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  • Coordinated Assault Against Public Sector Service Revealed by The Guardian

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    Documents published by The Guardian Thursday reveal how a number of right-wing groups, funded by today’s oligarchs, plan to privatize the commons: Conservative groups across the US are planning a coordinated assault against public sector rights and services in the key areas of education, healthcare, income tax, workers’ compensation and the environment,documents obtained by the Guardian…

  • Fifth Season Cooperative Expands Product Line

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    It’s so amazing to be living here in Wisconsin.  We have a conservative state legislature that passed a bill watering down environmental protections in favor of an out-of-state mining operation that wants to open a strip mine in one of the most ecologically pristine areas in the state.  We have acre upon acre of GE…

  • My Two Favorite Eco-Feminists

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    At the recent International Women’s Earth and Climate Initiative Summit, Jane Goodall and Vandana Shiva discuss their decades of work devoted to protecting nature and saving future generations from the dangers of climate change. A renowned primatologist, Goodall is best known for her groundbreaking work with chimpanzees and baboons. An environmental leader, feminist and thinker,…

  • Nelson Madela R.I.P.

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    Nelson Mandela’s passing feels so profoundly personal.  President Obama stated it beautifully — “…we have lost one of the most influential, courageous, and profoundly good human beings that any of us will share time with on this Earth.  He no longer belongs to us — he belongs to the ages.” CNN: Nelson Mandela, the revered…

  • Recommended Reading for Advent

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    The Catholic News Service has compiled a selection of recent releases that might be suitable for your spiritual reading during Advent, which begins Dec. 1, and the Christmas season: – “Advent and Christmas Wisdom from St. Augustine” by Agnes Cunningham, SSCM. Liguori Publications (Liguori, Mo., 2013). 102 pp., $11.99. –“The Art of Pausing: Meditations for…

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  • Food Cultures and Customs: Food for Good in Action

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    Originally posted on Rural Sociology Wageningen University: The Rural Sociology Group coordinates a course called Food Cultures and Customs with the Philosophy Group. The course is dedicated to examining the role that food plays in and across cultures. Food culture is understood to be the expression of how people value food and everything connected to food.…

  • Cooperatives Inherently More Sustainable

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    Thibault Worth (what a great name) at the Guardian debunks the idea that cooperative groups are “limited to small grocery stores in hippie towns.” Co-ops have become major forces in the banking, insurance and retail industries. Revenues from the 300 largest co-ops total more than $2tn worldwide, and co-ops employ more than 100 million people…

  • Science on Verge of Bringing Extinct Animals Back to Life

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    Tanya Lewis of Live Science explains how advances in biotechnology could enable scientists to bring extinct animals back from the grave: First popularized by Michael Crichton’s novel “Jurassic Park,” the process of de-extinction has become more than a sci-fi concept. In 2003, biologists brought back a Pyrenean ibex by making a clone of frozen tissues harvested from…

  • On Vacation

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    I have taken a few days off for Thanksgiving.  I had hoped to have some time to post, but am having too much fun with family.  I will resume posting when I get back on Monday.