Category: Making a living sustainably
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Eco units provide Naoki Shiomi’s Half Farmer/Half X lifestyle
The concept of the Half-Farmer/Half-X lifestyle was first proposed in the mid-1990s by the Japanese Naoki Shiomi, who now lives in the city of Ayabe in the north part of Kyoto Prefecture. The basic idea is that people pursue farming, not so much as a business but to grow food for their own family, while…
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Why don’t they get it?
At the last meeting of our Oil Awareness group, one concern seemed to be shared by everyone present: ”why don’t they get it?”. What members are referring to is the feeling that colleagues, government, officers of authorities just don’t seem to ”get” the significance of 1) the vast amounts of energy we are using to…
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Today is the first day
This is the 0.05 version of the new AVBP website. We will be updating it as we go along over the next few day. Be sure to come back, It’s going to be Awesome!