The Permaculture Flower   of David Holmgren

Buildings, materials, maintenance

• ECM handout Beat the Heat with Passive Cooling
• ECM handout Earth-Wiser Remodeling
• Greener House Cleaning article and resources
• Solar Cooking resource page

Culture Change

• Understanding the problems - moved to Transition Los Angeles' Resource page
• Environmental Change-Making our book.  How to create a group like Environmental Change-Makers in your neighborhood.
• Resources from ECM's past meetings
• ECM handout ReLocalizing Your Urban Lifestyle
• ECM handout What We Can Do: the 5Rs
• ECM handout What is Power Down, and Do We Have To Do It Now?
• see also "The Big Picture" section of this page

Economics

• Economics: has moved to right sidebar of Sharing in our Neighborhoods page
• Local economies:  moved to Sharing in our Neighborhoods page
• Local economic systems in Los Angeles
  • informal: see Sharing in our Neighborhoods page
  • formal:
    • Westchester, del Rey, Inglewood - Ballona LETS
    • for others see right sidebar of Ballona LETS page

Education

• Environmental Change-Makers' Earth Care Fairs, Oct 2006 and Oct 2007
• ECM handout Raising Children to a Climate Change Future
• our Children's Environmnetal booklist.(pdf)
• "10 Things You Can Do About Global Warming (Yes, even if you're not yet an adult)" a booklet for children, reading level grades 4-8
• Home education in Los Angeles: HomeschoolLA.org

Energy: Renewable Energy

• ECM handout What is Power Down, and Do We Have To Do It Now?
• Solar Cooking resource page

Faith communities

• Faith communities resources have moved here

Family & Parenting

• "Kids & Transition" series, blog entries circa Feb 2010 - How do we juggle parenting our children with the work we know we must do
  to facilitate a livable world for them when they are grown?
• Home education in Los Angeles: HomeschoolLA.org
• more resources for kids are listed under "Education"

• Find our local Farmer's Markets
• The High Cost of Cheap Food, by John Ikerd www.OrganicConsumers.org
• What Will We Eat as the Oil Runs Out (doc)
• Seafood Watch cards, from the Monterey Bay Aquarium. The latest information on sustainable seafood choices available. Print a copy to carry as you shop.
• Solar Cooking resource page

Gardens: Functional Gardens

• ECM handout Drop Yer Bloomers: Why you need Edible Landscaping
• ECM handout Victory Gardens (doc)
• Please see our Food and Gardens page: the community gardens we're working on, our ongoing Organic Vegetable Gardening class series, and resources from that series
• edible landscaping resources for Los Angeles

Government

• Resources for responding to Environmental Impact Reports
• Understand why Cap and Trade is no solution (online animated film) (note: this film only tells part of the evil story because it addresses climate change without taking peak oil & economic contraction into account)
• more  coming soon

Groups: Resources for groups

• Environmental Suggestions for Large Events at churches, community halls, scout troops, etc.
• Environmental Audit for churches, temples, community halls, and small businesses
• Environmental Change-Making our book
• Transition Towns
• What to do at a gathering?  See what we've done at our past meetings.

Health care, holistic medicine, well-being

• "Healing Without Harm ," by Joel Kreisberg, DC
• "Eight ways that modern medicine is oil dependent," by Paul Roth
• The Healing Arts: Exploring the Medical Ways of the World, by Ted Kaptchuk and Michael Croucher (Summit Books 1987). 
  A mind-expanding discussion that crosses many modalities, from accupuncture and Ayurvedic to Native American healers to scientific (Western) medicine.
  Available in El Segundo Public Library.

Passive solar

• ECM handout Beat the Heat with Passive Cooling
• Solar Cooking resource page

Reduce / Reuse / Repair

• ECM handout Dispense with Disposables
• Unshopping, by CoOp America
• "Every dollar I spend is a statement about the kind of world I want & the quality of life I value" wallet card (pdf) that you can wrap around your credit card
• Sierra Club bottled water campaign
• The Styro Story, by F. Sauerwald and M. Wells
• ECM handout What We Can Do: the 5Rs
• Repair Manifesto and Maker's Bill of Rights

Sustainability & Resilience

• Definitions of Sustainability
• What is Resilience?
• "Resilience: A View from the Transition Movement" by Joanne Poyourow (doc)
• see also "The Big Picture" and "Culture Change" sections of this page

Transportation

• ECM handout ReLocalizing Your Urban Lifestyle
• Los Angeles Bicycle Plan Update
• Biking safely resources from the LA County Bicycle Coalition
• Google pedometer map for planning your walking or biking routes

Water wisdom

• Sierra Club bottled water campaign
• Water Saving Tips, by the City of Santa Cruz et al
• Water Wisdom resource page: conservation, rainwater harvesting, greywater
• "Los Angeles receives enough rainfall in a normal year to supply at least half its needs." -- quote on the blog of TreePeople founder Andy Lipkis