Beth Buczynski

Ever wish you could live at your CSA? Or move to a neighborhood where everyone is as excited about fresh, healthy food as you are?

In order for sharing to be a successful alternative to the status quo, we need one important ingredient: people. Sharing requires a motivated, passionate community, whether physical or digital.

“Community Solar Gardens appeal to those–like renters, or businesses that lease space–who don’t already have somewhere to install solar,” explained Tom Price, director of policy for CleanPath. In a solar garden, the cost for getting started can be as low as zero. In return, you get back a smaller portion of your rate as compensation, and don’t end up owning the solar panels. But in both cases, you still save money, and get your power from renewable energy.

The entire country of Greece is currently facing economic ruin…Right now, Greece’s debt is bigger than it’s economy. That should sound pretty familiar to readers in the United States…As Greek political leaders toss around the pros and cons of a European bailout of their country’s entire economy, the people of Greece have found their own cashless way to cope.

Culture Kitchen is a San Francisco start-up on a unique mission to connect local experts at ethnic home cooking with food lovers who are interested in the people and the stories behind the food.

As long as communities still rely on centralized, fossil-fuel powered energy plants to generate power, democratization of the electrical grid will remain a dream. But the past 10 years have seen an exponential growth in the adoption of renewable energy alternatives, namely home solar and wind power, which presents an unprecedented opportunity for transformation.