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Posted on June 13, 2012 at 8:29am 0 Comments 0 Likes
EcoSex Symposium! (Portland)
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"More than 21 workshops on sexecology, sensual & sustainable living, the pleasure of permaculture, EcoMagicks, bees, mycelium/mushrooms, stardust, polyamory, ecoactivism, herbal aphrodisiacs, culture, sexual liberation, plant medicines, embodiment, & more.
More than the Opening Ceremony on Friday, the EcoBall on Saturday Night, or Sunday's Closing…
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 10:05am 0 Comments 0 Likes
"At Amsterdam’s first Repair Cafe, an event originally held in a theater’s foyer, then in a rented room in a former hotel and now in a community center a couple of times a month, people can bring in whatever they want to have repaired, at no cost, by volunteers who just like to fix things."
Awesome!
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Posted on May 25, 2012 at 10:46am 0 Comments 0 Likes
I'm writing a piece about food forests for a Vancouver magazine.
Do you know of any food forests in the city?
I'm especially interested in getting photos of mature sites...
Thanks!
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 9:17pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
I have half a yard of soil in the back of my truck. Need to get it gone! Happy to deliver it to your curb for $25 if you're not too far from 25th/Knight :)
Awesome, nuanced article in the VO on government regulation, regulatory capture, and building cycles of public dependency...and all in a short article about that greatest and most devastating of all dependencies, sugar. Indeed, the only real answer is to let the market price it correctly, and then also expose its pernicious effects and build a movement, just like that against smoking, that works from the grassroots to inspire us to protect our bodies.
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Local, organic, rural, and/or urban, food production is a mainstay of life, and doing it well leads to wellness. From farm to kitchen, discussions relating to food--and the community arising around it--belong here.
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If you have to leave your village, how will you get where you want to go? By car? Preferably not, both for your wallet and the earth’s sake. This category is for all discussions relating to how we all get around.
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A human right? After food, most feel shelter is the most important necessity. A place of shelter is also the start of a community. This category is for all things relating to shelter, housing, affordable housing, homes, renewable heating systems, green buildings, heritage, and our built environment in general.
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