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Sustainable Housing – How to Enable Environmental Sustainability with Eco Living?
A home is everyone’s basic right. And Sustainable Housing is one of the hottest trends in sustainable architecture and constructions today. However, with the Earth population climbing up each day, how do we ensure our basic right doesn’t cost the Earth more than it already has? Are there ways...

Sustainable Food Edmonton
Sustainable Food Edmonton is a non-profit charitable organization that initiates and supports projects and programs to encourage community building through urban agriculture. To connect communities and kids with their food, how it’s produced, and the planet that makes it all possible Sustainable Food...

Sustainable By Design :tools
Sustainable By Design provides a suite of shareware design tools on sustainable energy topics including sun angle calculators, window overhang calculators and more

Sustainable Living Stack Exchange
Sustainable Living Stack Exchange is a fact based question and answer website dedicated to questions about living an ecologically sustainable lifestyle that can be maintained indefinitely without depleting the earth's resources.

UN Sustainable Development Goals
The Division for Sustainable Development Goals (DSDG) in the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) acts as the Secretariat for the SDGs, providing substantive support and capacity-building for the goals and their related thematic issues, including water, energy, climate, oceans,...

Energy Storage
Sustainable methods of storing energy over time Many sustainable energy sources produce according to natural rhythms such as sunlight, wind, and precipitation. These cycles don't necessarily coincide with the times that humans need energy. Therefore, energy storage is an essential part of most sustainable...

Energy
Ethically sustainable sources of energy for human use For millennia societies have relied on animals and sometimes other humans, to provide energy for transportation, agriculture, and manufacturing — and burned wood for heat-energy. In the last 150 years humans have used exponentially increasing amounts...

Gift Ecology: Reimagining A Sustainable World
Written by Peter Denton, 'Gift Economy' proposes that to create a sustainable future, we need to change the game itself. We cannot simply try to solve our problems one at a time. Instead, we need to reimagine sustainability in all its dimensions — social, cultural, environmental and economic — to...

Creative Culture
Best practices for an enlightened and sustainable society. All life is sacred. Each cell in a body is part of the whole body. In the same way, every living being on earth lives by giving and receiving within the living planetary body. Every and all life is interwoven in the living fabric of life on this...

Decision Making & Governance
Systems of just and sustainable decision making, leadership, responsibility, and regulation STANDARDS OF LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE — SECULAR & SACRED For a creative culture to survive and properly discharge its sacred obligation to the living planet, its originators must implement an effective method...

Food
Sustainable methods of cultivating, collecting, storing, and preparing food Second only to air and water, food is among the most fundamental human needs. However, more so then breathing air or drinking water, acquiring food has a significant and partially unavoidable impact on other living beings....

Standards
Creative Culture guidelines for holistically positive global ecosystem impact ### Life Honoring Compassionately responsible for impacts on all living beings. ### Sustainable Only using sustainably renewable resource and energy sources. ### Efficient Minimal resource and energy use. ###...

Electric Vehicles
Considered to be a more sustainable method of transport powered by electricity rather than fossil fuel Electrically powered vehicles are becoming more affordable and efficient, especially as more sustainable ways to produce electricity are being developed and become more available.

Composting
The transformation of organic "waste" into enhanced soil. Composting is fundamental to sustainable farming and sustainable waste management. It is the natural process of bacteria, fungi, animals, and plants breaking down organic matter into the complex mixture known generally as dirt. The human's main...

Sustainable Apparel Coalition
The SAC is an alliance of clothing companies aiming to reduce the negative effects of the apparel, footwear, and textile industry through standardized measurement of the ecological and social impact of manufacturing.

RegeneraVida
RegeneraVida is a online platform supporting sustainable communities and regenerative lifestyles in Costa Rica. The website, created by Upward Spirals and offered in both English and Spanish, includes a directory of businesses and organizations, event listings, and discussion forms focusing on sustainable...

Environment Celebration Institute
ECI offers online classes on biological, regenerative, sustainable and organic agriculture – information that can be used in soil, hydroponic, or soilless growing systems.

Communitecture
Communitecture is a full service architecture firm for commercial and residential projects based out of Portland, Oregon. Focusing on beautiful and sustainable places that bring people together in community and push the ecological design envelope.

