eat Local Organic food and abate global starvation

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How the environment and eating (Local Organic Food) is linked to Gandhi's ideology for transforming the world. Many links.

June 5, observed annually as World Environment Day, turns the spotlight on issues like deforestation, pollution, climate change and global warming, but these discussions seldom make a connection with Gandhian ideology which offers a simple but powerful answer to the environmental ills that beset the earth today. Now validation of what Bapuji advocated, comes from an unlikely source -- the Worldwatch Institute, a research organization based in the USA.

Although Gandhi is remembered for his espousal of non-violence as an effective strategy for conflict resolution, his philosophy covered a much wider canvas and included a vision of development based on small, self-sufficient communities that grew their own food, in a sustainable model with decision-making vested at the grassroots level. The same idea of local self-sufficiency, particularly in food, is the central theme of the Worldwatch Institute's publication titled "Eat Here", which describes the enormous environmental price that modern societies pay, in terms of transport costs (and the pollution that millions of trucks and lorries cause, leading to widespread increases in respiratory illnesses around the world), the tons of chemical preservatives that get added to food products to prevent spoilage in transit across long distances, and the health costs that the community ends up paying under this global supermarket pattern of development.

Only 6 per cent of what one pays for a supermarket loaf of bread, Eat Here points out, goes to the farmer who actually grows the wheat.The rest goes into the pockets of middlemen, transporters, and oil companies. It is the same with perishable fruit and vegetables hauled over long distances. No wonder farmers, who feed the country, remain impoverished and contemplate suicide, while mammoth agribusiness corporations rake in earnings greater than the GDPs of some nations.

It is considered an 'improvement in the quality of life' if a community can enjoy out-of-season fruit or exotic vegetables imported from thousands of miles away, but what about the costs involved in packaging, refrigeration, the huge amounts of waste and pollution? Who pays? Also, if the availability of Washington apples (or Australian butter) in Bangalore is construed as 'progress', what about accountability when problems arise? An outbreak of mad cow disease saw millions of cows being burnt on massive pyres in England recently (causing dioxin scares from the smoke) and the slaughter of millions of chicken worldwide in the wake of a fear of bird flu. When food comes from far, it becomes impossible to trace the trouble spot in the long chain from producer to importer to retailer to buyer. Whereas, with food grown locally, consumers know what they get, where it was produced, with what inputs, and who sold it. The supermarket model of food retailing defaults on accountability and dehumanizes the community links between buyer and producer. The non-quantifiable costs are huge.

No wonder then, that initiatives for small community level food production and sales, are growing all over the West, as part of a "healthy, holistic model of living'. "The food tastes fresher, it is tastier, there is less processing and less of additives, and less chance of contamination between farm and plate, so it is healthier," say members of this growing movement for 'eating local'. It is described as "food democracy" (because there is less dependence on huge companies that can dictate monopolistic terms, to suppliers as well as buyers) and a movement against "culinary imperialism" (protesting against mass promotion of invariant fast food items that over-ride the attractions and advantages of local, culture-related eating traditions in the name of 'novelty' or 'modernity' especially in the developing countries).

Gandhi's protest was against another kind of imperialism, but his ideology encompassed a pattern of local self-sufficiency that is exactly what members of the 'local foods' movement in Europe and USA are promoting. Some of the shelf food is actually described by these groups as "embalmed food", because of the enormous amounts of synthetic chemicals that go into them.

Food trucks account for 40 per cent of road freight in the UK. In the US, food travels on average 2,400 km from farm to plate. That calls for enormous amounts of oil for transport - and oil becomes the reason for even going to war, because without oil the nation starves. Under the Gandhian model of local self-sufficiency, not only is dependence on extraneous factors (oil imports) reduced, the costs too get reduced. Imported foods, Eat Here estimates, costs four times as much as local food if the environmental costs are added. There are also the additional bonuses of better human relations within the community, cultural cohesiveness, and the dignity of individuals that comes with self-reliance that Gandhi valued so highly.

From consumer activist Ralph Nader, to the president of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy in the US, and professors of bio-ethics and nutrition at Princeton and Columbia, praise for Eat Here's focus on 'reclaiming homegrown pleasures in a global supermarket' has flown instintedly from different quarters of the West. Farmers' markets are burgeoning, and even American school cafeterias are choosing locally grown foods. While we, in the developing countries, scurry to adopt the dehumanized, cost-ridden, environmentally unsound models of supermarket retailing of food, in the name of 'progress'.

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ELIMINATE HUNGER AND ABATE GLOBAL STARVATION Luke 10:29
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http://victoria.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/46232.php
http://www.sistersonline.org/Articles/index.cfm?article_id=257

ORGANIC FARMING WILL FEED THE WORLD
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http://www.midiaindependente.org/en/blue/2005/06/320339.shtml
book: Eco-Farm; author: Charles Walters http://www.acresusa.com
journal: Acres http://www.acresusa.com

utilizing ORGANIC COMMUNITY GARDENS to feed the hungry
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http://www.communitygarden.org.au http://www.communitygarden.org/publications.php http://www.communitygarden.org.au http://www.growingpower.org http://www.greenguerillas.org http://www.greenthumbnyc.org
http://www.st.catharines.com/recreation/pt/grow_row.asp
http://www.earthandtable.com/commgarden/cgresources.html
http://www.tbdhu.com/food/security/Gardening.htm
http://www.cityfarmer.org/booksales.html
http://www.foodsecurity.org/links.html
http://www.communitygarden.org.au/news/cgjun05_email.pdf
http://www.longbeachorganic.org/Site/englishstartupguide.PDF
http://celosangeles.ucdavis.edu/garden/articles/startup_guide.html
http://www.ascribe.org/cgi-bin/spew4th.pl?ascribeid=20030513.123819&time...
http://news.ucanr.org/newsstorymain.cfm?story=476
http://www.vegparadise.com/24carrot4.html
http://www.organicfood.co.uk/stories/historicfarm.html
http://departments.oxy.edu/uepi
http://www.lta.org/resources/index.html
http://www.lta.org/publicpolicy/advocates.htm
Free book: http://www.wasatchgardens.org/Library/CommunityGardenStart-upHandbook.PDF
book: Growing Communities: How to Build Community Through Community Gardening; author: Jeanette Abi-Nader http://www.communitygarden.org/publications.php
book: Cultivating Community: Principles and Practices for Community Gardening as a Community-Building Tool; author: Karen Payne http://www.communitygarden.org/publications.php
book: Community Planning Handbook; author: N. Wates http://www.eco-logicbooks.com
book: Sustainable Communities; author: H. Barton http://www.eco-logicbooks.com
book: Sustainable Community - A Practical Guide http://www.eco-logicbooks.com
book: Common Sense of Community; author: D. Atkinson http://www.eco-logicbooks.com
book: Conservation Finance Handbook; author: Kim Hopper http://www.chelseagreen.com/2004/items/conservationfinance
book: Doing Deals: A Guide to Buying Land for Conservation http://www.amazon.com
book: In Gardens We Trust http://www.tpl.org/tier2_kad.cfm?folder_id=1385

