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Jun 17, 2013
by Justin Ritchie, Seth Moser-Katz
, The Extraenvironmentalist
In Extraenvironmentalist #61 we talk about historical economic transitions with professor, economist and author Rick Wolff and his recent book Democracy at Work: A Cure for Capitalism.
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Jun 17, 2013
by Andrew Ranallo, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
Beginning today, childcare centers throughout Minnesota are set to serve healthy, locally grown foods as part of a Farm to Childcare initiative—an innovative program designed in partnership between the Minnesota-based Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) and childcare provider …
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Jun 17, 2013
by Charles Marohn, Strong Towns
I've spent the weekend pondering how to bring this series to a conclusion and I decided that these last two pieces -- the optimistic and the pessimistic view of the future -- will, for the sake of focus, have to deal with only a couple of variables.
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Jun 17, 2013
by Ida Kubiszewski, Robert Costanza
, Solutions
It is time to consider a redesign of the university system in a way that takes advantage of recent Internet technology developments and addresses some of the social and economic problems surrounding higher education.
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Jun 17, 2013
by Vanessa Spedding, Vivid
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.
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Jun 17, 2013
by Tom Whipple, ASPO-USA
A weekly update including: Oil and the Global Economy, The Middle East North Africa, China, Quote of the Week, The Briefs
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Jun 17, 2013
by Charles Arthur, OurWorld 2.0
An innovative footwear manufacturer that pays fair wages and uses locally sourced materials is helping to transform the economic landscape in Ethiopia.
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Jun 17, 2013
by Jonathan Specht, Food Tank
...trimming our food waste is more important than composting our excess.
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Jun 17, 2013
by Resilience.org Staff, Resilience.org
•Why America's Shale Oil Boom Could End Sooner Than You Think •Boulder and other Colorado cities try to fight fracking •First County In The U.S. Bans Fracking To Save Its Water •EIA: Shale Fields May Hold 10% of World's Crude Oil, 32% of Gas Resources
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Jun 17, 2013
by Charles Marohn, Strong Towns
Savings is the diet and exercise of a healthy economy.
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Jun 17, 2013
by Stuart Jeanne Bramhall, Dissident Voice
A fundamental precept of C2C design is its emphasis on biomimicry, i.e. copying the genius of nature’s design principles.
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Jun 17, 2013
by Joanna Macy, Vala Publishing
If you’re reading this, then you are definitely already a member of the largest social movement of human history.
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Jun 16, 2013
by Aaron Lehmer-Chang, World Shift Vision
You might ask: then why have children? It's a fair question.
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Jun 16, 2013
by Kurt Cobb, Resource Insights
Like children looking through a kaleidoscope who are unaware of its actual workings, the media and the public have been misled into believing that early production results in the shale natural gas and tight oil formations in the United States will be repeated again and again across the United …
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Jun 15, 2013
by Lakis Polycarpou, City of the Future
“The move to the smart grid is impossible to achieve in one big operational mass,”...“Breaking it into bite-sized pieces — this is the future of the microgrid market.”
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Jun 14, 2013
by Samuel Alexander, Resilience.org
This book is a creative work of fiction – a ‘utopia of sufficiency’ – which brings to life a simple living community that became isolated on a small island after the collapse of industrial civilisation.
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Jun 14, 2013
by Richard Coniff, Yale Environment 360
From northern Europe to Florida, highway planners are rethinking roadsides as potential habitat for native plants and wildlife. Scientists say this new approach could provide a useful tool in fostering biodiversity.
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Jun 14, 2013
by Gar Smith, Gar Alperovits blog
The coming painful decades may be the prehistory of the next American revolution – and an evolutionary process that transforms the American system, making it both morally meaningful and ecologically sustainable.
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Jun 14, 2013
by Resilience.org Staff, Resilience.org
•Community Solar Concept A Big Hit At Michigan Energy Fair •A Secret Success Story •Generating interest in homegrown power •Power to the people - and to their homes •Brittany villages blazing a trail in energy self-sufficiency •Four German words
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Jun 14, 2013
by Kai Olson-Sawyer, Ecocentric
Gasland Part II, the highly anticipated anti-fracking documentary sequel, premiered at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival on April 21st.
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Jun 14, 2013
by Robert Jensen, Racism Review
This high-energy/high-technology life of affluent societies is a dead end.
