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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