There are many, many business opportunities that can't take place in the current era of cheap oil and imports from China. As these begin to dwindle, local opportunities will start to surge.
The problem is that people aren't preparing that way; peop…
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Great opening discussion. If we add two key elements, the need to earn outside, or export, dollars for the health of our regional economy (Jane Jacobs' books and others) and the degree to which we can engage in the Creative Economy here, we may find…
Terri and Robert, Hi! I've been working with Marlene Wynnyk who is the recipient of the Premiere's Award for Agricultural excellence 2009 (The Healing Arc www.thehealingarc.com for the commerical growing of the Sea Buckthorn berry. The berry is an i…
I
think there can be good acceptance of
transition that includes growth, as long as the growth is done by
creating
products locally, which can economically replace products that are
currently
being imported. I seem to remember this as a key part of…