Green Links

Most of the links below are local to Arizona to help support our local economy! This is by no means a comprehensive "Green" list but is meant as a starting point for your research into living a "Greener" lifestyle.

General

• Earth911.com
• Planet Green
• Treehugger
• Freecycle
• OurEarth
• US Environmental Protection Agency
• Terracycle
• 100 Mile Diet
• National Geographic - Environment
• Environmental Law

Books

• Cradle to Cradle – by William McDonough & Michael Braungart
• Big Green Purse – by Diane MacEachern
• The Sustainability Revolution – by Andres R. Edwards
• An Inconvenient Truth – by Al Gore
• Silent Spring – by Rachel Carson
• Diamond: A Struggle for Environmental Justice in Louisiana's Chemical Corridor- by Steve Lerner

Movies

• The 11th Hour
• Who Killed the Electric Car?
• Fuel
• The Future of Food
• Food Inc.
• Green Planet Films – environmental DVDs

Arizona

• Keep Phoenix Beautiful
• Arizona Recycling Coalition
• Local First AZ
• Phoenix Permaculture Guild
• Valleywide Recycling Partnership
• AZ Department of Environmental Quality
• Maricopa County – Clean Air, Make More
• Maricopa County Solid Waste Management
• Local Harvest
• Vegetarian Restaurants
• Bunna Coffee, Tea, and Market
• Arizona Green Restaurant Organization
• Green Vegetarian Restaurant
• Pita Jungle
• Yelp! Business Reviews
• AZSustainability.com
• Kerr-Cole Sustainable Living Center
• Arcosanti
• Agua Linda Farm
• Urban Farm

Other Sustainability Measures

ACUPCC is the American College and University Presidents' Climate Commitment. The President of MCC was one of the first signers of the commitment back in 2008. Since then, over 675 colleges and universities across the country have made their commitment. You can read the text of the commitment here. As part of the commitment, MCC is required to produce and publish several different reports documenting our sustainability efforts, greenhouse gas emissions, emission reduction goals, and progress. Public reporting is our way to demonstrate to external audiences the seriousness with which we implement our commitment.

APUPCC Sustainability and Progress Reports

• ACUPCC Report Curriculum 2012
• Sustainability Courses in Curriculum Bank SP 2012
• Urban Exploration Tour
• Progress Report Summary, 2012

AASHE is the Association for Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. MCC is an ongoing member of AASHE, which is a diverse community engaged in sharing ideas and promising practices.

Membership in AASHE is designed to:

• Make sustainable practices the norm within higher education
• Facilitate institutional efforts to integrate sustainability into teaching, research, operations, and public engagement
• Disseminate knowledge and best practices and promote resource sharing
• Support all sectors of campus in achieving sustainability goals
• Increase collaboration among individuals, institutions, and external partners to speed the adoption of sustainability practices
• Influence education policy so that sustainability is a focus at local, state and national levels