From their "Zero Mile Meal Eatery" to zoning and financing innovations, O.U.R. Ecovillage in BC, Canada has paved the way for many communities worldwide. For Brandy Gallagher, the story on the planet right now could be a shared ethos of caring: "Everyone is fed. Everyone is … [Read more...]
Local Investing Made Easy (201)
September 7, 2011 By 6 Comments
We're "keeping money flowing locally so we're more prosperous as a community," says James Frazier, co-founder of the Local Investment Opportunities Network (LION) in Port Townsend, Washington. LION is a clearinghouse between business owners like Matthew Day and potential … [Read more...]
How Many Community Gardens? (198)
July 28, 2011 By 3 Comments
Having learned "How Much Food Can I Grow Around My House?" (Episode 87), Judy Alexander kept right on going. As chair of the Local 2020 Food Resiliency Action Group in Port Townsend, WA, she helped initiate 25 community gardens in her county within four years. Sitting in her … [Read more...]
Portland’s Neighborhood Tool Sharing Libraries (194)
May 1, 2011 By 6 Comments
Need a tool for a few days? Don't have it? Neighbor doesn't have it? Borrow it from your neighborhood tool library! No tool library? Check out Portland, where several neighborhoods have started successful tool libraries just in the last few years. Organizers Tom Thompson, … [Read more...]
Managing the 21st Century’s Sustainability Crises (192)
March 26, 2011 By 3 Comments
"There are no real solutions, there are only responses." So say the expert contributors in The Post Carbon Reader, pointing to society's complex, interdependent systems squeezed by growing demand and declining resources. Co-editor Daniel Lerch tells us renewable energy will … [Read more...]
Reclaiming Childbirth (190)
February 27, 2011 By 1 Comment
Why does industrial culture consider this natural event a medical problem? People in the radical birth movement want to broaden the conversation about options for families giving birth. Squat Birth Journal co-editors Jaydee Sperry, Meghan Guthrie, and Danny Scar want … [Read more...]
YES! Ready for Anything (184)
November 7, 2010 By 1 Comment
"An awful lot of what we've taken for granted about the future can't continue," says executive editor Sarah van Gelder of YES! Magazine, whose Fall 2010 issue is about people creatively building resilient families and communities. Publisher Fran Korten (at left in photo) … [Read more...]
Partners in Preparedness – Neighborhoods and Emergency Responders (181)
October 6, 2010 By 1 Comment
The last thing "Dr. Doom" Bob Hamlin expected was citizens offering to help his county Emergency Management Department. But when Deborah Stinson from Port Townsend's Local 20/20 came to Bob's office after Hurricane Katrina, they formed a partnership. Citizens are organizing … [Read more...]
Fences Down! Fostering Community in an Urban Neighborhood (179)
September 23, 2010 By 4 Comments
Gardens replace driveways, a chicken coop replaces a garage, and personal relationships are deepening. Meet the residents of three adjoining houses, who removed the fences and talk about shared projects (and their one auto!), meals together, ecological living, and treasured … [Read more...]
The Power of Neighbors (174)
June 26, 2010 By 4 Comments
Jan Spencer didn't stop with a permaculture makeover of his suburban home in Eugene, Oregon ("Suburban Renewal - One Backyard at a Time", Episode 37). Now he's taking on the neighborhood! As a result, his neighborhood association is teaming up with city programs like … [Read more...]
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