TAKE ACTION – 4 Easy Steps:
1) Call the local offices of your U.S. Senators and Representative today. You can find their phone numbers at:
http://www.vote-smart.org find your representative by YOUR ZIP CODE or state
http://www.house.gov KEY MESSAGES:
Urge them to support extending the solar energy tax credit
This will help strengthen the economy, generate jobs, and reduce energy costs
2) Also, email your elected representatives
http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/votesolar/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=6766&t=ActionAlert.dwt 3) Tell your friends and colleagues about this important opportunity to support solar and encourage them to contact their members of Congress as well.
4) Print the ASES Action Alert and post in the break area at work or on a community board
http://www.ases.org/solar_action/2007_energy_bill.pdf THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP!
Take Action Now Resources
http://www.votesolar.org/itc.html http://www.seia.org/takeaction.php http://www.solar-nation.org Learn more about the bill:
http://www.ases.org/solar_action/factsheet.pdf http://seia.org/ITC_Conference_Factsheet.pdf MORE INFORMATION
Vote Solar:
http://votesolar.org SEIA:
http://www.seia.org Solar Nation:
http://www.solar-nation.org Solar Today:
http://www.solartoday.org Home Power:
http://www.homepower.com MORE JOBS and ECONOMIC GROWTH
Per the Wisconsin Energy Bureau, Locally generated renewable energy (solar water heating, solar pool heating, solar building heating, passive solar buildings, solar daylighting, solar electric, wind energy, micro-hydro, earth energy, organic vegetable diesel fuel, solar-hydrogen fuel cells, wind-hydrogen fuel cells, wave-hydrogen fuel cells, tidal power, Geothermal Hydronic heating and cooling, organic farming and gardening), creates THREE TIMES more jobs and economic growth in local economies than using imported fossil fuel or energy from other regions.
http://www.ases.org/press/2007_jobs_report.htm http://www.ases.org/ASES-JobsReport-Final.pdf http://www.solartoday.org/2007/sept_oct07/green_jobs_USA.htm http://www.ases.org/solar2007 http://www.environmentmichigan.org/uploads/AM/xb/AMxbw0xjpZqz7kJ9B8nR3g/Energizing-Michigans-Economy.pdf RENEWABLE ENERGY - ENERGY CONSERVATION
Three Times More JOBS - Real Economic Progress
solar energy, wind energy, micro-hydro, ocean energy, tidal energy, river energy, energy conservation, earth energy
http://worcester.indymedia.org/node/138 http://boston.indymedia.org/newswire/display/198675/index.php http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/03/18/18378731.php http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2007/03/125432.shtml SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY TRAINING for WOMEN
http://solarenergy.org http://www.solarliving.org http://www.vestas.com http://www.ncsc.ncsu.edu/programs/nc_solar_in_schools.cfm http://www.fsec.ucf.edu http://www.slosustainability.com http://www.journeytoforever.org http://www.permaculture-magazine.co.uk http://www.grisb.org http://www.cat.org.uk http://www.permaculture.org.uk http://www.strawbalefutures.org.uk http://www.ecologicalsolutions.com.au http://www.greenhomebuilding.com http://www.cobcottage.com http://www.networkearth.org http://skytube.net.nz http://www.kalwall.com http://www.daylightingtraining.org http://solaskylights.com.au http://bomin-solar.de http://www.naturallightsolutions.co.nz http://www.adobebuilder.com http://www.hybridadobe.com http://www.adobebuilding.com http://www.eartharchitecture.org http://www.adobeasw.com http://www.gadhiasolar.net http://www.calearth.org/apprent.htm http://www.monolithic.com http://www.tri-steel.com http://www.portlandpermaculture.com http://www.hlf.org.np http://www.solare-bruecke.org http://www.barefootcollege.org http://www.aidg.net http://www.appropedia.org http://web.mit.edu/d-lab http://thealgebraproject.org http://azsuzuki.org/readlist.htm http://www.chessintheschools.org http://www.gokgs.com http://www.msgo.org http://www.gnu.org/software/gnugo http://bristol.indymedia.org/newswire.php?story_id=25107 http://www.yesmagazine.com/article.asp?ID=576 http://www.carbon.org http://www.ncfi.org.uk http://www.squarefootgardening.com http://phillyimc.org/en/2007/02/36740.shtml Organic Farming Training:
http://www.wwoof.org book: Super Power Breathing for Super Energy and Longevity; by Paul C. Bragg
http://www.wolvertonenvironmental.com http://www.refineryreform.org http://www.cleartheair.org/dirtypower http://www.plants-for-people.org/eng/health/g.htm Free organic gardening-farming Catalog:
http://www.acresusa.com/other/freesample.htm Free SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY Journal
http://www.homepower.com LEAGUE of CONSERVATION VOTERS
Please help set up and support
LOCAL community and city Chapters where you live.
Thank you.