connecting ORGANIC HOME GARDENS with FOOD BANKS to feed the hungry
P Patch Gardening and Grow a Row for the hungry
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http://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/ppatch http://www.seattletilth.org
http://www.growarow.org/overview.html http://www.organicconsumers.org
http://www.winnipegharvest.org/index.cfm?SC=6&PT=101
http://www.gleanerscoalition.org
http://lifecyclesproject.ca/food_directory/?q=node/444
http://www.compost.org/growarowintro.html
http://www.ywcapeterborough.org/growarow.htm
http://www.hmk.on.ca/plantarow.html
http://www.cnh.bc.ca/foodsecurity/growarow.htm
http://www.afbna.ca/plantarow.html
http://www.tbdhu.com/food/security/N148Plantarow%20Growarow.pdf
book: New Organic Grower; author: Eliot Coleman http://www.permaculture.co.uk/erc/erc3c.html#NOG
book: Super Nutrition Gardening; author: William Peavy http://www.alibris.com
book: Practical Guide to Container Gardening; author: Susan Berry http://eco-artware.com/books.shtml
book: Dirt Doctor's Guide to Organic Gardening; author: J. Howard Garrett http://www.alibris.com
book: Planning Your Organic Vegetable Garden; author: Dick Kitto http://www.alibris.com
book: Organic Gardening; author: Elizabeth Miller http://www.alibris.com
book: Soul of Soil; author: Grace Gershuny http://www.permaculture.co.uk/erc/erc3e.html#SS6
book: Permaculture Garden; author: Graham Bell http://www.permaculture.co.uk/erc/erc2.html#PCG
book: Organic Salad Garden; author: Joy Larkcom http://www.permaculture.co.uk/erc/erc3d.html#OGC
book: Growing and Using Herbs Successfully; author: Betty Jacobs http://acresusa.com
book: Heirloom Vegetable Gardening; author: William Weaver http://www.alibris.com
book: Organic Methods of Pest and Disease Management http://www.ciks.org/pub-org.htm
book: Weeds-Control Without Poisons; author: Charles Walters http://acresusa.com
book: Secret Life of Compost; author: Malcolm Beck http://acresusa.com
book: Handbook of Successful Ecological Lawn Care; author: Paul Sachs http://acresusa.com
book: Neem, The Ultimate Herb; author: John Conrick http://www.neemassociation.com/products.htm
book: Neem, a User's Guide http://www.ciks.org/pub-org.htm
book: Hydroponic Home Food Gardens; author: Howard Resh http://www.alibris.com
book: Planting a Bible garden; author: F. Nigel Hepper http://www.alibris.com
book: Keeping the Harvest; author: Nancy Chioffi http://acresusa.com
book: Allergy-Free Gardening; author: Thomas Ogren http://www.allergyfree-gardening.com
organic seeds: http://www.heirloomseeds.com http://www.seedalliance.org http://www.seedsavers.net http://www.enscseeds.org http://www.seedsavers.org http://www.nativeseeds.org http://www.korewildfruitnursery.co.uk
Free Cataloge reviewing books about Organic Gardening, Natural pest control and Natural weed control http://acresusa.com
Jouranl: Acres http://acresusa.com

utilizing ORGANIC GARDENING in SCHOOLS-UNIVERSITIES
for improving Academic Performance and social development
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http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/organicgardening/schools.php http://www.studentsseedsandsoil.com http://www.schoollunchinitiative.org http://www.edibleschoolyard.org/cla_lessons.html http://www.ecoliteracy.org/programs/rsl-guide.html http://www.calhealthyschools.org http://www.organicconsumers.org
http://departments.oxy.edu/uepi/cfj/cfj_factsheetsarticlesetc.htm
http://www.edibleschoolyard.org/cla_edures.html
http://www.edibleschoolyard.org/kit_lessons.html
http://www.utafoundation.org/Sunshine/home.htm
http://celosangeles.ucdavis.edu/garden/pubs/index.html
http://hort.ufl.edu/ggk/resbook.htm
http://www.communitygarden.org/commgreenrev-99.pdf
http://www.thewatershedproject.org/Library/research%20library.html
http://www.cherylcorson.com/lbd.pdf
http://www.drjaygordon.com/nutrition/goodfood/healthy01.htm
http://www.nwf.org/backyardwildlifehabitat/create_orderakit.cfm
http://www.jhsph.edu/clf/PDF%20Files/Toolkit.pdf
http://64.243.182.248/going_solar/better_schools.cfm
http://www.ncsc.ncsu.edu/programs/nc_solar_in_schools.cfm
http://www.solarschools.com http://irecusa.org/schools http://www.crestuk.org
http://www.pv.unsw.edu.au http://www.rise.org.au
http://www.fsec.ucf.edu/ed/teachers/links.htm
http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/wcee/keep/ProfessionalDevelopment/index.htm
http://www.jsonline.com/news/wauk/sep02/82148.asp?format=print
http://www.bibleplus.org/health/ms_lupus.htm
http://www.healthmasters.com http://www.livingnutrition.com
http://www.wellbeingjournal.com http://www.stevitastevia.com
book: Learning About Lifecycles Using An Organic Garden; author: Allan Randall http://www.permaculture.co.uk/erc/erc16.html#LAL2
book: How to Grow World Record Tomatoes; author: Charles Wilber http://www.acresusa.com
book: Square Foot Gardening; author: Mel Bartholomew http://www.squarefootgardening.com
book: Windowsill Gardening, Year-Round Indoor Gardening Projects for Kids; author: Klutz http://eco-artware.com/books.shtml
book: Super Nutrition Gardening; author: William Peavy http://www.acresusa.com
book: Permaculture Teachers' Guide; author: Andrew Goldring http://www.permaculture.co.uk/erc/erc2.html#PTG
book: Manual For Teaching Permaculture Creatively; author: Robin Clayfield http://www.eco-logicbooks.com
book: Soul of Soil; author: Grace Gershuny http://www.permaculture.co.uk/erc/erc3e.html#SS6
book: All New Square Foot Gardening; author: Mel Bartholomew (available February 2006)
book: Growing Naturally: A Teacher's Guide to Organic Gardening; author: M. Brown
book: A Child's Organic Garden, Grow Your Own Organic Vegetables; author: Fryer Bradford http://www.alibris.com
book: Childrenâ€™s Gardens: A Field Guide for Teachers, Parents, and Volunteers; author: Elizabeth Bremner
book: Let's Grow!: 72 Gardening Adventures with Children; author: Linda Tilgner http://www.alibris.com
book: Digging Deeper: A Comprehensive Guide to Integrating Youth Gardens into School and Communities; author: Kiefer and Kemple
book: Place-Based Education: Connecting Classrooms and Communities; author: Terry Williams http://www.oriononline.org/pages/ob/index_ob.html
book: Ecological Literacy: Educating Our Children for a Sustainable World; author: Michael Stone http://www.bioneers.org/programs/books/ecolit.php
book: How To Talk So Kids Can Learn; author: Adele Faber http://www.amazon.co.uk
book: Ability Development from Age Zero; author: Shinichi Suzuki http://www.azsuzuki.org/readlist.htm
book: Nurtured by Love, The Classical Approach to Talent Education; author: Shinichi Suzuki http://www.alibris.com
book: The Mozart Effect for Children; author: Don Campbell http://www.growingyourmusician.com/booksforparents.html
book: The Healthy School Handbook : Conquering the Sick Building Syndrome http://store.nea.org/NEABookstore/control/productdetails?item_id=1866400
http://www.seventhgeneration.com/site/pp.asp?c=coIHKTMHF&b=84958
Jouranl: Acres http://acresusa.com

