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Shannon Brescher Shea Climate Change Communication Guide

Hello - To anyone who is interested in climate change communications, I've found a great guide from Columbia's Center for Research on Environmental Decisions. It explains academic theories in really concrete language and offers good real-world examples. It's available as a PDF online for free, so long as you are willing to enter in some basic information about yourself (I think they just want to know the sort of people downloading it). I'm actually using it to guide a communication plan I'm put… Continue

Added by Shannon Brescher Shea on November 12, 2009 at 3:49pm — No Comments

Ecolocitizen DC Permibus Tour

The mobile permaculture demonstration (Permibus tour) is a 10-20 minute permaculture primer during which we walk folks through our bus systems; that includes bio-fuels, solar power, greywater, humanure composting, hydroponic garden, permaculture curtains, and composting (including chickens and worms). As we walk folks through the tour of the bus, sharing the… Continue

Added by Ecolocitizen on November 3, 2009 at 1:39pm — No Comments

Ayende Youmans The Dead Garden

My Garden of neglect My Garden of regret Divert eyes Window’s view Dull stringy Weedy things Hardly watered Barely chatted No tender care Fertilizer _bits of air Father would cry So should I For all that grew_ Cucumber and dew My Garden of spring Became summer’s fall Promises winter’s pall Skip holidays No cuddle days Just jars of thought Veggies brought Come spring Plan anew Strive to survive Rhetoric of jive ay 10/22/09 Continue

Added by Ayende Youmans on October 22, 2009 at 10:17pm — No Comments

Ayende Youmans Public Gardens

Darrin Nordahl was just on NPR discussing his book 'Public Gardens' the basic tenet is as stated _ but these gardens would be open and accessible to the public in general and not fenced in. see link http://www.islandpress.com/bookstore/details.php?prod_id=1915# Continue

Added by Ayende Youmans on October 21, 2009 at 12:25pm — No Comments

Tarek Maassarani Help spread the word about the openings in the Maitri House intentional community:Green, Intentional, Family-Inclusive Cooperative House in Takoma Park, MD

We are seeking individuals or couples to join our intentional community. We welcome housemates of any ethnicity, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, and age. About us: We are 4 families and 5 single people, with 6 children, 2 dogs, and 1 cat among us. We constantly strive to devote attention and caring to our relationships with one another and live our lives as a form of social change. Many of us are also activists in the larger world. Move in time: Nov 1. Motivation: We believe t… Continue

Added by Tarek Maassarani on October 19, 2009 at 7:58am — No Comments

Ecolocitizen ECAC's and Ecolocity's Sylvia Robinson featured in WashPost

Pleasant Plains resident Sylvia Robinson fulfilled a dream of creating a thriving community center. (By Ann Cameron Siegal For The Washington Post) In the 1700s, Pleasant Plains was the name of a large colonial estate stretching from present-day 16th Street NW to Howard University and owned by the Holmead family. Over time, chunks were parceled out, eventually becoming the neighborhoods of Mount Pl… Continue

Added by Ecolocitizen on October 17, 2009 at 7:24pm — No Comments

Ecolocitizen Debate Follows Bills to Remove Clotheslines Bans

David Ahntholz for The New York Times Jill Saylor used a petition to get the owner of the property where she lives in Canton, Ohio, to reverse a clothesline ban. “Pressure makes a difference,” she said. By IAN URBINA Published: October 10, 2009 CANTON, Ohio — After taking a class that covered global warming last year, Jill Saylor decided to save energy by drying her laundry on a clothesline at he… Continue

Added by Ecolocitizen on October 14, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Zaccai "My Mom Eats Tofu"

Solar Publishing presents "My Mom Eats Tofu", this wonderful book tells the story of a young girl discovering that her vegetarian lifestyle is varied, fun and interesting to her friends. "My Mom Eats Tofu" can be found on www.solarpub.com along with the awesome eco-CD "Earthday Everyday". Spread the word -- this is our time to shine and empower the children to lead the way into a greener reality. Continue

Added by Zaccai on October 2, 2009 at 11:26am — No Comments

3BL Media CSR Minute: October 1, 2009

The 3BL Media CSR Minute: 60 seconds or so of daily news and commentary on corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the triple bottom line (3BL). Today's Items: Wal-Mart's Sustainability Index; Palo Alto Software's Award; SDialogue's Report All eyes are on Wal-Mart today as the mega-corporation officially launches its Sustainability Index. Consumer product companies who do business with the global… Continue

Added by 3BL Media on October 1, 2009 at 3:48pm — No Comments

Ananda Kiamsha Madelyn Leeke Author/Artist/Social Media Strategist Ananda Leeke's new gig as DC Social Media Examiner for Examiner.com