USA:
http://www.lcv.org http://www.voteenvironment.org AL:
http://www.alaleavs.org AK:
http://www.acvoters.org AZ:
http://www.azlcv.org CA:
http://www.ecovote.org CO:
http://www.coloradoconservationvoters.org CT:
http://www.ctlcv.org FL:
http://www.floridalcv.org GA:
http://www.protectgeorgia.org ID:
http://www.conservationvotersforidaho.org IL:
http://www.lcvillinois.org ME:
http://www.mlcv.org MD:
http://www.mdlcv.org MA:
http://www.mlev.org MI:
http://www.michiganlcv.org MN:
http://www.mnlcv.org MO:
http://www.movotesconservation.org MT:
http://www.mtvoters.org NV:
http://www.nevadaconservationleague.org NH:
http://www.voteconservation.org NM:
http://www.cvnm.org NY:
http://www.nylcv.org NC:
http://www.conservationcouncilnc.org OH:
http://www.ohiolcv.org OR:
http://www.olcv.org PA:
http://www.palcv.org SC:
http://www.conservationvotersofsc.org TN:
http://www.tnconservationvoters.org TX:
http://www.tlcv.org VT:
http://www.vacv.org VA:
http://www.valcv.org WA:
http://www.wcvoters.org WI:
http://www.conservationvoters.org WY:
http://www.wyovoters.org PERMACULTURE - Going Beyond Sustainability into the Future
http://www.seedinternational.com.au http://www.tagari.com http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/perma.html http://www.permaculture-magazine.co.uk http://www.berg-en-dal.co.za http://www.permacultureinternational.org http://www.permaculture-hawaii.com http://www.permacultura-es.org http://www.permacultureactivist.net http://www.permaculture.org.au http://www.permacult.com.au http://www.permacultura.org http://permakultur.dk http://www.permaculture-steve.net http://www.permaculturemelbourne.org.au http://www.permaculture.biz http://www.tortuga.com/permacultura http://permaculturevisions.com http://www.permaculture.net http://www.openpermaculture.com http://www.permaculture.org.nz http://www.permacultura-bahia.org.br http://www.permacultura-montsant.org http://www.permacultura.org.br http://www.tierramor.org http://www.ecohabitar.org http://www.ecocentro.org http://permacultura.freeservers.com http://www.permacultura.cl http://permacultura.no.sapo.pt http://www.gaia.org.ar/cursoperma.htm http://www.vidasana.org http://www.ufpa.br/permacultura http://www.mutantia21.com.ar/permacultura.html http://www.permaculture.org.uk http://www.permacultura.it http://www.ipemabrasil.org.br http://www.brightonpermaculture.co.uk http://www.torri-superiore.org http://www.agrorede.org.br/curso-permacultura http://www.ybytucatu.com.br/permacultura.htm http://www.amazonia.org http://www.permacultura-rs.org.br http://www.mmrfbz.org http://www.permaculture.org book: Permaculture Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability; by David Holmgren
book: Small Is Beautiful; by E. F. Schumacher
book: Gaviotas, A Village to Reinvent the World; by Alan Weisman
http://dharma-haven.org/five-havens/gaviotas.htm journal: Permaculture Activist
http://www.permacultureactivist.net journal: Permaculture Magazine
http://www.permaculture-magazine.co.uk journal: Permaculture Drylands Journal
http://www.permaculture.net Permaculture Store:
http://green-shopping.co.uk http://eco-logicbooks.com http://acresusa.com Earth Renewal, Regenerative Designs and Whole Systems Designs:
http://www.regenesisgroup.com http://www.integrativedesign.net http://www.sustainabilityed.org http://ecodesign.org http://www.revitalizationinstitute.org/Network_Affiliates.htm http://www.revitalizationinstitute.org http://www.natlogic.com http://tsd.ca journal: Solar Today; article: Progressing Beyond Sustainable to Regenerative DesignBy Bill Reed, AIA; Nov/Dec 2007; issue: vol. 21, no. 6
http://www.solartoday.org http://www.solartoday.org/2007/nov_dec07/regenerative_design.htm SOLAR TAX CREDITS - GRANTS
http://www.dsireusa.org http://www.bergey.com SOLAR LINKS and TOURS of Solar Homes and Buildings:
http://www.ases.org/tour/2007_tour/california.htm http://www.homepower.com/events/index.cfm http://www.solarliving.org http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2006/07/8046.php http://utah.indymedia.org/news/2006/07/15788.php INTERNATIONAL Solar Tours:
http://www.solarhouseday.com/index01.shtml http://bristol.indymedia.org/newswire.php?story_id=25168 ELIMINATING PHANTOM ELECTRICAL LOADS from APPLIANCES
This a cheap way to reduce energy use. For information:
http://www.redwoodenergy.org/ContentPage.asp?ContentID=374 http://www.positivenergy.com/reduceneeds.html http://www.windchasers.ca/new_page_7.htm http://www.greenmountainsolar.com/view.php/page/gotphantoms http://www.homeenergy.org/archive/hem.dis.anl.gov/eehem/96/960715.html http://www.coolcaledon.org/PDFs/Phantom_Electrical_Loads.pdf http://www.neutralexistence.com/Reduce-Phantom-Electrical-Loads.html http://www.builditsolar.com/References/Half/ProjectsConservation.htm http://www.econet.sk.ca/solutions/energy/cutting.html SOLAR ENERGY INTELLIGENCE
Why be Stupid?
http://valparaiso.indymedia.org/news/2006/09/8723.php http://thunderbay.indymedia.org/news/2006/09/24833.php http://pr.indymedia.org/news/2006/09/18295.php GERMAN SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY:
intelligent design
translate German = english:
http://babelfish.altavista.com http://www.bomin-solar.de http://www.solarinfo.de http://www.passivhaustagung.de http://sunda.de http://www.inn-plan.de http://www.optigruen.de http://www.sses.ch http://www.orange-energy.de http://www.firstsolar.com http://www.thyssen-solartec.com http://www.wind-energie.de http://www.solarfoerderung.de http://www.biocar.de http://www.iwr.de http://www.evt-scooter.de http://www.intersolar.de http://www.sunversy.de http://www.solarwaterworld.de http://www.aet.de http://www.berger-biotechnik.de http://www.biodieselverband.de http://www.btec-rosenheim.de http://www.campa-biodiesel.de http://www.cleanenergy.de http://www.dewind.de http://www.eg-solar.de http://www.elsbett.com http://www.energiekontor.de http://www.fmso.de http://www.geothermie.de http://www.rerorust.de http://www.velomobile.de http://www.optigruen.de http://www.zinco.de http://www.sunoven.de http://www.mindquest.de/Zonnewater http://www.energieteam-bvsg.de http://www.tinox.de http://www.bva-bielefeld.de/zeit/sw http://www.sun-and-ice.de http://www.solarserver.de http://www.zeo-tech.de BUILD INTO THE FUTURE
