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Websites

Experiments in Lifestyle Design
The blog of Tim Ferriss
Bubble Generation
Strategies for a discontinuous future
Avant Game
The weblog of a games designer
Signal vs. Noise
A weblog by 37signals about design, business, experience, simplicity, the web, culture, and more
The Dieline
Packaging design blog spot
The Book of Surfing
Michael Fordham website from the book of surfing
James Nayler Foundation
A Quaker website dedicated to dealing with issues of personality disorders and the violence related to them
The GalGael Trust
Deep elemental work with folks living in a hard-pressed urban situation
The Centre for Human Ecology
Runs inspiration courses for transformative learning
C2C Community Forum
MBDC is a product and process design firm dedicated to revolutionizing the design of products and services worldwide

Books

Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin to Munger
Peter Bevelin A book on wisdom and decision-making written by a wise decision-makerISBN: ISBN: 1578644283
Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist
Roger Lowenstein A biography of Wall Street Journal reporter LowensteinISBN: ISBN:0812979273
Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel
Ralph Potts This book is about taking time off from your normal life—from six weeks to four months to two years—to discover and experience the world on your own termsISBN: ISBN: 0812992180
Fixing Climate: The Story of Climate Science - and How to Stop Global Warming
Robert Kunzig and Wallace S. Broecker How Broecker and his colleagues unravelled Earth’s volatile history and discovered man-made climate changeISBN: 1846688604
Eco-Defense: A Field Guide to Monkeywrenching
Dave Foreman The folks who put "Ecodefense" together are tired of talk and collaborationISBN: 0963775103
Damanhur - The Real Dream
Jeff Merrifield The story of an extraordinary Italian artistic and spiritual communityISBN: 0722534965
The Freeride Guide
IMBA The IMBA guide to building freeride trails, what freeride is and how that changes what you need to take into account when building trailsISBN: N/A
The Trailbuilding Handbook
IMBA-UK A step by step practical guide to planning and building mountainbike trailsISBN: N/A
Trail Quotes: From Advocacy to Wilderness
Jim Schmid Trail-related quotesISBN: 0967901677
Trail Solutions
The IMBA IMBA’s guide to building sweet singletrackISBN: 0-9755023-0-1

Organisations

Donors Choose
DonorsChoose.org is dedicated to addressing the scarcity and inequitable distribution of learning materials and experiences in our public schools
Room to Read
This is an organization dedicated to partnering with local communities throughout the developing world to provide quality educational opportunities by establishing libraries, creating local language children's literature, constructing schools, providing education to girls and establishing computer labs.
The Fortean Times
The world of strange phenomena
The Nation of Damanhur
A labatory for the future of humanity
The School of Night
A historic band of thinkers, intellectuals, mathematicians, philosophers and poets who met to discuss forbidden knowledge
Upland Path Organisation
Charitable Trust that protects our upland paths
Botanic Gardens, Cambridge
A 40 acre oasis of beautifully landscaped gardens and glasshouses right in the heart of the city
Kew Garden
To inspire and deliver science-based plant conservation worldwide, enhancing the quality of life.
Tree Advice Trust
An independent charity whose aims are to research and disseminate practical information and guidance on the cultivation, maintenance and care of trees grown for amenity.
Centre for Alternative Technology
Offer solutions to some of the most serious challenges facing our planet and the human race, such as climate change, pollution and the waste of precious resources.