South: Directory of Community Organizations: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 14:03, 8 August 2025

In building a regenerative future, we know we need to create networks of resilience to meet community needs. The following organizations are taking steps along the path toward community care, restorative justice, thoughtful reuse, radical abundance, food sovereignty, ecological harmony, and communal knowledge. If you know of organizations that belong on this list, please contact us!

Inspired by permaculture technique and organized for ease of access, the community needs page has been organized into five zones (zero though four), beginning with philosophical alignments toward tending the land, moving to attributes most necessary to access daily for life in the Willamette Valley, and moving outward toward interpersonal groups and connections.

Inclusion on this list is not an endorsement. All groups and links are already publicly accessible.

Zone 0 (Mindfulness, Self-work, Raising Consciousness)

Eco-Stewardship

Land-tending Projects | Adopt-a-Landscape | Land Trusts

Spirituality and Indigenous Wisdom

Spiritual Community Spaces | Church Activism | Spiritual Knowledge Archives

Zone 1 (Survival)

Water

Southern Watershed Councils | Southern Conservation Districts | Southern Riverkeepers

Food

Sanitation

Health | Environmental

Transportation

Public | Alternative Transportation Options

Disability Services

Lane County Senior & Disability Services | Lane Independent Living Alliance

Medical

Health Centers | Health Groups | Alternative Heath Resources

Fiber

Stringfield Yarn Collective

Zone 2 (Tools and Resources)

Creative Reuse

Clothing | Local Craft Supplies | Furniture | Tech |

Equipment Repair

Makers & Maker Support

Makers Resources | Cooperatives

Toolshare

Zone 3 (Communities of Practice)

Coalitions, Activist Groups, and Collaboratives

Communication

Community Spaces

Affiliated Spaces | Open-use Spaces

Community Resilience

Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) | Regional Disaster Preparedness Organization

Conflict Resolution

Oregon Mediation Association

Governance

Community Rights Lane County

News and Journalism

South Willamette Valley News | Alternative Media Resources

Zone 4 (South Willamette Valley Knowledge Commons)

External Directories

Neighborhood Anarchist Collective Eugene Resource Guide

Lane County Resource Referrals

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 === Eco-Stewardship ===
-[[South:Land-tending Projects|Land-tending Projects]] | [[Adopt-a-Landscape]]
+[[South:Land-tending Projects|Land-tending Projects]] | [[Adopt-a-Landscape]] | [[Land Trusts]]
 === Spirituality and Indigenous Wisdom ===
-Spiritual Community Spaces | Church Activism | Spiritual Knowledge Archives
+[[Spiritual Community Spaces]] | Church Activism | Spiritual Knowledge Archives
 == Zone 1 (Survival) ==
 === Water ===
-[[Local Watershed Councils]] | [[Conservation Districts]] | Riverkeepers
+[[Local Watershed Councils|Southern Watershed Councils]] | [[Southern Conservation Districts]] | [[Southern Riverkeepers]]
 === Food ===
-[[Community Gardens]] | [[Farmer's Markets]] | Farms | [[Accessible Food]] | [[Plant Nurseries]] | Seed Libraries
+[[South Willamette Valley Community Gardens]] | [[Farmer's Markets]] | [[Farming]] | [[Accessible Food]] | [[Plant Nurseries]] | [[Seed groups & libraries]]
 === Shelter ===
-[[Ecovillages]] | Intentional Communities | Shelters
+[[South Willamette Ecovillages & Intentional Communities]] | [[Shelters]]
 === Education ===
-Libraries | Education Centers | [[Alternative Learning Opportunities]]
+[[Libraries]] | [[South Willamette Education Centers]] | [[Alternative Learning Opportunities]]
 === Energy ===
+[https://rebellion.global/about-us/ Fossil Free Eugene]
 === Sanitation ===
+Health | Environmental
 === Transportation ===
+Public | Alternative Transportation Options
 === Disability Services ===
+[https://www.lcog.org/sdslane Lane County Senior & Disability Services] | [https://www.lilaoregon.org/ Lane Independent Living Alliance]
 === Medical ===
-Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility
+[[Health Centers]] | [[Health Groups]] | [[Alternative Heath Resources]]
 === Fiber ===
+[https://www.instagram.com/stringfieldyarncollective/?hl=en Stringfield Yarn Collective]
 == Zone 2 (Tools and Resources) ==
 === Creative Reuse ===
-Clothing | Craft Supplies | [[Furniture]] | Tech |
+[[Clothing Resources|Clothing]] | [[Local Craft Supplies]] | [[Furniture]] | Tech |
 === Equipment Repair ===
 === Makers & Maker Support ===
-Business Resources | Cooperatives
+[[Makers Resources]] | [[Cooperatives]]
 === Toolshare ===
-== Zone 3 Communities of Practice) ==
+== Zone 3 (Communities of Practice) ==
-=== Activist Groups & Coalitions ===
+=== Coalitions, Activist Groups, and Collaboratives ===
-[[Local Environment]] | Housing for All | Identity Based | International Solidarity | Worker Solidarity | Decentralized Technology | Economic Democracy
+[[Local Environment]] | [[Housing for all]] | [[Identity Based]] | International Solidarity | Worker Solidarity | Decentralized Technology | [[Economic Democracy]]
 === Communication ===
 === Community Spaces ===
+[[Affiliated Spaces]] | [[Open-use spaces|Open-use Spaces]]
 === Community Resilience ===
-CERT | Regional Disaster Preparedness Organization
+[https://www.eugene-or.gov/382/Community-Emergency-Response-Team-CERT Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)] | [[Regional Disaster Preparedness Organization]]
 === Conflict Resolution ===
-Oregon Mediation Association
+[https://ormediation.org/ Oregon Mediation Association]
 === Governance ===
+[https://communityrightslanecounty.org/ Community Rights Lane County]
 === News and Journalism ===
+South Willamette Valley News | [[Alternative Media Resources]]
 == Zone 4 (South Willamette Valley Knowledge Commons) ==
+'''<big>External Directories</big>'''
+[https://neighborhoodanarchists.org/eugeneresourceguide Neighborhood Anarchist Collective Eugene Resource Guide]
+[https://homesforgood.org/documents/files/find-a-home/Community-Resources.pdf Lane County Resource Referrals]