Here is an ongoing list of links to eco-conscious places, people, companies, and organizations. I will add to this list on an occasional basis. Feel free to pass on any links you have found useful.
I have worked for many of these companies, and I was influenced by all of their insightful approaches and their visionary trend-setting.
I thank them as they, amongst all reasons to give in and give up, have helped make this world a better place…
Aaculaax
www.aaculaax.com
Eco-Conscious Hotel in San Marcos La Laguna, Lake Atitlán, Guatemala. The hotel has 6 unique rooms and suites, each one individually designed, with one-of-a-kind art works and locally made furniture.
Analog Forestry
www.analogforestrynetwork.org/en/index.html
Analog Forestry is a system which seeks to establish analog ecosystems with architectural structures and ecological functions similar to the original climax or sub climax vegetation. It also seeks to strengthen rural communities, socially as much as economically, through the use of species that provide commercial products.
Bilenky Bicycles
www.bilenky.com
“Owning a Bilenky is more than owning a bicycle. Because for us, building bicycles is more than a job- more than a “day gig”- our skilled and dedicated team of framebuilders puts heart and soul into the creation of every bike”.
Brickworks Farmers Market
www.ebw.evergreen.ca/?p=148
Every Saturday throughout the summer, the Farmers’ Market features a fabulous assortment of fruits, vegetables, wild fish, meat, cheese, milled flours, eggs and oils—all from local farmers.
COG Canadian Organic Growers
www.cog.ca
A national information network for farmers, gardeners and consumers. COG promotes organic foods through national publications and events.
GET Green Enterprise Toronto
www.greenenterprise.net/web/
GET believes that Greater Toronto can become a sustainable city region by supporting its local, green mid-size and small businesses.
Growing Power
www.organiclandscape.org
Growing Power is a national nonprofit organization and land trust supporting people from diverse backgrounds, and the environments in which they live, by helping to provide equal access to healthy, high-quality, safe and affordable food for people in all communities.
OLA Organic Landscape Alliance
www.organiclandscape.org
Organic Landscape Alliance (OLA), a non-profit trade association, is committed to the development of organic horticulture, lawn care and landscaping.
PEDAL
www.pedalpower.org
PEDAL [Pedal Energy Development Alternatives] develops and promotes the use of pedal powered technology. We believe that bicycles and pedal driven technology are a key component to both reducing our negative environmental impact on the planet, and to improving the quality of life for people locally and globally .
Plan B Organic Farms
www.planborganicfarms.ca
A certified organic CSA farm in Southern Ontario. Growing fresh produce that is available through a seasonal share and at many local markets.
Perelandra
www.perelandra-ltd.com
“It is time to make peace with nature”. Just click on the link, ok? It’s worth it.
Permaculture
www.permacultureprinciples.com
Permaculture is an approach to designing human settlements and agricultural systems that mimic the relationships found in natural ecologies.
San Juan La Laguna, Guatemala
www.sanjuanlalaguna.org
San Juan La Laguna is a municipality on the southern shore of Lago de Atitlán, Sololá, Guatemala. It consists of the village named San Juan La Laguna and three smaller aldeas (small villages) in the nearby mountain. The population is approximately 95% Tz’utujil. Agriculture is most important for the economy, with the service sector growing, especially as the number of tourists increase. The lowest elevation is the shore of Lago Atitlán at 1,562 metres (5,125 ft). They have a strong community effort towards sustainable agriculture, reforestation and natural textiles.
Sacred geometry
www.crystalinks.com/sg.html
Sacred geometry is geometry used in the design of sacred architecture and sacred art. The basic belief is that geometry and mathematical ratios, harmonics and proportion are also found in music, light, and cosmology.
SLOW
www.slowfood.ca
The Slow Movement is a cultural shift toward slowing down life’s pace.
Soil Food Web
www.soilfoodweb.com
The soil food web is the community of organisms living all or part of their lives in the soil. It describes a complex living system in the soil and how it interacts with the environment, plants, and animals.
SPIN
www.spinfarming.com
SPIN-Farming is a non-technical, easy-to-learn and inexpensive-to-implement vegetable farming system that makes it possible to earn significant income from land bases under an acre in size.
The Urban Farmer
www.theurbanfarmer.ca
Specializing in Permaculture Landscaping.
Urban Homestead
www.urbanhomestead.org/
Path to Freedom is a grassroots, family operated, original urban homestead located in the midst of Pasadena.
Valhalla Experimental Station
www.exvalhalla.net
Valhalla Experimental Station is a farm outside of Antigua Guatemala where Macadamia nuts from non-grafted trees are cultivated and processed.
Varalaya Farm
www.varalaya.ca
Varalaya is a certified organic agro-forestry farm, facilitating international fair trade, aid, community based economic development, and cross-cultural collaboration.