Indestructible and energy efficient buildings and homes
(Hurricane proof, Tornado proof, Earthquake proof, Fire proof and Tidal Wave proof)
Reduces energy use by 40% to 80%
http://www.monolithic.com http://www.heliodyne.com http://www.swisssolartech.com http://www.ormat.com http://radiantsolar.com http://dsegroup.com http://www.fraccaro.it http://solargenix.com http://plantdrive.com http://sunda.de http://www.microhydropower.com http://www.powerlight.com http://www.kalwall.com http://www.bomin-solar.de http://www.isolite.com http://magenn.com http://teslamotors.com http://www.solarthermal.com http://www.sun-dome.com http://www.sun-tek.com http://www.skytube.net.nz http://www.sunscope.com http://www.huvco.com http://www.tubular-skylight.com http://www.solarwall.com http://www.greengridroofs.com http://www.sunpower.com http://www.cansolair.com http://www.insuladd.com http://www.vestas.com http://www.sunfrost.com http://www.staber.com http://www.canadiansolartechnologies.ca http://www.sloanled.com http://www.carmanah.com http://www.superbrightleds.com http://www.sunutility.com http://lorentzpumps.com http://www.hlf.org.np http://rainharvesting.co.uk http://zeolite.com.au http://grasscrete.com http://www.ultimateair.com http://www.tri-steel.com http://harvesthomes.ca http://meadowoodindustries.com http://rammedearthworks.com http://atlantium.com http://www.calearth.org http://www.sun-dome.com http://www.kalwall.com http://www.sun-tek.com http://maxisolar.co.uk http://www.skytube.net.nz http://www.sunscope.com http://www.solaskylights.com http://www.huvco.com http://www.tubular-skylight.com http://www.solabright.co.uk http://www.sunpipe.com http://www.sunscope.com http://www.tru-lite.com http://www.natural-light-skylights.com http://uruguay.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/42480.php PASSIVE SOLAR HEATING of BUILDINGS
http://www.greenhouse.gov.au/yourhome/technical/fs14.htm http://www.ourcoolhouse.com/phase2.htm http://www.sunplans.com http://www.passivhaustagung.de http://www.passiv.de http://www.solardwellings.com.au http://www.omsolar.net http://www.poweredliving.co.nz http://www.solarliving.org http://www.passivehouse.org.nz http://www.sunpowerdesign.com.au Passive House Planning Package 2007 Manual + CD-Rom (7th revised edition)
http://e-colab.org http://www.passivhaus.org.uk http://passiefhuisplatform.be http://pibp.pl http://budynek-pasywny.pl http://www.lamaisonpassive.fr http://maison.passive.free.fr http://www.lamaisonpassive.be http://www.maison-passive.be http://www.maisonpassive.be http://www.passiefhuisplatform.be http://www.batirbio.org http://www.la-maison-ecologique.com http://passive-aventure.vivao.be http://maisonpassive.info http://solares-bauen.fr http://www.energieinstitut.at http://www.hausderzukunft.at book: Warm House, Cool House: Inspirational Designs for Low-Energy Housing; by Nick Hollo
http://www.unireps.com.au/isbn/0947277226.htm http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/environ/housedesign/moreinfo.shtml http://www.aseg.net/InTheNews.htm http://www.cfd.rmit.edu.au/programs/sustainable_buildings/books_on_sustainable_architecture_and_building http://www.architext.com.au/Cat/environmental.htm http://www.facs.gov.au/indigenous/housing_guide2/b8.htm http://www.bookworm.com.au/bookworm/dw000013.htm http://www.theownerbuilder.com.au/Bookshop.pdf book: Passive Solar House; by James Kachadorian
http://www.chelseagreen.com/2006/items/passivesolarhouse2 http://www.dirtcheapbuilder.com/passolhous.html http://www.urbanharvest.org/permaculture/pclinks.html http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/ow/bccde3d2434d17fba19afeb4da09e526.html http://www.homesteadinginfo.com/books/chelseapublishing/passive_solar_house.html http://store.sundancesolar.com/pasohoussode.html http://www.acresaustralia.com.au/bookstore/prod381.htm http://www.rockymtsolar.com/passivesolar.htm book: Solar House, Passive Heating and Cooling; by Ph.D. Chiras
http://www.nesea.org/publications/NESun/review_chiras.html http://store.altenergystore.com/Books-Videos/Solar/c457 https://www.oikos.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=160 https://www.naturalhomeandgarden.com/nhgecom/router.aspx?PageId=ProDetail&ItemNumber=1436 http://www.dynamiclist.com/?node=a55acf4b-3c30-407f-b74a-712446aeb04d http://www.designcoalition.org/features/lansing/details/aircore/aircore.htm book: Affordable Passive Solar Homes; by Richard Crowther
http://www.nesea.org/buildings/passive.html http://www.ases.org/print_catalog/residential_design.htm http://www.austinenergy.com/Energy%20Efficiency/Programs/Green%20Building/Sourcebook/passiveSolarDesign.htm http://www.3sc.net/solarm/resources.htm http://www.permacult.com.au/shelter/energy_solar.html http://www.cectoxic.org/pdf/BuildingGreen.pdf book: Sustainable Community; by Graham Meltzer
http://green-shopping.co.uk book: Passive Solar Design and Construction Handbook; by Michael J. Crosbie
http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471183083.html http://www.greenenergyohio.org/page.cfm?pageId=492 http://www.cecer.army.mil/Sustdesign/SDRFavBooksPV.cfm http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/solardesign.html http://www.greensage.com/CEU/4467nr/CEU4467nrbooks.html http://www.greenhomebuilding.com/heatwithsun.htm book: The Passive Solar Energy Book: A Complete Guide to Passive Solar Home, Greenhouse, and Building Design; by Edward Mazria
book: Solar Projects for Under 500 Dollars; by Mary Twitchell
book: Passive Solar Construction Handbook; by Levy Emanuel
book: European Passive Solar Handbook; by Owen Lewis
book: Survey of European Passive Solar Buildings; by Commissariat a L'ene
book: Profiting from Sunshine - Passive Solar Building in the Mountains
book: Passive Solar Design Strategies; National Renewable Energy Lab
http://bookstore.greenbuilder.com/index.books book: Passive Solar Retrofit; by Darryl Strickler
book: Village Homes, Solar House Designs; by J. Corbett
book: California Passive Solar Handbook; California Energy Commission
