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Sustainable Society: April 2012

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Friday, April 27, 2012. Review: Urban Roots - farming in the heart of a major U.S. city. What do you do if your city turns into a burned out husk of its former glory, abandoned buildings for miles upon miles, etc? Urban Roots. It takes a look at the Urban Farming scene in Detroit, in several variants of the practice, and it does a great job of making small scale farming look highly appealing. First, what is Urban Farming? Http:/ minijanejacobs.wordpress.com/2012/03/23/the-shrinking-city/. The normalthink...

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Sustainable Society: What is the "buy local" idea / movement, and why should we buy local?

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Sunday, November 20, 2011. What is the "buy local" idea / movement, and why should we buy local? Buy Local" is a meme that's beginning to gain traction and is one of the pillars of creating sustainable healthy communities. Like many slogans however it's kind of vague and subject to interpretation and misinterpretation. In case you're curious, the answer is NO. Why focus on locally produced products/services/food/etc? Purchasing locally made stuff from a locally owned store keeps more dollars circulating ...

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Sustainable Society: June 2012

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Thursday, June 21, 2012. Moody’s Cuts Credit Ratings of 15 Big Banks. This isn't good news that was just sent by an NY Times News Alert:. Moody’s Cuts Credit Ratings of 15 Big Banks. Moody’s Investors Service has lowered the ratings of some of the world’s largest banks, including Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and Goldman Sachs. The ratings agency said late Thursday that the banks were downgraded because their long-term prospects for profitability and growth are shrinking. Links to this post.

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Sustainable Society: Cue the Apocolypse? Moody’s Cuts Credit Ratings of 15 Big Banks

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Thursday, June 21, 2012. Moody’s Cuts Credit Ratings of 15 Big Banks. This isn't good news that was just sent by an NY Times News Alert:. Moody’s Cuts Credit Ratings of 15 Big Banks. Moody’s Investors Service has lowered the ratings of some of the world’s largest banks, including Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and Goldman Sachs. The ratings agency said late Thursday that the banks were downgraded because their long-term prospects for profitability and growth are shrinking. Nature in the City.

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Sustainable Society: Budweiser's "Grow One Save A Million" idea an example of greenwashing? Or real a water saving idea?

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Monday, May 28, 2012. Budweiser's "Grow One Save A Million" idea an example of greenwashing? Or real a water saving idea? Budweiser, really, is this the best way to save a significant amount of water? Budweiser, What have you been drinking? Wait, I've been on the factory tour in St. Louis and I know just what you've been drinking. Use an electric shaver rather than a razor with shaving cream. The electric razor is simpler, has a much lower risk of butchering ones face, and does not require water. Budweis...

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Sustainable Society: October 2011

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Monday, October 31, 2011. The tale of Two Trees by Phil Osophical. A nice parable about modern society and two ways of understanding how to organize our world society and the practices we live with. If you ask a fish if its in water, it'll say "what's water".  Just as the fish floats in a sea of an existing matrix of conditions, so do we float in a matrix of existing thoughts and ways of being that we can call the prevailing consensus opinion. Posted by David Herron. Links to this post. The chart at the ...

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Sustainable Society: Villagize may help with de-anonymizing cities so we know our neighbors

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Sunday, June 17, 2012. Villagize may help with de-anonymizing cities so we know our neighbors. One of the complaints about modern times is how the technology, and architecture of cities, gets in the way of the humans finding each other. We can drive a 100 miles in the blink of an eye, travel to the other side of the planet in a day of air travel, but do we know our neighbors? Do they have a set of socket wrenches you need to do a project? If you're looking for something, like a MIG welder, you can post o...

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Sustainable Society: March 2012

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Saturday, March 10, 2012. The following is an amazing video of a group of people in Seattle experimenting with reviving sailboats for commerce within Puget Sound. Prior to powered boats, there was zillions of sail powered ships ferrying stuff back and forth across Puget Sound, but today there are highways and trucks and large ferry boats and bridges and other paraphernalia of the modern transportation infrastructure. Sail Power Reborn - Transporting Local Goods by Boat. Posted by David Herron. That is, f...

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Sustainable Society: Arsenic found in baby formula? Grow your own food!

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Thursday, March 1, 2012. Arsenic found in baby formula? Grow your own food! Let's remember some history. The Food and Drug Administration came into being because of food safety scandals over 100 years ago. Businesses at that time proved over and over they were willing to sell poisonous crap food to people, while paying off inspectors to stamp the food as safe even when it wasn't. Arsenic found in baby formula, baby food, energy bars and more. Its found in rice syrup! Thu Mar 01 16:31:37 0000 2012. Softwa...