European Support for Bicycles Promotes Sharing of the Wheels

By Elisabeth Rosenthal

Organic Farm Blossoms in Kenya's Largest Slum

by Xan Rice in Nairobi

Victor Matioli's organic pumpkins are plump, his coriander aromatic and his spinach "very soft, sweet, and tasty". His half-acre farm is a former rubbish dump in the heart of east Africa's biggest slum.

California Attorney General Issues Medical Marijuana Guidelines

By Eric Bailey, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
August 26, 2008
Los Angeles Times

Jerry Brown outlines steps to help patients and dispensaries stay within the law, help police know when to step in and, it's hoped, keep the federal government at bay.

The Fast Track to Slow Food

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Women Leaders Ask Where Is Our Money
by Joyce Mulama

GLASGOW - Even though seven out of eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) impact on women, both donors and governments receiving aid overlook the need to make resources available for gender empowerment.

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Revolution of the Snails: Encounters with the Zapatistas

I grew up listening to vinyl records, dense spirals of information that we played at 33-1/3 revolutions per minute.

Only One Reason to Grant a Corporate Charter

This is an expanded version of a presentation given to the Summit on the Future of the Corporation, Faneuil Hall, Boston, MA, November 13, 2007:

It is fitting that we hold this conversation on the future of the corporation in historic Faneuil Hall, the Cradle of Liberty. Deliberations in this very room more than 200 years ago were the first step on a long walk away from a king named George that launched a new nation and led ultimately to the end of monarchy. May the success of our forbears inspire us in our deliberations on the future of the private-benefit corporation.

In Heart of Texas, Drumbeat for Green
Austin attacks the problems of climate change — right at home
by Howard Witt

AUSTIN - This environmentally conscious city is already home to the headquarters of the Whole Foods organic grocery store chain, a new City Hall built mostly with recycled materials and a municipal electric utility that features solar cells on the roof of its parking lot.

The Texas capital also pays residents rebates if they install extra attic insulation or high-efficiency clothes washers. There are steep discounts on rainwater collection barrels. Low-flow toilets are practically free.