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 Environment
The Memphis Environmental Court (Shelby County, TN)
Turn it Off - Toronto's program to reduce car idling (Toronto)
California Green Jobs Corps (Sacramento)
Keep America Beautiful (USA)
Violence Prevention Curriculum (Prothrow-Stith Program) (Richmond, VA)

 Environment / Air
Portland's Local Action Plan to Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions (Portland, OR)
Harris County Public Health Ozone Monitoring Network (Harris County, TX)
Rhode Island Greenhouse Gas Action Plan (Rhode Island)
Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) (USA)
AirNow (USA)
The Acid Rain Kids Web Site (USA)
National Clean Diesel Campaign (NCDC) (USA)
Clean School Bus USA (USA)
Chemical Management Services (CMS) (USA)
The AgSTAR Program (USA)
Best Workplaces for Commuters (USA)
The Coal Combustion Products Partnership (C2P2) (USA)
Combined Heat and Power Partnership (USA)
Wood Stove Changeout Campaign (USA)
Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools (USA)
Labs 21 (USA)
SmartWay Transport Partnership (USA)
Climate Leaders (USA)
Coalbed Methane Outreach Program (CMOP) (USA)
Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP) (USA)
Natural Gas STAR (USA)
PFC Emission Reduction Partnerships (USA)
SF-6 Emission Reduction Partnership for Electric Power Systems (USA)
SF-6 Emission Reduction Partnership for the Magnesium Industry (USA)
Voluntary Aluminum Industrial Partnership (VAIP) (USA)
Design for the Environment (USA)
Green Engineering (USA)
The Green Suppliers Network (USA)
Environmental Technology Verification Program (USA)
Sustainable Slopes (USA)
The City of Chula Vista's CO2 Reduction Plan (Chula Vista, CA)
Health House (USA)
Interface's Journey to Sustainability (USA)
Enviro Board: The Colusa Project (Colusa, CA)
Going Places, Making Choices
Sustainable Design Research Studio (Washington, DC)
Turn it Off - Toronto's program to reduce car idling (Toronto)
Green Power Partnership - Bellingham's global warming pollution reduction through use of green power (Bellingham)
The City as a Park - Climate change reduction and city beautification in Denver (City of Denver)
Drive Clean Across Texas (Texas)
Project Green Fleet (Minnesota )
Breathe Better Air at School (South Carolina)
Outdoor Air Quality Flag Program (San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District)
Sustainable Skylines Kansas City (Kansas City)
Greater Boston Breathes Better (Boston)
Air North Texas (Texas)
Cool School Challenge (Washington)
Green Flag Incentive Program (Long Beach)
Car Heaven (Canada)
American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment (USA)
Safe Routes to School (USA)
Taking the HyRoad (Alameda and Contra Costa County, CA)
Georgia Retrofit Program (Georgia)
Travel Blending® (Australia)
Powerful Choices for the Environment (Washington)
Clear the Air (Utah)

