Category: Sustainable Marketplace

Backroads – bicycling, walking, and multisport tours worldwide.

EarthFoot – lists small-scale, low-impact, locally produced ecotours.

Planeta.com – a clearinghouse for practical ecotourism around the globe. Home of the Financing Sustainable Tourism Conference.

worldsurface.com – sustainable tourism for backpackers and independent travelers. Live diaries, travel guides, flight and accommodations reservation.

 

 

FatEarth – connects businesses to sustainability-oriented products and services.

Real Goods – “Products for an Ecologically Sustainable Future” – power production, distribution and storage, appliances, heating, cooling and lighting, more.

Environmental Compliance Services, Inc. – Agawam, MA-based environmental consulting firm. Offers services relating to: cost recovery, emergency response, environmental laboratory, industrial/environmental compliance, lead and asbestos/indoor air quality, property assessment, remediation system design and installation (Soil and Groundwater). subsurface investigation/drilling, training/industrial hygiene, underground storage tank compliance, wetlands/ecology.

Sustainable Step New England – provides training and workshop facilitation on sustainability topics in business, society and personal life.

 

 

Biological Diversity and Tourism International Guidelines for Sustainable Tourism – guidelines from the Workshop on Biological Diversity and Tourism.

Leave No Trace – guidelines for sustainable outdoor recreation, training courses, teaching resources, programs, research.

National Geographic Sustainable Tourism Resource Center – information and links for travel professionals, travelers, and residents, aimed towards promoting environmentally and culturally friendly tourism.

responsibletravel.com – “Holidays that give the world a break” – articles and links to help travelers find environmentally-friendly holidays and accommodations. Volunteering information.

Sustainable Tourism – World Travel & Tourism Council Strategy & Development page.

 

 

Renewable Energy Businesses in Massachusetts from Source Guides – a comprehensive guide to more than 500 online marketplaces and global exchanges worldwide.

American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy — papers for purchase on energy policy, guidelines for ‘green’ building, appliances, transportation

Photovoltaics

Solar Heating / Hot Water

Wind Power

Biomass and Biofuel

Hydropower

Landfill Gas

Energy Providers

Alternative Energy Vehicles

Use Reduction

Efficient Appliances

Selling Power to the Grid

Miscellaneous Alternative Energy