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Part time Permaculture (PDC) offered in Vancouver
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Nextworld TV
There are some great videos on sustainable, self-reliant living on this site: http://www.nextworldtv.com/page/793.html. Check out the one on "Homesteading in Hollywood: http://www.nextworldtv.com/page/900.html
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B.C. Liberal, NDP leadership hopefuls ignore transit funding - Georgia Straight
District of North Vancouver mayor Richard Walton says that most of the candidates in the B.C. Liberal and NDP leadership contests “aren’t really…
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We are the world.
UBC's "Way Too Asian" YouTube response to Maclean's magazine article http://kathiewallace.tumblr.com/ Pass it on!…
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Underground Market For Vancouver BC
Reposted from www.helladelicious.com.
I have been following closely the adventures of the Underground Market that was started up in San Francisco a couple years ago and I would really like to see one get going here in Vancouver BC. I recently read this update from them, which takes a look at the lessons they have…
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Climate Justice: For those who want to reduce carbon emissions while helping developing countries to develop using green energy
Please check out this updated and AMAZING document called "Greenhouse Development Rights Framework."
http://www.ecoequity.org/docs/TheGDRsFramework.pdf
It's based on the ideas in a book called "Dead Heat: Global Justice & Global Warming" by Tom Athanasiou & Paul Baer. This small book is only about 100 pages, short but powerful. It is BRILLIANT with rational ways to solve the global…
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Free Building Materials
FREE WOOD !!!!! YOU MOVE
Perfect for theatrical use or building.
Particle board panels in robust shipping crates!
Each panel measures: 4' x 4' x 1/2"
(panels are re-enforced, edges are protected)
Crates measure approximately 4' W x 4' L x 30" H
6 crates in total, housing 3 rows of panels per crate
Currently packed and crated for easy transport.
Heavy! Requires 3-4…
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Life wants to live. Yes to life!
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CBC Explains Usage Based Billing
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::11:11 1::11::11:: Imagine:: ::singing moving being::
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Michael Franti: Hey World (Don't Give Up)
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Monte Paulsen: Green Homes For Less (The Tyee)
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Rural Community Design for 25-500 Families (on undeveloped land in warm regions)
Community Design for25-500 Families
Based upon Permaculture & Socialist…
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Watch, learn, get upset then do something about it...
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Local, organic, rural, and/or urban, food production is a mainstay of life, and doing it well leads to wellness. From farm to kitchen, discussions relating to food--and the community arising around it--belong here.
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If you have to leave your village, how will you get where you want to go? By car? Preferably not, both for your wallet and the earth’s sake. This category is for all discussions relating to how we all get around.
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A human right? After food, most feel shelter is the most important necessity. A place of shelter is also the start of a community. This category is for all things relating to shelter, housing, affordable housing, homes, renewable heating systems, green buildings, heritage, and our built environment in general.
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