Sources of Data and Inspiration for the Powerful Green Map

Data and research materials came from these and many other sources found on the Powerful Green Map itself:

Organizations
O2NYC: Thanks to David Bergman, Lauren Hansen, Amelia Amon, Rebecca Silver, Erika Doering, John Napolitano, Jacquelyn Ottman, Kakee Scott, Alice Hartley, Lisa Smith, et al.
Neighborhood Energy Network: Thanks to Lois Strum, Charles Komanoff, Jeff Perlman, Annie Wilson, Ken Gale, Pamela Timmons, et al.
NY Academy of Sciences Environmental Committee: Thanks to Winifred Armstrong, Michael Bobker, Rich Miller, Joanne Fox-Przeworski, and extensive website resources
North East Sustainable Energy Association: Amelia Amon, Chris Benedict, Nancy Hazard and the Building Energy Conference
altPOWER: Anthony O. Pereira
Times Up!: Bill DiPaola, Naomi Renek, Barbara Ross, Steve Klein, Ryan Kuonen, Michael Green, Peter Meitzler, Christine Halvorson, Hannah Borgeson, Jim Dwyer, Harry Bubbins and extensive website resources
Center for Sustainable Energy at the Bronx Community College: Wilson Rickerson

Special thanks to: Jean Gardner, Bob Zuber, Ray Sage, Terri Carta's environment students at Monroe College in the Bronx, Meredith Harris Block, Charles Komanoff, Gayle Karlsson, Katherine Tiddens, Stephen Hammer, Remy Chevalier, Roy Arezzo at Harbor High School, Jon Keller of La Plaza Cultural, Tracy Fitz, Georgine Yorgey of East New York Farms, George Bliss, Christine Datz-Romero, Geoff Hockert, Ed Huml and all who share the vision of a sustainable NYC!

Agencies
City of New York's Green Apple Initiatives and related NYC agencies - including:
Office of Environmental Coordination: Robert R. Kulikowski, Lee Ilan, Jonathan Dickinson, and extensive website resources
Economic Development Corporation: Ariella Rosenberg, Timothy Daniels and Tim Carey
City Planning & Bicycle Network Development: Joan Scholvin, Andrew Vesselinovitch Bruce Rosen, NYCÕs Cycling Map and extensive website resources
Design and Construction's extensive website resources!
NYC Parks: Jennifer Hoppa, and extensive website resources
NYC Housing Authority: Wesley Springer
Department of Environmental Protection: New York City's Water Supply System Map
The New York City Guide to Government and the Urban Environment
New York Department of Sanitation, locations of alternative fuel stations and The Department of Sanitation Guide to Reuse in New York City
New York City Department of Transportation
New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene websites and printed materials
New York City Energy Policy Task Force; New York City Energy Policy: An Electricity Resource Roadmap
New York State, Office of the State Comptroller: Energizing the Future: Benefits of Renewable Energy for New York State, March 2005, Report 12-2005
New York Power Authority website: New Technology Programs, NYPA Fuel Cells in Operation, NYPA Fuel Cells at NYC DEP Sites, NYPA Solar Projects in Operation
Metropolitan Transportation Authority; map of New York City Subway
New York State Department of Transportation
US General Services Administration Regional Energy Coordinator: Brian K. Magden

Websites
GreenHomeNYC
Oasisnyc.net
Gaia Institute
Grist.org
Vision 42
Just Food's CSA and City Farm maps
Zipcar.com's maps of Car Share Parking
Council on the Environment's Greenmarket resources
New York Public Library
Queens Library
Brooklyn Library
Transportation Alternatives and their CrashStat and magazine resources
Committee for Full Enjoyment
OzoneNY
New York Energy Smart


Materials:
NYC Apollo; Ten Point Plan for a Strong Economy and a Healthy City
Population Connection; Kid-friendly Cities Report Card 2004, Summer 2004 Vol 36 #2
Co-op America Co-op America Quarterly, No. 64 Fall 2004
Green Apple Coupon Book ACEEE's Green Book: The Environmental Guide to Cars and Trucks
Preparing New York City for the Coming Energy Crisis, Executive Summary, Dan Miner
Energy Policy: Emphasize Conservation, Alternative Fuels, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Michael T. Klare, September 8, 2005
Time To Think Big, David Morris, Institute for Local Self-Reliance
Forum on record high asthma, Daniel Gesslein, Bronx News, October 13, 2005
Diesel and Health in America: The Lingering Threat, Clean Air Task Force, Washington DC
Cities Eye Ocean Waves for Power Supplies, Reuters February 15, 2005
2004 Was Fourth-Warmest Year Ever Recorded, Andrew C. Revkin, New York Times, February 10, 2005 Dropping in on the Apocalypse, Tom Engelhardt, Nation Institute, Fenruary 7, 2005
Xtreme Weather meets Xtreme Media Bubble, Tom Engelhardt TomsDispatch.com, September 27, 2004
Using Energy More Efficiently In NYC, Laura Forlano, Gotham Gazette, December, 2004
The True Cost of Flying, Julio Godoy, Inter Press Service December 15, 2004
Green Buildings, Joshua Radoff, Gotham Gazette, January 5, 2004
NY Times interview with Andrew H. Darrell, Environmental Defense
grass-roots NEWSLETTER; June 2003 Vol IX No. 10
New York City Energy Policy for 2006 and Beyond, compiled by Brammer, Miner, Periman, Klein, Koral and Nettleton
Columbia Earth Institute; "Climate Change and a Global City", Vivien Gornitz, 2001
Natural Resources Defense Council; Earth Day 2005 map of NYCs environmental trouble spots and environmental gems
Green Map System's LoMap
Green Map System's NYC Green Apple Map 2000
NY Bikes! News Letter of the New York Bicycling Coalition, Summer 05
Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance; H2O Access map: Lower Hudson
Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance; H2O Access map: East and Harlem Rivers
Rhode Island School of Design Innovation Studio; Energy Alley: The East River, Charlie Cannon Fall 2004
Brooklyn Green Power
Calculating the Environmental Impact of Aviation Emissions; Dr Christian N. Jardine, Environment Change Institute, Oxford University Centre for the Environment
Queens Botanical Garden
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Staten Island Botanical Garden
Open Space Coalition's NYC Greenways map

More to come!

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