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The links below lead to information that could be useful for building intentional communities.
SOME
TYPES OF NATURAL BUILDING TECHNIQUES
WE COULD POSSIBLY USE IN OUR ECO-VILLAGE:
- What is cob?
- Cob Cottages (see some of their pictures of cob buildings here)
- Strawbale (building with bales of hay)
- Natural
Building Resources
- Some pictures of homes built with cob and some built with strawbale hay
- Greenhomebuilding.com
- a good site with information about each type of natural home building
technique, linked books, good 'news & workshops' page and Ask the
Experts.
Builders: - A eco-village Business that builds natural houses (and see pictures of their work)
- EcoBuilders.com - construction company in CO that builds strawbale homes, etc.
SOME EXISTING ECO-VILLAGES OR UNIQUE INTENTIONAL COMMUNITIES:
- Earthaven Ecovillage - an ecovillage in nc. They also have pictures and workshops.
- Twin Oaks community - is an intentional community in rural Virginia that is income-sharing, holds the values of non-violence, egalitarianism, and environmentalism and manufactures leisure furniture, makes soy products like tofu and tempeh, and books. One of the oldest, largest ecovillages in the U.S.
- The Farm (in tennessee. Founded in 1971 with a spiritual commitment to simple living and self-reliance)
- Ecovillage at Ithaca (in new york)
- Ecofarm - an intentional community/ecofarm in plant city (central florida)
- Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage (in Missouri)
- Sequatchie Valley Institute - a homestead in tennesee that lives a sustainable lifestyle.
- Sirius
- a community in massachusetts
- Zegg in Germany (a community known for its research in the fields of women and sexuality and womanpower in community)
- Ecovillage at Findhorn (in scotland)
- Steward Community Woodland (in the uk)
- The isle of Erraid - a small sustainable community living lightly, close to the earth on a beautiful tiny Hebridean island off the west coast of Scotland, open to guests throughout the year.
- Earth Emerald Sanctuary (in calif.)
- Punta Mona Center for Sustainable Living and Education (In costa rica)
BOOKS
AND VIDEOS:
- Book called "Ecovillage Living: Restoring the Earth and Her People" (has lots of photos and information)
- Is
It Utopia Yet? A
book from the
"Twin Oaks" intentional community in Va. - Natural
building resources
(check our their books and videos section) - Permaculture
books and videos - http://www.permacultureactivist.net/booksvid/
BooksnVid.htm - Videos on life in community from The Farm - http://www.farmcatalog.com/community.htm
- Crystal Lake Videos - films for a sustainable future (european)
- A list of more permaculture books - http://www.permaearth.org/bookstore.html
- Books on organic gardening, crops, etc.
- Earth Repair Catalogue: Tons of books on various topics that could be of use
- Natural Home Building Videos to rent or buy
- The Dirt Cheap Builder - has several how-to books and videos
- Simple and Sustainable Living - This site has photos, free audio interviews with people into natural building and also some videos for purchase. Also has a good article on doing what you love to do.
- Strawbale books and videos from a couple in AZ
- Real goods.com's solar books and tapes section
- Going organic.com - has a few interesting books on organic gardening
- Home Harvest's organic food gardening books
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT NETWORKS & DIRECTORIES:
- Sustainable Communities Network - http://www.sustainable.org/
- Intentional Communities - http://www.ic.org/
- Cohousing Association of the United States - http://www.cohousing.org/
- Co-housing Resources
- Ecovillage Network of the Americas (Has an ecovillage directory too)
Want to be useful
to our future FemDom Ecovillage? Take a course to learn a skill.
EVENTS AND WORKSHOPS:
- http://www.permacultureactivist.net/culturesedge/Culture'sEdge.htm
- http://my.calendars.net/permacal_
- http://www.earthactivisttraining.org/index.html
- Natural house building/Cob Cottage Company in Oregon: http://www.cobcottage.com
- Groundworks - has cob building workshops in Oregon
- Village Building Convergence - holds some workshops in Oregon
- House Alive - in Oregon but has workshops in some other places too.
- City Repair -sometimes has community projects you can work on in portland, oregon
- Natural house building: Strawbale
- The
Farm's Eco-Village Training Center
(a long time eco-village that holds different workshops) - Organic Sustainable Mini-Farming workshops
- Southwest Solar Adobe School
- The Solar Living Institute (has workshops in CA on solar and natural building techniques)
- Sustainable Sources - has a monthly calendar of events and the site has other good info.
