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                          Lawn Care Sources & Resources



Introduction to OLC
Organic Land Care: lawns, gardens and landscapes
Every Yard Makes a Difference
Lawn and Turf
NOFA Standards for Organic Land Care
Accreditation Course

First, Do No Harm

Every land use decision we make will have a positive or negative effect on the land in our
care. Strive to understand and preserve existing elements that benefit the whole
ecosystem––indigenous plants and soils, wildlife corridors and habitat, riparian buffers and
watershed drainage, mature trees and shrubs. Minimize use of inputs that impact existing
local ecosystems, such as fertilizer and water, and avoid adding any toxic materials to the
land in your care.

Every Yard Makes a Difference
Keep pesticides off your lawn and gardens
      Using only non-toxic materials on your property reduces the health risk to yourself,
      your family, your neighbors and your local environment. See Why Organic?
    Use non-synthetic fertilizers from natural sources
      Synthetic fertilizers are made in a chemical process that uses fossil fuel and
      contributes to global warming. Use of synthetic nitrogen fertilizer greatly increase the
      amount of nitrogen entering the global nitrogen cycle which has a serious negative
      impact on the organization and functioning of the world's ecosystems, including
      accelerating the loss of biological diversity and decline of coastal marine ecosystems
and fisheries. Visit www.epa.gov/watertrain/nitrogen.html for more information. The
use of synthetic phosphorus fertilizers has its own set of problems, in particular its
contribution to the eutrophication of fresh water lakes and ponds, and the limited
global supply of phosphate rock. For more information, visit
http://phosphorusfutures.net
  Reduce water use
In many cities in the Northeast, 50% of the drinking water goes to lawns and
landscapes. Over 75% of our rivers are flow stressed because of water withdrawals
for these residential uses. Read more in our article "Lawns: Good Watering Practices"
      Remove invasive plants
Invasive plants grow quickly and spread easily and often reduce the biodiversity of
whole ecosystems. Learn about invasive plants, how to avoid spreading them, and
how to remove them from your own property. In the U.S., a good place to start is at
the National Invasive Species Information Center, www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov
          Home gardening with native plants
Native plants are site adapted and usually require little to no watering, fertilizing or
pesticides. Stunning gardens can be made from entirely native plants. See our
bookstore for ideas. Since native plants are, well, native, it's best to find a local
conservation group who works with natives. If you live in the Northeast U.S., a good
place to start is the New England Wildflower Society, www.newfs.org/learn. They
have a listing of Native Plant Societies in the US and Canada,
http://www.newfs.org/publications-and-media/resources/nps.html
              Make and use compost
Compost has many advantages as a soil amendment and it is less likely to cause
pollution of the local and regional environment than fertilizers, even organic ones.
Incorporating compost improves turf, shrub and shade tree performance in marginal
or poor soils. Good quality compost improves soil structure, reduces runoff and
compaction, enhances biodiversity, increases water and nutrient retention, increases
microbial activity, supplies nutrients, helps suppress and prevent plant diseases,
detoxifies certain pesticides, and inactivates and kills potential human pathogens. The
benefits to the plants are: improved establishment of turf, ornamentals and shade
trees; improved color; increased root growth; and reduced need for fertilizer,
pesticides, and irrigation. To learn more about compost, you can start at EPA's site:
http://www.epa.gov/osw/conserve/rrr/composting/
                  Test your soil
                  If you want your property to look its best, to save money, and to
                  protect the environment even more, do an easy soil test before you
                  apply anything at all. A soil testing lab will be help you figure out
                  how much of which fertilizers and nutrients to apply for optimum
                  results.


                  Increase biodiversity
Biodiversity is the key to a healthy ecosystem on any scale, from backyard to global.
Biodiversity increases the stability of ecosystems, reduces the need for intervention,
and makes them, from an aesthetic viewpoint, much more interesting. The earth is
currently losing species at a rate that rivals mass extinctions in our geologic record.
You can use the American Museum of Natural History's site as a starting point to read
about why biodiversity is important, http://cbc.amnh.org/. You can look at the National
Wildlife Federation site to learn how to increase biodiversity in your own back yard.
                      If you have a lawn...
Mow high, 3"-4"; leave grass clippings on lawn; water infrequently, if at all; encourage
a bit of white clover; and fertilize with compost and overseed bares spots in fall and
early spring. See more at Lawn and Turf below.
                             Read the NOFA Standards for Organic Land Care
Click here for our standards for ecological landscaping. Or you can purchase a copy
from our store.
Check out our bookstore
We have a number of books to get you inspired about organic land care in our store.
                                If you are a homeowner, gardener, or landscaper
                                new to organic land care, you can learn some basics
                                at one of our Introductory Workshops listed under
                                Calendar. Or you can browse our introductory
                                articles in the OLC Articles section of the Green
                                Room.

                                Lawn and Turf
                                You will find organic lawn care how-to articles in our
                                OLC Articles section to get you started.

                                    •   Simple Seasonal Lawn Care Calendar
                                    •   Really Basic Lawn Care
                                    •   Soil Testing
                                    •   Weeds
                                    •   Grubs
                                    •   Watering

                                You can also purchase a great book for home lawn
                                care called The Organic Lawn Care Manual by Paul
                                Tukey, available in our bookstore.

                                Lawn How-To Videos

                                View our lawn and turf videos in the Video section of
                                the Green Room

                                    •   3 Tips for Organic Lawns
                                    •   Organic Lawns
                                    •   Organic Pest Control
Lawn and Turf Course

We offer a one-day intensive Organic Lawn and Turf
Course. This course targets specifically the needs of
professionals managing lawns and athletic turf in
residential, commercial, or public settings such as
schools and parks. We offer this course annually in a
New England state and have trained over 500
students in organic turf management.

The NOFA Organic Lawn and Turf Handbook,
2007

This 104-page, comprehensive and practical
handbook details methods for
growing and managing beautiful, healthy, organic
turfgrass. Written and
edited by scientists and NOFA accredited organic
landscapers as a natural
companion to NOFA’s professional organic lawn and
turf courses, it also
stands alone as a unique and valuable resource for
all landscapers.


This book is aimed at professionals but will be a
useful resource for anyone
interested in creating beautiful organic lawns, parks
or athletic fields in the
Northeast. You can purchase this and other books
from our books store.
NOFA Standards for Organic Land Care

Basic Principles of Organic Land Care

    1. Steward the combined health of soil, plant,
    animal, human, and planet.
    2. Emulate living ecological systems and cycles
    and help sustain them.
    3. Build equity, respect, justice, and
    stewardship of the shared world.
    4. Act in a precautionary and responsible
    manner.

Read the current version of the Standards:

NOFA Standards for Organic Land Care, Practices
for Design and Maintenance of Ecological
Landscapes

Accreditation Course

"I just loved the course – I started learning in the first
five minutes. With a soup-to-nuts syllabus that
covers all the issues imaginable taught by a
gathering of the region’s most esteemed scientists,
this is value-added education at its best." -Tovah
Martin, 2010

The cornerstone of our educational program is our 5-
day Accreditation Course, a 30-hour, comprehensive
course based on our written standards. It is also the
gateway to becoming an Accredited Organic Land
Care Professional. This course covers all aspects of
organic land care from soil health, site analysis and
                                               planting/plant care to composting, lawn alternatives
                                               and running a business. It offers 20 speakers over
                                               five days, interactive case studies, and a client
                                               relations panel featuring professionals working in the
                                               field. The accreditation exam is given on the last day
                                               of the course. Those who pass are eligible to
                                               become Accredited Organic Land Care
                                               Professionals (AOLCPs) and pledge to practice
                                               according to the NOFA Standards for Organic Land
                                               Care for those clients who ask for organic
                                               landscaping. This course is now offered in CT, MA,
                                               and RI and has trained over 1000 professionals
                                               since its inception in 2002.
                       ~


                        Books and Articles
                        The Natural Lawn & Alternatives. Brooklyn Botanic Garden Record (49:3,
                        Autumn 1993)
                        A collection of articles including "Eight Steps to a Pesticide-Free Lawn,"
                        "Buffalograss Lawns," and others on moss, prairie, and other grass alternatives.
"Turf Tips" has a map of grass zones for the U.S., regional guides for fertilizing and for grass types (beware
-- they're still recommending Kentucky bluegrass!), plus mowing heights for different grasses. Great color
pictures throughout.

Ball, Jeff and Liz Ball. Smart Yard: 60-Minute Lawn Care. Golden, CO: Fulcrum Publishing, 1994.
An IPM approach that allows for pesticides in a certified emergency but works towards their virtual
elimination. LOTS of useful information including tips for different areas in the U.S. Three main sections:
"Maintaining Your Lawn," "Improving Your Lawn," and "Lawn Problems." Has the most thorough tips for
assessing the condition of a lawn that I've seen. Lots of good (sometimes funny) drawings, graphs, and
tables. Very readable, too, which is always a plus.

Carson, Rachel. Silent Spring: Special Edition. Afterward by Edward O. Wilson, Introduction by Linda
Lear. Mariner Books: 104th edition, 2002.
The mother-text of the environmental movement, this book is still relevant today. It focuses on the effects of
DDT, widely used after WWII, and is credited with contributing to the ban of this chemical in the U.S.

Darke, Rick. The Encyclopedia of Grasses for Livable Landscapes. Portland, OR: Timber Press, 2007.
One of the best and most complete guides to ornamental grasses. Darke is dedicated to what he calls
"Landscape Ethics," gardening that does not diminish the resources of the earth.

The Timber Press Pocket Guide to Ornamental Grasses. Portland, OR: Timber Press, 2004
At less than half the price of the Encyclopedia, but with hundreds of color photographs, this is an excellent
buy.

Franklin, Stuart. Building a Healthy Lawn: a Safe and Natural Approach. A Garden Way Publishing
Book. Pownal, VT: Storey Communications, Inc., 1988.
Older but still useful, this manual includes most of what later became accepted wisdom in organic lawn
care.

Jenkins, Virginia Scott. The Lawn: A History of an American Obsession. Smithsonian, 1994.
I haven't seen this one, but it pops up everywhere, and everyone speaks highly of it.

Logan, William Bryant. Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth. New York, London: W.W. Norton, 1995.
This is a series of essays on what Bryant, in a bow to his farmer father, insists on calling dirt, not earth. The
essays contain an enormous amount of information, but their primary purpose is not educational, but
exploratory.

Nardi, James A. Life in the Soil: A Guide for Naturalists and Gardeners. Chicago: U. of Chicago Pr.,
2007.
Though far more "informational" than Logan's book, Nardi's is if anything even more lyrical and lovely. It
includes a comprehensive, worldwide guide to the creatures of the earth, book-ended by an opening section
on the formation of soil and the role of living creatures in it, and a closing section on how to work with those
creatures, restoring and maintaining soil health, while gardening.

Quammen, David. "Rethinking the Lawn." In The Boilerplate Rhino: Nature in the Eye of the Beholder.
New York: Scribner, 2000.
A hilarious essay by a man who finally said "No mow" to mowing, and who made plans for a shrunken lawn
and expanded free time.

Schultz, Warren. The Chemical-Free Lawn: The Newest Varieties and Techniques to Grow Lush,
Hardy Grass. Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, 1989.
Aside from Schultz's out-of-date obeisance to Kentucky bluegrass, this book gives an almost flawless and
remarkably thorough presentation on organic lawn care.

Steinberg, Ted. American Green: The Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Lawn. New York: W.W. Norton
& Co., 2006.
Steinberg could make a history buff out of anyone. Full of forgotten facts (backyard fences were forbidden in
Levittown, one of the earliest large-scale post WWII developments) woven seamlessly into a comprehensive
narrative, this book combines humor, information, and an individual, idiosyncratic perspective.

Wilbur, Charles A. How to Grow World Record Tomatoes: A Guinness Champion Reveals His All-
Organic Secrets. Acres U.S.A., 1998.
This charming book by a home farmer in the South reveals his methods, including how to compost kudzu.
Websites
  1. Facts, Stats, etc.

      University of Missouri.
      "Curbing the Lawn"
      -- Jan Weaver.
      MU Environmental Network News, July 2004, Vol. 10, No. 7

      Tufts University.
      "Five Minutes with Ted Steinberg"
      Tufts Magazine, Summer 2006

      Statistics Canada report on Lawns, gardens and environment.
      "Canadian lawns and gardens: Where are they the 'greenest'?" Feb. 2008.
      -- Mary Frances Lynch and Nancy Hofmann.

      U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Mid-Atlantic Region Green Landscaping.
      "Sustainable Landscaping Presentation" May 2007.

      U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
      "Small Engine Rule to Bring Big Emission Cuts" March 2006

      Toronto Board of Health Staff Report.
      "Leaf Blowers and other Lawn/Garden Equipment: Noise, Air Pollution and Regulation (PDF
      format)" July 2001.

      Toronto Public Health.
      "Lawn and Garden Pesticides: A Review of Human Exposure & Health Effects Research (PDF
      format)" April, 2002.
      -- Dr. Sheela V. Basrur, Medical Officer of Health.

      Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
      "Nutrient Management for Lawn Service Companies" June 2004.

      U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
      "2,4-D Reregistration Eligibility Document (RED) Facts" 2005

      U.S. Department of Energy, Bonneville Power Administration
      "2,4-D Herbicide Fact Sheet (PDF format)" 2000

      U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
      "Unidentified Inert Ingredients in Pesticides: Implications for Human and Environmental Health (PDF
      format)"
      -- Caroline Cox & Michael Surgan.
      Environmental Health Perspectives (online Aug. 18, 2006)

      National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland
      "Epidemiology of Lymphomas" 2000.
The Ontario College of Family Physicians.
"Pesticides Literature Review (PDF format)" April, 2004. p.36, Ch.4.
-- Margaret Sanborn, Donald Cole, Kathleen Kerr, Cathy Vakil, Luz Helena Sanin, Kate Bassil

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Ground Water & Drinking Water.
"Consumer Factsheet on: Selenium" Nov. 2006.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
"Basic Information: Organic Gases" Nov. 2007.

American Chemical Society.
"Inhalation Health Risk to Golfers from Turfgrass Pesticides at Three Northeastern U.S. Sites" Dec.
14, 2006.
-- Rebecca R. Murphy and Douglas A. Haith.
Environmental Science & Technology, 41 (3), 1038 -1043, 2007.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Ground Level Ozone.
"Health and Environment" Mar. 2008.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Indoor Air Quality.
"Pesticides: Basic Information" Nov. 2007.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
"Simulation of Track-in of Lawn-Applied Pesticides from Turf to Home: Comparison of Dislodgeable
Turf Residues with Carpet Dust and Carpet Surface Residues (PDF format)" Oct. 1997.
-- Marcia G. Nishioka, Hazel M. Burkholder, Marielle C. Brinkman, Sydney M. Gordon

Environmental Science and Technology, 36 (9), 1923 -1930, 2002.
"VOCs, Pesticides, Nitrate, and Their Mixtures in Groundwater Used for Drinking Water in the
United States"
-- Paul J. Squillace, Jonathon C. Scott, Michael J. Moran, B. T. Nolan, and Dana W. Kolpin.

Department of Pesticide Regulation, California. Environmental Monitoring & Pest Management.
"Environmental Fate of Mancozeb (PDF format)" Oct. 2000.
-- Sue Xu

EXTOXNET, Extension Toxicology Network.
"Mancozeb" Pesticide Information Profiles" revised June 1996.
EXTOXNET is a group of universities and university extension offices largely funded by the USDA.

U.S. Climate Change Technology Program.
"Methane and Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Agriculture (PDF format)" Aug. 2005, Page 4.2-8

2. All-Round Generally Useful Sites

"Green Scaping: The Easy Way to a Greener, Healthier Yard"
-- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

The Lawn Problem-Solver
This site is maintained by the North Central Region-192, a working group of turf experts sponsored
by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. On this site the group members, drawn from a whole fist-full of
universities in what's more usually called the Midwest, offer their combined expertise on establishing
and maintaining lawns, grass types, problem-solving -- the whole shebang. Somewhat old-school in
that it still advocates planting Kentucky bluegrass, it's nevertheless informative, user-friendly, and
low-key in its advocacy of low-chemical approaches to lawn care.

"Turfgrass Management and Use"
-- from the files of Dr. Richard Duble, Professor of Soil and Crop Sciences (emeritus) - Texas A & M
University
A remarkably thorough site covering just about all aspects of turf care, from grass varieties through
problems to "mowing schedules" for different southern grasses.

The UC Guide to Healthy Lawns
Part of the University of California's extensive UC IPM Online: Statewide Integrated Pest
Management Program site. Includes pages on identifying and choosing a grass, establishing and
caring for new lawns, pest management, and more.

3. Identifying and Choosing Grass Types

"Native Warm Season Grasses in the Mid-South (PDF format)"
-- Michael P. Hansbrough, Private Lands Biologist - University of Tennessee
Though it primarily addresses large-scale establishment for wildlife or livestock, the PDF version has
wonderful pictures and lots of information.

"Kentucky Bluegrass Lawn is not Environmentally Sustainable"
Coalition for a Healthy Calgary

Bluestem Nursery Enviroturf
This Oregon nursery blend of five fine fescues developed for northern lawns needs less water and
fertilizer than conventional mixes.

"Turfgrasses for the Midwest"
-- University of Illinois Turfgrass Program

"Turfgrass Selection for the Home Landscape (PDF format)"
The UC Guide to Healthy Lawns: Choose and identify your turf species
-- Click on "Turfgrass Selection ..." midway down left-hand column.
This site will guide you through identifying the grass in your lawn. The PDF document contains
information in list form comparing grasses by 14 different criteria. These include tolerance for heat,
cold, salinity, drought, and shade, nitrogen requirements, mowing height, establishment rate,
maintenance costs, and three different measures of wear.

Wildflower Farm EcoTurf
This blend of seven fescues does everything but play the violin, apparently. It grows slowly, reducing
the need for mowing, it sends down deep roots (up to nine inches!), making it drought-tolerant, it
thrives in shady, poor, and compacted soils, and it needs little to nothing by way of fertilizer. Left
unmown, it tops out at about eight inches and flops over prettily. Accounts on gardening blogs
support these claims.

4. Starting a New Lawn
Getting Rid of the Lawn
-- Susan Gallimore, Bluestem Nursery
Includes some marvelous blog entries on how to eliminate an old lawn before starting over.

