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  • Bioneers-A Message of Engagement

    michelle victoria October 16, 2010     2 Comments     Changing Habits, Climate Change, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Businesses, Sustainable Energy

    Today was the official beginning of the 21st Bioneers conference. We were welcomed by Joanne Campbell a Coast Miwok Elder, one of the indigenous people from this area for thousands of years. Sometimes I think that we forget what a young nation we are and that there are many who may be far wiser than

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  • Ride Your Bike to Support Climate and Energy Solutions.

    michelle victoria August 31, 2010     No Comment     Changing Habits, Climate Change, Sustainable Energy

    I have been seeing so many people on bikes in Los Angeles, ok, mainly down by the beach in Venice, Santa Monica and Marina del Rey but in other parts of town too. I am thrilled whenever I can take a bike to shop or go wherever I am headed, and here in LA I

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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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  • 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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