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March 2007 Artist's Letter
SUSTAINABILITY
The quality or state of being able to cause to continue, nourish and endure a balance of available resources and the use of those resources. When this definition is focused on biological resources that humans and other species depend upon, we understand sustainability to mean: The quality or state of being able to provide for the support or maintenance of a recurrent increment of a resource such that the portion removed by one harvest is replaced by growth or reproduction before and after harvest occurs. In other words, don't use up a resource without allowing for the future availability of that resource to be used by the individual and the community.
Manage resources for the long term, don't exploit them for short term profits.
RESOURCES
SUSTAINABLE FUNDING & LEGISLATION
Sustainable Northwest: Bridging the urban and rural divide by providing innovative solutions to natural resource management, promoting sustainable legislative policy and providing networking opportunities for the sustainable forest products trade.
Sustainable Oregon: SustainableOregon.net communicates developments in Oregon state government and connects you with local agencies, organizations and businesses taking leadership roles in sustainable development.
Portland Office of Sustainable Development: Our mission is to provide leadership and contribute practical solutions to ensure a prosperous community where people and nature thrive, now and into the future.
Bioneers: An worldwide organization promoting educational and economic development programs in the conservation of biological and cultural diversity, traditional farming practices, and environmental restoration.
SUSTAINABLE HOMES
NW Ecobuilding Guild: For all things for building green: architects, designers, products.
Environmental Builders Supply: Portland based retailer of entirely green building products.
Imagine Energy: Information on saving energy in the home or business, includes cost savings charts and products.
Energy Trust of Oregon, Inc.: More information on energy self-reliance-renewable energy, tax credits, energy evaluations etc.
The ReBuilding Center: The ReBuilding Center is a popular destination for homeowners, do-it-yourselfers, contractors, artists, and enthusiasts interested in building with affordable, environmentally low impact materials. With an inventory that changes by the hour, The ReBuilding Center is the largest non-profit used building materials resource in North America.
Mother Earth News: "The Original Guide to Living Wisely". Home building, organic gardening, renewable energy, homesteading, food and cooking.
Natural Home Magazine: Offers today's health-conscious, environmentally concerned homeowners information needed to practice earth-inspired living.
SUSTAINABLE LIVING
New Road Map Foundation: Foundation committed to helping others understand and implement ways to simpler living and in turn, decrease the force of overconsumption in our world. Based upon the book "Your Money or Your Life".
Think Local First: The Think Local First campaign is working to make people aware that supporting local independent businesses is in our own self-interest. Links to events, business members, etc.
Freecycle: The Freecycle Network™ is made up of many individual groups across the globe. It's a grassroots movement of people who are giving (& getting) stuff for free in their own towns.
Food Alliance: Food Alliance is a non-profit organization that promotes sustainable agriculture by recognizing and rewarding farmers who produce food in environmentally friendly and socially responsible ways, and educating consumers and others in the food system about the benefits of sustainable agriculture. Certification and where to buy links.
Thriftway: Locally owned grocer that purchases locally grown and produced food products at an affordable price.
Tidepool: News for the Salmon Nation. Salmon nation is a place where the economy is not in conflict with the ecological health of the land. A place of diverse ideas, species and cultures. A place where riches flow from the vibrance of the streams, soils and seas. It is a place in which both salmon and people not only live ... but thrive.
Metro: Metro protects open space and parks, plans for land use and transportation, and manages garbage disposal and recycling for 1.3 million residents in three counties and 25 cities in the Portland, Oregon, region. Metro's page on all things recycling.
Thinkhost: ThinkHost, Inc. is a privately
owned USA based progressive company providing high performance web site hosting services to a global market.
The ReDirect Guide: The Portland metro area's healthy and sustainable lifestyle directory.
Better World: The environmentally friendly auto club - 24/7 emergency roadside assistance, bicycle assistance, travel - all the services that AAA offers with a progressive way of doing business!
Ecosky: EcoSky is a provider of leading internet services powered by clean, renewable, solar and wind energy. We provide internet access and host web sites using an infrastructure that draws power from the sun and wind.