Transport
Sustainable methods for moving people and things from place to place

Farming & Gardening
Best practices for sustainable agriculture

Community
Optimized local interdependence Resilience, bioregional self-reliance, common integrity A community is a group of living things with shared features, attributes or interests, such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. The English-language word "community" derives from the Latin _communitas_:...

Building Materials
Sustainable building and construction materials

David Suzuki Foundation
Co-founded by David Suzuki, award-winning geneticist and broadcaster... He is widely recognized as a world leader in sustainable ecology. "Through evidence-based research, policy analysis, education and citizen empowerment, we conserve and protect the natural environment to create a sustainable Canada....

The Local Good - Edmonton
The Local Good helps connect and mobilize people in Edmonton who want to support the local economy and lead more sustainable lives. They provide: - listings of local events - a blog with commentary on sustainable living issues in Edmonton - monthly "Green Drinks" events - online resource directory

One Community
One Community’s purpose is to help people create a better world by creating a solution model that creates solution-creating models for The Highest Good of All. One Community is creating open-source blueprints for a sustainable civilization. These plans are designed to demonstrate and inspire, believing...

The Anthroecology Lab
The Anthroecology Lab investigates the ecology and sustainable management of landscapes towards sustainable stewardship of the biosphere. The lab is directed by Erle Ellis, Professor of Geography & Environmental Systems at UMBC. The Anthroecology Lab is an interdisciplinary research group of doctoral...

Aphrodite's Organic Cafe and Pie Shop
Aphrodite’s is more than a restaurant and pie shop, it’s a community fiercely dedicated to wild, organic, local and sustainable food. They work directly with local farms and producers to ensure that their menu has the smallest ecological footprint possible. They're a home for the sustainable food...

Inhabitant Magazine
Inhabitat® is a green design and lifestyle site that provides coverage of environmental news and the latest in sustainable design. The website is devoted to the future of design, innovative technology and architectural that emphasize energy efficiency, sustainability and connection to the surrounding...

New Society Publishers
New Society Publishers is an activist, solutions-oriented publisher focused on publishing books as tools to help build a new society. Their books focus on tools and insights from leading experts in a range of subjects, including sustainable building, homesteading, climate change, environment, conscientious...

Localization
Fulfilling local needs with resources within a community or bioregion Avoiding long distance transportation is essential to an efficient, sustainable society. Transportation accounts for more than 1/4 of global energy use and emissions.

Stewardship
Sustainable management of ecosystems

Rainwater Collection
Collecting and storing rain Collecting rain water from rooftops is a simple and sustainable way of gathering water that can also help soil and water quality by reducing erosion and run-off. Many buildings are already fitted with gutters that are sufficient for rainwater catchment and all that is required...

Textiles
Ethical, sustainable, and local production of fibre and cloth

Bicycling
An efficient and sustainable method of human transport Many modern bicycle components are high-tech and prone to failure. However, simpler, longer lasting, and more easily repaired versions are available.

Seed Saving
Saving, preserving and sharing seeds as an essential part of a sustainable local food system Seed saving is the practice of collecting, and storing, and growing out seed from one year to the next. ###Key aspects of successful seed saving include - Making sure that the collected seeds have been successfully...

Wind Energy
Responsibly harvesting power from wind Humans have been harnessing wind power for more then two millennia and wind turbines are generally considered to be among the most sustainable methods of generating electricity. In addition to electricity generation, wind turbines have long been used to move water...

Clothing
Made with organic fibre or other sustainable materials For better or worse humans lack the fur and feathers that most animals have to maintain body temperature and buffer themselves from harsh weather. While arguably not 100% necessary, clothing has been considered a basic human need in many cultures...

O.U.R. Ecovillage
Located on 25 acres near Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia, O.U.R. ECOVILLAGE began with a vision to create a model demonstration sustainable village community rooted in social, ecological, and economic well being. O.U.R. Ecovillage is the host site for O.U.R Community Association, a registered nonprofit...

Camino / La Siembra Coop
Camino is a line of organic and fair trade food products (especially chocolate) produced by La Siembra Co-operative aiming to reconnect consumers with family farmers and promote the co-operative model of sustainable, democratic, participatory and transparent business operations.

Movement Global
Movement Global sells eco clothing made in Canada from sustainable bamboo fabrics.

