links
politics
alternet.org - Essential daily reading.
anotherposterforpeace.org - Free posters
nologo.org - Companion web site to naomi klein's amazing book of the same name.
syrculturalworkers.org - Progressive crap to buy. I love the Peace Calendar.
stayfreemagazine.org - According to their webpage, "Stay Free! is a print magazine focused on issues surrounding commercialism and American culture. It is published about every ten months... some people seem to think that's funny. Whatever, just send us your money. Subscriptions are $10 for three issues (or $19 if you work in the ad industry.)."
vegan
foodrevolution.com - Informative site run by John Robbins, the Baskin-Robbins heir-turned vegan activist. This site has a great "Ask John" feature.
truthbelts.com - Finally, cool vegan belts.
triroc.com/caroladams/ - Carol Adams' webpage, my ultimate hero, and my friend. Everyone must read Carol Adams' books right now. The Sexual Politics of Meat is the classic of hers, but it can be a little hard to read, so maybe start with The Pornography of Meat, which has lots of pictures, too. Hey! I have a recipe in Carol's new(ish) book, "Help! My Child Stopped Eating Meat!"
mooshoes.com - Vegan shoes and more in NYC.
vegetus.org/honey/honey.htm - Honey is not vegan!
cake organic baking - SO GORGEOUS! Ok, so you're a radical vegan anarchist, but you secretly want a fancy wedding cake for your unwedding/birthday/coming out party? Sweet sweet Laura is the goddess for you.
happycow.net and vegdining.com - Global listings of veg restaurants and health food stores.
farinc.org - Feminists for Animal Rights
madcowboy.com - Companion site to the book of the same name by former rancher-turned-vegan activist Howard Lyman. Send your texas rancher uncles there.
foodie
slowfood.com - The Slow Food movement is about taking the time to enjoy our food, which encompasses growing quality food, respecting and remembering where it comes from (the earth, farmers, etc) and just noticing the way good food can improve our lives. They have an irritating preoccupation with cheese and meat, but other than that they are cool.
naturalgourmetschool.com - If you're a healthy person in NYC, The Natural Gourmet, where I went to school, has good public classes on all aspects of healthy cooking, from nutrition to technique to herbs.
penzeys.com - Really, really good spices. A great smallish company committed to super high quality ingredients.
certified naturally grown - A better alternative to organic certification, created especially for small farmers by the farmer who grows my own food here in New Paltz.
environment
betterworldclub.com - Sustainable alternative to AAA. Excellent.
fryaway.com - Fry away veggie fuel!!
greenmountain.com - If your state has deregulated gas and electric, check this site to see if you can get green mountain to provide your electric -- it's only a tiny bit more expensive (in our case it came out to 2$ more a month for 4 people). They use hydro and renewable energy instead of the nuclear (yikes!) and coal our old company was using.
betterworldclub.com - A green alternative to triple A, which is actually an arm of the automotive industry and does things like send lobbyists to washington to encourage more highway building! BWC offers discounts on elecric and hybrid car rentals, and bike and electric car purchases.
otherpower.com - Alternative energy projects, like making your own windmill!
ucsusa.org -The Union of Concerned Scientists. Reliable environmental information.
changingtheclimate.com -YES!
greenmap.org -A grassroots mapping campaign that identifies environmental pros and cons of a city, including healthy restaurants, special trees, green stores, toxic dump sites, etc. There are green maps for many cities throughout the world now, but nyc was the first city to be greenmapped, and the map for nyc is really helpful. You can also find out how to get involved with the project through the website.
ecologyfund.com - A click-and-donate page
feminist
dykestowatchoutfor.com -the! best! cartoon! ever!
ecofem.org - "An educational resource for the philosophy and social movement that since the 1970s has come to be known as ecofeminism."
hagrag.bigstep.com - Impressive! This woman makes organic washable maxi pads in cute fabrics, and a lot of other cool stuff as well.
bluestockings.com - Ultra-awesome feminist bookstore in NYC.
ggbb.org The Guerrilla Girls, who educate and fight against gender disparity in the arts.
unmarried.org - Check out the "quotes about marriage" section.
beyondmarriage.org - "Beyond Same-Sex Marriage: A New Strategic Vision For All Our Families and Relationships." Excellent.
myvag.net -All about my vagina. Yours, too!
hipmama.com -"Because the baby's been up all night...and in the morning you have to overthrow the government."
jeankilbourne.com - Jean Kilborne has written a truly amazing book, called Can't Buy My Love: How Advertising Changes the Way We Think and Feel. In the book she deconstructs popular ads and you see how these ads that you look at a million times a day *do* affect you, and the powerful and terrible effect they can have if you continue to look at them without really seeing what they are.
breastcancerfund.org - Breast cancer prevention.
fertility awareness method
Natural birth control - no pills, no injections, no surgery! It's not the thythm method! FAM is a method of natural birth control for women that involves observing and recording your body changes throughout the month. It's much more accurate than the so-called "rhythm method." I suggest going to powells.com and getting the kickass book Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Weschler.
If you FAM-ers out there know of links i can add here, let me know.
fertaware.com - This is the best site I've seen on FAM, run by my friend Ilene. if you live in the NYC area, you can go here to find out where to take a class on this method.
inspiration/ ideas for alternative ways of living
egfs.org - A social justice commune in the heart of Seattle.
newdream.org - Great anti-consumerist information. very inspiring.
kunstler.com - James Howard Kunstler, author of The Long Emergency. Excellent personal site.
books
powells.com - I will never understand the preponderance of otherwise progressive people who shop at amazon when Powells is so much better.
bookcrossing.com -What a great idea! Book crossing tracks books that people have set "free." What happens is this: you go and register a book you love here and get an ID number. Then you download or make a label that you put in the book, leave the book somewhere where you know it will be found, and wait for someone to find it and go online and tell you all about it. How much do you love shit like this?
bluestockings.com - Feminist bookstore in nyc
leftbooks.com -"The people's resource."
stuff to buy
alonovo.com - P.C. marketplace
supermaggie.com - A barter friend. So gorgeous!
busybeaver.com - Affordable and well-made pins for your band/political campaign/vegan home meal delivery service.
littleandthegirl.com - Holy fuck! She will make you a stuffed animal that looks like your pet!
rebecca's recycled 'riters - Why didn't anyone think of this before?
Don't buy American Apparel - Full disclosure: I have a closet full of AA. : (
random
entelechyjournal.com - A beautiful journal of ideas.
holisticat.com - How to raise your cat holistically.
salon.com/comics - Lynda Barry!
marlysmagazine.com - Lynda Barry!
greendrinks.org -"Every month people who work in the environmental field meet up for a beer at informal sessions known as Green Drinks."