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RING DESCRIPTION: For urbanites only who have merged off the freeway of life onto a more sustainable path. The ring’s mission is to bring together city folks on the path. Urban homesteaders who are taking steps to live a more self sufficient life in regards to their food, energy, water, waste, transportation, lifestyle and more. :: Ring Outline :: Definition of "Urban": less than or no more than 1/2 acre to 3/4 acre. Urban Homesteading Lifestyle Guidelines: Doing more with less, growing a sizeable % (at least 50 percent) own produce (fruits, vegetables, herbs), raising citified animals (at least chickens, rabbits), composting, vermicomposting producing own alternative energy, alternative heating, using alternative transportation, back to basics skills (food preservation, soapmaking, sewing, breadmaking, etc), simple living, powering down, unplugged lifestyle, homegrown diet, operating a viable home based business, home-unschooling, energy and waters conservation practices, greywater and rainwater practices and more! Being the change we wish to see by living the solution on a daily basis.

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Little Homestead in the City
Largest and most comprehensive site on urban homesteading. Since the mid 1980's the Dervaes family has transformed their urban into an integral urban homestead. These eco pioneers are the force behind the modern urban homesteading movement.

ObXmOm
A place to write my thoughts. I support a green planet, I unschool my 3 children and love to garden. I'm a compost junky and recycle just about anything and everything! We have rabbits, chickens and a cat. Stop by and browse around. Our newest big project is a solar shower.

The quinceurbanhomestead
This is the story of our urban family as we try to live a more sustainable lifestyle. We are turning our urban plot into a sustainable venture that will provide us with food, nourishment, and many adventures for us and our 2 boys. This includes growing our own food, raising citified chickens, becoming more energy-independent by using renewable resources and reducing our overall consumption.

Ivywood Cottage, Garden and Mini Farm
The joy of life is in the journey and we have decided to journey down the path less traveled. Join us as we embark on a new path in our lives striving to live a sustainable life here in our little shire in the mountains and reduce our footprint on this earth. We will share our experiences with our garden, our goats and chickens, our path to environmental stewardship, cooking from scratch and organically, crocheting, bread making, jam making, homeschooling, soap making and just living simply and being good stewards of our little piece of land God has seen fit to provide us with. We feel that sustainable living starts in your own backyard and so we are endeavoring to walk the walk and not just talk the talk.

Dolce Verde
Urban Homestead in historic Central Phoenix, AZ

Rachel's Tiny Farm
My steps towards growing most of my own produce, raising chickens and generally becoming more self-sufficient on a small lot (1/5 acre) in central Phoenix.

HomeMattersMost
My journey in living through more simpler means, a lifestyle more frugal yet more fulfilling and learning how to use sustainable organic and fairtrade products as an alternative to disposables.

The Purloined Letter
Working--very slowly sometimes--toward homesteader status, but thinking about it and writing about it a lot...

Bad Human! Don't take chemicals from strangers.
A journal of J. and I's attempt to live a simpler, greener life.

Kicking and Screamin
Balancing the desire to kick and scream for change with the need to be gentle on my family and those around me. A slow but steady transformation to a more simple, sustainable, sane life.

A Posse ad Esse
We are a "normal" family living on 1/4 acre in suburban Utah. Our daily goals are to raise our three boys in a clean and healthy environment, to live a simpler life and provide more for ourselves. We have a nearly 400 sqFt dedicated garden plus edible landcaping in the front yard and compost piles for the green waste, we are raising urban chickens and making for ourselves what we can. It's a learning process, and we try to share our successes and our failures. A posse ad esse is latin for "From Possibility to Reality". That's we're all about.

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