"Warm Season Grass Establishment (PDF format)" Feb. 2002
-- Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Fish and Wildlife

5. Organic Lawn Care

"Lawn Care Library: Fertilizing"
-- Cornell University

"Organic Lawn Care for the Cheap and Lazy"
-- Paul Wheaton, RichSoil.com
Not an authoritative source, but appears knowledgeable and charmingly whimsical.

"Lawn & Garden Fertilizers (PDF format)"
-- Korb, Gary, James Hovland, and Steven Bennett, University of Wisconsin Extension in cooperation
with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
A readable presentation about lawn care.

"Turfgrass Water Management" Rev. April, 2000.
-- Landry, Gil Jr., Cooperative Extension Service, The University of Georgia College of Agricultural
and Environmental Sciences

6. Soil, Amendments & Fertilizers

"The microbial community of the soil ecosystem"
University College of Cork, Ireland
Part of an extensive site on a European Community R&D project called IMPACT: Interactions
between Microbial inoculants and resident Populations in the rhizosphere of Agronomically
important Crops in Typical soils.

"Reduce Your Water Needs with Compost"
Denver Water Department

"Choosing a Soil Amendment"
-- Davis, J.G. and C.R. Wilson, Colorado State University Extension

"Alternative Soil Amendments"
-- Sullivan, Preston, National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service (ATTRA)
Though pitched to large-scale operations, the information at this site is perfectly applicable to lawns
or gardens.

7. Dealing with Pests and Lawn Problems

General Sites:

"Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic"
-- Cornell University
Lots of useful info here, but not as user-friendly as some sites. The central list of diseases gives only
names, no photos, and since each disease is covered on a separate page, there's no way to scan
photographs of diseases. The pages about individual diseases do include excellent photos and
diagrams of disease progression, as well as useful information on control. This site is excellent once
you know what you're dealing with, but it isn't much help with diagnostics.

"Yardener's Plant Problem Solver"
This site helps you work from the symptoms to their possible causes. So if you're looking at patches of
dead grass but have no idea whether the culprit is a grub, a fungus, your neighbor's dog, or the
neighbor's son conducting experiments involving mirrors and sunlight, start here.

"Organic Gardening: Organic Lawn Problem Solver"
This site lists problems by general symptom (brown grass, red grass, etc.) then lists various possible
causes along with organic treatments and controls. It's a bit hard to use because ALL headings no
matter what their status look the same, so it's hard to see what comes "under" what. The site is also
so packed with ads that you can only see a bit of real information at a time. Still, good info, succinct
and clear.

Specific Issues or Problems:

"The Kudzu plant FAQ"
Hower, Chad Z., Kudzu World

"Managing Your Kudzu: Kudzu Elimination or Control for Small-Property Owners"
-- The Coalition To Control Kudzu Without Chemicals

"Managing the Japanese Beetle: A Homeowner's Handbook"
A terrific USDA site on the Japanese beetle, this homeowner's guide tells you how the dang things got
here, how to trap them, and offers a systematic IPM approach to controlling them.

"Toxicity of diatomaceous earth to red flour beetles and confused flour beetles (Coleoptera:
Tenebrionidae): effects of temperature and relative humidity"
-- Arthur, Frank., USDA Agricultural Research Service

"Creeping Charlie Lawn Weed: From Beer Ingredient to Invasive Plant to... Aromatic Herb?"
-- Beaulieu, David., About.com: Landscaping
Very nice article giving interesting background facts on the many names and uses of this now-vilified
plant. Lovely pictures, too.

"Water Management on Turfgrasses"
-- Duble, Richard L., Texas Cooperative Extension, Texas A & M University

"Weed Control in Turf"
-- Duble, Richard L., Texas Cooperative Extension, Texas A & M University

"Diseases of Warm Season Grasses (PDF format)" Aug. 1995.
-- Lucas, Leon T. and Arthur H. Bruneau, North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service
Don't be put off by the date on this site. It's got pictures, graphs showing seasonal incidence of each
disease, and excellent, mostly organic advice about dealing with problems.
"Controlling Creeping Charlie"
-- Mahr, Susan, University of Wisconsin, Department of Horticulture

"Control of Chinch Bug Without Pesticides"
-- Patriquin, David, Professor of Biology at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia)
This is one of the most amazing websites I encountered in all the research for this article. Patriquin
details several levels of control, thoroughly and readably. This is the guy who recommends using a
vacuum-cleaner on your lawn.

"Identification of White Grubs in Turfgrass"
-- Shetlar, David J., Ohio State University Extension Fact Sheet, Entomology
One of many, many useful pages at OSU Extension. This one, however, justifies itself by saying that
control depends on identification, but it doesn't link to any control pages bearing this out.

"'Dog-On-It' Lawn Problems, Updated"
-- Thompson, Steve, The Turf Resource Center and Lawn Institute, Texas A & M University
The only article I've found devoted to the problems of dog urine on lawns, this was the source for
much of my information on the topic. Includes tips on how to train your dog to pee in one, non-lawn
spot.

"Diagnosis of Turfgrass Diseases: The Key to Successful Management"
-- Tredway, Lane P., Extension Turfgrass Pathologist - North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service
A great, readable site with lots of helpful pictures.

"Identification and Control of Knapweed Species in Central and Eastern Oregon" Feb. 2003.
-- Waldo, Amy Jo, Oregon State University Extension Service

"Biology and Biological Control of Knapweed" Aug. 2003.
-- Wilson, L. M. and C. B. Randall, USDA-Forest Service FHTET-2001-07. 2nd Edition.

8. Lawn Alternatives

"From the Ground Up: Groundcovers to Know and Use"
-- University of Illinois Extension
Has a great list of groundcovers, with pictures.

"Xeriscape Colorado"
-- Colorado WaterWise Council: The Voice of the Colorado Water Efficiency Community
Stunning photos make the case for Xeriscape gardening. Includes an impressive section titled
"Resources and Reference" divided as follows: "Books | Brochures & Booklets | Magazines &
Articles | Catalogs | Web Sites | Videos & DVDs."

"Xeriscape: Water-Saving Garden"
Sedbrook, Judy, Colorado State University Master Gardener, Denver County

9. Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

Alabama Integrated Pest Management Information Center
Auburn University
Integrated Pest Management Resources
    Michigan State University

    The Pennsylvania Integrated Pest Management Program
    Penn State University

    The IPM Technical Resource Center
    Purdue University

    Integrated Pest Management
    Utah State University Extension

    Statewide IPM Program
    University of California at Davis

    Kentucky IPM
    University of Kentucky College of Agriculture

    Integrated Pest Management
    University of Massachusetts Amherst

    Radcliffe's IPM World Textbook
    University of Minnesota

    Montana Integrated Pest Management Center
    Montana State University

    10. Environmental Issues

    "Dead Zones"
    The Economist, May 15, 2008

    "Harmful Algae"
    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, May 2008


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SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY TRAINING for WOMEN
http://solarenergy.org http://www.solarliving.org http://awea.org http://www.bwea.com http://www.windpower.org
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.electric-cars-are-for-girls.com/mamas-mopping-up-the-world.html
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://www.algebra.org
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: Women in Green, Voices of Sustainable Design; by Kira Gould http://www.ecotonedesign.com
book: Solar Living Sourcebook 30th Anniversary Edition, by John Schaeffer
book: Super Power Breathing for Super Energy and Longevity; by Paul C. Bragg
http://www.wolvertonenvironmental.com http://www.refineryreform.org http://www.plants-for-
people.org/eng/health/g.htm
Center for Neighborhood Technology http://www.cnt.org http://www.greengrants.org
Green Empowerment: http://www.greenempowerment.org http://www.energreen.org http://www.livelihoods.org
http://www.nativesun.biz http://www.bushlight.org.au http://www.palangthai.org
Cohousing: http://www.cohousing.org http://www.cohousing.ca http://www.cohousingresources.com
Single Mothers House Sharing: http://www.coadobe.org
Communities for Disabled people: http://www.camphill.org.uk http://www.leftfootorganics.org
http://www.camphill.org http://www.thrive.org.uk
Communities for the Older people: http://www.fellowshipcommunity.org
CarSharing: http://www.carshare.org
Free organic gardening-farming Catalog: http://www.acresusa.com/other/freesample.htm
Free SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY Journal http://www.homepower.com
book: Unlocking the Secrets to Living Your Dreams; by Jack Canfield
book: The Power of Positive Thinking: A Practical Guide; by Norman Vincent Peale
book: You Can If You Think You Can; by Norman Vincent Peale
book: Pioneer Doctor, the Story of a Woman's Work; by Mari Grana
book: Bold Spirit; by Linda Lawrence Hunt

~

I CAN DO ALL THINGS THRU GOD WHO STRENGTHENS ME.

~

The everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, neither faints nor is weary.

He gives power to the weak.

To those who have no might, He increases their strength.

Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall.

But those who wait on the Lord, He shall renew their strength.

They shall mount up with wings like eagles.

They shall run and not be weary.

They shall walk and not faint.

~

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http://babelfish.yahoo.com

SUSTAINABLE DESIGNS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
http://www.builderswithoutborders.org
http://other90.cooperhewitt.org
http://openarchitecturenetwork.org
http://architectureforhumanity.org
http://build2.livejournal.com
http://build3.livejournal.com
http://build4.livejournal.com
http://build5.livejournal.com
http://natural1build.livejournal.com
http://natural2build.livejournal.com
http://strawbale2.livejournal.com
http://calearth.org
http://www.ewb-international.org
book: Design for the Other 90%; by Cynthia E. Smith

VEGETABLE AUTOmobiles
http://plantdrive.com
http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/hemp.html
http://www.scribd.com/doc/38834690
http://www.scribd.com/doc/34396203


LOCAL Groups Supporting ELECTRIC AUTOmobiles
http://solarcar.livejournal.com http://www.nicecarcompany.co.uk http://www.greenvehicles.com
http://www.zapworld.com
http://www.sourceguides.com/energy
http://www.green-car-guide.com

WOMEN Electric Car Groups
http://www.electric-cars-are-for-girls.com

Convert GAS Cars to Plug-In ELECTRIC Autos
http://www.electroauto.com http://www.kta-ev.com http://www.nedra.com http://www.evparts.com
http://www.sourceguides.com/energy

Convert HYBRID Cars to Plug-In ELECTRIC Autos
http://www.calcars.org http://www.hybrids-plus.com http://www.rqriley.com/xr3.htm http://www.eaa-
phev.org/wiki/PriusPlus http://www.hybridplugs.com http://www.hybridconceptcars.com http://www.afstrinity.com
http://www.a123systems.com/hymotion http://www.hybridconsortium.org http://www.energycs.com
http://www.sourceguides.com/energy
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Electric MOTORCYCLES
http://www.solarmobil.net
http://www.e-max-ltd.com
http://www.topmotorx.com
http://www.patente-erfindungen.de/erfindungen_fahrraeder.htm
http://www.zeromotorcycles.com
http://www.sourceguides.com/energy

Electric BICYCLES
http://nycewheels.com
http://www.myebike.com
http://www.cyclone-tw.com
http://www.powacycle.co.uk
http://www.electricbikesales.co.uk
http://egovehicles.com
http://www.electricbicycle.com.au
http://www.evehicle.com.au
http://www.electric-bicycle.cn
http://www.greenspeed.us
http://www.sourceguides.com/energy

Recharge your Electric Auto with RENEWABLE ENERGY
http://www.bergey.com http://www.bwea.com http://www.vestas.com http://www.awea.org
http://solarenergy.org http://greendragonenergy.co.uk http://www.lowimpact.org
http://www.scoraigwind.com http://www.korufoundation.org http://www.greenempowerment.org
http://www.solarliving.org http://www.the-mrea.org http://www.txses.org
http://www.irenew.org http://www.nmsea.org http://www.azsolarcenter.com
http://www.microhydropower.com http://www.newenergycorp.ca http://www.canyonhydro.com
http://wattsun.com http://www.lorentz.de http://www.etsolar.de
http://www.solargenix.com http://solar.sharpusa.com http://solren.com http://www.spirecorp.com
http://www.windpower.org
http://www.sourceguides.com/energy http://www.i2p.org
http://www.ises.org http://www.firstsolar.com
http://www.rmi.org

DVD: WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR?
http://www.amazon.com/Who-Killed-Electric-Martin-Sheen/dp/B000I5Y8FU


book: Internal Combustion; by Edwin Black
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/69021042
http://www.librarything.com/work/1567800
http://books.google.com/books?id=S0DDjjjD5gwC
http://www.internalcombustionbook.com/

book: The Tyranny of Oil; by Antonia Juhasz
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191930215
http://www.librarything.com/work/6165413
http://books.google.com/books?id=MyEeLDsS0r4C
http://www.scribd.com/doc/45058141


RENEWABLE ENERGY DIRECTORY
http://www.sourceguides.com/energy
http://www.i2p.org
http://newjersey.indymedia.org/en/2007/07/16623.shtml
http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2007/03/125432.shtml
http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2007/07/10557.php
http://bulgaria.indymedia.org/newswire/display/17172/index.php


SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY MEDICAL FACILITIES and MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
http://www.fistulatrust.org http://sunutility.com/html_pg/healthcare.html http://wfmic.org
http://sunfrost.com/vaccine_refrigerators.html http://plants-for-people.org/eng http://swisssolartech.com
http://www.geotility.ca http://solargenix.com http://www.powerlight.com http://www.kalwall.com
http://skytube.net.nz http://solaskylights.com.au http://www.naturallightsolutions.co.nz http://www.skydome.com.au
http://maxisolar.co.uk http://calearth.org http://www.monolithic.com http://www.dftw.org http://www.sunda.de
http://www.geoheat.co.uk http://www.powerefficiencycorp.com http://isolite.com http://www.sloanled.com
http://www.carmanah.com http://www.superbrightleds.com http://www.staber.com http://www.waterless.co.nz
http://www.ecological-engineering.com http://www.greengridroofs.com http://foodnotlawns.com
http://chlorfreeglobal.com http://www.hlf.org.np/Spowts.html http://www.lorentz.de
http://www.wolvertonenvironmental.com

CHURCHES - Energy Stewardship
http://www.webofcreation.org http://www.nccecojustice.org/grbuilding.htm
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/1829_ENG_HTM.htm http://www.nyipl.org/congregation/missions.html

ORGANIC AGRICULTURE WILL TERMINATE WORLD HUNGER
http://www.midiaindependente.org/en/blue/2005/06/320339.shtml

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

FREE PLANS: How to make a simple GREENHOUSE
http://foodforeveryone.org/pdf/GBG_Chpt_10.pdf

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

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

IS GOD GREEN
http://www.chelseagreen.com/2006/items/servegod
http://www.creationcare.org
book: Care of Creation; by R. J. Berry
book: Serve God, Save the Planet; by J. Matthew Sleeth
book: Our Father's World; by Edward R Brown
book: Redeeming Creation; by Fred Van Dyke
book: Earth-Wise; by Calvin B. Dewitt
book: Caring for Creation; Edited by Sarah Tillett
book: A Moral Climate, the Ethics of Global Warming; by Michael S. Northcott
book: For the Beauty of the Earth; by Steven Bouma-Prediger
book: Saving God's Green Earth; by Tri Robinson
book: God Is Green; by Ian Bradley
book: God in Creation; by Jurgen Moltmann
journal: Creation Care Magazine http://www.creationcare.org
Keepers of the Earth.

~
SIOUX PRAYER
Grandfather Great Spirit (Holy Spirit, or Spirit of God )
Fill us with the Light.

Give us the strength to
understand, and the eyes to see.

Teach us to walk the soft Earth
as relatives to all that live.

~

I can do all things thru God who strengthens me.

~

The everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, neither faints nor is weary.

He gives power to the weak.

To those who have no might, He increases their strength.

Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall.

But those who wait on the Lord, He shall renew their strength.

They shall mount up with wings like eagles.

They shall run and not be weary.

They shall walk and not faint.

~

ORGANIC GARDENING
Free Organic Gardening Catalog http://www.acresusa.com/other/freesample.htm
book: How to Grow World Record Tomatoes; by Charles Wilber http://www.acresusa.com
book: Square Foot Gardening; by Mel Bartholomew http://www.squarefootgardening.com
book: Soul of Soil, book; by Joseph Smillie
book: Worms Eat My Garbage; by Mary Appelhof http://www.wormwoman.com http://www.wormdigest.org
book: Compost Tea Manual, 5th edition; by Elaine Ingham http://www.soilsoup.com http://www.soilfoodweb.com
http://www.vermico.com/compost_tea_brewers.htm
book: An Earth Saving Revolution; by Teruo Higa http://www.effectivemicro-organisms.co.uk
http://www.eminfo.info http://www.emnz.com http://www.agriton.nl
book: Four-Season Harvest; by Eliot Coleman http://www.fourseasonfarm.com http://www.led-grow-master.com
http://www.fifthseasongardening.com
book: Bread from Stones; by Michael Olson http://www.acresusa.com http://www.remineralize.org
http://www.stonebread.co.nz http://www.uoguelph.ca/rocks http://www.seercentre.org.uk
http://www.gaiagreen.com http://www.soilandhealth.org http://www.wewantrealfood.com
http://www.canhealyourself.com/trees.htm http://www.biobiz.ca http://www.rockdust.co.uk
http://www.gaiagreen.com http://www.globalrepair.ca
books: Food Not Lawns; by Heather C. Flores
book: Organic Lawn Care Manual; by Paul Tukey http://www.aggrand.guarding-our-earth.com
http://www.soilsalive.com
books: Complete Book of Edible Landscaping; by Rosalind Creasy
books: Edible Flower Garden; by Rosalind Creasy
book: Preventing Deer Damage; by Robert Juhre
Organic insect repellant - Garlic Barrier: http://www.garlicbarrier.com http://www.ghorganics.com
http://www.biconet.com http://www.organiclandscape.com http://www.foxfarmfertilizer.com
Organic Weed Killer - 25% Acetic Acid eliminates Weeds: http://www.gardensalive.com/article.asp?
ai=468&bhcd2=1162226528
http://www.milkyspore.com/burnout.htm http://www.garden-ville.com http://www.greenergyinc.com
http://www.groworganic.com http://www.ehabc.org http://www.hotpepperwax.com
http://india.indymedia.org/en/2005/12/211226.shtml http://www.organiclandcare.org http://www.mcs-global.org
http://www.panna.org
Worm Tea: http://www.vermico.com/castings.htm http://www.soilsoup.com http://www.edibella.com
http://www.gaiacollege.cahttp://www.gardenspout.com http://www.homeharvest.com
Sustainable Technology for your community:
Seattle Tilth: http://www.seattletilth.org
http://www.seedsavers.org http://www.wwoof.org http://rswr.org
Microgardens: http://www.carbon.org http://www.echonet.org http://www.neemfoundation.org
http://www.moringatrees.org http://www.permaculture.org.uk

For more information, please contact local gardeners and farmers who specialize in Organic gardening, Permaculture
gardening, Biodynamic gardening, Japanese Kyusei Nature gardening - Shizen Nouhou, Biointensive gardening,
Heirloom gardening-Heritage Seeds, Agroforestry gardening, Organic Hydroponics gardening and Gardening
Therapy. Gardening is micro-climate specific. These means that local gardeners might know of gardening techniques
and resources which are helpful for the location you live in.

