Simple Living Resources James and Tyra Arraj--A Guide to Valuable Resources, Important Information and Exotic Tidbits
Intentional Communities website-- Intentional Community is an inclusive term for ecovillages, cohousing, residential land trusts, communes, student co-ops, urban housing cooperatives and other related projects and dreams.
How much do you know about the environmental impact of your choices?
The Great Green Web Game
Northwest Earth Institute series of discussion courses, developed in Portland, but available to groups anywhere in the United States:
LocalHarvest - Founded in 1998, LocalHarvest is now the number one informational resource for the Buy Local movement and the top place on the Internet where people find information on direct marketing family farms.
Community Supported Agriculture - CSA, Community Supported Agriculture, is a relationship of mutual support and commitment between local farmers and community members who pay the farmer an annual membership fee to cover the production cost of the farm. In turn, members receive a weekly share of the harvest during the local growing season.
Slow Food U.S.A. - Slow Food U.S.A. is an educational organization dedicated to stewardship of the land and ecologically sound food production, to the revival of the table as centers of pleasure, culture, and community.
Earthsave - Educates people about the powerful effects our food choices have on the environment, our health and all life on Earth, and encourages a shift toward a healthy, plant-based diet |