Resources

  • activism

    • Beehive Design Collective
      To cross-pollinate the grassroots, by creating collaborative, anti-copyright images that can be used as educational and organizing tools.
    • David Rovics
      Singer, songwriter, folkie

  • alternative building

    • Green Home Building
      a wide range of information about sustainable architecture and natural building.

  • alternative energy

    • Big Frog Mountain
      in chattanooga, nice folks, knowledgeable and helpful, can find most anything you need.
    • Declaration for Healthy Food and Agriculture
      We, the undersigned, believe that a healthy food system is necessary to meet the urgent challenges of our time. Behind us stands a half-century of industrial food production, underwritten by cheap fossil fuels, abundant land and water resources, and a dri
    • Rocky Mountain Institute
      the rocky mountain institute’s mission is to foster the efficient and sustainable use of resources as a path to global security… these folks are very well supported financially and do good work.
    • Trojan Battery, Inc.
      Trojan Battery Company is the worldwide technology expert for long-lasting deep-cycle batteries.
    • Solar Today
      commercial magazine published by the american solar energy society.
    • Real Goods
      the walmart of alternative energy, somewhat expensive, but many links and resources.

  • audio and video supplies

  • co-op

    • Three Rivers Market
      Knoxville’s co-op market. We buy bulk foods, and they provide food donations for SVI events.

  • communities and ecovillages

    • Beehive Design Collective
      To cross-pollinate the grassroots, by creating collaborative, anti-copyright images that can be used as educational and organizing tools.
    • Gaia Trust
      a charitable entity supporting sustainabilty projects, especially the ecovillage movement.
    • OneWorld.net
      OneWorld network spans five continents and produces content to widen the participation of the world’s poorest and most marginalised peoples in the global debate.
    • Global Ecovillage Network
      a global confederation of people and communities that meet and share their ideas, exchange technologies, develop cultural and educational exchanges, directories and newsletters, and are dedicated to restoring the land and living “sustainable plus” lives.

  • food cooking and preservation

    • Permaculture Activist
      awesome permaculture magazine published out of Earthhaven Ecovillage
    • Declaration for Healthy Food and Agriculture
      We, the undersigned, believe that a healthy food system is necessary to meet the urgent challenges of our time. Behind us stands a half-century of industrial food production, underwritten by cheap fossil fuels, abundant land and water resources, and a dri
    • Wild Fermentation
      the website of Sandy Katz, a good friend of Moonshadow and a regular instructor at our workshops and Food For Life. This is a great website for all sorts of information about fermentation, with recipies for making sauerkraut and pictures.
    • Trinity Herb
      supplies for the practicing herbalist.

  • information and resources

  • links

    • USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service NRCS Cookeville Area Office
      SVI participates in USDA NRCS programs
    • Government Cheese
      state and federal incentives for photovoltaic conversions and primary solar energy installations
    • alternatetheory
      Hellbender’s Blog about his family’s Ulinawi homestead near SVI. Why alternatetheory? Because everything you know will always be wrong.
    • Solar Energy Link Up
      Lots of links to solar energy resources. Like, “the sun”? No, like folks who are “tight” with the sun.
    • Food Not Bombs
      autonomous chapters protest militarism and poverty by serving free vegetarian food to people in need.
    • Find Solar
      where to go for info on installing systems
    • Three Rivers Market
      Knoxville’s co-op market. We buy bulk foods, and they provide food donations for SVI events.
    • Crabtree Farms
      Crabtree Farms is a research and educational project promoting sustainable agriculture.
    • MySolar.Com
      general info about photovotaic (a.k.a. “solar”) energy
    • Craft Monkey
      Nada’s Blog about knitting, thrifting and homestead life.
    • Chattanooga Bicycles and Mountain Bikes
      Suck Creek Cycle sells, rents, repairs and invents the finest bikes in Chattanooga. Drop in and see them for a great deal on bicycles, repairs and accessories. Or, maybe just solicit some of their famous friendly advice!

