Finally, after a long gestation Freerange #1: The Self and the City is out and free to download. Go and get it. Have a read and tell us what you think.
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“How did it come to pass that virtue–a quality that for most of history has generally been deemed, well, a virtue–became a mark of liberal softheadedness?”
An excellent collection of thoughts from author Michael Pollan about reclaiming small scale positive actions such as gardening, because they do in fact make a difference . . .
We should mostly be aware of the importance of the time we exist in, and how the next few years ahead of us are critical in dealing with the various economic and environmental threats we face. It is however important to remind ourselves of the nature of these threats. This is a very well elaborated talk from Jeremy Rifkin. Don’t let his slightly annoying delivery get in the way of the importance of what his is discussing. Quite inspirational.
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