BOOKS ABOUT ORGANIC GARDENING-FARMING
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http://www.acresusa.com http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk http://www.organicconsumers.org http://www.soil-health.org.nz http://www.organic.aber.ac.uk http://www.soilassociation.org
http://www.permaculture.co.uk/erc/book_list.html#Anchor%20L
http://agebb.missouri.edu/sustain/moa/almanac/2001fall
journal: Acres http://www.acresusa.com

BOOKS ABOUT BIODYNAMIC GARDENING-FARMING
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http://www.biodynamic.org.uk http://www.acresusa.com http://www.biodynamics.com http://www.biodynamic.org.nz http://www.biodynamics.net.au http://www.ibdf.de
http://www.moscowfoodcoop.com/books/wilson.html

ORGANIC GARDENING THERAPY
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http://www.thrive.org.uk http://www.camphillkimberton.org http://www.horticulturaltherapy.com.au http://www.growingcenter.org http://www.gardening4good.org http://www.plants-for-people.org http://www.camphill.org.uk http://htinstitute.org http://www.steinerwaldorf.org.uk http://www.kidsgardening.com http://www.calhealthyschools.org
http://www.kurisu.com/kurisu-restorative-gardens.shtml http://www.meristem.org
http://www.sustland.umn.edu/design/healinggardens.html
http://www.kinghorngardens.com/healing.htm http://www.kurisu.com
http://www.djc.com/special/landscape98/10037844.htm
http://www.socialworktoday.com/archive/swt_0905p19.htm
http://www.talesoftheearth.com/pages/articles.html
http://www.mhtachapter.org/resources.htm
http://www.healthdesign.org/resources/pubs/books/books_gardens.php
book: Starting a Horticultural Therapy Program; author: Cathedne Drew http://www.horticulturaltherapy.com.au/Object.asp?ObjectID=468
book: Healing Gardens, Therapeutic Benefits and Design Recommendations; author: Clare Cooper Marcus http://www.alibris.com
book: Accessible Gardening: Tips and Techniques for Seniors and the Disabled; author: Joann Woy
book: Restorative Gardens; author: Nancy Gerlach-Spriggs http://www.alibris.com
book: Horticultural Therapy and the Older Adult Population; author: Suzanne Wells
book: Horticulture As Therapy: A Practical Guide to Using Horticulture As a Therapeutic Tool; author: Mitchell Hewson

NATURAL ANIMAL CARE and HEALING BOOKS
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http://acresusa.com

WINTER FARMING AND GARDENING TECHNOLOGY
Solar greenhouses and more
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http://www.newfarm.org/features/0404/moore/greenhouse.shtml http://www.newfarm.org/features/0404/moore/greenhouseII.shtml http://biointensiveforrussia.igc.org http://www.fourseasonfarm.com http://www.growbiointensive.org/newsletter/may2000/passive-solar.html http://www.homepower.com
Passive Solar Greenhouse Workshop: design, construction and year round production:
contact: sandcmoore@juno.com telephone: 717.225.2489 (USA) Steve and Carol Moore
book: Four Season Harvest; author: Eliot Coleman http://www.fourseasonfarm.com/main/books/books.html
book: Solar Gardening; author: Leande Vogel Poisson http://www.permaculture.co.uk/erc/erc3e.html#SG2
book: Winter Harvest Manual; author: Eliot Coleman http://www.fourseasonfarm.com/main/books/books.html
book: Lasagna Gardening; author: Patricia Lanza http://www.alibris.com

HEATING GREEN HOUSES with SOLAR HOT WATER and radiant heating systems
(Using the floor as a Thermal Mass for Retaining Heat at Night - see THERMAL MASS)
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http://www.radiantsolar.com http://www.solargenix.com http://www.radiantec.com http://www.radiantcompany.com http://www.wirsbo.ca http://www.heliodyne.com http://www.twapanels.ca http://www.thermotechs.com http://www.thermomax.com http://www.orange-energy.de
Free Installation Manual: http://www.radiantec.com/installation.htm
book: Energy Conservation for Commercial Greenhouses; author: John Bartok http://www.growingedge.com/store/books_multimedia.php
book: Biodynamic Greenhouse Management; author: Heinz Grotzke http://www.alibris.com
book: Greenhouses for Homeowners and Gardeners; author: John Bartok http://www.growingedge.com/store/books_multimedia.php
book: Complete Greenhouse Book, Building and Using Greenhouses from Cold-Frames to Solar Structures; author: Peter Clegg http://www.alibris.com
book: Complete book of the Greenhouse; author: Ian Walls http://www.permaculture.co.uk/erc/erc3.html
book: Greener Greenhouses; http://www.growingedge.com/store/books_multimedia.php
book: Greenhouse Gardener's Companion; author: Shane Smith http://www.alibris.com
book: Building Your Own Greenhouse; author: Mark Freeman http://www.alibris.com
book: Gardening Under Cover: A Northwest Guide to Solar Greenhouses, Cold Frames; author: William Head http://www.alibris.com
book: Building and Using Cold Frames http://www.alibris.com
book: Polytunnel Companion; author: Jayne Neville
book: Gardening Under Plastic: How to Use Fleece, Films, Cloches and Polytunnels; author: Bernard Salt
book: Starting Early Flowering and Vegetable Plants Under Glass; author: Charles Nissley http://www.alibris.com

HEATING GREEN HOUSES with GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMPS and radiant heating systems
(note: some manufactures in Europe combine geothermal with solar hot water and solar wall heating systems)
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http://www.advgeothermal.co.uk http://www.radiantcompany.com http://www.demarcoenergy.com http://www.wirsbo.ca http://www.orange-energy.de http://www.twapanels.ca

BRINGING SUN LIGHT INDOORS for Gardening inside your home
(recycling indoor air with plants, save energy)
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http://www.solatube.com http://www.kalwall.com http://www.sunpipe.com http://www.sun-dome.com
book: Daylight Design of Buildings; author: Nick Baker http://www.cat.org.uk

UTILIZING ORGANIC ALLOTMENTS TO FEED THE HUNGRY
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http://www.hhdra.org.uk http://www.nsalg.org.uk http://www.farmgarden.org.uk http://www.soilassociation.org http://www.jardins-familiaux.org http://www.allotment.info http://www.allotments-uk.com http://www.allotment.org.uk http://neildixon.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk http://www.earthlypursuits.com/AllotGuide/AllotGuide.htm http://www.btinternet.com/%7Erichard.wiltshire/alldoc13.htm http://www.odpm.gov.uk/index.asp?id=1127689 http://www.allotments.net http://www.keirg.freeserve.co.uk/diary/default.html http://perrone.blogs.com http://www.staan.co.uk http://www.keirg.freeserve.co.uk/diary/default.html http://www.kitchengardens.dial.pipex.com/homepage.htm http://www.paddocks-allotments.org.uk http://www.othas.org.uk http://www.spahill.org.uk/shogg http://www.firsestateallotments.co.uk http://www.btinternet.com/~richard.wiltshire/draa1.htm http://www.wlcsallotments.org.uk http://www.weybridgeoasis.org
http://www.farmgarden.org.uk/ari http://www.foodsecurity.org/UAHealthArticle.pdf
book: The City People's Book of Raising Food, authors: William Olkowski and Helga Olkowski http://www.alibris.com
book: Allotment Gardening; author: Susan Berger http://www.permaculture.co.uk/erc/erc3.html#AGO
book: Successful Allotments http://www.permaculture.co.uk/erc/erc3b.html#SA2
book: The Allotment Handbook http://www.permaculture.co.uk/erc/erc3.html#AH1

