Resources to Share
Resources to Share
Our world has many serious problems: poverty, illiteracy, war and intolerance, bad drinking water, desertification, infant mortality, inequality.....too much for any individual or group or government. To effectively solve these problems, we need to collaborate and work together. The cooperative model adds tremendous benefit. The more organizations share resources and experience, the more efficient and effective they will become. A saying goes, "Smart people learn from their mistakes, smarter people learn from other people's mistakes, and the smartest people learn from smart people's mistakes." By sharing our experiences, we can learn from both our failure and success. We're also applying this model to purchasing and creating a shared buying service. The more buying power we can organize with other companies, the more discounts we can leverage and the better pricing will be for everyone. We see this networking function as one of our most important roles and we're using this page to archive helpful information. Please send your suggestions for adding to these links.10,000+ Appropriate Technology products in one catalog. Click here to learn how to download all or part of The Sustainable Village product catalog. This is an invaluable reference tool for all renewable energy, sustainable development and micro-enterprise projects worldwide. Free Management Library - This is an excellent, extensive web site. The overall goal of the library is to provide leaders and managers (especially those with very limited resources) free, basic and practical information about business, management and organizations. It includes a free, on-line micro-MBA program for non-profits and for-profits.
Appropriate Technology Innovations
- Camel Milk Dairy
- Earthenware Water Purifier Pot-in-Pot Earthenware Refrigeration
Sustainable Development - Interesting, Inspiring and Useful Sites
- Visit SafeClimate.net to calculate the carbon dioxide emissions footprint for yourself and your organization.
- $50 million program to invest in ecosystems worldwide.
- Free Seeds for overseas missionaries, development workers, and scientists
- Highly detailed photograph of the Earth at Night
- International High School & College Project for Sustainable Development - FREE class materials!
- Declaration of Energy Independence
- Ecological Footprint
- EarthWalker - Walking around the planet for the environment
- Hydrogen Now! - Education and motivation for using hydrogen and alternative fuels.
Environmental Organizations
- Midwest Renewable Energy Association - Renewable Energy and Sustainable Living Fairs
Micro-Credit / Micro-Lending Organizations
Relief Organizations
Donate! - Opportunities
- Amazon Coop
- Central Asia - Relief Organizations
- ECHO - Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization
- Friar Paul Fagan
- Friends of the Third World
- International Disaster Assistance - Donations Guidelines
- Institute for Appropriate Technology
- Kenya's Kwetu Training Center
- Kids for Afghan Kids
- Manda Wilderness Project
- Masons on a Mission
- Moonwalk for Earth
- Peace Initiatives and Roger Plunk
- Pine Ridge Reservation Capacity Building
- Plenty
- Safe Water Systems
- Sudan Relief Fund
- Surmang Foundation, Tibet
- Tibetan Village Project
- Wisconsin Coordinating Council on Nicaragua
- Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation
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Great Commission Air - Solar panel/battery combos needed to set-up radios in remote villages of Guatemala for an air ambulance service.