Sustainable Northern California Links
From CFI
ellile This page is a forum where you may post names and contact information for individuals and organizations that are organized and involved in parts of the puzzle to promote sustainable communities in N. Ca.
Cloud Forest Institute acts as a 501(c)3 fiscal sponsor for organizations in Northern California that have educational purposes which fall in line with the mission of CFI. These organizations focus on sustainability in one form or another, anything from agriculture to economics, and peace to technology.
This link takes you to a current list of the organizations under our 501(c)3 umbrella please contact CFI at info@cloudforest.com, (707)463-2482 or PO Box 1435, Ukiah CA, 95482 to receive contact information that is not listed herein.
Alternative Communities
Ecovillage Focus Group Progress
Educational Organizations
Emerald Earth Natural Building Workshops
Occidental arts & Ecology Center
Permaculture Institute of Northern California
Funding Sources
Northern California Environmental Grassroots Fund
Northern California Grantmakers
Individual Activists, Activist Groups or listserves
Sustainable Mendo-Inland A group dedicated to community building, strengthening our local economy and transforming the inland area of Mendocino County into a sustainable, fossil-fuel free society.
Willits Economic Localization Citizens of Little Lake Valley and our neighbors, gathering to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and transition to a more locally reliant economy.
Email mendocommunity-bb-subscribe@yahoogroups.com to sign up to the MendoCommunity BB Yahoo Group. The group is an online bulletin board, sharing information about events in Mendocino County, and for networking between members of the "Mendocommunity", folks interested in political, progressive, and consciousness-enhancing activities. Please use this board as a way of collecting the threads of all the communities of Mendocino County as we share and offer information and resources. All posts should be of a local nature. Community members are encouraged to use this as a resource to list events, things for sale or rent, services offered and services or merchandise wanted. Community is powerful!
Natural Building Contact List is a growing list of the skills and locations of natural builders on the west coast. Natural Building Bulletin Board is a place were natural builders can post notes and give eachother feed back about projects and experiments they are working on.
Information Resources
Radio Curious a source of many interviews on varied topics hosted by Barry Vogel.
Listen to (or stream) Mendocino County community radio station KZYX, especially Jason Bradford's show, "The Party's Over", on alternate Monday mornings at 9am PT (1700 or 1800 GMT).
Listen to (or stream) Mendocino Environmental Center community radio station [http://www.kmecradio.org KMEC} especially Sumo's show, "Beyond the Limits", on Tuesday afternoons at 2pm PST.
CERES Information by Geographic area: Mendocino County
Mendocino County Recycling Hotline
Northern California Regional Land Trust
Ecopalooza Green Events Network a web portal and event calendar for the promotion of green living expos, fairs, festivals, conferences, workshops and sustainability events throughout North America. Ecopalooza website is a project of Ecopalooza Green Living Network, which also sponsors occasional events in the Redwood North Coast bioregion of Northern California. The primary focus of Ecopalooza's networking activity is is on the bioregional, plant-based diet and youth aspects of the sustainability revolution.
