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Self Sufficient
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On the 10th anniversary of Paul Bowles's death, Paul Theroux remembers the writer and traveller who set him on his wayThe Sheltering Sky was Paul Bowles's first novel and, although he honed his art almost to his dying day – n (Read More)
New York Times:
We can finally begin to think seriously about establishing a self-sufficient settlement on the Moon because of NASA’s discovery of large quantities of water there.
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guardian.co.uk Society:
The chief rabbi is blind to the high price traditional societies often pay for their moral certaintyThe question: Are we too selfish to survive?As a keen shopper, and a childless "non-indigenous" Muslim female living in Londo (Read More)
The Guardian:
Our need for a greener, life-enhancing economic model should make us seek answers in the unlikeliest of placesPerhaps it was when investigators realised that a mortgage had been given to an "M Mouse" that the depth of the ban (Read More)
TreeHugger:
The Wheeler-Evans Grain Elevator in Groom, Texas. Image credit:TexasScapes., Noel KernsNo way a transnational company like Cargill feels its markets are threatened by the US locavore movement. How, though, do we explain a to (Read More)
The Guardian:
Fate of hundreds of British workers hangs on the decision of major shareholders Warren Buffett and Nelson PeltzThe fate of Cadbury as a proudly independent confectioner, and the security of hundreds of jobs in the UK and Irel (Read More)
The Guardian:
Peter Kenyon's successor at Stamford Bridge wants to lead the club to new heightsOn the face of it, Ron Gourlay has taken on one of the cushiest jobs in English football. Chelsea are top of the Premier League, having entrance (Read More)
The Guardian:
• 'I think we can do it' says Ron Gourlay • Scot insists Chelsea's chief rivals are Manchester UnitedRon Gourlay, Chelsea's new chief executive, has pledged to move the club away from its perceived "brash" image and concentra (Read More)
The Guardian:
Andy Duncan criticises BBC for not doing more to help commercially funded public service broadcastersOutgoing Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan criticised the BBC today for failing to deliver on its promises to strike dea (Read More)
Oct 23, 2009
Huffington Post:
Today I wrote a check for $400 to the New York State tax department and I'm not sure why. The form says "Estimated Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Mobility Tax," and it requires me to pay 34 cents on every $100 I earn a (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
The BNP's view that immigration is an environmental problem is odious – along with all the party's other policiesTonight's Question Time is guaranteed to be car-crash television. The presence of the British National party's (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Society:
Our third extract from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation's study of the effect of the recession on four neighbourhoodsIt can take two hours just to buy a loaf of bread on the Hedworth estate in Jarrow. Here everyone knows each o (Read More)
The Guardian:
Roald Dahl's children's books are full of barely submerged misogyny, lust and violence. The new film version of Fantastic Mr Fox is an ideal introduction to this fabulous, cruel worldA few months ago, I was coming out of the (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
Roald Dahl's children's books are full of barely submerged misogyny, lust and violence. The new film version of Fantastic Mr Fox is an ideal introduction to this fabulous, cruel worldA few months ago, I was coming out of the (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
That story in the Guardian about the researchers who persuaded tabloid papers to run fake stories about celebrities struck a chord with me. But, I wondered, why did they think it was so new? It's been going on here at the Co (Read More)
observer.guardian.co.uk:
Tribes say plans by UK-listed mining firm Vedanta to mine on holy land will destroy their way of lifeThe ash spills out across the plain beneath the brooding bulk of Niyamgiri mountain, swamping the trees that once grew here, (Read More)
The Guardian:
Alastair Sawday selects 10 great places to stay on French wine-producing estates, from châteaux to B&BsLa Colombière, BurgundyTucked behind the town hall in the busy village of Vosne-Romanée is the maison d'hôtes of Anne Gro (Read More)
New York Times:
A tiny island just completed a 10-year experiment to see whether it could become energy self-sufficient, and its residents say they have met the goal.
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www.guardian.co.uk:
Street chargers installed to motivate drivers to switch to electricNot content with trying become self-sufficient in food, possibly electing the first Green party MP and weaning itself off oil as a Transition Town, Brighton & (Read More)
World - stories: popular:
Unlike their American neighbours, Canada's banking system has held up superbly during the global banking crisis. In fact, they even made a profit during the last quarter when most would agree market conditions were at their w (Read More)
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