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Biodynamic Vineyards – Inviting Nature Back In

Environmental writer Trish Riley tours a green winery and discusses biodynamic farming.
via Subaru Drive Magazine: Winter 2010.

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Cheers! 2010 is Our Chance to Create a Sustainable Future

As we lift our heads out of the bunkers we’ve hidden in during 2009, we can see that the landscape has been cleared and that we’re already moving toward a sustainable future. We citizens of America have lived through an horrific year… really, an horrific decade. Yet this past year has brought us hope as we have never known in my adult life – and that’s 30 years. This past year has brought unprecedented changes that have been hard to ride, yet I believe they are pulling us toward the world we’ve dreamed of. While 2009 has been a bitch of a year, it’s been a boon to our future. Three cheers to 2010! [Read more by clicking the headline above...]

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President Obama: Please Save the Nation Now

I am an idealist. I am hoping for a grand gesture from our President to bury 2009 and welcome 2010.
Someone very close to me was “downsized” out of his executive job when he reached the age of 55 – that is, at the point where he became rather expensive to insure and would soon be [...]

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The Writing is on the Wall: Chemical Contamination is Dangerous

I believe that the problem of chemical contamination of our air, soil, water and bodies, although it is still largely under the radar of the public, will prove to be a more pressing immediate concern even than the current specter of global warming. These chemicals are killing life on this planet, us included. We should begin now to reduce our exposure to synthetic petrochemicals in as many ways as we can, by addressing our personal environments, our political regulatory system and industrial responsibility. Read a roundup of articles detailing the problem, with ideas on what we can do to reduce our exposure to these dangerous substances.

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House of Cards… Going Down

Consumers are suffering from a tumbling economy while legislation toward clean energy, green jobs and health care reform is taking a beating from industry and highly-paid lobbyists. Confidence in our new leader is waning and chaos seems to be thriving.

Yet I see a glimmer of sustainability on the horizon. Can we help this new dawn rise? [...]

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