Materialism Links

AdBusters www.adbusters.org

AdBusters is a global network of artists, activists, writers, pranksters, students, educators and entrepreneurs who want to advance the new social activist movement of the information age.   (Includes information on the "Buy Nothing Day" movement at http://adbusters.org/metas/eco/bnd/)

Affluenza www.pbs.org/kcts/affluenza/

Affluenza is a one-hour PBS television special that explores the high social and environmental costs of materialism and overconsumption.

Co-op America www.coopamerica.org/

Co-op America, a national nonprofit organization founded in 1982, provides the economic strategies, organizing power, and practical tools for businesses and individuals to address today's social and environmental problems. While many environmental organizations choose to fight important political and legal battles, Co-op America is the leading force in educating and empowering our nation's people and businesses to make significant improvements through the economic system. It publishes several newsletters and the much-celebrated "Green Pages" listings.

The Fellowship for Intentional Community www.ic.org/

The vision for this site is "To build a better world by sharing information, encouraging and strengthening connections, and raising awareness of the options of intentional community. The IC Web site shares the tools, resources, experience, and values of the intentional communities movement around the world to help create a more sustainable human future."

Institute for Community Economics www.iceclt.org/

ICE, founded in 1967, is a national organization that promotes the just allocation of resources in communities in ways that address the needs of low-income families. Through technical assistance, financial support, and advocacy, ICE builds the capacity of a national network of community land trusts (CLTs) and other locally controlled organizations for permanently affordable housing and community economic development.

The New Road Map Foundation http://www.newroadmap.org

(From the producers of the classic book, "Your Money or Your Life")  The New Road Map Foundation seeks to foster a cooperative human community in a diverse yet interconnected world by creating and disseminating practical tools and innovative approaches to personal and cultural change. We promote love and service as routes to personal and social well-being.

Rami Shapiro www.rabbirami.com/

rabbi rami: roadside assistance for your spiritual journey

(and resources for culture jamming)

Rami has been called a Stand Up Mystic, the Jewish Alan Watts, and a Holy Rascal. What he is is a funny, entertaining, iconoclastic, and insightful teacher who loves to help people wake up to the presence of God.. While grounded in Jewish spiritual teachings, Rami is a bridge between traditions, and brings an inter-spiritual dimension to the human quest for wisdom.

The Simple Living Network www.simpleliving.net/webofsimplicity/the_garden_of_simplicity.asp

Tools, Examples & Contacts For Conscious, Simple, Healthy & Restorative Living

Simply Living www.simplyliving.org

Simply Living links to over 210 of the best organizations and web sites on peace, the environment, sustainability and more.