ALTERNATIVES TO CONSUMERISM (The Qalandar School, 1314 8th St., Boulder, CO 80302) is based in Thailand and provides educational materials and training on alternatives to consumerism. Drawing on Asian values, they also utilize curricula and knowledge from the West, especially in the realm of voluntary simplicity.

BAY AREA ACTION (715 Colorado Ave Ste 1, Palo Alto, CA 94303-3913; www.baaction.org) is hosting an art and poetry contest for Earth Day 1999, to give students an opportunity to explore the concept of sustainability and to creatively express their ideas through art. They are collaborating with other groups such as Youth for Environmental Sanity (YES!).

THE CO-INTELLIGENCE INSTITUTE (436 48th St., Oakland, CA 94609; www.co-intelligence.org) provides broad-range thinking about Y2K and works on projects that support positive outcomes.

COTTONWOOD FOUNDATION (Box 10803, White Bear Lake, MN 55110; www.pressenter.com/~cottonwd/) is a funding organization that promotes empowerment of people, protection of the environment and respect for cultural diversity. The foundation funds grassroots organizations that rely strongly on volunteer efforts.

CRABGRASS (3181 Mission St. #30, San Francisco, CA 94110; www.crabgrass.org) helps displaced people in Kosova. They supply medicines to a clinic in Pristina which was built by Albanian women who are a force for peace and nonviolence.

EARTHLIGHT (1558 Mercy St., Mountain View, CA 94041; www.earthlight.org) seeks a renewed earth and humanity and works to ensure a future for our children that is rooted in an earth-based, creation-centered spirituality. Publishes an excellent newsletter.

EARTHSAVE, SEATTLE CHAPTER (PO Box 9422, Seattle, WA 98109; www.tasteofhealth.org) provides education to help people make more healthful and environmentally sound food choices and to be wiser in their use of natural resources.

ECOLOGY ACTION (5798 Ridgewood Rd., Willits, CA 95490-9730) promotes and teaches sustainable agriculture to help reverse hunger, malnutrition and soil erosion. Our grant supports the Kaisagat Environmental Youth Project in Kenya.

FREMONT TIME (4128 Fremont Ave. Ave. N., Seattle, WA 98103) serves as a "bank" for recording exchange of hours of services as an alternative to the cash economy. Its goal includes building friendships and community.

FRIENDS OF PEACE PILGRIM (43480 Cedar Ave., Hemet, CA 92544) offers publications free to those who ask. The words of Peace Pilgrim relate many examples of dealing lovingly and fearlessly with violent and confused persons and tells of unique solutions to problems.

GENESIS FARM (41A Silver Lake Rd., Blairstown, NJ 07825-9524) offers Earth Literacy programs with focus on the connections between the health and sustainability of the earth and the health of human communities. Program topics include organic gardening, sustainable agriculture, appropriate technology, nutrition, simplicity, ecological ethics and global ecological security.Global Living Project (Gr 4 Comp 17 RR #1, Winlaw, BC, V0G 2J0, Canada) explores the measurement of Ecological Footprint and supports the evolution of low-consumption lifestyles.

HARVEST MOON (14363 Oren Rd. N., Scandia, MN 55073; www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/3226/) is a sustainable living education center based at a family farm. It assists people in search for meaning, balance and community while nurturing the environment and animals through responsible gardening, agricultural practices and animal husbandry. Programs include farm school, workshops, community action and gardens.

KCTS 9 (401 Mercer St., Seattle, WA 98109-4640; www.pbs.org/affluenza) is a PBS television affiliate. NRM funded a proposal to produce "Escape From Affluenza," a sequel to "Affluenza," a documentary educating Americans on the overconsumption existing in this country.

LOST VALLEY EDUCATIONAL CENTER (81868 Lost Valley Lane, Dexter, OR 97431; www.efn.org/~lvec) offers a Deep Agroecology Apprenticeship program, open to applicants from around the world, who focus on permaculture and creative models of sustainable agriculture and sustainable culture.