PERMACULTURE FARMING-GARDENING Methods for Europe and Temperate Countries
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book: The Earth Care Manual; author: Patrick Whitefield http://www.permaculture.co.uk/erc/erc2.html#ECM

PEAK OIL AND PERMACULTURE
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http://istanbul.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/77679.php

NATURE FARMING
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http://www.infrc.or.jp http://www.naturesnovel.com http://www.moa-inter.or.jp http://www.emlabo.co.jp
book: Nature Farming and Microbial Applications; author: Hui-lian Xu http://www.acresusa.com

COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE (CSA)
keeping our communities Safe from Peak Oil
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http://www.cuco.org.uk/index.php?page=3 http://www.localharvest.org/csa http://www.biodynamics.com/csa.html http://www.csacenter.org
http://www.pccnaturalmarkets.com/farmtrust/index.html
http://solutions.synearth.net/2004/02/04
http://www.foodsecurity.org/PerspectivesOnCFS.pdf
http://www.localharvest.org/csa.jsp
http://www.planetfriendly.net/dontpave.html
http://www.vlt.org/partners.html
http://www.lta.org/newsroom/pr_090105.htm
http://www.swcs.org/en/advocacy/societys_latest_action/letter_to_protect...
http://www.seedinternational.com.au/CG%20article%201.html
http://www.context.org/ICLIB/IC42/Resource.htm
http://www.indianlinefarm.com/csa.html
http://www.communitylandtrust.salford.ac.uk
http://www.pccnaturalmarkets.com/farmtrust
http://www.nfucountryside.org.uk/news-1691.htm
http://www.fordhallfarm.com/Project%20home.htm
http://www.cureorganicfarm.com/curenews.htm
http://farmlandtrust.coop/farmcoop/wrap.php?about.html
http://www.farmers-market.org/vendors/kirsopfarm/kirsopfarm.html
http://www.planetfriendly.net/dontpave.html
http://www.ctnofa.org/Farmland.php
http://www.farmland.org
http://www.savelancasterfarms.org/savelanc
http://www.ffcf.bc.ca/gg_new2/PDF%20and%20linked%20documents/Mar%202003%...
http://www.permacult.com.au/community/land_trust01.html
http://www.umich.edu/~econdev/agrecondev
http://aesop.rutgers.edu/~njuep/tec3.html
http://www.landtrustalliance.bc.ca/research.html
http://www.lta.org/publications/index.html
http://www.lta.org/resources/index.html
http://www.bodeganet.com/landtrust/about.html
http://uruguay.indymedia.org/news/2005/06/36067.php http://www.isec.org.uk
book: Sharing the Harvest; author: Elizabeth Henderson http://www.permaculture.co.uk/erc/erc17.html#STH
book: Farms of Tomorrow: Community Supported Farms; author: Trauger Groh http://www.greenpatchseeds.com.au/biodynamic.html
book: Rebirth of the Small Family Farm, authors: Bob and Bonnie Gregson http://www.acresusa.com
book: MetroFarm; author: Michael Olson http://www.growingedge.com/store/books_multimedia.php
book: The New Organic Grower: Master's Manual; author: Paul Hawken and Eliot Coleman
book: Valuable Vegetables; author: Mandy Pullen http://www.amazon.co.uk
book: Formula to Create Community Supported Agriculture; author: Robyn Van En http://www.csacenter.org/brochure.html
book: Community Land Trust, A Next Step In Hummanizing The Economy; author: Gretchen Older http://www.amazon.co.uk
book: Community Land Trust Handbook http://www.amazon.co.uk http://www.alibris.com
book: Starting a Land Trust, by Land Trust Alliance http://www.alibris.com
book: Sold Out; author: William Young http://www.permaculture.co.uk/erc/erc18b.html#SOT
book: The Economics of Convulsion; author: Harold Wills http://www.alibris.com
video: CSA: Making a Difference http://www.csacenter.org/brochure.html

HEATING BUILDINGS and SPAS with Solar hot water
and radiant heating systems
(note: some manufatures combine solar hot water with geothermal heat pumps)
(Using the floor as a Thermal Mass for Retaining Heat at Night - see THERMAL MASS HEAT STORAGE)
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http://www.radiantsolar.com http://www.heliodyne.com http://www.radiantcompany.com http://www.radiantec.com http://www.solargenix.com http://www.thermotechs.com http://www.twapanels.ca http://www.wirsbo.ca http://www.thermo-dynamics.com/solar_radiant_heat.html http://www.solarthermal.com http://www.thermomax.com http://www.twapanels.co.uk http://www.radiantheatingweb.com/learn/101202.asp
http://www.ourcoolhouse.com/images/construction/floor.htm
training for: installing and maintaining solar radiant heating systems: http://www.solarenergy.org sli@solarliving.org
Gino Nicolai Hydronic Radiant Simulator Training Center http://www.theiqa.com/gntc.shtml
Free Installation Manual: http://www.radiantec.com/installation.htm
book: Modern Hydronic Heating; author: Siegenthaler http://www.alibris.com
book: Radiant Heating and Cooling Handbook; author: Richard Watson http://www.ourcoolhouse.com/go/library/10000/BS_1077567592
book: Solar Water Heating, A DIY Guide; author: Paul Trimby http://www.permaculture.co.uk/erc/erc13c.html#SWH
book: Hydronic radiant heating, a practical guide for the nonengineer installer; author: Dan Holohan http://www.heatinghelp.com
book: Modern Hydronic Heating for Residential and Light Commercial Buildings; author: John Siegenthaler http://www.radiantheatingweb.com/learn
book: Radiant Floor Heating; author: R. Dodge Woodson http://www.radiantheatingweb.com/learn
book: Golden Rules of Hydronic Heating; author: Dan Holohan http://www.amazon.com
book: Installation Guide for Residential Hydronic Heating Systems http://www.alibris.com

SOLAR HEAT STORAGE
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http://www.iea-eces.org http://www.orange-energy.de http://www.freeheat.com.au http://www.solargenix.com http://www.warmwater.com

THERMAL MASS HEAT STORAGE
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Some European manufactures use the floor for thermal mass heat storage. This can keep the building warm for three to seven days if electricity is lost or there are many cloudy days in a row or if there is little daylight during the winter.

One method is to put a layer of insulation on the ground, using the same insulation that is used for the Monolithic Dome, see www.monolithicdome.com. A three foot (one meter) layer of sand is placed over the insulation. In the sand is placed the hydronic radiant floor heating system or hot water pipes. Then the flooring system is placed on top of the sand.

A deeper base of sand may use to obtain more thermal mass for areas of extreme cold. The hot water heats up the thermal mass of sand allowing the retained heat to keep the building warm if electricity is lost or there are many cloudy days.

An additional option for multi story buildings is to place one foot ( 1/3 meter) of sand between upper level floors and to place additional hydronic heating pipes in the sand. A floor systems is placed on top of the sand. The building has be built extra strong to withstand the additional weight of sand sub-flooring. Some manufactures use the steel framing method for homes and building to obtain the strength needed for the additional weight of the sand. See www.tri-steel.com for steel homes and buildings.

