SHARE 350.0

I think that after seeing movies about our worsening environmental condition we, as individuals, feel helpless. (A couple of the conversations I had following the movie reaffirmed that this is true.) However, I feel it really is a reawakening. We can sit in the theater and think, “What difference can I make by myself?” or we can look around at the hundred other people in the chairs around us and say, “We are all here tonight because we care about the environment, and, now, what is the next step we can take collectively?” As Paul Hawken put it in his book Blessed Unrest, we are the immunity that can heal this disaster. We might start small as just a few antibodies here and there, but when we join forces we really stand a chance at making change.

Weblinks

• Bill McKibben - Bill McKibben is an American environmentalist and writer who frequently writes about global warming, alternative energy, and the risks associated with human genetic engineering.
• Derrick Jensen - Derrick Jensen is the author of The Culture of Make Believe, A Language Older than Words, Listening to the Land: Conversations about Nature, Culture, and Eros, a USA Today Critics Choice for one of the best nature books of 1995, and Railroads and Clearcut
• Holmgren Design Services - The source of permaculture vision and innovation.
• Integrative Design Collaborative - Assisting clients to move beyond sustainability.
• Paul Hawken - Paul Hawken is an environmentalist, entrepreneur, journalist, and author.
• Slow Food USA - Supporting good, clean and fair food.
• The City Repair Project - An all-volunteer grassroots organization helping people reclaim their urban spaces to create community-oriented places.
• Wiser Earth - Toward a just and sustainable world create by community.
• World Changing - Change your thinking.

Local Resources

• Austin 350 - Global Warming. Global Action. Global Future
• Austin CarShare - The freedom of driving with cars on demand.
• Edible Austin - Edible Austin magazine is a quarterly publication celebrating local, fresh foods in Austin and Central Texas. Comprehensive online resource for local food-related sources (for growing and buying), eco-resources, and events calendar.
• Green Life Eco-Consulting - Living green is easier than you think.
• Sustainable Food Center - Creating a Food Secure community by improving access to local, healthy, and affordable food for children and adults in Central Texas.

Recommended Reading

• Blessed Unrest - How the Largest Movement In the World Came Into Being and Why No One Saw it Coming, by Paul Hawken
• Deep Economy - The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future, by Bill McKibben
• Endgame - Endgame Volume I: The Problem of Civilization, Endgame Volume II: Resistance, by Derrick Jensen
• Natural Capitalism - Creating the Next Industrial Revolution, by Paul Hawken