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December 2009 Blog Posts (3)

Book Review: A Nation of Farmers - Defeating the Food Crisis on American Soil by Sharon Astyk and Aaron Newton

“We face the very real possibility that we and our children may be poorer and hungrier and less healthy than we are…We simply have no choice but to basically alter our food system, to end its dependency on fossil fuel and to bring food security to the table as a central issue of our times.”



In this broad, sprawling book, Sharon Astyk and Aaron Newton throw down a challenge. Meeting the crisis of the unsustainable industrial-model of agriculture in America, they declare, requires… Continue

Added by Gerri on December 7, 2009 at 9:30am — No Comments

Todmorden's Good life: Introducing Britain's greenest town

'Grow your own' fever has gripped the Pennines community, which is aiming for self-sufficiency



By Joanna Moorhead

Sunday, 29 November 2009





Founders Estelle Brown, Pam Warhurst and Mary Clear, standing in their 'grow your own' community garden in Todmorden



It's an ordinary small town in England, but its residents claim they've discovered the secret that could save the planet. And with world leaders preparing to gather in Copenhagen in just… Continue

Added by Ecolocitizen on December 2, 2009 at 7:37pm — No Comments

A little piece of a greener world

Rain gardens are planted at Habitat building site in D.C. to cut runoff pollution





Sarah Fulton once worked as a social worker, trying to help clients change their ways, but now that she's retired, she is trying to create tiny ecosystems that could help change the world.



Fulton is one of three volunteers who last month helped plant a rain garden at a Habitat for Humanity townhouse development in Deanwood in Northeast Washington.



At the… Continue

Added by Ecolocitizen on December 2, 2009 at 1:16pm — No Comments

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