Community

A big problem in todays society is what to do with the “things” we don’t need or want anymore. Now this can be brought down to a societal or individual viewpoint where either the individual is responsible for the disposal of these “things” or society is. In most of North America, someone will come and pick up what you don’t need or want anymore and dispose of it for you. However, what about when those “things” are still perfectly good and it would just be a waste to get rid of them? I present to you Freecycle…

April 27th through May 3rd marks the fifth annual Cover The Uninsured Week. Learn what you can do to help out over 47 million uninsured Americans this week and every week!

Here's a video about living seasonally at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage. Daily routines are largely influenced by the current season - winter is a time for relaxing, socializing, indoor projects, spring planning, and most importantly, staying warm. And by the end of winter, members are gearing up and itching for spring with new or continuing building projects and gardening plans.

EcoGeek Hank Green himself writes a review of GreenHome.Huddler.com, a site all about green product reviews. He reports that it's easy to use, easy on the eyes, and filled with information.

A summary and re-cap of Earth Hour 2008, with links to many relevant sites and news articles. There is additional information on significant solar energy implementation by Spain and Germany (which were not major participants in Earth Hour 08). A final commentary is offered on cynics.

How to Boil a Frog's FrogBlog takes us back to the 1940's for a comedic lesson in how we can change our lives now and actually enjoy it.

Newly formed Toronto Conservation Action Network is organizing a number of community Eco-fairs that connect people with eco-friendly organizations using a "speed-dating" style presentation format.

Does this guy ever stop? I mean before we were talking about with eco/green recording studio, and now he’s launching a great initiative over his home website to help all those Jack J fans make a difference in our world. The new initiative is title quite fittingly, All At Once.

This is a story about a community egg cooperative formed by a group of volunteers, bringing chickens to a working urban farm, and managing the production of eggs for themselves and a local CSA. 

Henderson, Las Vegas is getting its first solar and green built community offered to consumers. Prices for the houses are affordable providing the consumers alot of bang for the buck.

An ongoing series about how to design a system to share goods that you probably shouldn't be buying -- clothes swaps, DVD and game rentals, freecycling and other networks. The more people share, the less they buy, so these systems let you reduce energy consumption and cut back on landfill use. Big self-promotion disclaimer -- I'm the author of this series!

In this short documentary, we take an in-depth look at the everyday life and times of a member of a sustainable community, Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage.

The proposed development of a major Interstate highway threatens the river. Nearly all attractions in the area are directly connected to the Chattooga or the many local waterfalls; damaging the watershed would damage the outdoor tourist industry, which brings hundreds of thousands of people to the region each year.

Coworking is a movement to create a community of cafe-like collaboration spaces for developers, writers and independents. Like cohousing, it allows people to share resources and create a sense of connection. It can be a great way for folks who might otherwise work from home to collaborate and get some separation between home and work life.

We'€™re building these really cool eco-urban homes, and we decided that the homes in this community (which we'€™re calling Good) would equip villagers in Burkina Faso, West Africa to build their own homes. These impoverished people need empowerment (not welfare)... and you can help.