References/Links
Information of both local and global interest...

Campaign for Safe Cosmetics

The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics is a coalition working to protect your health by calling for the elimination of chemicals used in the cosmetics industry linked to cancer, birth defects and other health problems.

Environmental Working Group

This organization researches and brings to light many of the secretive and unsettling facts about agencies, corporations, and public policies that affect and influence our lives on a daily basis.

Upper Michigan Local History

Learn about Upper Michigan's local heritage in the fascinating series of historical novels by local author Tyler R. Tichelaar.  Mr. Tichelaar gives readers a window into 1-1/2 centuries of the U.P.'s rich iron ore industry heritage and the peoples who shaped that heritage.

These books make wonderful gifts - for yourself or someone else!

Humane Farming Association

Do you really know where - and how - your food lived - and died - before it arrived in your local supermarket?  Modern agricultural industrial farms provide cheap meat to the masses, but what does this cheap meat really cost us all in the long run?

Eat Well Guide

Find sources for local, organic, and sustainably-produced food close to home and even when traveling.