Acquiring Awareness and
    Building Commitment for Action

            Websites:

                Climate Prediction

                     http://www.climateprediction.net/science/cl-intro.php#top

                     the basics on the earth's climate

                Environmental Defense - Fight Global Warming Campaign

                     http://www.fightglobalwarming.com/index.cfm

                     the dangers, the science, calculate your impact, what you can do

                Global Climate Change and Energy Information from Schlumberger

                     http://www.seed.slb.com/en/scictr/watch/climate_change/index.htm 

                      presents a unique collection of scientific articles that foster the   

                learning, thinking,and shaping of ideas about climate change and

                its implications

                Native Energy - About Global Warming videos
                     http://www.nativeenergy.com/about_global_warming.html

                      What is Global Warming? What Results from Global Warming?
                What Are the Solutions to Global Warming? Want to Know More?

                      Climate Connections from NPR and National Geographic

                      http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9657621

                       signs of change, causes of climate change, exploring solutions,           

                 adaptation and survival, what you can do, profiles and interviews

                      Yahoo Green
                       http://green.yahoo.com/

                      news, tips, questions and answers, blogs

                      Food Climate Research Network
                      http://www.fcrn.org.uk/index.htm

                    
                 interdisciplinary, intersectoral initiative to research & promote ways

                 of  achieving absolute reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from

                 the whole UK food chain 

             Articles:

                     CO2 Comes Out of the Closet

                      http://www.sustainablelifemedia.com/content/feature/climate/09252007

                      eco-Smart tips for apparel companies in considering their products

                carbon footprint

                 Michigan Law                                                    
                       http://students.law.umich.edu/els/goci_how_it_works.htm

                      how carbon offsets work

                 Grist Magazine
                       http://www.grist.org/news/maindish/2006/10/10/gies/

                      on your mark, offset, go! a guide to offsetting your carbon emissions

              Books / Reports:

                 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
                       http://unfccc.int/2860.php

                       The Future in our Hands: Addressing the Leadership Challenge of         

                 Climate Change; UN Secretary-General convened world leaders to

                 build momentum for climate change talk in Bali 24 September 2007 -

                 United Nations Headquarters, New York

               Videos:

                  “Unstoppable”
                        http://www.climatecounts.org/whatis.php

                       Using voting dollars as power.  Aimed at consumers.

                 “Climate: A Crisis Averted       

                  http://www.climatecounts.org/whatis.php           

                  Documentary format from the perspective of 2056.  Premise is that    

                  tens of  thousands of citizens came together on the Internet to buy

                  clean power,   which unleashed a succession of positive changes. 

                  This is part of an ambitious campaign to mobilize citizens to take

                  mass actions to change -- or circumvent -- our political and corporate

                        leaders' tepid response to climate change. Produced by Joel Makower

                        in partnership with Stonyfield Farm and two nonprofits, Earth Day

                  Network and Clean Air-Cool Planet.