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Democracy is a Verb.

I recently conducted a quick sidewalk poll asking people for the definition of democracy. Most of the answers fell into two broad gene

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Added by Shane Jolley on June 2, 2010 at 9:56am — 1 Comment

That’s Premier Bognor Bill to you...

For a while I thought I could resist weighing in on last week’s hoopla over Bill Murdoch’s desire to give Toronto the big rubber boot out of Ontario. After all it’s maple syrup season and time’s-a-wastin’, but after reading several Toronto based commentaries on the fracas, I simply couldn’t sit it out.

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Added by Shane Jolley on March 22, 2010 at 2:00pm — 1 Comment

Life After Growth

The following article is a must-read for anyone concerned with the future of your community or family. It is long, but please take 30 minutes and read it! It is written by Richard Heinburg, and closely parallels my own journey (albeit later) on the road to understanding our economic future.

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Added by Shane Jolley on March 12, 2010 at 10:13am — 2 Comments

Urban Chickens

The following is copied from the Chicken discussion in the OS group and is written by Anne Finlay-Stewart.
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Added by Shane Jolley on March 2, 2010 at 9:53am — 1 Comment

Heidi's Bar - "Derivatives 101" or "Drink Now, Pay Later"

I don't know who wrote this, but it explains the credit crisis in...well....terms that even a drunk can understand.


Heidi is the proprietor of a bar in Detroit. She realizes that virtually all of her customers are unemployed alcoholics and, as such, can no longer afford to patronize her… Continue

Added by Shane Jolley on February 24, 2010 at 10:30am — 1 Comment

Community...why bother?

The Oxford dictionary defines community as, “a group of interdependents growing or living together, or occupying a specified habitat". Webster adds, “joint ownership or participation”. The idea here is not only a mutually beneficial arrangement of a group of people, but one where each contributes and no man or woman is an island.… Continue

Added by Shane Jolley on February 16, 2010 at 11:55am — 1 Comment

Principles of Community Based Economics

We live in an economic and political world characterized by several overarching themes. First, the need for ever-increasing and faster economic “growth”. Second, a rapidly increasing scale in terms of the size and power of business and government. Finally, the continuous concentration of wealth and power in the hands of fewer a… Continue

Added by Shane Jolley on February 9, 2010 at 2:30pm — No Comments

A Great Day for the Local Food Movement.

Today is a great day for the local food movement. Durham farmer Michael Schmidt was acquitted today on all charges related to his cow-share program. Members can now legally continue to obtain and consume raw milk through cow-share programs as they are technically "owners", not purchasers, of raw milk. Th… Continue

Added by Shane Jolley on January 21, 2010 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Welcome to the new LocalMotive Project website.

If there's one thing I dislike intensely, it's long hours at the desk, and if you have the web-skills that I have (pretty much zippo!) then creating a website erases days from your life. Snow shoveling never looked so appealing. But thanks to the help of Ryan (the master) Wiseman, we now have a network/workspace that I think is as good as it comes; at least in terms of what I can work with. No more weight loss ads, fake virus warnings, and incompatibilities with obsolete browsers. Just pure, sw… Continue

Added by Shane Jolley on January 20, 2010 at 9:57pm — 4 Comments

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