Resources

Please visit the websites of our partners in creating sustainable communities.

• Renewable Energy
  • Associations

    Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (http://www.cleanenergy.org/)

  • Certifications in Solar PV, Solar Thermal, and Small Wind Energy Systems

    Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (http://www.nabcep.org)

  • Solar
    • NABCEP Certified Installers in TN

      Big Frog Mountain Corporation, Chattanooga, TN (www.bigfrogmountain.com)

      Lightwave Solar Electric, Nashville, TN (www.lightwavesolarelectric.com)

  • Wind

    Appalachian State University Small Wind Initiative (www.wind.appstate.edu)

    Wind Powering America (www.windpoweringamerica.gov)

    American Wind Energy Association (www.awea.org)

• Food

  Cumberland Farmer's Market (http://sewanee.locallygrown.net)

  • The Future Of Food

    View a 10 minute introduction at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNezTsrCY0Q

  • Heirloom Seeds

    http://www.arkinstitute.com

    http://www.heirloomseeds.com/

    http://www.seedsavers.org/

    http://rareseeds.com/

    http://www.amishlandseeds.com/

    http://www.grannysheirloomseeds.com/

    http://www.victoryseeds.com/

    http://www.heirloomacresseeds.com/

    http://beprepared.com/ (search under seeds)

  • Saving/Harvesting Seeds

    http://www.arkinstitute.com

    http://www.montana.edu/wwwpb/pubs/mt9905.html

• Water

  Water Solutions, Rainwater Collection Systems, Joe Sumpter (Owner) (water_solutions@bellsouth.net)

• Community

  Intentional Communities (http://www.ic.org/)

• Green Products

  Green Home Environmental Products (http://sewanee.greenhome.com/products/)

• Education

  Green University LLC, Promoting a vision of green prosperity (http://www.greenuniversity.net)
  
  Country Home Journal (http://www.CountryHomeJournal.com)

  The Country Home Journal is a forum for sharing ideas on designing, building and maintaining a country place. It covers country homes, outbuildings and landscapes with a focus on using simple designs, building and living in harmony with nature, and on reducing costs in construction and maintenance.