Blogs1 - 10 of 38 recent posts for tag:"local economies"
25
Jun
2009
CAP Guidelines on Immigration Reforms  

10 days ago by Nizam Soofi

Highlighting the importance of fixing our broken immigration system, the Center for American Progress (CAP) suggested some guidelines that are critical to successfully addressing other key issues including health care and the economy. They stress that U.S. broken immigration system undermines its co ...

Immigration Review - immigration.juris-global.com · Rank: 37,176 · 6 references

23
Jun
2009
Ken Meter: Building A Local Food Economy  

12 days ago by flourishgrace

As the pendulum has swung toward a globalized economy, more people are realizing the huge costs associated with the singular pursuit of maximizing profit, employing cheap labor, and ignoring environmental concerns. A shift is underway to promote sustainable local economies, in part, a necessary resp ...

Flourishing In Crisis - flourishingincrisis.wordpress.com · Rank: 138,814 · 7 references

upping the stakes  

12 days ago by Maribeth

I have just finished reading a provocative essay by Derrick Jensen in the latest issue of Orion magazine. Jensen has a new bimonthly column entitled "Upping the Stakes" in which he explores the deeper issues at stake in the climate change debate. The current essay is "Forget Shorter Showers: Why Per ...

Maribeth Pomerantz - lovelyworld.typepad.com/lovely_world · 1 reference

11
Jun
2009
Co-Housing  

24 days ago by smallin

From the NYTimes: “What is co-housing?”The Cohousing Association of the United States has been answering that question quite frequently as more people sign up for its tours: The communities consist of individual houses whose residents share some common space, a few communal dinners a week and a comm ...

Open Economics - openeconomicsnd.wordpress.com · Rank: 126,150 · 7 references

04
Jun
2009
City vs. Country  

31 days ago by Decatur Metro

All of this talk about Sonny’s new found love of high-speed rail has me reflecting on something Andisheh wrote during our latest row our MARTA funding. This line in particular… Over the past year I’ve come to realize that Sonny, Casey, Glenn and their ilk don’t think being like Mississippi and Alaba ...

Decatur Metro - decaturmetro.com · Rank: 45,637 · 81 references

02
Jun
2009
The Garden That Marvin Built  

34 days ago by smallin

From Faces of the Recession: John Dolza was laid off from his job at a nursing home last summer. After spending a few months volunteering for the Obama campaign, Dolza decided to focus his efforts on establishing the first community garden in his town of Fenton, Michigan. In a few short months he ha ...

Open Economics - openeconomicsnd.wordpress.com · Rank: 126,150 · 7 references

27
May
2009
The Economy of Cities: Incubating Meaningful Work  

39 days ago by Carol Sanford

Jane Jacobs’ eloquent defense of the life, and death, of great American cities still rings true. As associate director of Architectural Forum in the 1960’s, Jacobs admonished us to remember what really made cities lively and alive—their inherent ability to foster creativity and innovation. Cities th ...

edge::regenerate - edgeregenerate.com

23
May
2009
Small Farms Conference in August  

44 days ago by Julie Norris

Posted in Farming & Gardening, Local Economies, Local Food, News

ourlando, locally made - ourlando.com · 2 references

21
May
2009
Vote Local & Independent!  

45 days ago by Julie Norris

This year, under the Best Whatever category, please vote for the “Ourlando Movement”. Remember to vote LOCAL & independent – if you need help thinking of places, check out the Ourlando Indy Directory. Posted in Local Economies, Press Tagged: best of, orlando weekly

ourlando, locally made - ourlando.com · 2 references

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