Earth Based Spirituality and Permaculture — The 5 Elements as a Design Tool
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Earth Based Spirituality, using Earth, fire, air, water and spirit to as a tool to design my journey to Andalucía.
Re-Imagining Alternative Economic Systems
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Alternative Economic Systems, untangling the tongue-tied transition from capitalism to cooperation.
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How to Save Water (and Yourself): ten things you can do
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Translation: Essential steps towards the survival of the human species by Heather Jo Flores Here are ten top strategies for saving our water and ourselves. They are in no particular order of importance — we’ll need to do them all, and more, if we are to reverse the tide of scarcity, pollution, and corporate control that threatens us today. 1. Eat Organic Food and Support Local Organic Agriculture. Organic methods don’t use harsh toxins that pollute the water. Organic farms and gardens emphasize mulch and other soil stewardship practices, which means less erosion and/or salination of the soil, and less runoff and damage…
Food Not Lawns! How and Why to Turn Your Yard into a Garden
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By Heather Jo Flores and your neighbor’s front yard…and the local park…and…and… Lawns use more equipment, labor, fuel, and agricultural toxins than industrial farming, making lawns the largest (and most toxic) agricultural sector in the United States, so grow food, not lawns. Growing food at home is hardly a new idea. But in this culture, where more people know how to take the perfect selfie than how to grow a potato, urban agriculture has become a form of activism. The slogan “Food Not Lawns” is spreading like wildfire. Here are some reasons why to grow food not lawns: Lawns are the…