NSTA+Conference+Talk+Resources

We've compiled a short list of resources to support our recent talk at the NSTA Conference in Boston, MA

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Reading List
__Articles__
 * “17 Reasons Football is Better than High School” - Herb Childress
 * “Murder Machine” - Patrick Pearse
 * “The End of University” - Mark Taylor

__Books__
 * Built to Last - Jim Collins, Jerry I. Porras
 * Nudge - Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein
 * Drive - Daniel Pink
 * BioDiesel and Beyond - William Kemp
 * Cradle to Cradle Engineering - Michael Braungart and William McDonough
 * Tipping Point - Malcolm Gladwell
 * Where Great Ideas Come From - Steven Johnson
 * Reality is Broken - Jane McGonigal
 * Disrupting Class - Clayton Christensen

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Web Sites
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 * [|Instructables]: The Source for the Makers/Hackers/DIY Community
 * Inhabitat: Design for a Better World
 * Tree Hugger: the best in green design
 * Kickstarter: great ideas
 * The King of Random: great instructables
 * The New Lab: This is the innovation lab of America's public schools.
 * The Story of Stuff.org: **The Story of Stuff Project** was created by Annie Leonard to leverage and extend the film’s impact. They amplify public discourse on a series of environmental, social and economic concerns and facilitate the growing Story of Stuff community’s involvement in strategic efforts to build a more sustainable and just world.
 * [|Save That Stuff]: Awesome New England company that recycles just about everything and forklifts loads of grease over from Legal Seafoods for us.
 * Environmental League of Massachusetts: The Environmental League of Massachusetts is dedicated to protecting the health of our environment and citizenry by safeguarding the land, water and air of our Commonwealth.
 * Alliance for Climate Education: A national leader in climate education and the best presentation on the critical issue of global climate change.
 * [|MIT Sea Grant Education]: Our strategic partners in greengineering the future !
 * Cape Cod Biofuels: The only ASTM-lab-certified biodiesel producer in the state of Massachusetts and a great company. Check them out.
 * Whole Foods Market : A great market, a company with action-driven vision, and a leader in sustainable business practices.
 * Scuderi Engineering: The most innovative engine design in 130 years, air-hybrid. MA company.
 * Home Inventory Great App. for inventory control, web-based and iphone App.
 * [|Survey Monkey] Answer this Greengineering survey please.
 * Newton's green decade: This Newton's green power house. The Green Decade, collaborates, shares, builds, and educates Newton's own in all things sustainable and green.
 * National Biodiesel Board: The nation's leading advocate for biodiesel.
 * Alt E Store: Incredible resource for alternative energy information and products. They focus on Solar PV/Thermal and Wind, but offer so much more.
 * [|Utah Biodiesel Supply]: Graydon is the best in the business. Incredible resource for all things BioDiesel.
 * [|BioLyle's Biodiesel Workshop]: BioLyle knows his stuff. Check out his new Workshop Tutorial DVD--we highly recommend it.
 * [|The Farm School]: Saving the future one seed at a time. The Farm School is an incredible educational experience. The Farm School is a family farm for the coming generations where people experience first hand what it means to be stewards of the earth.


 * Biodieselsyp: Sam S's awesome research on building a biodiesel reactor.
 * Playing for Change: Something to believe in!
 * The Diesel Weasel. Follow the adventures of our arch-nemesis and patron saint.
 * [|Naturebug.org]: An SYP original. Zita Polgar (SYS'10) created this incredible "Nature" resource for parents and kids. Her research on Nature Deficit Disorder is incredible. Visit the website, learn a lot, and then get outside and explore the "Naturebug" way.