Incorporating the earth precepts in your life is a challenging and life-long process. This page has resources meant to help you live the earth precepts.

Precept 1 (Honor the Earth):  http://www.joannamacy.net/ [the website of Joanna Macy, a Buddhist scholar and deep ecologist, who offers many ideas on how to celebrate and honor the Earth]

 

Precept 2 (plan for at least 100 years):  for compelling case histories of what happens when long-term environmental consequences are ignored, I strongly recommend the book Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, by Jared Diamond (2004).

 

Precept 3 (don't destabilize atmosphere...): http://www.fightglobalwarming.com/index.cfm?source=banner_search  [the webpage of the Fight Global Warming campaign of Environmental Defense]; http://www.ucsusa.org/global _warming/ [the hompage of the Union of Concerned Scientists for the global warming issue; excellent factual information]

 

Precept 4 (don't depend on nonrenewable energy):   http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_energy/renewable_energy_basics/buy-green-power.html  [a guide on buying green power from the Union of Concerned Scientists];  http://www.rmi.org/  [homepage of the Rocky Mountain Institute, which uses an entrepreneurial model to promote energy conservation and the adoption of renewable energy]

 

Precept 5 (sustainability):  http://www.sustainabilityinstitute.org/ [website of the Sustainability Institute, with a variety of information on this fundamental issue]; http://www.davidsuzuki.org/WOL/ [the sustainability initiative of the David Suzuki Foundation, a leading Canadian environmental organization];

 

Precept 6 (biological diversity):  http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/swcbd/ [webpage of the Center for Biological Diversity, one of the most effective organizations working to protect endangered species in the U.S.]; also visit www.worldwildlife.org and www.greenpeace.org for information on the work of these excellent organizations

 

Precept 7 (restoration): http://www.lomakatsi.org/ [the website of Lomakatsi, a leading ecological restoration group in southern Oregon; read their excellent "Ecological Principles"]

 

Precept 8 (no more than 2 children): http://www.populationconnection.org/ [the website of Population Connection, the group that was originally called Zero Population Growth; excellent resources on the population issue]; http://www.audubon.org/campaign/population_habitat/ [the website of the Population and Habitat campaign of the National Audubon Society, one of the few environmental organizations to take on this urgent problem]

 

Precept 9 (no genetic patents):  http://www.ucsusa.org/food_and_environment/ [the website of the Food and the Environment campaign of the Union of Concerned Scientists; much good information, especially about "pharma" crops, that use food plants to grow pharmeceuticals]; http://www.sierraclub.org/biotech/ [website of the Sierra Club's genetic engineering campaign]

 

Precept 10 (hold corporations to precepts):  http://www.corporation2020.org/ [the website of Corporation 2020, a group working to restructure corporate charters to reflect social and environmental purposes, not just financial ones]