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AASHE’s ‘Higher Education Occupation’ Project

21 Feb 201221 Feb 2012
The Occupy Movement should give true sustainability advocates reason for hope. Sustainability isn't just about cleaning up our environmental act, but about building a new society that respects peopleand planet. Sustainability…
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11 Holiday Gift Programs That Benefit Nonprofits and Make the World A Better Place :: 2011 Edition « Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Blog :: A Social Media Guide for Nonprofits

27 Nov 201127 Nov 2011
While my favorite shopping option is Buy Nothing Day (followed closely, in at least two senses, by Buy Local Day - I succeeded with both this year), there are often a few…
Culture Change…

Occupied Lands

6 Oct 201118 Oct 2011
I'm mostly hopeful about the promise of the "Occupy" movement.   One of the oft-reported weaknesses of the movement is the lack of a unified message.  But this criticism overlooks…
Culture Change…

Mindful Recycling and Waste « The Imagined Worlds of Michelle Yvonne Merrill

10 Sep 201110 Sep 2011
As with energy, we should have practices that enhance our awareness that nothing is ever “thrown away.” It is especially important that we think about the disposition of each item,…
climate…

The Sound of a New Green Economy

2 Sep 2011
From the Green for All team, a video that sums up the argument for the new Green Collar Economy:
Culture Change…

Hygiene and Its Discontents

27 Aug 201116 Jul 2013
Up to my eyeballs in preparations for Monday's start of the new semester, so I'm re-posting a bit I initially published on 6/22/04 at http://rattlebrain.com/~apegrrl/blog040622.htm Hygiene and Its Discontents While doing as…
Living Systems…

Charging for Land

8 Aug 2011
The [Land Value Tax] strikes at the heart of the land monopoly. In a powerful speech, Winston Churchill said, “Land monopoly is not the only monopoly, but it is by…
disasters…

Could a carbon tax help solve our budget woes? | Grist

29 Jul 20118 Aug 2011
Could a carbon tax help solve our budget woes? | Grist. Again, it's time to start taking this seriously, as a potential solution for multiple problems.  See my previous post…
money culture…

Saying TATA to TINA (without looking like some kind of loony)

10 Jun 201110 Jun 2011
The Money Culture, Part 5 As the Cold War drew to a close and the Soviet Union began to collapse, Maggie Thatcher said of capitalism and the Washington Consensus "There…

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