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Butterflies Ajilvsgi, G. 2013. Butterfly gardening for Texas. Texas A&M Univ. Press. College Station, TX. 437 p.
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PBS. Newshour. August 31, 2019. Americans waste up to 40 percent of the food they produce https://www.pbs.org/video/americans-waste-up-to-40-percent-of-the-food-they-produce-1567273679/
PBS. Newshour. August 31, 2019. Is France's groundbreaking food-waste law working? https://www.pbs.org/video/is-france-s-groundbreaking-food-waste-law-working-1567272612/
Permian Basin Master Gardeners. Lots of information on everything from drip irrigation to growing fruits and vegetables. http://westtexasgardening.org/
Oberlin College George Jones Memorial Farm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6AHThLYUaM
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NRCS. Soil Health. https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/national/soils/health/ Texas soil Health. https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/tx/soils/health/ Dig alittle Learn A Lot. https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detailfull/national/soils/health/?cid=stelprdb1048859
NRCS. UC Davis Announce Release of SoilWeb 2.0 App Update. https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/newsroom/releases/?cid=NRCSEPRD1466260
Ruechel, J. 2019. Soil Carbon Cowboys. https://www.grass-fed-solutions.com/carbon.html
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. 2010. Dig it! The Secrets of soil http://forces.si.edu/soils/ Scroll down under featured topics and watch the video entitled Soil Savvy.
Soil Science Society of America. 2019. Soil Basics. https://www.soils.org/discover-soils/soil-basics
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE). The Living Soil. https://www.sare.org/Learning- Center/Books/Building-Soils-for-Better-Crops-3rd-Edition/Text-Version/The-Living-Soil
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension. Earth-Kind Landscaping. https://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/earthkind/ Masabni, J. Soil Preparation. https://agrilifeextension.tamu.edu/library/gardening/soil-preparation/
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Arizona Cooperative Extension. https://waterwise.arizona.edu/ and https://waterwise.arizona.edu/save- water
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Big Spring Texas. Water Treatment Plant. https://www.mybigspring.com/298/Water-Treatment-Plant
City of Midland, Texas. Midland’s Water Sources. https://www.midlandtexas.gov/170/Midlands-Water- Sources CBS News. 60 Minutes. Bill Whitaker, correspondent. 2019. How Dutch stormwater management could mitigate damage from hurricanes https://www.cbsnews.com/news/storm-water-management-dutch- solution-henk-ovink-hurricane-damage-60-minutes-2019-07-21/ Colorado River Municipal Water District. http://www.crmwd.org/
Coombs, Susan, Comptroller. 2011. Impact of the 2011 drought and beyond. http://comptroller.texas.gov/specialrpt/drought/96-1704-Drought.pdf
Doreen, Stewart. 2018. Midland, CRMWD in better position water-wise than 2011 https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Midland-CRMWD-in-better-position-water-wise-than-12880216.php Egan, D. 2017. The Death and Life of the Great Lakes. Norton and Co. NY, NY. 364 p.
Lancaster, Brad. https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/ Lancaster, B. 2013. Rainwater harvesting for drylands and beyond. Vol. 1, 2nd edition. Guiding Principles.281 p. and Vol. 2: Water-harvesting Earthworks 404 p. Rainsource Press. Tucson AZ. Vol. 3: Roof Catchment and Cistern Systems (available 2022). Rainsource Press. Tucson AZ. ______. 2017. Planting the Rain to Grow Abundance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2xDZlpInik
Ludwig, Art. 2019 Laundry to landscape system. http://oasisdesign.net/greywater/laundry/#design Martin, L. 2014. Texas leads the way with the first direct potable reuse facility in U.S. http://www.wateronline.com/doc/texas-leads-the-way-with-first-direct-potable-reuse-facilities-in-u-s-0001
MacAdam, James. 2011. Green streets of Tucson. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ujWvV_NCLw Mulder, Brandon. 2015. Midlanders reduce daily water use, still fall behind pack in state https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Midlanders-reduce-daily-water-use-still-fall-7404847.php
Mechell, J. et. al. 2010. Rainwater Harvesting: system planning. Texas AgriLife Extension Service. 206 p.
Petty, Katherine. 2012. Midland College water reclamation plant bid could be awarded today. http://www.mrt.com/top_stories/article_c1f90487-e93c-50fd-9d32-4c867d5062ad.html This is operating today in Windlands Park!
