Food
Shelter
Clothing
Health Care
Education
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Disaster Relief
http://www.disasterrelief.org/
Information on state emergency management offices Resources News.
Relief Net
http://www.reliefnet.org/
Dedicated to helping organizations raise awareness and encourage support
for relief efforts.
Emergency Food and Water Supplies
http://www.fc.net/~tdeagan/water/fema.html
If an earthquake, hurricane, winter storm or other disaster strikes
your community, you might not have access to food, water and electricity
for days, or even weeks. By taking a little time now to store emergency
food and water supplies, you can provide for your entire family. This brochure
was developed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Family Protection
Programs which provides information to help families prepare for all types
of disasters.
Epicenter: Emergency Preparedness
Information Center
http://TheEpicenter.com/tow1102.html
Real Audio Survival series • Disaster News • How to Prepare • Disaster
Plan • Check List • Links list! • Main Products index • Basic Emergency
kits • Pack type kits • Food and water • Emergency related tools • Books,
audio and video • First aid kits • Fire Prevention • General Safety • Light
related items • Products Order form • Preview new products • View Tip o'da
Week! • What's new at Epicenter • and more
Family Food Storage Catalog
http://downtown-web.com/psi/famfood.htm
Worldwide Source for Over 900 Quality Foods, Seeds and Supplies for
those prompted to prepare for their future. Contains a price list.
Food Storage Planner
http://www.revelar.com/fsp.html
Food Storage Planner (FSP) is the easiest way to estimate, budget,
and plan your food storage.
Events in recent years (i.e., hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, and
the worldwide grain shortage) have
borne out the wisdom in obtaining a year's supply of food and, where
possible, fuel. But just how
much is enough? And what should you store? Download the software here
for a donation.
Water Purification and Storage
http://www.zianet.com/hwd/
This site contains a list of Katadyn Water Filters that are the filter
of choice of the American Red Cross, Army Special Operations Units, US
Navy SEALS, and US Forest Service. Also available are filter replacements,
barrels, boxes, pumps, spigots and bottled water.
First Aid Kits
http://www.topsafety.com/
First Aid Kits and Related first aid Products designed for business,
industrial, recreational, and home use.
Self-Defense Products
http://www.valleynet.net/~selfdef/
A source for: Child's DNA Kit • Child-Watch • Child Guard • A Security
"Kit" For College Coeds • Stun Guns • Air Taser • Pepper Sprays • Vests
• Alarms • Emergency Lights • Self Defense Books and Free Pamphlets • Locks
• Surveillance Cameras • Safes.
Emergency Shelters
http://www.instantshelters.com/index.html
This site provides access to all types of free standing instant structures.
Growing and processing locally grown food is a cornerstone of self-reliance. It is also a major step in keeping money local. Fortunately, food is one of the easiest basic needs to bring under local control. This is good because buying food from outside sources is also one of the greatest drains of local money. To grow your own food, is to save big bucks, which can be used to meet other necessities. The following sites are useful for the family and the community to help grow and preserve food for eating all year round.
Garden Net
http://gardennet.com
A good Garden Center on the Net. Subscribe to garden magazines • Resources
for gardeners • Links to over 300 seed catalogues (including Burpee) /
Info and tips.
Web Garden
http://hortwww-2.ag.ohio-state.edu/hcs/webgarden.html
Over 4,000 factsheets covering all aspects of growing plants for family
and business/ Plant Dictionary with links to over 285 ornamental plants
(flowers, grasses, shrubs, trees etc. On-line classes in horticulture,
plant biology, plant propagation and more.
Rot Web
http://net.indra.com/~topsoil/Compost_Menu.html
Learn how to turn your organic garbage into great soil for your rooftop
garden. This site contains an introduction to composting. How-To guide
• Compost ingredients • Materials to avoid • Compost bin systems • Resources.
A Modern Herbal
http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/mgmh.html
This site contains an online book with detailed information on over
800 plants. Information about each plant includes: Name • Botanical Name
• Family • Description • Cultivation • Constituents • Medicinal Action
and Uses • Preparations • Substitutes • Synonyms • Part Used • Habitat.
Food Storage and Safety
The National Food Safety Database
http://www.foodsafety.org/menutop.htm
Consumer-Related Food Safety Materials • Industry-Related Food Safety
Materials • Educator/Trainer-Related Materials
Canning, Freezing and Drying
http://www.foodsafety.org/preserve.htm
General Food Preservation Information • Preserving Wild Game • So-Easy-to-Preserve
Guide to Home Drying • So-Easy-to-Preserve Guide to Home Freezing • USDA
Complete Guide to Home Canning. This includes seven on-line downloadable
guides to canning: Principles of Home Canning • Selecting, Preparing and
Canning Fruit and Fruit Products • Selecting, Preparing and Canning Tomatoes
and Tomato Products • Selecting, Preparing and Canning Vegetable and Vegetable
Products • Preparing and Canning Poultry, Red Meats and Seafood • Preparing
and Canning Fermented Foods and Pickled Vegetables • Preparing and Canning
Jams and Jellies.
