Resources for energy education/information

Note: these are resources that I found interesting or useful. This list is not complete in any way.

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Education

Partnership for Environmental Technology Education (PETE). This is non-profit organization helps facilitate, augment, and broker partnerships with educational institutions, industry, and government.
Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence
Resources for Middle School Science Education from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
Community College Institute from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Resources for educators from the American Solar Energy Society
Energy + Environment OpenCourseWare is a free and open educational resource for faculty, students, and self-learners throughout the world in the energy and environment area.
The energy management program at De Anza College
Presentation of Julie Phillips on the 21st Century student. A vision for teachers.

Research organizations

Energy efficiency and conservation

The Alliance to Save Energy promotes energy efficiency worldwide to achieve a healthier economy, a cleaner environment, and greater energy security.
The Smart Energy Show, video presentations of Margot Gerritsen.
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment. This initiative can be used to commit your university to more energy efficiency and conservation.
The Clean Air-Cool Planet on-line Campus Climate Action Toolkit (CCAT), which aims to make available to anyone who is interested in making his/her educational institution more "climate friendly" - college or university students, staff, faculty, administrators, trustees, alumni, community members - a comprehensive guide to and resource for doing so.
World Council for Renewable Energy
Transition culture, an evolving exploration into the head, heart and hands of energy descent

Presentations and graphic material

The Global Energy Challenge, a powerpoint presentation for outreach and education on the challenges and opportunities we face with global energy. Download instructions and suggestions how to use this presentation.
Presentations of the Office of Basic Energy Science of the Deperment of Energy
Gallery of Climate Change predictions
Atlas of Our Changing Environment of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
The story of stuff, a wonderful movie with Annie Leonard about our consumption pattern.
Peak oil and the fate of humanity, a power point book written by Robert Berliaut about the controversial topic of the future of petroleum production.

Data and resources

Energy Information Administration - Official energy Statistics from the U.S. Government
Worldodometers - real time world statistics
Gapminder, nice graphical information about population and the environment
Energy portal of Wikipedia
EarthTrends; environmental information from the World Resources Institute
Individual greenhouse gas emissions from the EPA. Much information from the US Environmental Protection Agency about individual greenhouse gas emissions that includes a calculator for computing your carbon footprint and action items to reduce this footprint.
The New Hampshire Carbon Challenge calculator. An online calculator to compute your carbon footprint and investigate steps to reduce this footprint.
Carbon calculator for flying. This calculator lets you pick a flight, and it computes the CO2 produced and gives background information about the environmental impact of your flight.

Studies/reports

Oil shockwave, a case study from the National Commission on Energy Policy on the consequences of a disrupted oil supply.
McKinsey 2007 report of US CO2 emissions, which shows an inventarization of actions, their costs, for reducing CO2 emissions in the USA. The conclusion is that a significant reduction is feasible at limited cost, and without a drastic change in life-style.
Reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
IPCC Special Report on Carbon dioxide Capture and Storage
World Energy Outlook of the International Energy Agency
International Energy Agency, executive summary of the 2008 outlook.
Reports of the Basic Research Needs workshops of the office of Basic Energy Sciences of the US Department Of Energy
Presidential Climate Action Project; a comprehensive and non-partisan plan for presidential leadership rooted in climate science and designed to ignite innovation at every level of the American economy.
California Energy Policy Handbook
Scenarios for a clean energy future, a report from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Lighting the Way: Toward a Sustainable Energy Future. A report from the InterAcademy Council.
Stern review on the economics of climate change; from the HM Treasury of the United Kingdom.
The Future of Geothermal Energy, a report from the US Department of Energy
Climate change in Oregon, a study from the Governor´s Advisory Group on Global Warming.
Trouble in the World's Largest Oil Field-Ghawar, an account of oil production in the world's largest petroleum reservoir.

Commentaries/news

Earth and environment section of Scientific American
What's your consumption factor? Column of Jared Diamon, author of "Guns, germs, and steel" on resource consumption in the USA and the disconnect with the quality of life.
Ethanol, schmethanol, an article in the Economist which makes the point that the political rush to back ethanol, just because it is green and people have heard of it, is a mistake.
Climate Debate Delay, essays and research supporting the idea that global warming poses a clear threat to humanity, that it is largely caused by human activity, and that solutions to the problems of climate change lie within human reach.
Education for the global energy challenge. A commentary in Physics Today with a call for action to participate in energy outreach and education.

Industry/business

People

Dan Chiras, who founded a company for sustainable building technology.
David Roper, emeritus professor in physics. His website has wonderful material on energy. Check out his eclectic pickup truck!
Hermann Scheer, General Chairman of the World Council for Renewable Energy (WCRE); President of the International Parliamentary Forum on Renewable Energies; Member of the German Bundestag.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to the following people for making me aware of these resources: Sally Benson, Chuck Courtad, Monika von Glinski, Idske Hiemstra, Ron Larson, Julie Phillips, John Scales, Jerry Schuster.