HEATING BUILDINGS with VEGETABLE BioDiesel
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(recycled used Cooking Oil works better than home heating oil)
http://www.homepower.com http://www.dieselsecret.com/heatingoil.html http://www.biodieselwarehouse.com

SOLAR WALLS
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http://www.solarwall.com http://www.kalwall.com

FREE JOURNAL ABOUT SOLAR ENERGY, Sustainable Technologies:
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http://www.homepower.com http://www.epsea.org

FREE CATALOG - RENEWABLE ENERGY
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http://www.realgoods.com/renew/service/catalog.cfm
telephone: 800-919-2400 (USA and Canada)

TOURS of SOLAR HOMES and SOLAR BUILDINGS
and links to local chapter NGO's and their events
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http://www.ases.org http://www.solarhouseday.com/index01.shtml http://homepower.com

PASSIVE SOLAR HEATING of BUILDINGS
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http://www.greenhouse.gov.au/yourhome/technical/fs14.htm
http://www.ourcoolhouse.com/phase2.htm
http://www.sunplans.com http://www.solardwellings.com.au http://www.omsolar.net http://www.poweredliving.co.nz http://www.solarliving.org
book: Passive Solar House; author: James Kachadorian http://www.permaculture.co.uk/erc/erc12d.html#PSH
book: Solar House, Passive Heating and Cooling; author: Ph.D. Chiras http://www.alibris.com
book: Affordable Passive Solar Homes; author: Richard Crowther http://www.alibris.com
book: Passive Solar Design and Construction Handbook; author: Michael J. Crosbie
book: Warm House, Cool House: Inspirational Designs for Low-Energy Housing; author: Nick Hollo http://www.bookworm.com.au/bookworm/dw000013.htm
book: The Passive Solar Energy Book: A Complete Guide to Passive Solar Home, Greenhouse, and Building Design; author: Edward Mazria http://www.alibris.com
book: Solar Projects for Under 500 Dollars; author: Mary Twitchell http://www.amazon.co.uk
book: Passive Solar Construction Handbook; author: Levy Emanuel http://www.alibris.com
book: Survey of European Passive Solar Buildings; author: Commissariat a L'ene http://www.amazon.co.uk
book: Profiting from Sunshine - Passive Solar Building in the Mountains http://www.amazon.co.uk
book: Passive Solar Design Strategies; National Renewable Energy Lab http://bookstore.greenbuilder.com/index.books
book: Passive Solar Retrofit; author: Darryl Strickler http://www.alibris.com

GeoThermal Heat Pumps for HEATING and COOLING OF BUILDINGS
note - some Manufactures combine GeoThermal systems with solar hot water heating systems
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http://www.advgeothermal.co.uk http://www.demarcoenergy.com http://www.geothermalheatpump.com/how.htm http://www.geoexchange.org http://www.soundgt.com/links.htm http://www.earthenergy.co.uk http://www.heatpumpcentre.org http://www.aphgeothermal.com http://www.alliantenergygeothermal.com http://www.waterfurnace.com http://www.earthenergy.ca http://www.geosource.info http://www.igshpa.okstate.edu http://www.geothermalheatpump.com http://www.earthcomfort.com http://www.hydronmodule.com http://www.geothermal-heat-pump-resource.org http://www.hydro-temp.com http://www.geo-systems.com http://www.econar.com http://www.amgeo.com http://www.alliantenergygeothermal.com http://www.sustainablehawaii.com
book: Geothermal Heat Pumps, Introductory Guide http://www.hvacbooks.com/heat_pumps.htm
book: Closed Loop geothermal heat pump design handbook; author: Canbek Karaca http://www.amazon.com
book: Commercial geothermal heat pumps; author: J. Mark Hannifan http://www.amazon.com
book: Geothermal heat pump options manual; author: J. Mark Hannifan http://www.amazon.com
book: Ground Source Heat Pumps, Design of Geothermal Systems for Commercial & Institutional Buildings; author: Stephen Kavanaugh
book: How Come, Hydronic heating questions we've been asking for 100 years; author: Dan Holohan http://www.heatinghelp.com
book: Residential Hydronic Heating, The I=B=R Coursebook; author: Dan Holohan http://www.heatinghelp.com

SOLAR WATER HEATERS and solar heated swimming pools and spas
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http://www.heliodyne.com http://www.rpc.com.au http://www.tctsolar.com http://www.solar.org.uk http://www.thermotechs.com http://www.ecs-solar.com http://www.estif.org http://www.bubbleactionpumps.com http://www.heliosenergies.com http://www.sourceguides.com/energy http://www.sundasolar.com http://www.solarthermal.com http://www.thermotechs.com
free books: http://www.ecs-solar.com/publications.htm
book: Solar Hot Water Systems: Lessons Learned 1977 to Today; author: Tom Lane http://www.ecs-solar.com/lessons_learned.htm
book: Tapping The Sun, A Guide To Solar Water Heating http://www.eco-logicbooks.com
book: Solar Water Heating, A DIY Guide; author: Paul Trimby http://www.permaculture.co.uk/erc/erc13c.html#SWH
book: Cascade Solar Water Heating Plans; author: Bob Larson http://bookstore.greenbuilder.com/index.books
training for: installing and maintaining Solar water heating systems: http://www.solarenergy.org http://www.lowimpact.org/courses.htm http://greendragonenergy.co.uk http://www.rpc.com.au sli@solarliving.org http://www.homepower.com

BUILD INTO THE FUTURE
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Indestructible and energy efficient buildings and homes
(Hurricane proof, Tornado proof, Earthquake proof and Tidal Wave proof)
http://www.monolithicdome.com http://www.kalwall.com http://www.solatube.com http://www.solarwall.com http://www.demarcoenergy.com http://www.advgeothermal.co.uk http://www.sloanled.com http://www.cansolair.com http://www.myecospace.com http://www.thermotechs.com http://www.waterless.co.nz http://www.wintersundesign.com cnalbant@skydome.com.au

COHOUSING NETWORK
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http://www.cohousing.org http://www.cohousing.org.au http://www.cohousing.ca http://www.cohousingco.com http://www.converge.org.nz/evcnz http://home.vicnet.net.au/~cohouse http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/research/publications/hdm/back/8ahrentzen.html http://www.dollarsandsense.org/archives/1999/0199bader.html http://www.berkeleydaily.org/article.cfm?storyID=3205
book: Cohousing Handbook: Building a Place for Community; author: Chris Hanson http://bookstore.greenbuilder.com/index.books
book: Cohousing; author: C. McCamant http://www.tenspeedpress.com/catalog/all/item.php3?id=2079
book: Thinking About Cohousing; author: M. Field http://www.eco-logicbooks.com
book: The Challenge Of Sustainability; author: Lisa Gibellini http://www.converge.org.nz/evcnz/resources/hb_paper.html
book: Senior Cohousing; author: Charles Durrett http://www.tenspeedpress.com/catalog/all/item.php3?id=2158
free book: The Needs Of Innovative Community Housing Projects; author: Peter Scott http://pl.net/%7Epscott/rp/
journal: Cohousing Magazine http://www.cohousing.org/magazine

