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Chesapeake Light Craft : Wood/epoxy kayak kits and plans. 30 boat kits, including canoes, rowing and sailing craft, and power boats.

Nigel Irens Design : Accomplished, creative and versatile English designer of boats from Open 60 racing tris to neo-traditional luggers.

Tarawa, a Proa For One : 16' strip planked proa by Gary Dierking. Free plans available for updated 18' version.

Polynesian Voyaging Society : Educational and Inspirational group in Hawaii that builds and sails replica voyaging canoes. Home of Hokule`a.

McGowan Marine Design : Boat designer Laurie McGowan's site focuses on environmentally friendly human and sail powered small boats.

RealClimate - Climate Science : A commentary site on climate science by working climate scientists for the interested public and journalists.

Small Sailboats UK : William Serjeant's site devoted to environmentally friendly small sailboats.

ASPO - The Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas : Founded by Dr. Colin Campbell - engineer and Peak Oil prophet. Influential group.

Traditional Small Craft Association : Mission: to preserve and continue the living traditions, skills, lore, and legends surrounding working and pleasure watercraft whose origins predate the marine gasoline engine. It encourages the design, construction, and use of these boats, and it embraces contemporary variants and adaptations of traditional designs.

Peaboy’s Sailing Blog : Sailing in and around Puget Sound.

Home - The Simple Living Network : Tools, examples & contacts for conscious, simple, healthy & restorative living. By Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin - authors of "Your Money or Your Life".

Tumbleweed Tiny House Company : Architect Jay Shafer lives in a charming house he designed that is all of 100 sq. ft.

What is Sustainable Design : Article on sustainable design from an architecture standpoint. "Sustainable design can actually make you money. So why aren't more owners and developers doing it? Mostly, it has to do with lack of knowledge. Once owners understand the economic implications of green design strategies, the term "knowledge is power" takes on a whole new meaning."

Sail Transport Network : Are the days of tall ships really over? Civilization has extracted vast resources of tall trees, such that only 5% remain in many forests such as the American Pacific Northwest. Yet, smaller boats of sail and canoe design will still be useful, and employ renewable energy: the wind. Through the cultivation of reeds, hemp and other materials and conservation of trees, sustainable transport and trade will take us well into the new millennium as oil is running out.

Native Forest Council : The Mission: to fully protect and preserve every acre of publicly owned land in the United States.

Ming the Mechanic : "An old rigid civilization is reluctantly dying. Something new, open, free and exciting is waking up." Great blog and great food for thought by Fleming Funch - always something worth reading.

Ecotopia : Misson: to develop, promote and market methodologies, technologies and products that conserve natural resources and advance our planet towards sustainability through the use of solar energy.

The New Farm : News and resources for sustainable, organic farming.

SynEarth : News : Very deep resource on all things synergistic and sustainable by Timothy Wilken MD.

Arthur Noll’s Harmony : Excellent online book about one man's search for a just and sustainable way of living.

CounterPunch : "America's Best Newsletter" edited by Alexander Cockburn and Jeffry St. Claire. Constant progressive essay feed.

James Wharram Catamarans : Polynesian catamaran designs and commentary by the inimitable James Wharram.

Lowbagger : News, essays, and poetry around environmental activism, published by Mike Roselle - the founder of Earth First.

Xymphora : Nobody knows who the blogger known as Xymphora is, but he sure is plugged in to the geopolitical gossip scene. Can't stay away.

WoodenBoat Forum : Online forum of Woodenboat Magazine. Great people, wonderful resource.

Treehugger : The green consumer products/lifestyle filter. Huge resource.

Medialens : Correcting for the distorted vision of the corporate media. MediaLens is a response to the unwillingness, or inability, of the mainstream media to tell the truth about the real causes and extent of many of the problems facing us, such as human rights abuses, poverty, pollution and climate change.

Energy Bulletin : Energy and Peak Oil News. A clearinghouse for current information regarding the peak in global energy supply. Updated daily.

Yahoo! Groups: Proa File : Proa File International is a public world-wide forum for the discussion all aspects of proas and outrigger sailing canoes, including design, sailing, building, racing, cruising, and history.

Watertribe - Everglades Challenge : The purpose of WaterTribe is to encourage the development of boats, technique, and equipment for safe and efficient coastal cruising using minimal impact human and wind powered watercraft based on kayaks, canoes, and small sailboats. Home of the Everglades Challenge Adventure Race.

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