[permaculture] Bioregionalism - definition? Eco Links
Lawrence F. London, Jr.
lflj at intrex.net
Mon Jan 14 11:58:04 EST 2008
John & Maia O'Brien wrote:
> All I found on googling ecotopia was rock bands
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecotopia
Ecotopia: The Notebooks and Reports of William Weston is the title of a seminal book by Ernest Callenbach, published in
1975. The society described in the book is one of the first ecological utopias and was influential on the
counterculture, and the green movement in the 1970s and after.
The impressive, environmentally benign energy, homebuilding, and transportation technology Callenbach described in
Ecotopia was based on research findings published in such journals as Scientific American. The author's story was woven
using the fiber of technologies, lifestyles, folkways, and attitudes that were being reflected (from real-life
experience) in the pages of, say, the Whole Earth Catalog and its successor CoEvolution Quarterly, as well as being
depicted in newspaper stories, novels and films. Callenbach's main ideas for Ecotopian values and practices were based
on actual experimentation taking place in the American West. As an example, Callenbach's fictional Crick School was
based upon Pinel School, an alternative school outside Martinez, California once attended by his son.
The author’s Ecotopian concept does not reject high technology, but rather members of his fictional society show a
conscious selectivity about technology, so that human health and sanity might be preserved, as also social and
ecological health might be. For instance, Callenbach’s story anticipated the development and liberal usage of
videoconferencing.
The term "ecotopian fiction", as a sub-genre of science fiction and utopian fiction, refers to this book.
http://www.ecotopia.org/
EcoTopia
A design strategy for the new millennium
in Santa Cruz, California.
EcoTopia/USA is devoted to environmental education that leads to improving behavior,
to bring about ecological utopia (ecotopia).
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<A HREF="http://earthsystems.org/Environment.shtml/">Environmental Organization WebDirectory!</A>
<A HREF="http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/links/environmentecology.html">Wilson Almanac</A>
<A HREF="http://www.circleoflifefoundation.org/links.html">Circle of Life Foundation</A>
<A HREF="http://www.proactivist.com/">ProActivist</A>
<A HREF="http://willy.law.pace.edu/env/vell6.html">Environmental Laws and Treaties</A>
<A HREF="http://esa.sdsc.edu/">Ecological Society of America</A>
<A HREF="http://www.lib.uidaho.edu:70/docs/egj08/shrode1.html">Electric Green Journal's Environmental Resources on the
World Wide Web </A>
<A HREF="http://www.deb.uminho.pt/fontes/enviroinfo/" >Enviro Info</A>
<A HREF="http://www.ecobeetle.com">Ecobeetle.com</A>
<A HREF="http://www.augustana.ab.ca/~janzb/pte.htm">Philosophy, Technology, and the Environment</A>
<A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/dzikapani/index.html">DZIKAPANI</A>
<A HREF="http://greennature.com">Green Nature</A> <A HREF="http://www.ecomall.com/">EcoMall</A>
<A HREF="http://xenios.qldnet.com.au/acs/environment/links.html">Environmental Links at the Australian Correspondence
Schools site</A>
<A HREF="http://www.lsu.edu:80/guests/sglegal/public_html/environment.html">Sea Grant Legal Program </A>
<A HREF="http://home.aol.com/wedigest">Home Page for WEDigest</A>
<A HREF="http://cnn.com/EARTH/9608/27/earth.matters.promos/sites.html">Global Warming sites</A>
<A HREF="http://www.venture-web.or.jp/ecoland/environ.html">Environment & Ecology--Japan (in Japanese)</A>
<A HREF="http://www.edbegley.com/indexbottom.html">Ed Begley's Environment Web Links</A>
<A HREF="http://www.earthchannel.com/mother/editoria/hotlink.htm">Mother Earth Hotlinks</A>
<A HREF="http://www.ecobusinesslinks.com/">EcoBusinessLinks Green Directory</A>
<A HREF="http://www.www.aultimaarcadenoe.com">The Last Noah's Ark</A>)
<A HREF="http://www.westcoastnature.com/">West Coast Nature</A>
<A HREF="http://www.consecol.org/Journal/">Conservation Ecology</A>
<A HREF="http://www.epa.gov/enviro/enviromapper.html">EnviroMapper</A>
<A HREF="http://www.psr.org/">Physicians for Social Responsibility</A>
<A HREF="http://www.ecologychannel.com/">Ecology Channel</A>
<A HREF="http://www.willtrout.net/">Architects Home Page</A>
<A HREF="http://www.ozone.org/index.html">Ozone Action</A>
<A HREF="http://www.ewg.org/">Environmental Working Group</A>
<A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/~combusem">Combustion in the Rain Forest: Ecology, Energy, and Economy for a
