Alternative Ways of Living
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The Alternative Ways of Living & Consuming group is one of the oldest on CouchSurfing (created in August 2004), and the biggest in the Ideas category. It holds numerous sub-groups related to Alternative Lifestyles.
Past threads
We started indexing all major threads of interest in the end of 2008. Feel free to add relevant threads to this list or to quote them when answering questions in the group. If you work on the page, please tell us what time frame you covered (in the discussion page) so that we don't repeat the work! There is a wiki working group if you are looking for advice or just want to chat with the volunteers.
Alternative machines
Building & Eco-Construction
- Foundations made of used tires
- The Vitruvian Building System - Green?
- Alternative homes: Bender tent
- Living in a bus
- Sustainable buildings and Air Quality
Clothing, Design & Fashion
Democracy & Politics
Controversy & Conspiration
- Free Energy
- Ranting against oil and for new energies
- We are Bringing Hell to Earth (rants and unspeciaized panic)
Economy
Education
Energies
- Fighting for oil or developing alternatives?
- Alternative Heating in Winter
- Fridge Alternatives
- Algae as biofuel
- Converting diesel trucks to run on veg. oil
- Human-powered house
Food & Drinks
- Where does Milk comes from?
- Cruelty-Free Milk
- Local vs Organic
- Dumpster Diving
- Vegetarian vs. Meat-eating
- Veganism vs. the ‘150km rule’
- Skipping waste - Dumpster Diving
- Dandelion Coffee
- Cutting off the Wheat
- Alternatives to milk
- Wheat, Sugars, Proteins, Carbs
- A good reason not to eat animals
- 50 Ways not to waste food again
- Criticism of the 100-Mile Diet
Gardening
- Using Tires to grow Vegetables
- Permaculture
- Edible Forest Gardening
- Grow your own food in your apartment
- Soybeans
Global Environmental Issues
- Global Warming or Global Cooling?
- Carbon Footprint
- The belief of climate change causing more storms
- World Wide Views on Climate Change
Health & Hygiene
- Dirty, Smelly Hippies
- Obsolete Immune Systems
- Natural Immune Boosters
- Shampoo
- Giving Up Shampoo (More)
- Home remedies
- Colloidal Silver - Supercure?
- Natural Way to Prevent Mosquito Bites
Lifestyles
- A year with a 1€/day
- Polyamory
- Abandoning Consumerism
- Spreading "green awareness"
- Sharing facilities - communal living
- Useful skills for nomads
- Some thoughts (living with less)
Meditation & Spirituality
Movements
Philosophy
Recent Events
- Events in Greece
- Swine flu
- US law against organic food?
- The truth about Swine Flu Vaccine
- Australian town ‘world’s first’ to ban bottled water
Safety
Sustainable Development
Hi-Tech
Travel & Tourism
Waste
Links
(please format the list when you have some time)
Here are some of the links other members provided:
Unformatted
- http://idealist.org/
- http://charityvillage.com/
- http://www.katimavik.org/
- http://www.cwy-jcm.org/
- http://www.volunteersouthamerica.net/
- http://www.greenpeace.org/international/
- http://www.cat.org.uk/
- http://helpx.net/
- http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/
- http://www.lowimpact.org/
- http://skippingwaste.trashwiki.org/
- http://greendrinks.org/
- http://www.kinsalefurthered.ie/
http://gaiaeducation.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=83&Itemid=65
Way of life
Do It Yourself
Community Supported Agriculture
Free economy
- Karmawish An Internet based LETS
- http://www.helpx.net/
Intentional Communities and Ecovillages
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intentional_community
- http://www.ic.org/
- http://www.eurotopia.de/english.html
- http://www.auroville.org/
- http://www.theartfarm.info/
- http://ecogarp.com/
- http://www.eurotopia.de
- http://www.gen-europe.org/
- http://www.onestepbeyond.org
- http://www.svanholm.dk
- http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96kodorf_Sieben_Linden
