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April 2009 Blog Posts (3)

Black Folks, Green Thumbs

By: Dayo Olopade, The Root, April 22, 2009



The problem, says Seneca Price-Kern, an advocate for local farming who has started a branch of the WeFarm America collective in Chicago, is a combination of cost and culture. Going green is costly: Shopping at Whole Foods can eat up an entire paycheck. And despite black Americans’ agrarian roots, farming and naturalism has often seemed more a project for the barnyard-loving, hemp-wearing set.… Continue

Added by Ecolocitizen on April 22, 2009 at 5:05pm — No Comments

NY Times article on Transition

North First Avenue in Sandpoint, Idaho, a town of 8,100 surrounded by two mountain ranges. Sandpoint is the second official Transition initiative in the US.



By JON MOOALLEM

Published: New York Times, April 16, 2009



The Transition movement was started four years ago by Rob Hopkins, a young British instructor of ecological design. Transition shares certain principles with environmentalism, but its vision is deeper — and… Continue

Added by Ecolocitizen on April 20, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Learning from an Expert!

It's been a while since I wrote here. Here's an update--I've met an amazing woman who grew up "green" on a farm. She laughs about living green. She says that's just how they lived because they didn't have a lot of money. This wonderful sister-friend and I will be gardening in her backyard this spring/summer/fall. I am so blessed. My son will be participating as well. Most of the green community seems to live very far from me (Anacostia) or have… Continue

Added by Ayesha Ali on April 7, 2009 at 2:03pm — 1 Comment

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