book: Passive Solar Design Handbook (volumes I, II, III); by D. Balcomb
book: National Design Handbook Prototype on Passive Solar Heating and Natural Cooling of Buildings; United Nations Centre for Human Settlements
book: Erstes Mehrfamilien-Passivhaus im Altbau; author: A. Willensdorfer
http://www.hausderzukunft.at book: Passivhaus Schulungunterlagen; author: P. Holzer
book: 1000 Passivhäuser in Österreich; author: G. Lang
book: Praxis- und Passivhaustaugliche Sanierungssysteme für Dach und Wandbauteile unter Verwendung von Hochleistungswärmedämmsystemen; author: A. Ferle
book: Wohnbausanierung mit Passivhaustechnologie; author: A. Prehal
HIGH PERFORMANCE PASSIVE HOUSES
http://www.viking-house.net PASSIVE SOLAR WATER WALLS AND WATER BAGS
Thermal Mass - Very Cost Effective
journal: Solar Today; article: Return of the Water Wall; by David Bainbridge; issue: vol. 21, no. 4; July/August 2007
http://www.solartoday.org http://www.solar-components.com http://www.solartoday.org/2007/july_aug07/water_wall.htm journal: Mother Earth News; article: Build a Water Wall Solar Home; by David Bainbridge; issue: Nov/Dec 1984
http://www.slosustainability.com Water Wall Design Manual
http://www.builditsolar.com/Projects/SpaceHeating/AWaterWallIntro.pdf Polymax Water Wall Bag
http://www.growerssupply.com http://www.solar-components.com http://www.slosustainability.com AIR RADIANT PASSIVE HEATING/COOLING SYSTEMS
very Energy Efficient Passive Solar - very cost effective
http://www.radiantfloorsnw.com http://www.airfloor.com HOME FRESH AIR EXCHANGER and HUMIDITY CONTROL
http://www.ultimateair.com SAND MASS SOLAR HEAT STORAGE
-very cost effective for Cloudy Winter days
Some European manufactures use the floor for thermal mass heat storage. This can keep the building warm for three to seven days if electricity is lost or there are many cloudy days in a row or if there is little daylight during the winter.
One method is to put a layer of insulation on the ground, using the same insulation that is used for the Monolithic Dome, see
http://www.monolithicdome.com. Then, a three foot (one meter) layer of sand is placed over the insulation. In the sand is placed the hydronic radiant floor heating system or hot water pipes. The sand is cover with aluminum foil. Then the flooring system is placed on top of the sand. A deeper base of sand may be used to obtain more thermal mass for areas of extreme cold. The hot water heats up the thermal mass of sand allowing the retained heat to keep the building warm if electricity is lost or there are many cloudy days.
An additional option for multi story buildings is to place one foot (1/3 meter) of sand between upper level floors and to place additional hydronic heating pipes in the sand. A floor systems is placed on top of the sand. The building has to be built extra strong to withstand the additional weight of the sand sub-flooring. Some manufactures use the steel framing method for homes and buildings to obtain the strength needed for the additional weight of the sand. See
http://www.tri-steel.com for steel homes and buildings. journal: Solar Today; article: Warm Radiant Comfort in the Sand; by Bob Ramlow; Nov/Dec 2007; issue: vol. 21, no. 6; Nov/Dec 2007, page 42
http://www.solartoday.org http://www.solartoday.org/2007/nov_dec07/radiant_comfort.htm http://www.arthaonline.com http://www.epsea.org/mass.html NATURAL DAY LIGHTING
Saves Money and Energy; increases health, productivity and positive attitudes
http://www.daylightingtraining.org http://www.greeningschools.org/resources/view_cat_admin.cfm?id=7 http://www.skytube.net.nz http://www.solaskylights.com http://www.slosustainability.com http://www.kalwall.com http://www.solatube.com http://www.naturallightsolutions.co.nz http://www.bomin-solar.de http://www.sun-tek.com http://maxisolar.co.uk http://www.sun-dome.com http://www.sunscope.com http://www.huvco.com http://www.tubular-skylight.com http://www.solabright.co.uk http://www.sunpipe.com http://www.tru-lite.com http://www.natural-light-skylights.com http://www.sunportdaylighting.com/company.htm http://www.solatube.co.il http://www.solatube.cz http://www.solatube.com.mx http://www.solatube.gr http://www.solatube.sk http://www.solatube.si http://www.gunisigiaydinlatma.com http://www.daylighttechnology.com http://www.naturalight.co.uk http://pride.uoregon.edu/point.php?id=2 http://www.advancedbuildings.org/main_t_lighting_daylighting_controls.htm http://www.edfacilities.org/rl/daylighting.cfm http://www.soluminaire.com/benefits.html http://www.pfisterenergy.com/daylighting.html http://www.southwall.com/southwall/Home/Commercial/Solutions/Daylighting.html book: The Light Revolution, Health, Architecture, and the Sun; by Richard Hobday
book: Daylighting Performance and Design; by Gregg Ander
CONVERTING USED COOKING OIL into DIESEL FUEL
http://plantdrive.com/Used_Cooking_Oil_Fuel_4_18_07.pdf http://plantdrive.com http://www.hawaii.indymedia.org/news/2006/06/5943.php http://www.goldenfuelsystems.com http://www.mrfunnel.com ORGANIC VEGETABLE DIESEL FUEL
http://www.plantdrive.com http://www.ca40g.com http://biodieselwarehouse.com http://www.joshuatickell.com/books_films.htm BILLION DOLLAR crop-
http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/hemp.html book: How to Make Biodiesel; by Dan Carter
http://www.lowimpact.org/manuals.htm book: Biodiesel Power; by Lyle Estill
http://www.newsociety.com/bookid/3898 oil seed press machine -
http://www.oilpress.com http://www.biofuels-sa.com http://www.ufop.de http://www.grownfuel.com http://www.petrotec.de http://www.rerorust.de POLLUTION and RACISM, INJUSTICE
book: Confronting Environmental Racism; by Robert Bullard
book: Environmental Injustices; by David Camacho
book: Environmentalism and Economic Justice; by Laura Pulido
book: Pollution and the Death of Man; by Francis Schaeffer
book: From the Ground Up, Environmental Racism; by Luke Cole
book: Struggle for Ecological Democracy; by Daniel Faber
book: No Safe Place, Toxic Waste and Community Action; by Phil Brown
book: Taking on Power and Poison in America; by Mark Schapiro
REFINERY REFORM, POLLUTION and DEATH
Does Big Oil have a body bag with your name on it?