  • live plants

    • Nolin Nursery
      this is by far the best place to get named varieties of nut trees, persimmons and paw paws….nut trees are always expensive so don’t be put off by the prices, they are fine , and excellent considering the quality and selection…
    • Oregon Exotics Rare Fruit Nursery
      oregon exotic nursery, amazing and weird selection, check it out, our orders have been in good health even after the trip across the country.
    • Dancing Fern Nursery
      Good selection of local and native plants here in the Sequatchie Valley, wonderful people.
    • Raintree Nursery
      diverse selection of excellent varieties from the north-west, pricey but very high quality trees.
    • Forestfarm
      largest selection of its kind, in fact its unbelievable what is available, few fruit trees, more unusual and classic landscaping plants. We ordered “tubes” which are small and cheap soil rooted plants, very nice.
    • Tripple Brook Farm
      fun and large selection. Lots of innovative ornamental and weird fruit.
    • Johnson Nursery
      amazing selection of fruit trees right here in the south east. we have not ordered from these folks yet, but sense Ames (my favorite) closed, these folks seem like they may be a substitute?
    • Hidden Springs Nursery
      “organically grown edible landscape plants for people and wildlife” very excellent and reasonably priced catalog a great place to visit and see the plants your interested growing in a healthy way. A very nice family run this small nursery.
    • Edible Landscaping Online
      edible landscaping , excellent selection, pricey, but beautifully shipped in pots with soil so e-z to re-plant small cheaper quart size in one gallon pots then plant out a year latter.
    • One Green World
      unique fruits from around the world excellent selection of fruits, pricey, but very high quality.
    • Southmeadow Fruit Gardens
      choice and unusual fruit tree varieties for the connoisseur and home gardener, they have a very impressive selection.very!
    • FedCo
      good selection and lower prices..

  • music

  • other

    • Willing Workers On Organic Farms
      an amazing resource for individuals with the freedom and inclination, to be able to find and contact farms all over the world who could use their help.
    • A Walk In The Woods
      full range guide service based in the Smoky Mountain National Park. Offers guided nature walks, backpacking trips, shuttle service, and more.
    • WordPress Plugins

  • permaculture and sustainable agriculture

    • Mushroom Mountain
      Tradd Cotter’s site is full of information for mushroom identification, cultivation technology , information and lore. Tradd also sells many varieties of mushroom spawn.
    • Wildcrafting.com
    • USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service NRCS Cookeville Area Office
      SVI participates in USDA NRCS programs
    • Plants and Healers
      Frank Cook’s passion for being a repository of plant knowledge has grown steadily. He has studied with Herbalists, Shamen, Vaidyas, Sangomas, Green Witches, Doctors, Professors, Medicine Men… around the world. They have initiated him into many ways of
    • Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture
      the Kerr Center has been associated with progressive ideas in agriculture since 1965.
    • Sequatchie Cove Farm
      300-acre organic farm in southeast Tennessee. Community Shared Agriculture program, artisan cheese, sausage, beef, produce, plants and berries
    • Permaculture Activist
      awesome permaculture magazine published out of Earthhaven Ecovillage
    • Declaration for Healthy Food and Agriculture
      We, the undersigned, believe that a healthy food system is necessary to meet the urgent challenges of our time. Behind us stands a half-century of industrial food production, underwritten by cheap fossil fuels, abundant land and water resources, and a dri

  • seeds

    • Johnny’s Selected Seeds
      great selection, and let them know they should not sell any genetically engineered seeds.
    • FedCo Seeds Co-Op
      this is our main source for seeds. They are excellent especially for large amounts.
    • Nichols Garden Nursery
      herbs and rear seeds, cool selection, we’ve been getting seeds from these folks for the longest time about 20 years.
    • Richters Herbs
      an amazing selection of herb seeds and plants excellent source for culinary and medical herbs.
    • Declaration for Healthy Food and Agriculture
      We, the undersigned, believe that a healthy food system is necessary to meet the urgent challenges of our time. Behind us stands a half-century of industrial food production, underwritten by cheap fossil fuels, abundant land and water resources, and a dri
    • Bountiful Gardens
      excellent seeds, cool people….

