Communities Magazine #143 (Summer 2009) - Ecology and Community

Ecology and Community

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• Ecology and Community by Chris Roth
• SHARING AND CLIMATE CHANGE: A Human-Sized Answer to a Global Problem – A simple solution could drastically reduce the energy consumption and carbon emissions of the modern citizen, and it does not require new technology or a drastic reduction in quality of life. We all learned about it in Kindergarten, and statistics from Twin Oaks prove its effectiveness. by Bucket Von Harmony
• Revolutionary Communitarianism? by Alexis Zeigler
• Cars and Rabbits by Alline Anderson
• Ecovillages, How Ecological Are You? by Prudence-Elise Breton
• Findhorn’s Incredible Shrinking Footprint by Jonathan Dawson
• The Nature of Our Work by Stacie Whitney
• HOW ECOLOGY LED ME TO COMMUNITY – The author recounts some of the off-beat marching orders he received from an eco-oriented “different drummer”—and how, instead of becoming a hermit, he became a communitarian. by Chris Roth
• The Reindeer Herders of Northern Mongolia: Community, Ecology, and Spirit Matters by Marilyn Walker Ph.D.
• In Our Community: Ecology Is for the Birds by Michael Livni
• Ecological Building on Kibbutz Lotan
• Water Is Life by Leila Dregger
• ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM: Securing Your Community’s Quality of Life into the Future – With a long history of protecting the local watershed, Trillium Farm Community in southern Oregon grows not only organic food, but ecological activists. by Chant Thomas
• Why Vegetarian?
• Walking through the Forest by Russ Purvis
• Community Composting: A Transformative Practice by Jason Grubb & Mason Vollmer
• Tumblers and Sheds
• LIGHTEN UP: A Community Energy-Reduction Experiment – Organized around common ecological values and a shared appreciation for the epic of evolution, a group of neighbors reduces its collective energy consumption by 25 percent. by Kelly Barth
• Software, Hardware, and Ecology at Ganas by Tom Reichert with Peggy Wonder
• Seeking an Alternative Education by Alison Cole
• Balancing Outer and Inner Ecology by Tree Bressen, Beatrice Briggs, Laird Schaub, Paul DeLapa
• Cultivating the Neighborhood: What Are the Boundaries of an Intentional Community? by Don Schneider and Elin England
• Eating Close to Home
• Community ABCs: Minding The “P”s For Cues by Laird Schaub
• REVIEWS: VISIONS OF UTOPIA, PART TWO by Tim Miller
• Culture Change by Laura Berol