Swedish Stockings
We believe the world needs more innovative and environmentally conscious products to lead the way, and so Swedish Stockings was launched. A forerunner in sustainably produced nylon stockings, Swedish Stockings produce beautiful pantyhose from recycled yarn. Our factories engage in sustainable practices...

Agrarian Trust
As the current generation of farmers and retire, millions of acres of land will change hand in the next 20 years. The goal of the Agrarian Trust is to ensure that this land comes under stewardship and care of next-generation farmers producing food in a sustainable regional economy. It wants to prevent...

Pachamama Alliance
Pachamama Alliance's mission is to work with Indigenous people to protect the Amazon and inspire individuals everywhere to bring forth a thriving, just, and sustainable world.

FoodPrint
A project of Grace Communications Foundation, FoodPrint aims to increase public awareness of the critical environmental and public health issues created by the industrial food system, and to advocate for more sustainable alternatives.

Capital Region Food and Agriculture Initiatives Roundtable
Promoting healthy and sustainable food systems through networking events and education in the Capital Region of Vancouver Island. Hosts an annual Farmer2farmer regional conference and quarterly events.

Atlan Center
Atlan provides sanctuary for the creation of sustainable culture through the holistic integration of healing, art, and design. Our village demonstrates permaculture and regenerative principles while engaging a network of resonant communities.

Sacred Garden Sanctuary
Sacred Garden Sanctuary is an intentional community dedicated to sustainable farming and lifestyle.

The Spirit Level
The Spirit Level is a collation of research from hundreds of independent scientific publications showing how and why people in more (economically) equal societies live longer, healthier, happier and more ecologically sustainable lives they then people in societies that are less equal. The book, released...

Crystal Waters Eco Village
Crystal Waters Permaculture Village in Australia, established in 1987, was the world's first intentional permaculture village and has carried out pioneering work in demonstrating new ways of sustainable, low-impact living. There are over 250 people living in the village of all ages and from diverse...

Barter
Direct exchange of goods without the use of money Direct barter is a simple and immediate way of being free from debt-based money and economics. Barter is a challenge in cases where there is not a match between individuals who are mutually in need of what the other has to offer. This challenge can sometimes...

Newest Resources
Most recent additions to the Creative Culture Guide, including local sustainability resources and holistic guides to sustainable living and best practices.

ZWIA
The Zero Waste International Alliance (ZWIA) is an international organization focused on Zero Waste standards, policies and best practices. The ZWIA Charter Principles are: 1. Convert waste to resources for the benefits of local production and the creation of a sustainable society. 2. Redesign products...

EcoReality Coop
BC, Canada sustainable community eco village.

Just BioFiber
The Just BioFiber Block building system is based on lego-inspired interlocking hempcrete blocks. The blocks - Are carbon negative to produce, - Absorb greenhouse gasses from the air over their lifespan. - Have a useful lifespan of 100 - 600 years - Are nontoxic and naturally resistant to mold and...

Farm the Land, Grow the Spirit
Stony Point Center's Farm the Land, Grow the Spirit Summer Institute is a multifaith earthcare program for young adults between the ages of 19 and 29. The program integrates multifaith study in the Jewish, Islamic, and Christian traditions with sustainable agriculture and intentional community living.

Parliament of the World's Religions
"The Parliament of the World's Religions was created to cultivate harmony among the world's religious and spiritual communities and foster their engagement with the world and its guiding institutions in order to achieve a just, peaceful and sustainable world."

IDEAL Society
Shared collective life in the beautiful mountains of southeastern British Columbia forms an experimental framework and environment in which to grow in harmony with nature, while contributing to the well-being of the group and larger community in a spirit of sustainable development.

David Holmgren
Co-originator (1978) of Permaculture design system for sustainable living and land use, ecological builder and farmer, author, teacher and activist.

Currency
Systems of exchange that are independent from unsustainable debt economics Some form of money or currency is indispensable for a society to support specialization and advanced technology. Most national currencies are based on a fractional reserve baking systems where money is "created" by central banks...

Cooley Farm
Cooley Farm is a permaculture farm dedicated to the healing of mind, body, and spirit for the individual as well as the Earth and Her communities. As a sustainable polyculture farm we strive towards greater awareness concerning the eco-community as well as providing wholesome foods, grown organically...

