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MIMIC THIS! When you get invited to events 3000 miles away (or 20 of them just across town), use COPY & PASTE with the really interesting events to seed your own community's plans for similar events. Why start from scratch.... Beg, borrow and mimic! More....
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February 2010 Blog Posts (27)

How I caught the cooties and how I got rid of them

http://www.newcommunityvision.coop/blog/

Working in a chilly corporate environment, with clear distinctions between the people that mattered and the people that didn't, I came down with that dreaded child hood disease: the cooties. Having left my husband, whom I once dearly loved and thought would be my life partner, I entered the social scene as a 50-something. It's not nearly as social as when I was a…

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Added by Terry Edlin on February 28, 2010 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Paying More for Less at Peet's Coffee? Green'em Up Folks! from PlanetShifter.com

Paying More for Less at Peet's Coffee? Green'em Up Folks! from PlanetShifter.com

http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1499

Wondering out loud as to why my small coffee to go costs the

same even when I ask for "room for cream" and "no sleeve."

"Hey Louis, I called out, why not give a… Continue

Added by PlanetShifterMan on February 28, 2010 at 10:58am — 1 Comment

Surveillance Cameras in the Haight Ashbury: Call It Identity Theft?

Surveillance Cameras in the Haight Ashbury: Call It Identity Theft?

http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1498

The association hopes that violence and vandalism will be reduced, and

in the end save merchants money and time, Loewenberg said.The retailers

will install, operate and maintain… Continue

Added by PlanetShifterMan on February 27, 2010 at 6:31pm — 1 Comment

THE POWER OF ONE

THE POWER OF ONE

In New Jersey, Alice Paul, a Quaker, saw the need…

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Added by forrest craver on February 27, 2010 at 7:30am — 1 Comment

Dominion Agitprop Claptrap: LinkedIn.com Discussion Digest - "Who is Killing Christianity?" 2.22.10 – 2.25.10. Based on PlanetShifter.com Event Circle Interview with Bron Taylor, author of Dark Green

Dominion Agitprop Claptrap: LinkedIn.com Discussion Digest - "Who is Killing Christianity?"

2.22.10 – 2.25.10. Based on PlanetShifter.com Event Circle Interview with Bron Taylor,

author of Dark Green Religion.…

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Added by PlanetShifterMan on February 26, 2010 at 3:00pm — No Comments

APHA Get Ready Scholarship

The Get Ready Scholarship is being offered in conjunction with the APHA’s Get Ready campaign and is open to high school seniors,
undergraduate students, and graduate students. Applicants are required
to submit an essay of 500-750 words on emergency preparedness. Six
winners will be awarded $500 scholarships.

For More Information Visit:
http://www.getreadyforflu.org/new_pg_scholarship.htm

Added by Erin Klein on February 25, 2010 at 12:44pm — No Comments

Eakulu and the Island Sounds of Re-Appearance: Interview with Creator JR Beardsley by Willi Paul

Eakulu and the Island Sounds of Re-Appearance:

Interview with Creator JR Beardsley by Willi Paul

http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1496

Three natives appear - Seductively they blow Conch Shells

exotic and mysterious in… Continue

Added by PlanetShifterMan on February 25, 2010 at 12:13pm — No Comments

Capture and Release: PlanetShifter.com Interview with Photographer Mark Gamba - MarkGamba.com, Portland, OR by Willi Paul

Capture and Release: PlanetShifter.com Interview

with Photographer Mark Gamba - MarkGamba.com, Portland, OR

by Willi Paul…

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Added by PlanetShifterMan on February 24, 2010 at 11:20am — No Comments

Crowdsourcing in Paris with Angela Natividad: Interview with the VP – Marketing at hypios.com from PlanetShifter.com

Crowdsourcing in Paris with Angela Natividad:

Interview with the VP – Marketing at hypios.com

from PlanetShifter.com…

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Added by PlanetShifterMan on February 23, 2010 at 2:07pm — No Comments

Instinct, observation and tribal wisdom. Interview with Bron Taylor, author of Dark Green Religion by Willi Paul

Instinct, observation and tribal wisdom.