ECOVILLAGE NETWORK
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http://www.ecovillage.org http://www.villagepower.net http://www.zegg.de http://www.ecologicalsolutions.com.au http://www.ecohousing.pl.net http://www.earthaven.org http://www.lacaravana.org http://www.folkecenter.dk http://www.gen-europe.org ..
http://www.feasta.org/documents/shortcircuit/contents.html
Ecovillage Designers Conferences http://www.ecologicalsolutions.com.au
book: Ecovillages, a Practical Guide to Sustainable Communites; author: Jan Bang http://www.permaculture.co.uk/erc/book_list.html
book: Creating a Life Together, Practical Tools to Grow Ecovillages and Intentional Communities; author: Diana Christian http://www.permaculture.co.uk/erc/book_list.htm
book: EcoVillage Living, Restoring The Earth And Her People; author: Hildur Jackson http://www.eco-logicbooks.com
book: Creating A Life Together; author: D L Christian http://bookstore.greenbuilder.com/index.books
book: EcoVillage at Ithaca, Pioneering a Sustainable Culture; author: Liz Walker http://www.permaculture.co.uk/erc/book_list.htm
book: Natural Step for Communities; author: Sarah James http://www.newsociety.com/bookid/3841
book: Findhorn Book of Community Living; author: William Metcalf http://www.findhornpress.com
The Earth Repair Catalog http://www.permaculture.co.uk
journal: Communities magazine http://communities.ic.org

CAR SHARING
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http://www.greenhouse.gov.au/tdm/publications/carsharing.html
http://carshare.com http://www.carsharing.org http://www.carshare.co.nz http://www.flo.net.au http://carshare.org http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/campuscars/join.htm http://www.stattauto-kassel.de http://www.stattauto.de http://www.flexcar.com http://www.commuterpage.com/carshare.htm http://www.dublintraffic.ie/Carpool.html http://www.rideinfo.co.nz http://www.carsharing.net http://www.victoriacarshare.ca http://www.autoshare.com http://afo.sandelman.ca/afz/issue9-II.html http://www.zipcar.com http://www.bilkollektivet.no
book: International Developments Towards Improved Car-sharing Services; author: Ing Bodo Schwieger
book: Shared EVs in Denver: Extending the station car and car sharing concepts; author: Martin Bernard

SINGLE MOTHER COHOUSING
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http://www.co-abode.com http://www.homehold.org/about/hxacheiv.htm http://www.charityadvantage.com/goldengirlhomes/Home.asp
http://www.womenspress.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=1243&SectionID=1&...

COMMUNITIES for DISABLED PEOPLE
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http://www.camphill.org.uk http://www.thrive.org.uk http://www.camphillsoltane.org http://www.permaculture.org.uk
book: Camphill Movement; author: Karl Konig
book: Man as a Social Being; author: Karl Konig

COMMUNITIES for THE OLDER PEOPLE
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http://www.fellowshipcommunity.org http://www.thrive.org.uk http://www.permaculture.org.uk

INSULATING HOUSE PAINT
reduce heating and cooling costs and energy use
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http://www.insuladd.com

REDUCE AIR CONDITIONING COST 20% to 40%
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Paint your house and roof white, which reflects infra red sunlight http://www.duro-last.com/buildingowners/coolzone http://www.silvercote.com/reflective.asp

REDUCE AIR CONDITIONING COST 10% to 20%
by using solar Attic fans
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http://www.atticsolarfan.com http://www.hotattic.com http://www.solarventtech.com http://www.solatube.com/res_solarstar.php http://www.theledlight.com/solar-fans.html http://www.cetsolar.com

HOUSES FROM THE EARTH
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http://www.calearth.org http://www.rammedearthworks.com http://www.cobcottage.com http://www.earthshelter.com http://www.builderswithoutborders.org
book: Cobber's Companion: How to Build Your Own Earthen Home; author: Michael Smith http://www.cobcottage.com
book: Hand Sculpted House; author: Ianto Evans http://www.cobcottage.com
book: Ceramic Houses and Earth Architecture; author: Nader Khalili http://www.calearth.org
book: Earth-Sheltered House; author: Rob Roy http://www.cat.org.uk
book: Rammed Earth House; author: David Easton http://www.rammedearthworks.com/publications.html
book: The Owner-Built Adobe House; author: Duane Newcomb
book: Adobe Houses for Today; author: Laura Sanchez http://bookstore.greenbuilder.com/index.books
book: Adobe Build It Yourself; author: P.G. McHenry http://www.dirtcheapbuilder.com/adbuilityour.html
book: Cinva Ram block press Plans http://www.dirtcheapbuilder.com/cinvaramplans.html
book: Australian Earth-covered building; author: S. Baggs http://www.integratedliving.com.au/pub_aecb.htm
book: Earth-Sheltered Dwellings in Tunisa; author: Gideon Golany http://bookstore.greenbuilder.com/index.books
Dirtcheapbuilder Guide on CD http://www.dirtcheapbuilder.com
training: http://www.lowimpact.org/courses.htm http://www.rammedearthworks.com

STRAW BALE HOMES
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Recycling Straw- Create furniture and homes from straw waste
http://www.strawhomes.com http://www.greenbuilder.com/sbat http://www.primeboard.com http://www.strawboard.com http://www.meadowoodindustries.com http://www.odiseanet.com http://www.skillful-means.com http://www.environbiocomposites.com/biofiber.php http://www.nexwood.com http://www.kenaf-fiber.com http://www.kenaf-industries.com http://www.greenenaturalfibers.com http://www.visionpaper.com http://www.kenex.com
book: The New Strawbale Home; author: Catherine Wanek http://bookstore.greenbuilder.com/frame.books
book: Building With Straw Bales; author: Barbara Jones http://www.lowimpact.org/booksstrawbale.htm
book: More Straw Bale Building; author: Chris Magwood http://www.permaculture.co.uk/erc/erc12c.html#SBB1
book: Serious Straw Bale; author: Paul Lacinski http://www.solarenergy.org/resources/store.php
book: Straw Bale Details; author: Chris Magwood http://www.newsociety.com/bookid/3791
book: Strawbale Homebuilding http://www.soil-health.org.nz/books.htm
book: The Straw Bale House: Designing and Building with a Resource-Efficient Material; author: Athena Steen http://bookstore.greenbuilder.com/frame.books
book: Papercrete and Low Cost Homes http://www.dirtcheapbuilder.com/paplowcoshom.html
journal: The Last Straw; http://www.strawhomes.com
training for: buiding straw bale buildings http://www.solarliving.org http://www.lowimpact.org/courses.htm

STEEL FRAMED HOMES
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http://www.tri-steel.com http://www.heritagebuildings.com http://www.clarksteel.com http://www.sbi.se http://www.dietrichindustries.com http://www.cemcosteel.com http://www.marinoware.com

