590 resources
Internet
Printed materials
PAN Pesticide database
www.pesticideinfo.org
Healthy homes
Organizations
APROVECHO Research Center
Information and training about low fuel
cook stoves as well as organic gardening,
sustainable forestry, and appropriate
technology. Produces booklets describing how
to build several simple stoves.
P.O. Box 1175, Cottage Grove, OR 97424, USA
Tel: +1-541-767-0287
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.aprovecho.org/
Builders Without Borders
An international network of builders who
promote the use of straw, earth, and other
local, affordable materials in construction.
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.builderswithoutborders.org
The Barefoot Architect: A Handbook for
Green Building
By Johan van Lengen
A highly illustrated guide to planning and
designing buildings using a variety of natural
materials. Includes material on home heating
and cooling, water and sanitation and other
related information.
Shelter Publications
PO Box 279, Bolinas, California, 94924, USA
Tel: +1-415-868-0280 / 1-800-307-0131
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.shelterpub.com
Boiling Point
A technical journal for people working with
stoves and household energy. It deals with
technical, social, financial and environmental
issues and aims to improve the quality of
life for poor communities in the developing
world.
PO Box 900
Bromley, BR1 9FF, U.K.
Tel: +44 (0) 20-7193-3699
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.hedon.info
Solar Cookers International, USA
Assists communities in building and using
solar cookers.
1919 21st Street #101, Sacramento, CA 95814,
USA
Tel: +1-916-455-4499
Fax: +1-916-455-4498
E-mail: [email protected]
East Africa
PO Box 51190-00200, Nairobi, Kenya
Tel/fax: +254-20-43-47144
E-mail: [email protected]
Toxics and waste
Organizations
Clean Production Action
Promotes clean production and the use of
products that are safe for people and the
environment.
PO Box 54, Station B, 119 Spadina Ave.,
Toronto, Ontario M5V 2L0, Canada
Tel: +1-647-341-6688
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.cleanproduction.org
A Community Guide to Environmental Health 2012