Free Resources for
Creating and Living
in an Elm Street Economy
A wealth of helpful
information, books,
DVD's, websites, workshops, and blogs to help
for you, your
family, and your local community shift to a sustainable Elm
Street Economy.
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Elm Street
Library
Dozens of books and e-books on supporting yourself in the Elm
Street Economy.
Understanding What's Happening.
Details and background on how we got into the situation we face today and
what why need to do to protect our future with an Elm Street Economy.
Resources from Middle-Class Lifeboat:
Simplifying Your Life. Making sense of your time, money, space, and stuff, including how to help children understand the value of simpler living.
Bringing the Best of Country Life to Town,
City, or Suburb. Discovering how urban pioneers are bringing
back the skills and lifestyles common in our rural and small-town past when
most everyone knew how to provide for the essentials of life within their
local communities.
Living Off the Grid - Powering Down. Ideas and resources how to live save money and the environment by living more sustainably, including building or converting your home to rely on renewable sources of energy.
Living Together: Shared Home, Shared Communities. The in's and out's of why and how millions of people are deciding to live with family, friends, and neighbors in shared homes, and intentional communities, including cohousing and eco-villages.
Relocating to a Small City or Town. Sometimes building your lifeboat begins by moving to a more inviting and sustainable community. Find ratings of local communities, lists of art communities, rural areas, places to retire, charming towns and villages, family-friendly towns, green-value communities, demographic information, and more.
Living Rent-Free in Inviting Locales. How to find a position caretaking, inn-sitting tales, training, and placement opportunities.
Living Abroad. Resources for exploring and comparing life in many countries including taxes, property law, work permits and visas, and helpful agencies and organizations.