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Resources for global healing, conservation and the greater good – click and learn and do something!
Also, check out the musicians and artists listed below and get motivated to create!
Links for learning good and natural things
Books to connect to the natural world
Beauty and expression
Links for learning:
Environmental/Green & Conservation Resources
Farmers/Sustainable Food
Gardening Resources
Herbal Resources
Maya
Pet
Stress Busters – Hiking/Qigong/Tai Chi/Yoga/Pilates
Beauty and expression:
Writers/Photographers/Designers/Art/Music
Books to connect:
Animals/Pets
Earth Connections
Grief & Anticipatory Grief
Herbs/Medicinal Plants
Maya
Pet Loss
Environmental/Green & Conservation Resources:
Piedmont Environmental Center
Piedmont Environmental Alliance
Environmental Defense
NC Office of Environmental Education
Endangered Wildlife and Plants
Land for Tomorrow (NC)
NC Connectivity Council
North Carolina Choices
Piedmont Land Conservancy
NC Chapter of the Nature Conservancy
NC Project Green
EarthSave (see NC group)
Conservation Council of North Carolina
Sierra Club NC Piedmont Plateau Group
Co-op America
NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council)
National Wildlife Federation
National Parks Conservation Association
Eno River Association
United Plant Savers
UPS Plants at Risk & Plants to Watch
Earthjustice
Green Festivals
Protecting Our Health
Environmental Health News
League of Conservation Voters
Green Living Tips
Tree-free Paper
Story of Stuff
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Farmers/Sustainable Food Links:
Handance Farm
Goat Lady Dairy
Simple Kneads Bakery - 336-370-4446
Deep Roots Market Co-op
Slow Food Piedmont Triad
Carolina Farm Stewardship Association
Center for Environmental Farming Systems
Local Harvest
Carolina Organic Growers
Organic Consumers Association
Information on CSAs (Community Supported Agriculture)
Free color produce availability chart
National Sustainable Agriculture
Sustainable Table
NC Wildfood Adventures
Grass-fed Food & Facts
American Farmland Trust
Farm Facts Animation
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Gardening Resources:
Permaculture Workshops
Earthhaven Ecovillage
Mushrooms & Permaculture
Permaculture/Nature & Humans Working Together
Permaculture Defined
More about Permaculture
Co-creating with Nature Intelligence
The Josephine Porter Institute for Applied Bio-Dynamics, Inc
NC Botanical Gardens UNCG/Chapel Hill
Niche Gardens/Chapel Hill, NC
Water Garden Supplies/Reidsville, NC
Carolina Greenery/West End, NC
Carolina Native Nursery/Burnsville, NC
Diana Digs Dirt
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Herbal Resources:
NC Medicinal Herbs for Commerce
Medicines from the Earth Symposiums
NC School of Holistic Herbalism
NC Herb Association
Women’s Southeast Herbal Conferences
Blue Ridge School of Herbal Medicine
Herb Walks (sign-up or post)
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Maya Links:
Rosita Arvigo
Flowering Mountain
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Pet Links:
Dr. Charles Loops, DVM Holistic Medicine & Classical Homeopathy
American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association
The People’s Pet Journal
Pet Loss
National Center for Homeopathy: 703-548-7790
American Veterinary Chiropractic Association: 309-523-3995
International Veterinary Acupuncture Society: 610-827-7245
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Writers/Photographers/Designers/Artists/Musicians Links:
Trillium Creative, Inc Creative Consultant/Writer
Anneli West Photography
Jan Lukens Art
Joshua West Music
Kristen Leigh Music
Songbear Records
Dot Matrix Project
Jim Clark Music and Poetry
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Stress Busters – Hiking/Qigong/Tai Chi/Yoga/Pilates Links:
Piedmont Hiking & Outing Club, Greensboro, NC
Piedmont Appalachian Trail Hikers, NC and VA
NC Parks
The Golden Flower T’ai Chi Center
The Triad Yoga Institute, Greensboro, NC
Bikram Hot Yoga
Core Integrity Pilates
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Books that we like
Animals/Pets
Earth Connections
Grief & Anticipatory Grief
Herbs/Medicinal Plants
Maya
Pet Loss
Animals/Pets:
- The Encyclopedia of Natural Pet Care by CJ Puotinen
- The Complete Holistic Dog Book by Jan Allegretti and Katy Sommers, DVM
- Natural Healing for Dogs & Cats by Diane Stein
- All You Ever Wanted to Know About Herbs for Pets by Mary L. Wulff-Tilford & Gregory L. Tilford
- Veterinarian’s Guide to Natural Remedies for Dogs by Martin Zucker
- Veterinarian’s Guide to Natural Remedies for Cats by Martin Zucker
- Bach Flower Remedies for Animals by Stephan Ball & Judy Howard
- Homeopathic Care for Cats & Dogs by Don Hamilton, DVM
- The Senior Dog by Heike Schmidt-Roger and Susanne Blank
Earth Connections:
- Planting the Future – Saving Our Medicinal Herbs edited by Rosemary Gladstar and Pamela Hirsch
- The Earth has a Soul – The Nature Writings of CG Jung edited by Meredith Sabini
- Letters to a Spiritual seeker by Henry David Thoreau
- Zoro’s Field – My Life in the Appalachian Woods by Thomas Rain Crowe
- Last Child in the Woods – Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv
- Behaving as if the God in all Life Mattered by Machaelle Small Wright of Perelandra Gardens
- Partner Earth by Pam Montgomery
- To Be Healed By The Earth by Warren Crossman, PH.D.
