Hi and thank you for your interest in suggesting a site[s] that might be good for Notes From The Suburban Frontier
Below are several lists that give you an idea what I am looking for.
Simply use the several questions below for your reply.
Thanks!
Have you made many of these changes where you live or know people who have?
* Grass to garden
* Edible landscaping
* Solar retrofits
* Rain water catchment
* Reclaim automobile space - garage to living space, driveway removal
* Habitat/native plantings
* Natural building
* Accessory structures
* Home Economics
* Other
Have you hosted tours to show your place, had media visits, been featured on TV or hard copy, written or made presentations about your experiences, offered workshops, inspired others to action, maybe have had character building "interactions" with the authorities,,,,,that turned out well or not?
Even better, are you involved with -
* Fences down between neighbors
* Neighborhood collaborations
* Green economics or credit unions
* Green Neighborhood/community economic development
* Mutual assistance/local economics networks
* Block Planning or Retrofit eco villages or eco neighborhoods with aspects of co housing such as N St Co-op in Davis, Cal or East Blair Housing Co-op in Eugene, Enright Ridge in Cinccinati
Also, "Allies and Assets" in the community - entities or programs to work with, the more unlikely the better
* Green collaborations in your community like City Repair in Portland, Or
* City programs and infrastructure made use of to move permaculture into the community such as Beacon Hill Food Forest in Seattle, Neighborhood Pathways in Olympia, Park Stewards in Eugene,
* Do you know about green activist neighborhood associations, either independent or affiliated with a city program
* Do you know of "Green" emergency preparedness or Neighborhood Watch such as found in Port Townsend, Wa
* City programs that promote urban agriculture on both private and public property
* Cooperative or private green business ventures like Camas Mills, Hummingbird Wholesale, Eugene
* Green economics or credit unions
* Green Neighborhood/community economic development
* Creative use/repurposing old industrial areas like in Worcester, Mass or in Jamaica Plain, Boston
* "Hard core" urban ag found in the Clifton area in Baltimore
* Creative non profits or ad hoc groups like Community Gardens in KC or Common Ground in Lawrence; School Garden Project, Willamette Farm and Food Coalition, Bean and Grain Project - Eugene
* Restoring inner city neighborhoods like the Urban Farm Guys in KC
* Communities of faith engaging the community like Thats My Farmer in Eugene or Grass Roots Garden in Eugene
* Progressive schools, public, charter, curriculum, gardens
* Green media
* Ad hoc organizations like active Permaculture guilds, urban homesteading groups or alternative learning centers
* College or University Curriculum that really is green
I would like to connect with are people taking initiative either ad hoc or with city programs, communities of faith, non profits or kindred spirits in the neighborhood to re purpose the [sub]urban landscape for taking care of more needs closer to home - food, energy, water, culture, safety, security, social uplift, economy. Regime change starts at home and in the neighborhood.
If your project looks like a good fit, I would like to interview people involved with exceptional projects - phone, google hangout, skype - projects at home, people involved with neighborhood and community initiatives that a wider audience should know about. Role models that can be adapted in other locations
Also of keen interest, what are the priority reasons for taking initiatives, what have been successful strategies and designs, what has not worked so well?
Items to include for your response,
* Your Name and contact
* Location, name of your project if it has one
* Short paragraph explaining your project such as -
when did you start, what have you done, benefits* Website, you tube video or magazine article about your project
* Fotos of your project, on line or please send me 3 or 4
* Please check the lists above to help with your response
Thank you!
Below are several lists that give you an idea what I am looking for.
Simply use the several questions below for your reply.
Thanks!
Have you made many of these changes where you live or know people who have?
* Grass to garden
* Edible landscaping
* Solar retrofits
* Rain water catchment
* Reclaim automobile space - garage to living space, driveway removal
* Habitat/native plantings
* Natural building
* Accessory structures
* Home Economics
* Other
Have you hosted tours to show your place, had media visits, been featured on TV or hard copy, written or made presentations about your experiences, offered workshops, inspired others to action, maybe have had character building "interactions" with the authorities,,,,,that turned out well or not?
Even better, are you involved with -
* Fences down between neighbors
* Neighborhood collaborations
* Green economics or credit unions
* Green Neighborhood/community economic development
* Mutual assistance/local economics networks
* Block Planning or Retrofit eco villages or eco neighborhoods with aspects of co housing such as N St Co-op in Davis, Cal or East Blair Housing Co-op in Eugene, Enright Ridge in Cinccinati
Also, "Allies and Assets" in the community - entities or programs to work with, the more unlikely the better
* Green collaborations in your community like City Repair in Portland, Or
* City programs and infrastructure made use of to move permaculture into the community such as Beacon Hill Food Forest in Seattle, Neighborhood Pathways in Olympia, Park Stewards in Eugene,
* Do you know about green activist neighborhood associations, either independent or affiliated with a city program
* Do you know of "Green" emergency preparedness or Neighborhood Watch such as found in Port Townsend, Wa
* City programs that promote urban agriculture on both private and public property
* Cooperative or private green business ventures like Camas Mills, Hummingbird Wholesale, Eugene
* Green economics or credit unions
* Green Neighborhood/community economic development
* Creative use/repurposing old industrial areas like in Worcester, Mass or in Jamaica Plain, Boston
* "Hard core" urban ag found in the Clifton area in Baltimore
* Creative non profits or ad hoc groups like Community Gardens in KC or Common Ground in Lawrence; School Garden Project, Willamette Farm and Food Coalition, Bean and Grain Project - Eugene
* Restoring inner city neighborhoods like the Urban Farm Guys in KC
* Communities of faith engaging the community like Thats My Farmer in Eugene or Grass Roots Garden in Eugene
* Progressive schools, public, charter, curriculum, gardens
* Green media
* Ad hoc organizations like active Permaculture guilds, urban homesteading groups or alternative learning centers
* College or University Curriculum that really is green
I would like to connect with are people taking initiative either ad hoc or with city programs, communities of faith, non profits or kindred spirits in the neighborhood to re purpose the [sub]urban landscape for taking care of more needs closer to home - food, energy, water, culture, safety, security, social uplift, economy. Regime change starts at home and in the neighborhood.
If your project looks like a good fit, I would like to interview people involved with exceptional projects - phone, google hangout, skype - projects at home, people involved with neighborhood and community initiatives that a wider audience should know about. Role models that can be adapted in other locations
Also of keen interest, what are the priority reasons for taking initiatives, what have been successful strategies and designs, what has not worked so well?
Items to include for your response,
* Your Name and contact
* Location, name of your project if it has one
* Short paragraph explaining your project such as -
when did you start, what have you done, benefits* Website, you tube video or magazine article about your project
* Fotos of your project, on line or please send me 3 or 4
* Please check the lists above to help with your response
Thank you!