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Green Solutions Magazine
Green Solutions Magazine (www.greensolutionsmag.com) is an on-line magazine designed to report information about environmental solutions and services, expert recommendations, best practices, products, tools and other solution-based news and resources to help economies, communities, businesses and individuals with alternative options that they can implement to create sustainability, prevent destructive impacts on or improve the quality of the environment.

Permaculture Activist Magazine
Permaculture Activist is a U.S. based magazine dedicated to -you guessed it- permaculture. If you haven't heard the word before, Permaculture is a term coined by Bill Mollison taken from "permanent agriculture", or "permanent culture", as more and more people are applying the principles of permaculture to social systems as well as ecological ones. It is the theory and practice of creating sustainable agricultural systems that are based on natural ecosystems, and which meet human needs while at the same time regenerating the earth.Permaculture Activist Magazine is a great source of information and inspiration, both for seasoned permaculturists and for curious newcomers.

Leave Out ViolencE: youth movement for a non-violent world
Thirty years ago Twinkle Rudberg's husband was murdered by a fourteen year old boy. Daniel Rudberg had witnessed the boy mugging an old woman and decided to give chase, eventually cornering the boy, who then pulled out a knife and stabbed Daniel to death. This unpredictable and traumatic event left Twinkle with two fatherless children and endless court and legal dealings. But you've heard this type of story before. It's sad, but no big shock. The amazing part of this particular story, is that Twinkle chose not to fall into a mindset of vengeance and hatred towards the youth who was responsible for her husbands death. Instead, she decided to do her own research into the background of the boy and to discover what might have driven him to such a violent lifestyle, and dedicated her life to creating alternatives to violence for the youth of today.

Saving wildlife and hardwood by reducing poverty
The illegal trade in wildlife, the more exotic, the more attractive, is third to the illegal trade in arms and drugs, not a flattering company. It’s big money with limited threats, much lower penalties than smuggling drugs. And well off consumers in the West still like teak furniture, and boat decks, new rich Russian don t much care about pristine nature , conspicuous consumption is a must to show off and the better off Chinese consumers now demand even more exotic animals.

Reclaiming the Streets
Montreal collective Montreal a velo (www.montrealavelo.org) recently held a "park-in" on one of the busiest streets in Montreal. With turf rolled out to cover the concrete, a few strategically placed potted plants, lawn chairs, jugglers and dance music, a once uninviting parking space was transformed into a community gathering place.The spread even included a bicycle powered smoothie machine, which passersby were invited to hop on, and walk away with a free, delicious smoothie! Organizing a park in may seem like a small gesture, but it's these kind of community building initiatives that create the fabric of grassroots networks, and can grow into transformative movements...

Living a Car-Free Life
I was in the San Francisco Bay area last week for work. The first day, I had to commute from Oakland to Mountain View by car. The approximately 45-mile trip took me almost two hours: two hours of stop-and-go traffic and frustration, with only the radio for company. That afternoon, after work, I drove to Palo Alto and rented a bicycle. In the remaining hour of daylight I went for a joyride in the foothills. The dry earthy smell of the chaparral gave way to the fragrance of eucalyptus and redwoods as I climbed in the woods above the Portola Valley. On my way home, speeding down Sand Hill Road in near-darkness, I looked up to see the moon shimmering above the dark bulk of the hills behind me. I felt very alive.

Clean Energy Resource Team in 2008

In April 2008, the Minnesota Clean Energy Resource Teams (CERTs) received over 90 submissions for this year's Request for Proposal funding energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. This represents nearly a twofold increase in the amount of proposals submitted for spring of 2008, and attests to the tremendous wealth of clean energy projects happening in communities across the state. Each of the six greater Minnesota steering committees (NE, NW, Central, WC, SW, SE) reviewed the proposals submitted in their region, and through a rigorous process selected 37 projects that highlight a variety of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies.

Damage Control: Circus Schools Combat Greenhouse Gases
Despite it's somewhat misleading name, the Saint-Michel Environmental Complex site near Montreal, Quebec, is actually the second largest landfill site in North America. Landfills are a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions through the production of methane caused by decomposing waste. Fortunately, a nearby circus school, La TOHU, has been able to drastically reduce the amount of greenhouse gases being emitted by this particular site...

Liberation Ecology: connecting sustainability and social justice
Linking the global movements for ecological and social health is one of the most crucial types of work one could be engaged in today. As a society we are coming to a point where we can no longer ignore the relationships between our own health and that of the environment around us and, as a result, how our participation in ecologically in-sane systems effects humanity in addition to all our non-human relations! An ever growing number of people, perhaps including yourself, are realizing the fault in global systems that maintain the separation of sustainability and social justice efforts. It seems so clear that the future of humanity and the earth as a living entity are inseparably related...but how to go about tackling such a drastic systemic oversight?

De-Silting Projects: More Affordable

Silting of lakes, ponds and reservoirs is a major environmental problem throughout the world. In developing countries it is also retards agricultural development. The most recognized solution for de-silting involves dredging, often a costly undertaking beyond the affordability of many communities.