Tag: Communities
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What are the virtues of modern sustainability?
What would you say are the ten virtues of sustainability?
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Is Nextdoor the next Facebook?
A social network based around specific neighborhoods has received major funding. Bloomberg wonders if it will be the next Facebook.
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New Film Series Aims to Highlight How Change Happens from the Bottom Up
The campaign will promote locally-based alternatives to the global consumer culture, hoping to turn the stories into tools for action in other cities.
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Holiday Gifts with Good Design That are Good for the World
Here is a bunch of gifts with good design and made by groups doing a social good.
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5 Ways to Share Your Garden on Global Sharing Day
Global Sharing Day is coming up. Share your garden and knowledge to create a healthy, sustainable community.
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How Rockaway Beach Surf Club Became a Hurricane Sandy Relief Center
Last week was busy. I moved to Brooklyn, rode Out Hurricane Sandy and fell in Love with The Rockaways
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Tiny Earth Shed & Art Gallery Built from Hyper-Local Ingredients
This earthen structure in downtown San Francisco reminds us that precious resources are everywhere. And many are going to waste.
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World's Largest Community-Owned Solar Project Launches in England
Imagine 5MW of community-owned solar generating clean, renewable energy. Now imagine it in rainy old England...
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A Smart Guide to Utopia: 111 Inspiring Ideas for a Better City (Book Review)
This unique travel guide is the perfect book for the eco-conscious non-tourist. It features 111 projects you can visit around Europe, that make our cities better.
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The Boat Project is a Sail Boat Made from Wooden Memories
It's Olympic art--a boat that was made from donated wooden items and was sailed along the coast of England.
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How a National Forest Grew From a Derelict Alley
The Tenderloin National Forest lies in an alleyway in urban San Francisco. There are lessons here for every city.
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The Moneyless Manifesto Just Launched (Yes, It Is Free)
Mark Boyle has literally lived without money, so he had more room than most to critique our economy. Now he's formulated a manifesto.
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Modern Japanese Ecovillage House Brings Nature Inside, Literally
A light-filled house in a Japanese ecovillage integrates the changing seasons of nature into the daily activities of its inhabitants.
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Turn Your Household Into a Pumpkin Recycling Station
Come November, there will be an awful lot of pumpkins with no place to go. Could you help find them a good home?
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Get Your Garden Soil Tested for National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week
Your garden's soil could make your children sick. The good news is that it is preventable.
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Is "Sharespray" the New Way to Do Everything?
Could "sharespray" transform our entire future? A light hearted take on the new sharing economy.
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5 Ways Technology Helps Us to Consume Less
There are several ways that technology has helped us to dematerialize our lives, here are five that have made the biggest impact.
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Community Group Harvests 25,000lbs of Fruit From Unloved Trees
A Portland community "gleaning" group distributes huge amounts of fruit that would otherwise have gone to waste.