Keep researching, reading, refining your gardening methods and experimenting with different growing techniques.

Eco Gardening technology is changing and improving all the time. Also, as the climate changes, you may need to
learn other gardening techniques for various climates.
http://www.localharvest.org

ECO FARMING - ORGANIC GARDENING BOOK CATALOG
http://www.acresusa.com/other/freesample.htm

ORGANIC TECHNOLOGY: FARMING - GARDENING
http://india.indymedia.org/en/2005/12/211226.shtml
http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2007/05/10295.php
http://gamle.indymedia.no/newswire/display/20946/index.php

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
book: Europe Through the Back Door; by Rick Steves

QUADRUPLING FOOD PRODUCTION - ORGANIC FARMING AND GARDENING
Per a report from Malaysia, crops grown with Volcanic Rock Dust ( http://www.remineralize.org ) and Eeffective
Micro-organisms (EM http://www.effectivemicro-organisms.co.uk ) increased production by 400%.
References: Permaculture Magazine, #51, Spring 2007; article: Stone Age Science; by Dylan Keating
http://www.permaculture-magazine.co.uk
http://www.squarefootgardening.com http://www.carbon.org http://www.localharvest.org
book: An Earth Saving Revolution, Vol. 1, Vol 2; by Teruo Higa http://www.emshop.co.nz/em-products-
books_videos.html
book: Bread from Stones; by Michael Olson http://www.acresusa.com
book: Eco-Farm; by Charles Walters http://www.acresusa.com
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
http://elementgreen.com
book: The Farmer's Earthworm Handbook; by David Ernst http://www.acresusa.com
book: Preventing Deer Damage; by Robert Juhre
Eeffective Micro-organisms: http://www.eminfo.info http://www.emnz.com http://www.emrochina.com
http://www.agriton.nl http://www.emro.co.jp http://www.bmecology.com http://www.embiotech.org http://emiko.de
Free organic gardening-farming Catalog: http://www.acresusa.com/other/freesample.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 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

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

OTHER COMPOSTING METHODS
book: Let it Rot; by Stu Campbell
http://www.countrysidemag.com
book: Secret Life of Compost; by Malcom Beck
http://www.acresusa.com/books/closeup.asp?action=search&prodid=41&catid=&pcid=2
book: Fletcher Sims' Compost; by Charles Walters
http://www.acresusa.com/books/closeup.asp?action=search&prodid=43&catid=&pcid=2
book: Mulch It; by Stu Campbell
http://www.countrysidemag.com
book: Field Guide to On-Farm Composting; by Mark Dougherty
http://www.acresusa.com/books/closeup.asp?action=search&prodid=1192&catid=&pcid=2

PURIFYING and RECYCLING POLLUTED SOIL with plants
phytoextraction of lead, arsenic and uranium from soil; oil spills and hydrocarbons
http://ei.cornell.edu/biodeg/bioremed http://www.edenspace.com http://www.effectivemicro-organisms.co.uk
http://www.kengro.com http://www.wolvertonenvironmental.com http://programs.weber.edu/bioremediation
http://www.bioremediationgroup.org http://www.lbl.gov/ERSP http://www.regenesis.com
http://www.cloudforest.org/Solution_to_the_Pollution http://www.bloodoftheamazon.com
http://www.fungi.com/mycotech/mycova.html http://www.fungi.com/mycotech/farmwaste.html
book: Mycelium Running; by Paul Stamets http://www.yesmagazine.org/article.asp?ID=1495
http://www.bloodoftheamazon.com
reference: Permaculture Magazine, #53, Autumn 2007; Permaculture News: Mushroom Magic in the Amazon
http://www.permaculture-magazine.co.uk

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

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

KEEP OUR COUNTRY STRONG LIKE A ROCK!
Please support LOCALLY generated and LOCALLY owned renewable energy systems. Thank you.

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.

SOLAR TAX CREDITS - GRANTS
http://www.dsireusa.org http://www.bergey.com

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

ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND BICYCLES LINKS
http://www.ukfreepages.co.uk/preview/page4635.php
http://hawaii.indymedia.org/news/2006/09/6200.php

TOURS of SOLAR HOMES and SOLAR BUILDINGS
and Links to Groups supporting food security, clean air, climate protection
http://solargroup.livejournal.com
http://www.ases.org/tour
USA-
http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2006/07/8046.php
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2006/07/342040.shtml
http://www.solarliving.org
http://www.solarhouseday.com/index01.shtml
http://www.homepower.com/resources/links

GLOBAL WARMING DESTROYS MAPLE SUGAR INDUSTRY
http://hm.indymedia.org/newswire/display/13657/index.php

GLOBAL WARMING Crushes WINE INDUSTRY
http://www.ukfreepages.co.uk/publish/page4628.php

BUSH SLAMS CHRISTIANS
a Bunch of Nuts
http://madrid.indymedia.org/newswire/display/1493/index.php
http://scotland.indymedia.org/newswire/display/3348/index.php
http://beirut.indymedia.org/ar/2006/11/5841.shtml
http://thunderbay.indymedia.org/news/2006/10/25324.php

CRIMES AGAINST NATURE
http://valparaiso.indymedia.org/news/2008/05/22672.php
http://kcindymedia.org/newswire/display/74530/index.php
http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2008/05/12568.php

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
Green Collar Economy; by Van Jones
http://www.vanjones.net

DICK CHENEY MADE MILLIONS WITH SADDAM HUSSEIN
http://nhindymedia.org/newswire/display/5723/index.php
http://arkansas.indymedia.org/newswire/display/22308/index.php
http://pittsburgh.indymedia.org/news/2008/05/29503.php

WINE INDUSTRY DESTROYED. FOOD SECURITY at RISK
http://wine2hot.livejournal.com
http://italy.indymedia.org/news/2006/07/1123133.php
http://www.organicconsumers.org/corp/winethreat083004.cfm
http://www.livescience.com/environment/060710_climate_grape.html
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0817-03.htm
http://ru.indymedia.org/newswire/display/15305/index.php
http://uruguay.indymedia.org/news/2006/07/53096.php

STOP CLIMATE CHAOS and the DESTRUCTION of the POOR
http://www.itdg.org/?id=stopclimatechaos http://stopclimatechaos.org http://campaigncc.org

GLOBAL WARMING DESTROYS MAPLE SUGAR INDUSTRY
http://hm.indymedia.org/newswire/display/13657/index.php
http://arizona.indymedia.org/news/2007/08/65426.php
http://www.vpirg.org/globalwarming/index.php
http://www.dps.state.vt.us/vem/emd/Appendix/appendix_3_05.pdf
http://www.ecostudies.org/press/Chronogram_Nov_2007.pdf

COLLAPSE OF INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE, correcting the problems.
http://www.energybulletin.net/22584.html
http://www.acus.org/docs/051007-Hirsch_World_Oil_Production.pdf

India's Lessons for Africa's Small Farmers
http://www.foodfirst.org/files/pdf/policybriefs/pb12.pdf

PLANET DIVERSITY AND GLOBAL FOOD DISASTER
http://wmass.indymedia.org/?q=node/227

HARVEST OF SUICIDES
http://www.foodfirst.org/node/1626/print
http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13903
http://artsci.wustl.edu/~anthro/research/biotech_suicide.html
http://www.countercurrents.org/eco-shiva020704.htm
http://o3.indiatimes.com/farmersuicide
http://www.countercurrents.org/glo-shiva050404.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/19/world/asia/19india.html?_r=1&fta=y&oref=slogin
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2005/07/seeds_of_suicid.html
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Harvest+of+suicides:+how+global+trade+rules+are+driving+Indian...-a0176902510
http://www.earthisland.org/eijournal/preview
http://www.commondreams.org/cgi-bin/print.cgi?file=/views06/0504-32.htm
http://www.oaklandinstitute.org/?q=node/view/56
http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/4021
book: GATT to WTO: Seeds of Despair; by Devinder Sharma
book: In the Famine Trap; by Devinder Sharma
book: Seeds of Destruction; by William F. Engdahl

THE MELTING RUSSIAN TUNDRA IS RELEASING METHANE
http://scotland.indymedia.org/newswire/display/4484/index.php
http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/s2908.htm
http://scotland.indymedia.org/newswire/display/4460/index.php

GLOBAL WARMING IMPACTS on ARCTIC ECOSYSTEM
and the DESTRUCTION of Native Alaskans and artic people.
http://www.montreal2005.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=En&n=985F2458-1

GLOBAL WARMING is a massive THREAT to BIODIVERSITY and WILDLIFE
http://conservation.org/xp/CIWEB/programs/climatechange
utilizing ORGANIC GARDENING in SCHOOLS-UNIVERSITIES
for improving Academic Performance and social development
http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/organicgardening/schools.php http://www.schoollunchinitiative.org
http://www.edibleschoolyard.org/cla_lessons.html http://www.ecoliteracy.org/programs/rsl-guide.html
http://www.calhealthyschools.org http://www.organicconsumers.org
http://www.edibleschoolyard.org/kit_lessons.html http://celosangeles.ucdavis.edu/garden/pubs/index.html
http://growinghope.net http://www.communitygarden.org.au http://seattletilth.org http://urbanharvest.org
http://cityfarmer.org http://farminthecity.org http://csafarms.org
http://www.ncfi.org.uk http://www.seedinternational.com.au/Schools.html
http://www.goodgrub.org/youth http://www.utafoundation.org/Sunshine/home.htm
http://www.communitygarden.org/learn http://www.jhsph.edu/clf/PDF%20Files/Toolkit.pdf
http://www.thewatershedproject.org/default/?q=resources
http://www.journeytoforever.org/edu.html#garden http://www.drjaygordon.com/development/nutrition/healthy01.asp
https://secure.bioneers.org/product/books/ecologicalliteracy http://www.nwf.org/backyard/resourceconservation.cfm
Organic Farming Training: http://www.wwoof.org
book: Growing Communities: How to Build Community Through Community Gardening; by Jeanette Abi-Nader
http://www.communitygarden.org http://public.gripserver4.com/garden/html/learn
book: Learning About Lifecycles Using An Organic Garden; by Allan Randall http://www.green-shopping.co.uk
book: How to Grow World Record Tomatoes; by Charles Wilber http://www.acresusa.com
book: Worms Eat My Garbage; by Mary Appelhof http://www.wormwoman.com http://www.vermico.com
book: Four Season Harvest; by Eliot Coleman http://www.fourseasonfarm.com
book: Growing Naturally: A Teacher's Guide to Organic Gardening; by M. Brown
book: Let's Grow!: 72 Gardening Adventures with Children; by Linda Tilgner
book: Ecological Literacy: Educating Our Children for a Sustainable World; by Michael Stone
book: Permaculture Teachers' Guide; by Andrew Goldring http://www.green-shopping.co.uk
book: Manual For Teaching Permaculture Creatively; by Robin Clayfield http://www.eco-logicbooks.com
book: A Child's Organic Garden, Grow Your Own Organic Vegetables; by Fryer Bradford
book: Digging Deeper: A Comprehensive Guide to Integrating Youth Gardens into School and Communities; by
Kiefer and Kemple
book: Organic Gardening, The Natural No-Dig Way; by Charles Dowding http://www.charlesdowding.co.uk
book: No-Did, No-Weed Gardening; by R. Pioncelot
book: The Ruth Stout No-Work Garden; by Ruth Stout http://www.emilycompost.com/books.htm
book: Tips for the Lazy Gardener; by Linda Tilgner http://www.countrysidemag.com
book: Heirloom Vegetable Gardening - Heritage Seeds; by William Weaver
book: Ultimate Fruit and Nuts; by Susanna Lyle
book: An Earth Saving Revolution, Vol. 1, Vol 2; by Teruo Higa http://www.emshop.co.nz/em-products-
books_videos.html
book: Rebel Farmer; by Sepp Holzer
book: Permaculture, Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability; by David Holmgren
book: Gaia's Garden; by Toby Hemenway
book: The Natural Way of Farming; by Masanobu Fukuoka
book: Seaweed, A User's Guide; by Sonia Surrey-Gent http://acresusa.com
book: Square Foot Gardening; by Mel Bartholomew http://www.squarefootgardening.com
book: Cinder Block Gardens, book; by Lynn A. Gillespie
book: Practical Guide to Container Gardening; by Susan Berry
book: Soul of Soil; by Grace Gershuny
book: Great Garden Formulas; by Joan Benjamin
book: Super Nutrition Gardening; by William Peavy
book: Carrots Love Tomatoes, Secrets of Companion Planting for Successful Gardening; by Louise Riotte
book: Great Garden Companions; by Sally Jean Cunningham
book: Sprouts The Miracle Food; by Steve Meyerowitz
book: Windowsill Gardening, Year-Round Indoor Gardening Projects for Kids; by Klutz http://eco-
artware.com/books.shtml
Vertical indoor Garding: http://www.vertigro.com http://www.omegagarden.com http://www.aerogrow.com
High School Science Garden, Solar Energy, Farmers Market:
http://www.growingedge.com/magazine/back_issues/view_article.php3?AID=170320
Roof Top Gardening - Balcony Gardening: http://www.rooftopgardens.org
book: Harnessing the Earthworm; by Thomas Barrett http://www.wormbooks.com/all.books.htm
book: Allergy-Free Gardening; by Thomas Ogren http://www.allergyfree-gardening.com
book: Food Not Lawns; by Heather Flores http://www.foodnotlawns.com
book: Designing And Maintaining Your Edible Landscape Naturally; by Robert Kourik
book: Complete Book of Edible Landscaping; by Rosalind Creasy
book: Edible Flower Garden; by Rosalind Creasy http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/edibleflowers.html
http://www.plantea.com/edibleland.htm http://www.landofvos.com/articles/kitchen8.html
http://www.ibiblio.org/permaculture-online/artedibl.html
book: How to Make a Forest Garden; by Patrick Whitefield http://www.ecobooks.com
book: Edible Forest Gardens; by Dave Jacke http://www.edibleforestgardens.com
book: Raw Food Made Easy; by Jennifer Cornbleet
book: The Raw Gourmet; by Nomi Shannon
book: Amaranth to Zai Holes, Ideas for Growing Food Under Difficult Conditions; by Laura Meitzner
http://echobooks.org
book: Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms; by Paul Stamets
book: One-Straw Revolution; by Masanobu Fukuoka
book: Perennial Vegetables, From Artichokes to Zuiki Taro; by Eric Toensmeier
book: New Seed Starter's Handbook; by Nancy Bubel
book: Autumn Nature Activities for Children; by Marie Louise Kreuter
book: Sharing Nature With Children; by Joseph Cornell
book: Earthwise: Environmental Crafts and Activities; by Carol Petrash
book: Desert Gardening for Beginners; by Cathy Cromell
book: Bread from Stones; by Michael Olson http://www.acresusa.com
book: Natural Soap Book; by Susan Miller Cavitch
book: Solar Food Dryer; by Eben Fodor
Solar Cooking: http://www.solarcooking.org
bring sun light indoors to classrooms for growing food and plants: http://www.sun-dome.com http://www.sun-
tek.com http://www.kalwall.com http://www.led-grow-master.com http://www.skytube.net.nz
http://www.sunscope.com http://www.huvco.com http://www.tubular-skylight.com
Organic insect repellant - Garlic Barrier: http://garlicbarrier.com http://ghorganics.com http://biconet.com
http://organiclandscape.com http://foxfarmfertilizer.com
Organic Weed Killer - 25% Acetic Acid eliminates Weeds: http://www.gardensalive.com/article.asp?
ai=468&bhcd2=1162226528
http://www.milkyspore.com/burnout.htm http://garden-ville.com http://greenergyinc.com http://groworganic.com
http://ehabc.org http://hotpepperwax.com
http://www.organiclandcare.org http://www.mcs-global.org http://www.panna.org
http://maineindymedia.org/newswire/display/4466/index.php http://phillyimc.org/en/2007/02/36740.shtml
Free organic gardening-farming Catalog: http://www.acresusa.com/other/freesample.htm
MORE INFO
http://uruguay.indymedia.org/news/2006/01/44217.php http://ambazonia.indymedia.org/en/2006/01/1186.shtml
http://ru.indymedia.org/newswire/display/14175/index.php http://india.indymedia.org/en/2006/01/211309.shtml
http://pr.indymedia.org/news/2006/01/12625.php

To forget how to dig the earth and tend the soil is to forget ourselves. Gandhi

For more information, please contact local gardeners and farmers who specialize in Organic gardening, Permaculture
gardening, Biodynamic gardening, Japanese Kyusei Nature gardening - Shizen Nouhou, Biointensive gardening,
Heirloom gardening-Heritage Seeds, Agroforestry gardening, Organic Hydroponics gardening and Gardening
Therapy. Gardening is micro-climate specific. These means that local gardeners might know of gardening techniques
and resources which are helpful for the location you live in. Keep researching, reading, refining your gardening
methods and experimenting with different growing techniques. Eco Gardening technology is changing and improving
all the time. Also, as the climate changes, you may need to learn other gardening techniques for various climates.
http://www.localharvest.org

ECO FARMING - ORGANIC GARDENING BOOK CATALOG
http://www.acresusa.com/other/freesample.htm

School Gardening - Science and Academic Success
and school Farmer Markets GENERATING REVENUE
http://www.growingedge.com/magazine/back_issues/view_article.php3?AID=170320

