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http://www.sustainablelifemedia.com/

http://missionzero.org/

http://www.sustainablesv.org/

http://www.thegreengrid.org/

EPA SmartWay Program

http://www.verdiem.com/

*Help each other to take stairs
In Japan, may of escalators are stopped to reduce the consumption of electricity. To continue the efforts and lighten burden of people who have difficulty to take stairs, it will be good for people to help each other.

*Outdoor office

Predicting the future is difficult enough, but it’s even harder when dealing with environmental challenges. Jim Butcher, the former head of Morgan Stanley’s global environmental office and a scenario-planning consultant, says that we all make one serious error: “Most people think linearly, assuming next year will be a minor variation from this year. But environmental issues are often nonlinear and not gradual.”
Andrew S. Winston, “Green Recovery,” 117

Posters to promote energy saving (in Japanese)
For reduce energy use to cope with emergency of shortage of energy after earthquake, many people created nice posters.

Tips for Energy Efficiency by Sharp

Energy Efficiency Tips by Government

Breakdown of electricity use at home

Energy Efficiency Links (about.com)

Tips to Save Energy (in Japanese)
This site shows how much money you can save by choosing efficient use of electronic devices.

How to reduce energy use (in Japanese)
This short article in about.com explains top four devices that consume electricity most are air conditioner, refrigerator, lighting and TV.

Energy Saving Tips by The Energy Conservation Center, Japan (in Japanese)
Tips to reduce energy, but most of them force people patience for inconvenience

List of energy consumption of appliances (in Japanese)

Energy saving tips (in Japanese)

Earthquake related links (in Japanese)

Links of information source about Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan, March 11, 2011

The Japan Times Earthquake News