Santa Rosa Community Market & Café
Santa Rosa, US sustainable food store.

Ann Arbor People's Food Co-op
People’s Food Co-op is a community-owned grocery store and deli in downtown Ann Arbor focused on providing local, organic, and sustainable products.

Coastal Roots Farm
Coastal Roots Farm cultivates healthy, connected communities by integrating sustainable agriculture, food justice, and ancient Jewish wisdom.

Hickory Nut Forest Eco-Community
Sustainable Living in a community of ?forever-wild ?lands, green-?solar ?homes, ?organic gardens/orchard, and renewable energy from solar and water. Nestled in the beautiful Southern Appalachian Mountains near Asheville, North Carolina.

Southwest Sufi Community
NM, United States sustainable community eco village.

WildCraft Ecovillage
A unique experimental, off-grid Intentional Community that is based on the principles of Permaculture, Sustainable Concepts, and healthy Intentional Community Design.

Summerhill Pyramid Winery
Summerhill Pyramid Winery features organic and biodynamic wine grown in the beautiful Okanagan Valley in Kelowna, British Columbia. Through their leadership on organic and sustainable growing practices, Summerhill has helped support or convert over 200 hundred acres of vineyard land in the Okanagan.

Alderlea Farm Café
Farm to Table cuisine from a biodynamic farm contributing to sustainable agricultural practices.

Vancouver Island Fibershed
Vancouver Island Fibershed (VIF) is establishing a network between farmers and fibre consumers to build a local textile economy. VIF is part of the growing Fibreshed movement in North America, Europe and Australia that supports small-scale sustainable textile industries. VIF’s geographic scope encompasses...

Spirit Square Farmers market
The Spirit Square Farmers' Market is held every Saturday morning from 9 a.m. to 12 noon,in Spirit Square at the picturesque Harbour Quay, year round. Our purpose is to connect urban customers with local farmers to supply the best fresh,locally grown food available and to advocate for a viable and sustainable...

Harvard Divinity School
Harvard Divinity School hosted an interfaith conference addressing the issues and challenges of maintaining a sustainable planet. Focusing on ways to engage, this conference examined the overlapping moral issues of climate change, sustainability, social justice, and mindfulness through the lenses of...

SOIL - Stewards of Irreplaceable Land -
SOIL links Canadian farmers willing to take on and train apprentices with people wanting to work and learn on an organic farm using sustainable practices. Founded in 1989 it is the only national farm apprenticeship program in Canada, with more than 75 farms participating.

Enough Is Enough by Rob Dietz and Dan O’Neill
Enough Is Enough: Building a Sustainable Economy in a World of Finite Resources' is a book that - summarize the scientific evidence that the pursuit of continuous economic growth is not a good idea and looks at what constitutes desirable levels of population and consumption. - explains how in a steady-state...

The Earth Charter
The Earth Charter is an ethical framework for building a just, sustainable, and peaceful global society in the 21st century. It seeks to inspire in all people a new sense of global interdependence and shared responsibility for the well-being of the whole human family, the greater community of life, and...

Organic Standards Candian Regulations
"Organic production is a holistic system designed to optimize the productivity and fitness of diverse communities within the agro-ecosystem, including soil organisms, plants, livestock and people. The principal goal of organic production is to develop operations that are sustainable and harmonious with...

EcoNest
EcoNest provides resources and training for building natural homes using timber frame and clay-straw. EcoNests are designed to be long lasting sustainable and ecological homes incorporating timber-frame, straw-clay walls, earth plasters, and natural non-toxic finishes.

Crowing Hen Farm
Crowing Hen Farm is a small, family farm dedicated to experimenting with old knowledge and new techniques, trying new crops, new ideas, and dabbling in permaculture to find, sustainable ways of growing food and clothing. Each critter has a job on the farm according to its nature. Sheep and geese are...

IFOAM Organics International
IFOAM is an international organic and sustainable agriculture advocacy organization with members in over 100 countries.

Global Village Construction Set
The Global Village Construction Set (GVCS) is a modular, DIY, low-cost, high-performance platform that allows for the easy fabrication of the 50 different Industrial Machines that it takes to build a small, sustainable civilization with modern comforts. The project is to develop open-source industrial...

