Summary
As an outreach of the Activist Resource Group, the Environmental Resource Group researches, promotes, and reports on technologies and practices that promote sustainable living.
Our goal is to help foster a healthy ecosystem on planet Earth so it can continue to support human habitation. We hope we reach our goal. As of 2010, our operations are wind powered.
Resources
Here are some of the resource pages we offer:
- Building Green Sustainable Buildings, Homes, and Communities – Resources
- BatteryRecycling.com – “Battery Solutions, Inc. provides cost-effective fully-managed battery-recycling kits, systems, and services to corporations, governments, municipalities, and households across the country to serve environmentally conscious individuals and businesses and satisfy compliance with government regulations.”
- Creating Sustainable Communities – Resources
- Earth Monitoring – Resources
- Education Workshops and Institutes for Sustainable Living
- Electric and Utility Cooperatives – Resources and Information
- Farming and Agriculture Organic Sustainability – Resources
- Life Mobility Transportation Group – Bicycles, Electric Cars, and Greener Alternative Fuel Modes of Travel
- Magazines, Journals, and Publications about Sustainability and the Environment
- Movies and Films about Sustainability and Environmental Issues
- Organizations Promoting Sustainability and Environmentally Green Earth Friendly Initiatives
- Permaculture and Urban Sustainable Living Resources
- Power and Electricity Sustainable Green Earth-Friendly Resources
- Product and Consumer Good Manufacturers or Companies Emphasizing Earth Friendly and Sustainable Production Choices
- Publishers of Books and Materials on Sustainability and Earth-Friendly Environmental Living
- Solar, Wind, Biofuel, Hyrdo, and Alternative Power Product Manufacturers and Providers
- Small House Society – smaller homes for smaller footprints
- Technology and Green, Eco-Friendly, Sustainable Living
- Terracycle Upcycling Waste by Recycling Old Product and Packaging Materials
- Women’s Network for a Sustainable Future
Sustainability Videos
Iowa Environmental Resources
- enrgPath.com – “The web-site and annual print directory will bring a collective energy to each business involved. Our ‘small group of thoughtful, committed citizens’ is much larger than I realized when I set out on this path. Through enrgPATH, you can find the product and service provider who will help you live a greener life, whether it’s in home remodeling projects, your food supply, or alternative healing practices. And by participating in enrgPATH, you’ll help make an educational impact, contributing to the momentum and awareness of sustainability. Join us as we have fun encouraging, supporting, and celebrating the incredible people in Iowa and beyond!”
- EnvironmentIowa.org – “Environment Iowa is a statewide, citizen-based environmental advocacy organization. Our professional staff combines independent research, practical ideas and tough-minded advocacy to overcome the opposition of powerful special interests and win real results for Iowa’s environment. Environment Iowa draws on 30 years of success in tackling our state’s top environmental problems.”
- Go Iowa! – “GO IOWA!, represents the efforts of a number of volunteers who care about the preservation and enhancement of Iowa’s Great Outdoors, land and other natural resources. It is intended as an information resource for those who are also working to promote these ends, in a belief that a single Web site collection of resources, with links to organizations (”Resources”), events and news of current happenings (”Media”), would be a constructive contribution to these related efforts.”
- ICOSC.com – “Center on Sustainable Communities promotes residential green building in Iowa to encourage homeowners and building professionals to embrace conscientious building practices that create sustainable neighborhoods. COSC serves as a resource for education and provides a broad network of local and green building professionals; a local connection to suppliers of green building products; a sample showroom of green building products; and a local schedule of green building seminars and workshops.”
- IRENEW.org – “The Iowa Renewable Energy Association (I-Renew) is a membership-based, nonprofit organization dedicated to educating Iowans about renewable energy. Founded in 1992, I-Renew has sponsored hands-on workshops on installing solar and wind systems, powered the State Fair, schools, and events with the Solar Traveler, our mobile renewable energy demonstration unit, and hosted our annual Energy Expo, the area’s largest event dedicated to renewable energy and energy efficiency.”
- TaprootNatureExperience.org – “In nature, the strongest, most productive, and most resilient systems are those that are diverse and highly integrated — Lots of different things working together and interacting in many different ways. That model applies to human communities as well. Taproot strives to create a vibrant community of families and individuals by offering a wide variety of sustainability and environmental educational experiences. With frequent fun gatherings and events, Taproot facilitates new connections between people of similar and compatible passions and principles. Taproot also enriches the larger community of the Iowa City area, extending and strengthening the fibers connecting people, organizations, and businesses who are committed to protecting the health of the earth and its inhabitants.”
