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You Know You’ve Been in Sweden Too Long When…

By Sapphire Svanström on October 24, 2010 in Europe, Photos, Scandinavia, Stockholm, Sweden, Videos

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I am coming up on my third winter in Sweden. Third winter!  For the past month, I have been more serious and thoughtful with my posts; especially controversial. Hell, who doesn’t love controversy and...

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National Co-op Month: A Collective Project

By Deborah Crooks on October 23, 2010 in California, North America, Photos, San Francisco/Bay Area, USA

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co·op·er·a·tive (k - p r- -t v, - -r t v, - p r -). adj. 1. Done in cooperation with others: a cooperative effort. 2. Marked by willingness to cooperatee. I'm not officially a member...

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Taste Of The Meiji Restoration

By Ryo Kubota on October 17, 2010 in Asia, Japan, Photos, Tokyo

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Are you fed up with Japan’s dysfunctional politics? If you want to have a strong spirit to try to change it, this might help you: “Fushimi-no-Ryoma (Ryoma in Fushimi)”. It is a Japanese sake. It consists...

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Mitigating the Effects of Climate Change While Boosting Food Production

By Danielle Nierenberg on October 12, 2010 in Africa, Photos

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Hydraulic Engineering Spanish conquistadors had great respect for the crops developed by the indigenous farmers of the Americas. A full 60 percent of the food these foreigners ate every day originated in the region. But the...

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Local Seeds to Meet Smallscale Farmers’ Needs

By Danielle Nierenberg on October 12, 2010 in Africa, Mali, Photos, Videos, West Africa

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Madame Coulibaly does something that many seed dealers in Mali and other parts of Africa usually don’t —she keeps her prices low enough for small, cash-scarce farmers to afford. And instead of packaging seeds in...

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Africa Market Garden: A Smarter Approach to Agriculture

By Danielle Nierenberg on October 12, 2010 in Africa, Niger, Photos

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This is the first blog in a series about our visit with the International Center for Research in the Semi-Arid Tropics in Niger. At first glance, the road from Niamey to Tanka village in Niger looks...

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10 Great Things Going on for 10/10/10

By Katherine Hui on October 10, 2010 in All Countries, Photos

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10:10 is a global movement of people, businesses, schools and cities cutting their carbon emissions by 10% in a year. Today is 10/10/10, a global day of doing. It's the biggest day ever for action...

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Blogging Lessons Learned from Arrington

By Renee Blodgett on October 3, 2010 in California, North America, Photos, San Francisco/Bay Area, USA

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In a classy well-articulated post by ReadWriteWeb's Marshall Kirkpatrick, he summarizes what he learned from Mike Arrington when he worked at TechCrunch. The post is in response to AOL's acquisition of TechCrunch announced last week...

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