Links

Below are a few of the valuable resources that have helped guide members of Fertile Ground. Contact us at DeepGreenFertileGround@gmail.com to suggest additions to this list.

This year will be a series of escalating actions around the world building up to the climate negotiations in Copenhagen this December. Learn about what is going on and how you can participate.

Aric McBay's site contains useful how-to's on surviving peak oil, interviews, and other practical information.

"Why do we act as we do? What are sane and effective responses to outrageously destructive behavior? What will it take for us to stop the horrors that characterize our way of being? My work and life revolve around these questions. Read on to explore with me."

We’ve been told that a vegetarian diet can feed the hungry, honor the animals, and save the planet. Lierre Keith believed in that plant-based diet and spent twenty years as a vegan. But in The Vegetarian Myth, she argues that we’ve been led astray--not by our longings for a just and sustainable world, but by our ignorance.

The Dark Mountain Project uses the tool of literature to expose and reshape the stories and myths with which the civilized approach the world.

ASPO is a network of scientists and others, having an interest in determining the date and impact of the peak and decline of the world's production of oil and gas, due to resource constraints.

HOME is an ode to the planet's beauty and its delicate harmony. Through the landscapes of 54 countries captured from above, Yann Arthus-Bertrand takes us on an unique journey all around the planet, to contemplate it and to understand it.

The mission of Longhouse Media is to catalyze indigenous people and communities to use media as a tool for self-expression, cultural preservation, and social change. Longhouse Media, a Washington State non-profit organization, was launched in January 2005.

The proposed Fairhaven Highlands development will transpose Bellingham's landscape and destroy mature forest land and wildlife that should be protected for future generations. One of the principle purposes of Responsible Development is to prevent this foolish project.

Transition Whatcom

The goal of Transition Whatcom (and all Transition Initiatives) is to create a long term Energy Descent Action Plan, a blueprint- by the community, for the community- of how we will reduce energy use and yet provide for our basic needs in times of energy scarcity.

Sushi Tree Collective is a non-profit organization dedicated to sustainable community development in Bellingham, WA. They have a continually updated number of projects and events.

This is the first pipeline containing petroleum from the Tar Sands moving into the US. It marks a transition towards the dirtiest oil the nation has ever seen.