1. Support local organic
farmers
Laguna Farms (Sebastopol)
823-0823, www.lagunafarms.org
Grossi Farms (Petaluma
Hill Rd, across the street from campus) 664-1602
Santa Rosa Farmers Market
(Veteran’s Building, Wed and Sat 8:30 – noon)
2. Volunteer
Occidental Arts and
Ecology Center (www.oaec.org, 874-1557,
volunteer day on Wednesday – focus on sustainability, arts and culture,
organic farming, community living)
Project Censored
(664-2500, Stevenson 2087, censored@sonoma.edu).
Course credits available for interns.
Organize on issues of
globalization – local “green bloc” group (www.adoptanactivist.org - look under
“Green Bloc,” 523-4304)
SSU Student Coalition for
Global Justice, Wednesday eves at 6 at the ICC.
Food Not Bombs –
serving food to the homeless in Santa Rosa, every Sunday 5-7 in Courthouse
Square. fnbsonoma@hotmail.com
3. Shop mindfully –
resources on www.newdream.org
4. Conscious parenting
– resources on www.newdream.org
5. Educate yourself
further. Study groups on
sustainable living, voluntary simplicity, sense of place, deep ecology, and
globalization, are available through the Northern California Earth Institute,
based in the Hutchins School – 664-3179, www.sonoma.edu/hutchins/ncei.
(These study groups are a great way to build community).
6. Volunteer for the 2004
Presidential campaign, and vote!
7. Join Moveon.org for
email updates on current political issues and opportunities for electronic
activism. www.moveon.org
8. . Minimize your intake
of commercial media, replacing it with independent, non-commercial sources.
KPFA 94.1 FM
9. Support a thriving
local culture. Attend (or contribute to) open mikes, book talks, community
festivals, local theatrical and musical performances. Support street musicians.
Build community with pot-lucks, music and poetry circles.
10. Only do as many of
these as you want to do. Pay attention to your intuition and choose actions
that feel right to you. Add your own.