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- Servings of shoyu ramen at the Chuka Soba Inoue stand, Tokyo: NYTimes Travel slideshow, photo 2 of 14
- Taller Intensivo de Agricultua Orgánica con el Metodo Biointensivo, Todos los sábados de septiembre y octubre 2009, Yolteotl, Tepoztlán, Mexico
- Miracle Juice for Flu Recovery and Prevention
- Taller: Cultivo de Hongos Caseros, sábado 16 de enero 2010, 10-15pm, Real Under, Col. Roma, Mexico DF
- Sala Interactiva R3: Reduce, Reutiliza, Recicla Abrirán Exposiciones Permanentes en Universum, Coyoacán, Mexico DF
- Casa de los Amigos Presenta Serie de Reduce Reutiliza Recicla, 1-10 de Junio, 2010, Col. Tabacalera, México DF
- Rinde frutos el rescate de un espacio muerto en la barranca de San Borja: La Jornada
Monthly Archives: March 2009
Feeling Too Down to Rise Up: NYTimes Op-Ed
This NYTimes Op-Ed, by SUDHIR VENKATISH, delivers a thought-provoking chain of arguments linking together economic recession, anger, rebellion, and apathy. Read the Op-Ed here. The texture of discontent (or lack thereof) can say a lot about a nation, and that … Continue reading
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Tagged anger, apathy, crisis, democracy, discontent, economy, government, human condition, isolation, love, necessity, patience, protest, psycholgy, rebel, recession, resistence, social contract, trust, violence
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Reinventing America’s Cities: The Time Is Now
Real and formative change begins by someone playing with old ideas and making something new. In this NYTimes Art feature, the author tinkers with shapes of New Orleans, Buffalo and Los Angeles to come. Read the play of an architectual … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, Buffalo NY, cities, city planning, Los Angeles, New Orleans, urban design
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Evento de Inauguración: El Mapa de Agricultura Urbana y Sistemas de Alimentación Sustentables y Justas en el DF, 2 de abril, México DF
Evento de Inauguración: El Mapa de Agricultura Urbana y Sistemas de Alimentación Sustentables y Justas en el DF, México Sembradores Urbanos te invita a una noche para conocer a más gente involucrada en agricultura urbana en la ciudad, establecer contactos … Continue reading
Cultivando la Imaginación y las Verduras: Jardinería con Nin@s: domingo 29 de marzo, México DF
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Tagged agricultura urbana, arte, bichos benificos, ciencia, Club del Huerto, cocina, Colonia Roma, comida, cosechar, cultivar, Delegacion Cuauhtemoc, estilos de aprendizaje, FLO, huerto, huertos urbanos, imaginación, jardín, jardinería, jóvenes, Mexico DF, nin@s, organoponia, plaga, plantas, Romita, Sembradores Urbanos, sembrar, semillas, taller, verduras
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Obama Flinches on Immigration: NYTimes Editorial
From an editorial about Obama and immigration in yesterday’s NYTimes: In a little-noticed act of political faintheartedness, the Obama administration has pulled back from nominating Thomas Saenz, a highly regarded civil-rights lawyer and counsel to the mayor of Los Angeles, … Continue reading
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Tagged civil rights, immigrant rights, immigrants, immigration, Los Angeles, President Obama
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NAFTA’s Promise Still Unfulfilled in Mexico: NYTimes
In today’s World Business section, the NYTimes ran soft criticism over the failures of the North American Free Trade Agreement: In some cases, Nafta produced results that were exactly the opposite of what was promised. Local farmers were priced out of the … Continue reading
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Tagged business, campesinxs, campo, economy, farm land, farmers, farming, food prices, free trade, government, Mexico, NAFTA, United States
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Give Us City Gardens, Not Just Grocery Stores
An editorial from today’s New York Times urges the first lady to take her efforts for community vegetable gardens one step further. Michelle Obama’s recent pitch for fresh vegetables and her avowed interest in community gardens have given new life … Continue reading
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Tagged cities, city planning, community gardens, cultivate, food, food miles, grocery, grocery stores, grow, harvest, health, jobs, local food, local food systems, Michelle Obama, sustainability, Urban Agriculture, urban gardens, urban policy
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Changing Approach to Writing Food Policy: NYTimes Business
