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Sustainable Energy

CSU Extension’s Energy Page:
http://extension.colostate.edu/topic-areas/energy/

CSU’s Biomass Project on Campus:
http://www.fm.colostate.edu/sustain/downloads/biomass_fact_sheet.pdf

Renewable Energy Projects on CSU Campus:
http://www.fm.colostate.edu/sustain/index.cfm?page=projects/energy

LEED-Efficient Buildings on CSU Campus:
http://www.fm.colostate.edu/sustain/index.cfm?page=projects/building

Building Efficiencies at Alliance for a Sustainable Colorado:
https://www.thealliancecenter.org/aboutus/

Sustainable Energy at Alliance for a Sustainable Colorado:
https://www.thealliancecenter.org/impactdashboard/

Green Energy Transport on Campus:
http://www.fm.colostate.edu/sustain/index.cfm?page=projects/transportation

All things Energy @ U.S. Department of energy:
http://www.energy.gov

Sustainable Environment

CSU Extension’s Sustainable Lawn Management:
https://extension.colostate.edu/topic-areas/yard-garden/lawn-care-7-202/

CSU Extension’s Sustainable Landscaping Fact Sheet:
http://extension.colostate.edu/topic-areas/yard-garden/sustainable-landscaping-7-243/

CSU’s Waste Management Practices:
http://www.fm.colostate.edu/sustain/index.cfm?page=projects/integrated

Yard Waste Removal Practices:
https://www.angieslist.com/articles/yard-waste-removal-recycling-donating-and-reusing.htm

CSU’s “100 Views of Climate Change”:
http://changingclimates.colostate.edu

CSU and Fort Collins- Fort ZED:
http://fortzed.com

CSU & Fort ZED- Create and Maintain an Energy Efficient Yard:
http://fortzed.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/GUEP_IndEEGuide2014_Outdoors.pdf

CSU & The Colorado Water Center:
https://watercenter.colostate.edu/

CSU Extension’s Rainwater Harvesting Fact Sheet:
http://extension.colostate.edu/topic-areas/natural-resources/rainwater-collection-colorado-6-707/

CSU & The Colorado Forest Service:
http://csfs.colostate.edu

Carbon Footprint’s Sustainability Services:
http://www.carbonfootprint.com

CSU Extension’s Native Plant Master Program:
http://jeffco.extension.colostate.edu/metro-to-mountain-npm/

CSU Extension’s Small Acreage Management Program:
https://sam.extension.colostate.edu/

CSU Extension’s Water Program:
http://extension.colostate.edu/topic-areas/water/

CSU’s Climate Action Plan Update:
http://www.fm.colostate.edu/sustain/downloads/CAP_2015_Executive_Summary.pdf

The Process of Recycling Plastic Bottles:
https://www.bottlestore.com/the-process-of-recycling-plastic-bottles

Sustainable Lifestyles

Sustainable Fashion Tips:
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/14/975728474/5-tips-to-ditch-fast-fashion-and-cultivate-a-sustainable-closet

UN Alliance for Sustainable Fashion:
https://unfashionalliance.org

Colorado’s Cottage Foods Act:
http://www.extension.colostate.edu/TRA/Special/CottageFoodProducerBrochure.pdf

CSU Extension’s Food Safety Program:
http://extension.colostate.edu/topic-areas/nutrition-food-safety-health/

CSU Extension Food Systems Program Newsletters:
http://extension.colostate.edu/topic-areas/agriculture/local-food-systems-newsletters/

Being Green with CSU:
http://green.colostate.edu

CSU Extension’s Sustainable Yards and Gardens:
http://extension.colostate.edu/topic-areas/yard-garden/

CSU Extension’ Native Landscape Trees:
http://extension.colostate.edu/topic-areas/yard-garden/native-trees-for-colorado-landscapes-7-421/

CSU Extension’ Native Landscape Shrubs:
http://extension.colostate.edu/topic-areas/yard-garden/native-shrubs-for-colorado-landscapes-7-422/

CSU Extension’ Native Landscape Perennials:
http://extension.colostate.edu/topic-areas/yard-garden/native-herbaceous-perennials-for-colorado-landscapes-7-242/

CSU Extension’s Master Gardener’s Native Grasses:
https://cmg.extension.colostate.edu/Gardennotes/581.pdf

CSU Extension’s Master Gardener’s Vegetable Planting Guide:
https://cmg.extension.colostate.edu/Gardennotes/720.pdf

CSU Extension’s Veterinary Web Page:
http://veterinaryextension.colostate.edu/index.shtml

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