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Open File: Dunbar set to get its own dollar by Jessica Barrett
Added by Randy Chatterjee on March 22, 2011 at 11:46pm — No Comments
Open File: Dunbar set to get its own dollar by Jessica Barrett
Added by Randy Chatterjee on March 22, 2011 at 11:46pm — No Comments
Murray Dobbin: Why Can't Politicians Talk about What's Real? from The Tyee
In a year likely to have two, if not three, elections and thus replacing ALL levels of government, do you wonder why no one is talking about real issues like climate change, peak oil, or growing public and private debt? It is time to quietly assert what is truly important, and vote your conscience. At the same time, we shall walk the talk within the Transition movement and set an…
ContinueAdded by Randy Chatterjee on March 14, 2011 at 11:30am — 1 Comment
The Full Seas Act and the College of the 21st Century - A CASSE Article on Finite Growth
Posted: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 by Brian Czech and copied from http://steadystate.org/full-seas-act/
If we aren’t living in an “educable moment,” then we must be dumber than a doggone boot. Financial collapse, fiscal crisis, skyrocketing gas prices, global warming, revolutions in crowded countries, unemployment all…
Added by Randy Chatterjee on March 12, 2011 at 11:21pm — No Comments
Monte Paulsen: Green Homes For Less (The Tyee)
Added by Randy Chatterjee on January 11, 2011 at 8:21am — No Comments
Grist: Behavior change causes changes in beliefs, not vice versa
THE BODY-MIND PROBLEM…
ContinueAdded by Randy Chatterjee on November 30, 2010 at 9:15am — No Comments
There won't be a bailout for the Earth - Johann Hari @ The Independent
Added by Randy Chatterjee on November 27, 2010 at 12:00am — No Comments
Peak oil is spurring locals' self-sufficiency, by Carlito Pablo of the Georgia Straight
Added by Randy Chatterjee on November 11, 2010 at 8:00am — 3 Comments
The Values of Everything, by George Monbiot
Progressive causes are failing: here’s how they could be turned around
By George Monbiot. Published in the Guardian of London on 12th October 2010
So here we are, forming an orderly queue at the slaughterhouse gate. The punishment of the poor for the errors of the rich, the abandonment… Continue
Added by Randy Chatterjee on October 17, 2010 at 11:12am — 3 Comments
Common Ground - June 2010 - by Guy Dauncey
“Let’s make June our sustainable household…Added by Randy Chatterjee on June 2, 2010 at 3:30pm — 1 Comment
Biking For Life, by Susan Van Haitsma
Biking for Life
by Susan Van Haitsma…
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Added by Randy Chatterjee on May 23, 2010 at 2:00pm — No Comments
Carolyn Baker: Collapse, Transition, the Great Turning, why words matter
Syndicated worldwide, this following article on the error of…
ContinueAdded by Randy Chatterjee on May 21, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments
Book Review: Life, Money and Illusion by Mike Nickerson
(Second Edition, 2009: ISBN 978-0-86571-659-9)
(Available in the Central Branch of the Vancouver Library at 338.927 N63L)
(Village Vancouver has 3 copies in its informal lending library, and the overdue fines are steep!)
Author: Mike Nickerson
Reviewed by Genevieve Jones
Do you ever get overwhelmed by the state of the world?
I like to be informed, but last… Continue
Added by Randy Chatterjee on January 25, 2010 at 7:14pm — No Comments
Common Ground - September 2009, "Welcome to Village Vancouver" by Kathie Wallace and Ross Moster
Talk to your neighbour. See what happens...
We want to spread the good news of neighbourhood-based individual action. What have you created this summer and what do you dream of doing next year? What do you like the most about living in your neighbourhood? What essential components make your community the place you love to live in? Please blog us… Continue
Added by Randy Chatterjee on September 13, 2009 at 10:30pm — No Comments
Common Ground - July 2009, "Welcome to Village Vancouver" by Kathie Wallace and Ross Moster
Added by Randy Chatterjee on July 24, 2009 at 11:00pm — No Comments
Vancouver Courier - 17 July 2009, "Chicken 101" by Sandra Thomas
Chicken 101
Wannabe chicken owners in Vancouver are taking classes and attending films. Are they ready for the work involved?
Sandra Thomas
Vancouver Courier
Friday, July 17, 2009
You could have heard a pin drop when a woman attending a June screening of the… Continue
Added by Randy Chatterjee on July 17, 2009 at 11:00pm — No Comments
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- The Plastic Ocean: A Cry For Help, by Jak King
- Imagining a Moral Economy for British Columbia, in The Tyee, by Christine Boyle & Seth Klein
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