http://www.refineryreform.org http://www.cleartheair.org/dirtypower http://www.sunkills.com http://shellfacts.com http://www.greenpointvexxon.com STOP CLIMATE CHAOS and the DESTRUCTION of the POOR
http://www.itdg.org/?id=stopclimatechaos http://stopclimatechaos.org http://campaigncc.org BIG OIL BRIBES CONGRESS
http://www.campaignfinance.org/states STOP ELECTION FRAUD
http://www.blackboxvoting.org FOOD SECURITY links
http://www.foodsecurity.org/links.html INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE COLLAPSE - correcting the problems
http://www.energybulletin.net/22584.html http://www.acus.org/docs/051007-Hirsch_World_Oil_Production.pdf FARMING INDUSTRY DESTROYED by GLOBAL WARMING
http://chicago.indymedia.org/newswire/display/79200/index.php http://indymedia.org.nz/newswire/display/73543/index.php http://scotland.indymedia.org/newswire/display/4497/index.php http://napoli.indymedia.org/node/924 WASTE NOT, WANT NOT
http://www.zeri.org http://www.effectivemicro-organisms.co.uk http://www.oceanarks.org http://www.bokashi.co.nz http://www.elementgreen.com http://www.zerowastekovalam.org http://zerowaste.co.nz http://www.zerowaste.com http://www.crns.org.uk http://www.powerefficiencycorp.com http://www.1windowquilts.com http://www.waterless.co.nz http://waterrecycling.com http://ecoflo.ie book: Create an Oasis With Greywater; by A. Ludwig
http://www.oasisdesign.net http://www.ecological-engineering.com http://atlantium.com book: Safe Rainwater Collection; by Charmaine Taylor
http://www.dirtcheapbuilder.com http://www.wolvertonenvironmental.com Greywater Heat Exchangers:
http://www.gfxtechnology.com book: Worms Eat My Garbage; by Mary Appelhof
http://www.wormwoman.com http://www.vermico.com http://elementgreen.com book: Recycle With Earthworms; by Shelley Grossman
http://www.wormbooks.com/all.books.htm ADVANCED RECYCLING TECHNOLOGIES:
http://rogueimc.org/en/2007/05/8529.shtml http://india.indymedia.org/en/2005/12/211277.shtml http://santiago.indymedia.org/news/2007/05/68545.php http://turkce-cyprus.indymedia.org/newswire/display/120/index.php WATER BATTERY
economical energy storage for developing countries and for remote sites:
Use a Ram Pump to pump water to an elevated storage tank. Then use the gravity of the water in the storage tank to generate electricity by utilizing a Micro-Hydro generator.
http://www.gpe-waterpumps.com http://www.microhydropower.com http://www.watermotor.net http://www.windmills.biz http://www.lorentzpumps.com http://www.greenandcarter.com http://www.hi-ram.co.uk http://www.waterwheelfactory.com book: Complete Hyraulic Ram Manual; author: Tom Moates
http://www.countrysidemag.com http://www.lehmans.com/sdx/268889.jsp http://www.lehmans.com/sdx/268889.jsp WINTER FARMING AND GARDENING TECHNOLOGY
http://www.newfarm.org/features/0404/moore/greenhouse.shtml http://www.newfarm.org/features/0404/moore/greenhouseII.shtml http://biointensiveforrussia.igc.org http://www.fourseasonfarm.com http://www.growerssupply.com http://www.growbiointensive.org/newsletter/may2000/passive-solar.html http://www.homepower.com Passive Solar Greenhouse Workshop: design, construction and year round production:
contact:
sandcmoore@juno.com telephone: 717.225.2489 (USA) Steve and Carol Moore book: Four Season Harvest; by Eliot Coleman
http://www.fourseasonfarm.com/main/books/books.html book: Solar Gardening; by Leande Vogel Poisson
http://green-shopping.co.uk book: Winter Harvest Manual; by Eliot Coleman
http://www.fourseasonfarm.com/main/books/books.html book: Lasagna Gardening; by Patricia Lanza
bring sun light indoors to grow food:
http://www.sunpipe.com energy efficient LED grow lights:
http://www.led-grow-master.com Water Walls-Thermal Mass
http://www.slosustainability.com Water Wall Design Manual
http://www.builditsolar.com/Projects/SpaceHeating/AWaterWallIntro.pdf Polymax Water Wall Bag
http://www.growerssupply.com http://www.solar-components.com HEATING GREEN HOUSES with SOLAR HOT WATER and radiant heating systems
(Using the floor as a Thermal Mass for Retaining Heat at Night - see THERMAL MASS)
http://www.radiantsolar.com http://www.solargenix.com http://www.radiantec.com http://www.radiantcompany.com http://www.wirsbo.ca http://www.heliodyne.com http://www.twapanels.ca http://www.thermotechs.com http://www.thermomax.com http://www.orange-energy.de Free Installation Manual:
http://www.radiantec.com/installation.htm Solar Water Wall for Passive Solar Heating
http://www.solar-components.com http://www.growerssupply.com Water Wall Design Manual
http://www.builditsolar.com/Projects/SpaceHeating/AWaterWallIntro.pdf Polymax Water Wall Bag
http://www.growerssupply.com book: Energy Conservation for Commercial Greenhouses; by John Bartok
http://www.growingedge.com/store/books_multimedia.php book: Biodynamic Greenhouse Management; by Heinz Grotzke
book: Greenhouses for Homeowners and Gardeners; by John Bartok
http://www.growingedge.com/store/books_multimedia.php book: Complete Greenhouse Book, Building and Using Greenhouses from Cold-Frames to Solar Structures; by Peter Clegg
book: Complete book of the Greenhouse; by Ian Walls
http://green-shopping.co.uk book: Greener Greenhouses;
http://www.growingedge.com/store/books_multimedia.php book: Greenhouse Gardener's Companion; by Shane Smith
book: Building Your Own Greenhouse; by Mark Freeman
book: Gardening Under Cover: A Northwest Guide to Solar Greenhouses, Cold Frames; by William Head
book: Building and Using Cold Frames
book: Polytunnel Companion; by Jayne Neville
book: Gardening Under Plastic: How to Use Fleece, Films, Cloches and Polytunnels; by Bernard Salt
book: Starting Early Flowering and Vegetable Plants Under Glass; by Charles Nissley
bring sun light indoors to grow food:
http://www.sunpipe.com http://www.led-grow-master.com Water Walls-Thermal Mass
http://www.slosustainability.com Vertical indoor Garding:
http://207.155.2.70 http://www.vertigro.com http://www.omegagarden.com http://www.growingedge.com/magazine/back_issues/view_article.php3?AID=170320 SOLAR POWERED GREENHOUSES and passive solar heated greenhouses
