Sustainable Living
http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/
article_4407.cfm
(100 things you can do to prepare yourself)
www.kab.org
Keep America beautiful–resources, teaching ideas, for community volunteering, kids links
http://www.themodernhomestead.us/
http://www.sare.org/
http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/tracer-bullets/kitchengardenstb.html
Achieving Food Independence on the Modern Homestead
Slow Food USA
http://www.slowfoodusa.org/index.html
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http://www.newfarm.org/features/1204/nordell/
index.shtm
Doomsday' seed vault opens in arctic
In a forest's breath, deciphering climate clues
California Center for Urban Horticulture.pdf
River Friendly Landscaping
EcoLandscape California
Sacramento Tree Foundation
Reclamation, Managing Water in the West.pdf
Soil Born Farm - Urban Ag. Project
The Benefits of Natural Landscaping.pdf
Frontyard Fix.pdf
Incredible, Edible Landscapes.pdf
What's Wrong with the Conventional Lawn?.pdf
A Short History of the Lawn.pdf
Cities to Gardens.pdf
What if I Don't Have a Lawn?.pdf
www.futurefarmers.com/
victorygardens/index.html
Victory Gardens 2007+ calls for a more active role for cities in shaping agricultural and food policy. It is a concept currently in development with the city of San Francisco that would provide a subsidized home gardening program for individuals and neighborhoods.
City Farmer's Urban Agriculture Notes
The American Obsession with Lawns Exhibit - at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum in Chicago. Interesting info and images related to the art and science of lawns can be accessed on the exhibits website: http://www.naturemuseum.org/lawn/
Here is a link to an entertaining and thought provoking short documentary that is part of the exhibit: http://www.gimmegreen.com/home.htm |
Sustainability, Food Safety, and Hunger
America's dirtiest secret. pdf
Sacramento News & Review Feb. 15, 2007
The Pleasure of Eating
http://www.fao.org/organicag/ofs/index_en.htm
Slow Food movement has global outreach
Food Safety, Hunger and Our Children
The School Lunch Initiative
http://www.edibleschoolyard.org
Chef Ann Cooper California Food Policy
AdvocatesEcoSchool DesignCommunity Food
Security Coalition
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