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Pushing Green Transport in the Pioneer Valley

Pushing Green Transport in the Pioneer Valley From Pioneer Valley Relocalization ProjectBy Larry Ely, Steve Randall, and Rob Crowner “Whatever the nature of water, the fish will be the last to know.” — Chinese proverb Highways and roads are an expanding universe. Distances to work, shopping, entertainment, and services become ever greater. By design, the interstate highways and the exurbs they promoted have foisted car dependence on us. This must change because cars are the most money- and...

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GREENFIELD’S 2011 ENERGY USE REPORT CARD PUBLISHED NEW 10% CHALLENGE GOALS ANNOUNCED

GREENFIELD’S 2011 ENERGY USE REPORT CARD PUBLISHED NEW 10% CHALLENGE GOALS ANNOUNCED GREENFIELD, MA – The Greening Greenfield Energy Committee (GGEC) released its annual Energy Use Report Card today, and set a new goal for its 10% Challenge   “This report card shows that our 10% challenge is working in some ways and not in others” said Becca King and Susan Worgaftik, co-organizers of the 10% Challenge and members of GGEC. “Greenfield’s oil heating users are doing a great job, but our other...

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Farm to School Convention slated for March 15 in Sturbridge

The second statewide Massachusetts Farm to School Convention will be held on March 15, 2012 at Old Sturbridge Village in Sturbridge, Mass. This full-day convention will feature leaders in the farm to school movement providing information on everything from creating school gardens to overcoming logistical barriers to local foods procurement to the growing partnerships between schools and community farms. Read more at...

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USDA features Hadley, Mass. dairy farmer on new Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food Compass interactive website

USDA has unveiled the Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food (KYF) Compass, an interactive web-based document and map highlighting the department’s support for local and regional food projects and successful producer, business and community case studies. A report on the new website mentions John Kokoski, owner of Mapleline Farm in Hadley, Mass. for his work with the department’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Read more at...

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Fast Talk About Food – Call For Proposals

CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS at PVGrow’s second “Fast Talk About Food” LIGHTNING TALKS BY FACULTY, STUDENTS, STAFF, LIBRARIANS & PARTNERS + COMMUNITY DISCUSSION Lightning strikes twice! Another showcase for the Pioneer Valley higher education community on food, agriculture and food systems. See the article and video about the previous ‘Fast Talk’ event at http://www.pvgrows.net Thursday, March 29, 2012, 5:30-8:00 p.m. at Smith Vocational & Agricultural High...

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Join the 5 Colleges ‘Blue Sky Initiative’

First meeting of the “Blue Sky Initiative” sustainability forum – Wed. 1/25 1:30-3 p.m. at the Campus Center Room 162-175. The second meeting will be Wednesday, February 29 from 1:30-3 p.m. at the Campus Center Room 162-175. Other ways to add YOUR VOICE to the sustainability movement across the five campuses: 1) Submit ideas to the website: http://www.fivecolleges.edu/sustainability 2) Post ideas to the FaceBook page for UMass Campus Sustainability Initiative 3) E-mail ideas...

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Berkshire Grown Events Generate $100k+

VENDORS AT THE HOLIDAY FARMERS’ MARKETS REPORT MORE THAN $100,000 IN LOCAL REVENUE GENERATED AT FOUR BERKSHIRE GROWN EVENTS COMBINED PRESS RELEASE – GREAT BARRINGTON + WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. (January 18, 2012) – In November and December, Berkshire Grown produced four Holiday Farmers’ Markets in north and south Berkshire County to feature locally grown and produced food during months when farmers’ markets are not open in the region. Berkshire Grown brought together more than 60 regional...

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Beginning Women Farmer Conference Dates Announced

PRESS RELEASE – S. Deerfield, MA Dear Women In Ag Participants, CISA, Holistic Management International, the USDA National Institute of Food & Agriculture and the University of Massachusetts have partnered together to sponsor a two day conference for farmers interested in improved quality of life, profitability, and health. The Beginning Women Farmer Conference: Exploring Whole Farm Planning will be held March 22-23, 2012 at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA,...

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PV Sustain Annual Dinner

You are Invited Third Annual Celebrate Sustainability Dinner/Party Pioneer Valley Sustainability Network Clarion Hotel, Northampton MA Wednesday, 2/22/12 6 pm – 8 pm Featured Speaker Jonathan Lash, President Hampshire College an internationally recognized expert on practical solutions to global sustainability and development challenges   former Director World Resources Institute co-Chair President’s Council on Sustainable Development one of the 100 most influential people in...

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What If We Have the Right to the Capital our Capacities Warrant?

From money with strings to money without strings When we contemplate the power that issuing money will give us in the R Credits system, it is critical that we develop a vision for how we want our economy and society to look. Rather than going into all the social justice and environmental issues we will want to address, it might be useful to look at a fundamental issue like access to capital. In our current economic system, most of us can only get access to capital by appealing to an individual...

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