STARTING a FARMERS MARKET
At your School, Church and Elsewhere
book: New Farmers Market; by Vance Corum
book: Legal Guide for Direct Farm Marketing; by Neil Hamilton
book: Grassroots Marketing; by Shel Horowitz
book: Backyard Market Gardening; by Andrew Lee
book: MetroFarm; by Michael Olson http://www.metrofarm.com
book: Micro Eco-Farming; by Barbara Berst Adams http://www.microecofarming.com
book: Growing and Selling Fresh-Cut Herbs; by Sandie Shores
book: Sharing the Harvest; by Elizabeth Henderson

FOOD COOPS
~How to Set Up a Food Coop at schools, churches etc
book: Food Co-Ops for Small Groups; by Tony Vellela
book: How to Start a Food Co-op; by Karen Zimbelman
http://www.cooperativegrocer.coop/cg_special.html#howtostart
http://www.vegfamily.com/articles/coop-food-buying.htm
http://www.foodcoop500.coop
http://www.uwcc.wisc.edu
http://www.coopdirectory.org/bp003.htm
http://www.flatbushfoodcoop.com/wtsacoop.html
http://www.foodcoop.coop
http://www.go.coop
http://www.flatbushfoodcoop.com/coops.html#cooperative%20organizations
http://www.coopdirectory.org/#What%20is%20a%20Co-op?
book: Consumer Food Cooperatives; by Ronald Cotterill
~Coop Directory
http://www.coopdirectory.org
http://www.localharvest.org
http://www.cooperativegrocer.coop
~Help Book Online: Common Ground Food Co-op helpbook.prairienet.org/fs010235aa.php
~Journals:
Cooperative Grocer http://www.cooperativegrocer.coop
New Sector, Community and Co-operative Enterprise http://www.newsector.co.uk
Cooperative Business Journal http://www.ncba.coop
~Food Securtiy
http://www.copac.coop/idc/fao-idc2000.htm
~Food Share Programs
http://www.sacfoodcoop.com/pages/community/comm_prog.htm
http://www.sacfoodcoop.com/pages/community/comm_don.htm
~School Tours to Food Coops
http://www.foodcoop.coop/index.php?page=school_store_tour
~Cooperative Development Services
http://www.cdsfood.coop/food/faq
~Federal Grants for Community Food Project, Food Coops
http://www.foodsecurity.org/funding.html
http://www.davisfood.coop/dccf.html
http://www.cooperativegrocer.coop/articles/index.php?id=689
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/nea/food/in_focus/hunger_if_competitive.html
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/communityfoodprojects.cfm

BUYERS CLUBS
Creating Buyers Clubs at schools and churches
http://www.unitedbuyingclubs.com

ORGANIC INSECT CONTROL
~Compost Tea fights plant diseases, insects and increases plant growth http://www.effectivemicro-organisms.co.uk
http://www.vermico.com/compost_tea_brewers.htm
~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
~book: Soul of Soil; by Grace Gershuny - This book shows that one of the main reason plants are attacked by insects
and disease is due to unhealthy soils and growing conditions, and using chemical fertilizers. Please make sure your
plants are growing healthy soil. Healthy Plants create their own insect repellents and disease killers.
Healthy Soil: http://soilsoup.com http://www.remineralize.org http://www.eprida.com http://www.effectivemicro-
organisms.co.uk http://www.vermico.com http://www.soilfoodweb.com http://www.growingsolutions.com
http://www.soilsalive.com http://pubs.caes.uga.edu/caespubs/horticulture/veg-mulch.html
book: How to Grow World Record Tomatoes; by Charles Wilber - The methods in this book apply to all plants.
~Organic Control Systems
Neem http://www.plasmaneem.com http://www.ozonebiotech.com http://www.fortunebiotech.com
Garlic Barrier http://www.garlicbarrier.com
Extremely Green http://www.extremelygreen.com
Biocontrol Network http://www.biconet.com
Milky Spore http://www.milkyspore.com
Planet Natural http://www.planetnatural.com
Nixalite http://www.nixalite.com
Hot Pepper Wax http://www.hotpepperwax.com
Orange Guard http://www.orangeguard.com
Renaissance Herbs http://www.renaissanceherbs.com.au
Greenfire http://www.greenfire.net
ARBICO Organics http://www.arbico-organics.com
Beneficial Insectary http://www.insectary.com
Beneficial Insects http://www.thebeneficialinsectco.com
A-1 Unique Insect Control http://www.a-1unique.com
Rincon-Vitova http://www.rinconvitova.com
Bethurum Insect Control http://www.bethurum.com
Eradicate Rodents http://www.eradi-products.com
Certified Organics Bio Control http://www.certifiedorganics.info
Enviro-Guard organic lawn http://www.aggrand.guarding-our-earth.com http://www.soilsalive.com
Hunkin Garden http://www.hunkin.co.nz
book: Manual of Biocontrol Agents; by Leonard G. Copping
book: Carrots Love Tomatoes, Secrets of Companion Planting for Successful Gardening; by Louise Riotte
book: Great Garden Companions; by Sally Jean Cunningham

ESSENTIAL OILS
insect and pests repellents, disease control
http://www.eonseed.com/catalog501.html#insect
Eucalyptus Oil
Tea Tree Oil
Lavender Oil
Peppermint Oil
Lemon Oil
Virginia Cedarwood Oil
Citronella Oil
Jojoba Oil
Lavandin Oil
Lemongrass Oil
Wintergreen Oil
Thyme Oil
Cinnamon Oil
Clove Oil
Orange Oil
Caraway Oil

RECIPES FOR MAKING YOUR OWN PEST DETERRENTS
http://peststop.livejournal.com

RECIPES FOR MAKING YOUR OWN WEED CONTROL
http://stopweeds.livejournal.com

OTHER BIO CONTROLS
http://www.cleanairgardening.com/insectrepel.html
http://www.cleanairgardening.com/pestcontrol.html
Organic Natural Fire Ant Killer
Organic Insecticidal Soap
Buji Poison Ivy Blocker
Spinosad Organic Lawn Insect Killer
Diatomaceous Earth Insect Killer
Electronic Slug and Snail Fence
Grub Beater Insect Control
Bug-a-Tak Organic Insecticide
Solar Insect and Pest Killer
No-See-Um Organic Insect Repellent
Beetle Trap Bags
Organic Mole and Gopher Repellent
Ant-a-Tak Organic Ant Insecticide
http://www.gardenersnet.com/organicgardening/organicrepellent.htm
http://www.organicgardeninfo.com/insect-glossary-m-p.html
http://www.stretcher.com/stories/04/04apr19c.cfm
http://www.tyratech.com
http://www.crocodile-insectrepellent.com
http://www.naturesgift.com/skeeter.htm
http://bugmace.com/
http://www.biopesticide.net.cn
http://www.liquidfence.com
http://www.oddanchatrammarket.com/biopesticide.html

MASS DEATH OF BEES - PESTICIDE APPROVALS SUSPENDED
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2008/05/375980.shtml
http://www.cbgnetwork.org

ORGANIC GARDENING THERAPY
http://www.growingcenter.org http://www.plants-for-people.org/eng http://www.gardening4good.org
http://www.horticulturaltherapy.com.au http://www.thrive.org.uk http://www.camphillkimberton.org
http://www.camphill.org.uk http://www.steinerwaldorf.org.uk http://www.kidsgardening.com
http://www.calhealthyschools.org
http://www.kurisu.com/kurisu-restorative-gardens.shtml http://www.meristem.org
http://www.sustland.umn.edu/design/healinggardens.html
http://www.kinghorngardens.com/healing.htm http://www.kurisu.com
http://www.djc.com/special/landscape98/10037844.htm
http://www.socialworktoday.com/archive/swt_0905p19.htm
http://www.mhtachapter.org/resources.htm
http://www.healthdesign.org/resources/pubs/books/books_gardens.php
book: Starting a Horticultural Therapy Program; by Cathedne Drew
book: Healing Gardens, Therapeutic Benefits and Design Recommendations; by Clare Cooper Marcus
http://www.alibris.com
book: Healing Through Working; by D. Ketelaars http://www.fellowshipcommunity.org/index.php?
s=announce&id=5&t=healing-through-working
book: Accessible Gardening: Tips and Techniques for Seniors and the Disabled; by Joann Woy
book: Restorative Gardens; by Nancy Gerlach-Spriggs
book: Horticultural Therapy and the Older Adult Population; by Suzanne Wells
book: Horticulture As Therapy, A Practical Guide to Using Horticulture As a Therapeutic Tool; by Mitchell Hewson

utilizing ORGANIC COMMUNITY GARDENS to feed the hungry
http://www.communitygarden.org.au http://www.growingpower.org
http://growinghope.net http://commgardens.meetup.com http://www.communitygarden.org
http://www.ssawg.org/cfs-resources.html http://www.greenguerillas.org http://www.greenthumbnyc.org
http://www.rswr.org
http://www.hmk.on.ca/plantarow.html http://garden.hortport.com/Current_Issue.htm?ID=3796
http://www.toronto.ca/health/plant_a_row.pdf
http://www.seedinternational.com.au/community_food.html
http://www.cityfarmer.org/booksales.html
http://www.longbeachorganic.org/Site/englishstartupguide.PDF
http://celosangeles.ucdavis.edu/garden/articles/startup_guide.html
http://www.ascribe.org/cgi-bin/spew4th.pl?ascribeid=20030513.123819&time=13+19+PDT&year=2003&public=1
http://news.ucanr.org/newsstorymain.cfm?story=476
http://www.vegparadise.com/24carrot4.html
http://www.lta.org/resources/index.html
http://www.lta.org/publicpolicy/advocates.htm
Free book: http://www.wasatchgardens.org/Library/CommunityGardenStart-upHandbook.PDF
book: Growing Communities: How to Build Community Through Community Gardening; by Jeanette Abi-Nader
book: Cultivating Community: Principles and Practices for Community Gardening as a Community-Building Tool; by
Karen Payne
book: Community Planning Handbook; by N. Wates http://www.eco-logicbooks.com
book: Sustainable Communities; by H. Barton http://www.eco-logicbooks.com
book: Sustainable Community - A Practical Guide http://www.eco-logicbooks.com
book: Common Sense of Community; by D. Atkinson http://www.eco-logicbooks.com
book: Conservation Finance Handbook; by Kim Hopper
http://www.chelseagreen.com/2004/items/conservationfinance
book: Doing Deals: A Guide to Buying Land for Conservation
book: In Gardens We Trust http://www.tpl.org/tier2_kad.cfm?folder_id=1385

DAY LIGHT SCHOOLS Improve Students' Grades and Behavior
and for growing plants and food indoors:
http://64.243.182.248/going_solar/better_schools.cfm http://www.daylighting.org
http://www.daylighting.org/chilton_tour.htm http://www.daylighting.org/pubs/appleton_case_study.pdf
http://www.kalwall.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
Vertical indoor Garding: http://www.vertigro.com http://www.omegagarden.com http://www.aerogrow.com
http://www.led-grow-master.com
http://www.growingedge.com/magazine/back_issues/view_article.php3?AID=170320
book: The Light Revolution, Health, Architecture, and the Sun; by Richard Hobday

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

HEALTHY SCHOOLS:
http://www.healthyschoolscampaign.org http://www.calhealthyschools.org http://www.pesticidereform.org
http://www.generationgreen.org http://www.healthyschools.org http://www.watoxics.org http://www.safe2use.com
http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Education/CASLE/casle.html http://www.lifelab.org http://www.wastefreeschools.org
http://www.kidsagainstpollution.org http://www.childenvironment.org http://www.chej.org http://www.cehn.org
http://www.healthy-kids.info http://www.pollutionfreeschools.org http://www.toxicsaction.org
http://www.masscosh.org http://www.nhphps.org http://www.njwec.org http://www.nycosh.org
book: The Healthy School Handbook, Conquering the Sick Building Syndrome
http://store.nea.org/NEABookstore/control/productdetails?item_id=1866400
http://www.organicconsumers.org/epa6.cfm
http://www.frankolsonproject.org/Articles/Moreno.html
http://www.bcaction.org/Pages/SearchablePages/2005Newsletters/Newsletter086E.html
http://www.rachel.org/bulletin/index.cfm?issue_ID=2013
http://legalminds.lp.findlaw.com/list/povertylaw-l/msg00092.html

FREE OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE
http://www.openoffice.org http://www.theopencd.org - word processor, spreadsheets, data bases and much more
http://directory.fsf.org - education, games and more
http://www.safer-networking.org - Securtiy and Spy Ware
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/links/index.html

ELECTRIC BICYCLES
http://www.myebike.com http://www.evt-scooter.de http://www.windpower.org http://awea.org
http://www.velomobile.de
http://nycewheels.com
http://www.myebike.com
http://www.cyclone-tw.com
http://www.powacycle.co.uk
http://www.electricbikesales.co.uk
http://egovehicles.com
http://www.electricbicycle.com.au
http://www.evehicle.com.au
http://www.electric-bicycle.cn
http://www.greenspeed.us
http://www.sourceguides.com/energy

ELECTRIC KAWASAKI MOTORCYCLES
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/04/diy-electric-kawsaki-motorcycle.php
http://nycewheels.com
http://www.myebike.com
http://e2bike.livejournal.com
http://www.cyclone-tw.com
http://www.powacycle.co.uk
http://www.electricbikesales.co.uk
http://egovehicles.com
http://www.electricbicycle.com.au
http://www.evehicle.com.au
http://www.electric-bicycle.cn
http://www.greenspeed.us
http://www.sourceguides.com/energy

AIR-POWERED MOTORCYCLES - DIY
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/04/air-powered-motorcycle-diy-moped.php
http://www.solarmobil.net
http://www.e-max-ltd.com
http://www.topmotorx.com
http://www.patente-erfindungen.de/erfindungen_fahrraeder.htm
http://www.zeromotorcycles.com
http://www.sourceguides.com/energy

ELECTRIC VEHICLES
http://www.electroauto.com http://www.eaaev.org http://www.windpower.org http://awea.org http://www.nedra.com
http://www.veva.bc.ca http://www.myersmotors.com http://www.ampmobiles.com http://www.acpropulsion.com
http://chiapas.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=145793
http://ovl.indymedia.org/news/2007/06/17060.php
http://newjersey.indymedia.org/en/2007/06/15908.shtml

DVD: WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR?
http://www.amazon.com/Who-Killed-Electric-Martin-Sheen/dp/B000I5Y8FU

CONVERT YOUR CAR TO ELECTRIC
http://www.canev.com http://ev-america.com http://www.evparts.com http://www.kta-ev.com http://www.go-ev.com
http://www.metricmind.com

WOMEN'S CLASSES ON ELECTRIC AUTOS
http://www.electroauto.com
http://www.electric-cars-are-for-girls.com

BIO-JET FUEL
http://nhindymedia.org/newswire/display/5704/index.php

ORGANIC BIODIESEL JET FUEL
http://www.greenflightinternational.com http://www.biodieselsolutions.com
http://makingbiodiesel.blogspot.com/2007/10/5-years-to-biodiesel-powered-jet.html
http://www.biodieselmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=1876

AN ANCIENT ALTERNATIVE TO OIL
http://kcindymedia.org/newswire/display/74531/index.php
http://rogueimc.org/en/2008/05/12350.shtml
http://seattle.indymedia.org/en/2008/05/266785.shtml

INTERNET BOOKS
http://www.abebooks.com http://eco-logicbooks.com http://www.storey.com http://www.countrysidemag.com
http://echobooks.org http://lowimpact.org http://www.cat.org.uk http://www.permaculture-magazine.co.uk

ECO FARMING - ORGANIC GARDENING book Catalog
http://www.acresusa.com/other/freesample.htm

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.windpower.org http://awea.org 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://www.sourceguides.com/energy
http://uruguay.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/42480.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
http://www.sourceguides.com/energy
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

PURIFYING INDOOR AIR in Schools by utilizing plant technology
reducing illness, reducing heating and cooling costs, saving money:
book: How To Grow Fresh Air; by B. C. Wolverton
http://www.wolvertonenvironmental.com/air.htm
http://www.corporate-plants.ie/html/plants___health.html
http://www.healthygreenatwork.org
http://www.iuoe.org/cm/iaq_greenbuild.asp?Item=447
http://www.houseofplants.co.uk/healthbenefits.html
http://www.greenworks.com/healthbenefits.htm
http://www.nipa.asn.au/uts_project.htm
http://www.nipa.asn.au/fact_sheets.htm
http://www.plantscleanair.com
http://www.pawa.org.nz
Vertical indoor Garding: http://www.vertigro.com http://www.omegagarden.com http://www.aerogrow.com
bring sun light indoors to grow food and plants: http://www.sun-dome.com http://www.sun-tek.com
http://www.kalwall.com http://www.led-grow-master.com http://www.skytube.net.nz http://www.sunscope.com
http://www.huvco.com http://www.tubular-skylight.com
http://www.growingedge.com/magazine/back_issues/view_article.php3?AID=170320

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: Design for Water; by Heather Kinkade-Levario
book: Forgotten Rain; by Heather Kinkade-Levario http://www.forgottenrain.com
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

RAINWATER HOG TANK WATER STORAGE SYSTEM
http://rainwaterhog.com http://www.slosustainability.com
The rainwater hog tank water storage system has a minimal footprint so that it can be used in urban settings. The
tanks can be mounted vertically or horizontally, depending on space, and can even be placed under floors. Another
application, the Groundhog, can be used for thermal mass. You can put these things vertical in your wall and it
becomes passive solar heat storage system.
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

Build your own AUTOMATED WATERING SYSTEM
http://foodforeveryone.org/pdf/MGC_Chpt_16.pdf

REDUCING WATER USE
book: Gardening the Arid Land; by Robert Gerard
book: Gardening Without Water; by Charlotte Green
book: Water for every Farm; by P. Yeomans http://www.keyline.com.au
Hydroponics Gardening - Farming:
http://www.genhydro.com
Zeolite:
http://www.zeolite.com.au
Drip Irrigation:
http://www.irrigationtutorials.com/dripguide.htm
http://www.netafim.com
http://www.associatedfarm.com
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Economy/eco3.html
http://www.microirrigationforum.com/new/archives/drip-invention.html
Please perform a web search for "drip irrigation" systems from "Israel"

MICROGARDENS and Water Conservaton
http://www.carbon.org

MULCHES FOR WATER CONSERVATION
http://plantanswers.tamu.edu/drought/mulches.html
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/extension/easygardening/mulching/mulching1.html
http://pubs.caes.uga.edu/caespubs/horticulture/veg-mulch.html
http://veggierevolution.blogspot.com/2008/04/kathleens-tips-on-mulching.html
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Organic Lawn Care Sources & Resources

