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Get inspired by American Public Media's interview with Grace Lee Boggs! This program is in several parts. Interviewer Krista Tippett speaks with 96 year old activist Grace Lee Boggs, visits the Feed 'Em Freedom Urban Growers and one of Detroit's 1600 urban gardens - gardens not just plots!  Hear about some of Detroit's urban agriculture projects and listen to the people who are making them happen...

I have to post just the url - http://coldantlerfarm.blogspot.com/    - because I don't trust myself with the ability to post a more direct link.  Scroll down to a January 23 or 24, 2012 entry for some film footage of Ruth Stout. I hope you are as delighted as I am to see her! Ruth Stout wrote about organic gardening, no tillage vegetable gardening and deep mulch way back in the 1960s.  She wrote...

I'm posting a post from   http://savingtheworldinmysparetime.blogspot.com/ Investing In Transition Over the last few months we've heard about the Occupy movement, which has given many, varied examples of how one percent of people control most of the money around the planet.  Right here in London, Ontario a large corporation is trying its bully tactics against its workers: locking them out after...

From Community Gardening to Urban Agriculture in London October 16, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.  (registration 9:30) Cost: $20.00 ($10.00 students/seniors) Brescia Auditorium, Mother St. James Building This gathering is to help people meet each other, share information, and begin to develop some ways to work together and stay in touch.  Participants will be the experts in regards to both community...

From the BBC:   "Bike sharing is on the verge of becoming an integral part of public transportation in cities across the globe. This system of impromptu bike renting is helping urban areas reduce automotive traffic and pollution while providing locals and tourists with a convenient, cheap and healthy means of transport. Currently, there are nearly 300 organized bike sharing programs worldwide...