California Bill to Label GE Fish Fails

by byrnegreen on 2012.01.21

This died in committee, even though expectations were for overwhelming support From voters. What’s the debate? Informed consumers will choose what they want, so why hide genetics? Unless… From the office@centerforfoodsafety.org newsletter: California Bill to Label GE Fish Fails AB 88—the California bill which would have required that all genetically engineered (GE) fish sold in [...]

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FREE Intro to Fermentation Workshops in Sebastopol THIS WEEKEND June 3 & 4th.

2011.June.3

My good friend and sometimes co-quaffer Marley Peifer will be offering the first in his Joy of Fermentation series this weekend, and it’s FREE! From his email announcement: Come inside from the rain with other fans of fermentation at two convenient times and locations this weekend! Both locations are no-sweat distances for Sebastopolians and other Sonoma County residents! [...]

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Intentional Communities Magazine Seeks Permaculture Article Submissions

2011.June.1

Just got this notice on the ibiblio Permaculture listserv: Communities magazine is now seeking articles for issue #153, “Permaculture.” The issue will be out in December 2011. Please send your article idea to <mailto:editor@ic.org>the editor of IC by Friday, June 24, 2010, or sooner if possible. Your final article must reach us by Friday, August [...]

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Reverse Pomodoro: On Procrastination and Perfectionism

2011.May.3

I have been searching for a way to get two opposing forces of my life in order: procrastination and perfectionism. Each of these is a drain and waste of my precious and finite life energy, almost mirror images of each other in their pattern and appearance. Procrastination is a waste of time because I put [...]

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Big City Plans: D4R and Green Festival (Free Tickets below).

2010.April.9

I am excited to be heading into “the big city” from Mendocino for the weekend for two events. The first is Design for Resilience at The Hub Berkeley on Saturday.  REALLY looking forward to this event.  See my post here and comment after this great post re: A Pattern Language for Resilience and what I am [...]

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Thrivability, A Collaborative Sketch

2010.April.7

I am honored to have contributed this piece to Thrivability, A Collaborative Sketch (see slideshow at right). This is a diverse collection of the thoughts of 64 contributors on topics related to Thrivability.  The work itself is exceptional, as is the process by which it came together.  This “Flash Collaboration” occurred around the dynamic hub [...]

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Observations and Takeaways from my visit to Will Allen’s Growing Power in Milwaukee

2010.March.26

(A portion of this post will also appear in the Noyo Food Forest Newsletter.) Background “The good food movement is now a revolution.”  Will Allen, the founder of Growing Power likes to point this out.  I had the pleasure to hear this in person, and to experience various elements of the organization, by taking part [...]

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Feng-shui or Function?

2010.March.24

Ya’ll know about Blackle? It’s a custom Google.com page that is black themed rather than white. The madness behind the method is that the black pixels cost less energy than white ones. In other words, there’s less dino-power in a black pixel than a white one, hence a black google multiplied over the aggregate page [...]

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Dissipative Structures and Energy/Resource Mapping

2010.March.24

This a a dissipative structure. This pattern is indispensable when considering the resilience/sustainability and/or points of weakness in a given “system”.  It’s the first point of view to consider when “closing loops”. It is an archetype studied in great detail in GreenMBA‘s, Systems Thinking, Permaculture and elsewhere.*  For me, it is helpful to keep this [...]

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Toward “A Pattern Language” for Systems Thinking?

2010.March.19

I have recently been revisiting A Pattern Language, inspired by it’s utility in designing physical spaces from vision and concept to planning and implementation.  I believe there is a similar “language” to be developed for whole systems literacy and design.  Recently I came across 12 Habits of Mind by Linda Booth Sweeney which is pursuing a similar [...]

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