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Managing the Spiritual Neighborhood |
| How to Restore the Conscience of America's Communities; A Grass Roots Approach | |
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Agriculture, Gardening, Environment Listed on this page are a number of organizations and Internet links related to gardening, agriculture and the environment. As with most of the other resources listed on this site, there is little or no connection between what these groups are doing and what is going on in a typical suburban subdivision. As worthy as these groups are, they don't penetrate down to the grass roots of American neighborhoods. It's the Garden Zone Manager's job to complete the link; to initiate real-world, neighborhood-level activities that create a connection between the environment and the everyday life of residents. Not just connecting residents to the environment, but to each other, and to the intelligent forces that sustain life on the planet.
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Urban Agriculture, Sustainable Agriculture, CSA |
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Maharishi Vedic |
Spectacular website! Agriculture in harmony with Natural Law; nourish farmer, crops and environment; application of Vedic technologies; scientific research; certification programs; program to eliminate poverty. | |
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From the Ground Up CSA |
www.clagettfarm.org |
Upper Marlboro,Community Supported Agriculture for the DC area; Clagett Farm; fresh produce to Southeast DC; Anacostia farmer's market; locally owned business |
| Good Food DC, Community Harvest | www.goodfooddc.net | create local, sustainable food system in region through farmers markets, urban farm, direct purchasing from local farmers; lists restaurants, farmers markets, co-ops |
| Accokeek (MD) Foundation, |
www.accokeek.org | Robert Ware Straus Ecosystem farm; certified organic CSA; National Colonial Farm; school programs; newsletter; forest buffer; museum garden; heritage breed animals; tours; Potomac ferry service |
| Claymont Society for Continuous Education | www.claymont.org | "To promote a way of life that is balanced, harmonious, and uses our full potential while being responsible to nature." Claymont farm; organic farming |
| EcoGateway, Anthologies, Urban Greening |
www.ecoiq.com/onlineresources/ |
links to on-line community gardening papers |
| Sustainable Agriculture Network | www.sare.org | Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE): a USDA funded initiative that sponsors grants for sustainable agriculture research and education |
| Organic Consumers Association | www.organicconsumers.org | "Campaigning for Food Safety, Organic Agriculture, and Sustainability"; GE Foods Alert |
| Safe Food Campaign Mothers for Natural Law | www.safe-food.org/index.html |
sign petition for mandatory labeling, safety testing, moratorium on genetically engineered foods |
| Consumers Union, Food Safety Page | www.consumersunion.org /i/Food_Safety |
publishes Consumer Reports; mad cow disease, bovine growth hormone, pesticides |
| City Farmer, Urban Agriculture Notes |
www.cityfarmer.org | Canada's Office of Urban Agriculture; growing food, community gardens, insects, livestock, urban forestry; Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America; links |
| Center for Science in the Public Interest | www.cspinet.org | safety, quality of food supply; Nutrition Action newsletter; archive; allergens; food additives; antibiotic resistance project; restaurant guide; ADHD; obesity; sugar, caffeine, olestra, alcohol |
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Backyard Gardening, Home Gardening, Plants, Seeds, Supplies, Catalogs |
| U. of Maryland Cooperative Extension Service | www.hgic.umd.edu | Home and Garden Info Center -- regional specialists; 1-800 hotline consultation; tips; publications; master gardener; plant diagnostics; invasive species; native plants |
| Louisa Thompson's Master Gardener Page | Maryland native plants; articles; native plant ecology; sumacs, phloxes, fringetree, jewelweed, butterfly weed, dogwood | |
| Maryland Native Plant Society | www.mdflora.org | protecting, conserving, and restoring Md's Native Plants and Habitatplants; nurseries; restoration projects; field trips; species *not* to plant; places at risk; many links |
| American Horticultural Society | www.ahs.org | American Gardener magazine; master gardener links; on-line catalogs; headquarters at River Farm in Alexandria Va.; lectures |
| American Dahlia Society, National Capital Dahlia Society |
www.dahlia.org |
dahlia society tuber sales; commercial growers, suppliers |
| Behnke Nursery | www.behnke.com | largest nursery in DC area; huge selection of perennials; native plants; trees, shrubs, annuals, vegetables and herbs; groundcovers; indoor plants; soil amendments; newsletter; talks; Rt. 1 in Beltsville; Watkins Park Dr. in Largo |
| Organic Gardening Magazine | www.organicgardening.com | articles, message board, archives, solutions on-line, organic lawns, composting, beneficial insects, genetic engineering, organic gardening basics |
| Fine Gardening On-line | taunton.com/fg | on-line magazine; techniques, structures, design, landscaping, plants; advertisers index with links; discussion forums |
| Pinetree Garden Seeds | www.superseeds.com | herbs, flowers, vegetables, roots, bulbs; great selection; excellent service; free catalog; on-line catalog; ordered all of my vegetable and herb seeds from these folks |
| Harmony Farm Supply | www.harmonyfarm.com | organic farming supplies; ecological pest controls; beneficial insects;
heirloom seeds; integrated pest management; irrigation systems; lab services;
on-line catalog |
| Ecologicals | members.home.net/ecologicalsgardens | raised garden bed enclosures made from recycled plastic; gardening programs for children; life sciences teaching tool; factory direct; gardening resource links |
