Resources

Michigan Green Communities is a statewide network of local government staff and officials that collaborate with one another, through peer learning and information sharing, to promote innovative sustainability solutions at the local, regional, and state level. 

Learn more about Marquette County Sustainability Profile here.

The U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit provides scientific tools, information, and expertise to help people manage their climate-related risks and opportunities, and improve their resilience to extreme events. The site is designed to serve interested citizens, communities, businesses, resource managers, planners, and policy leaders.

Learn more here.

EPA staff have developed tool(s) to help communities anticipate, plan for, and adapt to the changing climate.

  • Air Quality
  • Water Management
  • Waste Management & Emergency Response
  • Public Health
  • Adaptation Planning

Learn more here.

Here you can access three different Shoreviewer programs, each containing different sets of aerial photography.

In locations where aerial photography from different years overlap, you can compare the photos to aid in identifying and tracking changes to the shoreline.

The CAKE site aims to build a shared knowledge base for managing natural and built systems in the face of rapid climate change. Just as importantly, it provides tremendous informational resources intended to help build an innovative community of practice.

Learn more here.

The CRED has produced an excellent guide for communicating about climate change. It contains a wealth of information on the subject, including psychological information useful for motivating people to care about climate change.

Learn more here.

The Yale Project site features many resources including peer-reviewed articles, research papers, videos and webinars. These focus on issues of communication and the goal of changing the public perception of climate change.

Learn more here.