Little Free Libraries are spreading across the world! The first one was built in 2009, and now the movement has grown to over 50,000 libraries in all 50 us states and over 70 countries!
Welcome to Casa Sula, an alternative school in Costa Rica. It was founded by parents in a nearby Ecovillage along with the Orion Group from Ecuador. There are no blackboards, teachers, or homework, yet there are unlimited materials to learn from. The space is designed to work with children’s natural curiosity.
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Meet Carla Naden, the woman rescuing special needs dogs. Over 3 million dogs per year end up in shelters in the USA, and over half a million are euthanized. Carla started Animal Synergy to rescue “super seniors,” special needs, and terminally ill dogs. These are the dogs which everyone tends to ignore. She provides them with a respectful, dignified life, and restores their souls for whatever time they have remaining.
Our oceans are filling up with trash! By 2050 there could be more plastic than fish in them. To keep plastic off our plates and out of our oceans, this couple started the only zero waste shop in the UK.
Meet Brian Blum, a busy dad with a full time corporate job, who still makes time to create a sustainable paradise in San Diego. He has a small house on a small lot but manages to do a lot with it. He grows healthy, organic food for his family and has planted close to 20 fruit trees, which are part of his permaculture food forest.
Welcome to Punta Mona, the land of freedom. It’s a tropical paradise off-the-grid in the Caribbean Jungle of Costa Rica.There are no roads here. You arrive by boat or hike 2 hours through primary rainforest. Stephen Brooks, who left suburban Miami to create a new way of life, founded the community in 1995.
Welcome to The Permaculture Country Club in Costa Rica, the model for an environmentally conscious country club. Most country clubs are based around golf courses, which use huge amounts of toxic fertilizers, pesticides, fossil fuels, water, and land. The Permaculture Country Club is out to be an example for a better way of life.
Welcome to the Peace Academy, a K-12 school that creates change-makers and ambassadors of peace. They are part of the growing need for alternative and flexible education.
Meet Hillary Kearney of Girl Next Door Honey, a local hero for the struggling honeybees across the USA. Bee populations have been on the decline for decades due to pesticides, loss of habitat, and climate change. Hilary is working to raise San Diego’s bee population and spread awareness among her community. After rescuing the bees, she photographs them, teaches her community about them, and manages over 90 honeybee colonies!
