School of Living Links

Alternative Energy | Banking/Finance | Borsodi | Community Building | Diet | Homesteading | Land Use | Permaculture | SoL Communities

Alternative Energy

Find Solar http://www.findsolar.com/index.php
Includes a solar estimator and links to solar installers and other resources.

Skystream http://www.skystreamenergy.com/skystream/
Complete residential wind power systems.

Banking/Finance

Circle Lending. http://www.circlelending.com/
CircleLending formalizes and administers private loans between individuals

Prosper. http://prosper.com
Prosper is the leading online community for people to people lending.

Zeitgeist Addendum - the Movie. http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/
Looks at how the money system is designed to keep people in debt and in servitude.

Borsodi

Green Revolution. Link to issue (pdf).
Special issue of the Green Revolution (December 1977) dedicated to the life and work of Ralph Borsodi.

Plowboy Interview. Link to article.
1974 Plowboy Interview with Ralph Borsodi in Mother Earth News.

Community Building

Agraria http://www.communitysolution.org/agraria.html
Plan for a post peak oil sustainable community in Ohio. Meant to serve as a template for similar endeavors.

Center for Nonviolent Communication http://www.cnvc.org/
"A global organization helping people connect compassionately with themselves and one another through Nonviolent Communication language, created by Marshall B. Rosenberg, Ph.D."

The Community Solution http://www.communitysolution.org/index.html
Community Service, Inc is dedicated to the development, growth and enhancement of small local sustainable communities. Lots of good resources.

Creating a Life Together: Practical Tools to Grow Ecovillages and Intentional Communities
http://creating-a-life-together.org/
Companion web site to book of same title.

Intentional Community Web Site http://www.ic.org
The leading intentional community resource in the world - includes directory of ICs, Reachbook, articles, resources, etc, etc. An amazing resource.

Diet - Eating

100 Mile Diet http://www.100milediet.org/
Join the local food movement

The China Study http://www.thechinastudy.com/
In-depth research on why the American diet is killing us.

Homesteading

Countryside's Homesteading Resources http://www.countrysidemag.com/resources.php

Land Use

Land in Common http://landincommon.org/index.html
A consulting practice dedicated to addressing the root causes of environmental degradation by assisting grassroots environmental organizations, establishing a network of land commons, and educational work. David Harper, the founder, is a School of Living board member.

Permaculture

Permaculture Activist http://www.permacultureactivist.net/
Permaculture Activist is North America's leading (and the world's oldest) permaculture periodical, with information on permaculture design, edible landscaping, bioregionalism, cooperative action, aquaculture, natural building, earthworks, renewable energy, practical solutions to the challenges of Real Life, and much more. We provide an online listing of upcoming permaculture design courses and a global directory for linking students to teachers and information, homeowners to designers and consultants, homeseekers to community, plus hope and help for all who desire a healthy happy planet that cares for its peoples.

Permaculture Institute http://www.ibiblio.org/spittman/
The Permaculture Institute provides education, consulting, media contact, funding, project financing, and technical information.

SoL Communities

Ahimsa Village http://www.ahimsavillage.org

Heathcote http://www.heathcote.org

Julian Woods http://directory.ic.org/619/Julian_Woods_Community

Link exchanges are welcome - email Bob Flatley, e4bob@yahoo.com

Last update 5/2009