Resources
You can also help not us personally, but the planet as a whole, by striving to live in a sustainable manner yourself. Educate yourself on environmental issues, lobby politicians for political change, and do what you can to use renewable energy and recycle. Here are some resources we here at the Valley have found useful and informative to get you started:
Recommended Movie Documentaries:
Most of these are in the Sanctuary library and are watched regularly by residential volunteers. Some are works we'd like to add to the Valley collection and are marked with a star (*). Any DVDs you'd care to donate will be enjoyed by many eyeballs!
- The Corporation
- The Greening of Cuba
- Bowling for Columbine
- 911 In Plane Site
- Fahreinheit 911 [thanks to Susan Henrick for donating this DVD]
- The Laramie Project
- Super Size Me
- The Coconut Revolution *
Recommended Websites
- The Carbon Neutral Company - coming to New Zealand? Reduce the environmental impact of your long haul flight by offsetting carbon emissions
- The EnviroLink Network - a non-profit organization which has been providing access to thousands of online environmental resources since 1991
- RAN - Rainforest Action Network
- Rainforest Web
- Make Poverty History
- Indymedia - a collective of independent media organizations and hundreds of journalists offering grassroots, non-corporate coverage.
- Centre for Alternative Technology - loads of useful information on renewable energy and sustainable building
- BTCV Handbooks Online - excellent and practical conservation handbooks from the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers
- Department of Conservation
- Vegetarian Organizations and Web Sites
- Ecological Footprint Quiz
- The Travel Directory
- The Career Break Site - Career break? Everything you need is here.
- TouristPick
Recommended Articles
Please note these articles are provided for your information - they do not necessarily reflect staff views, nor Sanctuary policy.
State of the World
Health and Diet
Recreation
- Karma Yoga in Daily Life by Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati
- Karma Yoga - the End of Karma by Rishi Nityabodhananda Saraswati
Recommended Reading
- The Whole House (Borer & Harris, 2005)
- The New Natural House Book (Pearson, 1998)
- Environmental Science in Building (McMullan, 2001)
- Green Building Materials: A Guide to Product Selection and Specification (Spiegel & Meadows, 2006)
- "Ecovillage Living: Restoring the Earth and Her People" by Hildur Jackson & Karen Svensson
- "Take it Personally, How Globalization Affects You" by Anita Roddick
- "Super Foods, NZ Guide: Foods that Enforce Immune Systems" by Katherine Joyce Smith
