The Frog Notices It Is Getting Boiled

June 2, 2020

...reform, for community oriented policing, for a police chief who will take community concerns seriously and for a diversity on the commission that would reflect the makeup of this city. One speaker called out the police chief for a behavior that’s all too common at city meetings: looking at your phone while the public is speaking. We’ve had 26 years since the last unrest to reform the Los Angeles Police Department. We could have moved the LAPD tow...

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Getting Ourselves Back to the Garden

Mr. Homegrown

June 26, 2018

Design, Gardening

...ng the week. Not Holy Nativity. As Rev. Rood put it to me once, “This is a community center that just happens to have a church attached to it.” While the word “community” gets overused in this case it manifests as a genuine openness to collaboration. Poyourow, not a member of the church, put many years of work into the garden as well as hosting lectures and events. We have a lot of underutilized space in our communities. Congratulations to Poyouro...

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Reader Feedback About Facebook

Mr. Homegrown

March 2, 2018

Thoughtstylings

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...don’t address the core problem: social media’s promotion of isolation over community. Along the lines of building an entirely different internet Adam says, I deleted my FB account in 2010. I use something called Hubzilla to connect to other people. It runs on my own server (it is a de-centralized thing, so it connects to other people who are running compatible software ). That gives me everything I need as far as networking with people. I use a Fe...

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Los Angeles Permaculture Design Course Certificate Series

Mr. Homegrown

July 26, 2013

Events, Permaculture

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...Designing & Building the Complete Home Ecosystem. February 1/2 & March 1/2 Community & Green Business… EcoVillage Design and Community Celebration. TEACHING TEAM Instructors include Internationally Acclaimed Leaders in the Worldwide Sustainability Movement: • L. SANTOYO, Director, EarthFlow Design Works • SCOTT PITTMAN, President, The Permaculture Institute • TOBY HEMENWAY, Author, Gaia’s Garden • JOHN VALENZUELA, Permaculture Designer, Horticultu...

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A Year after The Age of Limits: 5 Responses to the End Times

Mrs. Homegrown

May 5, 2014

Age of Limits, Thoughtstylings

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...g years will come from the ground level, person by person, house by house, community by community. Erik and I have been saying this for years. It’s more true than ever. If lots and lots of people made changes in the way they live, and thus used fewer resources and cut down on our carbon emissions, we might slow down some aspects of the Crappening. That would be dandy. But salvation is not the point. We cannot know if that would ever happen, anyway...

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