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19th Annual Southern Plains Reading List
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- National Public Radio and National Geographic series on Global Climate Change, called Climate Connections

- Carbon Sequestration Opportunities: A Playa Country Radio Interview with Tony Frank
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- "Climate Change and Birds" newsletter of the Playa Joint Venture

- A Case Study of Southern Plains Playa Wetlands by Dr. David Haukos

- Playa Lakes Joint Venture... Why Conserve Playa Wetlands?

- U.S. Geological Survey Ogallala Aquifer Water in Storage Map http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2007/3029/

- Reusing Municipal and Rural Waste Streams by Building SEED Parks by Dr. Nick Parker

- Wind for Schools: Making Wind Work for You...Entegrity Wind's Factsheet www.entegritywind.com/school.html

- Rainwater Harvesting www.npr.org/templates/story/story-php?storyId=17977057

- Rainwater Harvesting Plan for Holy Family Church, Nazareth, Texas
Holy Family Rainwater Harvesting Project

- Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands & Beyond by Brad Lancaster
www.harvestingrainwater.com

- Potential Impacts of Biofuels Expansion on Natural Resources: A Case Study of the Ogallala Aquifer region
Biofuels Expansion

- Study: Ethanol Production Effects on Climate Change an NPR story by Richard Harris...
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18784732

- Casa La Entereza: a Home with Green Construction
(a two-part series from The Cross Section, newsletter of the High Plains Underground Water Conservation District, Lubbock, Texas)    October 2007 Cross Section   November 2007 Cross Section

- Efficiency & Green Construction by Tony Frank

- Distributed Wind

- Off The Grid Technologies (David Stebbins, Amarillo, Texas)

- Clean, Renewable Energy Bonds (CREBs) & Green Tags

- Biodiesel Production