  • social justice

    • Declaration for Healthy Food and Agriculture
      We, the undersigned, believe that a healthy food system is necessary to meet the urgent challenges of our time. Behind us stands a half-century of industrial food production, underwritten by cheap fossil fuels, abundant land and water resources, and a dri
    • Civic Media Center
      eading room and library of the non-corporate press; host of activist events.
    • Tennessee Economic Renewal Network (TERN)
      a statewide coalition of labor, community, student, environmental and religious organizations, socially responsible businesses and individuals that organize, educate and advocate in solidarity with workers to achieve social and economic justice.
    • David Rovics
      Singer, songwriter, folkie
    • Voices for Appalachia
      A growing media and social phenomenon, documenting the people, places and lifestyle of the Appalachians. Home of the Portrait-Story Project, featuring direct action and community service organizations for the protection of our land.
    • Beehive Design Collective
      To cross-pollinate the grassroots, by creating collaborative, anti-copyright images that can be used as educational and organizing tools.
    • Internationalist Books
    • Food Not Bombs
      autonomous chapters protest militarism and poverty by serving free vegetarian food to people in need.
    • Free Speech TV
      an audio/video hub on the internet created and defined by the people who use it.

  • solar

    • Find Solar
      where to go for info on installing systems
    • MySolar.Com
      general info about photovotaic (a.k.a. “solar”) energy
    • Trojan Battery, Inc.
      Trojan Battery Company is the worldwide technology expert for long-lasting deep-cycle batteries.
    • Government Cheese
      state and federal incentives for photovoltaic conversions and primary solar energy installations
    • Solar Energy Link Up
      Lots of links to solar energy resources. Like, “the sun”? No, like folks who are “tight” with the sun.
    • Declaration for Healthy Food and Agriculture
      We, the undersigned, believe that a healthy food system is necessary to meet the urgent challenges of our time. Behind us stands a half-century of industrial food production, underwritten by cheap fossil fuels, abundant land and water resources, and a dri

  • technology

    • Free Speech TV
      an audio/video hub on the internet created and defined by the people who use it.
    • Mighty Seek PodPress
      this is the podcasting plugin used on the site for audio and video content.
    • Declaration for Healthy Food and Agriculture
      We, the undersigned, believe that a healthy food system is necessary to meet the urgent challenges of our time. Behind us stands a half-century of industrial food production, underwritten by cheap fossil fuels, abundant land and water resources, and a dri
    • Trojan Battery, Inc.
      Trojan Battery Company is the worldwide technology expert for long-lasting deep-cycle batteries.
    • WordPress
      this is the content management system used on the site.
    • 223 Hosting and Internet Services
      websites & internetworking… they helped us design this website and manage our web hosting, email, spam filtering and email lists.

  • tools and supplies

    • Lehman’s – products for simple, sustainable living
      heritage non-electric appliances and good homesteading tools. These folks have useful tools that are hard to find anywhere else.
    • Woodworkers Supply
      large selection of tools and materials.
    • Grizzly Industrial Inc.
      industrial tools, good source for hardware, but beware some cheap items are really cheap…
    • A.M. Leonards
      “tools that work”, our favorite landscaping tool company.
    • Ben Meadows
      excellent selection of horticulture and scientific equipment.
    • Gardens Alive!
      a catalog full of useful organic garden supplies, somewhat commercial and pricey if you want large quantities, but good for experimentation, watch for the half off sales which many of their catalogs offer.
    • Gaylord Bros.
      library supplies and archival storage systems.
    • Patagonia
      Patagonia is one of our big sponsors and most appreciated donor, as they’ve outfitted each of us with great gear for all seasons!
    • Mushroom Mountain
      Tradd Cotter’s site is full of information for mushroom identification, cultivation technology , information and lore. Tradd also sells many varieties of mushroom spawn.
    • Japan Woodworker Catalog
      excellent source for wood working tools. Very fine, but pricey…
    • Rockler Woodworking and Hardware
      similar to woodworkers supply but with web site…
    • Premier 1 Supplies
      innovative fencing supplies. Try your local farmers coop first.

    • One Comment:

    1. Denny Haldeman said:
      on June 19th, 2010 at 11:25 am

      Great looking Website Chris and all. Love the picture gallery.

      One link I must take issue with though. “Clean Energy” aka Southern Alliance for Clean Energy is promoting giant biomass energy projects that will destroy soils and forests. At the least, I wish you would put a counter to their betrayal as the next link.
      http://www.energyjustice.net/

      Denny


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