We have the links to breaking news & in-depth coverage

Follow these sites for background material, breaking news, technological breakthroughs, etc… generally covering the many broad aspects of climate change.

• Rocky Mountain Institute:  Detailed information about clean energy, smart grids, energy efficiency, options for greening transportation.
• The Guardian US edition covering climate change:  Breaking news and the politics surrounding climate change issues.
• Vox on the environment:  Leading voices on climate change issues..
• CleanTechnica: Covers the details of clean cars and clean electricity, both in the US and internationally.
• Inside Climate News:  A Pulitzer Prize-winning, non-profit, non-partisan news organization dedicated to covering climate change, energy and the environment.
• Carbon Tracker:  Evaluates how climate change affects industries and capital markets.

• Fossil Free California:  Up-to-date articles, breaking news, and coverage of related legislation.
• Go Fossil Free:  Articles and information relating to world-wide divestment campaigns.
• Check out CleanTechnica’s Introduction to Fossil Fuel Divestment article for a solid overview of the issue and additional resources.
• Inside Climate News points out that insurers covering fossil fuel companies are facing increasing risk.
• A more third-way approach of engagement combined with divestment is covered by carbon tracker; it’s a little dry :/

Our favorite Websites:

• Soils for Life: A nonprofit from Australia which promotes the adoption of regenerative landscape practices.
• Regeneration International: Focused on educating the world about improving soil health through regenerative practices.
• Rodale Institute: A research institute that focuses on identifying and spreading organic farming best practices.
• CalCAN: Headquartered here in Sonoma County, CalCAN is a statewide coalition doing policy work to promote sustainable agriculture.

Books and Films:

• Soil Not Oil, Vendana Shiva (North Atlantic Books, 2015)
• The Soil Will Save Us, Kristen Olsen (Rodale Press, 2015)
• The Farming Solution, Eric Toensmeier (Chelsea Green, 2016)
• Gaia’s Garden: A guide to home-scale permaculture, Toby Hemenway (Chelsea, 2009)
• Gardening at the Dragon’s Gate, Wendy Johnson (Bantam 2008)
• Symphony of the Soil, video, Amazon
• Unbroken Ground, video, Patagonia Provisions
• Nine Little Films about Food and Farming, TheRules.org

• The official site for details on California legislation.
• 350 Bay Area’s Bill Tracking site gives information about bills the 350 Bay Area legislative committee is following.
• Follow John Myers of the LA Times @johnmyers and David Siders @davidsiders at Politico to get realtime updates on Twitter.

• The Compost Coalition of Sonoma County: Working to bring composing and the production of high-quality compost back to the county.
• Sip It Sonoma:  Zero Waste Sonoma’s effort to implement a policy to provide a straw only upon request. Help spread the word!
• Check out the Story of Stuff website for lots of ideas, actions and background on reducing waste.
• More ideas for reducing waste in your life at the Zero Waste Home blog. See which actions make sense for your life.
• CalRecyle offers lots of information about the zero waste movement, including examples of how other cities are taking action.