http://www.growingedge.com/magazine/back_issues/view_article.php3?AID=170320 http://www.growingspaces.co.uk http://www.scrupe.com/Collecting%20Details/collecting_details.htm http://www.solar.demokritos.gr/desabst/1981.htm Solar Water Wall for Passive Solar Heating
http://www.solar-components.com Water Wall Design Manual
http://www.builditsolar.com/Projects/SpaceHeating/AWaterWallIntro.pdf Polymax Water Wall Bag
http://www.growerssupply.com Bringing Sun Light Indoors for Gardening inside your home
(recycling indoor air with plants, save energy, grow food indoors)
http://www.sun-dome.com http://www.sun-tek.com http://www.kalwall.com http://www.skytube.net.nz http://www.sunscope.com http://www.huvco.com book: Daylight Design of Buildings; by Nick Baker
http://www.cat.org.uk book: How To Grow Fresh Air; by B. C. Wolverton
http://www.wolvertonenvironmental.com PERMACULTURE - Going Beyond Sustainability into the Future
http://www.seedinternational.com.au http://www.tagari.com http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/perma.html http://www.permaculture-magazine.co.uk http://www.berg-en-dal.co.za http://www.permacultureinternational.org http://www.permaculture-hawaii.com http://www.permacultura-es.org http://www.permacultureactivist.net http://www.permaculture.org.au http://www.permacult.com.au http://www.permacultura.org http://permakultur.dk http://www.permaculture-steve.net http://www.permaculturemelbourne.org.au http://www.permaculture.biz http://www.tortuga.com/permacultura http://permaculturevisions.com http://www.permaculture.net http://www.openpermaculture.com http://www.permaculture.org.nz http://www.permacultura-bahia.org.br http://www.permacultura-montsant.org http://www.permacultura.org.br http://www.tierramor.org http://www.ecohabitar.org http://www.ecocentro.org http://permacultura.freeservers.com http://www.permacultura.cl http://permacultura.no.sapo.pt http://www.gaia.org.ar/cursoperma.htm http://www.vidasana.org http://www.ufpa.br/permacultura http://www.mutantia21.com.ar/permacultura.html http://www.permaculture.org.uk http://www.permacultura.it http://www.ipemabrasil.org.br http://www.brightonpermaculture.co.uk http://www.torri-superiore.org http://www.agrorede.org.br/curso-permacultura http://www.ybytucatu.com.br/permacultura.htm http://www.amazonia.org http://www.permacultura-rs.org.br http://www.mmrfbz.org http://www.permaculture.org book: Permaculture Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability; by David Holmgren
book: Small Is Beautiful; by E. F. Schumacher
book: Gaviotas, A Village to Reinvent the World; by Alan Weisman
http://dharma-haven.org/five-havens/gaviotas.htm journal: Permaculture Activist
http://www.permacultureactivist.net journal: Permaculture Magazine
http://www.permaculture-magazine.co.uk journal: Permaculture Drylands Journal
http://www.permaculture.net Permaculture Store:
http://green-shopping.co.uk http://eco-logicbooks.com http://acresusa.com Earth Renewal, Regenerative Designs and Whole Systems Designs:
http://www.regenesisgroup.com http://www.integrativedesign.net http://www.sustainabilityed.org http://ecodesign.org http://www.revitalizationinstitute.org/Network_Affiliates.htm http://www.revitalizationinstitute.org http://www.natlogic.com http://tsd.ca journal: Solar Today; article: Progressing Beyond Sustainable to Regenerative DesignBy Bill Reed, AIA; Nov/Dec 2007; issue: vol. 21, no. 6
http://www.solartoday.org http://www.solartoday.org/2007/nov_dec07/regenerative_design.htm VOLUNTEER to WORK on ORGANIC FARMS all over the World
http://www.wwoof.org http://www.wwoof.it http://www.wwoof.dk http://www.wwoof.de http://www.wwoof.com.au http://www.wwoof.ca RAINWATER HARVESTING
http://www.greengridroofs.com http://www.rainharvesting.co.uk http://plants-for-people.org/eng http://foodnotlawns.com Rainwater Filtering:
http://rainfilters.com http://www.hydroscreen.com http://www.oasisdesign.net Rainwater Purification:
http://www.chlorfreeglobal.com http://www.ecological-engineering.com http://atlantium.com http://www.wolvertonenvironmental.com http://www.hlf.org.np/Spowts.html http://sunutility.com http://www.rainwaterclub.org http://www.eng.warwick.ac.uk/DTU/rwh/index.html http://www.rainwaterharvesting.org http://www.aboutrainwaterharvesting.com http://www.rainman.ie http://www.sustainable.com.au/rainwater.html http://www.rainharvesting.co.uk http://www.forgottenrain.com http://www.lifewater.ca/rain.htm http://www.rainwaterharvesting.net http://www.raincentre.org http://www.ne-design.net http://dnr.metrokc.gov/wlr/PI/rainbarrels.htm http://www.rainharvesting.ie http://www.freerain.co.uk http://www.cseindia.org http://www.ideorg.org/Page.asp?NavID=215 http://products.ecosaver.com.au/dma-savew/?sectionid=20 Online Book: Texas Guide to Rainwater Harvesting; by Wendy Price Todd
http://www.twdb.state.tx.us/publications/reports/RainwaterHarvestingManual_3rdedition.pdf http://www.geckodance.com/Family_Focus/Rainwater_Collection.html http://www.ircsa.org/7th.html http://home.btconnect.com/engindia/rainwaterharvesting.htm http://www.harvestingrainwater.com/resources/rainwater-harvesting-with-cisterns-resources http://www.newint.org/issue354/harvesting.htm http://www.selfhelpintl.ie/selfhelp/Files/20509%20Self%20Help%20Water%20Book.pdf http://www.p2pays.org/ref/18/17754.htm http://www.oneworld.ca/guides/water/harvesting http://www.solar783.com/rainharv.pdf book: Rain Gardens; by Nigel Dunnett
book: Create an Oasis With Greywater; by A. Ludwig
http://www.oasisdesign.net book: Safe Rainwater Collection; by Charmaine Taylor
http://www.dirtcheapbuilder.com book: Planting Green Roofs and Living Walls; by Nigel Dunnett
book: Green Roof Plants; by Edmund C. Snodgrass
book: Roof Gardens; by Theodore H. Osmundson
RECYCLING STORM WATER
(heat island mitigation, cleaning and filtering storm water)
Porous concrete vehicle parking areas and green parking lots