ROOF TOP GARDENING and Farming
and storm water abatement (Recycling storm water)
Saving energy costs by reducing heating and cooling costs and heat island mitigation
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http://www.greengridroofs.com http://www.greengridroofs.com/advantages/greengridadv/index.htm http://www.rooftopgardens.org http://livingroofs.org http://www.greenhellas.com http://www.miller-roofscapes.co.uk http://www.optigruen.de http://www.zinco.de http://www.roofgreening.com http://www.greenroofservice.com http://www.greenroof.se http://www.igra-world.com http://www.sfg-gruen.ch http://www.greenroof.co.uk http://www.greenroofplants.com http://www.dachgaertnerverband.de http://www.ecoroofsystems.com http://www.prairie-tech.com http://greenroofblocks.com http://www.eltgreenroofs.com http://www.gardensinthesky.com http://www.greenroofnewyork.com http://www.countyflatroofing.co.uk/greenroofs.html http://www.greenroofs.com http://www.roofmeadow.com http://www.sarnafilus.com/vegetated_roofs_s http://www.xeroflora.com http://www.hadj.net http://www.ecoroofseverywhere.org http://www.re-natur.de http://www.scholz-barth.com http://greenroofonline.com
http://www.greenfingers.com/articledisplay.asp?id=427
books: http://www.cityfarmer.org/booksales.html
book: Planting Green Roofs and Living Walls; author: Nigel Dunnett

ELECTRIC BICYCLES and ELECTRIC VEHICLES
Freedom from the Oil Pirates and Robber Barons
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http://manila.indymedia.org/index.php?action=newswire&parentview=6058
solar boats, solar bicycles, making BioDiesel

RECYCLING USED COOKING OIL into BIODIESEL
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Run your diesel vehicle on used cooking oil.
Fill your gas tank at fast food restaurants.
http://www.plantdrive.com http://www.greasecar.com
book: From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank; author: Joshua Tickell http://www.joshuatickell.com/books_films.htm
book: How to Make Biodiesel; author: Dan Carter http://www.lowimpact.org/booksbiodiesel.htm
book: Biodiesel Power; author: Lyle Estill http://www.newsociety.com/bookid/3898
training for: veg oil engine conversion: http://www.lowimpact.org/courses.htm

PEAK OIL and PERMACULTURE
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http://istanbul.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/77679.php

RENEWABLE ENERGY
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http://italy.indymedia.org/news/2005/10/903470.php
solar energy, wind energy, micro-hydro
ocean energy, tidal energy, river energy
energy conservation

ORGANIC TECHNOLOGY FOR GARDENERS and FARMERS
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http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2005/06/92738.php
http://www.midiaindependente.org/en/blue/2005/06/320339.shtml

WASTE NOT, WANT NOT
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http://www.zeri.org http://www.emtech.org http://www.oceanarks.org http://www.bokashi.co.nz http://www.elementgreen.com

TRAINING for DEVELOPING COUNTRIES and for emergency response teams
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http://www.lowimpact.org/courses.htm http://www.rpc.com.au http://www.carbon.org http://www.sunutility.com/html_pg/healthcare.html http://ranchomastatal.com http://greendragonenergy.co.uk http://www.lutw.org http://www.grupofenix.org http://www.solarenergy.org http://www.scoraigwind.com http://www.seedinternational.com.au http://www.watermotor.net http://www.solarliving.org http://www.homepower.com http://www.journeytoforever.org http://www.rainwaterclub.org http://www.sre.org.np http://www.lowimpact.org http://www.passerelleco.info http://www.gen-europe.org http://portugal.ecovillage.org ian@solarenergy.org
Specialized training for women http://www.solarenergy.org http://www.hlf.org.np/solsis.htm

EMERGENCY SHELTERS AND HOUSING
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book: Earthbag Building; author: Kaki Hunter

WORM COMPOSTING
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http://www.vermico.com http://www.elementgreen.com http://www.wormdigest.org http://www.wormbooks.com http://www.eco-ireland.com http://www.bedrockworms.com http://www.wormwoman.com/acatalog/index.html http://www.earthworms.co.nz http://vermitechnology.com http://www.wonderwormsuk.com/recycling
http://www.sfenvironment.com/aboutus/recycling/compost/worm.htm
http://home.alphalink.com.au/~salo/rivers/guide.html
http://whatcom.wsu.edu/ag/compost/Redwormsedit.htm
book: Worms Eat My Garbage; author: Mary Appelhof http://www.vermico.com/books.htm
book: Recycle With Earthworms; author: Shelley Grossman http://www.wormbooks.com/all.books.htm
book: Let An Earthworm Be Your Garbage Man http://www.wormbooks.com/all.books.htm
book: Composting With Worms; author: G. Pilkington http://www.eco-logicbooks.com
book: A Worm's Eye View of Recycling Rubbish http://www.soil-health.org.nz/books.htm
book: The Farmer's Earthworm Handbook; author: David Ernst http://www.vermico.com/books.htm
article: The Worm Composting Toilet http://www.wormdigest.org
book: The Worm CafÃ©: Mid-Scale Vermicomposting of Lunchroom Wastes- A Manual for Schools
resources for the Classroom http://www.wormwoman.com/acatalog/index.html
schools and univerities composting their organic waste http://www.wormwoman.com/acatalog/index.html
newsletters: http://www.vermico.com/newsletter1.htm http://www.elementgreen.com
training and seminars: http://www.vermico.com/seminar.htm
Kitchen Worm Composter http://www.elementgreen.com

COMPOST TEA
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http://www.vermico.com/compost_tea_brewers.htm http://www.growingsolutions.com http://www.soilsoup.com
http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/compost-tea-notes.html#soilfoodweb
http://www.westonaprice.org/bookreviews/fateful-harvest.html
book: Compost Tea Brewing Manual; author: Elaine Ingham http://earthfortification.com/shopexd.asp?id=18 http://www.vermico.com/books.htm
book: An Introduction to the Soil Foodweb; author: Elaine Ingham http://www.soilfoodweb.com http://earthfortification.com/shopexd.asp?id=22

WORM TEA
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http://www.ourvitalearth.com/tea.php http://www.wackyworldsof.com/worm-tea http://bristen.com/natureshop/gardenjournal/wormtea.htm http://www.kitsapezearth.com/fact.html#tea

E.M. COMPOSTING
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http://www.emtech.org http://www.emrousa.com/about.html http://www.bokashi.co.nz http://www.eminfo.info http://www.agriton.nl/apnanman.html http://www.emro.co.jp http://www.emtrading.com http://www.embnusa.org http://www.emnz.com http://www.emrochina.com http://www.emroeurope.com http://www.multikraft.at http://www.school-el.net http://www.unet.or.jp http://www.emrokorea.com http://www.go-emco.co.jp http://www.embiotech.org http://www.chujosl.com http://www.effectivemicro-organisms.co.uk http://www.emgreen.pl http://www.emhellas.com http://www.emiko.de http://www.lindros.co.za/Effective%20Microorganisms.htm http://www.emhawaii.com
http://www.newfarm.org/depts/gleanings/0803/rutter.shtml
book: Beneficial and Effective Microorganisms for a Sustainable Agriculture and Environment; author: Teruo Higa
book: An Earth Saving Revolution; author: Teruo Higa http://www.emtechnologynetwork.org
book: Eco Pure The Front Line of EM Kitchen Garbage Recycle; author: EM Joho-shitsu
book: EM Teacher's Manual Transforming Waste http://www.emtechnologynetwork.org
Compost-Zing for Kitchen Waste Recycling http://www.bokashi.co.nz/order_form.htm
Bokashi Compost-Zing Systems http://www.bokashi.co.nz/order_form.htm
EM Kitchen Composter bucket http://www.emtechnologynetwork.org

RECYCLING WASTE WATER
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http://www.ecological-engineering.com http://www.wolvertonenvironmental.com http://www.emrousa.com/about.html http://www.emtech.org