Interview with Bron Taylor, author of Dark Green Religion

by Willi Paul…

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Added by PlanetShifterMan on February 22, 2010 at 12:31pm — No Comments

Sacred in Participation: Seek, Reflect, Share, Act, Evaluate (SRSAE) by Willi Paul

Sacred in Participation:

Seek, Reflect, Share, Act, Evaluate (SRSAE) by Willi Paul

http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1492

WP: "Seek, Reflect, Share, Act, Evaluate - We need to ground the idea of

Sacred in every… Continue

Added by PlanetShifterMan on February 20, 2010 at 11:08am — No Comments

Berkeley's Climate Scorecard: "Berkeley See-It." Interview with Timothy Burroughs, Climate Action Coordinator, Office of Energy & Sustainable Development - City of Berkeley, CA by Willi Paul

Berkeley's Climate Scorecard: "Berkeley See-It."

Interview with Timothy Burroughs, Climate Action Coordinator,

Office of Energy & Sustainable Development -

City of Berkeley, CA by Willi Paul…

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Added by PlanetShifterMan on February 17, 2010 at 5:27pm — No Comments

Carbon Solution Integrator and Mentorpreneur: PlanetShifter.com Interviews Ian Browde, CEO, Greening Point, Inc.

Carbon Solution Integrator and Mentorpreneur:

PlanetShifter.com Interviews Ian Browde, CEO, Greening Point, Inc.

http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1490

IB: "We offer enterprise carbon management technology from… Continue

Added by PlanetShifterMan on February 16, 2010 at 7:05pm — No Comments

“Photo catalyst TiO2”: Oxidizing dirt and promoting air purification at the Sacramento Municipal Utilities District Solar Farm. Email to Willi Paul from Lana Donahue, Green EnviroTek, Inc.

“Photo catalyst TiO2”: Oxidizing dirt and promoting air

purification at the Sacramento Municipal Utilities District Solar Farm.

Email to Willi Paul from Lana Donahue, Green EnviroTek, Inc.…

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Added by PlanetShifterMan on February 15, 2010 at 3:13pm — No Comments

“Can Art Save the World?” LinkedIn.com Discussion: 2/9 - 2/14 2010. Topic Created and Edited for PlanetShifter.com by Willi Paul.

“Can Art Save the World?” LinkedIn.com Discussion: 2/9 - 2/14 2010.

Topic Created and Edited for PlanetShifter.com by Willi Paul.

http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1488

Sample:

"Art has had enormous influence on the… Continue

Added by PlanetShifterMan on February 14, 2010 at 8:08pm — No Comments

Resilient homes

Terry:

My wife and I moved into our earth-sheltered home in April, 2006. It has earth berms on the east, north and west, and windows on the south. It has three feet of earth on the roof. Made of concrete, it can't be bothered by windstorms, fire, termites or insects. We like to think it will still be sheltering folk a couple of thousand years from now. Energy usage is low. Comfort is high. We next plan to install photo voltaic cells and a wind turbine to generate…

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Added by Joel Welty on February 13, 2010 at 1:43pm — No Comments

Marin and the Bean Stalk? The Planetshifter.com Interview with Larry Tackett, President, Sustainable Novato by Willi Paul

Marin and the Bean Stalk? The Planetshifter.com Interview with

Larry Tackett, President, Sustainable Novato by Willi Paul

http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1487

LT: "Since we are not a flawed… Continue

Added by PlanetShifterMan on February 12, 2010 at 11:32am — No Comments

Solar Automated Feature Extraction: Interview with Steph Stoppenhagen, Sustainability Lead and Head of the Critigen Solar Mapping Program Initiative by Willi Paul

Solar Automated Feature Extraction:

Interview with Steph Stoppenhagen, Sustainability Lead

and Head of the Critigen Solar Mapping Program Initiative by Willi Paul…

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Added by PlanetShifterMan on February 10, 2010 at 7:29pm — No Comments

"THE BOOK OF ELI" AND THE SACRED JOURNEY OF COLLAPSE, By Carolyn Baker

I've always been fascinated by questions of faith and spirituality and the idea is that there is something greater than yourselves. The idea of

the movie was the belief in something greater than yourself, the most

powerful force in the universe, and that's a force that can be turned

either for good or evil depending on what we do with…

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Added by Carolyn Baker on February 10, 2010 at 3:12pm — No Comments

The PlanetShifter.com Interview with Ian Garrett, Executive Director: The Center for Sustainable Practice in the Arts, Los Angeles

The PlanetShifter.com Interview with Ian Garrett, Executive Director:

The Center for Sustainable Practice in the Arts, Los Angeles

http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1485

IG: "I do however find myself most drawing to the… Continue

Added by PlanetShifterMan on February 9, 2010 at 6:15pm — No Comments