How Land Trusts Can Counter New Urbanism’s Gentrifying Tendencies
There are some exciting aspects to New Urbanism but there are downsides as well, including the displacement of lower-income people as new urbanism moves into an area.
Act: Inspiration
The Wheel Turns, the Boat Rocks, the Sea Rises
I say: rock that boat. It’s a lifeboat; maybe the people in it will wake up and start rowing.
Farmers Refusing to Follow the Herd
By producing, processing and packaging the milk themselves in smaller operations, dairy farmers can bypass the big processors and retailers and sell directly to local consumers.
Making Space for Nature: The Community Charter
Firstly, we can work hard at reviving our local economies and creating green jobs but if we neglect to pay attention to the wellbeing of our air, water and soil we are by-passing what makes economies long-term sustainable and humans and other species healthy.
Josh Fox: It’s Easy to Switch to Renewable Energy
Solutions Grassroots is a reaction to how often people asked the renewable energy question on our tour. So it was a response to our audience, a response to our fans, a response to the people who are fighting fracking.
Fighting Hunger with Street Smarts
In a city that has nearly 30 farmers markets and the most restaurants per capita nationwide, it may be hard to believe that thousands of adults don’t have access to healthy, nutritious food.
Ur-ganic: An Alpine Township Considers Banning Pesticides
Should agricultural pesticides be banned to protect the health of the residents, the surrounding ecosystem and the integrity of the township’s historical agricultural practices?
Naomi Klein on the Great Clash Between Capitalism and the Climate
Naomi Klein’s new book, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs The Climate is coming out just as the UN is meeting on climate change, and a massive rally to protest the lack of progress on global warming is shaping up in Manhattan on Sunday.
10-Day Local Food Challenge Update: 9/16
Local food as a consumer preference is definitely on the rise.
How to Make Farm-to-Table A Truly Sustainable Movement
Chef Dan Barber says the farm-to-table movement that he helped build has failed to support sustainable agriculture on a large scale.
Call to Action: Reclaim the Climate Movement (Australia)
…I won’t be marching this weekend. I’ll be taking action instead.
There’s a lot more to Transition than community gardens
There is little mindfulness about how the way in which we communicate our message comes across to people beyond the bubble.
