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Toss it Away? No Way! - Positive News: informs, inspires, empowers
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Repairing a computer at the Repair Cafe in Palo Alto, CA. Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without," reads a sign at the Repair Cafe in Pasadena, CA. At the monthly cafes, organized by Transition Pasadena, people from the community meet to share skills, get things repaired, give things away and have a great time doing it! So what does the future hold for all the broken toasters of the world? As Repair Cafes continue to pop up in communities around the world (think: your town! The Repair Cafe Foun...
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The Greensward: Civitas: Another World Environment Day
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Friday, June 5, 2015. Another World Environment Day. Today, World Environment Day (WED) is celebrated every year on 5 June to raise global awareness to take positive environmental action to protect nature and the planet Earth. It is run by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).It was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1972 on the day that United Nations Conference on the Human Environment began. To our capitalist system that's destroying the environment. Posted by L Barlow.
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August 22, 2016. Arts & Entertainment. Science & Technology. As we pause to reflect on the challenges of climate change, peak oil, and economic instability, we have faith in good human beings coming to work together toward a better future and stronger communities. The organizations mentioned below, and many more like them, bring hope for a brighter future. The Arroyo S.E.C.O. Network of Time Banks. Is a community of people who help each other by sharing abilities, talents and experiences. Our film series...
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The Greensward: Civitas: March 2015
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Monday, March 23, 2015. A Southern California Classic. A new book about Smith and Williams has been published by the Getty Press, reflecting an exhibit that was staged at UC Santa Barbara in 2013. And documented the work archived there by Whitney Smith. It's an interesting look back at some of the many projects done by this firm, including a brief look at the Community Facilities Planners office. Of The Second Generation of California architects. That has evolved dramatically in the profession today.
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The Greensward: Civitas: Canticle of the Sun
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Thursday, June 18, 2015. Canticle of the Sun. State of the World. Laudato Si (“Praise be to You, O my Lord! St Francis of Assisi - Anglican version. Yes, be praised in all your creatures. Brother sun and sister moon. In the stars and in the wind,. Air and fire and flowing water. For our sister mother earth,. She who feeds us and sustains us;. For her fruits, her grass, her flowersfor the mountains and the oceans. Praise for those who spread forgiveness,. Those who share your peace with others,. And frame...
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The Greensward: Civitas: May 2015
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Sunday, May 31, 2015. Is there a way to avert dangerous climate change at this point? That's a position taken by Aubrey Meyer and his calculations in the CBAT online tool. Posted by L Barlow. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). An open turf area. This open space hosts "civitas", the means to foster, mobilize and coordinate civic concern. In the community for sustainable public and private spaces. This includes urban planning. Infrastructure, watershed management, zero impact projects. A space...
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The Greensward: Civitas: Its Keeling Over
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Sunday, May 31, 2015. Is there a way to avert dangerous climate change at this point? That's a position taken by Aubrey Meyer and his calculations in the CBAT online tool. Posted by L Barlow. An open turf area. This open space hosts "civitas", the means to foster, mobilize and coordinate civic concern. In the community for sustainable public and private spaces. This includes urban planning. Infrastructure, watershed management, zero impact projects. The Pages of Greensward. Think Globally Act Locally.
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The Greensward: Civitas: Ecotopia Revisited
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Tuesday, October 29, 2013. California Governor Jerry Brown has signed an agreement with Washington, Oregon and British Columbia to align climate change policies and promote clean energy. This represents another attempt, through voluntary means, to set policies across a region. The idea has a long history, famously portrayed in Ernest Callenbach's Ecotopia. One of their proposals was a cap-and-trade system, but the effort fell apart. 8220;It just so happens that things are happening in California that are...
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The Greensward: Civitas: The Sound of Silence
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Monday, February 23, 2015. The Sound of Silence. Fools," said I, "you do not know. Silence like a cancer grows. Hear my words that I might teach you. Take my arms that I might reach you". But my words like silent raindrops fell. And echoed in the wells of silence. Oceanography, geography and the enlarging drought plagued lands across the continents. The willful blindness. If there's information that you could know and you should know. But you somehow manage not to know,. It consists of research, outreach...
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The Greensward: Civitas: A Southern California Classic
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Monday, March 23, 2015. A Southern California Classic. A new book about Smith and Williams has been published by the Getty Press, reflecting an exhibit that was staged at UC Santa Barbara in 2013. And documented the work archived there by Whitney Smith. It's an interesting look back at some of the many projects done by this firm, including a brief look at the Community Facilities Planners office. Of The Second Generation of California architects. That has evolved dramatically in the profession today.
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