MAASAI ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE COALITION (2020 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 136, Washington, DC 20006) works to protect Maasai environment, wildlife and habitat, and Maasai indigenous land rights.

THE MEDIA FOUNDATION (1243 West 7th Ave., Vancouver, B.C., V6H 1B7, Canada; www.adbusters.org) teaches media literacy and educates people about how their choices to consume are destroying the Earth. They publish a quarterly magazine called Adbusters and originated the idea of Buy Nothing Day.

NORTHWEST EARTH INSTITUTE (Ste. 532, 921 SW Morrison St., Portland, OR 97205) is a grassroots organization working to nurture the natural desire of the individual to protect the Earth; one focus is reducing overconsumption through voluntary simplicity. Their workplace study groups are in high demand.

PEACEWORKS' CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVING (804-C E Broadway, Columbia, MO 65201; www.peaceworks.missouri.org) provides outreach and education for earth-friendly lifestyle choices.

PHINNEY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION (6532 Phinney Ave. N., Seattle, WA 98103; www.poppyware.com/pna/) provides a wide range of speakers and programs related to voluntary simplicity and study circles.

PLENTY (PO Box 394, Summertown, TN 38483; www.plenty.org) works to demonstrate that if we protect, manage wisely and share the abundance of the earth, there will be enough for all. Their projects are in Latin America and the U.S.

POSITIVE FUTURES NETWORK (PO Box 10818, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110; www.futurenet.org) publishes "Yes! A Journal of Positive Futures" quarterly. They help shape and support the evolution of sustainable cultures and communities.

RESILIENT COMMUNITIES PROJECT (E. 525 Mission Ave., Spokane, WA 99202-1824; www.resilientcommunities.org) is a forum for focusing conversation, action and learning about how to make our personal lives and our communities more resilient and sustainable, and how to help our planet return to a state of ecological balance.

SIMPLY LIVING (200 Crestview Rd, Columbus, OH 43202; www.simplyliving.org/sl) teaches people to live responsibly and joyfully in relation to the earth and each other.

SUSTAINABLE SEATTLE (514 Minor Ave. N., Seattle, WA 98109; www.sen.org/sustainable/susthome.html) seeks to protect and improve the area's long-term health and vitality by raising awareness and application of the links between economic prosperity, social equity, and environmental durability.

THE OTHER ECONOMIC SUMMIT (TOES) (97 Secretariat 6612 Piney Branch Rd. NW, Washington, D.C. 20012; www.pender.ee.upenn.edu/~rabii/toes/) meets annually, in the same time period as The G8 Economic Summit, to address alternative interpretations of and solutions to economic issues.

YOUTH FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SANITY/YES! (420 Bronco Rd., Soquel, CA 95073; www.yesworld.org) sponsors summer camps for young people from diverse ethnic and economic backgrounds who desire to make our world a better place. The camps foster a sense of community and team spirit and a commitment to living simply.

FREMONT PUBLIC ASSOCIATION (PO Box 31151, Seattle, WA 98103) has Lettuce Link Program, which delivers donated produce and seeds from P-patches to local food banks.

REAL CHANGE HOMELESS EMPOWERMENT PROJECT (2129 Second Ave., Seattle, WA 98121; www.realchangenews.org) operates the Streetlife Gallery cooperative to provide and promote an artistic and dignified working environment and art gallery for persons in financial difficulty.

SEATTLE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY (PO Box 85870, Seattle, WA 98145-1870) is an ecumenical, Christian housing ministry that seeks to eliminate poverty housing and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action. By having needy and affluent people work together, Habitat builds new relationships and a sense of community along with housing.

SEATTLE YOUTH GARDEN WORKS (Church Council of Greater Seattle, 4759 15th Ave. NE, Seattle, WA 98105) creates opportunities for youth-in-need to cultivate self-reliance and integration with community and nature by promoting personal, social and environmental awareness and responsibility through horticulture-based education, employment and entrepreneurial activities.