Food Forest Abundance
Aiming to create abundant food forests in every neighborhood. Offering consultations, design, and installation services. Food forests are low-maintenance, sustainable, edible landscapes perfect for suburban yards, retirement villages, schools, community gardens, businesses, and everywhere in between.

Wind Turbines: Pros and Cons
With increasing awareness of environmental issues across the planet, including climate change, more and more industries and individuals are looking toward renewable, clean energy sources to provide them with the power they need. Wind energy is one of these energy sources, and is quickly growing in popularity...

Nurture in Nature
Nurture In Nature is a collaborative community space for practising a sustainable, healthy, new way of life. As a team, they are in the process of transforming a 40-acre piece of property into a holistic and resilient ecosystem that produces food as well as provides for community education, growth,...

The Farm Ecovillage Training Center
The Ecovillage Training Center assists transition towards a sustainable society by instruction in meeting basic needs for food, shelter, energy, fuel, gainful employment, and community process and progress. Featured classes include carbon farming, financial permaculture, natural building, and biodynamic...

The Commoner’s Catalog for Changemaking: Tools for the Transitions Ahead
Amidst the daunting challenges of our time, there is some great news: The commons is rising. Looking beyond the market and state, commoners are applying their social imaginations and collective power to build a new world of possibilities. The emerging Commonsverse can be seen in relocalized food...

Pigeonlake Permaculture Farm
1st generation farmers growing organic, fresh food for our community small-scale farming, sustainable agriculture. Weekly fresh produce CSA box

Wild Muskoka Botanicals
Wild Muskoka Botanicals is the producer of artisan wild foods and cocktail mixers. The ingredients are locally foraged in a sustainable manner, and then hand-produced on a small scale in an effort to maintain high quality products made with ecological integrity. Wild Muskoka Botanicals is based out of...

Arctic Acres
Arctic Acres was founded to foster self-sufficient and sustainable living across Canada. Growing Domes® are state-of-the-art geodesic greenhouses designed for year-round growing - even in Canada. Growing Domes are an innovative progression of both the geodesic dome design and greenhouse technology....

Lost Valley Educational Center
Lost Valley Educational Center is a non-profit 501(c)3 in Dexter, Oregon, 20 minutes east of Eugene. They take a holistic approach to sustainability education, engaging students in ecological, social, and personal growth. The center is host to an intentional community inspired by Sociocracy and guided...

Elk Root Conservation Farm Society
Farming Conservation at Elk Root The vision is a thriving fish, wildlife and human population in the Slocan Valley and Little Slocan River watershed that is functioning and sustainable. The not-for-profit mission is to alleviate food insecurity, and to protect, restore and enhance fish, wildlife and...

Bending Oak Farm
Bending Oak Farm is 25 acre woman-run permaculture educational farm committed to showing people what is possible when looking to create a more sustainable world. Through classes, workshops, school tours, community programs and hands-on experiences, the aim is to demonstrate attainable practices to better...

How to Create a Bird-Friendly Backyard
An article that provides useful tips on creating a safe and sustainable environment for birds, including, shelter, food, water and protection from predators. Whether in a sprawling backyard or a compact balcony, creating a bird-friendly environment is a rewarding and fulfilling endeavor. It involves...

D & B Nelson Edible Landscapes
Offering to design, install, and maintain edible Landscapes, sometimes also referred to as "Food Forests", which are beautiful, sustainable, and functional landscapes based on natural systems, use no synthetic chemicals, and provide an abundance of fresh, organic, fruits and vegetables. Animal integrations...

Food Forest Cooperative
The Food Forest Cooperative is a locally operated sustainable enterprise created to empower community members and the challenge the patterns of our food system through the blending of environmental, social and economic goals.

Earth Passengers
HI!我們是「大地旅人」. Park Gate uses Permaculture is a design system and technology that cleverly uses nature and simulates nature to provide for people's living needs. It is a life attitude and art, and it is a global sustainable life movement that everyone can participate in. Earth...

Solar Cities
Solar Cities is an international platform with the intention of providing an open-source virtual hackspace for Biogas Innoventors and Practitioners and training for all those researching, developing and deploying sustainable solutions for flourishing societies.