Food Drying
http://etcs.ext.missouri.edu/publications/xplor/hesguide/foodnut/gh1562.htm
Of all food preservation methods, that of drying foods has received
the most widespread and enthusiastic publicity in recent years. Actually,
drying is one of the oldest methods of food preservation. Techniques have
been passed from one generation to another based on what worked and what
didn't. Methods used for drying food have become sophisticated over time.
This site gives you the lowdown.
Food Storage Publications
http://ext.usu.edu/publica/index.htm
This site contains an extensive list of publications on food storage.
Many are available on-line through acrobat.
The Root Cellar Home Page
http://www.lis.ab.ca/walton/old/cellars.html
Root cellars are nature's way of storing fruits and vegetables. And
they can be excellent storage areas for other things as well. A hundred
years ago root cellars were one of the few ways they had of keeping things
cool. People not only put potatoes and carrots in their root cellars, but
their preserved meat, milk and cream, fruits and vegetables - literally
anything they needed to keep cool. This site contains information on: How
we used to do it and Modern root cellars or underground storage areas.
Areas covered include: Root Cellar basics • A modern underground storage
area • The Grandpappy of all underground storage areas.
Food Safety and Quality: National
Initiative Program of CSREES
http://www.reeusda.gov/new/4h/fsq.htm
This site describes programs offered by the federal government to reduce
foodborne illnesses. Pointers to training and grants in areas of food storage,
food preservation, canning, drying, freezing, safe food handling, seafood
safety, pesticide residues etc. Contact name given of national program
director.
Community Gardening
Seeds of Hope: A Resource for Community
Vegetable Gardeners
http://www.bright.net/~gardens/bookmark.html
This is a great resource for putting together a community garden. It
contains: Bookmarks • Urban and Community Gardening Links • Youth Gardening
• Gardening Directories • Vegetable Gardening • Soil • Insects • Animal
Control • Plant Diseases • Sources of Seeds and Plants • Food Preservation.
City Farmer
http://www.cityfarmer.org/
This is the site of Canada's Office of Urban Agriculture. It provides
resources aimed at making urban areas self-reliant in food production.
Information on Urban Home Composting • Community Gardens • International
Urban Food Projects • School Gardens • Rooftop Gardens • The Small Commercial
Garden (a detailed book on how to grow $10,000 worth of vegetables on one-third
of an acre of land and market it locally) • Composting Toilets (even for
office buildings) • Garden Secrets • Water Conservation • Sprouting At
Home • Improving Nutrition and more.
Community Supported Agriculture
http://www.traverse.com/nonprof/center/synapse31/CSAg.html
One of the fundamentals of community economics is access to locally
grown produce. A relatively new concept for bringing local farmers and
consumers together is Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). The community
supported farm can be set up in differing ways to accommodate different
situations but there are common themes. This site describes what these
are.
Food Cooperative Resources
http://www.columbia.edu/~jw157/food.coop.html
Farmers cooperatives are good for farmers. Food cooperatives are good
for buyers. Producer and consumer cooperatives working together can build
a local economy. This site contains a master list of cooperatives by state
• On-line vendors of interest to food cooperatives • General resources
• Resources by state • Boycott information.
Agriculture-Related Links
http://sunsite.unc.edu/london/Elsewhere.html
A very comprehensive list of on-line sites for agriculture and urban
gardening.
Architecture and Building: Net Resources
http://www.nscee.edu/unlv/Libraries/arch/rsrce/webrsrce/
This guide primarily covers architecture, building, construction, and
AEC sites, and to a lesser extent design, real estate, housing, urban,
energy, and environment sites. Resources by Topic include: Architecture
and Computing • Architecture Courses and University Catalog Information
• Architecture Instruction and Student Work • Associations and Societies;
Miscellaneous Institutions and Organizations • Booksellers and Publishers
• Building Engineering (Lighting, HVAC) • Building Industry • Digitizing
Projects, Image Collections, and Experiments in Design and Publishing •
Electronic Journals and Newsletters • Energy Efficiency and Energy Alternatives
• Green Design •
Library Guides • Miscellaneous Design Disciplines • Real Estate and
Housing • Research Centers / Networks • Safety • Services • Sites Devoted
to a Single Architect, Firm, Location, Building Type • Standards • Universal
Design / Accessibility • United States Government Information Sources •
United States Government Publications (Specific Publications) • Urban Environment
• Virtual Galleries • World Wide Web Link Collections • Discussion Groups:
Lists • Discussion Groups: Newsgroups • Indexes • Library Catalogs
Group Living
Council of New York Cooperatives
http://www.cnyc.com/
Mainstream organization for condo and coop owners. Tracks legislation
and financial information. Check out Worthwhile Links for information of
interest to all home owners, home buyers and for those looking to move
to a new area. Includes help on finding mortgage loans.
