Local Lodging

Java Junction
Bed And Breakfast within a couple of miles of Ampersand. Come for any Ampersand workshop and get a 10% discount if you stay for 5 days or longer!

Design and Technical Help

This is Brad Lancaster's site about rain catchment.
www.HarvestingRainwater.com

Solar Cooking
This is the website of our friend and mentor, Barbara Kerr.

Oasis Design
This is Art Ludwig's site. Just about everything you need to know about greywater systems.

Education

Natural Building Network
Natural Building Network is a not-for-profit membership association promoting natural building principles, materials and practitioners worldwide. We support ecological regeneration, social justice, the building of community and economic opportunity, and the recognition of indigenous wisdom as essential in creating healthy, beautiful, and spiritually-uplifting habitation for everyone.

World Hands Project
They facilitate community by creating living systems that are simple, sustainable, culturally appropriate, cost-effective, ecologically harmonious and that honor indigenous wisdom and modern technologies.

Permaculture Drylands Institute

Zero Emissions Research and Initiatives
Zero Emissions Research & Initiatives (ZERI) is a global network of creative minds seeking solutions to world challenges. The common vision shared by the members of the ZERI family is to view waste as resource and seek solutions using nature's design principles as inspiration.

Architecture 2030
Architecture 2030’s mission is to rapidly transform the US and global Building Sector from the major contributor of greenhouse gas emissions to a central part of the solution to the global-warming crisis.

Quaking Aspen Urban Sanctuary
One households' endeavor to retrofit the suburbs towards sustainability

Growing New Paradigms

Center for Non-Violent Communication
Nonviolent Communication is a very helpful technique.

Ohki Simine Forest
Earth wisdom from three ancient indigenous traditions.

Supporting Artists

Arienne-Ellis
Images for our times...the artwork of Arienne Ellis reflects the beauty of the earth and the wonders of human life upon it.

Miranda Gray
Egg tempera master. Really.

Paul Bagley
Illustrations, sculpture, recently funded and hosted at Burning Man.

Z. Bruce Gray
Creative musical instraments

Julian Parker-Burns
Not just a great artist. A great person. Period.

Businesses We Support

Peace Supplies
We recommend the business of this good friend.