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  November  2000  Newsletter

As Gandhi said, "Be the change you want to see in the world."

Things you can do to make a difference...

EDUCATE YOURSELF...

http://www.utne.com

Founded in 1984 by Eric Utne, UTNE READER reprints the best articles from over 2,000 alternative media sources bringing you the latest ideas and trends emerging in our culture.

Utne Reader Editorial and Managment Offices
1634 Harmon Place
Minneapolis, MN 55403
Phone: 612/338-5040
FAX: 612/338-6043

This magazine focuses exclusively on issues that will determine the Earth's long-term health: the battle to rein in an out-of-control consumer economy, to stabilize the global climate, and to protect our rapidly declining cultural and biological diversity

North America US$20/yr. Intl. US$35/yr. (6 issues)
Orders to: Worldwatch Institute
1776 Massachusetts Av. NW
Washington, DC 20036-1904
Or, order online.
Or, by phone at 800-555-2028

http://www.wild-earth.org

Blending wilderness preservation, conservation biology, and wildlands activism, Wild Earth writes with equal passion about specific endangered plants and animals and larger land-ethics debates. 

US $25/yr.
Orders to: Wild Earth
P.O. Box 455
Richmond, VT 05477
Or, by phone at 802-434-4077

www.orionsociety.org/

Since 1982, Orion has worked to reconnect human culture with the natural world, and to reveal and heal the roots of our estrangement from nature. 

US $30/yr. (4 issues)
Orders to: Orion
195 Main Street
Great Barrington, MA 01230
Or, order online.
Or, by phone at 888-909-6568
Or, by fax at 413-528-0676

"In the coming century, the transition to sustainability will change the types of businesses that exist and the products they produce. The way we structure and manage our economy will be fundamentally different. Sustainability is, in commercial terms, a business driver of immense significance."

http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/

SHOP RESPONSIBLY...

Check out companies you do business with on Responsible Shopper, a great new tool for shopping consciously.

http://www.responsibleshopper.org/

ADD a Sustainable products shopping engine to your website.

The Sustainability Source is a shopping engine that non-profits and others can add to their websites to encourage sustainable shopping and raise money for their organization at the same time.

Sustainability Source, Inc.

 

By making informed purchasing decisions that favor sustainable business practices, Sustainability Source users help foster a sustainable future through expanding the market for sustainably produced products and services.

 http://www.sustainabilitysource.com/home/

These folks have been around a long time doing some fine work!
If you live in California you should check out their Solar Living Center in Hopland, California, just 95 miles north of the San Francisco Bay Area on Highway 101. It's a great experience!

http://realgoods.com/

Gaiam offers products and services
suited for people with lifestyles
of health and sustainability.

Gaim's mission is to provide information, products and services regarding natural health, ecological lifestyles, personal development and sustainable commerce. 

"We call it conscious commerce."

http://www.gaiam.com/gai_homePage.process

Want to reduce toxins, pollution, waste, and cruelty? Start by shopping smarter and greener! Green Marketplace.com makes it easy for you to find truly healthy, earth-friendly alternatives that make a difference. Go to GreenMarketplace.com and learn why green shopping is so vitally important.

USE EARTH FRIENDLY SERVICES...

"Each month our long distance phone bill highlights two issues under debate, explaining what's at stake and whom to contact. Customers can make calls to the targeted decision-maker free of charge, or have a low-cost, well-argued letter sent on their behalf.

In 1999 our members sent 800,000 calls and letters, urging protection of national forests from logging."

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