Simply Living's Money and Economics Links
Look here for links to green money, socially responsible investing, earth friendly retailers, economics watchdogs and more.
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Simply Living's Money and Economics LinksLook here for links to green money, socially responsible investing, earth friendly retailers, economics watchdogs and more. |
Participant and vendor at the 2000 Simply Living conference, Back 40 Books offers books, music, videos and other resources in simplicity, healthy eating, self-reliant living and children's books that reinforce character-building values, including many Amish-published books.
Conservatree reports on environmentally sound paper and provides information and resources to publishers, businesses and consumers.
A rich site created by a strong and good organization, the Co-op America web pages help educate and empower individuals and businesses to use the economic system to effect social and environmental change. Find invaluable tools for consumers, entrepreneurs and investors here.
Co-op America's Green Pages Online
Look up businesses offering environmentally and socially responsible services and goods nationwide. The Green Pages directory is fully searchable by keyword, category, company name or state, and includes contact information for all companies listed.
Named for the author of Small is Beautiful: Economics As If People Mattered, the Society supports human-scale societies, alternative economic systems, local currency projects, community land trusts, and other programs and issues related to economic decentralism.
Consumers Union provides this guide to products that are eco-labeled instead of conventionally produced or farmed. Compare products and find out about environmentally sensitive companies, practices, and products here.
A flashy and somewhat confusing, but ambitious site, Eco-Mall links to green businesses in all sectors nationwide, and offers tips and articles on responsible consumption. A good second choice after Co-op America's Green Pages .
Freecycle is a network of e-mail lists where people give away things that they no longer need for free. Changing the world one gift at a time. There are many local Freecycle groups in the region including Freecycle Columbus.
FreeGeek Columbus provides computers and training for limited-resource populations in Central Ohio through redistribution of used equipment and the use of free software. FreeGeek Columbus is committed to free software, responsible electronics recycling, and community engagement.
Investors, consumers and financial planners will appreciate this site on Socially Responsible Investing, money management, ecotourism and more. Not a slick web site, but informative and honest.
Nonprofit and nonpartisan, Greenbiz.com works to bring environmental information, resources, and tools to the mainstream business community.
Consumer resources, services for socially responsible investing, ecotravel, and other web links plus a quarterly journal help you take responsibilty for your money and its impact "from the supermarket to the stockmarket."
A union shop on the Web, LaborNet provides information and tools to encourage economic justice for workers and the protection of human rights.
You need electricity and a computer to get to this online version of Lehman's catalog, but the high technology ends there. Located in Amish country in northeastern Ohio, Lehman's specializes in useful items for the home that do not require electricity. If you haven't visited the store, be sure to look at the online catalog and then plan a field trip!
The Nathan Cummings Foundation
The Nathan Cummings Foundation "seeks to build a community that values nature and protects ecological balance for future generations, promotes humane health care, and fosters arts to enrich communities."
The web site affiliated with the book Investing With Your Values provides tools and resources for investing wisely and developing a healthy, helpful relationship with money. Includes a list of excellent web sites on socially responsible and community investing.
The National Cooperative Bank is a member-owned institution serving the financial needs of cooperatives and their members. Their services include personal, small business, and commecial banking, real estate, loans, community development services, and support for co-ops.
National Cooperative Business Association
The National Cooperative Business Association helps people and groups use the cooperative model to improve their lives and their communities. Directories and tools for starting and maintaining any kind of co-op can be found here.
This web page and resource catalog highlights the history and work of the Your Money or Your Life organization, The New Road Map Foundation, which offers practical tools and approaches for achieving wholeness in personal finances, health and human relations.
North American Students of Cooperation
NASCO supports campus-based housing and retail cooperatives in the United States and Canada. Use their web site to find campus co-ops, start your own cooperative housing or retail operation, research funding, and learn about the cooperative movement.
Pudding House Publications, based in Central Ohio, publishes an eclectic, thoughtful variety of books, anthologies, broadsides, and chapbooks, and offers workshops and salons.
Visit the Solar Living Center, learn about renewable energy and sustainable living, and browse the online catalog of Real Goods, purveyor of tools and resources to enable independent, self-sufficient living.
Rural Action works for the development of a sustainable culture and economy in Appalachian Ohio. Their good work focuses on regional stewardship and economic and community development.
Sponsors of web sites for The Institute for Earth Education, The New Road Map Foundation and others, The Simple Living Network also offers The Web of Simplicity, an online, step-by-step program for working toward a simple life and financial independence.
This excellent resource for investors provides information on socially responsible investing including rate and performance data, news, and investment options.
Thinking about buying a new car? Do you need an SUV? Take a look at Friends of the Earth's SUV pages before you go out for a test drive! That Honda Civic may look a bit more appealing afterward (not to mention that bicycle!).
Your Money Or Your Life is a best-selling book by Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin about a nine-step program for personal financial transformation. Your Money Or Your Life also refers to a world of nine-step program resources for changing the way you earn, spend and save money -- and helping others do the same. Look here for excellent resources on financial intelligence, financial integrity, and financial independence.
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