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RESOURCES "(Climate change) is like a nature walk through the book of Revelations" ~ Al Gore. Please send any links to useful, informative links, ideas or articles to be included. Thanks to Mike, Leni and Gopi for the large send-off to this section. CONSERVATION EDUCATION, CULTURE AND COMMUNITY BUILDING • Green Futures - Green Futures is a non-profit educational and advocacy organization made up of women and men who share a common concern for the protection of their environment as well as the economic viability of the communities in which they live. • Joanna Macy, The Work That Reconnects - This web site opens doors to the new bodies of thought, • Interhelp Network - Interhelp is an international network of people sharing a deep concern for world conditions. • The Great Turning - We stand at a critical moment in Earth’s history, a time when humanity must choose its future. As the world becomes increasingly interdependent and fragile, the future at once holds great peril and great promise. To move forward we must recognize that in the midst of a magnificent diversity of cultures and life forms we are one human family and one Earth community with a common destiny. We must join together to bring forth a sustainable global society founded on respect for nature, universal human rights, economic justice, and a culture of peace. • ARTICLE: "What Should White People Do" - by Linda Martòn Alcoff • ARTICLE: "Riverside Church Address: Beyond Vietnam" - by Martin Luther King Jr. • ARTICLE: Milking the Mayhem and Baiting for More - by Linda Milazzo • World Puja - A world wide prayer circle for peace and raised consciousness and much, much more ENERGY Energy: A clever new system uses asphalted roads, rather than solar Energy: Using photosynthesis to capture exhaust gases from power Energy: Researchers have developed an environmentally friendly light bulb that uses very little energy and should never need changing ENVIRONMENT • IPCC - Most recent presentations on climate change • The Stop Global Warming Virtual March is a non-partisan effort to bring citizens together to declare that global warming is here now and that it is time to demand solutions. The Virtual March is creating one, loud collective voice that will be heard around the world. By spreading the word, we are building a movement to stop global warming. • Treehugger.com - an amazing collection of environmental information divided by subject and including a "take action" section. FARMING, FOOD AND AGRICULTURE • Northeast Organic Farmers Association – Mass Chapter • NewFarm - Organic Farming know-how from the Rodale Institute • SeedSavers - Heirloom seed preservation • Native Seeds - Protecting crop bio-diversity and Native American food culture • True Cost of Food - Sierra Club - Sustainable Consumption Committee • Local Harvest - Find a sustainable farm, CSA, etc. HOUSING • neXus Green Building Center - The Green Roundtable, Inc. is an independent non-profit organization whose mission is to promote and support healthy, efficient and sustaining development and building projects through strategic outreach, education, policy advocacy and technical assistance. POLITICAL CONCERNS • Middle East Mind Lock, The Occupation Within By James Brooks REDUCE, RE-USE, RECYCLE • The Freecycle Network™ is made up of many individual groups across the globe. It's a grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (& getting) stuff for free in their own towns. Each local group is moderated by a local volunteer (them's good people). • The 1,000 Word Manifesto - "We think that we're in the artifact business, but we're not; we're in the consequence business." Industrial designers re-think their profession TRANSPORTATION
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