Sustainable Environment</A>
<A HREF="http://www.wildwork.org">Wildlands Restoration Team</A>
<A HREF="http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/enter2.cgi?BI.html">National Academy Press</A>
<A HREF="http://www.chesco.com/~treeman/ ">Organic Tree Care</A>
<A HREF="http://www.paulsmiths.edu/aai/aai-link.html">Adirondack Aquatic Institute</A>
<A HREF=" http://www.nonviolence.org/tranet">"TRANET": A Chronicle of the Emerging Gaian Culture"</A>
<A HREF="http://www.wri.org/wri/">World Resources Institute (WRI) Home Page</A>
<A HREF="http://www.internetserver.com/~smaes/GEI/PUBLIC/geifr.htm">Global Environment Institute</A>
<A HREF="http://www.roundriver.org/">Round River Conservation Studies</A>
<A HREF="http://www2.netdoor.com/~pinky/aquatic.htm">Aquatic Ecology Page</A>
<A HREF="http://epanet.angelnco.com/">EPANET</A>
<A HREF="http://www.ecoliteracy.org/">Center for Ecoliteracy</A>
<A HREF="http://www.uspirg.org/">USPIRG</A>
<A HREF="http://www.new-cue.org/NEW-CUE.html">NEW-CUE</A>
<A HREF="http://www.carpoolconnect.com/">Carpool connect</A>
<A href="http://www.savebiogems.org">SaveBioGems.org</A>
<A HREF="http://www.carfree.com">Carfree</A>
<A HREF="http://www.EcologyFund.com/">Ecology Fund</A>
<A HREF="http://earthhopenetwork.net/">Earthhope Action Network</A>
<A HREF="http://www.david-morse.com/index2.html">The Iron Bridge</A>
<A HREF="http://www.ulala.org/P_Pigeon/George.html">A Passenger Pigeon</A>
<A HREF="http://www.toddjerseyarchitecture.com/livinglabs.htm">Living Labs</A>
<A HREF="http://www.secondnature.org">Second Nature</A>
<A HREF="http://www.eartheducation.com/">The Institute for Earth Education</A>
<A HREF="http://www.artecology.org">Artecology</A>
<A HREF="http://www.pedagonet.com">PedaGo Net, Learning Resource Center</A>
<A HREF="http://globe.fsl.noaa.gov/">GLOBE Student Data Server</A>
<A HREF="http://www.nceet.snre.umich.edu/naaee.html">North American Association for Environmental Education</A>
<A HREF="http://www.outdoorbooks.com/cat96c.htm">The Outdoor Bookstore</A>
<A HREF="http://www.gatewest.net/~green/">Green & Growing Environmental Education Project's Home Page</A>
<A HREF="http://www.washington.edu/trails/wedc/index.html">Wilderness Education Council of Washington State</A>
<A HREF="http://www.wri.org/wri/enved/">WRI: Environmental Education Page</A>
<A HREF="http://countrylife.net/">Country Life Online Village</A>
<A HREF="http://www.earthchannel.com/mother/editoria/03table.htm">Mother Earth online</A>
<A HREF="http://gopher.well.sf.ca.us:70/0/Business/natlit/natlit.catalog.envpart">Natural Literacy books</A>
<A HREF="http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cerc/WildOnes/">The Wild Ones</A>
<A HREF="http://www.conservation.org.cy">Cyprus Conservation Foundation</A>
<A HREF="http://www.esc.com.cy">Environmental Studies Centre</A> in Kritou Terra, Paphos, Cyprus
<A HREF="http://www.AndEarth.com">AndEarth.com</A>
<A HREF="http://www.circleoflifefoundation.org/">Circle of Life Foundation</A>
<A HREF="http://earthday.net/">Earth Day Net</A>, promoting Earth Day 2000
<A HREF="http://www.cnie.org/">The Committee for the National Institute for the Environment</A>
<A HREF="http://www.savetheredwoods.org">Save-the-Redwoods League</A>
<A HREF="http://www.ran.org/intro.html">Rainforest Action Network</A>
<A HREF="http://www.nrdc.org/">Natural Resources Defence Council</A>
<A HREF="http://www.ecosustainable.com.au/">Ecosustainable Hub</A>
<A HREF="http://www.safe-food.org/">Mothers for Natural Law</A>
<A HREF="http://www.iucn.org/themes/ramsar/">The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands</A>
<A HREF="http://www.earthisland.org">Earth Island Institute</A>
<A HREF="http://www.audubon.org/">National Audubon Society</A>
<A HREF="http://www.sierraclub.org">The Sierra Club</A>
<A HREF="http://www.wilderness.org">The Wilderness Society</A>
<A HREF="http://www.IFBE.org">International Federation of Butterfly Enthusiasts</A>
<A HREF="http://www.lib.uidaho.edu:70/docs/egj.html">Electronic Green Journal</A>
<A HREF="http://www.forestsforever.org/">FORESTS FOREVER HOME PAGE</A>
<A HREF="http://www.surajmukhi.cjb.net">Surajmukhi</A>
<A HREF="http://faraday.clas.virginia.edu/~djp2n/asle.html ">Association for the Study of Literature and Environment</A>
<A HREF="http://members.aol.com/GStigall">Native Habitats</A><A HREF="http://www.greenpeace.org" >Greenpeace</A>
<A HREF="http://www.enviroweb.org/ef/">EarthFirst! Journal</A>
<A HREF="http://www.nwf.org">National Wildlife Federation</A>
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