Resources

Newsletters and Articles:

     - Latest Newsletter: Letting Go of the Good to Make Room for the Great!

     - Article in San Francisco Chronicle December 9, 2005:

       Organizer and therapist team up to help people with clutter.

Favorite Books:

     - It's All Too Much by Peter Walsh. 

       An easy plan for living a richer life with less stuff.

     - Letting Go of Your Bananas by Daniel Durbin.

        How to become more successfur by getting rid of everything rotten in your life!

     - Rightsizing Your Life by Ciji Ware.

        Simplifying your surroundings while keeping what matters most.

     - It's Hard to Make a Difference When You Can't Find Your Keys

        by Marilyn Paul, Ph.D. The seven step path to becoming truly organized.      

Links:

        www.storyofstuff.com - great 20 minute video on sustainable consumption  

        and production.

www.stopwaste.org – Alameda County Waste Management – where and how to recyle

www.cccrecycle.org -  Contra Costa County waste reduction and recycle website

www.compax.com - Automatic Response System offers paper shredding, alternate media destruction and more.

www.dmaconsumers.org/consumerassistance.html - to get off junk mail lists

www.donotcall.gov – (888)382-1222 National DO NOT CALL registry gives you a choice about whether to receive telemarketing calls at home. Your registration will be effective for five years.

www.redcross.org/services/ - Get information on emergency preparedness

www.messies.com – Messies  Anonymous. Support for messies!

www.satruck.com – Salvation Army's donation information website. Schedule pickups, get valuation of donations, find a donation center near you.