We aim to inspire you to start making a difference right where you are at! We can’t wait for “things to get better’” or for “circumstances to change”.
The time is now and it is possible to change your world by taking small steps. Here are some ideas...
Thank yourself for your efforts!
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ABOUT BIKE TOURING AND EQUIPMENT
Resources
SUSTAINABLE FOOD
Eat Wild - www.eatwild.com
Local Harvest - www.localharvest.org
SUSTAINABLE TRAVEL (aka Ride Your Bike!)
Benefits of a Bicycle www.treehugger.com
Transportation Alternatives www.transalt.org
Warmshowers network (cyclists hosting touring cyclists) - www.warmshowers.org
OTHER SUSTAINABILITY TOURS
Common Circle Expeditions - www.commoncircle.com
Euro-Commune Tour - http://sites.google.com/site/eurocommune
Family On Bikes - www.familyonbikes.org
Fifty By Bike - www.fiftybybike.com
Hillary Rust - www.hillarydixonrust.com
Kyle Beck’s “Firsts - Live One” ‘round the world bike tour www.firsts-liveone.com
Mandy and Benny Tour Around the World - www.globecyclers.de
Mary and Keith’s Laughter Yoga Tour of Communities - www.maryandkeith.blogspot.com
Oh My God I'm 50 - www.ohmygodim50.com
Project Tandem - www.projecttandem.org
Ride for Climate - www.rideforclimate.com
Rob Lilwall, Cycling Home from Siberia - www.roblilwall.com/cyclinghomefromsiberia
Trek to Re-Energize America - www.trektoreenergize.org
Wanderlust with Rhonda - www.wanderlustwithrhonda.com
Wheeled Migration - www.wheeledmigration.org
YERT - www.yert.com
RESOURCES FOR SHARING THINGS
Tool Lending Libraries - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tool-lending_libraries
Yardsharing - http://www.hyperlocavore.ning.com
Front Porch Forum - http://frontporchforum.com
RESOURCES FOR BEING NICE
Learn NVC (aka Compassionate Communication) - http://www.nonviolentcommunication.com
FOR FELLOW DOCUMENTARIANS
Information about Fiscal Sponsorship - www.filmarts.org/funding.php
Crossing Bridges Productions - www.crossingbridges.org
RECOMMENDED FILMS & VIDEOS
Affluenza
Baraka
Broken Limbs - www.brokenlimbs.org
Commune
End of Suberbia
The Fall - www.thefallthemovie.com
Fresh
Garbage Warrior
Go Further
Heima
The Journey, by Eric Saperston
Kilowatt Ours
King Lines
Long Way Round and Long Way Down (two 7-part series)
Manufactured Landscapes
Power of Community, How Cuba Survived Peak Oil
Rivers and Tides
The Real Dirt on Farmer John
Visions of Utopia, parts 1 and 2, by Geoff Kozeny
Voices of Cohousing
What the Bleep! Do We Know?
The following are FREE online videos we recommend...
News Story about Cohousing - Cohousing Catches On, KGO News, San Francisco, CA
Cohousing on YouTube - CLICK HERE and www.yourhealthconnection.com/topic/mmcohousing
Dancing Rabbit TV - www.drtv.dancingrabbit.org
Link TV 13 Grandmothers - www.linktv.org/programs/turning
Story of Stuff and Story of Cap and Trade - www.storyofstuff.org
RECOMMENDED READING
Transition Handbook
Omnivore’s Dilemma, by Michael Pollan
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, by Barbara Kingsolver
The Isaiah Effect, by Gregg Braden
Journey of Souls and Destiny of Souls, by Michael Newton
The Celestine Prophesy, by James Redfield
The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho
The Prophet, by Kahlil Gibran
The Four Agreements, by Don Miguel Ruiz
Ecotopia, by Ernest Callenbach
Johnathon Livingston Seagull, by Richard Bach
Garden Planet: The Present Phase Change of the Human Species, by William A. Kotke
How to Live Without Electricity and Like It, by Anita Evangelista
If the Buddha Dated and If the Buddha Married, by Charlottle Kasl
Conversations With Gaia, by Ningay Nancy Sing
The Co-Creators Handbook, by Katherine Roske and Carolyn Anderson
Finding Community and Creating Community, by Diana Leafe Christian
Superbia! and others, by Dave Wann
Eat, Pray, Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert
The following are FREE online articles we recommend reading...
Future of Our Society - in Time Magazine, March 11, 2010 http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1971133_1971110_1971126-1,00.html
Top 10 Green Cohousing Developments http://www.naturalhomemagazine.com/People-and-Places/Natural-Home-Top-10-Green-Cohousing-Developments.aspx
The Most Inspiring Movement in the World: Transition Towns http://www.examiner.com/x-3515-Denver-Political-Issues-Examiner~y2009m2d20-The-most-inspiring-movement-in-the-world-transition-towns
NYT article “Won’t You Be My Neighbor” www.nytimes.com/2008/06/23/opinion/23lovenheim.html?_r=2&oref=slogin
The Culture Artist: 2008: Building Ecotopia: Intentional Communities, Part 2-
http://www.huntingtonnews.net/columns/080914-hall-columnscultureartist.html
Cohousing for Gen X and Y - www.treehugger.com/files/2008/02/cohousing_for_g.php
Eco-towns - www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/feb/13/carbonemissions.renewableenergy1
Teaching sustainable practices - www.sustainability-teaching-farm.com/blog
Won’t you be my neighbor, NYT - www.nytimes.com/2008/06/23/opinion/23lovenheim.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Mass exodus from cars in US soon - http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/06/mass-exodus-from-cars.php
10 Things You Can Like About $4 Gas - http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/0,28757,1819594,00.html
Great article about life at Sandhill Farm, an intentional community in Rutledge MO http://www.whig.com/story/news/Sandhill-Farm-090809
The Green Life, about an African Eco-Village http://www.timeslive.co.za/lifestyle/article209075.ece
(1)Step out your front door and get to know your neighbors.
(2)Once you know your neighbors, create a schedule for carpooling, “bikepooling” or walking to commonly shared trips.
(3)Knock down your back yard fences and create a common garden or put a garden on your lawn and start eating locally.
(4)Shop for your other veggies locally at a farmers market or Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm.
(5)Reach Within Daily. Start with 10 minutes of quiet alone time, breathe deeply, let go of thoughts, feel good, & smile.
(6)Start a community event such as a weekly potluck .
(7)Get rid of stuff! Simplify! Share things like lawn mowers or tools with your neighbors & acquire few needs.
(8)Get on your bike as much as possible and take notice of how much easier it is to say hello to people.
(9)Take public transportation as much as possible and notice how many nice people are using it.
(10) Redefine Progress...decide how you define success for you, your family, your community, your world.
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