6,000 pounds of food a year on 1/10 acre in Pasadena, California – from PathToFreedom.com
Play this 5 minute video then view the 10 minute video Homegrown Revolution: Radical Change Taking Root for more about this family’s lifestyle of sustainability

[ September 3, 2008; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] September 3rd at the Eureka Springs Carnegie Library Annex, 7:00 PM. The Planet Home group will be offering really good information on alternative transportation plus electric or gas bikes and trikes available to check out. For more information on Planet Home and area meetings on sustainability contact Nancy.

[ August 22, 2008; 8:00 am to 3:00 pm. ] On Friday, Aug 22, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jerry Landrum, a NEurekan who is a member of Planet Home, will attempt to ride an electric bicycle 350 laps around the Carroll County courthouse in downtown Eureka Springs on a single battery charge. The purpose of this action is to promote local awareness of [...]

The ‘Story of Stuff’ takes you on a provocative tour of our consumer-driven culture — from resource extraction to iPod incineration — exposing the real costs of our use-it and lose-it approach to stuff.

By Judy Wicks, White Dog Café, National Co-Chair of Business Alliance for Local Living Economies

“. . . t looks like food localization using permaculture principles and design is going to offer more than an ‘alternative’ – it will become a necessity.” ~ Asha Bee

Just as some people are thinking they have heard enough tree-hugging, GREEN talk. Like, Wal-Mart has gone GREEN? We need a new word! Someone mentioned that there is a movement to shift to BLUE – think sky, clear water…or at least that’s the color we remember connecting with them.
Now we discover that the Scandinavians have [...]

Good health-sense, business-sense and good community-sense…maybe it’s just good common sense! A reminder list for shopping in your neighborhood….

By Trathen
How does this sound to ya’ll: a rich life that matters deeply thru each breath, step and bite, each purchase, moment of grief and reclaimed belief? How about households and communities full of such lives, crafting a culture of celebration and resiliency in which every choice, every drop of water, every scrap [...]

[ May 20, 2008; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] The first community meeting of Eureka Springs Time Bank will be held on May 20, 2008 at 6:30 PM at the Carnegie Library Annex in Eureka Springs. With Time Banking, you will be working with a small group of committed individuals who are joined together for a common good. It connects you to the best in people because it creates a system that connects unmet needs with untapped resources…