Through Solari, Catherine Austin Fitts offers a unique perspective on the global financial system and on the political economy. Solari is founded on the vision that bringing intimacy to how money works transforms our world. We do this by helping you learn to invest in people, communities, natural resources, and diversified enterprises that you and your networks know and trust in a manner that creates real wealth and security for yourself, your family, and your business.

The C12 Group of Southern California is committed to helping Christian business leaders fulfill their calling of running their companies in a way that fulfills God’s purpose. This is done through dynamic roundtable business groups specifically designed for Christian Business Owners, Presidents and CEOs, where MBA level materials are studied, questions are asked, and members help one another grow their businesses.

Urban Homestead – founded by Jules Dervaes (Dur-VAYS) in 2001, Path to Freedom is a grassroots, family operated, viable urban homesteading project established to promote a simpler and more fulfilling lifestyle and reduce one family’s “footprint” on the earth’s dwindling resources.  The mission of the Dervaes Institute is to expand Path to Freedom’s worldwide outreach program, which will provide sustainable solutions in the present and for future generations, honoring the legacy of Jules Dervaes, Sr.

The 3/50 Project – movement to encourage shopping at independent local stores.

Inspiration Corp -started as a grass roots movement and has become a good sized organiztion helping empower the homeless.

Yard Sharing Community – Join hyperlocavore to find or start a yard share in your town.  Hyperlocavore encourages yard sharing, group gardens and serial yard farms. They hope to introduce people with green thumbs to folks with space to grow food. Yard sharing makes sense – rarely does time space skills and strength occur all in one person!  Find people to grow with!

Genuine Progress Indicator – If policymakers measure what really matters to people—health care, safety, a clean environment, and other indicators of well-being—economic policy would naturally shift towards sustainability.

Garden Girl TV – A website dedicated to informing and educating the world on methods for Urban Sustainable Living. She has created a series of how-to videos and web pages.

Seed Resources List – For anyone looking to purchase seed for next year, here is a list of some companies that sell seed free from Monsanto ties.

Santa Monica Coop Grocer – Co-opportunity is the only cooperative natural grocer in the Los Angeles Metro area and has been a member-owned healthy living resource since 1974.

Abundant Harvest Organics - Recipes List – a revolutionary system for delivering 24-hour fresh organic food to your table at equal or lower price as modern foods. This process of cutting out the middlemen and reconnecting you to the family farm is simple.

EcoloBlue Atmospheric Water Generators – these machines pull water out of the air, filter it and optionally heat it.  They provide home use models as well as industrial models.

Growing Power, Inc – provides hands-on training, on-the-ground demonstration, outreach and technical assistance through the development of Community Food Systems that help people grow, process, market and distribute food in a sustainable manner.

Gardens of Gratitude – project to plant 100 gardens in Santa Monica, CA.  Site has some local resources for urban gardeners.

Kleen Canteen – these guys sell a nice stainless water bottle.

Costa Rica – In case you need to skip town

Amy’s Farm – Southern California farm provides tours for $7.  They are also doing a lot to preserve farmland and educate around sustainability.

Veggie Trader – a free resource for bringing good food and good people together.

Organic Food Resources – a list of helpful resources provided by Michael Pollan.

Acumen Fund – an interesting way to invest/give.

Post Peak Living – a resource website pooling information on how to survive in a post peak oil world.

Big Berkey Water Filters – filter all the garbage out of your drinking water.

Live Power Community Farm – pretty impressive sustainable farm that provides farming internship program.

Fluoride Action Network -website fighting against water fluoridation.

Bioneers.org – an emerging culture of social and scientific innovators who are mimicking nature’s operating instructions to serve human ends while enriching the web of life. We take a “solve-the-whole-problem” approach: Taking care of nature means taking care of people – and taking care of people means taking care of nature.

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