Sustainable Living

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Rock cairn's are great but that doesn't mean you should build them. Check out the links below for more info: 

•   https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/stacking-rocks-wilderness-no-good-180955880/
• https://www.rock-piles.com/cairns.pdf 
• https://www.americantrails.org/files/pdf/AcadiaCairnsGorham03.pdf 
• https://ijw.org/wp-content/uploads/2003/12/Vol-09.No-1.Apr-03small.pdf#page=31 
• https://www.nps.gov/articles/rockcairns.htm 
• https://www.zionnationalpark.com/zion-national-park/balancing-act-the-history-of-rock-cairns-and-why-stacking-rocks-is-discouraged-in-zion/
• https://ecologyforthemasses.com/2019/07/04/stop-building-cairns/

Recommended Blogs, Videos, Articles & Readings

• https://www.vox.com/a/explain-food-america
  
• https://ecologyforthemasses.com/ 
  
• https://medium.com/@BBBNWP/10-ways-small-businesses-benefit-their-local-communities-7273380c90a9 
  
• https://www.staffordbc.gov.uk/characteristics-of-a-sustainable-community  
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaWKWodtHsI&t=10s 
  
• Talk Matters, Mary V. Gelinas
• Traditional Ecological Knowledge: the Third Alternative (Commentary), Raymond Pierotti and Daniel Wildcat ( https://www.fws.gov/nativeamerican/pdf/tek-pierrotti-wildcat-2000.pdf )
• Native Science: Natural Laws of Interdependence, Gregory Cajete
• Tending the Wild, M. Kat Anderson 
  
• The Omnivores Dilemma, Michael Pollan
• Braiding SweetGrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer
• Respect for Nature, Paul W. Taylor
• Ecology, Community and Lifestyle, Arne Næss
• Human Nature: A Blueprint for Managing the Earth-By People, For People, James Trefil
  
• Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability, and Peace, Vandana Shiva 
  
• Where Good Ideas Come From: A Natural History of Innovation, Steven Johnson 
  
• The Third Plate: Field Notes On The Future Of Food , Dan Barber
  
• Animal Vegetable Miracle, Barbara Kingsolver 
• Cradle to Cradle, Michael braungart
  
• The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability - Designing Abundance, Michael braungart
  
• Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm's Practical Guide To Liberation Of The Land , Leah Penniman 
  
• Nourished Planet , Danielle Nierenberg 
  
• The Humane Gardener, Nancy Lawson 
  
• Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost Of Cheap Fashion, Elizabeth L. Cline
  
•  A Life Less Throwaway, Tara Button (founder of the sustainable brand BuyMeOnce)
  
• A list of books and their descriptions- https://wtvox.com/sustainable-living/sustainable-living-books/