Categories: Instructions and Suggestions for Cross-listing

NOTE: during this early stage in GPEN’s development, searching by categories may yield very little until our database grows. When posting please check all appropriate boxes. Please send us any feedback about these categories to .

• Air Quality may be cross-listed with Health, Energy, or Buildings where relevant.
• Buildings may be cross-listed under Energy; healing gardens and green roofs may be cross-listed under Landscapes.
• Business Includes environmentally responsible practices/products/services and investing.
• Education includes educational programs and activities for toddlers through college level, as well as degree, certification and leadership programs.
• Environmental Justice items may be cross-listed in other categories where relevant.
• Food includes farmers markets and restaurants; info about organics, growth hormones, and antibiotics; community farms/gardens may be cross-listed under Landscapes.
• Health includes public health, effects of toxics, chemical sensitivities; may be cross-listed with Buildings or Consumer Products/Home where relevant.
• Landscapes includes lawn care and composting; community farms/gardens may be cross-listed under Food.
• Recreation/Entertainment includes outdoor activities, film screenings and exhibits; may be cross-listed by other categories if relevant.
• Sustainable Living includes ways for us to reduce our environmental footprint: consumer products, resources and services for the home, local merchants and suppliers, and recommended/”best” practices; may be cross-listed with other categories where relevant such as Buildings, Energy, Food, Health, and/or Landscapes (for gardening or composting).
• Transportation (Energy category) items may be cross-listed under Land Use Planning if relevant.