Seven sloping acres at the southwest edge of Jefferson Park is being transformed into an edible landscape and community park that will be known at the Beacon Food Forest, the largest of its kind in the nation. For the better part of a century, the land has languished in the hands of Seattle Public Utilities. [...]
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…With these “tiny houses,” Kittel says, you can cut your footprint down to 120 square feet, you cut your utility bill down to maybe $150 a year, you cut your taxes down, you cut your insurance down, your maintanence is nearly nothing. Kittel is also planning to build houses in “village” groupings. ”I believe in [...]
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The R.E.I. storefront in Mountain View, California. Yes, R.E.I. is a coop. Think you know what big business looks like? Think again. According to Charles Gould, Director-General of the International Cooperative Alliance, cooperatives are poised to be the fastest growing business model by 2020. Values-based, community-supported and member-controlled, modern cooperatives have grown steadily since their inception [...]
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http://www.nationofchange.org/farmers-go-wild-1328632147 …The words “wild” and “farming” may seem at odds. In the last century, with the development of petroleum-based pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers, farms were increasingly modeled on industry. “Fencerow to fencerow,” mono-crop farming emphasized high production and minimized the importance of biodiversity. Farmers ripped out vegetation, cut down forests, shot predators, and filled in [...]
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-10942618?utm_source=Ode+Newsletters&utm_campaign=6596892879-daily-rss&utm_medium=email By Hugh SchofieldBBC News, Paris A private honey store is now de rigueur for some top hotels and restaurants Tourists are not the only ones swarming down the Champs-Elysees and through the Luxembourg gardens this summer. Thanks to a renewed interest in apiaries, Paris is fast becoming the urban bee-keeping capital of the [...]
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http://www.nationofchange.org/2012-year-cooperative-1328196076 Jessica Reeder, News Analysis: What do coffee growers in Ethiopia, hardware store owners in America, and Basque entrepreneurs have in common? For one thing, many of them belong to cooperatives. By pooling their money and resources, and voting democratically on how those resources will be used, they can compete in business and reinvest the [...]
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http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/30/world/europe/green-wall-clean-air/index.html London (CNN) – Vertical gardens are cropping up all over cities these days, transforming drab urban facades into vibrant jungles of color. These lush expanses have found their way onto the walls — both inside and out — on numerous sites in recent years revitalizingpublic buildings, hotels, offices and even a multi-storey car park in Netherlands. Aside [...]
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http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2012/01/29/eco-solutions-indonesia-bamboo.cnn Sustainability in a bamboo cathedral CNN|Added on January 29, 2012CNN’s Anna Coren looks at the advantages of sustainable building materials and agricultural products. One of the world’s largest bamboo structures is home to an eco-friendly, fair trade cocoa facility. (See link for video)
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