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Tipping Point Action Proposal in Contest at MIT Climate CoLab Crowdsourcing Platform

The Community Peacebuilding and Cultural Sustainability (CPCS) Initiative (www.cpcsc.info) now has a proposal ("Tipping Point Action: Citizen Participation in Times of Unprecedented Challenges") in a contest at the MIT Climate CoLab Platform. The Tipping Point Action Proposal is entered in the "Shifting Behavior for a Changing Climate" contest.

There are opportunities to comment on the Tipping Point Action proposal--and to give it a "thumbs up"…

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Added by Stefan Pasti on May 28, 2014 at 11:51am — No Comments

Press Kit for Tipping Point Action Campaign (Citizen Participation in Times of Unprecedented Challenges)

Press Kit for Tipping Point Action Campaign

Citizen Participation in Times of Unprecedented Challenges

[a campaign of The Community Peacebuilding and Cultural Sustainability (CPCS) Initiative]

(www.cpcsc.info)

Contact: Stefan Pasti, Campaign Coordinator

Cell: (703) 209-2093

Email: stefanpasti@gmx.com

Note: a February 14, 2014 Press Release, and the full text (with resource links, etc) of…

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Added by Stefan Pasti on February 18, 2014 at 8:55am — No Comments

Urban Wild Foraging with Garliq - 7 Wild Edibles at the Community Garden

The F-word, an essential element of Herbalism

or Why Gathering and Making Your Own Herbal Remedies is Important

Hello,

Have I got a treat for you! I'm really excited to share this with you because it's hot off the presses. Well, it's hot out of the editing room...

This is the…

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Added by garliq on February 7, 2014 at 3:55pm — No Comments

Herbal Antibiotics, Superbugs and the Herbal Integration Course

One of the most common reasons that I hear as to why people want to learn about herbal medicines is some version of “I want an alternative to antibiotics.”

Some folks are looking for something that won’t give them diarrhea. Others don’t like getting a yeast infection after every course of antibiotics regardless of what they were for. And…

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Added by garliq on January 30, 2014 at 10:26am — No Comments

Tipping Point Action Proposal now up at MIT Climate CoLab Crowdsourcing Platform

The Community Peacebuilding and Cultural Sustainability (CPCS) Initiative provides research for critical challenge alerts, and support for collaborative problem solving initiatives which seek to maximize citizen participation.

Beginning in December, 2013, The CPCS Initiative launched a new and comprehensive campaign called “Tipping Point Action: Citizen Participation in Times of Unprecedented Challenges”.

Tipping Point Action Campaign Entering New Phase

The…

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Added by Stefan Pasti on January 26, 2014 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Open Letter to Green Party Representatives (Subject: Tipping Point Action Campaign)

The Community Peacebuilding and Cultural Sustainability (CPCS) Initiative provides research for critical challenge alerts, and support for collaborative problem solving initiatives which seek to maximize citizen participation.

Beginning in December, 2013 The CPCS Initiative launched a new and comprehensive campaign called “Tipping Point Action: Citizen Participation in Times of Unprecedented Challenges”.

As a way of sharing information about the Tipping Point Action Campaign, I…

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Added by Stefan Pasti on January 7, 2014 at 10:00am — No Comments

How to save your fish during a black out in a temperate climate

Well I hate to be annoying and tell you what you already know, but it is much easier to be prepared ahead of time. If you didn’t think of it, hopefully these tips will help.

Stop feeding

The first rule with fish. If you have a problem of any kind, stop feeding your fish until the problem is resolved. This may seem cruel but its not. Fish are cold blooded and do not need to eat everyday. They can go without food for even a month.

Humans are warm blooded and most of the…

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Added by Tamar Oziel on January 5, 2014 at 5:41am — No Comments

Tipping Point Action: Citizen Participation in Times of Unprecedented Challenges

The Community Peacebuilding and Cultural Sustainability (CPCS) Initiative provides research for critical challenge alerts, and support for collaborative problem solving initiatives which seek to maximize citizen participation.

Beginning in December, 2013, The CPCS Initiative is launching a new and comprehensive campaign called “Tipping Point Action: Citizen Participation in Times of Unprecedented Challenges”.

There are many initiatives which are part of this campaign: Planetary…

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Added by Stefan Pasti on December 31, 2013 at 9:30am — No Comments

New from cpcsc.info---Planetary Distress Signal Campaign and 1000 Community Visioning Initiatives Campaign

The Community Peacebuilding and Cultural Sustainability (CPCS) Initiative provides research for critical challenge alerts, and support for collaborative problem solving initiatives which seek to maximize citizen participation.

The CPCS Initiative is introducing two new information and advocacy campaigns for 2014: the “Planetary Distress Signal” Campaign and the “1000 Community Visioning Initiatives” Campaign.

