American Apartheid: I Can't Breathe-Black Lives Matter
Originally posted on CarolynBaker.netAn Excerpt from Dark Gold Written by Community Solutions Fellow, Carolyn BakerRacism is both overt and covert. It takes two, closely related forms: individual...
View Article'Occupied' Norway a window into our fossil fuel adiction
Originally Posted on resourceinsights.blogspot.comWritten by Community Solutions Fellow Kurt CobbOkay, I admit that the premise of Norwegian television's new political thriller series "Occupied" is...
View ArticleROI: Love of Money
written by Community Solutions Fellow, wimbiIn the Jan 18 issue of the New York Times, an opinion piece, “The Love of Money” written by a recovering Wall St. money addict, says:“Yes, I was sharp, good...
View Article"We Got Plenty of Nothin"
written by Community Solutions Fellow, wimbiWE GOT PLENTY OF NOTHIN"’ (2016) Now what I am about to say is not any sort of attempt at anything serious, Oh, No, that would not be cool. So, if you...
View ArticleStability Begets Instability: The Challenges of the Post-2008 World
originally posted on resourceinsights.blogspot.comwritten by Community Solution fellow, Kurt CobbMost people value stability in their lives. And, this makes perfect sense. Stability usually means an...
View ArticleGrief and Carbon Reductionism
Written by Charles Eisenstein Originally posted on: charleseisenstein.netThe environmentalist Michael Mielke just wrote to me the following, “We came back over-and-over to the realization that the...
View ArticleEvolution is the Revolution
Originally posted on turn21.orgJust as we once thought our parents could always protect us, as we grow up we realize we must take personal responsibility for our own well-being. So it is with our...
View ArticleOpen House: March 3, 4-7:00 PM
After 75 years on East Whiteman Street, Community Solutions has moved to a larger office on the campus of Antioch College. We have many historic and current ties with Antioch, and we look forward to...
View ArticleThe Future as a Sales Pitch
Orignially posted on resourceinsights.blogspot.comWritten by Community Solutions fellow, Kurt CobbNo one can know the future. But it turns out we can invent a place called "The Future" and invite...
View ArticleWimbi's Wedges
(apologies to friend Robert Socolow)Written by, Community Solutions fellow, wimbiNow, class, please note the editorial in the NYT to the effect that -We can’t get there from here -to a low carbon...
View ArticleOpen House
We are grateful for the excellent turnout at our open house yesterday! Moving to a new office home after 75 years in one place has been momentous. We were excited to celebrate our new space with...
View ArticleThree Brilliant Short Videos
originally posted on, turn21.orgEvolution, which tends to build organisms that are “just good enough” to get by, has left us ill-equipped to deal with spans of time longer than a human lifetime. We...
View ArticleParis Accord
Written by, Community Solutions, Thomas PrincenThe ink was hardly dry on the Paris accord when critics pointed out that it’s not a binding treaty. Implementation, they say, is the key. Without...
View Article100% Renewable Energy: What We Can Do in 10 Years
Originally posted on: http://www.yesmagazine.orgWritten by, Richard HeinbergIf our transition to renewable energy is successful, we will achieve savings in the ongoing energy expenditures needed for...
View ArticleFracked to Death
Written by, Community Solutions fellow, wimbiFRACKED TO DEATHI have an unhappy tendency to invent troubled dreams. Instead of letting me sleep pleasantly like a normal human, my brain grabs the sleep...
View ArticleThe Hundred-Year Plan
The Hundred-Year PlanWritten by Jim MerkelPedro Martin and I hopped off a trailer pulled by an old Russian tractor, paid the farmer and set off down a dirt track. We headed toward a windmill and a...
View ArticleGroups Striving for a Local Economy of Resilence, Equity
Originally posted in the Yellow Springs NewsWritten by Audrey HacketThese are a few of the many ideas and projects that villagers will be discussing this month at a series of free events, organized by...
View ArticleNuclear Power - The Solution to Future Energy and Climate Challenges?
Originally Posed on Huffingtonpost.comby Bob BrechaNuclear power is often touted as being an important tool in the array of measures needed to help prevent climate change. Some environmentalists and...
View ArticleThe (Bigger) Garden of Eden
Written by Community Solutions fellow wimbi(As inspired by E.O. Wilson's new book - Half-Earth)It’s garden- starting time, and my wife and all our gardening friends are enjoying the early spring,...
View ArticleOregon says yes to coal-free electricity
Originally posted on resourceinsights.blogspot.comWritten by Community Solutions fellow Kurt CobbThe Oregon legislature has adopted a first-in-the-nation plan to phase out electricity from coal, a...
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