Community Renewal

What does a Post-Petroleum Local Economy have to do with Community? Well, quite a bit. Our healthcare and education systems are highly dependent on cheep abundant fossil fuels to name a few. What will these systems look like post-peak? Where will our medicine come from? How will we get our children to school? What will we eat? How will we heat our homes? Once again, the theme is RE-LOCALIZE. These people are working to answer those questions.

Healthcare

Heath Alternatives for All Locals (HAALo) is a newly emerging non-profit organization working to build a local medicinal infrastructure including an apothacary, clinic, medicinal farms and more.

Insight Directory is filled with local healthcare practitioners, check out Insightful Bits, Suzie Daggett’s blog, to watch video interviews with many local doctors, healers, and body workers.

Education

Several charter schools have alternative, sustainability-minded educational programs. Here are links to them: Yuba River Charter School, Grass Valley Charter, Forest Charter, Bitney Springs College Prep, Nevada City School of the Arts.

Local Food

Local Food Coalition is an email listserve connecting food activists, farmers and consumers to buy, sell, trade, learn, share, and discuss food related issues.

Nevada County Grown is our local marketing organization promoting food, fiber, and other agricultural products to local consumers. Pick up a Farm Guide at the APPLE Center, or see it online here: Nevada County Farm Guide

Live Healthy Nevada County – Food and Nutrition Action Committee Mission is to ensure healthy families by educating and connecting parents and children to fresh, local, seasonal food through the development of school gardens, the promotion of nutritious food options in the schools, and facilitating community to farm connections.

Housing

Housing is our greatest opportunity to conserve energy. As it turns out, when we make our home more energy efficient, we also make them safer, healthier, stronger, and more comfortable to live in!

Habitat for Humanity Re-Use Store, at 12359 Loma Rica Road, Grass Valley is open Wed-Sat 9am-4pm.

Habitat Green Building Class Schedule

Sierra Green Building Association – find local green contractors in their directory.

DeMaranville Construction

Balance Point Home Performance

Sustainable Energy Group

Tekton Construction