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HOMESTEADING and Related
Bruce Holman's "The Peck of
Salt" - www.peckofsalt.com/
- A cartoon feature about life, lifestyles, and simple living. Remember the great 'Down on the Farm' cartoons in the old Mother Earth News?
Some of the old stuff and some nice new stuff, too. Nice to know Bruce is still
'Down on the Farm'.
Countryside Magazine - www.countrysidemag.com
- The major source for information on homesteading.
Shel Horowitz - www.frugalfun.com/ -
Contains many resources to slash the cost of both business and pleasure. Books include
"The Penny-Pinching Hedonist: How to Live Like Royalty with a Peasant's
Pocketbook".
Kountry Life - www.kountrylife.com -
Country living site, including "Yesterday's Tractors" magazine.
The Caretaker Gazette - www.caretaker.org
- publication for the property caretaking field.
New Earth Times (was Earth Quarterly) - www.zianet.com/earth
- Papercrete and other alternative building, and living, info.
Simply Living - www.simplyliving.org
- Over 150 links to sites for those interested in the simple life.
Malcolm Wells - www.malcolmwells.com
- Website of one of the greatest architects and forward thinkers of our time.
Designer and promoter of a wonderful array of underground homes and buildings.
"We live in an era of glitzy buildings and trophy houses: big, ugly,
show-off monsters that stand - or I should say stomp - on land stripped bare by
the construction work and replanted with toxic green lawns. If the buildings
could talk they would be speechless with embarrassment, but most of us see
nothing wrong with them, and would, given the opportunity, build others like
them, for few of us realize that there's a gentler way to build. It's called
underground." Malcolm Wells.
Denison University Homestead - www.denison.edu/homestead
- A communal living experience owned by Denison University, where full time
university students live the reality of permaculture and sustainable living.
ART
ArtServe Michigan - www.artservemichigan.org
Beaverchew Furniture by Len Fieber - www.beaverchewfurniture.fiebers.com
Lake Superior Art Association - www.lakesupriorartassociation.org
Marquette Arts and Culture Center - www.mqtcty.org/departments/arts/home.htm
Martha Fieber, fiber artists - www.martha.fiebers.com
Michigamme Moonshine Art Gallery - 136 E Main St, Michigamme MI 49861,
906-323-6546
Northern Michigan University Art Museum - http://art.nmu.edu/department/ADmuseum.html
Ten Mile Creek Forge, Pottery & Lighting - George Potvin, blacksmith and
knifesmith - www.superiorsights.com/gpotvin
and Maureen Potvin, historical lighting and gift shop - www.superiorsights.com/mpotvin
William Bonifas Fine Art Center - www.bonifasarts.org
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ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Home Power Magazine - http://www.homepower.com/
- The Hands-On Journal of Home-Made Power. If you are interested in alternative energy,
alternative vehicles, related technologies and lifestyles, this is the publication you
want.
MREA - http://www.the-mrea.org - The Midwest
Renewable Energy Association, home to the largest renewable energy fair the third week-end
in June in Amherst Wisconsin. Mail: MREA, 7558 Deer Rd., Custer, WI 54423; Phone:
(715)592-6595
Electron Connection - http://www.snowcrest.net/econnect/
- A business dedicated to homemade electricity, offering mail order and direct contact
sales of alternative energy equipment and systems, installation and service.
Steen's Sustainable Living... - http://stores.us.ohio-state.edu/~steen/sustain
- A nice site which just happens to include Sue's article published in the June '93 issue
of Home Power Magazine.
Solar Pathfinder - www.solarpathfinder.com
- Cliff & Darlene sell the best tool for finding a good location for solar
panels. SolarPathfinder, 3680 Hwy 438, Pleasantville, TN 37147 (931)
593-3552 pathfinder@mlec.net
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MISCELLANEOUS
The Bloomsbury Review, 1553 Platte St Ste 206, Denver CO 80202-1167, phone
303-455-3123, $16/year, bimonthly. One of the most interesting and best written
journals on current books, including great interviews. The standard of what a
"Review Journal" should be.
YES! A Journal of Positive Futures,
PO Box 10818, Bainbridge Island WA 98110-0818, phone 800-937-4451, $24/year,
quarterly. www.yesmagazine.org. Find
the Yes! in our world. We all need it, and they give it generously.
Utne, 1624 Harmon Place, Minneapolis MN 55403, 612-338-5040, $20/year,
bimonthly. www.utne.com . A refreshingly
different "Read on Life - delivering the freshest ideas and insights from
important sources usually ignored by the major media".
Democracy Now! -- Independent,
unbedded, media. Hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
www.democracynow.org.
Responsible Shopper - www.responsibleshopper.org
- Learn more about the companies behind the products you buy -- from clothing to
shoes to toothpaste. Investigate hundreds of companies on a range of issues -
sweatshops, pollution, family-friendliness, ethics, and more. A valuable
shopping tool.
Co-op America - www.coopamerica.org
- Helping consumers, investers, and businesses use their economic power to build
a just and sustainable society. National Green Pages Directory, Shopping Guide,
Co-op America Quarterly, and Green Living Guide.
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RECUMBENT BICYCLES
League of Michigan Bicyclists - http://www.lmb.org
MHPVA - Michigan Human Powered Vehicle Association - http://www.lmb.org/mhpva
'Recumbent Cyclist News' magazine - http:/www.recumbentcyclistnews.com
'Recumbent UK' magazine - http://www.btinternet.com/~laidback/recumbentuk
Contact
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for Steve Schmeck and Sue Robishaw
"Just take your time, that's all it is to
playin' the piano or anything else. Take your time and work it on
out."
Tull in "Snakes", by Al Young
"The task before us is to redesign the
human enterprise to a scale appropriate to the nature that holds it ... People
should cease drawing borders around nature and instead start placing boundaries
on human behavior ... that we should begin behaving in all places that matter to
us as much as wilderness. Because they do." -- Richard Manning,
"Inside Passage"
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