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Eco

Teal Farm: Living the Future Now

Anya Kamenetz

My visit to the farm of the future, a prototype perpetual agriculture system capable of meeting regional food and energy needs in conditions of global warming, fluctuating energy supplies, and an oil-dependent global economy. (more)

5-15-08

Commons

Energy Action Plugs In Students

Anya Kamenetz

The nation's largest youth organization to address climate change just held Power Shift, a conference that attracted 6,000 students, while gearing up to take on Washington and the UN. (more)

12-7-07

Commons

Mutual Aid Revisited

Anya Kamenetz

When Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, where I went to high school and where my parents still live, it was impossible to get a clear picture of what was happening from the news media. They depicted full societal breakdown, the war of all against all. But while mayhem and fear certainly existed, so did an amazing collective will towards cooperation. Whether guild or labor union, religious or ethnic society, producer or consumer cooperative, these are the people's bastions of power. (more)

8-16-07