Worldwatch Institute
Through research and outreach that inspire action, the Worldwatch Institute works to accelerate the transition to a sustainable world that meets human needs. The Institute's top mission objectives are universal access to renewable energy and nutritious food, expansion of environmentally sound jobs and...

Earth Mountain Edcuation Farm
Sustainable community eco village in Weston, United States.

Rawganique
Rawganique makes chemical-free, allergy-free, vegan ethically made sustainable organic clothing and home products.

Mother Earth News
Among the most popular and longest-running sustainable-lifestyle magazines in the USA, Mother Earth News provides editorial coverage of organic foods, country living, green transportation, renewable energy, natural health, and green building.

No-dig Gardening Basics from Deep Green Permaculture
No-dig gardening is a highly productive method of using compost, mulch, microbes, vermiculture and know-how to create usable, sustainable and earth friendly gardens.

Permaculture Research Institute
The Permaculture Research Institute (PRI) is located on a Permaculture demonstration site in The Channon NSW, and is headed by Geoff & Nadia Lawton. We specialize in education & training worldwide. We also provide daily Permaculture news and information via permaculturenews.org. The Permaculture Research...

Marnie’s Books
An independent book store on Cortes Island with a great selection of books, including many titles on sustainable living, social justice, and environmentalism. The store is solar powered and wood heated.

Peoples Food Coop
Grocer offering local, organic & sustainable food items plus an on-site, year-round farmer's market. "We cultivate strong relationships with the food we eat, the people who produce it, and the friends and family we share it with. We strive to buy directly from farmers and food producers whenever possible,...

PLACE - People Linking Art Community & Ecology
PLACE is a public-serving, experiential learning center to showcase and foster sustainable living practices, urban homesteading, community resiliency & preparedness, social justice and artistic expression. Their goal is to incubate a local sustainability hub to allow people to see solutions in practice;...

City Folk Farm Folk
FarmFolk CityFolk is a not for profit society that works to cultivate a local, sustainable food system. Our projects provide access to & protection of foodlands; support local growers and producers; and engage communities in the celebration of local food. Based in Vancouver, BC, Canada Huge resource...

Seventh Generation
Seventh Generation is a Vermont-based public benefit corporation that sells sustainable, environmentally-friendly cleaning, paper, and personal care products.  

Rooted for Life Garden
Local sustainable and enlightened community gardens organization.

Pender Community Garden
Local sustainable and enlightened community gardens organization.

Camino
Canadian producer of fair trade and organic certified food products, owned by the worker-owned *La Siembra Co-operative*. Established in 1999, La Siembra became the first registered importers of Fairtrade Certified cocoa and sugar in North America.

Still Eagle
Eco shop specializing in hemp, bamboo, organic cotton, and soy clothing, natural and hemp body products, hemp and recycled paper, as well as sustainable, environmentally friendly home products.

Organic Gardener's Pantry
Victoria, BC business providing Canada with organic fertilizers for soil and plants - including microbial inoculants and biostimulants - for the promotion of healthy, sustainable ecosystems.

Ideal Green Market Cooperative
Natural food coop providing local, sustainable and healthy food and products to the residents and visitors to the Brainerd Lakes/Whitefish area.

The Dill Pickle Co-op
Dill Pickle Food Co-op offers healthy food choices and the benefits of cooperative practice to build a vibrant local community and more sustainable world. We meet community needs and strengthen area diversity through products, services, and education. Like others around the world, our co-op adheres to...

Cite Ecologique of New Hampshire
Intentional community

Stone
Co-housing sustainable community

Pacific Gardens Cohousing Community
BC, Canada sustainable community eco village.

Greensong Sanctuary
BC, Canada sustainable community eco village.

Dry Gulch Ecovillage
CO, United States sustainable community eco village.

Island Light Photography
Island Light provides nature photography products and services with a commitment to ethical and environmentally sound practices, treating plants and animals with respect and using sustainable materials in their products.

Glen Valley Organic Farm
The Glen Valley Organic Farm Co-operative (GVOFC) is a community of individuals who have come together with the goal of sharing, owning and operating Glen Valley Organic Farm. The Co-operative uses a consensus model of decision-making, ensuring that all members have a voice.

Clearwater Commons
The Clearwater Commons is an intentional, ecologically-responsible residential community. The physical design of the community represents the underlying values of community and low-impact development. Pedestrian walkways, community gardens, benches, shared tool sheds and play spaces reflect the desire...

