The fishing industry in California was built on sardines. While they lasted, they were abundant, easy to catch, and simple to process. They were ground for fish meal, which was used to feed chickens. They were processed for oil. And, during the war, they were an invaluable source of protein for American soldiers fighting in […]
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Ann Arbor Free School DIY Fest to be held this afternoon
While I think I’m a little to old, angry and anti-social to participate personally, I thought that I’d pass along the following information about today’s workshops being offered by the folks at the Ann Arbor Free Skool. For those of you unfamiliar with the whole the free skool movement, here’s how the Ann Arbor group […]
Posted in Ann Arbor Also tagged Ann Arbor Free School, anti-consumerism, Basilosaurus, bike repair, community potlucks, consumerism, DIY, Do-It-Yourself Fest, Dr. Device, free lunch, free school, free skool, Free Speech, Future Genies, Ghoulie, guerrilla gardening, hippies, hippy college town, Luther House, Patrick Elkins, Philip Gingerich, radical sustainability, resources in the community, skill-based workshops, skillshare, social justice, Sustainability, University of Michigan natural history museum, vegan, workshop 11 Comments
BP illustrates the need for a corporate death penalty
It’s now coming out that, when Obama was visiting the Louisiana coast a few days ago, surveying the extent of the damage wrought by the BP oil leak, many of the individuals that he, and the rest of us watching at home, thought were BP workers, were in fact temps hired by Tony Haward and […]
Posted in Alternative Energy, Corporate Crime, energy Also tagged America Speaking Out, angry Republicans and their ideas, Any Rand, BP, chemical dispersants, child labor, corporate death penalty, Deepwater Horizon, deregulation, dolphins, fish, Lake Michigan, Louisiana, mammals, reptilian humanoids, Republican platform, tea party, Tea Partyfication, Tony Hayward, top kill, toxic waste, Wall Street 25 Comments