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This is a stream of blog posts from our on-site bloggers, and, a growing list of blogs we re-publish from Transition Voice, This Low Carbon Life, Reslience.org's news feed and Transition US.

The Farm Bill’s “Government Handouts”: Who Really Benefits?

Published on June 19, 2013 by Resilience

If we are going to be truly resilient, then we must be compassionate about the suffering of those around us, and we must seek ways, both through policy and through our daily individual actions, that will help to rectify this suffering.

Original article: 
http://www.resilience.org/stories/2013-06-19/the-farm-bill-s-government-handouts...

Life in the Green Lane

Published on June 19, 2013 by Resilience

Impossible, many folks would tell me. Special bike lanes are strictly a European thing that would never fit in our newer, auto-dominated cities. You’re selling America short, I answered...

Original article: 
http://www.resilience.org/stories/2013-06-19/life-in-the-green-lane

The Next New Economy

Published on June 19, 2013 by Resilience

Hardly a new idea, the sharing economy has been hotly discussed among rising entrepreneurs and the media since the global recession of 2008.

Original article: 
http://www.resilience.org/stories/2013-06-19/the-next-new-economy

City Bees, Country Bees

Published on June 19, 2013 by Resilience

Honeybees are not the only ones in trouble--bumblebees are too. This is the first of a two part series that will discuss how urban areas might be bumblebees’ best chance for survival.

Original article: 
http://www.resilience.org/stories/2013-06-19/city-bees-country-bees

Land, apples, and political engagement in Scotland

Published on June 18, 2013 by Resilience

The community growing movement in Scotland reveals a desire, and an opportunity, for a more profoundly democratic politics.

Original article: 
http://www.resilience.org/stories/2013-06-18/land-apples-and-political-engagemen...

To power up or power down? That is the question

Published on June 18, 2013 by Resilience

Recently I read that our challenge in the twenty-first century is to triple global energy demand “so that the world’s poorest can enjoy modern living standards, while reducing our carbon emissions from energy production to zero”.

Original article: 
http://www.resilience.org/stories/2013-06-18/to-power-up-or-power-down-that-is-t...

Former Soviet Union crude oil exports declined by 5.5 % in last 2 years

Published on June 18, 2013 by Resilience

Russia is at its 2nd and last oil peak. The easy oil is gone. The FSU export peak comes ahead of the production peak.

Original article: 
http://www.resilience.org/stories/2013-06-18/former-soviet-union-crude-oil-expor...

The Permablitz: Transforming Urban Homesteads in a Single Day

Published on June 18, 2013 by Resilience

During a Permablitz, an army of volunteers, friends, and neighbors descend on a home and transform the yard (back, front, or both) into a food-growing wonderland.

Original article: 
http://www.resilience.org/stories/2013-06-18/the-permablitz-transforming-urban-h...

Cure for Capitalism?

Published on June 18, 2013 by Resilience

In Extraenvironmentalist #61 we talk about historical economic transitions with professor, economist and author Rick Wolff and his recent book Democracy at Work: A Cure for Capitalism.

Original article: 
http://www.resilience.org/stories/2013-06-18/cure-for-capitalism
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