Belfast Cohousing and Ecovillage
An intentional, collaborative housing in which residents actively participate in the design and operation. A significant portion of the property set aside for agricultural purposes and an on-site CSA, the Little River Farm. These super-insulated houses are designed to be

Cornucopia Institute
The Cornucopia Institute is a national food and farm policy watchdog group working to uphold the integrity of organic, local, and other forms of alternative agriculture. The 501(c)(3) non-profit organization is headquartered in Cornucopia, Wisconsin.

Quaker Intentional Village - Canaan
A community of ten households and several others interested in membership, living close to the land on 135 acres of mixed woodland and pasture.

Elevate Packaging
Elevate Packaging provides 100% compostable packaging and labels for small businesses. They sell stock bags in small batches that you can order directly off their website, or they can also do custom bags with printing. All primary materials are compostable including the ink.

Tekpak Solutions
Tekpack Solutions has developed certified "omnidegradable" packaging that biodegrades in composting facilities. "The additive is a particular blend of Organic compounds, which in the presence of microbes, create an enzyme that breaks down the long-chain molecules of the plastic. This allows the microbes...

The City Repair Project
The City Repair Project facilitates artistic and ecologically-oriented placemaking projects focused on the interconnection of human communities and the natural world by rganizating group action that educates and inspires communities and individuals to creatively transform the places where they live.

C-Dar BiodynamicSociety
Our objective is to study, produce, and apply biodynamic preparations and compost to restore and nurture pastures, forests and gardens, in order to obtain high quality food and produce.

Paradise Island Foods, Ltd
Since 1978, Paradise Island Foods has strived to make various food products more accessible to Vancouver Island residents. While accessibility remains a priority, our focus has shifted to providing natural and organic dairy options in response to our customer’s evolving needs.

Cowichan Valley's Local Biodiesel Provider
The Cowichan Bio-Diesel Co-operative (CB-DC) has been supplying 100% biodiesel made from locally recycled cooking oil to its 200 members as a petro-diesel alternative since 2005.

Cortes Community Forest Cooperative
The Cortes Community Forest Cooperative (CCFC) is partners with the Klahoose First Nation in the Cortes Forestry General Partnership (CFGP). The CCFC operates on the traditional territories of the Klahoose, Homalco, Tla’amin and Wei Wai Kum peoples. We are the non-aboriginal equal partner in the Cortes...

Love and Carrots
Love & Carrots strives to revive the knowledge of growing food that was once passed from generation to generation. Since 2011, Love & Carrots has worked diligently to proliferate this knowledge with individuals, families, businesses, and organizations; installing over 1,000 gardens, and providing assistance...

Régénération Canada
The term “regenerative” refers to a process – the process of improving one’s state. With regenerative agriculture, the journey improves the state of the soil, of the ecosystem overall, of the climate, and of human health. Regenerative agriculture’s benefits are far-reaching. However, at...

Plants For a Future Database
Edible, medicinal and other uses of over 8,000 plants. Plants For A Future (PFAF) is an online database and associated website for those interested in edible and useful plants. Originally focused on plants suitable for temperate regions, it has now been extended to include many of the more important...

Resilient Seeds
​The Backyard Beans and Grains Project (BBGP) began in 2008 as a response to the challenge of incorporating locally-grown staple foods into the diet. The main activity of the Backyard Beans and Grains Project has been to research varieties of dry legumes, grains, and seed crops that may grow well...

Appropriate Technology Library
Community Sustainability Libary from the Appropriate Technology Insitute. Topics include Solar Devices, Mechanical Devices, Animal Husbandry, Water Systems, Chemical Devices, Agriculture and Agroforestry, Building, Rural Self-reliance and Permaculture Links

The Post Carbon Institute
Post Carbon Institute provides individuals and communities with the resources needed to understand and respond to the interrelated ecological, economic, energy, and equity crises of the 21st century. They help build resilience to withstand these crises, and support social and cultural change to make...

Clearbot
Clearbot endeavours to imagine and create efficient, autonomous and electric boats that augment different marine services around the world. This electrically powered floating robot uses artificial intelligence to clean trash, plastics and oil from harbors, shorelines and other water bodies. Clearbot...