The primary goal of these campaigns is to encourage citizens from…

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Added by Stefan Pasti on December 18, 2013 at 11:30am — No Comments

Planetary Distress Signal: Many Danger Signs Flashing Red

A Different Way of Looking at the Evidence—and Some of the Danger Signs

We are at a critical point in the evolution of life on Planet Earth. This writer sees more than enough evidence that many danger signs are “flashing red”, and thus more than enough evidence to support the need for a Planetary Distress Signal.

However…any number of samples of public discourse from the most popular mass media platforms would easily demonstrate that a significant majority of people on the…

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Added by Stefan Pasti on December 8, 2013 at 11:21am — No Comments

Big empty swimming pool turned into abundant food garden

Love this idea! There's an inspiring short video: http://ow.ly/rjj1q

Added by Emmanuel Prinet on November 29, 2013 at 5:15pm — No Comments

winter festival gifts & decorations workshop

hello all,

green your winter festivals
make gifts or decorations
using remnant and recycled fabric

saturday 7th december 2013, 2 to 5 pm, carnegie center, 401 main street

sunday 15th december 2013; 12 to 4 pm, britannia community center, 1661

details on my web site, just a short click away where you can see the pretty pictures

http://tinyurl.com/nl2alqd

Added by karenza t. wall on November 25, 2013 at 3:12pm — No Comments

Invitation Package to Possible Board of Advisors (at www.cpcsc.info )

Documents now accessible at the Community Peacebuilding and Cultural Sustainability (CPCS) Initiative website include:

“Invitation Package for Possible Board of Advisors (at www.cpcsc.info )” (589 p.; 3.66 MB)

1 page introduction (also on title page of "Invitation Package" document)

6 page introduction to the “Invitation Package” document (not in complete document)

20 page Introduction (also included in the complete document)

1…

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Added by Stefan Pasti on November 16, 2013 at 8:41am — No Comments

Imagining a Moral Economy for British Columbia, in The Tyee, by Christine Boyle & Seth Klein

It is a rare event when our local media, of any stripe, publish writing of such honesty and progressive weight on most all of the issues of Transition.  We wish to celebrate just such an instance by reprinting a Tyee article here by two very talented writers, Christine Boyle and Seth Klein.  Village Vancouver also wishes to thank The Tyee staff and editor for making such journalism possible.…

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Added by Randy Chatterjee on October 15, 2013 at 7:30pm — No Comments

Vancouver Peace Village

Imagine living, working or visiting a community

in Vancouver that embraced all of your values

of cooperation, sustainability, compassion and awesomeness.

Help make it happen with just a click.

Details here:

AVIVA COMMUNITY FUND

Click: "Vote Now"

Then Click: "Register"

...for this project to go to the semi-finals for

a $50,000…

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Added by Peter Kennedy on October 2, 2013 at 10:39pm — No Comments

An Introduction to Community Peacebuilding and Cultural Sustainability

An Introduction to Community Peacebuilding and Cultural Sustainability

I am making this post to share with readers a new website: Community Peacebuilding and Cultural Sustainability (at www.cpcsc.info ).

The new website consolidates four websites (which have been archived), and thus includes “homebases” for The Interfaith Peacebuilding and Community Revitalization (IPCR) Initiative, Community Visioning Initiatives Clearinghouse, Community…

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Added by Stefan Pasti on September 14, 2013 at 11:00am — No Comments

Take the Community Survey on Urban Farming in Vancouver

Hello all,

I've been involved in a year-long community research project on urban farming in Vancouver, and as part of it, the Vancouver Urban Farming Society has brought together a team of stellar community surveyors from across the City of Vancouver to collect valuable survey data from people in their neighbourhood on their perceptions and experiences of urban farming.

In addition to the work of our team of community surveyors – we are also circulating the survey online to try…

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Added by Shelby Tay on September 13, 2013 at 2:49pm — No Comments

Looking for a good home for a wonderful little silkie mix

We have a stunning white silkie about ready to lay whom we are trying to find a good home for. We also have an up-cycled tractor, some feed, a couple cute signs and a feeder and waterer.

Added by Allison Tai on September 7, 2013 at 1:07am — No Comments

Excellent article by James Howard Kunstler on Peak Prosperity

I subscribe to an excellent website called Peak Prosperity hosted by Chris Martenson, author of Crash Course (http://www.peakprosperity.com/crashcourse).

This article posted yesterday is called Returning to the Real is a…

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Added by Joy Jolie on September 4, 2013 at 11:58am — No Comments

Sustainable career ideas

Hello, I am hoping for a collaborative brainstorm. I am looking for examples (hopefully local) of individuals who have been successful working in or owning their own environmentally sustainable business. I deeply want to work for sustainable/earth-friendly organizations but also need financial stability. I am looking for inspiration, stories, career ideas, role models, and/or mentors. Is there anyone you can think of?

Added by Robin Cammidge on August 30, 2013 at 1:24pm — 1 Comment

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