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Michigan’s Genesee County Commissioner Archie Bailey wants to ban plastic bags from county stores. If the ban goes through Genesee County will be the first area in Michigan to create such a ban. The commissioner is having the county’s attorneys research laws and has them busy trying to figure out if the Commissioner’s office has the [...]
Tim DeChristopher, the student who won over 22,000 acres of land at a Bureau of Land Management Auction, is on his way to purchasing the land, which was originally intended for sale to oil companies. [Creative Commons photo by Wolfgang Staudt] DeChristopher infiltrated a Bureau of Land Management auction on December 19th. Because the agency [...]
Worried those dollars in your wallet might not buy as much as they used to? In a pretty neat report this week, the Worldwatch Institute details on how more communities across the U.S. (and around the globe) are turning to local currencies to protect their regional economies. In “Local Currencies Grow During Economic Recession,” writer [...]
At the launch of the India Climate Solutions Road tour… Not so long ago, and supported by Delhi Greens, the Indian Youth Climate Network (IYCN) was formed to give a voice to the next generation of India in the climate dialogue. The Network called for youth to come together in order to ensure a clean, bright future. Several city [...]
