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Models of Sustainability: Sweden Runs Out of Garbage
Due to Sweden's innovative waste-to-energy program and highly efficient recycling habits, the Scandinavian nation faces an interesting dilemma. They have run out of trash. Sweden's waste management
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Douglas Rushkoff - Home
"This is a wondrously thought-provoking book. Unlike other social theorists who either mindlessly decry or celebrate the digital age, Rushkoff explores how it has caused a focus on the immediate ...
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The REAL 'Lone Ranger' Was An African American Lawman Who Lived With Native
The real "Lone Ranger," it turns out, was an African American man named Bass Reeves, who the legend was based upon. Perhaps not surprisingly, many aspects of his life were written out of the story,...
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How It Works - Listia.com Auctions for Free Stuff
Sell all the stuff you don't use - from DVDs to clothing to toys, for free!
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Visit to the World's Fair of 2014
he New York World's Fair of 1964 is dedicated to "Peace Through Understanding." Its glimpses of the world of tomorrow rule out thermonuclear warfare. And why not? If a thermonuclear war takes place
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Be the Change You Want to See?: A Marxist criticism of prefigurative politics |
PREFACE This is the transcript to a talk I gave at the Socialism 2013 Conference in Chicago. I'm posting this transcript here for those interested--it is similar to, but different from a previous ...
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Western black rhino officially extinct
The western black rhino has officially become extinct, reports CNN. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, which compiles an annual Red List of Threatened Species, this ...
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Share Exchange: Incubating the Local Economy
The Share Exchange in Santa Rosa, California is a unique nexus of projects under one roof, created to jumpstart the new economy in San Francisco's North Bay region. If you've ever dreamed of ...
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5 Terrifying Statements in the Leaked Climate Report
Climate Desk has obtained a leaked copy of the draft Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's 2013 Summary for Policymakers report, which other media outlets are also reporting on. The document ...
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This Shows Exactly How Much McDonald's Costs
By: Amanda Froelich, True Activist. McDonalds is one of the largest fast food franchises in the world, the average distance from any one point (in the US) being about 115 miles away. While the price
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Mass unemployment fears over Google artificial intelligence plans
The development of artificial intelligence - thrown into spotlight this week after Google spent hundreds of millions on new technology - could mean computers take over human jobs at a faster rate ...
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Third prominent banker found dead in six days
Bloomberg is reporting this morning that former Federal Reserve economist Mike Dueker was found dead in an apparent suicide near Tacoma, Washington. Dueker, 50, a chief economist at Russell ...
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How tech navigates a food shortage
An app helps Venezuelans track limited staples.
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Watch: Protesters Storm City Hall With Torches, Pitchforks to Stop Crackdown On
Fed up with seeing Portland's homeless being mistreated by the Mayor and city, a group of concerned residents stormed City Hall with torches and pitchforks, looking to send a clear message that ...
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Report Calls for Socially Conscious Investing by Colleges
With more than $400-billion in endowment assets at their disposal, America's colleges are well positioned to invest in the financially struggling communities in which they may be located, according
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5 Terrifying Statements in the Leaked Climate Report
Climate Desk has obtained a leaked copy of the draft Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's 2013 Summary for Policymakers report, which other media outlets are also reporting on. The document ...
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Mondragon and National Cooperative Bank Partner | MAPA Group
Mondragon's Laboral Kutxa and National Cooperative Bank (NCB) will collaborate to support each other's banking customers including subsidiaries of cooperatives operating in the United States ...
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Room for Growth
a project about land use in baltimore
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After Your Job Is Gone
Do you have a job? Do you like having a job? Then I have some bad news for you. The Guardian is worried "today's technologies are going to remove people from economic activity completely." Techonomy
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America Is The Most Insecure Nation In the World
From waking until sleepy time from my home office I am bombarded by a school-yard mentality of adults hopelessly stuck with fingers pointing at some other person or thing. Conservative, liberal ...
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Fireball in Russia's Far East puzzles sky-watchers (VIDEO)
Witnesses in Russia's Far East were astounded to see a spectacular burning object break up in the sky near Vladivostok. Though bloggers hailed it as a "meteor," scientists are skeptical. Photos and
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Oil spill dumps over 5k gallons of crude across flood-drenched Colorado
More than 5,250 gallons of crude oil have spilled into a river in Colorado, contaminating much of the same region that was ravaged days earlier by a monumental flood that left no fewer than eight ...
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More North Americans have migrated to Mexico, than Mexicans to the United States
The shift with Mexico's northern neighbor is especially stark. Americans now make up more than three-quarters of Mexico's roughly one million documented foreigners, up from around two-thirds in ...
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US govt shutdown opens doors to 'austerity club'
This is what austerity looks like. It's austerity "American Style"!
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Daily Kos
It's official . It's now okay for public entities to promise workers a decent retirement, then renege. A federal judge has ruled Detroit should be granted protection from its creditors, marking ...