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Resilience

What is a Resilient Livelihood? Also: DiY Community Security and “Lean” Dairy Farms.
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Today’s letter starts with a discussion of what a resilient livelihood is, and why it is a good thing to have. We’re also lucky …

Here’s the Future of America
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Writing from:  Aspen, CO.  I’m speaking/attending the National Geographic Environmental Conference (focus of the conference:  adapting to climate change). I had the good fortune …

How a garden can add 5-7% to the value of your home and save you $530 a year
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Find out why adding a garden can both increase the value of your home by 5-7% and save you $530 a year in expenses? …

How to Bounce Back from Increasingly Extreme Weather Events
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Climate change is here.  We’re seeing increasingly frequent and extreme “heavy weather” events like these every day: Record setting droughts and heat waves. Once …

How One Community Took Advantage of a Crisis to Become Abundant
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Today’s letter includes: The global financial system is about to convulse again… here’s what you should and shouldn’t worry about. How one community started …

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The sun is finally out after two days of rain.  My kids are finishing up school today and I’m headed outside soon to work …

Here’s a Way to Predict a Community’s Success in an Age of Turbulence
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Here’s an interesting fact:  the number of trees in an urban or suburban community is tightly correlated to its level of wealth.  More trees, …

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How do you keep your family healthy and well fed, in good times and bad?  Read today’s letter for a way to start. __________ …

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It’s a gloomy, rainy day outside and I’m stuck in front of a computer. That makes it the perfect day for thinking about the …

A Fit Home Increases Your Chance of Future Success
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I went to a big party to celebrate my father’s 80th birthday over the Memorial day weekend. It was lots of fun and a …