Tucson Community Food Bank – From handouts to DIY

This is the final example from Orion’s November/December magazine for how people work towards sustainability in their own communities or in their own lives. Here people are working on getting away from foodbank handouts by growing their produce and establishing urban farming and gardening practices. [image inserted by me]

BY KYLE BOELTE, TUCSON, AZ
Published in the November/December [...]

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The Pedal People of Northhampton

This is a very interesting example for actively working towards achieving a sustainable society – it’s something I wouldn’t have thought of in a million years: peddling rubbish. [images inserted by me]

BY ELISSA ALFORD, NORTHAMPTON, MA
Published in the November/December 2008 issue of Orion magazine
NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS—The Pedal People troll our streets almost every day, bicycling not for play [...]

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The Sustainability Revolution

This is a great story – from war and oppression to building and living in a peaceful, sustainable community. It’s remarkable what people can achieve when they come together as collaborators and co-operators, with a yearning for peace on their minds and a sense of something bigger than their individual and even human-species existence. [images [...]

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