How can Transition Towns and Common Security Clubs help us navigate a changing economy and environment?
(Common security clubs are typically founded by people concerned about their economic security. These small groups of 10-25 adults are consciously breaking down the isolation and fear triggered by the 2008 economic meltdown.)

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Politicians don’t seem willing to face a difficult reality: There is no solution, if by “solution” we mean producing enough energy to maintain our current levels of consumption indefinitely.

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- Why I Left My Publisher in Order to Publish a Book
- Twitter and Facebook cannot change the real world, says Malcolm Gladwell
- The Jewish Journal: Ten Commandments of social networking
- At Flagging Chicago Tribune, Tales of a Bankrupt Culture

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A new report by Toronto Community Foundation shows the gap between low and high income neighbourhoods in Toronto is growing while the middle class is shrinking. In 1970, 66 per cent of neighbourhoods were middle income. Today that number has shrunk to 29 per cent.

A University of Chicago law professor created a firestorm of
controversy last month when he blogged that he and his wife are
barely making ends meet with their $250,000-plus combined
salaries.