Farmer Jane profiles thirty women in the sustainable food industry, describing their agriculture and business models and illustrating the amazing changes they are making in how we connect with food. These advocates for creating a more holistic and nurturing food and agriculture system also answer questions on starting a community-supported agriculture (CSA) program, how [...]

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Common Circle Education is thrilled to present our Weekend
Urban Permaculture Design Course taking place on twelve
consecutive *Sundays* starting June 27th in California and
as a two-week intensive in Oregon.
With the news of peak oil, environmental destruction and economic
challenges in the air, permaculture offers tremendous solutions
that are simple to implement through re-localization and looking
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Common Circle Education is thrilled to present our Weekend
Urban Permaculture Design Course taking place on twelve
consecutive *Sundays* starting June 27th in California and
as a two-week intensive in Oregon.
With the news of peak oil, environmental destruction and economic
challenges in the air, permaculture offers tremendous solutions
that are simple to implement through re-localization and looking
back to how humans [...]

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I have been reading How to Survive the End of the World as We Know It: Tactics, Techniques, and Technologies for Uncertain Times by James Wesley, Rawles. There are the typical lists of supplies one might need in a disaster, whether hurricanes like Katrina, earthquakes like Haiti, ice storms of the North East, or the [...]

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Santa Monica, California-based EV start-up Coda Automotive has raised a cool $24 Million to support the development and 2010 California market entry of its all-electric sedan and funding of its battery manufacturing joint venture.

The funds came after a successful bid under the Series B Investment Round, backed by a team including former U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr. & Farallon Capital Founder Thomas F. Steyer.

In a press release Kevin Czinger, president and CEO, Coda Automotive said, “Coda’s ability to raise capital under challenging market conditions and the caliber of our investors attest to the strength of our business model (video) and the opportunity that exists in the electric car and battery sectors.”

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