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Could This Happen In Your Neighborhood?
Late last month, power company equipment, six gas stations and a convenience store were attacked by a Mexican drug cartel. The cartel successfully left …
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What Makes a Home or Community Valuable?
Here are some questions to get us thinking: What makes a home or community valuable? What makes one home worth so much more than …
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Compost Water Heater With The Jean Pain Method
For those of us who have successfully composted in the past, we know that a properly made compost pile produces a substantial amount of …
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Bureaucracy vs. Resilience
Many of us want to add resilience to the communities we currently live in. We don’t want to move. However, that’s often very difficult. …
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Federal Disaster Relief Fails Again…
Disasters in this country are nothing new. Even before the Declaration of Independence was signed, there were dozens of documented catastrophes in the colonies. …
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The Boy Scouts Teach Resilience
“Be Prepared.” That’s the Boy Scout motto and it is backed by over 100 years of tradition in the United States. While many of …
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This changes how we track our food sources
Smart consumers (and hopefully you) are demanding local food products more than ever before. We often assume that are foods are coming from a …
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These are (purposely) missing from your garden
We spent a lot of our time talking about creating sustainable gardens at home. Interestingly enough, there are two foods that are missing from …
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Libraries Leading the Local Movement
We spend a great deal of time discussing the local movement and initiatives that promote resiliency within communities across the country and around the …
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How the Latest NASA Launch Can Change Communication
Last month, NASA launched the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE). The mission included a prototype to test long range laser communications protocols …
