Great Waters Group is a Sierra Club member group of the John Muir Chapter (WI). We serve club members in Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington, & Waukesha counties.  Sierra Club groups are run by their members who volunteer to promote environmental sustainability by taking action on local issues and educating others to understand the issues and opportunities available to make informed decisions that will better protect our shared environment.  Our group coordinates many different activities and outings throughout the year so our members can enjoy and appreciate the wonders of the outdoors and the experiences of others.

 

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Online Learning
Here you will learn about different options for conserving energy and natural resources, choices to avoid that have negative impacts on our planet and tools for helping you understand the importance and measure the affect you are having.  Many of the options presented can also save you money.  The pages offered to help you minimize causing Negative Impacts to our Environment are: Conserve at Home, Conserve While Traveling and Measuring Tools which are listed below.

Measuring Tools (some also provide additional resources)

SafeClimate Carbon Dioxide Footprint Calculator
SafeClimate's calculator allows individuals to calculate their "carbon footprint" and track their residential and transportation energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.

Emissions Calculator
The emissions calculator tabulates your monthly emissions of seven air pollutants (in pounds) from electricity and natural gas consumption, airplane trips, and vehicle miles traveled (auto or sport utility vehicle/truck) and compares them with average national emissions.

Personal Environmental Impact Calculator
Calculates personal environmental impacts from home energy, transportation, recycling habits and water usage.

Travel Matters Emissions Calculators
TravelMatters provides a trio of resources - interactive emissions calculators, online emissions maps, and educational content - that emphasize the relationship between more efficient transit systems and lower greenhouse gas emissions. TM’s Emissions Calculator shows how much carbon dioxide you emit based to your travel decisions.

Carbon Counter
Carboncounter.org is an individual carbon dioxide emissions calculator.

Energy Advisor / Home Energy Saver
Home Energy Saver is designed to identify the best ways to save energy in your home, and find the resources to make the savings happen. In addition, the Home Energy Saver's "Making it Happen" and Energy Librarian" can connect you to  "how-to" information on the Internet.

Home Analyzer
Home Analyzer is designed to provide a comprehensive analysis of energy use in your home, descriptions of measures to reduce energy use, and comparisons to similar homes.

Home Energy Checkup
Home Energy Checkup helps identify options for reducing energy costs through energy efficiency improvements. Includes references to more sophisticated software tools, equipment manufacturers, and other sources of information for energy efficiency projects.
 

 

 

This page last updated on: 03/27/2008

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