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While some learn to live sustainably, others learn to survive. Shocking. Or not. Depending on your vantage point, or viewpoint.

August 9, 2010
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While some learn to live sustainably, others learn to survive. Shocking. Or not. Depending on your vantage point, or viewpoint.

Living sustainably – changing light bulbs, appliances, car, lowering and raising the thermostat, buying locally, taking mass transit (and of course, it’s going to take more than this). Survival – having a place to live, food to eat, water to drink, neighbors, or family, or government to help. I’m guessing, like so many other things, if...
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Comics, Dinners, Bulletin Boards, Junk

October 16, 2009
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Comics, Dinners, Bulletin Boards, Junk

Bulletin Boards, Comics, Dinners, Junk – A way to a New Future It’s been said that when personal or civil tragedy strikes, people often come together for support. To some, tragedy appears to have struck the world now – with an approaching “perfect storm” of peak oil, climate change, national debt, population growth, and as...
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Death to the public library.

December 30, 2009
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Death to the public library.

The New Public Library Proposal overview The post-industrial age public library had an inspired calling – make books available to the working class. The coming of the information age introduced computers and video tapes to these libraries, and now the post-information age is leaving libraries behind in favor of Google, Kindle, and iPod. It may not...
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Every Thing Goes Book Cafe and Neighborhood Stage

July 31, 2009
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Every Thing Goes Book Cafe and Neighborhood Stage

Here’s a good place to share your stuff at. Check out this new community center, bookstore, internet cafe, gallery and performance stage in New York City on Staten Island – by the Staten Island Ferry terminal in St George, it’s made by the amazing Ganas Community who do all those recycling businesses.
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