Please help your local and global community.                                                     Contact the following organizations to find out ways you can help:

The American Friends Service Committee at www.afsc.org
The Mercy Corps at www.mercycorps.com
The Peace Corp www.peacecorps.gov                                                                   The Red Cross at www.redcross.org
The One Campaign at www.one.org                                                                  Adopt a Native Elder Program  www.anelder.org                                              Feeding America at www.feedingamerica.org                                                            The Humane Society at www.hsus.org
The Habitat for Humanity www.habitat.org
The National Trust for Historic Preservation at www.nationaltrust.org
The United Nations Development Fund for Women at  www.unifem.org                      The United Nations World Food Programme at www.wfp.org                           William J. Clinton Foundation Haiti Earthquake Relief             clintonfoundation.org/haitiearthquake                                                                                     Partners in Health  www.standwithhaiti.org/haiti                                       Doctors without Borders www.doctorswithoutborders.org                       Canadian Foundation for the Children of Haiti www.cfchcanada.ca              Please let us know of other organizations you feel would be a good addition to this list. 

Additional  Resources

 ****************************** THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF THIRTEEN INDIGENOUS GRANDMOTHERS

Represent a global alliance of prayer, education and healing for our Mother Earth, all Her inhabitants, all the children, and for the next seven generations to come. They believe the teachings of our ancestors will light our way through an uncertain future and look to further our vision through the realization of projects that protect our diverse cultures: lands, medicines, language and ceremonial ways of prayer and through projects that educate and nurture our children. 

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YES! Magazine

  Is a quarterly magazine that invites readers to be part of a global community of change makers.  Each  issue focuses on a theme, showing the possibilities and practical steps that can lead us all to a more positive future. In each issue you also find book reviews, practical advice for living more sustainably, the page that counts, special features, columns, and short "indicators."

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Intentional Community  is an inclusive term for ecovillages, cohousing, residential land trusts, communes, student co-ops, urban housing cooperatives, alternative communities, and other projects where people strive together with a common vision.

The web site Intentional Community serves the growing communities' movement, providing resources for finding a community home and creating more community in your life.

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UNESCO World Heritage Centre

  Heritage is our legacy from the past, what we live with today, and what we pass on to future generations. Our cultural and natural heritage are both irreplaceable sources of life and inspiration. Places as unique and diverse as the wilds of East Africa’s Serengeti, the Pyramids of Egypt, the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and the Baroque cathedrals of Latin America make up our world’s heritage.

  What makes the concept of World Heritage exceptional is its universal application. World Heritage sites belong to all the peoples of the world, irrespective of the territory on which they are located.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) seeks to encourage the identification, protection and preservation of cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity. This is embodied in an international treaty called the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, adopted by UNESCO in 1972.

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  The Bioneers Founder Kenny Ausubel coined the word bioneers in 1990 to describe an emerging culture of social and scientific innovators who are mimicking nature¹s operating instructions to serve human ends while enriching the web of life. We take a "solve-the-whole-problem" approach: Taking care of nature means taking care of people - and taking care of people means taking care of nature. It's part of their mission.

  They are a leading source of innovative Solutions and are a 501(C)3 nonprofit organization. They provide solutions-based education and social connectivity through the Bioneers national and local conferences and their programs, including: The Bioneers: Revolution From the Heart of Nature radio series; anthology book series; television programs and online community. They act as a key source for the media. Their materials are used by colleges, schools and organizations. They conduct core programs on Women¹s Leadership, Dreaming New Mexico (state-based restoration), Youth and Food Systems.

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The Solar Living Institute was established in 1998 as a spin-off from Real Goods Trading Company, the Solar Living Institute in Hopland, CA, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit educational organization whose mission is to promote sustainable living through inspirational environmental education. The Institute provides practical, education by example and hands-on workshops on renewable energy, green building, sustainable living, permaculture, organic gardening and alternative, environmental, construction methods.

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Slow Food is a non-profit    eco-gastronomic member-supported organization that was founded in 1989 to counteract fast food and fast life, the disappearance of local food traditions and people’s dwindling interest in the food they eat, where it comes from, how it tastes and how our food choices affect the rest of the world.  Today, they have over 85,000 members in 132 countries.

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Seeds of Change:Preserving Biodiversity Supporting
Sustainable Organic Agriculture

In 1989, Seeds of Change began with a simple mission: to preserve biodiversity and promote sustainable, organic agriculture. By cultivating and disseminating an extensive range of organically grown vegetable, flower, herb and cover crop seeds, they have honored that mission for 20 years. They offer home gardeners and  professional growers the highest quality seed varieties, combining superior agronomic traits with beauty, flavor and nutrition.  Our organic seeds represent a starting point for change.

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EDIBLE COMMUNITIES, INC. is a publishing and information services company that creates editorially rich, community-based, local-foods publications in distinct culinary regions throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. Through their publications, supporting websites, and events, they connect consumers with family farmers, growers, chefs, and food artisans of all kinds. Their  belief is that every person has the right to affordable, fresh, healthful food on a daily basis and that knowing where our food comes from is a powerful thing.  

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The Gathering of Nations, a non-profit organization founded in 1983.  It's purpose is to:
  Promote the traditions and culture of the American Indian people in the most positive manner possible.
Dispel stereotypes created about the Indian people.
  Provide Native and Non-native people the opportunity to participate, practice, teach, and exchange tribal traditions among all tribes.
  Enrich other people from different cultural backgrounds about the history and heritage of America's first inhabitants.