The following resources are recommended by session presenters, planning committee members, and past LNC speakers. Exploring those that interest you will enrich your experience both during and after the April Environment session. Be sure to also review the Environment Session Homework page and complete assignments as instructed.
Recycling and Food Waste
- Recycling: America vs. Germany video on Facebook
- Food Waste: America vs. France video on Facebook
- “Dive! Living Off America’s Waste,” A Film by Jeremy Seifert
- “Activists Salvage $2000 in Food from Raleigh Trash Bins,” News & Observer, August 23, 2016
- “Expired? Food Waste in America” Short Film
- “Framing the Issue: Hunger and Food Waste,” Presentation by Jorge Montezuma for Wake County Food Recovery Summit, February 6, 2017
- “Your Bottle Means Jobs”
- “Blue Jeans Go Green Denim Recycling”
- “A Beginner’s Guide to Food Waste,” from EndHunger.org
Climate Change and How to Help
- “Powering Climate Action: Cities As Global Changemakers”
- “Conservatives Make the Case for Action on Climate Change,” WAMU 1A Radio Program
- “50 Ways to Help the Planet and Environment”
- “Climate Stories NC,” Collection of Short Videos
- “Footprint Calculator” from Global Footprint Network
- “NC State Professors Discuss Political Involvement and the Environment,” Technician, February 17, 2017
- Review of Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming in Fast Company
Sustainable Business Practices
- TED Talk: Ray Anderson on the Business Logic of Sustainability
- Mid-Course Correction: Toward a Sustainable Enterprise: The Interface Model
- bioMASON
Energy, Building, and Design
- “Hidden Cost: An Investigation by The Weather Channel and Telemundo“
- “From Sustainability Through Regeneration: Whole and Living System Design”
- EPRI Assessment of Relative Benefit/Impact of Power Generation
- North Carolina’s Hemp House
- “Smart Cities: The Economic and Social Value of Building Intelligent Urban Spaces”
- Duke Energy “Why Save Energy?” Video
- North Carolina Leadership Forum: 2017-2018 Final Report
- Pay As You Save (PAYS) Financing Model–Ouachita Electric Cooperative
- PAYS for Energy Efficiency FAQs
- Energy Burden Solutions for All (scroll down for video featuring Class XXVI’s own Marshall Cherry)
- Clean Energy Works
Asheville and North Carolina
- NC Department of Environmental Quality Community Mapping Tool Input Opportunity
- The Collider: Asheville’s Climate Innovation Center and Climate Services Hub
- “Biltmore Science,” UNC-TV Article and Video
- National Environmental Modeling and Analysis Center (NEMAC) at UNCA
- UNC Asheville
- New Belgium Brewery Asheville
- Biltmore Estate
- RiverLink
- North Carolina State Fact Sheet
- Treasures of the South: The True Value of Wetland Forests
- Center for Environmental Farming
Other Resources
- Energy Simulation Description
- “Climate Communication Science and Outreach” Resources
- NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information
- American Resilience Project
- EPA in North Carolina
- NC DEQ State Environmental Policy Act
- Research Triangle Cleantech Cluster Dashboard
- North Carolina Leadership Forum
- 2010 Report of the Water Allocation Study of the Environmental Review Commission
