Carbon Calculator	This calculator adds up the emissions for your household and travel to calculate your annual carbon footprint.
Earth 911	Earth911 is a great resource for recycling. It has a national database of recycling centers, along with all the details you'll ever need to know about recyclables.
Energy Star	The EPA reviews appliances and other products for their energy efficiency. Their website includes product reviews, store locators, and recommendations for your home.
Fuel Economy	This EPA maintained website allows consumers to compare and search for cars by MPG. This is a great resource for anyone considering buying a new or used car.
Grist	Non-profit environmental news source with podcasts, columns, and green living tips.
Local Harvest	Local Harvest is an online community set up to connect consumers to the farms near them.
Natural Resources Defense Council	NRDC's website on global warming has resources for both scientists and casual environmentalists. They also have extensive resources on related issues.
U.S. Green Building Council	The USGBC has information about building low-energy buildings. They also provide information about LEED certifications and the process of getting a building certified.

More Online Resources

U.S. Department of Energy Office Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy: www.energysavers.gov

Calculate your carbon footprint and find strategies for carbon management: www.carbonfootprint.com

Conduct your own home energy audit: http://hes.lbl.gov

United States Environmental Protection Agency: www.epa.gov

U.S. Energy Information Administration: www.eia.doe.gov

Dartmouth Office of Sustainability: www.dartmouth.edu/sustain

Find out which companies have take-back programs for used cell phones, computers, and other devices at www.pprc.org/pubs/epr/takeback.cfm

Find a farmers' market near you as well as local purveyors of sustainably produced meat, poultry, eggs, and dairy at Epicurious.com's interactive, Peak-Season map: www.epicurious.com/articlesguides/seasonalcooking/farmtotable/seasonalingredientmap and www.eatwellguide.org

Collect your wrappers, juice pouches, yogurt containers and more and send them to TerraCycle, a company that turns the potential garbage into purses, backpacks, planter pots, and other useful items that are then resold at www.terracycle.net

Books

Brower, Michael Ph.D., & Leon, Warren Ph.D. The Consumer's Guide to Effective Environmental Choices. New York: Three Rivers Press, 1999.

Friedman, Thomas L. Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--And How it Can Renew America. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008.

McDonough, William & Braungart, Michael. Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things. North Point Press, 2002.

Paul Hawken, Amory B. Lovins, and L. Hunter Lovins. Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution. Little, Brown, 1999.

Books by Michael Pollan: Second Nature, The Botany of Desire, The Ominvore's Dilemma, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Mainfesto.

Brown, Lester B. Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization. 2008.

Hren, Stephen & Rebekah. The Carbon-Free Home: 36 Remodeling Projects to Help Kick the Fossil Fuel Habit. 2008.

Margonelli, Lisa. Oil on the Brain: Adventures from the Pump to the Pipeline. 2007.

Books by Bill McKibben: The End of Nature (2006), Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future (2008).

Davis, Devra. When Smoke Ran Like Water: Tales of Environmental Deception and the Battle Against Pollution. 2003.

Books by James Gustave Speth: Red Sky at Morning: America and the Crisis of the Global Environment (2005), The Bridge at the Edge of the World: Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing the Crisis to Sustainability (2009).

Jones, Van. The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems (2008).

Pearce, Fred. When the Rivers Run Dry (2006).

Organizations

League of Conservation Voters

Sierra Club

Environment America

Earth Justice

Greenpeace

The Wilderness Society

Defenders of Wildlife

Rainforest Action Network

Chesapeake Climate Action Network

End Mountaintop Removal: http://www.ilovemountains.org/