Category: Responsible Living
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Sustainable Growing Practices
Nature is amazing! She makes NEW out of OLD and recycles everything, constantly. Look at how (natural) soil works: leaves and other debris falls on it, the rain moistens it, and insects, worms, and microbes go to work to break it down. In a relatively short amount of time (depending on the temperature and moisture)
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How to Improve Clay Soil Quickly
Here in Southern Oregon we have heavy clay soil mixed with pebbles of various sizes. Most of the year the weather is dry, and the summers are really hot. Compacted clay soil, when dry, is as hard as cement, and anything planted in that kind of ground will not do well, as you can probably
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The ONE big reason Socialism does NOT work (for the GOOD of Humanity)
As someone who grew up in a socialist country, I have seen and felt and lived through the devastation that inevitably comes with it. Socialism sure sounds good on paper: Everything is owned by everyone (“the collective”) and there is a ‘social net’ in place that every person contribute to so that everyone is taken
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How to start a community currency
reposted from shareable.net Mira Luna The centralized creation of money and credit has a profoundly negative effect on local economies, sovereignty, and social cohesion. Bankers value profit at all costs, while locally-controlled institutions tend to prioritize other values like community, justice, and sustainability. Communities can regain some control of the flow of money and credit
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9 Urban Food Policies for Strong Local Food Systems
Sustainable Economies Law Center reposted from Sharable.com Photo credit: shoothead. Excerpted from the Policies for Shareable Cities report. In a sharing economy, individuals look less to big chain stores to meet their food needs, and look more to each other. Food travels fewer miles between producers and consumers, making fresher, tastier, and often healthier food more accessible
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Resisting Critical Race Theory
What is Critical Race Theory? What does it believe? Where does it come from? How does it work? And what can we do about it? These are core questions to understanding our times. In this series of lectures, originally delivered in Tampa, Florida, in July of 2021, James Lindsay, the founder of New Discourses, gives
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Cancel the Apocalypse
Here Are 30 Documentaries to Help Unlock the Good Ending Reposted from https://www.filmsforaction.org/By Films For Action / filmsforaction.org / Oct 22, 2021 Our present moment is saturated in dystopian, apocalyptic fantasies of the future. As the late Mark Fisher said, “It’s easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.” We can
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Water Quality
One important part of a healthy lifestyle is clean water. Here is a website that tells you what is in your tap water: https://www.clearlyfiltered.com/ I am not affiliated with this company and do not recommend or approve of this filter. This website is only offered for its water contamination tool.
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Stop Explaining Yourself!
Are you uncomfortable in silence? You are not alone! In my discomfort I find myself explaining why. Why did I do what I just did? Why did I say what I just said? The desire to explain why was ingrained into me (and I am sure into you as well) through my schooling – elementary