The carfree universe project:
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[new links]  Medifast Coupons walking "sangha" update 001 Added by colin on 2007-08-31 in World, United States, California Description: What happend between when I posted the walking sangha article and when I left on the trip beginning September 7, 2007. Topics: walking The Walking Sangha & carfree camp: we free people to walk to centers of earthcare and peoplecare (a proposal for a skill-sharing community) Added by colin on 2007-06-23 in World, United States, California, Los Padres National Forest, Quail Springs Description: The Walking Sangha I am a part of in Los Padres National Forest supports walkers heading to Quail Springs Permaculture Farm and to other sites between there and Ojai and Santa Barbara. We make our life in the forest itself a practice, keeping time for silence, for trail work or walking, and for sharing. We also help Quail Springs care for their land and community. At least two thirds of our time is spent in roadless areas. Topics: anarcho- and neo-primitivism, buddhism, carfree places, community, diet, economy, ecovillages, education, elders, employment, fashion, fun, health, herbalism, housing, leadership, live power, monasticism, nomadism, Our Culture, permaculture, primitive skills, route information, spirit, Vision, walking "May I help us be at peace." and the complementarity of buddhism and permaculture Added by colin on 2007-06-23 in World Description: There are ways to use or to hold the body-mind to be at peace. Topics: buddhism, diet, fun, health, monasticism, permaculture, philosophy, philosophy-integral, spirit, walking 10 m2 within 3m of every door + rainwater collection Added by colin on 2007-03-06 in World, United States, California, San Diego Description: Aided by the fishbowl discussion of Saturday's Food Not Lawns / Cultivating Food Justice conference, I developed the following vision. Topics: active living, agriculture, building the carfree city, community, conference, design, economy, ecovillages, green building, health, housing, natural home, new urbanism, permaculture, planned cities, policy development, relocalization, urban planning, Vision

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