 Environment / Built Environment
CDC COMMUNITY GUIDE: Environmental and Policy Approaches to Increase Physical Activity: Community-Scale Urban Design Land Use Policies (USA)Cdc
CDC COMMUNITY GUIDE: Environmental and Policy Approaches to Increase Physical Activity: Creation of or Enhanced Access to Places for Physical Activity Combined with Informational Outreach Activities (USA)Cdc
CDC COMMUNITY GUIDE: Environmental and Policy Approaches to Increase Physical Activity: Street-Scale Urban Design Land Use Policies (USA)Cdc
CDC COMMUNITY GUIDE: Environmental and Policy Approaches to Increase Physical Activity: Point-of-Decision Prompts to Encourage Use of Stairs (USA)Cdc
Miami-Dade County Environmentally Endangered Lands Program (Miami-Dade County, FL)Local
The Homeless Garden Project (Santa Cruz County, CA)
Green Harvest Program (Pittsburgh, PA)
Cornell Waste Management Institute Food Scrap Composting Project (New York)
Health Impact Assessment in Land Use Development (San Francisco, CA)
Increasing Wildlife Compatibility of Farmland; Habitat Corridors (Yolo County, CA)
The Louisiana Recovery Authority (Louisiana)
GreenScapes (USA)
Sustainable Slopes (USA)
Community of Civano (Tuscon, AZ)
Urban Brownfields Program: Rehabilitating Toxic Industrial Land, New Jersey, USA (Trenton, NJ)
Isles, Inc (Trenton, NJ)
Smart Growth (Maryland)
Kalihi Valley Nature Park and Active Living Center (Honolulu, HI)
The PedNet Coalition (Columbia, MO)
Healthy Active Lents (Portland, OR)
Going Places, Making Choices
The Green Map System (GMS)
The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center (Austin, TX)
Sustainable Stapleton (Denver, CO)
The Bay-Friendly Gardening Program (Alameda County, CA)
The New York City Compost Project (New York City)
Green Guerillas (New York City, NY)
Brooklyn GreenBridge (Brooklyn, NY)
GreenThumb (New York, NY)
Just Food (New York, NY)
Queens Botanical Garden (Flushing, NY)
The Staten Island Botanical Garden (Staten Island, NY)
West Harlem Waterfront Park Project (New York)
Project Youth Green (San Fernando Valley, CA)
Greening Canada's School Grounds Program (Canada)
Village Building Convergence (Portland, Oregon)
Healthy Places Coalition (California)
D.C. Schoolyard Greening Program (D.C.)
Community Gardens Program (San Antonio)
Project Live Active in Yancey (PLAY) (Yancey)
Growing Healthy Kids Project (Orange County, NC)
Green Affordable Housing Coalition (San Francisco)
Community Greenspace Program (New Haven, CT)
Harvesting for the Hungry (San Jose)
Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) (USA)
In Our Own Back Yard (Sonoma, CA)
plaNYC (New York)
The Fenway Alliance: Walkability in a Commerical District (Fenway District, Boston, MA)
Active Design Guidelines (New York City, NY)
Silver Comet Trail (Georgia)
Keystone Ancient Forest Preserve (Sand Springs, OK)
Great Allegheny Passage (Pittsburgh, PA to Washington, D.C.)
Mispillion River Greenway (Milford, DE)
Mineral Belt Trail (Leadville, CO)
Rock Island Railroad Depot (Liberal, KS)
The Veggie Project at the Monroe Carell, Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt (Davidson)
High Point Walking for Health Project (Seattle, WA)
Sustainable Rain (Seattle)
Blue Zones Vitality City Project: Albert Lea, MN (Albert Lea, MN)
Oklahoma Billboard Control and Removal Program (Oklahoma)
Greenbelt Alliance (San Francisco Bay Area counties)
First-grade Gardeners More Likely to Taste Vegetables (California)
Open Road of New York (New York, NY)
Cool Schools Tree Planting and Education Program (Los Angeles)

