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Primal Fears, Primal Joys

We’re living in a time of growing fear of what I have come to call the “Big Primal.” ...Our scientists confirm that we’re not all simply imagining that our weather has gone wild; for them, the …

Seeds of the People: Growing Local Knowledge

It's challenging enough to explain to a five year old child who has spent …

Treasure Island: Tax havens and the men who stole the world

In his influential book Treasure Islands: Tax Havens and the Men who Stole …

What permaculture isn’t — and is

Permaculture is notoriously hard to define.

The answer to climate change

While climate change is certainly a fact of the physical world, at its core it’s a social problem, born of our cultural emphasis on …

What Actually Happens

When you think about it, it’s really rather odd that so many people nowadays should be so hostile to the suggestion that history moves in circles.
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Pink pants, red herrings and life’s work (or: More than my job’s worth, part 2)

Well, what if miracles can happen? Trying to help trigger one would be rather an adventure wouldn’t it? Come to think of it, miracles are happening all over the place, right now.

Alternative Energy Challenges

The various obstacles to alternative energy compound the fundamental …

The Farm Bill’s “Government Handouts”: Who Really Benefits?

If we are going to be truly resilient, then we must be compassionate about …

Life in the Green Lane

Impossible, many folks would tell me. Special bike lanes are strictly a …

The Next New Economy

Hardly a new idea, the sharing economy has been hotly discussed …

City Bees, Country Bees

Honeybees are not the only ones in trouble--bumblebees are too. This is the first of a two part series that will discuss how urban areas might be …

Land, apples, and political engagement in Scotland

The community growing movement in Scotland reveals a desire, and an opportunity, for a more profoundly democratic politics.

To power up or power down? That is the question

Recently I read that our challenge in the twenty-first century is to triple …

Former Soviet Union crude oil exports declined by 5.5 % in last 2 years

Russia is at its 2nd and last oil peak. The easy oil is gone. The FSU export …

The Permablitz: Transforming Urban Homesteads in a Single Day

During a Permablitz, an army of volunteers, friends, and neighbors descend …

Cure for Capitalism?  

In Extraenvironmentalist #61 we talk about historical economic transitions …

Farm to Childcare program expands to 62 sites across Minnesota

Beginning today, childcare centers throughout Minnesota are set to serve …

Dumb Money, Day 5

I've spent the weekend pondering how to bring this series to a conclusion …

The University Unbound: Transforming Higher Education

It is time to consider a redesign of the university system in a way that …

Peak oil review - June 17

 A weekly update including: Oil and the Global Economy, The Middle East …

Ethiopia’s soleRebels handcraft eco shoes and win

An innovative footwear manufacturer that pays fair wages and uses locally …
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