Intentional Communities
http://www.well.com/user/cmty/index.html
Site for information on all forms of community living arrangements
including eco-villages, cohousing, residential land trusts, communes, student
coops, urban housing cooperatives and more.
Cohousing Network
http://www.cohousing.org/network.html
Cohousing is a living arrangement in which private dwellings share
common facilities like lounges, meeting rooms, recreation rooms, libraries,
and sometimes even dining rooms and kitchens. Usually twenty to thirty
families are involved. These might be called "intentional neighborhoods"
This site contains links to cohousing groups and resources.
Resources
HUD USER
http://www.huduser.org.
HUD USER is the primary source for Federal Government reports and information
on housing policy and programs, building technology, economic development,
urban planning, and other housing-related topics.
Habitat for Humanity
http://www.habitat.org/Links/
This is the homepage of the most well known volunteer home building
organization. It has chapters in over 50 States and Nations and links to
over 200 sites around the world. This site was established to serve as
a starting point to find information about Habitat for Humanity and particular
chapters that have web sites.
Housing Resources
http://www.libertynet.org/~zelson/resource/housing.html
This site contains an extensive list of sites on the topics of homelessness,
low-income housing, housing assistance, housing coops etc. Quite good.
National Coalition for the Homeless
http://nch.ari.net/
The National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH) is a national advocacy
network of homeless persons, activists, service providers, and others committed
to ending homelessness. Topics include: What's New • About the National
Coalition for the Homeless • One Family's Path to Homelessness • Facts
about Homelessness • Homelessness: Current Legislative and Policy Issues
• Legislative Alerts • Current Organizing Projects • Public Education Projects
• Online Directory of State and National Homeless/Housing Advocacy Organizations
• Online Directory of Local Homeless Organizations • NCH 1996 Calendar
of Events • Become a Member of the National Coalition for the Homeless
• Other Useful Internet Resources • ARInternet.
Household Supplies/Furnishings
Sustainable Building Sources
http://www.greenbuilder.com/general/BuildingSources.html
An excellent source for information on "Green Building" including an
on-line version of the "Sustainable Building Sourcebook". Great site.
House of Tools
http://www.thetoolman.com/
Links to tool manufacturers of all kinds for home and small business.
Includes woodworking, mechanical, electronic, machine tools etc. Over 23,000
tools.
Clean Clothes
http://www.cleanclothes.org
Looks at the politics of the clothing industry. Links to web-sides
on multinationals, garment industry and strategies for change!
Textile Dictionary
http://www.ntgi.net/ICCF&D/
Learn about materials: Standard Cotton Fabrics • Standard Worsted,
Wool and Hair Fabrics • Standard Silk and Silk Imitation Fabrics • Other
Cellulose Fabrics.
Textile Resources
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/disciplines/060.html
Links to: Textiles Design--Apparel • Textiles Industry and Trade •
Textiles Science and Technology.
Sourcing Web
http://www.halper.com/sourcingweb/
Here you can find resources for making clothing. Links to sources for:
Fabrics • Construction Materials • Trimmings • Buttons/Fasteners • Labels/Tags
• Equipment • Services/Notions/Supplies • Company Name • Keyword.
Apparel Net
http://www.apparel.net/
The on-line guide for the apparel industry. Links to: Accessories •
Catalogues •
Clothing • Designers • Fashion • Humor • Information • Malls and Marts
• Manufacturing
Organizations • Retail • Services and Products.
MacPhee Workshop
http://www.macpheeworkshop.com/
A Canadian company that offers workshops, clothing, retail franchises,
and catalogues of patterns which can be purchased on line.
Tailoring, Sewing etc.
http://www.panix.com/~aqn/tailoring/index.html
Links to: How to draft patterns for men's vests, men's pants, women's
bodice & sleeve & skirt slopers, etc. • Some info on alterations
& fitting. • Links to sewing \ tailoring \ fashion \ crafts \ etc.