  • 1. ` Lawn Care Sources & Resources Introduction to OLC Organic Land Care: lawns, gardens and landscapes Every Yard Makes a Difference Lawn and Turf NOFA Standards for Organic Land Care Accreditation Course First, Do No Harm Every land use decision we make will have a positive or negative effect on the land in our care. Strive to understand and preserve existing elements that benefit the whole ecosystem––indigenous plants and soils, wildlife corridors and habitat, riparian buffers and watershed drainage, mature trees and shrubs. Minimize use of inputs that impact existing local ecosystems, such as fertilizer and water, and avoid adding any toxic materials to the land in your care. Every Yard Makes a Difference Keep pesticides off your lawn and gardens Using only non-toxic materials on your property reduces the health risk to yourself, your family, your neighbors and your local environment. See Why Organic? Use non-synthetic fertilizers from natural sources Synthetic fertilizers are made in a chemical process that uses fossil fuel and contributes to global warming. Use of synthetic nitrogen fertilizer greatly increase the amount of nitrogen entering the global nitrogen cycle which has a serious negative impact on the organization and functioning of the world's ecosystems, including accelerating the loss of biological diversity and decline of coastal marine ecosystems
  • 2. and fisheries. Visit www.epa.gov/watertrain/nitrogen.html for more information. The use of synthetic phosphorus fertilizers has its own set of problems, in particular its contribution to the eutrophication of fresh water lakes and ponds, and the limited global supply of phosphate rock. For more information, visit http://phosphorusfutures.net Reduce water use In many cities in the Northeast, 50% of the drinking water goes to lawns and landscapes. Over 75% of our rivers are flow stressed because of water withdrawals for these residential uses. Read more in our article "Lawns: Good Watering Practices" Remove invasive plants Invasive plants grow quickly and spread easily and often reduce the biodiversity of whole ecosystems. Learn about invasive plants, how to avoid spreading them, and how to remove them from your own property. In the U.S., a good place to start is at the National Invasive Species Information Center, www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov Home gardening with native plants Native plants are site adapted and usually require little to no watering, fertilizing or pesticides. Stunning gardens can be made from entirely native plants. See our bookstore for ideas. Since native plants are, well, native, it's best to find a local conservation group who works with natives. If you live in the Northeast U.S., a good place to start is the New England Wildflower Society, www.newfs.org/learn. They have a listing of Native Plant Societies in the US and Canada, http://www.newfs.org/publications-and-media/resources/nps.html Make and use compost Compost has many advantages as a soil amendment and it is less likely to cause pollution of the local and regional environment than fertilizers, even organic ones. Incorporating compost improves turf, shrub and shade tree performance in marginal or poor soils. Good quality compost improves soil structure, reduces runoff and compaction, enhances biodiversity, increases water and nutrient retention, increases
  • 3. microbial activity, supplies nutrients, helps suppress and prevent plant diseases, detoxifies certain pesticides, and inactivates and kills potential human pathogens. The benefits to the plants are: improved establishment of turf, ornamentals and shade trees; improved color; increased root growth; and reduced need for fertilizer, pesticides, and irrigation. To learn more about compost, you can start at EPA's site: http://www.epa.gov/osw/conserve/rrr/composting/ Test your soil If you want your property to look its best, to save money, and to protect the environment even more, do an easy soil test before you apply anything at all. A soil testing lab will be help you figure out how much of which fertilizers and nutrients to apply for optimum results. Increase biodiversity Biodiversity is the key to a healthy ecosystem on any scale, from backyard to global. Biodiversity increases the stability of ecosystems, reduces the need for intervention, and makes them, from an aesthetic viewpoint, much more interesting. The earth is currently losing species at a rate that rivals mass extinctions in our geologic record. You can use the American Museum of Natural History's site as a starting point to read about why biodiversity is important, http://cbc.amnh.org/. You can look at the National Wildlife Federation site to learn how to increase biodiversity in your own back yard. If you have a lawn... Mow high, 3"-4"; leave grass clippings on lawn; water infrequently, if at all; encourage a bit of white clover; and fertilize with compost and overseed bares spots in fall and early spring. See more at Lawn and Turf below. Read the NOFA Standards for Organic Land Care Click here for our standards for ecological landscaping. Or you can purchase a copy from our store.
  • 4. Check out our bookstore We have a number of books to get you inspired about organic land care in our store. If you are a homeowner, gardener, or landscaper new to organic land care, you can learn some basics at one of our Introductory Workshops listed under Calendar. Or you can browse our introductory articles in the OLC Articles section of the Green Room. Lawn and Turf You will find organic lawn care how-to articles in our OLC Articles section to get you started. • Simple Seasonal Lawn Care Calendar • Really Basic Lawn Care • Soil Testing • Weeds • Grubs • Watering You can also purchase a great book for home lawn care called The Organic Lawn Care Manual by Paul Tukey, available in our bookstore. Lawn How-To Videos View our lawn and turf videos in the Video section of the Green Room • 3 Tips for Organic Lawns • Organic Lawns • Organic Pest Control
  • 5. Lawn and Turf Course We offer a one-day intensive Organic Lawn and Turf Course. This course targets specifically the needs of professionals managing lawns and athletic turf in residential, commercial, or public settings such as schools and parks. We offer this course annually in a New England state and have trained over 500 students in organic turf management. The NOFA Organic Lawn and Turf Handbook, 2007 This 104-page, comprehensive and practical handbook details methods for growing and managing beautiful, healthy, organic turfgrass. Written and edited by scientists and NOFA accredited organic landscapers as a natural companion to NOFA’s professional organic lawn and turf courses, it also stands alone as a unique and valuable resource for all landscapers. This book is aimed at professionals but will be a useful resource for anyone interested in creating beautiful organic lawns, parks or athletic fields in the Northeast. You can purchase this and other books from our books store.
  • 6. NOFA Standards for Organic Land Care Basic Principles of Organic Land Care 1. Steward the combined health of soil, plant, animal, human, and planet. 2. Emulate living ecological systems and cycles and help sustain them. 3. Build equity, respect, justice, and stewardship of the shared world. 4. Act in a precautionary and responsible manner. Read the current version of the Standards: NOFA Standards for Organic Land Care, Practices for Design and Maintenance of Ecological Landscapes Accreditation Course "I just loved the course – I started learning in the first five minutes. With a soup-to-nuts syllabus that covers all the issues imaginable taught by a gathering of the region’s most esteemed scientists, this is value-added education at its best." -Tovah Martin, 2010 The cornerstone of our educational program is our 5- day Accreditation Course, a 30-hour, comprehensive course based on our written standards. It is also the gateway to becoming an Accredited Organic Land Care Professional. This course covers all aspects of
  • 7. organic land care from soil health, site analysis and planting/plant care to composting, lawn alternatives and running a business. It offers 20 speakers over five days, interactive case studies, and a client relations panel featuring professionals working in the field. The accreditation exam is given on the last day of the course. Those who pass are eligible to become Accredited Organic Land Care Professionals (AOLCPs) and pledge to practice according to the NOFA Standards for Organic Land Care for those clients who ask for organic landscaping. This course is now offered in CT, MA, and RI and has trained over 1000 professionals since its inception in 2002. ~ Books and Articles The Natural Lawn & Alternatives. Brooklyn Botanic Garden Record (49:3, Autumn 1993) A collection of articles including "Eight Steps to a Pesticide-Free Lawn," "Buffalograss Lawns," and others on moss, prairie, and other grass alternatives. "Turf Tips" has a map of grass zones for the U.S., regional guides for fertilizing and for grass types (beware -- they're still recommending Kentucky bluegrass!), plus mowing heights for different grasses. Great color pictures throughout. Ball, Jeff and Liz Ball. Smart Yard: 60-Minute Lawn Care. Golden, CO: Fulcrum Publishing, 1994. An IPM approach that allows for pesticides in a certified emergency but works towards their virtual elimination. LOTS of useful information including tips for different areas in the U.S. Three main sections: "Maintaining Your Lawn," "Improving Your Lawn," and "Lawn Problems." Has the most thorough tips for assessing the condition of a lawn that I've seen. Lots of good (sometimes funny) drawings, graphs, and tables. Very readable, too, which is always a plus. Carson, Rachel. Silent Spring: Special Edition. Afterward by Edward O. Wilson, Introduction by Linda Lear. Mariner Books: 104th edition, 2002. The mother-text of the environmental movement, this book is still relevant today. It focuses on the effects of DDT, widely used after WWII, and is credited with contributing to the ban of this chemical in the U.S. Darke, Rick. The Encyclopedia of Grasses for Livable Landscapes. Portland, OR: Timber Press, 2007.
  • 8. One of the best and most complete guides to ornamental grasses. Darke is dedicated to what he calls "Landscape Ethics," gardening that does not diminish the resources of the earth. The Timber Press Pocket Guide to Ornamental Grasses. Portland, OR: Timber Press, 2004 At less than half the price of the Encyclopedia, but with hundreds of color photographs, this is an excellent buy. Franklin, Stuart. Building a Healthy Lawn: a Safe and Natural Approach. A Garden Way Publishing Book. Pownal, VT: Storey Communications, Inc., 1988. Older but still useful, this manual includes most of what later became accepted wisdom in organic lawn care. Jenkins, Virginia Scott. The Lawn: A History of an American Obsession. Smithsonian, 1994. I haven't seen this one, but it pops up everywhere, and everyone speaks highly of it. Logan, William Bryant. Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth. New York, London: W.W. Norton, 1995. This is a series of essays on what Bryant, in a bow to his farmer father, insists on calling dirt, not earth. The essays contain an enormous amount of information, but their primary purpose is not educational, but exploratory. Nardi, James A. Life in the Soil: A Guide for Naturalists and Gardeners. Chicago: U. of Chicago Pr., 2007. Though far more "informational" than Logan's book, Nardi's is if anything even more lyrical and lovely. It includes a comprehensive, worldwide guide to the creatures of the earth, book-ended by an opening section on the formation of soil and the role of living creatures in it, and a closing section on how to work with those creatures, restoring and maintaining soil health, while gardening. Quammen, David. "Rethinking the Lawn." In The Boilerplate Rhino: Nature in the Eye of the Beholder. New York: Scribner, 2000. A hilarious essay by a man who finally said "No mow" to mowing, and who made plans for a shrunken lawn and expanded free time. Schultz, Warren. The Chemical-Free Lawn: The Newest Varieties and Techniques to Grow Lush, Hardy Grass. Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, 1989. Aside from Schultz's out-of-date obeisance to Kentucky bluegrass, this book gives an almost flawless and remarkably thorough presentation on organic lawn care. Steinberg, Ted. American Green: The Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Lawn. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2006. Steinberg could make a history buff out of anyone. Full of forgotten facts (backyard fences were forbidden in Levittown, one of the earliest large-scale post WWII developments) woven seamlessly into a comprehensive narrative, this book combines humor, information, and an individual, idiosyncratic perspective. Wilbur, Charles A. How to Grow World Record Tomatoes: A Guinness Champion Reveals His All- Organic Secrets. Acres U.S.A., 1998. This charming book by a home farmer in the South reveals his methods, including how to compost kudzu.
  • 9. Websites 1. Facts, Stats, etc. University of Missouri. "Curbing the Lawn" -- Jan Weaver. MU Environmental Network News, July 2004, Vol. 10, No. 7 Tufts University. "Five Minutes with Ted Steinberg" Tufts Magazine, Summer 2006 Statistics Canada report on Lawns, gardens and environment. "Canadian lawns and gardens: Where are they the 'greenest'?" Feb. 2008. -- Mary Frances Lynch and Nancy Hofmann. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Mid-Atlantic Region Green Landscaping. "Sustainable Landscaping Presentation" May 2007. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). "Small Engine Rule to Bring Big Emission Cuts" March 2006 Toronto Board of Health Staff Report. "Leaf Blowers and other Lawn/Garden Equipment: Noise, Air Pollution and Regulation (PDF format)" July 2001. Toronto Public Health. "Lawn and Garden Pesticides: A Review of Human Exposure & Health Effects Research (PDF format)" April, 2002. -- Dr. Sheela V. Basrur, Medical Officer of Health. Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. "Nutrient Management for Lawn Service Companies" June 2004. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) "2,4-D Reregistration Eligibility Document (RED) Facts" 2005 U.S. Department of Energy, Bonneville Power Administration "2,4-D Herbicide Fact Sheet (PDF format)" 2000 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) "Unidentified Inert Ingredients in Pesticides: Implications for Human and Environmental Health (PDF format)" -- Caroline Cox & Michael Surgan. Environmental Health Perspectives (online Aug. 18, 2006) National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland "Epidemiology of Lymphomas" 2000.
  • 10. The Ontario College of Family Physicians. "Pesticides Literature Review (PDF format)" April, 2004. p.36, Ch.4. -- Margaret Sanborn, Donald Cole, Kathleen Kerr, Cathy Vakil, Luz Helena Sanin, Kate Bassil U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Ground Water & Drinking Water. "Consumer Factsheet on: Selenium" Nov. 2006. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency "Basic Information: Organic Gases" Nov. 2007. American Chemical Society. "Inhalation Health Risk to Golfers from Turfgrass Pesticides at Three Northeastern U.S. Sites" Dec. 14, 2006. -- Rebecca R. Murphy and Douglas A. Haith. Environmental Science & Technology, 41 (3), 1038 -1043, 2007. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Ground Level Ozone. "Health and Environment" Mar. 2008. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Indoor Air Quality. "Pesticides: Basic Information" Nov. 2007. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). "Simulation of Track-in of Lawn-Applied Pesticides from Turf to Home: Comparison of Dislodgeable Turf Residues with Carpet Dust and Carpet Surface Residues (PDF format)" Oct. 1997. -- Marcia G. Nishioka, Hazel M. Burkholder, Marielle C. Brinkman, Sydney M. Gordon Environmental Science and Technology, 36 (9), 1923 -1930, 2002. "VOCs, Pesticides, Nitrate, and Their Mixtures in Groundwater Used for Drinking Water in the United States" -- Paul J. Squillace, Jonathon C. Scott, Michael J. Moran, B. T. Nolan, and Dana W. Kolpin. Department of Pesticide Regulation, California. Environmental Monitoring & Pest Management. "Environmental Fate of Mancozeb (PDF format)" Oct. 2000. -- Sue Xu EXTOXNET, Extension Toxicology Network. "Mancozeb" Pesticide Information Profiles" revised June 1996. EXTOXNET is a group of universities and university extension offices largely funded by the USDA. U.S. Climate Change Technology Program. "Methane and Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Agriculture (PDF format)" Aug. 2005, Page 4.2-8 2. All-Round Generally Useful Sites "Green Scaping: The Easy Way to a Greener, Healthier Yard" -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency The Lawn Problem-Solver This site is maintained by the North Central Region-192, a working group of turf experts sponsored
  • 11. by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. On this site the group members, drawn from a whole fist-full of universities in what's more usually called the Midwest, offer their combined expertise on establishing and maintaining lawns, grass types, problem-solving -- the whole shebang. Somewhat old-school in that it still advocates planting Kentucky bluegrass, it's nevertheless informative, user-friendly, and low-key in its advocacy of low-chemical approaches to lawn care. "Turfgrass Management and Use" -- from the files of Dr. Richard Duble, Professor of Soil and Crop Sciences (emeritus) - Texas A & M University A remarkably thorough site covering just about all aspects of turf care, from grass varieties through problems to "mowing schedules" for different southern grasses. The UC Guide to Healthy Lawns Part of the University of California's extensive UC IPM Online: Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program site. Includes pages on identifying and choosing a grass, establishing and caring for new lawns, pest management, and more. 3. Identifying and Choosing Grass Types "Native Warm Season Grasses in the Mid-South (PDF format)" -- Michael P. Hansbrough, Private Lands Biologist - University of Tennessee Though it primarily addresses large-scale establishment for wildlife or livestock, the PDF version has wonderful pictures and lots of information. "Kentucky Bluegrass Lawn is not Environmentally Sustainable" Coalition for a Healthy Calgary Bluestem Nursery Enviroturf This Oregon nursery blend of five fine fescues developed for northern lawns needs less water and fertilizer than conventional mixes. "Turfgrasses for the Midwest" -- University of Illinois Turfgrass Program "Turfgrass Selection for the Home Landscape (PDF format)" The UC Guide to Healthy Lawns: Choose and identify your turf species -- Click on "Turfgrass Selection ..." midway down left-hand column. This site will guide you through identifying the grass in your lawn. The PDF document contains information in list form comparing grasses by 14 different criteria. These include tolerance for heat, cold, salinity, drought, and shade, nitrogen requirements, mowing height, establishment rate, maintenance costs, and three different measures of wear. Wildflower Farm EcoTurf This blend of seven fescues does everything but play the violin, apparently. It grows slowly, reducing the need for mowing, it sends down deep roots (up to nine inches!), making it drought-tolerant, it thrives in shady, poor, and compacted soils, and it needs little to nothing by way of fertilizer. Left unmown, it tops out at about eight inches and flops over prettily. Accounts on gardening blogs support these claims. 4. Starting a New Lawn
