- Secular Paganism
- embrace radical homemaking
- question needs vs. wants
- do without
- embrace frugality
- donate to, buy from thrift stores, freecycle
- reuse, mend it, use what we have, wear it out
- share resources
- buy green energy
- recycle 50% or more of our waste
- small footprint, recycled old home
- insulate home, make green changes as able
- heat set at 62F, wear layers, wool blankets
- no a/c, use shutters, sea breeze, ceiling fans
- limit chemicals in home
- clothesline laundry
- know our farmers
- eat local, buy local
- food, not lawns
- organic garden, compost, plant intensively
- our garden is both Certified Wildlife Habitat and Certified Bee Friendly
- reel mower, rechargeable weed whacker
- eat at home
- pack meals for days out
- drink tap water, use steel water bottles
- cloth napkins
- make coffee at home
- make, put-by, preserve, can, ferment, freeze food
- bake own bread, bake from scratch
- eat whole foods, mostly meatless
- bulk buy groceries, co-op
- cloth shopping bags
- question travel
- organize errands efficiently, combine trips/carpool
- indie bookstores, use the library
Bee Friendly Farming
Buy Local-Portland
Crown O' Maine Organic Cooperative
Cultivating Community
Fedco Seeds Co-op Gardening Supplies
Get Real, Get Maine
Habitat For Humanity-ReStore
Kitchen Gardeners
Koviashuvik
Local Sprouts
Maine Green Building Supply
Maine Interfaith Power & Light
Maine Organic Gardeners and Farmers Association
National Wildlife Federation
NeighborGoods
Portland Food Co-op of Maine
Portland Maine Winter Farmers' Market
Project Laundry List
Saco Farmers' Market
Saco River Winter Market
Taproot Magazine