 Environment / Energy & Sustainability
Best Practices Report: Energy Efficiency
Portland's Local Action Plan to Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions (Portland, OR)
ENERGY STAR (USA)
Flex Your Power Case Study: Adobe (San Jose, CA)
Flex Your Power Case Study: Cypress Semiconductor (San Jose, CA)
Flex Your Power Case Study: Equity Office Cogeneration Systems (San Francisco, CA)
Flex Your Power Case Study: Glenborough Realty Trust (USA)
Flex Your Power Case Study: Natural Resources Defense Council (Santa Monica, CA)
Flex Your Power Case Study: Qualcomm (USA)
Flex Your Power Case Study: Swinerton, Inc. (San Francisco)
Flex Your Power Case Study: Transwestern Commercial Services (USA)
Flex Your Power Case Study: Elihu M Harris State Building (San Francisco)
Flex Your Power Case Study: Paradise Irrigation District (Butte County, CA)
Flex Your Power Case Study: Central Contra Costa Sanitary District (Contra Costa County, CA)
Flex Your Power Case Study: Inland Empire Utilities Agency (Inland Empire, CA)
Flex Your Power Case Study: Patterson Irrigation District (Stanislaus County, CA)
Flex Your Power Case Study: North Tahoe Public Utilities District (PUD) (Placer County, CA)
Flex Your Power Case Study: Santa Clara Valley Water District (San Jose, CA)
Flex Your Power Case Study: Orange County Water District (Orange County, CA)
Flex Your Power Case Study: South Tahoe Public Utility District (South Lake Tahoe, CA)
Flex Your Power Case Study: Otay Water District (San Diego County, CA)
Flex Your Power Case Study: Vallejo Sanitation and Flood Control District (Vallejo, CA)
Flex Your Power Case Study: San Diego State Office Building (San Diego, CA)
Flex Your Power Case Study: San Francisco Civic Center Facility (San Francisco, CA)
Flex Your Power Case Study: City of Atascadero (Atascadero, CA)
Flex Your Power Case Study: City of Azusa (Azusa, CA)
Flex Your Power Case Study: City of Chula Vista (Chula Vista, CA)
Flex Your Power Case Study: City of Colton (Colton, CA)
Flex Your Power Case Study: City of Fremont (Fremont, CA)
Flex Your Power Case Study: Kings County (Kings County, CA)
Flex Your Power Case Study: City of La Mesa (La Mesa, CA)
Flex Your Power Case Study: City of Napa (Napa, CA)
Flex Your Power Case Study: City of Pasadena (Pasadena, CA)
Flex Your Power Case Study: City and County of San Francisco (San Francisco)
Flex Your Power Case Study: City of Sacramento (Sacramento, CA)
Flex Your Power Case Study: City of Visalia (Visalia, CA)
Flex Your Power Case Study: City of Poway (Poway, CA)
Flex Your Power Case Study: City of Redondo Beach (Redondo Beach, CA)
Flex Your Power Case Study: San Bernardino County (San Bernardino County)
Flex Your Power Case Study: City of Santa Clara (Santa Clara, CA)
Combined Heat and Power Partnership (USA)
Wood Stove Changeout Campaign (USA)
Green Power Partnership (USA)
Labs 21 (USA)
Coalbed Methane Outreach Program (CMOP) (USA)
Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP) (USA)
Natural Gas STAR (USA)
The Green Suppliers Network (USA)
National Environmental Performance Track (USA)
Sustainable Slopes (USA)
Community of Civano (Tuscon, AZ)
The City of Chula Vista's CO2 Reduction Plan (Chula Vista, CA)
Interface's Journey to Sustainability (USA)
AZTech Intelligent Transportation System (Maricopa County, AZ)
Burlington Legacy Project (Burlington, VT)
Seattle Municipal Sustainability Initiative (Seattle, WA)
The Interfaith Coalition on Energy (Philadelphia, PA)
Green Power Partnership - Bellingham's global warming pollution reduction through use of green power (Bellingham)
Breathe Better Air at School (South Carolina)
Sustainable Skylines Kansas City (Kansas City)
Green Affordable Housing Coalition (San Francisco)
American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment (USA)
Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) (USA)
Supermarket Recycling Program (Massachusetts)
Powerful Choices for the Environment (Washington)
Cornwall Housing and Health
Green Buildings, Local Law 86 (New York)
plaNYC (New York)
The Compost Club (Sonoma)
St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center Community-Building/Vocational Services Initiative (Syracuse, NY)
Food Day (USA)
Come Home Baltimore (Baltimore, MD)
Green the Tenderloin (San Francisco, CA)
Rebuilding Together (USA)
Flex Your Power Case Study: Arden Realty and next>edge (Los Angeles, CA)
Cool Schools Tree Planting and Education Program (Los Angeles)
Cool Shops (British Columbia)
Climate Action Toolkit

 Environment / Environmental Justice
Evaluating Risk and Promoting Public Advocacy (USA)
Analyzing Local Sustainability Trends (Santa Clara County, CA)
Arts Olympiad
Safer Homes Project (Pacoima)
West Harlem Waterfront Park Project (New York)
Environmental Health Leadership Training (New York)
Community-based Exposure Study of Perfluorooctanoate pollution (San Francisco)

