• Village Earth: The Consortium for Sustainable Village-Based Development
• P.O. Box 797
• Fort Collins, CO 80522
• Phone: 970-491-5754
• Fax: 970-491-2729
• E-mail: info@villageearth.org
• Web: www.villageearth.org

This service of Colorado State University seeks to help people in villages throughout the developing world to bring their local goals and resources into cooperative relationships with more materially advantaged societies instead of only relying on outside "experts" to come in with all of the answers. Training, networking, and Appropriate Technology Library (ATL) are their main areas of emphasis.

The ATL Source Book is a major composite on CD-ROM taken from 1,050 books with 150,000 pages--all dealing with challenges in the developing world. It has been used by the Peace Corps, missionaries, and many other volunteer groups and individuals. Topics include gardening, small industries, solar power and other renewable energy, water supply, and many other subjects. You can order it by phoning 970-237-3002. It is also available free online