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FARM FROM A BOX: Another terrific template for hyper-local food

And see this morning’s terrific template. However, the Farm From A Box template has a high initial cost. One might instead make a list of what’s in its “toolkit,” and then buy the items separately. However, love the idea of using old shipping containers this way! And for suburbs constructed around a green space of two or […]

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FLEET FARMING: One terrific template for hyper-local food production

So great! These enterprising Florida folks are demonstrating how to transform back lawns into gardens and make local food production a win/win for everybody involved. YES! P.S. I realize that Fleet Farming is being introduced gradually so as not to scare people, but . . . How about front lawns, too? And side lawns? I’ll never forget […]

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Julian Assange: “Wikileaks is the rebel library of Alexandria”

The Royal Library of Alexandria burned down, supposedly “accidentally,” in 48 B.C., and its destruction has become a symbol for the loss of cultural knowledge. Wikileaks “collection” is not of irreplaceable cultural treasures, but an ongoing illumination of massive and systematic cultural corruption and destruction. Big difference! However, the Wikileaks collection is crucial, if we […]

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PHOTO(s): Olympic Hunger Games

Note: See this and this. May the 2016 Olympics finally wake us up to the increasingly stark contrast between mindless masses stirred into frenzy by either violence or spectacle and the no-longer-silent suffering of the globalized poor.  This One Photo Sums Up Everything That Is Wrong with Society I wonder how many photo journalists in Rio suddenly decided to hot […]

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