http://www.grasscrete.com http://www.ecocreto.com http://www.nidaplast.nl http://www.hexapath.com http://www.perfo-uk.com http://www.hoofmark.co.uk http://www.netlon.co.uk/_turfsystems http://www.heitonuk.com/ground1.htm http://www.invisiblestructures.com.au http://www.grasspave.com/GP2/grasspave.htm http://www.ritter-technik.co.uk/grass.html http://www.geoproducts.org http://www.geosyn.co.uk/products/duoblock.html http://earth-savers.com http://www.monolithic.com/construction/culverts/index.html GRAY WATER RECYCLING
http://www.oasisdesign.net http://www.ecoplay.nl http://www.ecological-engineering.com http://www.oceanarks.org http://www.waterrecycling.com http://www.waterrecycle.com.au http://www.korte-organica.hu http://www.livingmachines.com http://www.cepp.cc http://www.seacology.org http://www.seaweb.org book: Builder's Greywater Guide; author: Art Ludwig
http://www.oasisdesign.net book: Sewage Solutions; author: Nick Grant
http://www.cat.org.uk/catpubs/book.tmpl?sku=ss Greywater Heat Exchangers:
http://www.gfxtechnology.com RECYCLING HEAT FROM WASTE WATER for heating and cooling buildings
http://www.demarcoenergy.com http://www.focus-solar.com NO FLUSH COMPOSTING TOILET SYSTEMS
http://www.compostingtoilet.com http://www.waterless.co.nz http://www.composttoilet.nl http://www.ecosan.nl http://www.sun-mar.com http://www.riles.org http://www.solartoilet.com http://www.envirolet-europe.com http://www.berger-biotechnik.de http://www.aquatron.se book: Composting Toilet System Book; author: David Del Porto
http://www.oasisdesign.net book: Humanure Handbook; author: Joseph Jenkins
http://www.jenkinspublishing.com/humanure.html book: Wastewater Recycling Manual
http://csestore.cse.org.in book: The Toilet Papers: Designs to Recycle Human Waste; author: Sim Van Der Ryn
http://www.alibris.com article: The Worm Composting Toilet
http://www.wormdigest.org Compost-Zing for compost toilets
http://www.bokashi.co.nz/order_form.htm training for: building composting toilet systems
http://www.cepp.cc PERMACULTURE - Going Beyond Sustainability into the Future
http://www.seedinternational.com.au http://www.tagari.com http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/perma.html http://www.permaculture-magazine.co.uk http://www.berg-en-dal.co.za http://www.permacultureinternational.org http://www.permaculture-hawaii.com http://www.permacultura-es.org http://www.permacultureactivist.net http://www.permaculture.org.au http://www.permacult.com.au http://www.permacultura.org http://permakultur.dk http://www.permaculture-steve.net http://www.permaculturemelbourne.org.au http://www.permaculture.biz http://www.tortuga.com/permacultura http://permaculturevisions.com http://www.permaculture.net http://www.openpermaculture.com http://www.permaculture.org.nz http://www.permacultura-bahia.org.br http://www.permacultura-montsant.org http://www.permacultura.org.br http://www.tierramor.org http://www.ecohabitar.org http://www.ecocentro.org http://permacultura.freeservers.com http://www.permacultura.cl http://permacultura.no.sapo.pt http://www.gaia.org.ar/cursoperma.htm http://www.vidasana.org http://www.ufpa.br/permacultura http://www.mutantia21.com.ar/permacultura.html http://www.permaculture.org.uk http://www.permacultura.it http://www.ipemabrasil.org.br http://www.brightonpermaculture.co.uk http://www.torri-superiore.org http://www.agrorede.org.br/curso-permacultura http://www.ybytucatu.com.br/permacultura.htm http://www.amazonia.org http://www.permacultura-rs.org.br http://www.mmrfbz.org http://www.permaculture.org book: Permaculture Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability; by David Holmgren
book: Small Is Beautiful; by E. F. Schumacher
book: Gaviotas, A Village to Reinvent the World; by Alan Weisman
http://dharma-haven.org/five-havens/gaviotas.htm journal: Permaculture Activist
http://www.permacultureactivist.net journal: Permaculture Magazine
http://www.permaculture-magazine.co.uk journal: Permaculture Drylands Journal
http://www.permaculture.net Permaculture Store:
http://green-shopping.co.uk http://eco-logicbooks.com http://acresusa.com Earth Renewal, Regenerative Designs and Whole Systems Designs:
http://www.regenesisgroup.com http://www.integrativedesign.net http://www.sustainabilityed.org http://ecodesign.org http://www.revitalizationinstitute.org/Network_Affiliates.htm http://www.revitalizationinstitute.org http://www.natlogic.com http://tsd.ca journal: Solar Today; article: Progressing Beyond Sustainable to Regenerative DesignBy Bill Reed, AIA; Nov/Dec 2007; issue: vol. 21, no. 6
http://www.solartoday.org http://www.solartoday.org/2007/nov_dec07/regenerative_design.htm CARBON SOILS
Adding CHARCOAL to soil ~
http://www.eprida.com ~ greatly increases crop production for very many years. References: Solar Today journal, Nov/Dec 2006, article: Chair's Corner: Positive Charcoal equals Negative Carbon; by Roanl Larson
http://www.solartoday.org Permaculture Magazine, #50, Winter 2006; article: The Magical Soils Of El Derado; by Terra Preta
http://www.permaculture-magazine.co.uk http://www.newfarm.org/columns/research_paul/2006/0106/charcoal.shtml http://terrapreta.bioenergylists.org http://iaiconference.org http://www.carbonnegative.info http://www.css.cornell.edu/faculty/lehmann/terra_preta/TerraPretahome.htm http://www.css.cornell.edu/faculty/lehmann/publications.htm http://deltafarmpress.com/news/051114-terra-preta http://www.dynamotive.com/english/biooil/char.html http://www.agri-therm.com CHARCOAL SOIL: Adaptation Strategies for Global Change:
http://www.css.cornell.edu/faculty/lehmann/publ/MitAdaptStratGlobChange%2011,%20403-427,%20Lehmann,%202006.pdf http://www.css.cornell.edu/faculty/lehmann/publ/Lehmann%20et%20al.,%202002,%20WCSS%20Bangkok,%20paper%20no.0449.pdf book: Carbon Cycle; by Leonard Ridzon
http://www.acresusa.com book: Lost Crops of the Incas
http://www.growingedge.com/magazine/back_issues/view_article.php3?AID=140668 COMPOST TEA: INCREASED FOOD PRODUCTION
Compost Tea fights plant diseases, insects and increases plant growth.