Man-Sew Corporation
http://www.mansew.com
Site of a company that makes industrial sewing machines and attachments.
You can order their catalogue by calling an 800# that is provided.
Clothes Moths
http://hammock.ifas.ufl.edu/txt/fairs/ig/8917.html
Clothes moths are major pests of fabric and other items made of natural
fibers. Clothes moth larvae commonly feed on wool, feathers, fur, hair,
upholstered furniture, animal and fish meals, milk powders, and most animal
products, such as bristles, dried hair and leather. This site tells you
how to deal with them.
Personal Health Guide
http://openseason.com/annex/library/cic/X0067_personal.txt.html
This site contains a "Personal Health Guide". It's a handy tool to
help you work with your doctor to stay well and keep your children healthy.
It includes information on Weight • Blood Pressure • Cholesterol • Immunizations
• Immunization Information for Parents • Oral Health Care • Breast Examination
• Mammogram • Pap Smear • Additional Preventive Care • Personal Prevention
Record • Smoking • Physical Activity • Nutrition • Safety • AIDS • Family
Planning • Alcohol and Drug Abuse • Depression • For More Information •
Medication Record
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Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT)
gopher://gopher.igc.apc.org:7050/00/alli/perspect/ort.car
Dehydration from diarrhea is a leading cause of death among children
under five, killing an estimated three million children worldwide every
year. Yet virtually all these children could be saved by a simple, inexpensive
solution that replaces the fluids lost through vomiting and diarrhea. Oral
Rehydration Solution (ORS) is a mixture of water, sugar (or cereal) and
a pinch of salt, that can be prepared by almost anyone and costs only pennies
per dose. This site tells you all about this life saving simple treatment
and who to contact.
MedWeb: Consumer Health
http://www.gen.emory.edu/medweb/medweb.consumer.html
This site provides information for consumers on health related issues.
Topics include: AIDS and HIV • Alternative medicine • Alzheimer's Disease
• Anesthesia • Anesthesiology • Biomathematics & biostatistics • Biotechnology
• Breast Cancer • Brochures • Cancer • Cardiology • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
• Clinical Practice • Conferences and Calendars • Cystic Fibrosis • Databases
• Dentistry • Depression • Dermatology • Diabetes • Directories • Disabilities
• Discussion groups • Diseases • Documents • Educational resources • Electronic
Documents • Electronic publications • Emergency medicine • Endocrinology
• Eye Diseases • Frequently asked questions • Gastroenterology • Genetics
and molecular biology • Geriatrics • Guidelines • Guides • Gynecology and
women's health • Headache • Health care policy • Health care reform • Hearing
• Hearing Disorders • Heart Diseases • Hematology • Hepatitis • Hereditary
Diseases • Human information • Hypertension • Immunology • Infectious Diseases
• Informatics • Institutes and agencies • Lists of Internet Resources •
Lung Cancer • Lupus • Lyme Disease • Lymphedema • Medical Libraries • Mental
Health/Psychiatry/Psychology • Microbiology and Virology • Myasthenia Gravis
• Neoplasms • Nephrology • Neurology Neurosurgery • News • Nutrition •
Occupational health and safety • Oncology • Ophthalmology and Optometry
• Orthopedics • Otolaryngology • Patents • Patient education • Pediatrics
• Pharmacy and Pharmacology • Plastic surgery • Podiatry • Preventive Medicine
• Prostate Cancer • Public Health • Radiology and Imaging • Reproductive
Medicine • Respiration Medicine • Rheumatology • Sickle Cell Anemia • Sites
• Skin Cancer • Societies and associations • Sports Medicine • Stroke •
Substance Dependence • Surgery • Terminology • Thyroid Diseases • Toxicology
• Transplantation • Travel Medicine • Tutorials • Urinary Tract Infections
• Urology.
MedWeb: Alternative Medicine
http://www.gen.emory.edu/medweb/medweb.altmed.html
A list of sites that provide information on alternative medicine. Categories
include: AIDS and HIV • Consumer health • Continuing education • Dentistry
• Directories • Discussion groups • Diseases • Electronic publications
• Ethnic Medicine • Guides • Headache • Health Sciences Societies and Associations
• Health care reform • History • Infectious Diseases • Lists of Internet
Resources • Neurology • Nursing • Nutrition • Ophthalmology and Optometry
• Pharmacy and Pharmacology • Preventive Medicine • Radiation • Radiology
and Imaging • Sites • Societies and associations • Sports Medicine • Terminology
• Veterinary Medicine.
