Mark Maynard | Vermont

California bans the pay-the-gay-away psychological torture of LGBT youth known as “reparative therapy”

By Mark | October 1, 2012

As you may recall, former Ypsilantian Josh Steichman told us earlier this summer that he was working on a campaign to see the so-called reparative therapy of minors outlawed in California. Well, this weekend, Josh and the rest of the Equality California team were successful. California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law legislation that would [...]

Posted in Civil Liberties | Also tagged AB 1505, AB 1700, AB 1856, anti-science, anxiety, But I'm a Cheerleader, California, closet case, conversion therapy, depression, Don't Ask Don't Tell, EOS, Equality California, ex gay, gay, gay marriage, gay rights, George Rekers, homophobia, Jerry Brown, Josh Steichman, legislation, LGBTQ, lube, Magic Mike, Marcus Bachmann, Michele Bachmann, Michigan, pay the gay away, pray the gay away, psychological abuse, rent boy, reparative therapy, Rick Snyder, SB 1140, self hatred, suicide, Ted Lieu, therapy, UCLA, Wisconsin, Ypsilanti water tower | 39 Comments

Zingerman’s co-founder Paul Saginaw on the importance of robust local business ecosystems, the upcoming BALLE conference in Grand Rapids, and the meaning of “real prosperity”

By Mark | April 22, 2012

For the first time ever, the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE) will be holding its national, annual conference for independently owned, socially responsible businesses, here, in Michigan. The meeting, which is being called Real Prosperity Starts Here, is scheduled to take place in Grand Rapids this May, and, as of right now, I’m [...]

Posted in Corporate Crime, Detroit, Economics, entrepreneurism, Environment, Food, Ideas, Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Michigan, Sustainability, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged American Expres, Appalachian Harvest Network, BALLE, Burlington, Business Alliance for Local Living Economies, buy local, Community Food Enterprise, cool local initiatives, crowdfunding, farming, food hubs, Grand Rapids, healthy food access, Institute for Local Self-Reliance, Intervale Food Hub, Kellogg Foundation, local, local economy, Local First, Localist, localwashing, Michael Shuman, national chains, Paul Saginaw, prosperity, re-localization, Rodger Bowser, Rust Belt, Shift Your Shopping, Stacy Mitchell, tobacco, Wal-Mart, Wallace Center at Winrock International, Water Street, Zingerman's, Zingerman's Community of Businesses | 17 Comments

American exurbs are dying, is America?

By Mark | December 1, 2011

U-M professor of urban planning Christopher B. Leinberger had an interesting op-ed a few days ago in the New York Times on the death of the fringe suburb in America. Here’s a clip. …By now, nearly five years after the housing crash, most Americans understand that a mortgage meltdown was the catalyst for the Great [...]

Posted in Food, Sustainability, Uncategorized | Also tagged Bernie Sanders, Black Friday, Burlington, cannibal holocaust, Christopher B. Leinberger, Community Supported Agriculture, consumerism, CSA, food revolution, fringe suburbs, Intervale, Intervale Food Hub, Jim Kunstler, local food, local food production, Mark Bittman, suburbs, sustainable communities, Travis Marcotte, University of Michigan, urban living, urban planning, urbs | 5 Comments

How we fund our local startups

By Mark | November 1, 2011

I hesitate to start yet one more thread on the possibility that our friend Bee may open another restaurant in Ypsilanti, but there are a few things that have come up since my last post on the subject that I wanted to share here, on the front page. Regardless of whether Bee decides to go [...]

Posted in Economics, entrepreneurism, Food, Local Business, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Bee Mayhew, Bee Roll, Beezy's, diners, distributed risk, food entrepreneurship, Hardwick, High Mowing Seeds, investing in the future, Michigan Avenue, Murph, Pete's Greens, startup investing, Sustainability, Tom Stearns, Vermont Food Venture Center, Wolverine | 26 Comments

‘Escape from Vermont,’ by Chelsea Lowe

By Mark | September 13, 2011

As you may recall, I got pissed off a few weeks ago at House Majority Leader Eric Cantor for suggesting that funds not be allocated for relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Irene until such time that federal spending cuts were made elsewhere. I was particularly pissed off because a friend of mine, a [...]

Posted in OCD, Other, Uncategorized | Also tagged acts of God, Anni MacKay, Bethel Mountain Road, cell phones, Chelsea Lowe, coffins, community, community coming together, Creemees, disaster relief, Edgar Allan Woolf, Eric Cantor, extreme weather, Florence Ryerson, global climate change, Hurricane Irene, hurricanes, Larry Strauss, natural disasters, Noel Langley, Pittsfield, rain, Rochester, Ross Laffan, The Road, Waterbury, Wizard of Oz | 8 Comments

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California bans the pay-the-gay-away psychological torture of LGBT youth known as “reparative therapy”

Zingerman’s co-founder Paul Saginaw on the importance of robust local business ecosystems, the upcoming BALLE conference in Grand Rapids, and the meaning of “real prosperity”

American exurbs are dying, is America?

How we fund our local startups

‘Escape from Vermont,’ by Chelsea Lowe

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