- Raven’s End – A Tale from the Canadian Rockies by Ben Gadd
Grief & Anticipatory Grief
- Awakening from Grief – Finding the Way back to Joy by John E. Welshons
- On Grief and Grieving – Finding the Meaning of Grief through the Five Stages of Loss by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross and David Kessler
- The True Work of Dying by Jan Selliken, RN, ND and Miriam Schneider, RN, CRNH
- Singing Mother Home – A Psychologist’s Journey Through Anticipatory Grief by Donna S. Davenport
- Losing a Parent – Passage to a New way of Living, A guide to Facing death & Dying by Alexandra Kennedy
- Anticipatory Grief by Bernard Schoenberg, Arthur C. Carr, Austin H. Kutscher, David Peretz, Ivan Goldberg, Editors
- Remembering Mother, Finding Myself – A Journey of Love and Self-Acceptance by Patricia Commins
- Grief and Praise – An Evening with Martin Prechtel on CD or Tape
Herbs/Medicinal Plants:
- Native Plants, Native Healing by Tis Mal Crow
- The New Holistic Herbal and An Elder’s Herbal by David Hoffman
- Planetary Herbology by Michael Tierra, CA, ND
- Adaptogens – Herbs for Strength, Stamina, and Stress Relief by David Winston & Steven Maimes
- Herbal Therapy & Supplements – A Scientific & Traditional Approach by David Winston and Merrily A. Kuhn
- Yoga of Herbs – An Ayurvedic Guide to Herbal Medicine by David Frawley
- Medicinal Plants of the Southern Appalachians by Patricia Howell
- The Cherokee Herbal – Native Plant Medicine from the Four Directions by JT Garrett
- The Natural Remedy Book for Women by Diane Stein
- Herbal Remedies for Women by Amanda McQuade Crawford, MNIMH
- Herbal Healing for Women by Rosemary Gladstar
- New Menopausal Years – the Wise Woman Way Approaches for Women 30-90 by Susun Weed
Maya:
- Sastun: My Apprenticeship with a Maya Healer by Dr. Rosita Arvigo with Nadine Epstein
- Rainforest Home Remedies: The Maya Way to Heal Your Body and Replenish Your Soul. By Dr. Rosita Arvigo and Nadine Epstein (includes information on Maya Spiritual Healing)
- Rainforest Home Remedies: 100 Healing Herbs of Belize by Dr. Rosita Arvigo and Dr. Michael Balick
- Spiritual Bathing: Healing Rituals and Traditions from Around the World by Rosita Arvigo and Nadine Epstein
- Secrets of the Talking Jaguar – Memoirs from the Living Heart of a Mayan Village by Martin Prechtel
- Long Life, Honey in the Heart – A Story of Initiation and Eloquence from the Shores of a Mayan Lake by Martin Prechtel
- The Toe Bone and the Tooth – An Ancient Mayan Story Relived in Modern Times: Leaving Home to Come Home by Martin Prechtel
- The Disobedient Daughter of the Sun – A Mayan Tale of Ecstasy, Time, and Finding One’s True Form by Martin Prechtel
Stealing Benefacio’s Roses by Martin Prechtel
- Wind in the Blood – Mayan Healing and Chinese Medicine by Hernan Garcia, Antonio Sierra and Gilberto Balm, translated by Jeff Conant
Pet Loss:
- Saying Goodbye to Your Angel Animals – Finding Comfort After Losing Your Pet by Allen & Linda Anderson
- The Kingdom of Heart – A Pet Loss Journal by Patty Luckenbach, MA, DD
- The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
- A Big Little Life – A Memoir of a Joyful Dog by Dean Koontz
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