 Environment / Land Contaminants
Adopt-A-Highway (USA)
Stop Waste (Alameda County, CA)
Pitless or Closed-loop Drilling (Texas)
Rejuvenation of Base Recycling Program at Tinker AFB (Oklahoma City, OK)
Vandenberg AFB QRP Exceeds 90% Diversion Rate (Santa Barbara County, CA)
Alameda County Food Scrap Recycling (Alameda County, CA)
Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) (USA)
Chemical Management Services (CMS) (USA)
Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program (USA)
Labs 21 (USA)
GreenScapes (USA)
WasteWise (USA)
Federal Electronics Challenge (USA)
The Green Suppliers Network (USA)
National Environmental Performance Track (USA)
Environmental Technology Verification Program (USA)
Carpet America Recovery Effort (USA)
Hospitals for a Healthy Environment (USA)
Plug-In To eCycling (USA)
Septic Systems (USA)
Nonpoint Source Pollution Partnership (USA)
The Orange Grove Recycling Center (OGRC) (Chattanooga, TN)
Save Money and the Environment Too (San Francisco Bay Area, CA)
Sustainable Design Research Studio (Washington, DC)
The Loading Dock (Baltimore, MD)
The New York City Compost Project (New York City)
Brooklyn GreenBridge (Brooklyn, NY)
Genesee County Land Bank (Genesee, MI)
Rock and Wrap It Up! (USA)
Four Seasons Hotel Composting Partnership (Philadelphia, PA)
NYC WasteLe$$ (New York, NY)
San Francisco Organics Recycling Program (San Francisco, CA)
The PlasTax (Ireland)
Trash to Treasures (Longmont, CO)
Setting up a Building Components Exchange in Basel (Switzerland)
Combining Innovative Recycling Initiatives and Job Creation in Graz (Austria)
The Mercury Challenge (USA)

 Environment / Toxic Chemicals
Petitioning EPA to Add New Chemicals to the Toxics Release Inventory (Oakland, CA)
Evaluating Risk and Promoting Public Advocacy (USA)
Analyzing Local Sustainability Trends (Santa Clara County, CA)
Stop Waste (Alameda County, CA)
Pitless or Closed-loop Drilling (Texas)
Rhode Island Greenhouse Gas Action Plan (Rhode Island)
Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) (USA)
AirNow (USA)
The Acid Rain Kids Web Site (USA)
Lead Free Wheels (USA)
Chemical Management Services (CMS) (USA)
The AgSTAR Program (USA)
Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program (USA)
The Coal Combustion Products Partnership (C2P2) (USA)
Coalbed Methane Outreach Program (CMOP) (USA)
Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP) (USA)
PFC Emission Reduction Partnerships (USA)
SF-6 Emission Reduction Partnership for Electric Power Systems (USA)
SF-6 Emission Reduction Partnership for the Magnesium Industry (USA)
Voluntary Aluminum Industrial Partnership (VAIP) (USA)
Design for the Environment (USA)
Federal Electronics Challenge (USA)
Green Chemistry (USA)
Green Engineering (USA)
High Production Volume (HPV) Challenge Program (USA)
Plug-In To eCycling (USA)
Nonpoint Source Pollution Partnership (USA)
Urban Brownfields Program: Rehabilitating Toxic Industrial Land, New Jersey, USA (Trenton, NJ)
A Living Laboratory: The City of Chattanooga, USA (Chattanooga, TN)
Health House (USA)
Seattle Municipal Sustainability Initiative (Seattle, WA)
Sustainable Design Research Studio (Washington, DC)
The Loading Dock (Baltimore, MD)
Safer Homes Project (Pacoima)
Community-based Exposure Study of Perfluorooctanoate pollution (San Francisco)
Santa Monica Urban Runoff Recycling Facility (Los Angeles)
Environmentally Friendly Product Development in the Chemical Sector in Gothenburg (Sweden)
The Mercury Challenge (USA)
National Partnership for Environmental Priorities (NPEP) (USA)

