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Comment on Wal-Mart’s eco-labels: brilliant or evil? by Brandon

Brandon — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:27:08 +0000

I agree that the problem with Wal-Mart is its labour practices more than anything, as well as its Starbucks-like winner-take-all mentality. What I do find interesting is the fact that this is a step in A right direction, if not THE right direction; it’s true that there can be a new type of capitalism that takes into consideration social as well as financial return.

Comment on Local currencies: help businesses, connect residents by KingofthePaupers

KingofthePaupers — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:02:49 +0000

Jct: Best of all, when the local currency is pegged to the Time Standard of Money (how many dollars/hour child labor) Hours earned locally can be intertraded with other timebanks globally! In 1999, I paid for 39/40 nights in Europe with an IOU for a night back in Canada worth 5 Hours.
U.N. Millennium Declaration UNILETS Resolution C6 to governments is for a time-based currency to restructure the global financial architecture.
See my banking systems engineering analysis at http://youtube.com/kingofthepaupers

Comment on Microcredit comes to North America by Microcredit institution moving to the West | Defiant Imagination

Microcredit institution moving to the West | Defiant Imagination — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:17:05 +0000

[...] Grameen America, another microcredit program, also started operating in the U.S. after winning a Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for their activities in third world countries. [...]

Comment on Urban agriculture: an interview with Joe Nasr and June Komisar by Urban agriculture: an interview with Joe Nasr and June Komisar | Defiant Imagination « Andre Joseph Gallant

Mon, 25 May 2009 11:10:50 +0000

[...] Urban agriculture: an interview with Joe Nasr and June Komisar | Defiant Imagination. Is it safe to grow food in the middle of the city? [...]

Comment on An eco-town for Afghanistan by Bruce Barrett

Bruce Barrett — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:15:50 +0000

“Baptized” is a poor choice of words, where “named” would have been true. “Deh Sabz” means “Green Village,” and has always had that name. Historically a district of beautiful orchards: Mulberrys, almonds, and pomogranates.

Comment on Eat less meat to stop climate change? by Christophe

Christophe — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:41:33 +0000

Va falloir t’habituer…

Comment on Get out of Mysteria Lane and walk! by Christophe

Christophe — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 01:26:18 +0000

Dommage que le laby n’ai pas d’adresse physique : j’aurais pété un record !