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  • Can you make it to Bioneers?

    michelle victoria August 29, 2010     No Comment     Changing Habits, Farmers Markets, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Building, Sustainable Energy

    The annual Bioneers Conference is coming soon, and possibly even to a city near you. Last year I attended for the first time and it was an amazing, and empowering experience. I was able to listen to Michael Pollan, Andrew Weil (and he did an evening of comedy with a friend that was hysterical), Joanna Macy,

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  • Are We Finally Taking More Steps for Clean Energy?

    michelle victoria April 30, 2010     No Comment     Changing Habits, Sustainable Energy

    It was reported this week that Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is approving the first offshore wind farm in America, the Cape Wind Project off the coast from Cape Cod. America is far behind both Europe and China in utilizing the energy potential from offshore wind plants and hopefully we are now getting on board this clean

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  • How about a bike?

    michelle victoria April 11, 2010     1 Comment     Changing Habits, Transportation

    I am really excited I just bought a bike! I had not ridden one in more than a decade (actually almost two), except for once when I was house sitting and jumped on a friends bike thinking that I could just hop on and ride through town…it was pretty scary and didn’t last too long.

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  • Airplanes Running on Solar Power

    michelle victoria April 7, 2010     No Comment     Changing Habits, Sustainable Energy, Transportation

    This is amazing…. The maiden voyage of a solar-powered airplane took place today in Switzerland without any problems. The plane is designed to fly day and night, without any fuel, so there are absolutely no emissions. The plane is called the Solar Impulse and it has 12,000 solar cells built into its wings. It is a

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  • Clean Coal…is this an oxymoron?

    michelle victoria April 5, 2010     1 Comment     Changing Habits, Climate Change, Sustainable Energy

    There is considerable conversation these days about clean coal…much of it is an excuse to delay the immediate funding and implementation of more clean and renewable energy sources in America. But I don’t hear many asking…Is it possible to have clean coal?  and what does this really mean? Some people within the coal industry and

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  • Creating a 21st century Economy…in Detroit?

    michelle victoria February 21, 2010     1 Comment     City Information, Gardens and Farms, Sustainable Businesses, Sustainable Energy

    I recently wrote about a plan, which is actually beginning to come to fruition, to create a major urban farm in Detroit called Hantz Farms;  you can read it here. One of the inspiring aspects of this project is that Detroit is probably one of the most surprising places one could imagine to create a

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