  • 12. Getting Rid of the Lawn -- Susan Gallimore, Bluestem Nursery Includes some marvelous blog entries on how to eliminate an old lawn before starting over. "Warm Season Grass Establishment (PDF format)" Feb. 2002 -- Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Fish and Wildlife 5. Organic Lawn Care "Lawn Care Library: Fertilizing" -- Cornell University "Organic Lawn Care for the Cheap and Lazy" -- Paul Wheaton, RichSoil.com Not an authoritative source, but appears knowledgeable and charmingly whimsical. "Lawn & Garden Fertilizers (PDF format)" -- Korb, Gary, James Hovland, and Steven Bennett, University of Wisconsin Extension in cooperation with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. A readable presentation about lawn care. "Turfgrass Water Management" Rev. April, 2000. -- Landry, Gil Jr., Cooperative Extension Service, The University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences 6. Soil, Amendments & Fertilizers "The microbial community of the soil ecosystem" University College of Cork, Ireland Part of an extensive site on a European Community R&D project called IMPACT: Interactions between Microbial inoculants and resident Populations in the rhizosphere of Agronomically important Crops in Typical soils. "Reduce Your Water Needs with Compost" Denver Water Department "Choosing a Soil Amendment" -- Davis, J.G. and C.R. Wilson, Colorado State University Extension "Alternative Soil Amendments" -- Sullivan, Preston, National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service (ATTRA) Though pitched to large-scale operations, the information at this site is perfectly applicable to lawns or gardens. 7. Dealing with Pests and Lawn Problems General Sites: "Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic"
  • 13. -- Cornell University Lots of useful info here, but not as user-friendly as some sites. The central list of diseases gives only names, no photos, and since each disease is covered on a separate page, there's no way to scan photographs of diseases. The pages about individual diseases do include excellent photos and diagrams of disease progression, as well as useful information on control. This site is excellent once you know what you're dealing with, but it isn't much help with diagnostics. "Yardener's Plant Problem Solver" This site helps you work from the symptoms to their possible causes. So if you're looking at patches of dead grass but have no idea whether the culprit is a grub, a fungus, your neighbor's dog, or the neighbor's son conducting experiments involving mirrors and sunlight, start here. "Organic Gardening: Organic Lawn Problem Solver" This site lists problems by general symptom (brown grass, red grass, etc.) then lists various possible causes along with organic treatments and controls. It's a bit hard to use because ALL headings no matter what their status look the same, so it's hard to see what comes "under" what. The site is also so packed with ads that you can only see a bit of real information at a time. Still, good info, succinct and clear. Specific Issues or Problems: "The Kudzu plant FAQ" Hower, Chad Z., Kudzu World "Managing Your Kudzu: Kudzu Elimination or Control for Small-Property Owners" -- The Coalition To Control Kudzu Without Chemicals "Managing the Japanese Beetle: A Homeowner's Handbook" A terrific USDA site on the Japanese beetle, this homeowner's guide tells you how the dang things got here, how to trap them, and offers a systematic IPM approach to controlling them. "Toxicity of diatomaceous earth to red flour beetles and confused flour beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae): effects of temperature and relative humidity" -- Arthur, Frank., USDA Agricultural Research Service "Creeping Charlie Lawn Weed: From Beer Ingredient to Invasive Plant to... Aromatic Herb?" -- Beaulieu, David., About.com: Landscaping Very nice article giving interesting background facts on the many names and uses of this now-vilified plant. Lovely pictures, too. "Water Management on Turfgrasses" -- Duble, Richard L., Texas Cooperative Extension, Texas A & M University "Weed Control in Turf" -- Duble, Richard L., Texas Cooperative Extension, Texas A & M University "Diseases of Warm Season Grasses (PDF format)" Aug. 1995. -- Lucas, Leon T. and Arthur H. Bruneau, North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service Don't be put off by the date on this site. It's got pictures, graphs showing seasonal incidence of each disease, and excellent, mostly organic advice about dealing with problems.
  • 14. "Controlling Creeping Charlie" -- Mahr, Susan, University of Wisconsin, Department of Horticulture "Control of Chinch Bug Without Pesticides" -- Patriquin, David, Professor of Biology at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia) This is one of the most amazing websites I encountered in all the research for this article. Patriquin details several levels of control, thoroughly and readably. This is the guy who recommends using a vacuum-cleaner on your lawn. "Identification of White Grubs in Turfgrass" -- Shetlar, David J., Ohio State University Extension Fact Sheet, Entomology One of many, many useful pages at OSU Extension. This one, however, justifies itself by saying that control depends on identification, but it doesn't link to any control pages bearing this out. "'Dog-On-It' Lawn Problems, Updated" -- Thompson, Steve, The Turf Resource Center and Lawn Institute, Texas A & M University The only article I've found devoted to the problems of dog urine on lawns, this was the source for much of my information on the topic. Includes tips on how to train your dog to pee in one, non-lawn spot. "Diagnosis of Turfgrass Diseases: The Key to Successful Management" -- Tredway, Lane P., Extension Turfgrass Pathologist - North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service A great, readable site with lots of helpful pictures. "Identification and Control of Knapweed Species in Central and Eastern Oregon" Feb. 2003. -- Waldo, Amy Jo, Oregon State University Extension Service "Biology and Biological Control of Knapweed" Aug. 2003. -- Wilson, L. M. and C. B. Randall, USDA-Forest Service FHTET-2001-07. 2nd Edition. 8. Lawn Alternatives "From the Ground Up: Groundcovers to Know and Use" -- University of Illinois Extension Has a great list of groundcovers, with pictures. "Xeriscape Colorado" -- Colorado WaterWise Council: The Voice of the Colorado Water Efficiency Community Stunning photos make the case for Xeriscape gardening. Includes an impressive section titled "Resources and Reference" divided as follows: "Books | Brochures & Booklets | Magazines & Articles | Catalogs | Web Sites | Videos & DVDs." "Xeriscape: Water-Saving Garden" Sedbrook, Judy, Colorado State University Master Gardener, Denver County 9. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Alabama Integrated Pest Management Information Center Auburn University
  • 15. Integrated Pest Management Resources Michigan State University The Pennsylvania Integrated Pest Management Program Penn State University The IPM Technical Resource Center Purdue University Integrated Pest Management Utah State University Extension Statewide IPM Program University of California at Davis Kentucky IPM University of Kentucky College of Agriculture Integrated Pest Management University of Massachusetts Amherst Radcliffe's IPM World Textbook University of Minnesota Montana Integrated Pest Management Center Montana State University 10. Environmental Issues "Dead Zones" The Economist, May 15, 2008 "Harmful Algae" Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, May 2008 ~ `
  • 16. ` Your Local FOOD BANK Needs You Please help. Thank YOU! http://nielzekock.insanejournal.com http://food2bank.insanejournal.com http://foodbank77.insanejournal.com ` ` Organic Gardening for VICTORY Books:
  • 17. Growing Without Digging; by Esther Deans Square Foot Gardening; by Mel Bartholomew How to Grow World Record Tomatoes; by Charles Wilber Lasagna Gardening for Small Spaces; by Patricia Lanza Edible Flower Garden; by Rosalind Creasy Designing And Maintaining Your Edible Landscape Naturally; by Robert Kourik The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming; by Masanobu Fukuoka Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World; by Paul Stamets Leaves of Life, Therapy Garden for People with Disabilities; by Esther Deans Worms Eat My Garbage; by Mary Appelhof BOOK PREVIEWS worldcat librarything loc.gov SWAP your Books with Other People Swap Books.com Swap Books/d 400% increase in Plant Growth http://www.remineralize.org http://www.scribd.com/doc/30402511 http://effectivemicro-organisms.co.uk http://soilsoup.com http://www.eprida.com http://www.growingsolutions.com http://www.vermico.com http://www.growingedge.com http://www.acresusa.com http://www.squarefootgardening.com http://www.wormwoman.com http://www.wormdigest.org http://www.permaculture.org.uk http://www.oxfam.org.uk biodynamics.com `
  • 18. Food not Lawns book worldcat librarything books.google groups foodnotlawns.net foodnotlawns.com edibleschoolyard.org foodnotlawnskc.org sdfoodnotlawns.com foodnotlawns.ning.com tristatefoodnotlawns.org ediblephoenix.com proverb: GOOD FOOD is GOOD MEDICINE <> Garbage in, garbage out. Why be Sick? eat Local Fresh Organic food http://www.localharvest.org organicconsumers.org http://livingnutrition.com http://www.wellbeingjournal.com http://stevitastevia.com ` Proverb: A good person leaves an inheritance to their children’s children. What kind of inheritance are you leaving?
  • 19. JOURNEY TO FOREVER journeytoforever.org ` ` FREE subscription to a Solar Magazine for your School Library http://www.redwoodalliance.org/librarian ~ SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY for WOMEN Please see Links below to Ending Hunger, child education, child health, training for women, sustainable technology, organic gardening-farming, recycling, reducing water usuage and good books to read. SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY TRAINING for WOMEN http://solarenergy.org http://www.solarliving.org http://awea.org http://www.bwea.com http://www.windpower.org 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.electric-cars-are-for-girls.com/mamas-mopping-up-the-world.html 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://www.algebra.org http://www.carbon.org http://www.ncfi.org.uk http://www.squarefootgardening.com
  • 20. http://phillyimc.org/en/2007/02/36740.shtml Organic Farming Training: http://www.wwoof.org book: Women in Green, Voices of Sustainable Design; by Kira Gould http://www.ecotonedesign.com book: Solar Living Sourcebook 30th Anniversary Edition, by John Schaeffer book: Super Power Breathing for Super Energy and Longevity; by Paul C. Bragg http://www.wolvertonenvironmental.com http://www.refineryreform.org http://www.plants-for- people.org/eng/health/g.htm Center for Neighborhood Technology http://www.cnt.org http://www.greengrants.org Green Empowerment: http://www.greenempowerment.org http://www.energreen.org http://www.livelihoods.org http://www.nativesun.biz http://www.bushlight.org.au http://www.palangthai.org Cohousing: http://www.cohousing.org http://www.cohousing.ca http://www.cohousingresources.com Single Mothers House Sharing: http://www.coadobe.org Communities for Disabled people: http://www.camphill.org.uk http://www.leftfootorganics.org http://www.camphill.org http://www.thrive.org.uk Communities for the Older people: http://www.fellowshipcommunity.org CarSharing: http://www.carshare.org Free organic gardening-farming Catalog: http://www.acresusa.com/other/freesample.htm Free SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY Journal http://www.homepower.com book: Unlocking the Secrets to Living Your Dreams; by Jack Canfield book: The Power of Positive Thinking: A Practical Guide; by Norman Vincent Peale book: You Can If You Think You Can; by Norman Vincent Peale book: Pioneer Doctor, the Story of a Woman's Work; by Mari Grana book: Bold Spirit; by Linda Lawrence Hunt ~ I CAN DO ALL THINGS THRU GOD WHO STRENGTHENS ME. ~ The everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, neither faints nor is weary. He gives power to the weak. To those who have no might, He increases their strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall. But those who wait on the Lord, He shall renew their strength. They shall mount up with wings like eagles. They shall run and not be weary. They shall walk and not faint. ~ translate traduzca übersetzen traduisez vertaal http://babelfish.yahoo.com SUSTAINABLE DESIGNS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES http://www.builderswithoutborders.org http://other90.cooperhewitt.org
  • 21. http://openarchitecturenetwork.org http://architectureforhumanity.org http://build2.livejournal.com http://build3.livejournal.com http://build4.livejournal.com http://build5.livejournal.com http://natural1build.livejournal.com http://natural2build.livejournal.com http://strawbale2.livejournal.com http://calearth.org http://www.ewb-international.org book: Design for the Other 90%; by Cynthia E. Smith VEGETABLE AUTOmobiles http://plantdrive.com http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/hemp.html http://www.scribd.com/doc/38834690 http://www.scribd.com/doc/34396203 LOCAL Groups Supporting ELECTRIC AUTOmobiles http://solarcar.livejournal.com http://www.nicecarcompany.co.uk http://www.greenvehicles.com http://www.zapworld.com http://www.sourceguides.com/energy http://www.green-car-guide.com WOMEN Electric Car Groups http://www.electric-cars-are-for-girls.com Convert GAS Cars to Plug-In ELECTRIC Autos http://www.electroauto.com http://www.kta-ev.com http://www.nedra.com http://www.evparts.com http://www.sourceguides.com/energy Convert HYBRID Cars to Plug-In ELECTRIC Autos http://www.calcars.org http://www.hybrids-plus.com http://www.rqriley.com/xr3.htm http://www.eaa- phev.org/wiki/PriusPlus http://www.hybridplugs.com http://www.hybridconceptcars.com http://www.afstrinity.com http://www.a123systems.com/hymotion http://www.hybridconsortium.org http://www.energycs.com http://www.sourceguides.com/energy ` Electric MOTORCYCLES http://www.solarmobil.net http://www.e-max-ltd.com http://www.topmotorx.com http://www.patente-erfindungen.de/erfindungen_fahrraeder.htm http://www.zeromotorcycles.com http://www.sourceguides.com/energy Electric BICYCLES http://nycewheels.com http://www.myebike.com http://www.cyclone-tw.com http://www.powacycle.co.uk http://www.electricbikesales.co.uk http://egovehicles.com
  • 22. http://www.electricbicycle.com.au http://www.evehicle.com.au http://www.electric-bicycle.cn http://www.greenspeed.us http://www.sourceguides.com/energy Recharge your Electric Auto with RENEWABLE ENERGY http://www.bergey.com http://www.bwea.com http://www.vestas.com http://www.awea.org http://solarenergy.org http://greendragonenergy.co.uk http://www.lowimpact.org http://www.scoraigwind.com http://www.korufoundation.org http://www.greenempowerment.org http://www.solarliving.org http://www.the-mrea.org http://www.txses.org http://www.irenew.org http://www.nmsea.org http://www.azsolarcenter.com http://www.microhydropower.com http://www.newenergycorp.ca http://www.canyonhydro.com http://wattsun.com http://www.lorentz.de http://www.etsolar.de http://www.solargenix.com http://solar.sharpusa.com http://solren.com http://www.spirecorp.com http://www.windpower.org http://www.sourceguides.com/energy http://www.i2p.org http://www.ises.org http://www.firstsolar.com http://www.rmi.org DVD: WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR? http://www.amazon.com/Who-Killed-Electric-Martin-Sheen/dp/B000I5Y8FU book: Internal Combustion; by Edwin Black http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/69021042 http://www.librarything.com/work/1567800 http://books.google.com/books?id=S0DDjjjD5gwC http://www.internalcombustionbook.com/ book: The Tyranny of Oil; by Antonia Juhasz http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191930215 http://www.librarything.com/work/6165413 http://books.google.com/books?id=MyEeLDsS0r4C http://www.scribd.com/doc/45058141 RENEWABLE ENERGY DIRECTORY http://www.sourceguides.com/energy http://www.i2p.org http://newjersey.indymedia.org/en/2007/07/16623.shtml http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2007/03/125432.shtml http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2007/07/10557.php http://bulgaria.indymedia.org/newswire/display/17172/index.php SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY MEDICAL FACILITIES and MEDICAL EQUIPMENT http://www.fistulatrust.org http://sunutility.com/html_pg/healthcare.html http://wfmic.org http://sunfrost.com/vaccine_refrigerators.html http://plants-for-people.org/eng http://swisssolartech.com http://www.geotility.ca http://solargenix.com http://www.powerlight.com http://www.kalwall.com http://skytube.net.nz http://solaskylights.com.au http://www.naturallightsolutions.co.nz http://www.skydome.com.au http://maxisolar.co.uk http://calearth.org http://www.monolithic.com http://www.dftw.org http://www.sunda.de http://www.geoheat.co.uk http://www.powerefficiencycorp.com http://isolite.com http://www.sloanled.com http://www.carmanah.com http://www.superbrightleds.com http://www.staber.com http://www.waterless.co.nz
  • 23. http://www.ecological-engineering.com http://www.greengridroofs.com http://foodnotlawns.com http://chlorfreeglobal.com http://www.hlf.org.np/Spowts.html http://www.lorentz.de http://www.wolvertonenvironmental.com CHURCHES - Energy Stewardship http://www.webofcreation.org http://www.nccecojustice.org/grbuilding.htm http://www.episcopalchurch.org/1829_ENG_HTM.htm http://www.nyipl.org/congregation/missions.html ORGANIC AGRICULTURE WILL TERMINATE WORLD HUNGER http://www.midiaindependente.org/en/blue/2005/06/320339.shtml 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 FREE PLANS: How to make a simple GREENHOUSE http://foodforeveryone.org/pdf/GBG_Chpt_10.pdf 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
  • 24. 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 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 IS GOD GREEN http://www.chelseagreen.com/2006/items/servegod http://www.creationcare.org book: Care of Creation; by R. J. Berry book: Serve God, Save the Planet; by J. Matthew Sleeth book: Our Father's World; by Edward R Brown book: Redeeming Creation; by Fred Van Dyke book: Earth-Wise; by Calvin B. Dewitt book: Caring for Creation; Edited by Sarah Tillett book: A Moral Climate, the Ethics of Global Warming; by Michael S. Northcott book: For the Beauty of the Earth; by Steven Bouma-Prediger book: Saving God's Green Earth; by Tri Robinson book: God Is Green; by Ian Bradley book: God in Creation; by Jurgen Moltmann journal: Creation Care Magazine http://www.creationcare.org Keepers of the Earth. ~ SIOUX PRAYER Grandfather Great Spirit (Holy Spirit, or Spirit of God ) Fill us with the Light. Give us the strength to understand, and the eyes to see. Teach us to walk the soft Earth
