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Eco triptych: Compost giveaway, corporate breakaway, and climate rideaway, in a day around the bay

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Last Saturday was one of those days on the calendar that seems to magically attract all the cool happenings around town. Usually with multiple invitations on the same day you […]

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bicycle, community, consumerism, economy, energy, photo essay, soil
The five-story Vertical Farm will expand Growing Powers greenhouse and aquaponics operations currently spread over a two-acre site in the City of Milwaukee.

The Good Food Revolution Goes Vertical

March 6, 2013by Sven 17 Comments

This is a story about something that is right in this world. It’s a story of inspiration and real world solutions, a down to earth celebration of the most basic […]

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cities, community, soil
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Biking the train to the swap meet, or life in a carbon-proportionate world

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About a month ago I got a snapshot of what it might be like to live in a less fossil-fueled and growth-driven world. I had been working on an assignment […]

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bicycle, bike reporter, cities, community, consumerism, inspiration, photo essay
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200 — or why I (still) love to blog

November 25, 2012by Sven 24 Comments

That’s the number of posts I’ve written here on this little blog o’ mine. I don’t often do much housekeeping because I’m so focused on the themes I’m writing about, […]

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