People & Links

Sustainability

The Story of Stuff - exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world... (20:40 video)

Global Warming - Did You Know? - Be veg, go green, anytime soon!  (3:46 youtube video)

Permaculture

Tagari Publications - The Permaculture Institute (Bill Mollison et al) in Tasmania Australia

Sonoran Permaculture Guild - Using ecology as the basis for designing intergrated systems...

Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond by Brad Lancaster - Welcome rain into your life & landscape, water-harvesting earthworks...

Arizona Native Seed Resource - native plants for reclaimation & revegetation, also native herbal & medicinal plants.

Moringa Tree of Life - resources & information on the enormous medicinal & nutritional value of nature's miracle tree, the Moringa.

EM Research Organization - Effective Microorganisms, an earth-saving revolution!

WWOOF-USA - part of Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms, linking volunteers with organic farmers, promoting educational exchange, and building a global community conscious of ecological farming practices.

Earth Architecture

Cal-Earth - California Institute of Earth Art and Architecture

www.earthbagbuilding.com - sharing information and promoting earthbag building.

www.mensh.ru - eco-architecture in Russia  (also see google translation)

Ancient Images - replicas of historical sculptures, inspired by the mystery, myth and symbols of ancient times...

Solar Energy

Who Killed The Electric Car? (2006) - documentary film that explores the creation, limited commercialization, and subsequent destruction of the battery electric vehicle in the United States...  (also google "who killed the electric car")

field fabricated solar powered steam turbines (2006) - presentation by Amy Sun, MIT Center for Bits and Atoms

Solar Steam Train - All aboard the Solar Steam Train!  Concentrate thermal solar energy to make steam to do everything, including generating electricity...

Community

Intentional Communities Website and Communities Directory - serving the growing communities' movement, providing resources for finding a community home and creating more community in your life.

Sooz's Travels and YouTube videos - an encouraging survey of sustainable intentional community consciousness...

Call to Action

Sustainability Policy - Sustainability policies are guidelines that individuals, corporations, institutions and government create for themselves, which define a roadmap to the future...

Environment Arizona - a statewide, citizen-based environmental advocacy organization...

Sustainable Tucson - an emerging network of networks to facilitate and accelerate Tucson's transition to sustainability through community-wide education and action...

Development Center for Appropriate Technology - working to enhance the health of our planet and communities by promoting a shift to sustainable construction & development...

Tucson Peace Calendar - promoting peace, social justice, labor equity, and a sustainable environment by supporting non-profit organizations in the Tucson community...

Planet Coexist - a new model for a new world, helping to facilitate the process toward integrated planetary wellness by serving as a hub, think-tank, organizer and advocate of eco-spiritual ventures world-wide.

Intenders of the Highest Good - Peace is just a thought away.  We support and help one another to become as clear as possible in our words and our thoughts so that we can live our lives to the fullest...

OMfield - a non-profit Energy formed to facilitate humanity's evolution by demonstrating a new model of interconnected awareness-based healing, sustainability, creativity, and community.

Interstellar Light Applications - promoting understanding of natural celestial light, and applications in partnership with medical, scientific, and academic communities.

Message From the Sun - a "super green" documentary showing humanity that solid food isn't required for survival by staring at the Sun.

Partnership With Earth - research & development of sacred architectural forms and bioharmonic materials.

Foster and Brahm - a technology consulting company dedicated to creating a peaceful and more prosperous planet.

Harmony and Health Foundation - facilitating the evolution of human consciousness, through the networking of individuals and organizations in harmony with the laws of nature.

TerraSanteans

Bruce Scher, founder of TerraSante Village, is employed as a nurse, and has a background as artist, engineer, and naturopathic physician.  Also see Ancient Images.

Solar Bob knows the nuts and bolts of how to build electronic gadgets, especially concerned with solar power.  Bob also provides mechanical muscle for building projects with his expertise on the backhoe.

Danny August specializes in walking the "beauty way", aligned with the sacred ancestry of Native Americans who once flourished in these surroundings.  He has more than 20 years of experience teaching native skills as well as an extensive background in music, writing, and education.  Also see Controlled Folly Productions.

Rick Hubbs, proprietor of Arizona Native Seed Resource, recognizes seed as the essence of life and as the catalyst for land reclamation.  He refers to seed as the "original commodity / currency" - used for eating, planting, bartering, and especially as a symbol for life itself.

Tom Mendola is the steward of Harmony and Health Foundation, a non-profit that intends to create sacred space for healing and wellness.  Harmony and Health has land that is adjacent to TerraSante, and these organizations provide mutual support for one another.  Tom believes enlightenment is our natural evolutionary destiny, and the practice of sustainability is one key toward this realization.

Victoria & Tim White recently joined the extended family of TerraSante by acquiring adjacent land to the village.  Their primary focus is spreading information of the enormous medicinal and nutritional value of nature's miracle tree, the Moringa.  Victoria also produces web-TV segments for an all-volunteer non-profit, suprememastertv.com

Chris Vansprouts is managing the TerraSante website, and helping with community computer stuff.  His interests include appropriate technology, sufism, music, media arts, holistic nutrition & health, and education.  Also see vansprouts web and metasofa.org