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To speak or not to speak…

6 Mar 2011
So I’ve been thinking a lot about “right speech,” and its relationship to what’s been going on in my life and what I should tell people about it (including you,…
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Is “Sustainable Agriculture” an Oxymoron?

27 Feb 2011
Is "Sustainable Agriculture" an Oxymoron?. An elaboration on what Jared Diamond meant about "the worst mistake in the history of the human race" - with details about anthropological studies of…
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One week’s worth of food by various cultures | Homeless Nation

5 Feb 2011
One week's worth of food by various cultures | Homeless Nation. Great images, and real food for thought (pardon the pun) regarding money, value, wants and needs.
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The Money Culture, Part 3

14 Jan 201114 Jan 2011
"We are at the point in history where the infinite growth paradigm collides with something that is more powerful than money is..."  - Michael Ruppert, Collapse (2009 movie) The more-powerful…
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The Money Culture, Part 2

6 Jan 20116 Jan 2011
One of the big challenges in thinking about where we might go if we walked away from money is trying to imagine what alternatives look like.  How does a gift…
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The Money Culture, Part 1

4 Jan 201114 Jan 2011
Can you think of five things you did today that were not somehow connected with or influenced by money? As mentioned in my first post, I've been itching to delve into…

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