay informed" and "live well." We owe it to ourselves to stay educated about what nourishes our bodies and our minds.

Mongabay.com - "Mongabay.com seeks to raise interest in and appreciation of wild lands and wildlife, while examining the impact of emerging trends in climate, technology, economics, and finance on conservation and development."

The Climate Project - "The Climate Project (TCP) is an international non-profit founded by Nobel Laureate and former Vice President Al Gore with a mission to increase public awareness of the climate crisis at a grassroots level worldwide."

WiserEarth - "WiserEarth helps the global movement of people and organizations working toward social justice, indigenous rights, and environmental stewardship connect, collaborate, share knowledge, and build alliances."

Center for Ecoliteracy - "The Center for Ecoliteracy is dedicated to education for sustainable living. We provide information, inspiration, and support to the vital movement of K-12 educators, parents, and other members of the school community who are helping young people gain the knowledge, skills, and values essential to sustainable living."

Union of Concerned Scientists - "The Union of Concerned Scientists is the leading science-based nonprofit working for a healthy environment and a safer world."

Forest Ethics - "Our mission is to protect Endangered Forests and wild places, wildlife, and human well-being—one of our focus areas is climate change, which compromises all of our efforts if left unchecked."

We Can Solve it - "The We Campaign is a project of The Alliance for Climate Protection -- a nonprofit, nonpartisan effort founded by Nobel laureate and former Vice President Al Gore. The goal of the Alliance is to build a movement that creates the political will to solve the climate crisis -- in part through repowering America with 100 percent of its electricity from clean energy sources within 10 years."

Children and Nature Network - A network dedicated to supporting efforts to reconnect children with Nature.

Bioneers - "Bioneers is inspiring a shift to live on Earth in ways that honor the web of life, each other and future generations."