A SELECTED RESEARCH DIRECTORY
A starting library of useful research, public datasets, practice standards and documented initiatives. We favor inspectable work over environmental marketing.
We look for accessible methods, identifiable authors or institutions, practical relevance and a willingness to discuss limits. We link to specific evidence whenever possible. An entry is not a blanket endorsement of an organization, its funders or every claim it makes.
Our selection is editorial, not a certification that any organization is free of greenwashing. Marketing-only claims and offset sales pitches do not qualify. Suggest a correction or stronger evidence →
8 resources · Reviewed October 15, 2026
Biodiversity / Practice standards
A framework for planning, monitoring and assessing ecological restoration against reference ecosystems.
Standards guide practice; they do not verify an individual project’s success.
Biodiversity / Open biodiversity data
An international network providing open species occurrence data for research and ecological context.
Recording effort and data quality vary. An absent record does not prove a species is absent.
Agriculture / Public research & education
Farmer-oriented research and practical resources on sustainable agriculture, including agroforestry and on-farm trials.
Check each project’s methods, location, comparison and economic assumptions.
Agriculture / Documented initiative · SARE report
A published project report on Savanna Institute’s research and demonstration farm network.
A grantee report is not an independent impact audit. Midwest findings need local validation.
Remediation / Technical evidence & case studies
Explains plant-based treatment mechanisms, appropriate conditions and limits for contaminated sites.
Site-specific engineering and monitoring are essential. Treatment can transfer pollutants into biomass.
Climate & energy / Scientific assessment
An assessment of climate mitigation research across energy, industry, agriculture and land use.
Scenarios are conditional, not forecasts. A global assessment is not a local project design.
Climate & energy / Technical & policy analysis
Examines electrification of industrial low-temperature heat and steam, including heat pumps and thermal storage.
Study regions and energy prices matter; examine grid emissions and process requirements locally.
Industry / Open-source analysis software
A life-cycle assessment tool for comparing products and processes beyond their operating emissions.
Software is free; some databases are licensed. Results depend on data, boundaries and assumptions.