Y2K Sustainability Resources
Compiled by
Tom Atlee, Gayle Parrish, Panther F. Wilde, and others.
If you are interested in local, sustainable, self-reliant systems
that could make your community (and your life) more resilient,
take a look at some of these resources.
Alternative Products
- Real Goods Company, 555 Leslie St., Ukiah,
CA 95482; 1-800-762-7325 (www.realgoods.com)
- the oldest and largest US supplier of renewable products for
energy independence
- Jade Mountain, PO Box 4616, Boulder CO 80306;
303-449-6601 (www.jademountain.com)
- specializes in "appropriate technology" of all kinds.
Books
- The Millennium Whole Earth Catalog: Access to Tools
and Ideas for the Twenty-First Century, ed. by Howard
Rheingold (1994, Harper San Francisco)
- AWAKENING: The Upside
of Y2K, edited by Judy Laddon, Tom Atlee, and Larry
Shook (1998, The Printed Word, Spokane, WA).
- Going Local: Creating Self-Reliant Communities in
a Global Age, by Michael H. Shuman (1998, The Free Press,
NY).
- Restoring the Earth: Visionary Solutions from the
Bioneers, by Kenny Ausubel (1997, H.J.Kramer, Tiburon,
CA).
- Towards Sustainable Communities: Resources for Cities
and Their Governments, by Mark Roseland (1998, New Society
Publishers, Gabriola Island, BC)
- Gaviotas!: A Village to Reinvent the World,
by Alan Weisman (1998, Chelsea Green, White River Junction, VT)
- A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction,
and A Timeless Way of Building, by Christopher Alexander,
Sara Ishikawa, and Murray Silverstein (1977, Oxford University
Press, NY)
- Living on Less: An Authoritative Guide to Affordable
Food, Fuel and Shelter, edited by John Vivian and The
Mother Earth News (1998, Chelsea Green, White River Junction,
VT)
- The Cobber's Companion: How to Build Your Own Earthen
Home, by Michael Smith (1997, The Cob Cottage Company,
Cottage Grove, OR)
- The Home Water Supply: How to Find, Filter, Store
and Conserve Water, by Stu Campbell (1983, Storey Books)
- How to Grow More Vegetables, by John Jeavons
(1995, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, CA)
- The Humanure Handbook, by Joseph C. Jenkins
(1996, Chelsea Green, White River Junction, VT)
- The Encyclopedia of Country Living, by Carla
Emery (1994, Sasquatch Books, Seattle, WA)
- The Ecology of Commerce, by Paul Hawken
(1993, HarperCollins, NY)
- Creating Community Anywhere: Finding Support and
Connection in a Fragmented World, by Carolyn Shaffer
and Kristin Anundsen (1993, Tarcher/Perigree, NY)
- The Joy of Conversation: The Complete Guide to Salons,
by Jaida N'ha Sandra and the editors of Utne Reader (1997, Utne,
Minneapolis, MN)
Magazines
- YES! A Journal of Positive Futures, quarterly,
$24/yr, PO Box 10818, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110; 1-800-937-4451.
(www.futurenet.org)
- EARTHLIGHT - A magazine of Spiritual Ecology,
quarterly, $18/yr, 111 Fairmount Ave., Oakland, CA 94611; 510-451-4926
(www.earthlight.org)
- PERMACULTURE ACTIVIST - 3 issues: $19/yr,
PO Box 1209, Black Mountain NC 28711; 704-298-2812 (sunsite.unc.edu/pc.activist)
Internet Resources
GENERAL SUSTAINABILITY INFORMATION AND LINKS-LISTS
SPECIFIC SUSTAINABILITY TOPICS