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In Transition – the Movie
In Transition 1.0: from oil dependence to local resilience, available now! The title says it all. Sit back and enjoy…
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An Urban Gardener Feeds a Community
Bronwyn’s urban backyard is teeming with diversity. It is providing local families with nutritious food through her Community Supported Agriculture…
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How to Repair the World
The video embedded in this page spotlights the excellent work of Willie Smits I profiled a little while ago, where…
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Letters from Sri Lanka – the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement and the ‘Third Way’
Part III of a series – If you haven’t already, please read Part I and Part II before continuing. This…
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The Localization of Agriculture
by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute In the United States, there has been a surge of interest in eating…
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Federal Reserve Chairman Admits Agency is Above the Law and the President
Those that read and enjoyed such posts as The Crash Course and Money as Debt will understand the significance of,…
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Arresting Blair
His bid for the EU presidency gives us the best chance we’ll ever have. by George Monbiot: journalist, author, academic…
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Letters from Sri Lanka – The Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement, and the Ten Basic Needs
Part II of a series – If you haven’t already, read Part I before continuing. What do we really need?…
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Letters from Sri Lanka – Does Sarvodaya Hold the Secrets to Systemic Change?
Note: Despite the title’s preamble, I’m no longer actually in Sri Lanka. Over the next weeks I’ll be writing a…
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The Roots of Change – in Ourselves, or Government and Industry?
“The American Frankenstein” I could very much relate to an article I read today, albeit with some reservations: WOULD ANY…
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Our Moral Dilemma: Because We Don’t Live on an Inflatable Earth
The Group of Eight members have just decreed we should limit global average temperatures to no more than 2°C above…
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