  • 25. as relatives to all that live. ~ I can do all things thru God who strengthens me. ~ The everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, neither faints nor is weary. He gives power to the weak. To those who have no might, He increases their strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall. But those who wait on the Lord, He shall renew their strength. They shall mount up with wings like eagles. They shall run and not be weary. They shall walk and not faint. ~ ORGANIC GARDENING Free Organic Gardening Catalog http://www.acresusa.com/other/freesample.htm book: How to Grow World Record Tomatoes; by Charles Wilber http://www.acresusa.com book: Square Foot Gardening; by Mel Bartholomew http://www.squarefootgardening.com book: Soul of Soil, book; by Joseph Smillie book: Worms Eat My Garbage; by Mary Appelhof http://www.wormwoman.com http://www.wormdigest.org book: Compost Tea Manual, 5th edition; by Elaine Ingham http://www.soilsoup.com http://www.soilfoodweb.com http://www.vermico.com/compost_tea_brewers.htm book: An Earth Saving Revolution; by Teruo Higa http://www.effectivemicro-organisms.co.uk http://www.eminfo.info http://www.emnz.com http://www.agriton.nl book: Four-Season Harvest; by Eliot Coleman http://www.fourseasonfarm.com http://www.led-grow-master.com http://www.fifthseasongardening.com book: Bread from Stones; by Michael Olson http://www.acresusa.com http://www.remineralize.org http://www.stonebread.co.nz http://www.uoguelph.ca/rocks http://www.seercentre.org.uk http://www.gaiagreen.com http://www.soilandhealth.org http://www.wewantrealfood.com http://www.canhealyourself.com/trees.htm http://www.biobiz.ca http://www.rockdust.co.uk http://www.gaiagreen.com http://www.globalrepair.ca books: Food Not Lawns; by Heather C. Flores book: Organic Lawn Care Manual; by Paul Tukey http://www.aggrand.guarding-our-earth.com http://www.soilsalive.com books: Complete Book of Edible Landscaping; by Rosalind Creasy books: Edible Flower Garden; by Rosalind Creasy book: Preventing Deer Damage; by Robert Juhre Organic insect repellant - Garlic Barrier: http://www.garlicbarrier.com http://www.ghorganics.com http://www.biconet.com http://www.organiclandscape.com http://www.foxfarmfertilizer.com Organic Weed Killer - 25% Acetic Acid eliminates Weeds: http://www.gardensalive.com/article.asp? ai=468&bhcd2=1162226528 http://www.milkyspore.com/burnout.htm http://www.garden-ville.com http://www.greenergyinc.com
  • 26. http://www.groworganic.com http://www.ehabc.org http://www.hotpepperwax.com http://india.indymedia.org/en/2005/12/211226.shtml http://www.organiclandcare.org http://www.mcs-global.org http://www.panna.org Worm Tea: http://www.vermico.com/castings.htm http://www.soilsoup.com http://www.edibella.com http://www.gaiacollege.cahttp://www.gardenspout.com http://www.homeharvest.com Sustainable Technology for your community: Seattle Tilth: http://www.seattletilth.org http://www.seedsavers.org http://www.wwoof.org http://rswr.org Microgardens: http://www.carbon.org http://www.echonet.org http://www.neemfoundation.org http://www.moringatrees.org http://www.permaculture.org.uk For more information, please contact local gardeners and farmers who specialize in Organic gardening, Permaculture gardening, Biodynamic gardening, Japanese Kyusei Nature gardening - Shizen Nouhou, Biointensive gardening, Heirloom gardening-Heritage Seeds, Agroforestry gardening, Organic Hydroponics gardening and Gardening Therapy. Gardening is micro-climate specific. These means that local gardeners might know of gardening techniques and resources which are helpful for the location you live in. Keep researching, reading, refining your gardening methods and experimenting with different growing techniques. Eco Gardening technology is changing and improving all the time. Also, as the climate changes, you may need to learn other gardening techniques for various climates. http://www.localharvest.org ECO FARMING - ORGANIC GARDENING BOOK CATALOG http://www.acresusa.com/other/freesample.htm ORGANIC TECHNOLOGY: FARMING - GARDENING http://india.indymedia.org/en/2005/12/211226.shtml http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2007/05/10295.php http://gamle.indymedia.no/newswire/display/20946/index.php 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 book: Europe Through the Back Door; by Rick Steves QUADRUPLING FOOD PRODUCTION - ORGANIC FARMING AND GARDENING Per a report from Malaysia, crops grown with Volcanic Rock Dust ( http://www.remineralize.org ) and Eeffective Micro-organisms (EM http://www.effectivemicro-organisms.co.uk ) increased production by 400%. References: Permaculture Magazine, #51, Spring 2007; article: Stone Age Science; by Dylan Keating http://www.permaculture-magazine.co.uk http://www.squarefootgardening.com http://www.carbon.org http://www.localharvest.org book: An Earth Saving Revolution, Vol. 1, Vol 2; by Teruo Higa http://www.emshop.co.nz/em-products- books_videos.html book: Bread from Stones; by Michael Olson http://www.acresusa.com book: Eco-Farm; by Charles Walters http://www.acresusa.com 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 http://elementgreen.com book: The Farmer's Earthworm Handbook; by David Ernst http://www.acresusa.com book: Preventing Deer Damage; by Robert Juhre Eeffective Micro-organisms: http://www.eminfo.info http://www.emnz.com http://www.emrochina.com http://www.agriton.nl http://www.emro.co.jp http://www.bmecology.com http://www.embiotech.org http://emiko.de Free organic gardening-farming Catalog: http://www.acresusa.com/other/freesample.htm
  • 27. 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 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
  • 28. 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 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 OTHER COMPOSTING METHODS book: Let it Rot; by Stu Campbell http://www.countrysidemag.com book: Secret Life of Compost; by Malcom Beck http://www.acresusa.com/books/closeup.asp?action=search&prodid=41&catid=&pcid=2 book: Fletcher Sims' Compost; by Charles Walters http://www.acresusa.com/books/closeup.asp?action=search&prodid=43&catid=&pcid=2 book: Mulch It; by Stu Campbell http://www.countrysidemag.com book: Field Guide to On-Farm Composting; by Mark Dougherty http://www.acresusa.com/books/closeup.asp?action=search&prodid=1192&catid=&pcid=2 PURIFYING and RECYCLING POLLUTED SOIL with plants phytoextraction of lead, arsenic and uranium from soil; oil spills and hydrocarbons http://ei.cornell.edu/biodeg/bioremed http://www.edenspace.com http://www.effectivemicro-organisms.co.uk http://www.kengro.com http://www.wolvertonenvironmental.com http://programs.weber.edu/bioremediation http://www.bioremediationgroup.org http://www.lbl.gov/ERSP http://www.regenesis.com http://www.cloudforest.org/Solution_to_the_Pollution http://www.bloodoftheamazon.com http://www.fungi.com/mycotech/mycova.html http://www.fungi.com/mycotech/farmwaste.html book: Mycelium Running; by Paul Stamets http://www.yesmagazine.org/article.asp?ID=1495 http://www.bloodoftheamazon.com reference: Permaculture Magazine, #53, Autumn 2007; Permaculture News: Mushroom Magic in the Amazon http://www.permaculture-magazine.co.uk 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
  • 29. 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 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 KEEP OUR COUNTRY STRONG LIKE A ROCK! Please support LOCALLY generated and LOCALLY owned renewable energy systems. Thank you. 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. SOLAR TAX CREDITS - GRANTS http://www.dsireusa.org http://www.bergey.com 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 ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND BICYCLES LINKS http://www.ukfreepages.co.uk/preview/page4635.php
  • 30. http://hawaii.indymedia.org/news/2006/09/6200.php TOURS of SOLAR HOMES and SOLAR BUILDINGS and Links to Groups supporting food security, clean air, climate protection http://solargroup.livejournal.com http://www.ases.org/tour USA- http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2006/07/8046.php http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2006/07/342040.shtml http://www.solarliving.org http://www.solarhouseday.com/index01.shtml http://www.homepower.com/resources/links GLOBAL WARMING DESTROYS MAPLE SUGAR INDUSTRY http://hm.indymedia.org/newswire/display/13657/index.php GLOBAL WARMING Crushes WINE INDUSTRY http://www.ukfreepages.co.uk/publish/page4628.php BUSH SLAMS CHRISTIANS a Bunch of Nuts http://madrid.indymedia.org/newswire/display/1493/index.php http://scotland.indymedia.org/newswire/display/3348/index.php http://beirut.indymedia.org/ar/2006/11/5841.shtml http://thunderbay.indymedia.org/news/2006/10/25324.php CRIMES AGAINST NATURE http://valparaiso.indymedia.org/news/2008/05/22672.php http://kcindymedia.org/newswire/display/74530/index.php http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2008/05/12568.php 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 Green Collar Economy; by Van Jones http://www.vanjones.net DICK CHENEY MADE MILLIONS WITH SADDAM HUSSEIN http://nhindymedia.org/newswire/display/5723/index.php http://arkansas.indymedia.org/newswire/display/22308/index.php http://pittsburgh.indymedia.org/news/2008/05/29503.php WINE INDUSTRY DESTROYED. FOOD SECURITY at RISK http://wine2hot.livejournal.com http://italy.indymedia.org/news/2006/07/1123133.php http://www.organicconsumers.org/corp/winethreat083004.cfm http://www.livescience.com/environment/060710_climate_grape.html http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0817-03.htm http://ru.indymedia.org/newswire/display/15305/index.php
  • 31. http://uruguay.indymedia.org/news/2006/07/53096.php STOP CLIMATE CHAOS and the DESTRUCTION of the POOR http://www.itdg.org/?id=stopclimatechaos http://stopclimatechaos.org http://campaigncc.org GLOBAL WARMING DESTROYS MAPLE SUGAR INDUSTRY http://hm.indymedia.org/newswire/display/13657/index.php http://arizona.indymedia.org/news/2007/08/65426.php http://www.vpirg.org/globalwarming/index.php http://www.dps.state.vt.us/vem/emd/Appendix/appendix_3_05.pdf http://www.ecostudies.org/press/Chronogram_Nov_2007.pdf COLLAPSE OF INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE, correcting the problems. http://www.energybulletin.net/22584.html http://www.acus.org/docs/051007-Hirsch_World_Oil_Production.pdf India's Lessons for Africa's Small Farmers http://www.foodfirst.org/files/pdf/policybriefs/pb12.pdf PLANET DIVERSITY AND GLOBAL FOOD DISASTER http://wmass.indymedia.org/?q=node/227 HARVEST OF SUICIDES http://www.foodfirst.org/node/1626/print http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13903 http://artsci.wustl.edu/~anthro/research/biotech_suicide.html http://www.countercurrents.org/eco-shiva020704.htm http://o3.indiatimes.com/farmersuicide http://www.countercurrents.org/glo-shiva050404.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/19/world/asia/19india.html?_r=1&fta=y&oref=slogin http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2005/07/seeds_of_suicid.html http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Harvest+of+suicides:+how+global+trade+rules+are+driving+Indian...-a0176902510 http://www.earthisland.org/eijournal/preview http://www.commondreams.org/cgi-bin/print.cgi?file=/views06/0504-32.htm http://www.oaklandinstitute.org/?q=node/view/56 http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/4021 book: GATT to WTO: Seeds of Despair; by Devinder Sharma book: In the Famine Trap; by Devinder Sharma book: Seeds of Destruction; by William F. Engdahl THE MELTING RUSSIAN TUNDRA IS RELEASING METHANE http://scotland.indymedia.org/newswire/display/4484/index.php http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/ http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/s2908.htm http://scotland.indymedia.org/newswire/display/4460/index.php GLOBAL WARMING IMPACTS on ARCTIC ECOSYSTEM and the DESTRUCTION of Native Alaskans and artic people. http://www.montreal2005.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=En&n=985F2458-1 GLOBAL WARMING is a massive THREAT to BIODIVERSITY and WILDLIFE http://conservation.org/xp/CIWEB/programs/climatechange
  • 32. utilizing ORGANIC GARDENING in SCHOOLS-UNIVERSITIES for improving Academic Performance and social development http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/organicgardening/schools.php http://www.schoollunchinitiative.org http://www.edibleschoolyard.org/cla_lessons.html http://www.ecoliteracy.org/programs/rsl-guide.html http://www.calhealthyschools.org http://www.organicconsumers.org http://www.edibleschoolyard.org/kit_lessons.html http://celosangeles.ucdavis.edu/garden/pubs/index.html http://growinghope.net http://www.communitygarden.org.au http://seattletilth.org http://urbanharvest.org http://cityfarmer.org http://farminthecity.org http://csafarms.org http://www.ncfi.org.uk http://www.seedinternational.com.au/Schools.html http://www.goodgrub.org/youth http://www.utafoundation.org/Sunshine/home.htm http://www.communitygarden.org/learn http://www.jhsph.edu/clf/PDF%20Files/Toolkit.pdf http://www.thewatershedproject.org/default/?q=resources http://www.journeytoforever.org/edu.html#garden http://www.drjaygordon.com/development/nutrition/healthy01.asp https://secure.bioneers.org/product/books/ecologicalliteracy http://www.nwf.org/backyard/resourceconservation.cfm Organic Farming Training: http://www.wwoof.org book: Growing Communities: How to Build Community Through Community Gardening; by Jeanette Abi-Nader http://www.communitygarden.org http://public.gripserver4.com/garden/html/learn book: Learning About Lifecycles Using An Organic Garden; by Allan Randall http://www.green-shopping.co.uk book: How to Grow World Record Tomatoes; by Charles Wilber http://www.acresusa.com book: Worms Eat My Garbage; by Mary Appelhof http://www.wormwoman.com http://www.vermico.com book: Four Season Harvest; by Eliot Coleman http://www.fourseasonfarm.com book: Growing Naturally: A Teacher's Guide to Organic Gardening; by M. Brown book: Let's Grow!: 72 Gardening Adventures with Children; by Linda Tilgner book: Ecological Literacy: Educating Our Children for a Sustainable World; by Michael Stone book: Permaculture Teachers' Guide; by Andrew Goldring http://www.green-shopping.co.uk book: Manual For Teaching Permaculture Creatively; by Robin Clayfield http://www.eco-logicbooks.com book: A Child's Organic Garden, Grow Your Own Organic Vegetables; by Fryer Bradford book: Digging Deeper: A Comprehensive Guide to Integrating Youth Gardens into School and Communities; by Kiefer and Kemple book: Organic Gardening, The Natural No-Dig Way; by Charles Dowding http://www.charlesdowding.co.uk book: No-Did, No-Weed Gardening; by R. Pioncelot book: The Ruth Stout No-Work Garden; by Ruth Stout http://www.emilycompost.com/books.htm book: Tips for the Lazy Gardener; by Linda Tilgner http://www.countrysidemag.com book: Heirloom Vegetable Gardening - Heritage Seeds; by William Weaver book: Ultimate Fruit and Nuts; by Susanna Lyle book: An Earth Saving Revolution, Vol. 1, Vol 2; by Teruo Higa http://www.emshop.co.nz/em-products- books_videos.html book: Rebel Farmer; by Sepp Holzer book: Permaculture, Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability; by David Holmgren book: Gaia's Garden; by Toby Hemenway book: The Natural Way of Farming; by Masanobu Fukuoka book: Seaweed, A User's Guide; by Sonia Surrey-Gent http://acresusa.com book: Square Foot Gardening; by Mel Bartholomew http://www.squarefootgardening.com book: Cinder Block Gardens, book; by Lynn A. Gillespie book: Practical Guide to Container Gardening; by Susan Berry book: Soul of Soil; by Grace Gershuny book: Great Garden Formulas; by Joan Benjamin book: Super Nutrition Gardening; by William Peavy book: Carrots Love Tomatoes, Secrets of Companion Planting for Successful Gardening; by Louise Riotte book: Great Garden Companions; by Sally Jean Cunningham book: Sprouts The Miracle Food; by Steve Meyerowitz book: Windowsill Gardening, Year-Round Indoor Gardening Projects for Kids; by Klutz http://eco- artware.com/books.shtml Vertical indoor Garding: http://www.vertigro.com http://www.omegagarden.com http://www.aerogrow.com
  • 33. High School Science Garden, Solar Energy, Farmers Market: http://www.growingedge.com/magazine/back_issues/view_article.php3?AID=170320 Roof Top Gardening - Balcony Gardening: http://www.rooftopgardens.org book: Harnessing the Earthworm; by Thomas Barrett http://www.wormbooks.com/all.books.htm book: Allergy-Free Gardening; by Thomas Ogren http://www.allergyfree-gardening.com book: Food Not Lawns; by Heather Flores http://www.foodnotlawns.com book: Designing And Maintaining Your Edible Landscape Naturally; by Robert Kourik book: Complete Book of Edible Landscaping; by Rosalind Creasy book: Edible Flower Garden; by Rosalind Creasy http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/edibleflowers.html http://www.plantea.com/edibleland.htm http://www.landofvos.com/articles/kitchen8.html http://www.ibiblio.org/permaculture-online/artedibl.html book: How to Make a Forest Garden; by Patrick Whitefield http://www.ecobooks.com book: Edible Forest Gardens; by Dave Jacke http://www.edibleforestgardens.com book: Raw Food Made Easy; by Jennifer Cornbleet book: The Raw Gourmet; by Nomi Shannon book: Amaranth to Zai Holes, Ideas for Growing Food Under Difficult Conditions; by Laura Meitzner http://echobooks.org book: Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms; by Paul Stamets book: One-Straw Revolution; by Masanobu Fukuoka book: Perennial Vegetables, From Artichokes to Zuiki Taro; by Eric Toensmeier book: New Seed Starter's Handbook; by Nancy Bubel book: Autumn Nature Activities for Children; by Marie Louise Kreuter book: Sharing Nature With Children; by Joseph Cornell book: Earthwise: Environmental Crafts and Activities; by Carol Petrash book: Desert Gardening for Beginners; by Cathy Cromell book: Bread from Stones; by Michael Olson http://www.acresusa.com book: Natural Soap Book; by Susan Miller Cavitch book: Solar Food Dryer; by Eben Fodor Solar Cooking: http://www.solarcooking.org bring sun light indoors to classrooms for growing food and plants: http://www.sun-dome.com http://www.sun- tek.com http://www.kalwall.com http://www.led-grow-master.com http://www.skytube.net.nz http://www.sunscope.com http://www.huvco.com http://www.tubular-skylight.com Organic insect repellant - Garlic Barrier: http://garlicbarrier.com http://ghorganics.com http://biconet.com http://organiclandscape.com http://foxfarmfertilizer.com Organic Weed Killer - 25% Acetic Acid eliminates Weeds: http://www.gardensalive.com/article.asp? ai=468&bhcd2=1162226528 http://www.milkyspore.com/burnout.htm http://garden-ville.com http://greenergyinc.com http://groworganic.com http://ehabc.org http://hotpepperwax.com http://www.organiclandcare.org http://www.mcs-global.org http://www.panna.org http://maineindymedia.org/newswire/display/4466/index.php http://phillyimc.org/en/2007/02/36740.shtml Free organic gardening-farming Catalog: http://www.acresusa.com/other/freesample.htm MORE INFO http://uruguay.indymedia.org/news/2006/01/44217.php http://ambazonia.indymedia.org/en/2006/01/1186.shtml http://ru.indymedia.org/newswire/display/14175/index.php http://india.indymedia.org/en/2006/01/211309.shtml http://pr.indymedia.org/news/2006/01/12625.php To forget how to dig the earth and tend the soil is to forget ourselves. Gandhi For more information, please contact local gardeners and farmers who specialize in Organic gardening, Permaculture gardening, Biodynamic gardening, Japanese Kyusei Nature gardening - Shizen Nouhou, Biointensive gardening, Heirloom gardening-Heritage Seeds, Agroforestry gardening, Organic Hydroponics gardening and Gardening Therapy. Gardening is micro-climate specific. These means that local gardeners might know of gardening techniques and resources which are helpful for the location you live in. Keep researching, reading, refining your gardening methods and experimenting with different growing techniques. Eco Gardening technology is changing and improving