The Alternative Medicine Homepage
http://www.pitt.edu/~cbw/altm.html
Alternative therapies include, but are not limited to the following
disciplines: folk medicine, herbal medicine, diet fads, homeopathy, faith
healing, new age healing, chiropractic, acupuncture, naturopathy, massage,
and music therapy. Studies suggest these therapies are sought out by individuals
that have acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, arthritis, cancer, back pain,
and other medical conditions. Links to: OAM, Office of Alternative Medicine,
National Institutes of Health • Pennsylvania Resources • Internet Resources
• Commercial Databases and Mailing Lists • Newsgroups • Related Resource.
Alternative Health E-Mall
http://www.medmarket.com/tenants/reiddds/herbplus/herbplus.html
This site promotes itself as "The directory of holistic, alternative
and complementary medicine providers, pharmacies, organic food restaurants,
alternative books, modalities, health insurance, fitness, organizations,
herbs, vitamins, nutraceuticals, articles, journals, hotels & spas,
camps, and household products.
Community Resources
Community Health Links
http://www.aohc.org/links.html
This site out of Canada contains community health resource information
on many topics from many countries
Primary Care Resources on the Web
http://uhs.bsd.uchicago.edu/uhs/primary.care.resources.html
These are the sites: Medicine links at Yahoo • The Virtual Library
- Medicine •
The National Library of Medicine • Health Services /Technology Assessment
Text •
The Virtual Hospital • U.S. State Department Travel Warnings • The
Safer Sex Page •
AIDS information Gopher server.
Health Related Internet Resources
http://www.hlth.gov.bc.ca/exsites/exlinks.html
This site contains a list of sites that are primarily for the health
care professional and other stakeholders. Sites are categorized as follows:
Major Guides and Health Sites • Government and Legislation Resources •
Health Research and Policy-Making Resources • Community Health Resources
• Addictions • Communicable Disease • Dental Health • Environmental Health
• Mental Health • Nursing • Nutrition • Speech & Hearing • Publications
Online • Libraries • News Sources.
The Virtual Hospital
http://www.vh.org/
The VH provides invaluable patient care support and distance learning
to practicing
physicians and other healthcare professionals. It also has a Handbook
that provides information to the
general public on a variety of health issues.
Guide to Health Economics, Medical
and Pharmacy Resources on the Net
http://www.exit109.com/~zaweb/pjp/
Resources for primary care practitioners: Associations • Commercial,
Institutional and Government Health Care Sites • Databases/Market Reports/Practice
• Guidelines/Formularies • Education/Universities • Employment • Health
Care Companies • Health Economics, Policy and Medical Outcomes Sources
• Humor • Journals/Articles •
Libraries • Other Interesting Medical Sites.
The Prevention Primer
http://www.health.org/pubs/primer/index.htm
This site is an excellent reference tool for prevention practitioners.
It incorporates the principles of a public health approach to preventing
alcohol, tobacco, and other drug problems in its summaries of issues and
strategies. It provides a brief history of prevention efforts and an overview
of key topics, issues, principles, and approaches that have proven successful.
TraumaNet
http://www.trauma.orhs.org/htmls/homepage2.html
Your connection to pertinent web servers, FTP sites, etc. pertaining
to the fields of Trauma and Critical Care.
Project Appleseed
http://members.aol.com/pledgenow/appleseed/index.html
Project Appleseed is a national campaign advocating improvement in
public schools by increasing parental involvement in all 15,000 public
school districts in the United States of America. Project Appleseed's site
on the World Wide Web is the education home page on the Internet. It contains
more than two dozen links to education sites on the net.
Education Issues
http://www.vote-smart.org/issues/EDUCATION/
This site contains a long list of annotated links. It covers just about
every educational issue from the local to the national level. Also contains
links to federal agencies, associations and organizations involved in the
area of education.
Educational Research Information
Center (ERIC)
http://www.askeric.org./
This is the US Library of Education on-line service. It is a gold mine
of information on curriculum, study guides, mini lessons, etc.
Community Resources
The Urban Source
http://www.cgcs.org/usource.htm
List of great resources for urban schools including Educational Resource
Sites • Links to Educational Sites • Links to School Sites • Grant Opportunity
Sites.
Sunspace
http://www.sunspace.com/
This site is for the professional educator and planner. Sign in and
enter. At the next screen click "continue". Pointers include Profiles of
School Districts • Map Creation (of school districts etc.) • Information
technology • Trends and patterns • Strategic planning in schools • Knowledge
resources • K-12 Curriculum resources • On-line access to state, county,
school district and school socio-economic data • Software system resources
• Other links. Some information is restricted to members. Membership costs
$9.95 per month.
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