Resources

  • alternative building

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

  • alternative energy

    • Solar Today
      commercial magazine published by the american solar energy society.
    • 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.
    • Big Frog Mountain
      in chattanooga, nice folks, knowledgeable and helpful, can find most anything you need.
    • Real Goods
      the walmart of alternative energy, somewhat expensive, but many links and resources.

  • audio and video supplies

  • communities and ecovillages

    • 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.
    • 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.
    • Gaia Trust
      a charitable entity supporting sustainabilty projects, especially the ecovillage movement.

  • food cooking and preservation

    • Permaculture Activist
      awesome permaculture magazine published out of Earthhaven Ecovillage
    • 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

    • 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…
    • MySolar.Com
      general info about photovotaic (a.k.a. “solar”) energy
    • Food Not Bombs
      autonomous chapters protest militarism and poverty by serving free vegetarian food to people in need.
    • Clean Energy
      Search out Gil and get more info
    • Crabtree Farms
      Crabtree Farms is a research and educational project promoting sustainable agriculture.
    • Government Cheese
      state and federal incentives for photovoltaic conversions and primary solar energy installations
    • alternatetheory
      Hellbender’s Blog about his family’s homestead living 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.
    • Find Solar
      where to go for info on installing systems
    • Craft Monkey
      Nada’s Blog about knitting, thrifting and homestead life.

  • live plants

    • One Green World
      unique fruits from around the world excellent selection of fruits, pricey, but very high quality.
    • Tripple Brook Farm
      fun and large selection. Lots of innovative ornamental and weird fruit.
    • 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.
    • FedCo
      good selection and lower prices..
    • 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…
    • Southmeadow Fruit Gardens
      “choice and unusual fruit tree varieties For the connoisseur and home gardener”, they have a very impressive selection.very!
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • 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?

  • 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.

  • permaculture and sustainable agriculture

    • Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture
      the Kerr Center has been associated with progressive ideas in agriculture since 1965.
    • Permaculture Activist
      awesome permaculture magazine published out of Earthhaven Ecovillage
    • 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
    • Wildcrafting.com

  • seeds

    • Bountiful Gardens
      excellent seeds, cool people….
    • Richters Herbs
      an amazing selection of herb seeds and plants excellent source for culinary and medical herbs.
    • Johnny’s Selected Seeds
      great selection, and let them know they should not sell any genetically engineered seeds.
    • Nichols Garden Nursery
      herbs and rear seeds, cool selection, we’ve been getting seeds from these folks for the longest time about 20 years.
    • FedCo Seeds Co-Op
      this is our main source for seeds. They are excellent especially for large amounts.

  • social justice

    • Civic Media Center
      eading room and library of the non-corporate press; host of activist events.
    • Free Speech TV
      an audio/video hub on the internet created and defined by the people who use it.
    • Food Not Bombs
      autonomous chapters protest militarism and poverty by serving free vegetarian food to people in need.
    • Internationalist Books
    • 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.

  • solar

    • Clean Energy
      Search out Gil and get more info
    • MySolar.Com
      general info about photovotaic (a.k.a. “solar”) energy
    • Solar Energy Link Up
      Lots of links to solar energy resources. Like, “the sun”? No, like folks who are “tight” with the sun.
    • Find Solar
      where to go for info on installing systems
    • Government Cheese
      state and federal incentives for photovoltaic conversions and primary solar energy installations

  • 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.
    • WordPress
      this is the content management system used on the site.
    • Chattanooga Online
      websites & internetworking… they helped us design this website and manage our web hosting and email.

  • tools and supplies

    • 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.
    • Rockler Woodworking and Hardware
      similar to woodworkers supply but with web site…
    • 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!
    • Premier 1 Supplies
      innovative fencing supplies. Try your local farmers coop first.
    • 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.
    • A.M. Leonards
      “tools that work”, our favorite landscaping tool company.
    • Gaylord Bros.
      library supplies and archival storage systems.
    • Japan Woodworker Catalog
      excellent source for wood working tools. Very fine, but pricey…
    • Ben Meadows
      excellent selection of horticulture and scientific equipment.
    • Grizzly Industrial Inc.
      industrial tools, good source for hardware, but beware some cheap items are really cheap…
    • Woodworkers Supply
      large selection of tools and materials.

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