| The Thyme Garden | www.thymegarden.com | organically grown herb seeds and plants; roots; live plants; dried herbs, seasonings, tea blends; recipes; exotic selection; nice catalog, 600 varieties ($2.00) |
| Thompson & Morgan Seeds | www.thompson-morgan.com | on-line catalog; only T&M had the strawflowers I wanted this year |
| Chiltern Seeds | www.edirectory.co.uk/chilternseeds | truly unusual catalog of every kind of seed you can imagine; it's entertaining just to read the plant descriptions |
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Environment - Local, Global |
Southern Maryland |
www.geocities.com/smdaudubon | Audubon for Calvert, Charles, St. Mary's and southern Prince George's. Backyard bird counts; workshops; warterfowl trips; birding locations in Southern Maryland. |
| Sierra Club, Prince George's County Group | www.sierraclub.org/chapters/md/pg www.sierraclub.org/chapters /md/links.html |
newsletter, contacts, links; biking, hiking; lobbying; mass transit; congestion; endangered species; habitat preservation |
| Chesapeake Bay Foundation "Save the Bay" |
www.cbf.org | resource protection; environmental education; wetlands; bay trips; ecosystem education; courses; walkable development; public transportation |
| Anacostia Watershed Society | www.anacostiaws.org | restoring and protecting the Anacostia River; volunteer restoration activities; Earth Day; Bladensburg; Kenilworth marsh; community gardening; storm drain |
| World Watch | www.worldwatch.org | monitors the state of the world; "dedicated to fostering the evolution of an environmentally sustainable society"; dangers of globalization; Lester R. Brown |
| Union of Concerned Scientists | www.ucsusa.org/index.html | Citizens and Scientists for Environmental Solutions; Issues: antibiotic resistance; bio-technology; global warming; missile defense; nuclear weapons |
| Rachel's News | www.rachel.org/bulletin/ |
Environmental Research Foundation; News and resources for environmental justice; understandable scientific info about health and the environment; list of organizations |
| Sustainable Sources | www2.networkearth.org | a solutions-based environmental site; green construction; eco travel; articles; bookstore; sustainability, community, spirituality |
| MapCruzin | www.mapcruzin.com | Slick site; maps, census data; books; eco-friendly products; Climate change; environmental justice; biotech; pollutants and toxins info; right-to-know campaign; papers; organizations; international; news discussions; excellent links; |
| Chesapeake Solar, LLC | www.chesapeakesolar.net | Focusing on grid-tied solar systems (including PV, hot water, heating, and pool systems). Design and installation of solar energy systems - residential, commercial, institutional. |
| Upper World | www.upperworld.com |
Breaking news ... sustainable solutions ... health, animal rights, ecology , alternative energies, environment, genetic and activism; videos, interactive articles, vegetarian and vegan recipies. |
| Friends of the Earth | www.foe.org | "Fighting environmental destruction where it begins"; "dedicated to protecting the planet from environmental degradation; preserving biological, cultural, and ethnic diversity |
| Center for Children’s Health and the Environment | www.childenvironment.org | examine the links between toxic pollutants and childhood illness; academic research; fact sheets, reports, abstracts, conferences, workshops, links |
| Greenpeace | www.greenpeace.org | climate; genetic engineering; toxins; forests; nuclear disarmament; whaling |
| Living Cosmos | www.livingcosmos.com www.theorganicsource.com |
A new look at our living universe from microcosm to macrocosm. Excerpts and discussions from the book "The Vital Vastness", and "In Defense of Nature -- The History Nobody Told You About" by Richard Michael Pasichnyk |
| Trust for Public Land | www.tpl.org | "conserve land for recreation and spiritual nourishment and to improve the health and quality of life of American communities"; "connecting people to land deepens the public's appreciation of nature" |
| Threats to food supply | www.worldwatch.org/ alerts/990916.html |
China grew 10,000 wheat varieties in 1949, but only 1000 by the 1970s. Mexican farmers grow 20% of the corn varieties they cultivated in the 1930s |
| Red List of Threatened Species | www.redlist.org | International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources; World Conservation Union; UNESCO |
| Department of Energy, Green Power Network | www.eren.doe.gov/greenpower /home.shtml |
news on green power markets and utility pricing programs; green power providers;consumer issues; analyses of issues and policies; forums; list of orgs that buy green power; |
| Public Citizen | http://www.citizen.org | Founded by Ralph Nader; "Health, Safety, Democracy"; global trade; energy; congress watch; |
| Project Underground | www.moles.org | activist site; supporting human rights of communities resisting mining and oil exploitation; Honduras, Costa Rica, Kenya, India, Peru, Indonesia; modern gold mining is more destructive than industrial logging or factory farming. |
| Crest - Center for Renewable Energy & Sustainable Technology |
www.crest.org | hydro, bioenergy, geothermal, wind, solar, micropower, efficiency; how big is your CO2 footprint; energy & environment; discussion groups; community calendar; energy marketplace. |
| Environmental News Network | www.enn.com | on-line magazine, classifieds, markeplace, job listings; endangered species, wilderness protection, GM Foods, alternative energy, responsible investing |
| The Environment Show | http://www.wamc.org/env.html | WAMC radio in Albany; real-audio broadcasts; tapes, transcripts; conservation, green consumerism, env. health, contamination and restoration, sustainability, law |
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