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  • A great new magazine-Urban Farm

    michelle victoria January 16, 2010     No Comment     Changing Habits, Gardens and Farms

    Today while waiting in the check-out line at my local co-op I saw a magazine that was new to me called Urban Farm…Sustainable City Living which looked great so I bought a copy. After taking some time to look it over I have to say that it is really inspiring. Their premier issue just came

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  • Crops and a changing climate

    michelle victoria January 11, 2010     No Comment     Changing Habits, Climate Change, Farmers Markets, Gardens and Farms, GMO-GE Information, Industrial food practices, Sustainable Agriculture

    Global warming, climate change, we can see it happening all around us. Warmer temperatures in some places and colder winters in others. What can each of us do on an individual level and how can we let our leaders know that this matters to us? It is time for action in so many levels. This

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  • Going Green

    michelle victoria December 2, 2009     No Comment     Changing Habits, Farmers Markets, Gardens and Farms, Industrial food practices, Recycling, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Building, Sustainable Businesses, Sustainable Energy

    Green jobs, green cars, a green economy, do you ever wonder what exactly qualifies as green and how green is green? It has been said that green is the new black…a trend, a new wave, maybe even a cool way to live. But is that it? There are so many good reasons for this ‘greening’,

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  • Gather-an organic restaurant is coming to Berkeley

    michelle victoria December 1, 2009     1 Comment     Farm to Table, Gardens and Farms, Restaurants, San Francisco-Bay Area, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Businesses

    It was surprising to me to learn that there is not an organic breakfast, lunch and dinner restaurant in Berkeley… but Gather is on the way and it is opening December 15th. Gather will bring seasonal, farm food among friends, and its opening is a long fulfilled dream  of the owners.  Ari Derfel, one of

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  • What is Sustainable Living?

    michelle victoria November 15, 2009     No Comment     Changing Habits, Climate Change, Farmers Markets, Recycling, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Businesses, Sustainable Energy

    It has been a busy couple of weeks since I attended the Bioneers conference and getting back to writing I was not really sure where to begin. I have so much great information to share from the conference and about my trip in Northern California, from green hotels to solar powered wineries…and this will all

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  • 24 October-This Saturday-Is the International Day of Climate Action

    michelle victoria October 22, 2009     No Comment     Changing Habits, Climate Change

    This Saturday, October 24, has been declared the International Day of Climate Action. Its purpose is for people around the world to show their support for a reduction in carbon emissions to slow global warming. This is an opportunity to let our leaders know that we are serious about action being taken on the issues

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  • Farmers Markets and Farms

    michelle victoria October 18, 2009     No Comment     Farmers Markets, Gardens and Farms, Sustainable Agriculture

    For many of us, farmers markets have become a regular part of our food shopping routine.  Yesterday the Bionners had a pre-conference program called The Omnivore’s Discovery. We started the day at the Marin farmers market, which was a real treat. I had visited the market about two months ago when I was in the

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  • Friends of Slow Money Take Action

    michelle victoria October 6, 2009     No Comment     Changing Habits, Climate Change, Farmers Markets, Industrial food practices, Investing, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Businesses

    Friends of Slow Money are at it….. Are you fighting to protect the environment? Mitigate climate change? Save the oceans? End oil dependency? Improve health? Improve food systems? Preserve freedom? Imagine if your $5 contribution (coupled with thousands of others) could launch a whole new movement — one that fixes our food system, empowers social

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  • Apple Quits U.S. Chamber of Commerce, joins PG&E, PNM And Exelon

    michelle victoria October 6, 2009     No Comment     Climate Change, Sustainable Businesses

    The EPA finally took some serious steps last week to curtail global warming with a proposal to regulate greenhouse gas emissions but it looks as if the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (the world’s largest business federation with 3 million businesses as members) cannot recognize that this is good for business, not to mention the environment.

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  • Bioneers-Sharing solutions to our environmental and social crises.

    michelle victoria October 2, 2009     No Comment     Changing Habits, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Building, Sustainable Businesses

    “Bioneers is inspiring a shift to live on Earth in ways that honor the web of life, each other and future generations”. Since I had been living in Europe for much of the last nine years I was not familiar with Bioneers until recently. For a more detailed explanation of who they are and what

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