Happy Monday! Guess what? I am the newest member of the Examiner.com (www.examiner. com) team. In my new role, I will serve as DC Social Media Examiner. This is an exciting new writing opportunity for me to share my passion for social media… Continue

Added by Ananda Kiamsha Madelyn Leeke on September 28, 2009 at 11:28am — No Comments

Ecolocitizen Pavement to Parks

by Allison Arieff Published New York Times, September 22, 2009 Top, (Park)ing Day installation by S.M.P. Architects, Philadelphia; bottom, Park(ing) Day, San Francisco. Last Friday, cities and towns throughout the world celebrated Park(ing) Day, an event created to bring awareness to the importance of using and enjoying public space. Witnessing all those swaths of pavement transfor… Continue

Added by Ecolocitizen on September 23, 2009 at 10:49am — No Comments

Ecolocitizen Green Metropolis

In a review in the Washington Post of David Owens' Green Metropolis, Jonathan Yardley writes: Americans love their cars and the independence they permit, though anyone who thinks it's truly independent to be stuck in a Washington commuter jam has a very strange definition of the term. Speaking of which, Washington does not fare well in Owen's analysis. It is indeed "a city of restrained proportion… Continue

Added by Ecolocitizen on September 19, 2009 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Ken Stailey Industrial Collapse as a Spiritual Journey

Carolyn Baker has published a book this year that approaches the transition from Industrial Civilization to what lies beyond as an inner journey. You can preview Sacred Demise: Walking the Spiritual Path of Industrial Collapse on Google Books with just a click or two. Continue

Added by Ken Stailey on September 17, 2009 at 9:19pm — No Comments

Ecolocitizen Urban Is Good

By ELIZABETH ROYTE Published: New York Times, September 8, 2009 Monty Python used to do a sketch in which the host of a children’s television show taught such broad lessons as “how to play the flute.” Breezily, the host would suggest blowing through one end of the instrument and wiggling one’s fingers over the holes. In “Green Metropolis,” David Owen sets out in similar vein to show how people can “permanently… Continue

Added by Ecolocitizen on September 11, 2009 at 3:21pm — No Comments

Ayende Youmans Volunteers

We need volunteers for our POTLATCH 9/5/09 Saturday 10:00am to 12:00pm Set Up 11:00am to 1:00pm Registration, Cambio, & Food 1:00pm to 4:00pm Clean-up Please help make our event a great success Call ayende 202/427-2337 to fill your time slot or do so via online e-mail thank you Continue

Added by Ayende Youmans on September 4, 2009 at 12:25pm — No Comments

Lincoln Builds I've Changed My Mind

I use to be completely against healthcare reform. I did not think the government should pay for medical or Dental insurance for its citizens. That was before I had kids. That was before I had a mortgage to pay. That was before I was laid off and presented with a COBRA bill. That was before I wanted to start my own business but can't due to the cost of healthcare. Now I think it is a good idea. How about you? Continue

Added by Lincoln Builds on September 1, 2009 at 11:09pm — 1 Comment

Ayende Youmans Call to Illustrators

Hey, any ‘local’ illustrators out there … I need a little imagery for a children’s environmental book. Continue

Added by Ayende Youmans on August 24, 2009 at 12:49pm — No Comments

Ecolocitizen A Farm on Every Floor

By DICKSON D. DESPOMMIER Published: New York Times, August 23, 2009 IF climate change and population growth progress at their current pace, in roughly 50 years farming as we know it will no longer exist. This means that the majority of people could soon be without enough food or water. But there is a solution that is surprisingly within reach: Move most farming into cities, and grow crops in tall, specially… Continue

Added by Ecolocitizen on August 24, 2009 at 12:06pm — No Comments

Larry Chang This is what i mean ...

Social sustainability must include rehabilitation and restoration of marginalized and broken populations such as the homeless, substance abusers and the incarcerated. There are enough successful working models to show how this can be better done. Growing food and flowers seems to have a therapeutic effect on troubled minds, much in the way that working with animals, especially horses, seems to have on autistic kids. I'd love to see these ideas carried out at Hill East, where the DC jail provides… Continue

Added by Larry Chang on August 16, 2009 at 11:53am — 4 Comments

Lincoln Builds You can Garden in your apartment

When I lived in College Park, MD I had a great indoor garden. I continue to do that today and have discovered some really nice, self-watering Lechuza Fiberglass planters from an online place called Newpro containers. Now when I go away on business travel, my plants get the water they need. I grow lettuce, cabbage, and toma… Continue

Added by Lincoln Builds on July 30, 2009 at 2:56pm — No Comments

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