Sunday’s Business section of the New York Times ran a soft exposition on the changing approach to writing food policy: (Food policy activists…) argue that farm policy — and federal dollars — should instead encourage farmers to grow more diverse … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Waters, business, conservation, farm policy, farmers, food, food policy, food systems, funding, local food, Micahel Pollen, transportation
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Taller: Cultivando la Imaginación y las Verduras: Jardinería con niñ@s, Domingo 29 de Marzo, México DF
Domingo 29 de Marzo de 10:00 a 14:00hrs “Cultivando la Imaginación y las Verduras: Jardinería para adultos y niñ@s”: Un taller para adultos y niñ@s interesados en empezar o enriquecer su propio huerto. Ven a jugar, aprender y experimentar cultivando … Continue reading
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Tagged agricultura urbana, arte, ciencia, Club del Huerto, cocina, Colonia Roma, cultivar, Delegacion Cuauhtemoc, estilos de aprendizaje, huerto, huerto urbano, jardinería, jóvenes, Mexico, Mexico DF, niñas, niños, nin@s, padres, plantas, Romita, taller, verduras
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Tracking the Garden: Bitten Blog
On yesterdays Bitten Blog, Keri Conan briefly explains the long term benefits of documenting the process of growing a home garden: (…) History is the only way to hedge your bets against whatever Mother Nature throws at the garden. Before … Continue reading
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Tagged Bitten Blog, data, documenting, food, garden, gardening, growing food, history, information, tracking, work
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Proposals to Reimagine Paris City Design
Paris, France: Taking the first steps to re-design the way we think about a city: (from the International Herald Tribune) Jean Nouvel proposes creating a green belt that would circle the entire city. (…) The outer ring would become a … Continue reading
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Tagged architects, architecture, cities, city planning, community gardens, environment, France, government proposals, Paris, proposals, social inequity, urban design, urban policy
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Van Jones Profile: Global Green
Don’t know Van Jones? Let the video above get you introduced.
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Tagged alternative economy, economy, green economy, jobs, profile, sustainability, Van Jones, video
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Green Jobs Guru Van Jones Named to Obama’s Cabinet: Alternet
(Tuesday, March 10th) See the full story on AlterNet, linked here.
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Tagged Alternet, environment, green economy, green jobs, jobs, justice, Obama cabinet, sustainability, Van Jones
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“Chet Boghassa”
(Sahara, Mali) Check out more songs by Tinariwen on Myspace.
Transforming Trash into Opportunities for Education, Art
Two articles, both published last week in the NYTimes, highlight programs designed to see “trash” as material that supplies educational and artistic opportunities. Boston, Massachusets: “Offering the Best Price for Learning Supplies: Free.” Extras for Creative Learning is a nonprofit … Continue reading
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Tagged alternative economy, art, creativity, day care, education, educators, imagination, necessity, need, network, opportunity, pre-production, recycle, school, teachers, theater, trash, vision, waste
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Workers Agree to Go with Less
The Boston Globe writes that Paul Levy, CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, is “trying something revolutionary, radical, maybe even impossible.” How far will workers agree to go without to save jobs?
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Tagged alternative economy, Boston, CEO, economy, hospital, imagination, jobs, Massachusets, sustainable
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“Don’t Be So Afraid to Get Dirty”
Last Tuesday: a video report from the New York Times about a small organic farm sustaining itself through the economic crisis.
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Tagged economy, energy, farmers, farming, green economy, sustainability, sustainable, work
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“You have the comedian as journalist, and you have the financial journalist as clown”
The most-popular article on today’s CNN’s website claimed that this exchange on Thursdays Daily Show … marked an important moment in journalism, especially (for) financial reporting …
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Tagged accountability, corporations, Daily Show, economy, financial reporting, John Stewart, journalist, media, media criticism, Questions, reporting, responsibility, video
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