Tag: Communities - Page 4
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Brewers Embrace Urban Hops from Backyard Farmers
Independent breweries in London may start buying hops from allotments, backyard farmers and anyone who will grow them.
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Anti-Composting Sentiment Must Be Listened To, Not Dismissed
Large-scale composting may help reduce food waste going to landfill, but that can be little comfort to residents living nearby.
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Turning a Toronto Roof into an Urban Garden and Community Space
A proposed plan would create a rooftop garden that would double as a community gathering spot in downtown Toronto.
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City's Local Currency Is Accepted for Paying Taxes
Local currencies are nothing new, but one city is allowing its businesses to pay their taxes with local money.
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5 Things Plants Do Better Than Us
Our communities would benefit from more trees and plants. But they could also learn to be more like trees and plants too. Here's how.
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Small-Scale Composters Are Everywhere
All around the country, micro-entrepreneurs are collecting food scraps by bike, on foot, or in the back of their cars. Anyone know of any more?
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Is This the Most Beautiful Street in the World?
As hard as it may be to determine, there is one street in Brazil which has earned that distinction among an international audience -- namely for its impressive natural beauty.
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Can Small-Scale Compost Entrepreneurs Circumvent the NIMBYs?
Small-scale composting collection services seem to be proliferating. Can they take on larger, less-popular industrial-scale composting?
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Sierra Club is Getting Veterans and Their Families Outdoors
"When you're outside you can just focus on what's around you. You're reminded: This America; this is what I fought for." - Iraq veteran Stacy Bare
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Design Resilient Cities. Don't Assume Resilient People.
One victim of earthquakes in New Zealand is sick of the term resilience. People aren't as tough as politicians like to pretend they are.
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Community, Technology, Environment and Economy: The Four Drivers of Collaborative Consumption
A confluence of opportunities and crises is pushing more and more people to share their stuff. This video explains why.
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Why Modern Life Makes Us Vulnerable
A freak storm leaves an isolated community without power. It's an illustration of what's been lost.
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Resilience Has Not Been Lost (It's Been Willfully Ignored)
Resilience is a hot topic right now. But it's important to remember it is nothing new. Many communities have lived and breathed this stuff for years.
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Can We Compost Our Anger?
From orange peels to diapers to latex condoms, you can compost a lot of things. But is it possible to compost your anger?
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I'm Proud to Be a Freeloader: Taking is as Important as Giving in Collaborative Consumption
Giving credits for lending or giving can be a great way to encourage social bartering, but there is a danger that we stigmatize those who take before they can give.
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Guerrilla Grafters Create Illegal, Fruit-Bearing Street Trees
Guerrilla Grafters believe that street trees are too valuable not to use for food production. So they are illegally converting ornamental street trees into edible fruit production.
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"Let's Talk About It": How Much Process is Too Much Process For Green Businesses and Activists?
Defining goals and developing strategy are a crucial element of success for environmentalists. But how do we ensure that this turns into action?
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What Makes Villages So Sustainable? An Ecovillage Pioneer Explains (Video)
We often hear that city living is the most efficient. But is it possible that villages are still the greenest way to live?
