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Puget Sound Green Pages Environmental
Planning Last updated: June 24, 2003 |
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PUGET SOUND AREA
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(Formerly NOW Bike) |
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A nonprofit research organization, that has been exploring
and clarifying just what is involved in a humane sustainable culture - and
how we can get there. |
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A consulting group specializing in energy, water and
transportation technical and policy analysis. This Web server is designed to
present current, useful information about significant resource issues, with a
distinct tilt towards events in Western North America and the Pacific Rim. |
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in the Delridge area of West Seattle (the location is
adjacent to Longfellow Creek). |
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King
County Department of Development and Environmental Services (DDES) |
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Customer Information Bulletins are intended to assist the
general public in understanding the effect of codes and regulations. |
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Bus Schedules on line. |
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The Technical Document collection consists of more than
4,000 technical reports produced by King County agencies. The book collection
includes materials on a variety of natural resources topics, as well as
general interest materials. The Research Center exists primarily to support
the work of the Department of Natural Resources, but is open to members of
the public. |
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"Neighbornets" are affinity groups of people who
live in the same general neighborhood who choose to form closer bonds with
one another. In some cases, these people will already be acquaintances who
wish to deepen their friendship. In other cases, they may come together
initially around one common area of interest (for example, gardening), and
then decide to broaden their scope of activities (for example, to include
service projects, a monthly potluck etc.), and thereby increase their sense
of community. |
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An association of governments in the central Puget Sound
region of Washington State that serves as a forum for developing policies and
making decisions about regional growth, transportation, and economic issues. |
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Come to a meeting to learn more about this mapmaking
initiative . . . share your ideas and get involved! Meet Wendy Brawer,
Founder and Director, Green Map System (GMS), and the team of activists,
designers, and cartographers who are cultivating our city's green map! |
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NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
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Helps local governments and community leaders be proactive
in their land use and transportation planning, and adopt programs and
policies that lead to more livable and resource-efficient land use patterns. |
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Center
for Urban Transportation Studies (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee ) |
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Research summaries, training programs, design case studies
and workshop schedules. |
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Centre
for Computer Based Learning in Land Use and Environmental Sciences |
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Provides support for lecturers who wish to effectively
implement computer-assisted learning (CAL) for courses in agriculture,
environmental science, soil science, forestry, horticulture, the applied
biological sciences, rural economics, rural business management and rural
land use planning. |
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CERES (California
Environmental Resources Evaluation System) |
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An information system developed by the California
Resources Agency to facilitate access to a variety of electronic data
describing California's rich and diverse environments. The goal of CERES is
to improve environmental analysis and planning by integrating natural and
cultural resource information from multiple contributors and by making it
available and useful to a wide variety of users. |
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More than 3500 environmental products: maps, books, GIS,
dictionaries, Cd-Roms, atlas', posters, The aims of these maps and studies
are to provide a better understanding of the existing renewable resources in
each country, trends and their relationship in determining ecological
parameter including bioclimates, soils and human impacts. Sold on CD-ROM or
printed. |
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Eco-villages are attempts to create complete, working
communities in which people can live sustainably, in harmony with each other
and nature. GEN was founded to support the development of sustainable human
settlements, facilitate the exchange of information amongst the settlements,
and make information available about eco-village concepts and demonstration
sites. |
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The Green Map System is a globally connected, locally
adaptable framework for community sustainability. Green Maps utilize Green
Map Icons to chart the sites of environmental significance in urban places
around the world. Each is created locally in a unique way, and our Mapmakers
are of all ages and backgrounds. |
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Intentional Community is an inclusive term for
ecovillages, cohousing, residential land trusts, communes, student co-ops,
urban housing cooperatives and other related projects and dreams... This Web
site serves the growing communities movement. We provide important
information and access to crucial resources for seekers of community,
existing and forming communities, and other friends of community. |
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A non profit organization working to build livable
communities |
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City and regional planning resources. |
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Your business connection for the public works market. |
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Linking citizens to resources and to one another to create
healthy, vital, sustainable communities. |
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University
of California at Berkeley's Research Program in Environmental Planning and
GIS (REGIS) |
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The mission of our research program is to develop GIS
tools and apply them in environmental planning, management, research, and
teaching. REGIS supports open computing hardware architecture, public-domain
GIS software, and open access to digital information on the environment and
land use. |
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(formerly Pollution Prevention by Design Program) |
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