On40 Blog

The Land Ethic — Aldo Leopold revisited

Reading the San Country Almanac again after many years, we are reminded of how little has anything changed... the 20th century was going to do what it was going to do, no awakening or ethical considerations would be allowed to defeat our progressive rush to cover all...

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plants of sf bay area

CALYCANTHUS FAMILY (Calycanthaceae) Calycanthus occidentalis, Spicebush BUTTERCUP FAMILY (Ranunculaceae) Clematis lasiantha, Chaparral Clematis Clematis ligusticifolia, Western Virgin's Bower BARBERRY FAMILY (Berberidaceae) Mahonia dictyota, Jepson's Mahonia Mahonia...

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Some Commentary from Henry George

What is necessary to enable labor to produce these things, is land. When we speak of labor creating wealth, we speak metaphorically. Man creates nothing. The whole human race, were they to labor forever, could not create the tiniest mote that floats in a sunbeam—could...

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byxbee basin walk through

blah balah blaha blah...contining blah Clustered Field Sedge Carex praegracilis CNPS blah Olive Green Cutworm Moth dargida procinctus CNPS looking back Umber Skipper Poanes melane (CNPS) on chaparral mallow malachothamnus fasciculatus Coyote Brush Gall Moth Common...

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local business in the on40 model

from YES magazine How Neighbors Turned Unused Buildings into a Thriving Community Hub As rents rise and independent businesses in Minneapolis lose their leases to large national chains, a first-of-its-kind co-op found a solution. Fair State’s annual Co-Optoberfest...

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tree canada reLeaf program

​ TREE CANADA ANNOUNCES MAJOR INVESTMENT TO RESTORE FOREST AND URBAN GREENSPACES DESTROYED BY FORT MCMURRAY FIRES Edmonton, AB – February 2, 2017 – Tree Canada, the nation’s leading national tree planting charity, today announced a more than $1 million investment...

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