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LA HUERTA DE LA ESQUINA TRAILER ENGLISH SUBTITLES

Hello Mother Nature lovers!!

We finally have it!

The time has come to announce that the documentary is ready. Here you have the trailer for the movie.…

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Added by Manuel Mateo & Estefanía Bravo on April 19, 2018 at 2:47am — No Comments

13 Steps for Long Term Culture Change



The Community Peacebuilding and Cultural Sustainability (CPCS) Initiative (www.cpcsi.org ) provides research and analysis for critical challenge alerts, and research and support for collaborative problem solving and community education initiatives which seek to maximize citizen participation, and accelerate solution-oriented activity.



The…

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Added by Stefan Pasti on June 12, 2017 at 3:31pm — No Comments

La Huerta de la Esquina / The Veggie Garden Corner is on Crowdfunding Campaign!

Hello beautiful people!…

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Added by Manuel Mateo & Estefanía Bravo on May 18, 2017 at 2:30am — No Comments

La Huerta de la Esquina / The Veggie Garden Corner, an Urban Garden Documentary Project

Hello.

We are Manuel and Estefanía, the spanish couple who were…

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Added by Manuel Mateo & Estefanía Bravo on May 3, 2017 at 2:30am — No Comments

Proposal for new section in small to mid-sized town newspapers: the Neighbor to Neighbor Community Education (NTNCE) Project

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

(Press Release in “Letter to the Editor” format)

May 16, 2015

Contact: Stefan Pasti

Cell: (703) 209-2093 (US)

stefanpasti@gmx.com

(511 words)



Proposal for new section in small to mid-sized town newspapers: the Neighbor to Neighbor Community Education (NTNCE) Project





I am writing to share information and resources with you about a proposal for a new section in local newspapers, especially newspapers…

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Added by Stefan Pasti on May 16, 2015 at 9:41am — No Comments

The Recalibrating Our “Moral Compasses” (ROMC) Survey Project--Now Seeking Collaborators

This “Now Seeking Collaborators” outreach message includes the following sections:

Introduction

Details about the Survey Design

The Three Most Important Goals of The ROMC Survey Project

Why The ROMC Survey Project Could Make Especially Valuable Contributions

What the ROMC Survey Project is Currently Seeking

ROMC Survey Project Documents

Concluding Comments

Introduction

The ROMC Survey Project is seeking advisors and collaborators for a…

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Added by Stefan Pasti on November 28, 2014 at 11:48am — No Comments

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

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

New Approach to Collaborative Problem Solving and Citizen Peacebuilding

New Approach to Collaborative Problem Solving and Citizen Peacebuilding

(being introduced by two companion websites and four key documents)

The websites, the documents, and the approach

We are in uncharted territory, for there is no culture or association of societies that ever existed on planet Earth which has had to resolve the kind of challenges the next few generations of people will have to resolve [see “A List of Ten Critical Challenges” (also accessible from the…

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Added by Stefan Pasti on December 17, 2012 at 3:55am — No Comments

E. O. Wilson wants to know why you’re not protesting in the streets



By Lisa Hymas

E. O. Wilson thinks you should get out there and make some noise.  We had lots of questions for acclaimed biologist and conservationist.

Edward O. Wilson when he dropped by the Grist office recently while touring to promote his latest book, The Social Conquest of Earth.

But Wilson directed the toughest question of the day back at us: Why aren’t you young people out protesting the mess that’s being made of the planet?

As we squirmed in our seats,…

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Added by Randy Chatterjee on May 3, 2012 at 10:30am — No Comments

Our Most Basic Right -- To Choose What we Eat -- Denied in Canada

Some of you may have been following the case of Michael Schmidt, biodynamic farmer in Ontario who is currently on a hunger strike. I think it is day 19 now....

 

What is he protesting? Our very basic right to decide for ourselves what we put into our own bodies.

 

In both the US and Canada, judges have ruled that we can't drink milk right from our own cows. Canada and the US are marching in-step towards a future where our food is completely controlled by…

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Added by Hella Dee on October 18, 2011 at 5:15pm — No Comments

Building a Westside Kitchen Table

The Westside Food Security Collaborative and Kitsilano Neighbourhood House invite you to a vegetarian potluck (please bring a dish to share if you can) on August 3, 6-8 pm at the Neighbourhood House Hall, 2305 West 7th @ Vine. If you grow it, eat it, sell it, make it, serve it, throw it (or just plain love it) please join us. ...The evening will be an open space; come talk about what’s important to you about food on the…

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Added by Zsuzsi Fodor on July 24, 2011 at 11:35pm — No Comments

Help plan future Kits Transition Village activities and direction

Hey all!

Interested in helping plan future Kits Village activities and direction?

Good things are cooking in our village -- figuratively, as well as  literally! Currently, activities include monthly potlucks/garden parties, movie nights, and dropin spaghetti nights.

Last year we gardened collaboratively at Kits House and this year we're looking to start a new garden at Billy Bishop Legion Hall -- and perhaps in other locations as well.

We just had our 1st Soup…

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Added by Ross Moster on February 17, 2011 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Kits Transition Village Visioning meeting and potluck

SUNDAY FEB 20th, 3-6 pm

@ Ross and Laura Lee's                                                                                                                          



Share some good food and conversation with members of Kitsilano Transition Village.

What would a more sustainable and resilient Kitsilano look like? How can we take steps towards this?

There will be plenty of time in this visioning session to meet other…

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Added by Ross Moster on February 17, 2011 at 11:30am — No Comments

Support Groups For Hard Times

Support Groups For Hard Times



By Chuck Collins



06 October, 2010

YES! Magazine

via countercurrents.org



How can Transition Towns and Common Security Clubs help us navigate a changing economy and environment?



“It is hard to imagine facing the future without my gang of neighbors,” said Laura Dudley, a member of a common security club in the Detroit area. “The whole media culture is telling us to keep… Continue

Added by David Allan on October 6, 2010 at 9:00am — 2 Comments

Book Review: Life, Money and Illusion by Mike Nickerson

Life, Money and Illusion - Living on earth as if we want to stay

(Second Edition, 2009: ISBN 978-0-86571-659-9)

(Available in the Central Branch of the Vancouver Library at 338.927 N63L)

(Village Vancouver has 3 copies in its informal lending library, and the overdue fines are steep!)



Author: Mike Nickerson



Reviewed by Genevieve Jones



Do you ever get overwhelmed by the state of the world?



I like to be informed, but last… Continue

Added by Randy Chatterjee on January 25, 2010 at 7:14pm — No Comments

Common Ground - September 2009, "Welcome to Village Vancouver" by Kathie Wallace and Ross Moster

This article is also available here.



Talk to your neighbour. See what happens...



We want to spread the good news of neighbourhood-based individual action. What have you created this summer and what do you dream of doing next year? What do you like the most about living in your neighbourhood? What essential components make your community the place you love to live in? Please blog us… Continue

Added by Randy Chatterjee on September 13, 2009 at 10:30pm — No Comments

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Interested in participating in a VV garden? We have collaborative gardens/garden spaces in 5 neighbourhoods. Contact us at gardening@villagevancouver.ca. Gardening now in progress. New gardeners welcome (space allowing).

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