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Animation - What the Economic Crisis Really Means

There's a compelling short animation on the limits of growth and the current economic system. It's not all doom and gloom as the outcome will in part be determined by whatever course of action we choose to take:

http://theautomaticearth.com/Finance/what-the-economic-crisis-really-means-animation.html

Nicole Foss toured Australia after her visit to Vancouver in…

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Added by Stephen Bohus on September 2, 2012 at 10:17pm — No Comments

Open Source Farming Tools - Civilization Starter Kit video

Please look at Marcin Jakubowski's - Civilization Starter Kit video at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S63Cy64p2lQ

if you're interested in seeing a concept for blueprints for 50 farming tools that can be built

cheaply from scratch... It's something they've dubbed the…

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Added by Stephen Bohus on February 19, 2012 at 10:24am — 1 Comment

dealing with illegally parked cars in bicycle lanes with a tank (video)

FYI, here's what they do in Vilnius, Lithuania (to deal with illegally parked cars with a tank):



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-fWN0FmcIU&feature=player_embedded



While I'm not personally suggesting that City Hall follows Vinius' lead, there are plenty of issues with illegally parked cars in Vancouver.

Furthermore, the number of cyclists who 'get…
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Added by Stephen Bohus on August 2, 2011 at 10:49am — No Comments

Public Hearing Nov30 Dec1&2 on Metro Vancouver Regional Growth Strategy

In case anyone is interested in attending, there are still three public hearing sessions in the upcoming week to comment on the Metro Vancouver Regional Growth Strategy.


This policy may prove to be instrumental in shaping local and provincial government policy, along with Translink's role in the process in the near future. I've included a few links to a background article…
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Added by Stephen Bohus on November 28, 2010 at 10:46am — No Comments

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