- Cobworks.com's workshops (most held in british columbia, Canada)
- Sequatchie Valley Institute - holds some events in tennesee. Also has interesting links
- Kleiwerks - has workshops in U.S. and throughout world
- Workshops from a couple in AZ
- Solar Living Institute in CA - holds workshops on various topics
- Seven Generations' workshops in various states
- Sensible Building Calendar -yahoo group for activities in the pacific northwest such as Oregon.
- Cob workshops in Redding, California
- Renewable energy workshops
- Workshops in costa rica
- Yestermorrow Design/Build School in Vermont
- White Oak Farm and Educational Center - has natural building workshops in Oregon.
- Earthaven's Learning Center - workshops at the Earthaven ecovillage in NC.
- Some online courses on solar power
- Earth Emerald Sanctuary's workshops in Calif.
- Ic.org's calendar of community events around the nation
INDIVIDUALS/COUPLES' NATURAL HOMES:
- A couple that built a strawbale home in NC
- Maitri and Ole Ersson living sustainably in portland, Oregon
- City Farmer's cob garden shed with living roof in vancouver, canada
- Mike Carter and Carol Cannon's cob house with thatched roof in austin, tx
ORGANIC FARMING, GARDENING and COMPOSTING:
- The Rodale Institute: http://www.rodaleinstitute.org/home.html
- Organic Gardening.com - also see their Edibles page for tips on growing certain foods
- Hydroponics.com - another resource for hydroponic supplies
- Home Harvest's hydroponic links
- Products for hydroponics, etc
- City
Farmer, a vancouver group promoting urban agriculture.
They say that 44% of people in vancouver now grow their own food. - Home Harvest Seeds.com - seeds without chemicals and not genetically engineered.
- Home Harvest.com's list of plant pH preference ranges
- http://www.composters.com/
SOLAR PRODUCTS and RENEWABLE ENERGY:
- Solargoods.com - also check out their solar oven
- Real goods.com's solar section - solar power for homes, laptops and more.
- Real Goods.com - products for an ecologically sustainable future
- Solar Energy Association of Oregon
PLACES THAT RUN ON 100% RENEWABLE ENERGY:
OTHER INTERESTING LINKS:
- Life in a Feminist EcoVillage
- GreenRoofs.com
- http://www.househusband.org
- http://www.servenet.org (largest database of volunteer opportunities in America)
- http://www.spouseclub.com
- A matrilineal society in Indonesia
- Earthship Biotecture
- Yurts.com (Possible temporary housing while building permanent structures)
- Red Sky Shelters - Yomes (possible temporary housing similiar to yurts)
- CalEarth - California Institute for Earth Art and Architecture
- Florida Green Building Coalition
- Crazy Politics - interesting links including resume of george w. bush
- City of Portland Oregon's Office of Sustainable Development
- Campaign against genetically engineered foods
- We're against genetically
engineered foods. Genetic engineered foods are bad all around.
Here's 13 myths about GE foods. - Earth Share - a nationwide network of respected environmental and conservation organizations
- For more links on EcoVillages and natural home building, click here or here.
Learn about the current state of the world under patriarchal rule:
- http://www.miniature-earth.com
(A Flash showing if the world were a village of 100 people today) - http://www.luccaco.com/wewerehumans/index.htm
(A Flash about the real cost of weapons)
Transportation and Fuel Alternatives:
- Lightfootcycles.com
- Greasecar.com - They turn diesel vehicles into ones powered on straight vegetable oil.
- Biodiesel.org- Biodiesel is a domestic, renewable fuel for diesel engines derived from natural oils like soybean oil and also mixed with diesel fuel.
Discussion of matriarchal communities:
Great Female-led websites and Reciprocal Links & Banners:
1) Free sites:
- Elise Sutton's site about Female Superiority (we need to contact to set up reciprocal link)
- MatchupMaids.com (Ms. Lisa's site for busy Women to find male maids)
- Club FEM (national organization/support group for dominant Females and submissive males. Has several branches in various states that meet to encourage Female authority)
- Real Women don't do housework (we need to contact to set up reciprocal link)
- Female supremacist.org (we need to contact to set up reciprocal link)
- Gynarchy International (reciprocally linked)
- Around Her Finger.com (we need to contact to set up reciprocal link)
- Disciplinary Wives Club (we need to contact to set up reciprocal link)
- Females In Control.com (we need to contact to set up reciprocal link)
- Club Pedestal- London's FemDom Club (we need to contact to set up reciprocal link)
2) Sites with both some free content and members-only pay sections:
- Venus on Top (just contacted to set up reciprocal link)
- Paige Harrison's The Art of Female Dominance (just contacted to set up reciprocal link)
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