http://www.vermico.com/compost_tea_brewers.htm http://www.growingsolutions.com http://www.soilsoup.com http://www.nature-technologies.com http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/compost-tea-notes.html#soilfoodweb book: Compost Tea Brewing Manual, 5th edition; by Elaine Ingham
http://www.earthfort.com/shopexd.asp?id=18 http://www.vermico.com/compost_tea_brewers.htm http://www.soilfoodweb.com book: An Introduction to the Soil Foodweb; by Elaine Ingham
http://www.soilfoodweb.com http://www.earthfort.com/shopexd.asp?id=22 seminars:
http://www.soilfoodweb.com WORM TEA: FIGHTS PLANT DISEASES - ORGANIC FERTILIZERS
http://www.ourvitalearth.com/worm-tea.htm http://bristen.com/natureshop/gardenjournal/wormtea.htm http://www.kitsapezearth.com/fact.html#tea WORM COMPOSTING: RECYCLING - SOIL IMPROVEMENT - INCREASED FOOD PRODUCTION
Worm Composting rapidly converts organic waste into safe and very beneficial garden products.
http://www.vermico.com http://www.elementgreen.com http://www.wormdigest.org http://www.wormbooks.com http://www.eco-ireland.com http://www.wormwoman.com http://www.earthworms.co.nz http://vermitechnology.com http://www.wonderwormsuk.com/recycling http://www.sfenvironment.org/our_programs/topics.html?ssi=3&ti=6 http://whatcom.wsu.edu/ag/compost/Redwormsedit.htm http://www.homestead.org/Gardening/RaisingEarthworms.htm book: Worms Eat My Garbage; by Mary Appelhof
http://www.wormwoman.com http://www.vermico.com book: Recycle With Earthworms; by Shelley Grossman
http://www.wormbooks.com/all.books.htm book: Let An Earthworm Be Your Garbage Man
http://www.wormbooks.com/all.books.htm book: Composting With Worms; by G. Pilkington
http://www.eco-logicbooks.com book: A Worm's Eye View of Recycling Rubbish
http://www.organicnz.org/page/organic-nz-book-club-children book: The Farmer's Earthworm Handbook; by David Ernst
http://acresusa.com article: The Worm Composting Toilet
http://www.wormdigest.org book: The Worm Café: Mid-Scale Vermicomposting of Lunchroom Wastes- A Manual for Schools resources for the Classroom
http://www.wormwoman.com/acatalog/index.html schools and univerities composting their organic waste
http://www.wormwoman.com/acatalog/index.html newsletters:
http://www.vermico.com/newsletter1.htm training and seminars:
http://www.vermico.com/seminar.htm Kitchen Worm Composter
http://www.elementgreen.com E.M. COMPOSTING: RECYCLING - CLEANING POLLUTED SOILS - INCREASED FOOD PRODUCTION
Effective Microorganisms Composting converts animal waste into safe garden products and eliminates odors.
http://www.effectivemicro-organisms.co.uk http://bokashicenter.com http://www.emshop.co.nz http://www.emrousa.com/about.html http://www.bokashi.co.nz http://www.eminfo.info http://www.agriton.nl/apnanman.html http://www.emro.co.jp http://www.emtrading.com http://www.emnz.com http://www.emrochina.com http://www.multikraft.at http://www.school-el.net http://www.unet.or.jp http://www.go-emco.co.jp http://www.embiotech.org http://www.chujosl.com http://www.emgreen.pl http://www.emhellas.com http://www.emiko.de http://www.lindros.co.za/Effective%20Microorganisms.htm http://www.emhawaii.com http://www.bmecology.com http://emerald-natural-living.ie http://www.newfarm.org/depts/gleanings/0803/rutter.shtml http://www.hinduonnet.com/2005/01/01/stories/2005010117170300.htm book: Beneficial and Effective Microorganisms for a Sustainable Agriculture and Environment; by Teruo Higa
book: An Earth Saving Revolution; by Teruo Higa
http://www.emshop.co.nz/em-products-books_videos.html book: Eco Pure The Front Line of EM Kitchen Garbage Recycle; by EM Joho-shitsu
book: EM Teacher's Manual Transforming Waste
http://bokashicenter.com Compost-Zing for Kitchen Waste Recycling
http://www.bokashi.co.nz/order_form.htm Bokashi Compost-Zing Systems
http://www.bokashi.co.nz/order_form.htm EM Kitchen and Garden Composters
http://www.emtrading.com/store1/emkc100104_700_26_15_3_261.html OTHER COMPOSTING METHODS
book: Let it Rot; by Stu Campbell
http://www.countrysidemag.com book: Secret Life of Co