 Environment / Water
Drinking Water Nitrification Surveillance Program (Lee County, FL)
Community Outreach (Sonoma County, CA)
Pitless or Closed-loop Drilling (Texas)
Flex Your Power Case Study: Adobe (San Jose, CA)
Flex Your Power Case Study: Natural Resources Defense Council (Santa Monica, CA)
Flex Your Power Case Study: Swinerton, Inc. (San Francisco)
Flex Your Power Case Study: Paradise Irrigation District (Butte County, CA)
Flex Your Power Case Study: Central Contra Costa Sanitary District (Contra Costa County, CA)
Flex Your Power Case Study: Inland Empire Utilities Agency (Inland Empire, CA)
Flex Your Power Case Study: Patterson Irrigation District (Stanislaus County, CA)
Flex Your Power Case Study: North Tahoe Public Utilities District (PUD) (Placer County, CA)
Flex Your Power Case Study: Santa Clara Valley Water District (San Jose, CA)
Flex Your Power Case Study: Orange County Water District (Orange County, CA)
Flex Your Power Case Study: South Tahoe Public Utility District (South Lake Tahoe, CA)
Flex Your Power Case Study: Otay Water District (San Diego County, CA)
Flex Your Power Case Study: Vallejo Sanitation and Flood Control District (Vallejo, CA)
Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program (USA)
GreenScapes (USA)
National Environmental Performance Track (USA)
Environmental Technology Verification Program (USA)
Clean Marinas (USA)
Hospitals for a Healthy Environment (USA)
Adopt Your Watershed (USA)
EPA's Clean Water Act Recognition Awards (USA)
Septic Systems (USA)
Five Star Restoration Program (USA)
Nonpoint Source Pollution Partnership (USA)
Partnership for Safe Water (USA)
Integrated Watershed Management (Massachusetts)
Seattle Municipal Sustainability Initiative (Seattle, WA)
The Bay-Friendly Gardening Program (Alameda County, CA)
Community-based Exposure Study of Perfluorooctanoate pollution (San Francisco)
Sustainable Skylines Kansas City (Kansas City)
Powerful Choices for the Environment (Washington)
Missouri's Community Water Fluoridation Program (Missouri)
Santa Monica Urban Runoff Recycling Facility (Los Angeles)
Water Saving Strategies in Copenhagen (Denmark)

 Environment / Weather & Global Warming
Milwaukee Extreme Heat Plan (Milwaukee, WI)
Rhode Island Greenhouse Gas Action Plan (Rhode Island)
The Louisiana Recovery Authority (Louisiana)
The Acid Rain Kids Web Site (USA)
The AgSTAR Program (USA)
Climate Leaders (USA)
Natural Gas STAR (USA)
PFC Emission Reduction Partnerships (USA)
SF-6 Emission Reduction Partnership for Electric Power Systems (USA)
SF-6 Emission Reduction Partnership for the Magnesium Industry (USA)
The EPA SunWise Program (USA)
Voluntary Aluminum Industrial Partnership (VAIP) (USA)
The City of Chula Vista's CO2 Reduction Plan (Chula Vista, CA)
Interface's Journey to Sustainability (USA)
The City as a Park - Climate change reduction and city beautification in Denver (City of Denver)
Car Heaven (Canada)
American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment (USA)
The Compost Club (Sonoma)
Sustainable Rain (Seattle)
Climate Action Toolkit

 Environment / Wildlife
Miami-Dade County Environmentally Endangered Lands Program (Miami-Dade County, FL)Local
Increasing Wildlife Compatibility of Farmland; Habitat Corridors (Yolo County, CA)
Clean Marinas (USA)
Adopt Your Watershed (USA)
Five Star Restoration Program (USA)
Fish Advisory Program (USA)
The Bay-Friendly Gardening Program (Alameda County, CA)
Keystone Ancient Forest Preserve (Sand Springs, OK)
Sentenac Canyon and Cienega (San Diego County, CA)
Rainforest Action Network
Engaging Elementary Students with Seniors in a Bird Feeder Project (Lewiston, ID)
Teaching Stream Restoration to Alternative Middle School Students (Everett, WA)