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K.Ruby Blume: Interview with Artist and Founder of The Institute of Urban Homesteading by Willi Paul, openmythsource.com

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K.Ruby Blume: Interview with Artist and Founder of The Institute of Urban Homesteading by Willi Paul, openmythsource.com http://openmythsource.com/2012/01/29/k-ruby-blume/ “To me, gross national product is truly a myth. It happens only at a severe cost to the planet. This is a pyramid scheme of the worst kind. The loser at the end of the run is the people and the environment. We need new stories that tell of the richness that comes through putting energy and care back into a system and how that ultimately creates the kind of profit that … Continued

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Shed: Interview with Author & Transition Economist Charles Eisenstein by Willi Paul. Presented by Permaculture Exchange

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Shed: Interview with Author & Transition Economist Charles Eisenstein by Willi Paul. Presented by Permaculture Exchange http://planetshifter.com/node/1985 “… something is sacred if it is unique and if it is connected, if it is part of the matrix of all being. In principle, of course, everything is sacred, but it is hard to see that in a world where so many things have been rendered into commodities, which are standard not unique, and which have been alienated from their origins. We want to recover this lost sacredness. For me personally, some … Continued

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TimeBank & Trust: The Mira Luna Interview by Willi Paul. Presented by Permaculture Exchange http://planetshifter.com/node/1983 “Personally, I don’t think urban living is sustainable in the long run. It relies too heavily on resource import and export of waste. Most people employed in urban areas are inadvertently exploiting elsewhere in order to be able to have a job that provides no needed goods or services to society in a kind of pyramid structure. They are also disconnected with nature and cannot sense their disharmonies with it.” – ML 16394

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Not greed and oil. Interview with Transition Albany (CA) Leader Catherine Sutton by Willi Paul. Sponsored by Permaculture Exchange

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 New Soil-Economist. Interview with Charlotte Anthony, Victory Gardens for All, Eugene. By Willi Paul. Presented by Permaculture Exchange http://planetshifter.com/node/1982 The process that I am using includes communicating with the plants, so that they determine what they need to have the system work. This is based on intuition – or heart brain connection to the plants. 16386

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Not greed and oil. Interview with Transition Albany (CA) Leader Catherine Sutton by Willi Paul. Sponsored by Permaculture Exchange

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Not greed and oil. Interview with Transition Albany (CA) Leader Catherine Sutton by Willi Paul. Sponsored by Permaculture Exchange http://planetshifter.com/node/1981 Transition Albany’s current goal is to have several local working groups, or spokes, representing the many areas we need to address (including health, food, water, energy, mobility, housing, and inner transition) and convene a regular core group or “spokes council” to coordinate and support activities with a representatives from each “spoke.”   15322

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