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Ideas for a Local Economy & Happy Planet Index

Seventeen Rules for a Sustainable Community - “If the members of a local community want their community to cohere, to flourish, and to last, these are some things they would do” -Wendell Berry   …

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Added by Heather K on May 6, 2011 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Inspirations: Poetry & Quotations to Explore

"Thomas Jefferson said he didn’t think we could have democracy unless at

least 20% of the population was self-supporting on small farms so they were

independent enough to be able to tell an oppressive government to 'stuff it'.

It is very difficult to control people who can create products without

purchasing inputs from the system, who can market their products directly

thus avoiding the involvement of mercenary middlemen, who can butcher

animals and preserve foods…

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Added by Heather K on November 3, 2010 at 9:30pm — 4 Comments

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