July 2011
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A Guide to Alternatives to Pesticides
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Anthroposophy
Anthroposophy continues to aim at reforming society through maintaining and strengthening the independence of the spheres of cultural life, human rights and the economy. It emphasizes a particular ideal in each of these three realms of society:[1] 1. Freedom in cultural life 2. Equality of rights, the sphere of legislation and the judiciary 3. Fraternity in the economic sphere
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BrightFarms designs, finances, builds and operates hydroponic greenhouse farms at supermarkets, eliminating time, distance and cost from the food supply chain.
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Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn’t be able to fly, but the bumble bee...
– Mary Kay Ash (via moozamohd)
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How algorithms shape our world – Kevin Slavin’s riveting, wildly thought-provoking talk, TEDGlobal’s biggest blockbuster. Best digested in parallel with Eli Pariser’s thinking on the filter bubble.
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Speaking of Compost... →
Soil building in the City. via hardcoresandals
This is where we (City Harvest) get most of our compost from. In less than a year, food scraps will be banned from Greater Victoria’s municipal landfills. Everyone will be dealing with composting, on some level, whether they like it or not. For apartment dwellers, services like this will be elevated from a feel-good gesture to a necessity.
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ghoulmann: The model of free and open source collaborative development.
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Financial Permaculture
A documentary about the 1st Financial Permaculture Summit in Hohenwald, TN. This summit brought together local leaders and international permaculture designers to help create a resilient and healthy local financial system.
Check out http://financialpermaculture.com for more info about the summit
Produced by Byron Palmer, The summit and video explore key ideas for just and...
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