MUM courses:
- Energy Use by Man and Nature
- Hands On Course In Sustainable Technologies
- Permaculture Design Certification
- Sustainability Forest Academy
- Artisan Foods and the Slow Food Movement
- Local Economy
Grinnell College courses:
Resource Center
Ben
-lab certification
-radio
-project " conversion to solar street lights
-web research
http://www.localharvest.org/ Local harvest is a website that provides information on what local markets that are available, where they are, and other goods produced locally in your area. On the home page all you have to do is click on what your looking for and type in your zip and hit the search button. What you will find is a little map and a detailed list of things avaibale to you in your area. If you find one you like just click on it and all the info you need is right there.
Back on the home page there are a list of all the new members, a link to the shop page, which lists every thing avaible, and a few statements about what the site is and stands for. For example, ‘The best organic food is what's grown closest to you. Use our website to find farmers' markets, family farms, and other sources of sustainably grown food in your area, where you can buy produce, grass-fed meats, and many other goodies. Want to support this great web site? Shop in our catalog for things you can't find locally!’
There are several taps that you can click threw to read and gather information about what is going on around the country in the local market arena. The blog page is a nice little summary of stories from around the country that gives a little detail and insight into the type of places and people that are involved in this movement.
The web page is a great example of how a few people got together with an idea, and went to work.
the story of stuff is a website that, well, as the home page states ‘story of stuff--From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It'll teach you something, it'll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever.’
The site is interactive as Annie Leonard talks us threw a well and simply animated video to help keep the audience entertained and in doing so has us sending the link to friends. the information is well thought out and put together in a package that takes a hold of you. pay attention to the video as it is an amazing example of how the simplicity of something can speak volumes.
With several other pages to click threw to its easy to get lost for a few hours reading and searching all the links the site makes referrance to. Also, , there a videos, and other media related things that you can purchase. In all, I like, the website in that is tells a great story, majority unknown im sure, and really drives home the point that there is an issue and something needs to be done soon.