Local Government Support Bolsters Urban Farming Movement in Salt Lake County, UT
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Trish Popovitch
Decision Time
There can only be one topic for a blog post today, as a great country stands poised to make a momentous decision with potentially global repercussions… I refer, of course, to the Peasants’ Republic of Wessex…
10 essential ingredients of a ‘Good Brexit’
It is increasingly clear that ‘taking back control’ looks likely to mean nothing of the sort.
The most powerful word in politics is ‘no’
I always advise candidates with whom I consult to find something to which they can say "no" and to say "no" to it often. I am neither being perverse nor merely negative. I am being realistic. The most powerful word in politics is "no."
A Roof, a Skill, a Market: The Multiple Dimensions of Scale
The Nubian Vault Association has evolved a quite different approach: the long-term, muti-dimensional cultivation of living local economies based on three kinds of value: a roof, a skill, and a market.
Leonardo DiCaprio’s ‘Before the Flood’: A Review
The film would have us believe that we can have our cake and eat it. We can’t. But there is still a delicious, albeit different, menu on offer.
Howard Odum, transformities and the urban/rural divide in America
It is no wonder that rural populations are feeling ignored and even threatened. It is harder and harder to make a living in rural locations. And, with the advent of 24/7 communications, it is harder and harder to maintain a rural culture that is distinct from that of most cities. Rural populations face a double attack on both their livelihoods and their "way of life."
Keeping eggs over the winter
More and more of us are re-discovering what our grandparents knew: that there is a certain value in being able to provide and preserve some things for yourself, with simple ingredients, while spending a lot less money and having a lot more fun.
Introducing … The Nearly Carbon-Free Academic Conference: The World in 2050
What if we held a conference and nobody came?
Campaign melodrama: As the world burns
In the melodrama that passes for the U.S. presidential campaign, Donald Trump got practically all the post-debate headlines last week. But what both candidates agreed on should be far more troubling. And yet, it elicits nothing more than a yawn these days in political discourse.
Into the Ruins Issue 2: Review
Science fiction fans who pine for stories grounded in reality, rather than in the techno-fantasies that prevail in most other science fiction, will find much to like in Into the Ruins.
LA Green Grounds Digs in to Build Urban Farms and Strengthen Community
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