Related Links & Resources

DR Member Blogs

• Ecovillage Musings
  
• Small-Scale: Life in an Ecovillage
  
• Dan's DR Blog
  
• Liat's Journal
  
• Dave's Timber Frame Building Blog
  
• The Year of Mud: Building a Cob House
  
• Ecovegan Food Blog
  
• Dreams to Reality Sustainable Building and Design
  
• Mercantile's blog: A Passion for Green Business
  

Communities

• Fellowship for Intentional Community, a great place to find out about all sorts of intentional communities.
• Federation of Egalitarian Communities, a network of income sharing egalitarian communities. Skyhouse is a member of the FEC.
• Sandhill Farm, our friends and neighbors 3 miles down the road.
• Global Ecovillage Network, info on ecovillages worldwide.

• Abundant Dawn - Near Floyd Virgina
• Earthaven - Ecovillage in North Carolina
• Lost Valley - Community and education center in Oregon
• Sirius - Community with ecological focus in Massachusettes
• Twin Oaks - Large, 30 year old income sharing community in Virgina

Products and Services

• Milkweed Mercantile at Dancing Rabbit. Eco Inn, Organic Cafe and (online) General Store.
• GreenPeople, provides a searchable directory of products and services provided by eco-friendly people.
• Buy Green Home Page, a guide to Green products and services.
• Community Bookshelf, a great source for books on community related issues.
• Real Goods, THE source and resource for sustainable living products.
• Recycled and Non-Tree Paper
  • Recycled Office Products
  • Ecomall's Paper Section
  • Living Tree Paper Company, makes tree-free, mostly hemp paper.

General Sustainability Resources

• Midwest Renewable Energy Association, which puts on the Energy and Alternative Living Fair at the Fairgrounds in Amherst, Wisconsin.
• Heartwood dedicated to the health and well being of our native forests.
• Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network (EREN)
• GrassRoots Biodiesel Homepage, hosted by us.
• The Green Map System, maps of major cities around the world and the ecologically significant sites there.
• Green-Trust.org Sustainability Research Center dedicated to teaching folks how to live in a renewable, sustainable manner.
• Earth Island Institute
• The Venus Project calls for no less than the total redesign of our culture.
• The Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), facilitates access to data and information on human interactions in the environment, global environmental change, and sustainable development.
  
• Ecological Society of America
  
• The Online Homesteading and Small Farming Resource!
• EPA's Surf Your Watershed
• Committee for the National Institute for the Environment, working to improve the scientific basis for making decisions on environmental issues through creation of a new, non-regulatory environmental science and education entity.

Indices of Links

• EnviroLink Library
• Environmental Organization WebDirectory!
• Empowerment Resources for Personal Growth, Social Change, and Ecology, offering discounted books and links.

Waste and Recycling

• Global Recycling Network, a business look at eco-products.
• King County Commission for Marketing Recyclable Materials, dedicated to finding markets for recycled materials.
• The Humanure Handbook Online, filled with information about composting human waste.

Agriculture and Plants

• CSANA, everything you need to know about Community Supported Agriculture.
• Plants For A Future, to research plant varieties and uses.

Sustainable Building

• Environmental Building News
• greenhomebuilding.com has resources and photos for strawbale, earthbag, cob, papercrete, and more.
• Sustainable Sources Environmental Website
• Cob Cottage Company
• Affordable Comfort is a leader in energy efficiency, weatherization, home environmental quality, and housing performance.
• Building Energy Efficiency Group (BEA) undertakes diverse research on the performance of buildings through both direct measurement and simulation
• Energy Efficient Building Organization (EEBA)
• Oikos: Green Building Source
• ENERGY STAR Homes Program, U.S. EPA Energy Star Program

Non-Profit Resources

• The Idealist, a list of nonprofits on the web and resources for them.
  

Publications

• Home Power Magazine
• BackHome Magazine
• Museletter is a monthly exploration of cultural renewal. Good stuff.
• New Money for Healthy Communities-local currency
  
• The International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology
• Home Energy magazine
• Rustle the Leaf, an enlightening and amusing online comic with an ecological and progressive focus.
• The Guardian, a monthly newsletter of national and international environmental service trips.

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