Playa Lakes Joint Venture. http://www.pljv.org/ Everything you would like to know about playas! Well almost everything. Video clips are on this site under representative categories.
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension. 2019. Earth-Kind Landscaping. https://agrilifeextension.tamu.edu/solutions/earth-kind-landscaping/
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Panhandle playa lakes. http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/landwater/land/habitats/high_plains/wetlands/playa.phtml
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TWDB. Water data for TX, Midland Odessa. http://waterdatafortexas.org/reservoirs/municipal/midland-odessa
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True Grid Permeable Pavers. https://www.truegridpaver.com/ Doreen, S. 2020. Council to vote on $261 million water deal. Midland Reporter Telegram. https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Council-to-vote-on-261-million-water-deal-15262933.php TWDB. 2013. Water for Texas. http://www.twdb.texas.gov/publications/shells/Droughtresources.pdf
TWDB. 2015. Worth its salt. 2015. https://www.twdb.texas.gov/innovativewater/desal/worthitssalt/doc/Worth_Its_Salt_Jan2014_KBH.pdf
TWDB. 2016. Water for Texas. 2017 State Water Plan http://www.twdb.texas.gov/waterplanning/swp/2017/doc/SWP17-Water-for-Texas.pdf http://www.twdb.texas.gov/waterplanning/swp/2017/index.asp https://2017.texasstatewaterplan.org/statewide (interactive plan)
Water Casa. http://www.watercasa.org/
Water Data for Texas. 2020. https://www.waterdatafortexas.org/reservoirs/statewide
Water RENU. https://www.waterrenu.com/
Watershed Management Group. https://watershedmg.org/ Check out PUBLIC water harvesting projects and school water education programs
Xeriscape Council of New Mexico. https://landandwatersummit.org/-l9NvBaIEFQO0OeTlaWhYMp-/page/aboutus Check out their 2019 Land and Water Summit and look ahead to 2020.
Sustainability and Climate Change Center for Sustainable Systems. http://css.umich.edu/about Carbon Footprint Factsheet. http://css.umich.edu/factsheets/carbon-footprint-factsheet U.S. Environmental Factsheet. http://css.umich.edu/factsheets/us-environmental-footprint-factsheet
Department of Energy. Quiz: Test you Climate Change IQ. https://www.energy.gov/articles/quiz-test-your-climate-change-iq
EPA. (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Sustainability). https://www.epa.gov/sustainability
EPA. Carbon Footprint Calculator. www3.epa.gov/carbon-footprint-calculator/
Global Footprint Network. Footprint Calculator. www.footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/gfn/page/calculators/
Hayhoe, Katharine. https://www.depts.ttu.edu/politicalscience/Faculty/Hayhoe_Katharine.php
______. 2015. What if climate change is real? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtrYNGs9oRM
______. 2018. TED Women. The most important thing you can do to fight climate change: talk about it. https://www.ted.com/talks/katharine_hayhoe_the_most_important_thing_you_can_do_to_fight_climate_change_talk _about_it?language=en ______. 2019. CBS This Morning. To fight climate change, talk about it. https://www.cbsnews.com/video/katharine-hayhoe-on-why-we-need-to-talk-about-climate-change-to-fight-it/
Jamail, Dahr. 2019. The End of Ice: Bearing Witness and Finding Meaning in the Path of Climate Disruption. The New Press. New York, NY. 257 p.
Mooney, Chris. 2019. New analysis finds parts of the U.S. have already warmed close to critical 2-degree level. PBS NewsHour. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/new-analysis-finds-parts-of-the-u-s-have-already-warmed- close-to-critical-2-degree-level
Mufson, Stevwen, Chris Mooney et al. 2019. 2°C: BEYOND THE LIMIT Extreme climate change has arrived in America. The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/national/climate-environment/climate-change-america/
Natural Step. Sustainability. http://www.naturalstep.ca/sustainability Understanding the problem http://www.naturalstep.ca/understanding-the-problem Four system conditions http://www.naturalstep.ca/four-system-conditions Backcasting http://www.naturalstep.ca/backcasting ABCD method http://www.naturalstep.ca/abcd 3 questions http://www.naturalstep.ca/three-strategic-prioritization- questions 5 level framework http://www.naturalstep.ca/five-level-framework Ecological footprint http://www.naturalstep.ca/understanding-the-problem (scroll down)
The Nature Conservancy: www.nature.org/greenliving/carboncalculator/
Project Drawdown Quiz: climate change solutions. https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2019/04/specials/climate-change-solutions-quiz/
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