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How to Make Money Farming 5 Acres or Less (Not Just Market Gardening!)
The number of traditional farms is dropping fast. Land is expensive and can be hard to find. But what if you dream of making a living off of your land? Micro-farms are becoming popular sources of income. Here’s how to make money farming 5 acres of land or less. A Way...
Virginia Aronson: “Talk about zero waste; why not end this life without wasting anything?”
Although there is a growing interest in eco-fiction, there is little fiction on zero waste, says public health official and author Virginia Aronson. We had a brief conversation about her novella, the concept of zero-waste and eco-fiction, and the modern way of living....
What’s your parenting philosophy?
Although Plato had devoted the fifth chapter of his Republic to this, Aristotle addressed the issue of raising and educating children as a matter of public interest in his Politics and Hegel pointed out the problematic of seeing children as objects belonging to their...
A Walk on Europe’s Wild Side
From the year 2049, we can look back on 2019 as a turning point for the continent of Europe. Set to miss its targets to halt and reverse the erosion of biodiversity by 2020, the European Union stood at the precipice of environmental catastrophe. And yet pockets of...
Finding the Spiral in Chacal, Mexico by Marina Richie
With one slow glide of his forefinger, our guide Mauricio traces the spiral carved deep in the rock thousands of years ago, even before the Aztecs. He carries a straw hat festooned in feathers of the shaman who taught him the stories of these sacred pools in the...
A Volery of Wagtails by Alexi Francis
In the center of Brighton, beside the iconic nineteenth-century clock tower, stands a small solitary tree. It is an olive tree, an evergreen that retains small leathery leaves into the winter. The tree stands at a junction, especially busy during rush hour on a Friday...
Empowerment Through Fiction: Picture Books as Vehicles for Lasting Social Change
Posted on 12 Jan 2020 in ESTEAM Champions / 83 Views Nanci Nott interviews Western Australian author, Nadia L. King, about her newest book, Claire Malone Changes the World. Together, they explore the concept of fiction as a catalyst for social change and individual...
How Bunny was born!?
For Nicole Crabtree, this is a dream come true. As an auntie and aspiring author on a mission to express her love of reading and share her own stories with a family who lives far away, Nicole decided to create a book series that can be shared with the world. Click...
SPARKS
Walking through a nearby park at dusk the other night, I saw a single spark. Then another. Soon there were too many to count, hovering in the airspace between my chin and my ankles, lighting my way past the lake, the gazebo, and over the boney cast iron bridge. Who...
COMMUNITY, DEMOCRACY, AND THE LAND
This is who I am: Devil’s Den, Bull Run Farm, Sages Ravine, Spruce Knob, Dickinson’s Reach, Heron’s Rip, Moosilauke, Arun River Valley, Central Harlem, Cedar Mesa, Chama River, Chichicastango, Arch Rock, Drake’s Beach, Glacier Bay, Lake Atitlan, Knoll Farm. That’s my...
WHAT DOES THE WORD “FARMER” MEAN?
The definition of farmer is: “a person who cultivates land or crops or raises animals (such as livestock or fish).”[1] In use, however, the term isn’t that clear. The most recent USDA numbers show more than half of today’s farmers have a primary occupation other than...
STOP 5G WIFI KILLER – NOW!
STOP 5G WIFI KILLER – NOW! This Is a Planetary Emergency A highly dangerous addition to the Electro-Magnetic Frequencies that emanate from mobile phone masts, WiFi, Smart Phone, I Pod and all similar electromagnetic technologies, is to be introduced...
Early Literacy Skill-Building Begins at Birth
Help your child be ready for kindergarten by beginning daily literacy activities in infancy.
10 Benefits of Gardening with Kids
We have all heard that being outside in the fresh air has amazing health benefits. We have also heard that planting flowers can be therapeutic. But did you know that gardening has amazing developmental benefits for kids?
Now You See Me, Now You Don’t
For those kids, I’m the only lesbian they’ve seen other than Ellen. Sometimes middle school girls will cry when I sign their books. I am their bookish, gay lady Beatle.
But most kids don’t care at all. I am a grown-up who wrote a book they read. Cool. Can you sign my book and my arm? Yes, I can if your teacher says it’s okay.
My presentation is not about being gay. It’s not about my personal life or my marriage.
To Be Human – Interdependency
What does it mean to be human is an urgent question for me as I face the destabilizing and possibly cataclysmic changes that global climate change is bringing. This question necessitates a thorough understanding of what is malleable in our human condition and what is not. Honoring humanity must be a starting point in seeking new ways to live.
The Fusion Doctrine: A Totalitarian Take Over and State Privatization Program
It has become increasingly apparent throughout the past decade that the nation state, and the traditional notion that it represents a culturally cohesive citizen’s platform, is no longer a valid supposition.In Europe, countries have been stripped of their status as...
Reading fiction helps your career, but reading poetry helps more
We have known for a while that people who are most successful in business read fiction. And people who read fiction have more empathy, no matter where they land on the gender or personality trait spectrum.It’s interesting to me that genre fiction — sci-fi, mystery,...