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Posts Tagged ‘relocalization’

Windsor's (Sub)Urban Farmer
Windsor’s (Sub)Urban Farmer
By Chris | July 15, 2008 | Feedback (12)
Check out this video from Windsor's Steve Green You'll be hearing more from Steve very shortly here at Scaledown. Steve is walking the talk and taking control of his families food security issues into his own ...
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You are what (you can) eat
You are what (you can) eat
By James | May 7, 2008 | Feedback (20)
Food...Water...Shelter these should be foremost in our minds.  Where did your family go for groceries when you were a kid?  For the longest time we were a "Dominion" household.  Thursday evening's Mom, Dad and I loaded up and went to the Dominion store at Walker and Tecumseh Roads.  I can remember ...
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Welcome, the Apocolypse!
Welcome, the Apocolypse!
By Chris | May 2, 2008 | Feedback (17)
It's official.  Hell hath frozen over and pigs are flying overhead.  The Windsor Star has just published an article by James Howard Kunstler, and it takes up 2/3 of a page nonetheless!?!? Farewell suburbia Author ...
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My Take on the State of the City
My Take on the State of the City
By James | March 18, 2008 | Feedback (16)
Like most other observers I was not really surprised by anything in the Mayor's State of the City Address. The only real twist was the plan to establish a regional fund for economic development. All in all not a bad idea however, it's about ten years too late. I've ...
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March Break Shorts
March Break Shorts
By James | March 11, 2008 | Feedback (39)
Given the amount of feedback recently I think that there are a lot of people out there with ideas about our downtown. Remember, March 22 you will have a chance to participate in the forum Windsor: Planning for the Future. I am hoping for a wide range of ...
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Pick a Peck of Posts
Pick a Peck of Posts
By James | March 5, 2008 | Feedback (20)
Mark your calendars! Saturday, March 22 from 9 ??til 2 ish at the St. Clair College Centre for the Arts - Planning for Our Future. This event will feature three speakers on Urban Planning a round table discussion and an open mic, question and answer period. The speakers will ...
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Empathy, the Arts and Community Building
Empathy, the Arts and Community Building
By Chris | March 3, 2008 | Feedback (18)
This past weekend I spent some time with a good friend of mine in south Windsor. This is a regular occurance, as our children grew up together and would consider themselves "BFF"'s. Needless to say, they actively ...
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I can't take anymore...
I can’t take anymore…
By James | February 29, 2008 | Feedback (4)
This has been building for a while. It started as a niggling little feeling at the back of my head and over time it grew and today it just burst out. I AM PISSED OFF! Why? Because we and by that I mean the collective, North American, consumer-economy, celebrity-worshipping, ...
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