Visiting the Farm of the Future – High Tech Vertical and Low Impact Regenerative Farming
Video https://youtu.be/2MlrXExzenU Source: VICE News via YouTube, 21 Mar 2021
Privatizing Water as a Commodity – Scarcity of Natural Resources as Demand and Population Increases
Video https://youtu.be/5oyFRoxuf4g About Water is fundamental to life, yet it’s also a scarce commodity. In many cases, greed and mismanagement are causing this life-giving essential to run dry. What happens when water is monetized? From Australia to California, from...
Reviving a Hemp Industry in Colorado – An Initiative by Hemp Fortex and Patagonia
Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWlZj4OX6IE About In Colorado’s San Luis Valley, worsening drought is causing farmers to face the prospect of losing their livelihoods. Two potato and barley farmers are placing their bets on a drought-tolerant crop—industrial...
Regenerative Agriculture Resources in the Iowa City Area
Introduction Iowa City is a great place to discover inspiring examples of regenerative agriculture. This page offers a few examples, with a personal story at the bottom of the page about a local urban garden. This list of resources is in alphabetical order. Excerpts...
DOCUMENTARY: “The legacy of the Flint water crisis” (60 Minutes)
Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYiVHh4U4pE About the Video Six years ago, lead seeped into the tap water in Flint, Michigan, while state and local officials said everything was fine. Now, the same doctor who proved something was wrong is taking the first...
DOCUMENTARY: National Geographic “Legend of Atlantis” (31 Dec 2020)
Exciting evidence emerges of civilizations lost for centuries under the waves, from mysterious underwater pyramids off the coast of Japan to the fabled city of Atlantis itself. Using cutting-edge graphics to reveal what's actually lying on the seafloor, and insight...
Documentary: “Flint’s Deadly Water” — PBS FRONTLINE
About "An exclusive investigation into the side of the Flint story that few know about — an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease during the water crisis that continued to claim lives in the city five years later. A documentary that uncovers the extent of a deadly...
“Friluftsliv” — The Scandinavian way to tackle winter (BBC, 23 Nov 2020)
Video https://youtu.be/zmkfN5_2WAM About The cosy Scandinavian concept of 'hygge' has become popular in recent years, but there's another wellness idea that helps Nordic people through long, cold winters. 'Friluftsliv' is a word used by Swedes, Danes and Norwegians....
World’s Biggest Oil Spill Off Coast of Yemen Expected Soon – Will Impact Environment and Economy
The spill is estimated to be 1.14 million barrels of oil, 4-times the size of the Exxon Valdez spill, and if no action is taken soon. The stranded tanker off the coast of Yemen is expected to break in half causing a massive environmental disaster. "From above it's a...
Regenerative Organic Agriculture and Farming – Patagonia Documentary
PART 1: Big Agriculture Is Broken Growing food and fiber with industrial techniques has devastated our climate. Conventional agriculture contributes up to 25% of the emissions driving the climate crisis. But there’s another way. Regenerative Organic methods can build...
Humans are apex predators who consume entire habitats, and we have reached peak growth.
When hiking through a forest, it's common to see a fallen tree that is being consumed by a combination of fungus, ants, and decomposition. The circle of life will eventually allow the tree to rot and turn into soil again. Xylophagy is a term used in ecology to...
The 2020 Global Desert Locust Invasion – Climate, Food Scarcity and Desertification
This page offers news and information about the 2020 global desert locust invasion. Stories and reports are listed below in chronological order with emphasis on the source and date. Some unusual fluctuations in climate have resulted in excessive locust populations....
QUESTION: Is 5G safe, or is it dangerous? ANSWER: Both.
For many years, consumer protection groups, health organizations, and government agencies have been studying the potential risks of radio frequency (RF) emissions from electronics devices. Concerns about electromagnetic interference (EMI) and radio frequency (RF)...
Electric Bicycles (Podcast E14)
In Episode #14, I describe some of the benefits of having an electric bicycle as an alternative to an all-electric car or a traditional bicycle. Listen using the Anchor Player Listen Using Our Website Player You can also download the show. Tap (or right click) the...
Electric Energy Storage Technologies – Flow Batteries, Thermal Storage, Hydro, and Gravity
This video examines electric energy storage technologies such as flow batteries, thermal storage, pumped hydro, and gravity-based storage. "The Future Of Energy Storage Beyond Lithium Ion - Over the past decade, prices for solar panels and wind farms have reached...
Why it’s time for sustainable business: Rethinking growth (28 Feb 2020)
An entire generation of young people is rejecting the idea of unlimited economic growth on a planet with finite resources. Among them are social entrepreneurs in Indonesia looking for ways to do business that don’t harm the environment. The poles are melting. Sea...