Dream Village
Dream Village is a registered organization, co-creating regenerative socio-economic development and advocating nature-based solutions in the rural communities of Ghana. Regeneration puts life at the center of every action and decision. It applies to all of life—grasslands, farms, insects, forests,...

Biotonomy
Biotonomy is a global company that develops autonomous buildings, communities & cities with Nature Based Solutions (NBS). They offer solutions through a combination of ancient, modern, and nature’s design principles. Biotonomy specializes in ecological, economical, and social projects that addresses...

RIDGEDALE FARM AB
Ridgedale Farm is taking a pause from being a commercial food producer, but remains a pioneering educational site and is the homestead of Richard Perkins. Here at 59°N in Sweden he teaches Farm Scale Permaculture Design, Regenerative Agriculture, Keyline Design, Agroforestry, Pasture based livestock...

Omaha Permaculture
Omaha Permaculture is an environmental non-profit organization that maintains unwanted vacant land to elevate the property's utility and value for the surrounding neighborhood by creating healthy ecosystems through urban agriculture-related economic development. The vision for Omaha Permaculture (OP)...

Native Seeds/SEARCH
Native Seeds/SEARCH (NS/S) is a nonprofit seed conservation organization based in Tucson, Arizona that seeks to find, protect and preserve the seeds of the people of the Greater Southwest so that these arid adapted crops may benefit all peoples and nourish a changing world. A collection of southwest...

Cortes Community Resilience
Working for a hopeful future by growing community resilience, deepening connectedness, increasing local self-sufficiency, and reducing dependence on fossil fuels. Cortes Community Resilience holds monthly gatherings for fellowship, discussion, and planning around the mission. Through newsletters...

Polyface Farms
Operated by Joel Salatin, Polyface Farms is dedicated to the principles of Transparency (anyone is welcome to visit the farm anytime), grass based livestock (animals are moved frequently to new "salad bars," offering landscape healing and nutritional superiority), Plant and Animal Individuality (Respecting...

Pam Cooley
Collaborator, Facilitator, Social Entrepreneur, Speaker and Founder of "The Continuum of Collaboration" model, "Choosethical Ventures Inc." and Founding Partner of "CarShare Atlantic Ltd.

Catfarm
The Catfarm is an off-grid community and educational non-profit located on a farm near the city of Poussan in Southern France. They host international volunteers through work exchange in partnership with platforms such as Worldpackers and Global Ecovillage Network. The community consists of travelers,...

BC EcoSeed Co-op
BC Eco Seed Co-op is a producer's cooperative of farmers providing BC grown certified organic and ecological seeds all grown by farmers in BC.

BC Organic Grower magazine
Published quarterly by Organic BC, the magazine features contributions from organic growers, researchers, educators and professionals from around the province. Started in 1999 the magazine is produced by COABC.

Welland Legacy Park & Community Orchard
The Welland Legacy Park houses a community orchard that is the largest & most diverse in Canada. Once the backyard of local conservationist Rex Welland, the mixed orchard features 100 varieties of rare heritage apples. It is also home to a heritage nursery and native bees habits. The Orchard is open...

IslandWood
IslandWood is an environmental learning center created to improve access to meaningful, nature-based learning experiences for children, located on 250 acres on Bainbridge Island, WA.

Kootenay Co-op
Organic produce and grocery store, full-service butcher, cafe. Anyone can join for member specials.

Farm Folk City Folk Magazine
Launched in Kelowna, BC, FarmFolk CityFolk Magazine tells the stories of the many British Columbians who are instrumental in developing and preserving the province's food culture. With the notion that food is the cornerstone of civilization and culture, this magazine focuses on four particular areas-food...

Abundance Ecovillage
The Abundance EcoVillage is a place where neighborhood design, energy, water, waste recycling, and landscaping are all designed to work in tune with nature. This means that the systems we use to obtain living necessities are both socially and environmentally responsible, resulting in better living conditions...

SPUD
SPUD.ca is a local online organic food delivery company, proudly serving four urban areas in Western Canada. SPUD delivers local, organic groceries to your home or office for free. They service 4 urban areas in Western Canada (Vancouver, Victoria, Edmonton, Calgary). Since they started in 1997, they’ve...



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