Happiness
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From the Farm to the Occupation
by Shannon HayesDec 07, 2011
- Shannon Hayes on taking farm politics to Occupy Wall Street...and talking about the politics of Occupy in her farming community.
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Will Allen: Growing Justice in Food Deserts
by Doug PibelDec 06, 2011
- The YES! Breakthrough 15: Creating access to affordable fresh food in low-income neighborhoods.
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Cooking Up Karma: A Taste of the Gift Economy
Nov 18, 2011
- Video: At a restaurant in Berkeley, there’s no bill at the end of the meal—just a request to pay it forward for those who come after you.
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Cooking Up Karma: A Taste of the Gift Economy
Nov 18, 2011
- Video: At a restaurant in Berkeley, there's no bill at the end of the meal—just a request to pay it forward for those who come after you.
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This Changes Everything: How the 99% Woke Up
by Sarah van GelderNov 18, 2011
- Introducing the movement that’s shifting our vision of what kind of world is possible—from the new book, “This Changes Everything: Occupy Wall Street and the 99% Movement.”
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An Interfaith Occupation
by Adam DeRoseNov 11, 2011
- The Occupy movement is bringing deep moral questions that many religions confront to the forefront of national conversation. How faith groups are joining in.
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Military Resistance a Strong Brew
by Dean PatonNov 11, 2011
- Near the gates of Fort Lewis, anti-war veterans serve up support and solidarity (along with double-tall lattes) to their friends in uniform.
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An All-Ages Music Manifesto
by Jaimee GarbacikNov 04, 2011
- Book Review: How all-ages music venues keep the arts alive, build community, and give young people experience in organizing.
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Toilet Paper Preparedness vs. True Resilience
by Shannon HayesNov 02, 2011
- What I learned from the hurricane: Real emergency preparedness has more to do with community than canned goods.
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Graduates Get a Crash Course in Sharing
by Malcolm HarrisOct 26, 2011
- How new graduates are improvising when expected careers aren’t panning out.
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Elders a (Labor) Force for Social Change
by Marc FreedmanOct 26, 2011
- Boomers discover ways to apply their skills and life experience to purposeful second careers.
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Inside Occupy Wall Street’s Nearly Last Night
by Olivia RosaneOct 15, 2011
- What was it like to be in Zuccotti Park in the hours before the owners’ planned eviction of protesters?
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What Can Stop the One Percent?
by Naomi KleinOct 10, 2011
- Naomi Klein: There’s only one thing that can block the wish list of the one percent, and it’s a very big thing: the rest of us.
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The Resilient Library
by Cat JohnsonSep 30, 2011
- Even in a time when libraries are facing steep cuts, we’re using them more than ever—in more ways than ever.
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Young Farmers: A Growing Movement
by Fran KortenSep 20, 2011
- In spite of the daily discouraging environmental, political, and economic news, coaxing living things to grow somehow seems to make folks optimistic.