Find Local Eco Facts by ZIP Code

Interested in finding out local environmental facts for your neighborhood?

Those of us who live in the USA have some great resources at our fingertips.

Here are some sites where you simply enter your ZIP code and get your local facts:

US Government

Locate your watershed:
http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/locate/

Envirofacts
http://www.epa.gov/enviro/

Where You Live
http://www.epa.gov/epahome/whereyoulive.htm

And one more government data page where you can search for local infos by zip code:

US Census Bureau Factfinder
http://factfinder.census.gov/



Next on to some of the cool local data sites from environmental groups:

EDF ScoreCard:
http://www.scorecard.org/

Sierra Club Zoomer:
http://zoomer.sierraclub.org/


Also there are these Organizations that have local data available - just enter your ZIP code:

Care2 - Get Local Environmental Reports
http://www.care2.com/near_home

Care2 - Local Eco-Info Finder
http://www.care2.com/newsinfo/

Earth 911
http://www.earth911.org


And finally a few more "How To" websites:

How to find Hazardous Waste Sites, Local Communities, and Census Data:
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/envjust.html

How to find Community Information by Zip Code
http://library.csun.edu/mfinley/zipstats.html