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Timeless Lessons in Permaculture & Tree Crops From Tuscany, Sardinia & Corsica
For the French Kingdom, chestnut was also “the food of laziness” because “a chestnut forest does not require any cultivation” (de Pommereul 1779, as …
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Decentralize Big-Retail – How to Uproot Walmart & Bring Jobs Back Home
In many towns across America, Walmart, or a similar mega-retailer, is the only option you have when you need (almost) anything. Big-retail is a …
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Harvesting the Three Sisters Garden for Self-Sufficiency
There was a time long ago when most Americans planted, cultivated, harvested and ate their own crops. The fresh bounty of nutritional foods grown …
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Is True Self-Reliance a Myth?
Self-reliance is a wonderful ideal that is hardwired in the American psyche. Stories of the pioneers who went west and set up homesteads give …
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Picking the brain of a global resilience expert
Vinay Gupta has worked with global resilience, failed state solutions, resource scarcity and global system risks for many years, he’s the inventor of the …
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Does Death Loom Over the CSA Already?
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a hot topic and has been for a few years as the demand for locally grown produce has skyrocketed …
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Don’t Throw it Away…Bring It to a Repair Café
What do you do when one of your chair legs breaks, your microwave stops working or the vacuum cleaner no longer works like it …
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The Ugly Truth about Technology
We love technology at Resilient Communities. The way I see it, any cool gizmo or gadget we can use to further our efforts in …
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Garden Didn’t Take This Year? Here's How To Join a CSA!
Although the Internet is full of information that can make gardening seem like some shadowy art form that only a select few are capable …
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The #1 Reason Why the Power Grid Will Collapse
A few weeks ago, I was in South Florida for some meetings. After they ended, I walked along the beach one morning. The sky …
