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The Online Ecovillage Summit (https://summit2021.ecovillage.org/schedule/) will present talks every Wednesday at 1pm, April 28, 2021 to May 26, 2021, from members of different ecovillages around the world. It looks like quite a broad line-up. April 28,...
by gmoke
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on Fri Apr 23, 2021 at 07:26 PM PDT
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This is not a complete list of opportunities nationwide, but it is still pretty extensive and it begins to demonstrate the level of activity out there. I've posted it incomplete because I didn't ...
by Words In Action
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on Fri Mar 22, 2013 at 06:48 AM PDT
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UPDATE: I've re-published the "Affordable, Sustainable Housing" series to the Intentional Communities Research and Development Group because the series led to interest in and the formation of the ...
by Words In Action
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on Thu Mar 14, 2013 at 08:36 AM PDT
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Starting a grassroots urban farm with little means on a small plot of industrial wasteland with soil so toxic you can't put any seeds in the ground is no small feat. However, for a small African ...
by citisven
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on Mon Jan 31, 2011 at 05:34 PM PST
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This April, after Eyjafjallaj�kull had thwarted a planned visit of an old friend in Spain and stranded us in ...
by citisven
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on Fri Aug 06, 2010 at 08:54 AM PDT
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The Copenhagen Climate Change Summit raises some critical issues for world governance, but we must also ask ourselves how we can make a difference. ...
by Frank Schnittger
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