Creative
Best practices for an enlightened and sustainable society.
Beautiful
Objective aesthetic harmony and sublime quality
Music
Making and listening to music and song are a traditional element in daily life of a balanced culture
Visual Arts
Visual art is a fundamental component of society and the human experience, illuminating and increasing...
Dance Art & Culture
Creative artistic endeavour and practices of cultural evolution and well being&
Movement Watching dance or movement can be enlightening and entertaining. Doing dance or movement can have physical,... Play
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Recreation The cognitive, physical, emotional and social developments that are benefited by children's play has... History Keeping Archiving and passing on the history and wisdom of a people to future generations Writing The written word used to edify and refine human existence
Art & Culture Resources
Creative Commons
Art & culture organization
Creative Commons helps people legally share thier knowledge and creativity to build a more equitable, accessible, and innovative world with the Creative Commons Licensing standards. With a network of staff, board, and affiliates around the world, Creative...
Wendell Berry
Food knowledge holder
American novelist, poet, environmental activist, cultural critic, academic and farmer. "At seventy-seven years old, Wendell Berry continues as a great contrary example to the compromises others take in stride. Instead of being at odds with his conscience,...
Standard Ebooks
Art & culture website
Standard Ebooks is a volunteer driven, not-for-profit project that produces new editions of public domain ebooks that are lovingly formatted, open source, and free. Standard Ebooks takes ebooks from sources like Project Gutenberg, formats and typesets...
Be The Change Charities
Art & culture organization
Be The Change is a non-profit charity organization run by the band Wookiefoot (wookiefoot.com) that fund raises in support of international relief projects. The 501c3 charity raises most of these funds through an annual music festival called Project...
Global Ecovillage Network
Ecology organization
"GEN builds bridges between policy-makers, governments, NGOs, academics, entrepreneurs, activists, community networks and ecologically-minded individuals across the globe in order to develop strategies for a global transition to resilient communities...
LibriVox
Art & culture organization
The non-profit, volunteer-driven LibriVox project provides free, public domain audiobooks in many languages.
Art Wolfe, Nature and Cultural Photographer
Art & culture artist
Art Wolfe is an American photographer and conservationist, best known for color images of landscapes, wildlife, and native cultures. His photographs document scenes from every continent and hundreds of locations, and have been noted by environmental advocacy...
Robert Bateman
Visual arts artist
Canadian painter, environmentalist, naturalist. In 1999, the Audubon Society of Canada declared Bateman one of the top 100 environmental proponents of the 20th century. His work is supported by the Bateman Foundation, a charity whose mandate is to "challenge...
Gary Snyder
Art & culture knowledge holder
Perhaps best known as a poet (often associated with the Beat Generation and the San Francisco Renaissance), he is also an essayist, lecturer, and environmental activist. He has been described as the "poet laureate of Deep Ecology".
Creatively United for the Planet
Local creative culture organization
The Creatively United for the Planet Society is a non-profit collective that brings together and showcases individuals, local businesses, organizations, institutions committed to improving the quality of life on Vancouver Island.
The Guthrie Center
Local art & culture organization
Founded by Arlo Guthrie to honor the legacy of his parents, Woody Guthrie and Marjorie Mazia-Guthrie, the Guthrie Foundation seeks to cultivate cultural preservation, promote educational achievement and foster community outreach to meet the ongoing needs...
Wild Bee Florals
Local art & culture farm
Wild Bee Florals is a creative pursuit in connecting science, art and culture together as an offering to the community. With regenerative farming guiding the growing principles, they aim to be an ethical brand that doesn’t compromise on style and focuses...