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Turk Pipkin : A Simple Truth… or Two
Turk Pipkin with students at Mahiga Primary School in Kenya.One Peace at a Time:A simple truth… or two By Turk Pipkin / The Rag Blog / November 30, 2009 With the problems of the world appearing more challenging with each … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Charity, Climate Change, Developing World, Environment, Film, Filmmakers, Nobel Prize, Nonprofits, Sustainability, The World, Third World, Turk Pipkin, Willie Nelson, Youth
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The Future of Agriculture : Genetics and the Limits of Oil
Agriculture, genetics and a sustainable future… …the oil requirement for U.S. food production and transportation will no doubt loom as a much bigger factor, forcing a restructuring of the food industry. By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / November … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Genetic Engineering, Peak Oil, Sustainability, Transportation
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Barack Obama : Stop the Runaway Train
President Obama: Stop the runaway train of globalization.Long range strategic innovation: Globalization, the financial crisis, environmental planning, and getting out of Afghanistan By Ray Reece / The Rag Blog / November 5, 2009 Call this a lesson in how to … Continue reading
Biodiversity and Global Change : Carbon in the Soil
Insights from soil carbon research: Scientists analyze interactions with climate change and land management to address food, fuel, water and fiber needs. By Alison Grantham / October 18, 2009 Nearly 300 soil scientists from 33 countries gathered last week in … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Scientific Research, Sustainability
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A Lifestyle Alternative : The Gift Economy
Jesse James Retherford. The gift economy and the sustainable community Within a moral economy the social significance of individuals is defined by their obligations to others, with whom they maintain continuing relationships. It is the extended reproduction of the relationship … Continue reading
Organic Alternative and the Whole Foods Fraud
The organic monopoly and the myth of ‘natural’ foods: How industry giants are undermining the organic movement On non-meat products, the term natural is typically pure propaganda. Companies (like Whole Foods Market or UNFI) are simply telling us what we … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture, Environment, Organic Food, pollution, Sustainability, Whole Foods
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Foodie Friday Dribbles Into Saturday: Great Reading About Food
This could have been another Foodie Friday post, but I felt it was interesting and important enough not to delay it for a week. These Internet food sites are fantastic, with much information about things that matter immensely now and … Continue reading
Foodie Friday: Fixing the Broken US Agriculture System
Will Allen was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2008, the honor popularly known as the “genius grant.”A Good Food Manifesto for AmericaBy Will Allen / May 2009 I am a farmer. While I find that this has come to mean … Continue reading
Co-Housing: Another Way Toward Sustainability
Children playing in a communal yard at Doyle Street in Emeryville. Photo: Drew Kelly/New York Times.To Your Left, a Better Way of Life?By Chris Colin / June 10, 2009 VICKI SETZER and her cats inhabit a small ranch home on … Continue reading
Harvey Wasserman : The Eight Green Steps to Solartopia
Pete Seeger sings Solartopia. Download here. Solartopia is diverse, sustainable, and socially just, the necessary, possible vision of a civilization in which we can all survive and thrive. By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / May 27, 2009 Includes … Continue reading
Susan Van Haitsma : The Planet’s Imperative: Stop War, Shine On
Graphic from Neoformix. The life of our planet must not be a flash in the pan, a brief streak of light in time’s expanse. Our ancient Mother deserves a future of infinite history, and so do we, her youngest children. … Continue reading
Mad at Michele : Pesticide Companies Miffed at White House For Organic Garden
After President Obama was elected, and even before the magnitude of the recession became apparent, there was a push from community food activists to plant a “Victory Garden” on the South Lawn of the White House. Led by Roger Doiron, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Locklear, Michele Obama, Organic Gardening, Sustainability
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