Resources By Topic  

Agriculture & Local Food Systems

• Cedar Grove Composting
• Snohomish County Farmers Markets
• Snohomish County Focus on Farming

Air Quality

• Department of Ecology Air Quality Protection
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Indoor Air Quality Resources
• Puget Sound Clean Air Agency

Climate Change

• Department of Ecology
• EPA
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
• Materials Management Approaches for State and Local Climate Protection:
  
  • Resources and Calculators
  • Tool Kit
• Puget Sound Clean Air Agency
• Puget Sound Regional Council
• University of Washington Climate Impacts Group
• What You Can Do About Climate Change

Energy Conservation

• Department of Energy (DOE)
• DOE - Energy Sources
• Energy Star:
  • Home Improvement
  • Portfolio Manager
  • Products
• Puget Sound Energy
• Snohomish County Public Utility District (PUD):
  • PUD Energy Challenge

Get Involved

• Living Sustainably in Snohomish County
• National Sustainable Building Adviser Program
• Sierra Club Snohomish County
• Snohomish County Sustainable Community Stewards
• Everett Green Drinks
• Washington State University Extension Programs

Green Building

• Built Green for King and Snohomish Counties
• Cascadia Green Building Council:
  • Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)
• City of Portland
• City of Seattle
• Energy Star Buildings and Plants
• King County GreenTools
• Sustainable Buildings Industry Council

Low Impact Development (LID)

• Snohomish Conservation District
• Healthy Soils:
  • Soil Best Management Practices (BMP) Manual (PDF)
  • Soils for Salmon
• LID Technical Guidance Manual for Puget Sound
• Local Compost Facilities:
  • Bailey Farm and Compost
  • Cedar Grove Compost
  • Lenz Enterprises
• Puget Sound Partnership
• Seattle Public Utilities
• EPA Website for Low Impact Development