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Life on The Farm

12. Apr, 2010 2 Comments

The Farm is arguably America’s most successful commune. How have they succeeded, and what’s it really like out there?

alternative, community, ecotourism, education, farm, featured posts, gaia university, green living, intentional community, sustainable, Tennessee, the farm

Friday Photos #2: What IS that? Should I eat it?

19. Mar, 2010 15 Comments

Can you name that weird berry? Is it poison? I’m dying to find out.

adventure, Asheville, berries, botany, buy nothing, education, environment, featured posts, foraging, freegan, gardening, green living, nature, North Carolina, outdoors, photography

Joel Salatin and the Future of Food

America's favorite farmer expounds on sustainability, grass, pigs and protoplasm!

26. Jan, 2010 4 Comments

In Virginia, I meet Joel Salatin for a rare personal sermon/tour of Polyface, the farm that’s changing agriculture in the 21st century.

This American Summer

Three college students set off to seek their heritage

11. Dec, 2009 1 Comment

In the summer of 2008, three students from MIT set out on the Great American Road Trip.

adventure, community, education, featured posts, travel, video

Try This at Home: Join a community garden

19. Oct, 2009 10 Comments

Community gardens bring people together, beautify neighborhoods, improve the climate and feed the poor. Here’s how you can get involved, even if you don’t have much time to spare.

agriculture, Austin, buy nothing, Chicago, community, Detroit, diy, education, environment, gardening, green living, locavore, New York, outdoors, sustainable, volunteer

10/15/09: Take Action TODAY!

Fighting climate change with Blog Action Day

15. Oct, 2009 0 Comments

If you care about climate change, now’s the time to get involved. Find out why the time is now–and what you can do to help.

air, energy, green living

BAD09, blogactionday, blogging, climate change, community, education, energy, energy-efficient, environment, green living, nature, outdoors, politics, sustainable, volunteer, weather

The Waterpod: life on a New York boat

12. Oct, 2009 2 Comments

How a group of artists created a sustainable life on the waterways of New York–and what we can learn from their shortcomings.

Save the World, Ride a Bike

a visit to Troy Bike Rescue

30. Sep, 2009 5 Comments

This post is the first of a three-part series on bike culture. Come back Friday to read about anarchy, bike jousting, and two-wheeled social protest.

Remember when you got your first bike? Was it a Christmas present, or maybe a birthday gift? Remember how much fun you used to have on that bike, how fast you [...]

Albany/Troy, community, under the radar