This online publication reports on environmental issues in the oil and gas industry. The site includes many useful petroleum and environmental links as well. This site explains the water systems of Philadelphia and why they are so vital to the survival of the city. This center in southwest Texas models surface and groundwater levels due to the Edwards Aquifer, monitoring for drought conditions. The aquifer supplies water for municipal, industrial and agricultural use in the region, and it provides an ecosystem for many endangered species.
Site also contains extensive other links.
CSA farms strengthen local, small farm economies, ties between producers and consumers of food, and sustainable use of the land, in urban and rural areas alike. Site includes explanation of CSA farming and lists of CSA farms throughout the US and Canada. Philadelphia Green Home Page Philadelphia Urban Agriculture Community Alliance with Family Farmers Philadelphia has a long history of community gardens through which residents continue to redevelop and restore city lands, while feeding their families. This organization works in the sustainable agriculture movement in California to develop local economies based on small-scale firms devoted to land stewardship and social justice. The Northeast Pennsylvania Community Forestry Program Information on management of state parks and forests, state programs for conservation of private lands, local forest pests and common tree species, local biodiversity and more.