Useful links
A wide range of options for short-term places to stay in Washington, D.C. during your internship, research project, or relocation, hosted and maintained by Kelley Campaigns
as a community service.
Global warming action
The region's leading climate action group, the Chespeake Climate Action Network, founded by Mike Tidwell, whose 1920's house is now powered by solar power and corn.
Home of the 1,000 Americans trained by Al Gore to present the slide show from An Inconvenient Truth, including Peter Kelley. Request a presentation in your neighborhood.
Answers to global warming skeptics
New Scientist magazine's collection of answers to 26 common climate myths and misperceptions.
Grist magazine's collection, by Coby Black, perhaps the most comprehensive and well-organized (by stage of denial, scientific topic, type of argument, and level of sophistication).
The founder of Virgin Airlines, a former skeptic who once believed Bjorn Lomborg's book The Skeptical Environmentalist, explains why he now sees global warming as the world's most serious problem, and why he thinks he'll make more money from renewable fuels than from his airlines.
Public relations
A free newsletter on story-telling, great presentations, and all sorts of other useful tips for promoters, by Andy Goodman.
Home of useful open-source software for doing media relations and adding collaborative features to non-profit websites, led by Marty Kearns. A sliding scale to join the collaborative is based on your annual budget.
A useful guide and "Smart Chart" for communications planning for non-profits, created for the Communications Leadership Institute by Kristen Grimm of Spitfire Strategies.
Bulldog Reporter's "Pitching Tip of the Week," offering a useful look behind the scenes of a major publication.
A list of journalists' own blogs, maintained by the Media Center at the American Press Institute.
The leading source of Corporate Social Responsibility and sustainability news, reports and information. Sign up for free news alerts on companies and issues.
LEAFHouse, designed by students at the University of Maryland, was the top US house in the 2007 Solar Decathlon on the National Mall
