Resources
Strength, inspiration and leadership for the journey
The challenges that confront us as we do the work necessary for the reshaping of our world are immense. The good news is we don't have to bear them alone. Legions have come before and some of the brightest thinkers and courageous activists of our age are developing strategies and solutions to meet these challenges head-on.
Below are links to websites that we support and encourage you to visit. There are links to essays and other papers that have been presented at past Living Earth events or which we have been granted permission to use. We hope the links to the Living Earth Archive will provide you with a documentary history of Living Earth as well as a taste of our commitment to deep cultural change. We urge you to join us!
Website Links
Community Building
- Yes! Magazine
- Tryon Life Community Farm
- Portland City Repair Project
- David Korten (Living Economies, Democracy)
- Orion Magazine
- Bill Moyers
- E. F. Schumacher Society
- Sacred Lifeboats
- EcoVillage Network
Peace and Peacemaking
Peak Oil and Post-Carbon Planning
- Portland Peak Oil
- Richard Heinberg, Museletter
- Post Carbon Institute
- Association for the Study of Peak Oil (ASPO)
- Energy Bulletin (Peak Oil Primer)
- Permatopia.com: Permaculture solutions to peak oil
- Portland Permaculture Guild
Engaged Spirituality
Essays, Commentary, Reports
- Betsy Toll, Finding Sanctuary
- Evo Morales, I Believe Only in the Power of the People; Inaugural Address [pdf] [word]
- David Korten, Living Economies,Vibrant Communities [pdf] [word]
- David Korten, Renewing the American Experiment
- C.A. Bowers, On the Misuse of Our Political Language
- Wendell Berry, A Citizen's Response: National Security Strategy
- Margaret J. Wheatley, From Hope to Hopelessness
- Complete achive >>
Living Earth Archives
First Friday Community Potluck
Brief introduction to topics discussed
- Permaculture and Post-Carbon Social Ecology
- Public Power: Power to the People!
- Creating Democracy: Citizen Deliberative Councils
- Creating Alternatives to Empire
- The Politics of Food
- Climate Change
- Complete archive of Living Earth events >>
Public Talks, Discussion Groups, Actions and Forums
- Powerdown: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World
- Taking Heart: An evening with Joanna Macy
- Impacts of War: a Public Forum
- Creating Democracy
- Citizen's Dissent: Book Discussion
- Complete archive of Living Earth events >>