PURIFYING WASTE WATER WITH PLANT TECHNOLOGY
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book: Growing Clean Water; author: B. C. Wolverton http://www.wolvertonenvironmental.com http://www.bioscan.dk http://www.oceanarks.org http://www.waterstewards.org

PURIFYING WATER WITH POND SAND FILTER SYSTEMS
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http://www.asia-arsenic.net/dhaka/posand-e.htm http://www.sos-arsenic.net

GRAY WATER RECYCLING
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http://www.oasisdesign.net http://www.ecological-engineering.com http://www.oceanarks.org http://www.waterrecycling.com http://www.waterrecycle.com.au http://www.korte-organica.hu http://www.livingmachines.com http://www.cepp.cc http://www.seacology.org http://www.seaweb.org
book: Builder's Greywater Guide; author: Art Ludwig http://www.oasisdesign.net
book: Sewage Solutions; author: Nick Grant http://www.newsociety.com/bookid/3914

RECYCLING HEAT FROM WASTE WATER for heating and cooling buildings
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http://www.demarcoenergy.com http://www.focus-solar.com

NO FLUSH COMPOSTING TOILET SYSTEMS
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http://www.compostingtoilet.com http://www.waterless.co.nz http://www.toiletsforall.org http://www.composttoilet.nl http://www.ecosan.nl http://www.sun-mar.com http://www.riles.org http://www.solartoilet.com http://www.envirolet-europe.com http://www.berger-biotechnik.de http://www.aquatron.se
book: Composting Toilet System Book; author: David Del Porto http://www.oasisdesign.net
book: Humanure Handbook; author: Joseph Jenkins http://www.jenkinspublishing.com/humanure.html
book: Wastewater Recycling Manual http://csestore.cse.org.in
book: The Toilet Papers: Designs to Recycle Human Waste; author: Sim Van Der Ryn http://www.alibris.com
article: The Worm Composting Toilet http://www.wormdigest.org
Compost-Zing for compost toilets http://www.bokashi.co.nz/order_form.htm
training for: building composting toilet systems http://www.cepp.cc

SOLAR WATER PURIFICATION
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http://www.mindquest.de/Zonnewater http://www.sunutility.com/html_pg/thermos_bottle.html http://www.solartoilet.com

SOLAR POWERED OZONE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS
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http://www.hlf.org.np/spowts.htm

RECYCLING and PURIFYING INDOOR AIR by utilizing plant technology
(reducing heating and cooling costs)
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book: How To Grow Fresh Air; author: B. C. Wolverton http://www.wolvertonenvironmental.com
http://www.corporate-plants.ie/html/plants___health.html
http://www.nipa.asn.au/Articles/article17.htm
http://plantsatwork.org/pdf/NatHotelExec2.pdf
http://www.healthygreenatwork.org
http://www.iuoe.org/cm/iaq_greenbuild.asp?Item=447
http://www.houseofplants.co.uk/healthbenefits.html
http://www.greenworks.com/healthbenefits.htm
http://www.nipa.asn.au/Articles/article6.htm
http://www.plantscleanair.com
http://www.interiorplantscaper.com/benefitp.htm
http://www.planterra.com/research/research_1.php
http://www.planterra.com/research/research_2.php
http://www.planterra.com/research/SymposiumUlrich.pdf
http://www.drdelphinium.com/green/research.asp
http://www.actionindoorplants.com.au/benefits.htm
http://www.potnplant.com.au/health.htm
http://www.secondnatureplants.com

SOLAR TUBE INDOOR DAYLIGHTING for growing plants indoors
(reducing heating and cooling costs)
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http://www.solatube.com http://www.kalwall.com http://www.sunpipe.com http://www.sun-dome.com
http://64.243.182.248/going_solar/better_schools.cfm

RAINWATER HARVESTING COLLECTION SYSTEMS
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http://www.ircsa.org http://www.rainharvesting.co.uk http://www.eng.warwick.ac.uk/dtu/rwh/index.html http://www.raincentre.org http://www.smartflo.com.au http://www.rainwaterclub.org http://www.aboutrainwaterharvesting.com http://www.krg-rainwater.com http://www.rainwaterharvesting.org http://www.rainwaterharvesting.net http://www.skywater.jp
book: Rainwater Harvesting; author: Arnold Pacey and Adrian Cullis http://www.permaculture.co.uk/erc/erc13b.html#RH1
book: Rainwater Catchment Systems for Domestic Supply; author: Erik Nissen Petersen http://www.permaculture.co.uk/erc/erc13b.html#RCS
book: Safe Rainwater Collection; author: Charmaine Taylor http://www.dirtcheapbuilder.com/safraincol.html
book: Water Storage: Tanks, Cisterns; author: by Art Ludwig http://www.oasisdesign.net
book: Water Harvester's Manual http://csestore.cse.org.in
book: Tanks of South India http://csestore.cse.org.in
book: Ferrocement Water Tanks http://www.eco-logicbooks.com
book: Ferrocement Tank Construction Manual http://www.dirtcheapbuilder.com/sol.html

FOG WATER COLLECTION SYSTEMS
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http://www.fogquest.org http://www.scienceinafrica.co.za/2003/march/fog.htm
http://www.oas.org/osde/publications/unit/oea59e/ch12.htm
http://www.silsoe.cranfield.ac.uk/iwe/documents/fog.pdf
book: Fog Water Collection Manual http://www.fogquest.org/Manual.shtml

WATER SCARCITY
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book: Last Oasis: Facing Water Scarcity; author: Sandra Postel http://www.worldwatch.org
book: Water for every Farm; author: P. Yeomans http://www.acresusa.com
book: Gardening Without Water; author: Charlotte Green http://www.alibris.com
http://www.zeolite.com.au http://chapinlivingwaters.org http://www.ecoshower.com.au http://www.swaphep.virtualactivism.net http://www.thewaterpage.com

RECYCLING STORM WATER
(heat island mitigation, cleaning and filtering storm water)
Porous concrete vehicle parking areas and green parking lots
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http://www.grasscrete.com http://www.ecocreto.com http://www.nidaplast.nl http://www.hexapath.com http://www.perfo-uk.com http://www.hoofmark.co.uk http://www.netlon.co.uk/_turfsystems http://www.heitonuk.com/ground1.htm http://www.invisiblestructures.com.au http://www.grasspave.com/GP2/grasspave.htm http://www.ritter-technik.co.uk/grass.html http://www.geoproducts.org http://www.geosyn.co.uk/products/duoblock.html http://earth-savers.com

PURIFYING and RECYCLING POLLUTED SOIL with plants
(phytoextraction of lead, arsenic and uranium from soil)
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http://www.edenspace.com http://www.kengro.com

RECYCLING GLASS
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http://www.enviroglasproducts.com http://www.remade.org.uk http://www.rbgc.co.uk http://www.energywiserecycledglass.co.uk http://www.recycledglassworks.com http://www.bedrockindustries.com http://www.fireandlight.com http://www.glasstile.com http://www.greenglass.org http://www.icestone.biz
book: Trash to Treasure; author: Ann Van Wagner Childs http://eco-artware.com/books.shtml
book: Choose to Reuse, An Encyclopedia of Services, Businesses, Tools & Charitable Programs That Facilitate Reuse http://bookstore.greenbuilder.com/index.books