  • 34. all the time. Also, as the climate changes, you may need to learn other gardening techniques for various climates. http://www.localharvest.org ECO FARMING - ORGANIC GARDENING BOOK CATALOG http://www.acresusa.com/other/freesample.htm School Gardening - Science and Academic Success and school Farmer Markets GENERATING REVENUE http://www.growingedge.com/magazine/back_issues/view_article.php3?AID=170320 STARTING a FARMERS MARKET At your School, Church and Elsewhere book: New Farmers Market; by Vance Corum book: Legal Guide for Direct Farm Marketing; by Neil Hamilton book: Grassroots Marketing; by Shel Horowitz book: Backyard Market Gardening; by Andrew Lee book: MetroFarm; by Michael Olson http://www.metrofarm.com book: Micro Eco-Farming; by Barbara Berst Adams http://www.microecofarming.com book: Growing and Selling Fresh-Cut Herbs; by Sandie Shores book: Sharing the Harvest; by Elizabeth Henderson FOOD COOPS ~How to Set Up a Food Coop at schools, churches etc book: Food Co-Ops for Small Groups; by Tony Vellela book: How to Start a Food Co-op; by Karen Zimbelman http://www.cooperativegrocer.coop/cg_special.html#howtostart http://www.vegfamily.com/articles/coop-food-buying.htm http://www.foodcoop500.coop http://www.uwcc.wisc.edu http://www.coopdirectory.org/bp003.htm http://www.flatbushfoodcoop.com/wtsacoop.html http://www.foodcoop.coop http://www.go.coop http://www.flatbushfoodcoop.com/coops.html#cooperative%20organizations http://www.coopdirectory.org/#What%20is%20a%20Co-op? book: Consumer Food Cooperatives; by Ronald Cotterill ~Coop Directory http://www.coopdirectory.org http://www.localharvest.org http://www.cooperativegrocer.coop ~Help Book Online: Common Ground Food Co-op helpbook.prairienet.org/fs010235aa.php ~Journals: Cooperative Grocer http://www.cooperativegrocer.coop New Sector, Community and Co-operative Enterprise http://www.newsector.co.uk Cooperative Business Journal http://www.ncba.coop ~Food Securtiy http://www.copac.coop/idc/fao-idc2000.htm ~Food Share Programs http://www.sacfoodcoop.com/pages/community/comm_prog.htm http://www.sacfoodcoop.com/pages/community/comm_don.htm ~School Tours to Food Coops http://www.foodcoop.coop/index.php?page=school_store_tour ~Cooperative Development Services http://www.cdsfood.coop/food/faq
  • 35. ~Federal Grants for Community Food Project, Food Coops http://www.foodsecurity.org/funding.html http://www.davisfood.coop/dccf.html http://www.cooperativegrocer.coop/articles/index.php?id=689 http://www.csrees.usda.gov/nea/food/in_focus/hunger_if_competitive.html http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/communityfoodprojects.cfm BUYERS CLUBS Creating Buyers Clubs at schools and churches http://www.unitedbuyingclubs.com ORGANIC INSECT CONTROL ~Compost Tea fights plant diseases, insects and increases plant growth http://www.effectivemicro-organisms.co.uk http://www.vermico.com/compost_tea_brewers.htm ~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 ~book: Soul of Soil; by Grace Gershuny - This book shows that one of the main reason plants are attacked by insects and disease is due to unhealthy soils and growing conditions, and using chemical fertilizers. Please make sure your plants are growing healthy soil. Healthy Plants create their own insect repellents and disease killers. Healthy Soil: http://soilsoup.com http://www.remineralize.org http://www.eprida.com http://www.effectivemicro- organisms.co.uk http://www.vermico.com http://www.soilfoodweb.com http://www.growingsolutions.com http://www.soilsalive.com http://pubs.caes.uga.edu/caespubs/horticulture/veg-mulch.html book: How to Grow World Record Tomatoes; by Charles Wilber - The methods in this book apply to all plants. ~Organic Control Systems Neem http://www.plasmaneem.com http://www.ozonebiotech.com http://www.fortunebiotech.com Garlic Barrier http://www.garlicbarrier.com Extremely Green http://www.extremelygreen.com Biocontrol Network http://www.biconet.com Milky Spore http://www.milkyspore.com Planet Natural http://www.planetnatural.com Nixalite http://www.nixalite.com Hot Pepper Wax http://www.hotpepperwax.com Orange Guard http://www.orangeguard.com Renaissance Herbs http://www.renaissanceherbs.com.au Greenfire http://www.greenfire.net ARBICO Organics http://www.arbico-organics.com Beneficial Insectary http://www.insectary.com Beneficial Insects http://www.thebeneficialinsectco.com A-1 Unique Insect Control http://www.a-1unique.com Rincon-Vitova http://www.rinconvitova.com Bethurum Insect Control http://www.bethurum.com Eradicate Rodents http://www.eradi-products.com Certified Organics Bio Control http://www.certifiedorganics.info Enviro-Guard organic lawn http://www.aggrand.guarding-our-earth.com http://www.soilsalive.com Hunkin Garden http://www.hunkin.co.nz book: Manual of Biocontrol Agents; by Leonard G. Copping book: Carrots Love Tomatoes, Secrets of Companion Planting for Successful Gardening; by Louise Riotte book: Great Garden Companions; by Sally Jean Cunningham ESSENTIAL OILS insect and pests repellents, disease control http://www.eonseed.com/catalog501.html#insect Eucalyptus Oil Tea Tree Oil
  • 36. Lavender Oil Peppermint Oil Lemon Oil Virginia Cedarwood Oil Citronella Oil Jojoba Oil Lavandin Oil Lemongrass Oil Wintergreen Oil Thyme Oil Cinnamon Oil Clove Oil Orange Oil Caraway Oil RECIPES FOR MAKING YOUR OWN PEST DETERRENTS http://peststop.livejournal.com RECIPES FOR MAKING YOUR OWN WEED CONTROL http://stopweeds.livejournal.com OTHER BIO CONTROLS http://www.cleanairgardening.com/insectrepel.html http://www.cleanairgardening.com/pestcontrol.html Organic Natural Fire Ant Killer Organic Insecticidal Soap Buji Poison Ivy Blocker Spinosad Organic Lawn Insect Killer Diatomaceous Earth Insect Killer Electronic Slug and Snail Fence Grub Beater Insect Control Bug-a-Tak Organic Insecticide Solar Insect and Pest Killer No-See-Um Organic Insect Repellent Beetle Trap Bags Organic Mole and Gopher Repellent Ant-a-Tak Organic Ant Insecticide http://www.gardenersnet.com/organicgardening/organicrepellent.htm http://www.organicgardeninfo.com/insect-glossary-m-p.html http://www.stretcher.com/stories/04/04apr19c.cfm http://www.tyratech.com http://www.crocodile-insectrepellent.com http://www.naturesgift.com/skeeter.htm http://bugmace.com/ http://www.biopesticide.net.cn http://www.liquidfence.com http://www.oddanchatrammarket.com/biopesticide.html MASS DEATH OF BEES - PESTICIDE APPROVALS SUSPENDED http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2008/05/375980.shtml http://www.cbgnetwork.org ORGANIC GARDENING THERAPY http://www.growingcenter.org http://www.plants-for-people.org/eng http://www.gardening4good.org
  • 37. http://www.horticulturaltherapy.com.au http://www.thrive.org.uk http://www.camphillkimberton.org http://www.camphill.org.uk http://www.steinerwaldorf.org.uk http://www.kidsgardening.com http://www.calhealthyschools.org http://www.kurisu.com/kurisu-restorative-gardens.shtml http://www.meristem.org http://www.sustland.umn.edu/design/healinggardens.html http://www.kinghorngardens.com/healing.htm http://www.kurisu.com http://www.djc.com/special/landscape98/10037844.htm http://www.socialworktoday.com/archive/swt_0905p19.htm http://www.mhtachapter.org/resources.htm http://www.healthdesign.org/resources/pubs/books/books_gardens.php book: Starting a Horticultural Therapy Program; by Cathedne Drew book: Healing Gardens, Therapeutic Benefits and Design Recommendations; by Clare Cooper Marcus http://www.alibris.com book: Healing Through Working; by D. Ketelaars http://www.fellowshipcommunity.org/index.php? s=announce&id=5&t=healing-through-working book: Accessible Gardening: Tips and Techniques for Seniors and the Disabled; by Joann Woy book: Restorative Gardens; by Nancy Gerlach-Spriggs book: Horticultural Therapy and the Older Adult Population; by Suzanne Wells book: Horticulture As Therapy, A Practical Guide to Using Horticulture As a Therapeutic Tool; by Mitchell Hewson utilizing ORGANIC COMMUNITY GARDENS to feed the hungry http://www.communitygarden.org.au http://www.growingpower.org http://growinghope.net http://commgardens.meetup.com http://www.communitygarden.org http://www.ssawg.org/cfs-resources.html http://www.greenguerillas.org http://www.greenthumbnyc.org http://www.rswr.org http://www.hmk.on.ca/plantarow.html http://garden.hortport.com/Current_Issue.htm?ID=3796 http://www.toronto.ca/health/plant_a_row.pdf http://www.seedinternational.com.au/community_food.html http://www.cityfarmer.org/booksales.html http://www.longbeachorganic.org/Site/englishstartupguide.PDF http://celosangeles.ucdavis.edu/garden/articles/startup_guide.html http://www.ascribe.org/cgi-bin/spew4th.pl?ascribeid=20030513.123819&time=13+19+PDT&year=2003&public=1 http://news.ucanr.org/newsstorymain.cfm?story=476 http://www.vegparadise.com/24carrot4.html http://www.lta.org/resources/index.html http://www.lta.org/publicpolicy/advocates.htm Free book: http://www.wasatchgardens.org/Library/CommunityGardenStart-upHandbook.PDF book: Growing Communities: How to Build Community Through Community Gardening; by Jeanette Abi-Nader book: Cultivating Community: Principles and Practices for Community Gardening as a Community-Building Tool; by Karen Payne book: Community Planning Handbook; by N. Wates http://www.eco-logicbooks.com book: Sustainable Communities; by H. Barton http://www.eco-logicbooks.com book: Sustainable Community - A Practical Guide http://www.eco-logicbooks.com book: Common Sense of Community; by D. Atkinson http://www.eco-logicbooks.com book: Conservation Finance Handbook; by Kim Hopper http://www.chelseagreen.com/2004/items/conservationfinance book: Doing Deals: A Guide to Buying Land for Conservation book: In Gardens We Trust http://www.tpl.org/tier2_kad.cfm?folder_id=1385 DAY LIGHT SCHOOLS Improve Students' Grades and Behavior and for growing plants and food indoors: http://64.243.182.248/going_solar/better_schools.cfm http://www.daylighting.org http://www.daylighting.org/chilton_tour.htm http://www.daylighting.org/pubs/appleton_case_study.pdf http://www.kalwall.com http://www.sun-dome.com http://www.sun-tek.com http://www.skytube.net.nz
  • 38. http://www.sunscope.com http://www.huvco.com http://www.tubular-skylight.com Vertical indoor Garding: http://www.vertigro.com http://www.omegagarden.com http://www.aerogrow.com http://www.led-grow-master.com http://www.growingedge.com/magazine/back_issues/view_article.php3?AID=170320 book: The Light Revolution, Health, Architecture, and the Sun; by Richard Hobday 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 HEALTHY SCHOOLS: http://www.healthyschoolscampaign.org http://www.calhealthyschools.org http://www.pesticidereform.org http://www.generationgreen.org http://www.healthyschools.org http://www.watoxics.org http://www.safe2use.com http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Education/CASLE/casle.html http://www.lifelab.org http://www.wastefreeschools.org http://www.kidsagainstpollution.org http://www.childenvironment.org http://www.chej.org http://www.cehn.org http://www.healthy-kids.info http://www.pollutionfreeschools.org http://www.toxicsaction.org http://www.masscosh.org http://www.nhphps.org http://www.njwec.org http://www.nycosh.org book: The Healthy School Handbook, Conquering the Sick Building Syndrome http://store.nea.org/NEABookstore/control/productdetails?item_id=1866400 http://www.organicconsumers.org/epa6.cfm http://www.frankolsonproject.org/Articles/Moreno.html http://www.bcaction.org/Pages/SearchablePages/2005Newsletters/Newsletter086E.html http://www.rachel.org/bulletin/index.cfm?issue_ID=2013 http://legalminds.lp.findlaw.com/list/povertylaw-l/msg00092.html FREE OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE http://www.openoffice.org http://www.theopencd.org - word processor, spreadsheets, data bases and much more http://directory.fsf.org - education, games and more http://www.safer-networking.org - Securtiy and Spy Ware http://www.safer-networking.org/en/links/index.html ELECTRIC BICYCLES http://www.myebike.com http://www.evt-scooter.de http://www.windpower.org http://awea.org http://www.velomobile.de http://nycewheels.com http://www.myebike.com http://www.cyclone-tw.com http://www.powacycle.co.uk
  • 39. http://www.electricbikesales.co.uk http://egovehicles.com http://www.electricbicycle.com.au http://www.evehicle.com.au http://www.electric-bicycle.cn http://www.greenspeed.us http://www.sourceguides.com/energy ELECTRIC KAWASAKI MOTORCYCLES http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/04/diy-electric-kawsaki-motorcycle.php http://nycewheels.com http://www.myebike.com http://e2bike.livejournal.com http://www.cyclone-tw.com http://www.powacycle.co.uk http://www.electricbikesales.co.uk http://egovehicles.com http://www.electricbicycle.com.au http://www.evehicle.com.au http://www.electric-bicycle.cn http://www.greenspeed.us http://www.sourceguides.com/energy AIR-POWERED MOTORCYCLES - DIY http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/04/air-powered-motorcycle-diy-moped.php http://www.solarmobil.net http://www.e-max-ltd.com http://www.topmotorx.com http://www.patente-erfindungen.de/erfindungen_fahrraeder.htm http://www.zeromotorcycles.com http://www.sourceguides.com/energy ELECTRIC VEHICLES http://www.electroauto.com http://www.eaaev.org http://www.windpower.org http://awea.org http://www.nedra.com http://www.veva.bc.ca http://www.myersmotors.com http://www.ampmobiles.com http://www.acpropulsion.com http://chiapas.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=145793 http://ovl.indymedia.org/news/2007/06/17060.php http://newjersey.indymedia.org/en/2007/06/15908.shtml DVD: WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR? http://www.amazon.com/Who-Killed-Electric-Martin-Sheen/dp/B000I5Y8FU CONVERT YOUR CAR TO ELECTRIC http://www.canev.com http://ev-america.com http://www.evparts.com http://www.kta-ev.com http://www.go-ev.com http://www.metricmind.com WOMEN'S CLASSES ON ELECTRIC AUTOS http://www.electroauto.com http://www.electric-cars-are-for-girls.com BIO-JET FUEL http://nhindymedia.org/newswire/display/5704/index.php ORGANIC BIODIESEL JET FUEL
  • 40. http://www.greenflightinternational.com http://www.biodieselsolutions.com http://makingbiodiesel.blogspot.com/2007/10/5-years-to-biodiesel-powered-jet.html http://www.biodieselmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=1876 AN ANCIENT ALTERNATIVE TO OIL http://kcindymedia.org/newswire/display/74531/index.php http://rogueimc.org/en/2008/05/12350.shtml http://seattle.indymedia.org/en/2008/05/266785.shtml INTERNET BOOKS http://www.abebooks.com http://eco-logicbooks.com http://www.storey.com http://www.countrysidemag.com http://echobooks.org http://lowimpact.org http://www.cat.org.uk http://www.permaculture-magazine.co.uk ECO FARMING - ORGANIC GARDENING book Catalog http://www.acresusa.com/other/freesample.htm 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.windpower.org http://awea.org 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://www.sourceguides.com/energy http://uruguay.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/42480.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 http://www.sourceguides.com/energy
  • 41. 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 PURIFYING INDOOR AIR in Schools by utilizing plant technology reducing illness, reducing heating and cooling costs, saving money: book: How To Grow Fresh Air; by B. C. Wolverton http://www.wolvertonenvironmental.com/air.htm http://www.corporate-plants.ie/html/plants___health.html http://www.healthygreenatwork.org http://www.iuoe.org/cm/iaq_greenbuild.asp?Item=447 http://www.houseofplants.co.uk/healthbenefits.html http://www.greenworks.com/healthbenefits.htm http://www.nipa.asn.au/uts_project.htm http://www.nipa.asn.au/fact_sheets.htm http://www.plantscleanair.com http://www.pawa.org.nz Vertical indoor Garding: http://www.vertigro.com http://www.omegagarden.com http://www.aerogrow.com bring sun light indoors to grow food and plants: http://www.sun-dome.com http://www.sun-tek.com http://www.kalwall.com http://www.led-grow-master.com http://www.skytube.net.nz http://www.sunscope.com http://www.huvco.com http://www.tubular-skylight.com http://www.growingedge.com/magazine/back_issues/view_article.php3?AID=170320 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
  • 42. 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: Design for Water; by Heather Kinkade-Levario book: Forgotten Rain; by Heather Kinkade-Levario http://www.forgottenrain.com 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 RAINWATER HOG TANK WATER STORAGE SYSTEM http://rainwaterhog.com http://www.slosustainability.com The rainwater hog tank water storage system has a minimal footprint so that it can be used in urban settings. The tanks can be mounted vertically or horizontally, depending on space, and can even be placed under floors. Another application, the Groundhog, can be used for thermal mass. You can put these things vertical in your wall and it becomes passive solar heat storage system. 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 Build your own AUTOMATED WATERING SYSTEM http://foodforeveryone.org/pdf/MGC_Chpt_16.pdf REDUCING WATER USE book: Gardening the Arid Land; by Robert Gerard book: Gardening Without Water; by Charlotte Green book: Water for every Farm; by P. Yeomans http://www.keyline.com.au Hydroponics Gardening - Farming: http://www.genhydro.com Zeolite: http://www.zeolite.com.au Drip Irrigation: http://www.irrigationtutorials.com/dripguide.htm http://www.netafim.com http://www.associatedfarm.com http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Economy/eco3.html http://www.microirrigationforum.com/new/archives/drip-invention.html Please perform a web search for "drip irrigation" systems from "Israel" MICROGARDENS and Water Conservaton http://www.carbon.org MULCHES FOR WATER CONSERVATION http://plantanswers.tamu.edu/drought/mulches.html http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/extension/easygardening/mulching/mulching1.html http://pubs.caes.uga.edu/caespubs/horticulture/veg-mulch.html http://veggierevolution.blogspot.com/2008/04/kathleens-tips-on-mulching.html