Communities
Permaculture Community Offers Titled Lots in Guanacaste, Costa Rica
A new ecological community, Rancho San Roque, is being developed in the foothills of the Rincon de la Vieja volcano in Costa Rica. The developer has engaged the services of The Project Office (TPO) to manage the project; Deppat to create the master plan; and Zurcher Architects to create the architectural detail for a private residential community in harmony with nature.
Family-farm advocates call for U.S. to ‘bust up big ag’
By Lynda Waddington 3/12/10 10:15 AM
ANKENY, IOWA — Whether they realized it or not, the roughly 250 family farmers, workers and consumers gathered in Ankeny, Iowa, Thursday night fired off their own point-by-point response to a letter from two Republican senators that urged the U.S. departments of agriculture and justice to maintain the existing status quo in the agriculture industry.
Costa Rica is Paradise for Permaculture Survivalists
Those who study current events are largely in agreement that we appear to be reaching a critical tipping point in terms of the environment, economics, geopolitics, and even consciousness. 
A concerned public – some now openly calling themselves “survivalists” – desire to be more independent and live a more self-sufficient lifestyle.
The History and Future of FAIRTRADE Products
The history of what has come to be known as
Fair Trade dates back to the mid-'40s in the United States when associations began to sell the handicrafts of poverty-stricken people. Edna Ruth Byler appears to have been the first Fair Trader when, as a volunteer in her Mennonite community, she visited Puerto Rico. There, she met women who were producing linen needlework, but living in abject poverty.
Seed Bank -- How to Open a True Savings Account
On the CSU Campus, there is a storage facility for seeds that is described as "insurance against global change." It houses billions of
seeds under the auspices of a Fort Collins division called The National Center For Genetic Resource Preservation.
