Links

TerraSante Village

For general information please contact TSV: info at terrasante dot org

Bruce, (scher at terrasante dot org), TSV founder, primary land partner, board member, nurse, naturopath, engineer, sculptor, musician.

Rick Hubbs, (nativeseed.rick at gmail dot com), TSV founder, board member, expert in native plants, proprietor of Arizona Native Seed Resource, recognizes seed as the essence of life and as the catalyst for land reclamation.  He refers to seed as the "original commodity / currency" - used for eating, planting, bartering, and especially as a symbol for life itself.

Marya the botany explorer, (maryabotanica at gmail dot com), board member, TSV resident, plant and chicken attendant, native plant restoration, garden manager of TSV.

Jim the inventer guy, (jrothers at gmail dot com), TSV resident, handyman, independent inventor, tinkerer, gardener, manager of TSV boneyard and recycling.

Danny August Non resident member, specializes in walking the "beauty way", aligned with the sacred ancestry of Native Americans who once flourished in these surroundings.  He has more than 20 years of experience teaching native skills as well as an extensive background in music, writing, and education.  Also see Controlled Folly Productions.

Archive of old TSV website remnants, timeline of history.

Terrasante Community

Tom Mendola, (tmendola at gmail dot com), is the steward of Harmony and Health Foundation,a 501c3 non-profit dedicated to connecting people working together for peace and healing.   Harmony and Health has land that is adjacent to TerraSante Village, there creating sacred space for healing and ceremony including the Harmonic Chapel, Bahkti Garden, tipi, and fire circle.   Tom believes enlightenment is our natural evolutionary destiny, and the practice of sustainable community is one key toward this realization.

Victoria & Tim White, TerraSante Village neighbors, gardeners, solar enthusiasts, cultivation/information of the enormous medicinal and nutritional value of moringa- nature's miracle tree, Kokopelli Gardens.  Victoria also produces web-TV segments for an all-volunteer non-profit, suprememastertv.com

Solar Bob, (4corners4u at gmail dot com), knows the nuts and bolts of how to build solar, electric, and mechanical gadgets. He is an avid sustainability and anti-aging resource.

Sustainability

The Story of Stuff - exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world... (20:40 video)

Global Warming - Did You Know? - Be veg, go green, anytime soon!  (3:46 youtube video)

Permaculture

Tagari Publications - The Permaculture Institute (Bill Mollison et al) in Tasmania Australia

Sonoran Permaculture Guild - Using ecology as the basis for designing intergrated systems...

Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond by Brad Lancaster - Welcome rain into your life & landscape, water-harvesting earthworks...

Arizona Native Seed Resource - native plants for reclaimation & revegetation, also native herbal & medicinal plants.

Moringa Tree of Life - resources & information on the enormous medicinal & nutritional value of nature's miracle tree, the Moringa.

EM Research Organization - Effective Microorganisms, an earth-saving revolution!

WWOOF-USA - part of Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms, linking volunteers with organic farmers, promoting educational exchange, and building a global community conscious of ecological farming practices.

Earth Architecture

Cal-Earth - California Institute of Earth Art and Architecture

www.earthbagbuilding.com - sharing information and promoting earthbag building.

www.mensh.ru - eco-architecture in Russia  (also see google translation)

Ferrocement

www.ferrocement.com Site for students, sculptors and builders with structural/technical questions about ferrocement.

www.ferrocement.netThe Ferrocement Educational Network - a site dedicated to the detailed collection, dissemination, and discussion of ferrocement technology for building ...

www.ferrocement.org Source of information on ferro-cement boats, ferro, ferro cement,ferroboats and concrete boats.

Technical treatise on ferrocement engineering Ferrocement and Laminated Cementious Composites by Antoine Naaman PhD.