Links for Local and Regional Action for Sustainability, Social Justice and Spiritual Fulfillment - prepared for BUF ATD - Symposium - March 7th , 2009
Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship - Awakening The Dreamer - Symposium

Local Action Possibilities - Here are some organizations Sustainable Bellingham or Bellingham IONS enjoy communicating and collaborating with. -Lynnette Allen
http://lynnallen.net/CClinks.html

You can become familiar with, join, support, volunteer with:

Environmental Sustainability

BUF Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship - Green Sanctuary Program    http://buf.org/gsp/gindex.html
Sustainable Bellingham http://sustainablebellingham.org - Contact: Lynnette Allen    lynallen4chg@yahoo.com
Sustainable Connections http://sustainableconnections.org
ReSources http://re-sources.org
Community2Community Development http://foodjustice.org
Transition Whatcom - http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/
Small Potatoes Gleaning Project http://gleaningproject.org
Urban Agricultural Projects in Whatcom County: See http://sustainablebellingham.org
Cascadia Mediation and Training http://www.cascadiatraining.com/
WWU Environmental Center - http://earth.as.wwu.edu
   Group Contact: AS.earth@wwu.edu
WCC - Whatcom Community College - http://www.whatcom.ctc.edu/
BTC - Bellingham Technical College - http://www.btc.ctc.edu/
NWIC - Northwest Indian College - http://www.nwic.edu/

Spiritual Fulfillment

Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship programs
Bellingham Friends Meeting - http://www.geocities.com/bellinghamfriendsmeeting/
First Congregational Church - http://www.fccb.net/
Christ The Servant Lutheran Church - http://www.christtheservant.com/
Center for Spiritual Living - http://centerforspiritualliving-bellingham.org/index.htm
Unity Church - http://www.unitybellingham.org/
Interfaith Community Church, Seattle, WA http://interfaithcc.ning.com/
   
And many others. Also, Women's Spirituality, Indigenous groups, Nature-oriented groups.

BIONS - Bellingham Institute Of Noetic Sciences http://bions.net
Wise Awakening - Bellingham - http://wiseawakening.com

 

Social Justice

Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship programs and events
Whatcom Peace & Justice Center - http://www.whatcompjc.org/
WHRTF - Whatcom Human Rights Task Force - http://www.whrtf.org/
WWU and Fairhaven College:

WIF - World Issues Forum -http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1538/198858/    Contact: Shirley Osterhaus shirley.osterhaus@wwu.edu
AS clubs - social issues
   http://as.wwu.edu/clubs/categorical/?type=SOC
ASP Social Controversy Speakers Series
   http://as.wwu.edu/programs/as-productions/controversy.php

Groups Bringing the Tri-Vision of ATD Together Locally:

BUF - Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship - programs and community events
ATD - Awakening The Dreamer Facilitators group - Bellingham "Wild Geese"
   Kathryn Fentress, Contact kfentress@earthlink.net - presenting Symposiums locally
   See: Pachamama Alliance - Awakening The Dreamer: Changing The Dream Symposiums
   http://awakeningthedreamer.org
Bellingham IONS - Bellingham Institute of Noetic Sciences - http://bions.net/events
   (Thursday, March 23, 2009 BIONS event - Yes! magazine editor, Sarah Van Gelder, will    speak on Promoting Economic Change in our communities.)
   Contact Cyndy Sheldon, Contact cyndy.sheldon@comcast.net
Sustainable Bellingham community events
Village Books - http://villagebooks.booksense.com/NASApp/store/IndexJsp
WWU and other colleges - community events
WWU - World Issues Forum

Regional Groups

BIONEERS - "biological pioneers" or Collective Heritage Institute - http://bioneers.org
SCALLOPS - Sustainable Communities All Over Puget Sound www.scallopswa.org
NWEI - Northwest Earth Institute http://nwei.org
World Peace Emerging - http://worldpeaceemerging.com
Wilderness Awareness School, Duval, WA - http://wildernessawareness.org
and many, many more.
Yes! magazine - http://www.yesmagazine.org/

National Action Groups

Post Carbon Institute - http://www.postcarbon.org/
Peak Moment TV - http://peakmoment.tv
Green For All - http://ellabakercenter.org/greenforall.html
Obama's Plan for Clean Energy -    http://obama.3cdn.net/4465b108758abf7a42_a3jmvyfa5.pdf
1 Sky - http://www.1sky.org/about
Move On - Clean Energy campaign - http://pol.moveon.org/cleanenergyfuture/