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Permaculture & Politics

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If you enjoy political discussion on topics pertaining to Permaculture - this is the group for you!

Members: 13
Created By: Jennifer
Latest Activity: May 14

Rules of the Permaculture & Politics Group

--If it's political, post it here.
--Be respectful of other people's posts and opinions.
--Under no circumstances will name-calling or rudeness to another poster be tolerated. Posts containing such will be deleted. Posters will be warned and if they persist, they will be banned.
--This site IS NOT a "political activism" site.
--EXPECT differing opinions and don't be surprised when not everyone agrees with you. Such is the way of politics.
--This Group may or may not work long term but we won't know until we try.

How to post to this group:
--To start a NEW discussion - click on the link at the bottom of the Discussion Forum box that says "Start Discussion" (it has a green "+" next to it)
--To RESPOND to an existing discussion - click the discussion title, then post your reply in the box that says "Reply to this".

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--Under the “Discussion Forum” heading, scroll to the bottom of the discussions and click on the “View All” link.
--This will take you to the “Forum” page for your particular group
--At the bottom right corner of the Forum discussions there will be a little envelope icon with the text “Notify me” next to it. Click that icon!
--You will now be notified of new discussions as well as comments on existing discussions within your group.
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Discussion Forum

Voter Registration drive in Phoenix area

Dear Permie Friends, I don't want to take any chances that McCain will take Arizona in November. To that end, I plan to do Voter Registration several times between now and then. I have been readin... Continue

Started by Melissa Mandel May 14

It's time to pass the Farm Bill: Act May 14 & 15!

I received this message from Pesticide Action Network of North America. Melissa ------------ --------- --------- --------- -- On May 14 and 15, the House of Representatives will vote on the fin... Continue

Started by Melissa Mandel May 14

John McCain's own answers to Climate questions

This was put out by the McCain campaign on Monday Q&A: John McCain's Climate Platform How does cap-and-trade work? • Cap-and-trade is a mechanism that would set a limit on greenhouse-gas emi... Continue

Tagged: election, climate, mccain, nuclear, energy

Started by Myron May 14

Permaculture.tv People, politics, projects, and other stuff

Check it out. We could also pull in their RSS feed to this group if there's interest. http://www.ecoresources.com.au/ptv2/pag Continue

Started by Jennifer May 12

Politics, Economics, shadowy coalitions etc., Permaculture, from PC founder

Review of David Holgrems Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability by Richard Steele. Seems this PC founder has a very different view of the inclusion/integration and importance o... Continue

Started by terry stecklein May 12

Light vs. Dark
1 Reply

So I was in my ideology class today, and we discussed light vs. dark greens. Utilising a vast generalisation of a large topic, 'Lights' would be advocating for policy changes from within the gov't,... Continue

Started by tenacity. Last reply by Jane Doyle May 7.

Community IS politics

(discussion started by James Bailey and rerouted to the Permaculture and Politics group) There will be a time, when someone’s ox is getting gored because of a zoning violation. At that time, a req... Continue

Started by Jennifer May 5

The average human being breathes 3,400 gallons of air each and every day.

(Conversation started by James Bailey and redirected to the Permaculture and Politics list) The average human being breathes 3,400 gallons of air each and every day. -Source: U.S. EPA May 2, 2008... Continue

Started by Jennifer May 5