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Live blogging Metro’s Subway to the Sea meeting

Written by Siel

09/03/2008

This evening’s the first of this round of the Subway to the Sea meetings — and I’m here live blogging it!

Written by Tracy Stokes

09/03/2008

There’s nothing quite like free P&P to make buying online really worthwhile. So, for Organic Fortnight (6 - 21 September 2008, Ethical...
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Tell Schwarzenegger to give me (and all other Californians) health insurance

Written by Siel

09/03/2008

My name’s in the Sacramento Bee! Actually, my last name’s spelled incorrectly, but whatever — It shows my support for universal health care in California.

Why my name shows...
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Clicklist: Wine and weed

Written by Siel
09/03/2008
>> Organic wine’s got half the footprint of regular wine. A study of 2 sangioveses found that “A bottle from the organic farm had an eco-footprint of 7.17 square metres, half that of the non-organic wine with... Read more...

Wednesday freebies: St. Tropez Fresh Green tote from French Basketeer

Written by Siel

09/03/2008

A twice-weekly sharing of eco-shwag.

Today’s giveaway’s a pretty reusable St. Tropez Fresh Green tote from French Basketeer.

It’s got a geometric design with brown leather handles...
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Subway to the Sea meetings start tomorrow!

Written by Siel

09/02/2008

Find out where the Subway to the Sea’s gonna run! The next Westside Extension Community Update Meetings — which’ll “present to the public the refined set of alternatives that will be recommended for further study and a schedule for future...
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Clicklist: Chances and a return

Written by Siel

09/02/2008

>> After quitting the whole Treehugger / Planet Green thing, Jasmin aka The Worsted Witch is back! She’s less medicated and more pregnant. Earlier: My worsted self?

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Tour the LA River 9/14

Written by Siel
09/02/2008
Be in the know ’bout the LA River and the huge revitalization effort around it! The next car caravan tour‘ll be led by Jenny Price, author of “Read more...

honey, I shrunk the kids’ options: on a crash course

Written by Ken
09/02/2008
Green economists have been arguing for several decades that we don’t absolutely have to keep growing in order to develop. I’m a “steady-state” sort myself, and only wish the religion of markets hadn’t gotten us so caught up in growth for growth’s sake. Now, the collapse of our economy is virtually guaranteed because we kept on growing. [...] Read more...

resilience and brittle systems: lessons from the oil shock

Written by Ken
09/02/2008
Whoop-de-do! We’re cutting back on gas purchases and vehicle miles traveled! Ain’t we smart! Not so fast, says Jeff Vail! We’re actually making the economy more brittle in the process (via oildrum). Howzat? By reducing the easy, discretionary demand first, we’re actually becoming more vulnerable, because less discretion means less capacity to absorb shocks, says Vail. The [...] Read more...

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