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All Blog Posts Tagged 'agriculture' (7)

New Approach to Collaborative Problem Solving and Citizen Peacebuilding

New Approach to Collaborative Problem Solving and Citizen Peacebuilding

(being introduced by two companion websites and four key documents)

The websites, the documents, and the approach

We are in uncharted territory, for there is no culture or association of societies that ever existed on planet Earth which has had to resolve the kind of challenges the next few generations of people will have to resolve [see “A List of Ten Critical Challenges” (also accessible from the…

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Added by Stefan Pasti on December 17, 2012 at 3:55am — No Comments

Grist: Chicago’s urban farm district could be the biggest in the nation, by Lori Rotenberk

Source: http://grist.org/food/chicago-urban-ag-farm-district-could-be-the-biggest-in-the-nation/

A rendering of the planned urban farm district, which would run along the Chicago’s New ERA Trail.

Chicago’s Black Belt area, on the historic South Side, was once a hub for jazz, blues, and literature, but today is riddled with vacant lots, poverty, and blight. Now, a new plan…

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Added by Randy Chatterjee on November 15, 2012 at 8:30pm — No Comments

View the Home Harvest Farms Challenge December update

Home Harvest Farms
View the Home Harvest Farms Challenge December update in PDF format at…
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Added by Philip Be'er on December 14, 2011 at 1:10pm — No Comments

Home Harvest Farms CHALLENGE!

Home Harvest Farms CHALLENGES you to grow $500 worth of produce in 12 linear feet of soil in 500 days or less!!! 

Do you dare to compete? 

Details to follow!!

Check out our new slide show at www.homeharvestfarms.com and follow us on TWITTER - http://twitter.com/#!/HomeHarvestFarm.

Added by Philip Be'er on August 11, 2011 at 8:00pm — No Comments

Could Vancouver declare Food Sovereignty like this Maine town?

The town of Sedgwick, Maine, population 1,012 (according to the 2000 census), has become the first town in the United States to pass a Food Sovereignty ordinance.  In doing so, the town declared their right to produce and sell local foods of their choosing, without the oversight of State or federal regulation.  

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Added by Justice Schanfarber on March 24, 2011 at 10:01am — 2 Comments

The Sustainable Revolution -Part 1



The Sustainable Revolution





by Mykoden

This paper was originally presented at the World Social…

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Added by Mykoden on November 27, 2010 at 11:33am — No Comments

The Sustainable Revolution -Part 2



The Sustainable Revolution



This paper was originally presented at the World Social Forum in Caracas at the University of Venezuela on January…

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Added by Mykoden on November 27, 2010 at 11:30am — No Comments

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Food

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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Transportation

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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Housing

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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