The Local Movement Compromised

It has been proven to me, we live in a world where White can mean Black and 2+2 can equal 5. Think Global act Local… Sounds positive. Is it? Who is ICLEI? International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives What do they do? They are an NGO that specializes in regional “sustainable development” helping local governments [...]

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Real Solutions to Fix Our Toxic Mistakes

We have low-cost simple technology that can change the precarious situation here on planet Earth. Living (eco) machines, compost tea and oyster mushrooms can REVERSE the trends of toxicity. Here is a very interesting presentation by John Todd at UVM…though, I am not so sure about backing a global currency with carbon. Its a long video, [...]

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Looking Back on the Battle with S-510

From The Natural Solutions Foundation - Rima Report While we ultimately may not have stopped this in the Congress, the law that was adopted is a different creature than we would have faced had we not opposed it every step of the way. Recall, the first version of the bill that passed the House in July ‘09 [...]

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Flash Mob Hallelujah, Burlington, VT

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Confessions of (VT) State Stimulus Czar

The Wall Street Journal By TOM EVSLIN In March 2009, Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas asked me to become the state’s chief recovery officer, or stimulus czar. Vermont was about to get $1 billion or so in 300 separate and unrelated programs stapled together in the federal stimulus package, aka the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act. The [...]

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Are you a United States Citizen or a Citizen of the United States of America?

Disclaimer:  *This is not legal advice* LINK TO FULL ARTICLE The Disappearance of Our Republic A Republic is a form of government in which the People or some portion thereof retain supreme control over the government.  A Republic is governed by the Rule of Law. When we look at our legal system, why is it these unalienable, fundamental [...]

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Bernie’s Fed Audit Results

Cutting Out the BS of Crisis-Era Bailout Activities By Eric Fry 12/20/10 Two weeks ago, for the first time ever, the Federal Reserve dragged its crisis-era bailout activities out into the light of day (thank you Senator Bernie Sanders and Congressman Ron Paul!). The resulting revelations exposed a number of shocking truths, like the truth that [...]

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US House of The Lame Ostrage Session

Our food will be signed to be Modernized as early as today by the President. The Lame House Session lived up to their title yesterday, the day, marking the return of light, The Winter Solstice. Over 70 of the House members didn’t show  up to vote! Lame they are indeed, because this is some of [...]

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Energy Descent Not Human Descent

To all those who are publishing that Over Population is an issues concerning “Global Climate Change”. You are gravely mistaken in  what you preach or believe in. With your charts and numbers,  pointing your finger to the East. I know, a reasonable human being  would research the facts and use their own reasoning to determine [...]

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Plumb: Wind towers are “out of scale”

by George Plumb of Washington. Utility-scale wind is not a suitable alternative electricity generation option for Vermont for a variety of reasons but one extremely important one that hasn’t been discussed. The wind towers are out of scale with what we value in Vermont. While we may enjoy visiting the big cities we are always delighted [...]

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UPDATE S-510 Modernizing our Food

It is interesting to watch The US government in action. Considering the history of this food safety act now HR 3082 formally Bill S-510 and formally still HR 2749… I guess the elected officials are fans of DR. Suess, “If you can’t convince them, confuse them.” This website gives a good over view of the movement…far [...]

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The American Empire Could Collapse At Any Time

Vt Commons Blog By Chris Hedges Pulitzer-winning journalist Chris Hedges was one of roughly 135 activists who participated in an act of civil disobedience that resulted in their arrests outside the White House yesterday, even as Obama was unveiling a new report on progress of the war in Afghanistan. “We’re losing [the war in Afghanistan] in [...]

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P.U.L.L – People’s University for Learning and Liberation

“like” their FB page and get updates - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Peoples-University-for-Learning-and-Liberation-PULL/165808063451294?ref=mf&v=info

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Write your Reps. Let your voice be heard.

I sent this message to My Senators and Representatives: Greetings Senators and Representatives, I am writing you in regards to Vermont Yankee being decommissioned on time in 2012. As you are well aware, this is a very large issue for Vermonters. In watching the news recently with Gov. Shumlin’s visit to power plant, I sensed he [...]

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Gov.-elect Shumlin visits Vermont Yankee

Vermont Gov.-elect Peter Shumlin– flanked by a huge entourage of his staff and Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant personnel– took a private tour of the plant Friday. The purpose– to discuss radioactive tritium that was discovered leaking into the ground at the plant and to talk about what’s being done to get rid of it. [...]

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