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Dream Farm

FergusMcLean — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 12:38:32 -0700

Dream Farm is Mae Wan Ho's term for small homesteads based on an emerging technology in the 3rd world focused around efficiencies in managment of the nitrogen cycle which allow even small wood, wind and water deficient farms to be energy self sufficient, with improvements in sanitation and food productivity. You can find her articles on the Institute for Science in Society website. Look for Dream Farm or Sustainable Agriculture.

We have the opportunity of a use of a small patch of agricultural land near the edge of Eugene to develop a model farm.

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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-341031042963487862 a wifes tale

fissh — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 15:16:31 -0800

a wife tale

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-341031042963487862

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Gleaning Societies

jzimmerstucky — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:08:04 -0800

I am looking for more information about gleaning at farms in the Eugene area. If anyone has any information to share I would be very grateful. peace, jasmine jzimmerstucky@gmail.com

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Immediate Action needed: vote to win $10,000 towards first steps in developing a year-round Farmer's Market Eugene

erinely — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 07:33:54 -0800

I know you don't know me but I am hoping you will be supportive of my cause, it will not cost you a dime and it take less than 5 minutes of your time to go to this site: www.ideablob.com

and vote for my idea so that we, the community in Eugene, can win $10,000 towards the first steps in developing a year-round Farmer's Market here.

It does not matter where you live, anyone in the US can vote for my idea.

The contest ends in less than 15 hours....

I need your help, please. Votes must be in by 10:00 PM (Pacific Standard Time) Friday Feb 29

go to: www.ideablob.com and vote for Permanent Indoor Farmers Market

I am one of the top 8 finalists for this month's Advanta www.ideablob.com $10,000 prize.

You can read about the project here: http://ideablob.com/ideas/894-Permanent-Indoor-Farmers-Market

Even if you have voted in earlier rounds, you will need to go vote again. This is the FINAL vote so you must vote again.

If you have not voted/registered before, it will require you to create a username, password and enter your name and email address, then you will have to verify your registration with a click through on the email they send to your email address, then you can go back and VOTE!!!

February 2008 Finalist * Please Make my idea the $10,000 idea! * Vote anytime * Feb 22 -Feb 29

I ask you to Please Pass this on to others who are supportive of the cause.

Regards,

Erin Ely
Eugene Oregon
Community Activist

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from PCE's Micheal Sunanda: GREEN ReDesigning OUR COMMUNITY - Down to Earth

Sundog — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:17:38 -0800

micheal sunanda said the following on 3/2/2008 12:31 AM:

aloha--- Sundog
>
>GREEN ReDesigning OUR COMMUNITY - Down to Earth
>
>RETOOLING FOR LOCAL ECOLOGY, NATURAL HEALTH, FOODING &
>COOPERATIVE ECONOMY
>
>In Eugene area we have some industry making big fancy
>RV bus like rolling homes. We can retool them making
>simple efficient low tech for homes & small businesses.,
>
>1. Food carts with mini engines like in China & Cuba
>& super simple efficient bicycles.
>
>2.Mass produced solar panels, solar water heaters &
>wind mills.
>
>3. The farming industry in south Willamette valley is
>mostly grass seed for lawns that’s exported for
>growing lawns, golf courses, stadiums, playgrounds,
>etc.
>
>4. Hand lawn mowers, cylces & scythes
>
>5. Gardening & Farming hand tools
>
>6. Home & small farm water harvesting from ground1. &
>2. rain catchment, low-tech water energizing &
>purifying equipment
>
>7. Local minerals for remineralizing soil depleted by
>farming, etc; like clay, sand & glacier rock-dust,
>shells & lava good for fertilizers.
>
> Micheal sunanda Oness press 3-1-8
>

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From Rob Bolman: Why Not A Carbon Tax in Eugene??

Sundog — Fri, 02 May 2008 00:15:00 -0700

From Rob Bolman:

Hi[City Planner]Keli[Osborne],[City Councilor]Bonny[Bettman] & [City Sustainability Manager] Felicity[Fahy],

If other cities can take bold steps to tackle big problems, then what is wrong with Eugene?
Please forward this to the Sustainability Commission.

Rob
robtb@efn.org

**********

Portland Unveils Carbon Tax Plan
By Dylan Rivera, The Oregonian, Nov 8, 2007.

"In a bold move to curb the growth of greenhouse gas emissions from the Portland area, city officials plan to charge builders hundreds of dollars for each new home that is not extremely energy efficient. And it would require, as part of every existing home sale, that an energy efficiency report be done by home inspectors. Believed to be the first of its kind in the nation, the carbon fee and inspection requirement would levy taxes upon builders who merely comply with the energy efficiency requirements of the Oregon building code, already one of the most stringent in the nation. It would then pay cash rewards to developers who make buildings that save at least 45 percent more energy than the code requires. The plan will go before Portland residents, in hearings, in
January. With passage, the carbon-fee rules would be in place by 2010... Mayor Tom Potter... said he supports it. The news was immediately big in Chicago but not yet announced in Portland, where it is designed to significantly influence development. 'This is obviously an ambitious and potentially controversial undertaking, but with the new urgency and call to action on issues around global warming, this is the type of policy that Portland needs to be a leader,' [said City Commissioner Dan Saltzman who announced the plan for Portland in Chicago on Tuesday
night at the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo]. The plan also helps maintain the city's reputation nationally as a hotbed of green living and stokes a friendly competition with Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco and Austin, Texas -- cities that regularly seek to out-green each other."

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Action Needed TODAY! vote for Year-round Farmers Market today, May 31, 2008 by 10:00 PM PDT

erinely — Sat, 31 May 2008 07:05:38 -0700

Action needed today: vote to win $10,000 seed money for Year-round Farmers Market for Lane County
We are currently BEHIND by approximately 60 votes.

http://www.ideablob.com/ideas/2281-Year-Round-Home-for-the-Lane-Co

We are up against massive internet networking so we need you to share this with your friends who are supportive of our efforts.

If you voted anytime before May 22, 2008 you will need to vote again now.

http://www.ideablob.com/ideas/2281-Year-Round-Home-for-the-Lane-Co

From my friend Holly:

TODAY, May 31, is the last day to make a bold step toward supporting local farms and ensuring food security in Lane County! Local activist Erin Ely has submitted the idea of starting a year-round farmer's market in Eugene to www.ideablob.com. The winning idea gets $10,000.

We have LOST our lead and our now in SECOND place. We are down by approximately 60 votes to an idea where this one rock-star dude basically gets to pocket the money for himself!

It takes only three minutes to register and vote and it is very easy to get off their list after the voting is done. I did not get any spam as result of signing up either--only invitations to vote for the next month's ideas.

Thanks for considering!"

All 8 ideas are listed on the home page under the "May Showdown" on the right hand side of the page.

This is the link directly to our contest idea:
http://www.ideablob.com/ideas/2281-Year-Round-Home-for-the-Lane-Co

Please log on to www.ideablob.com and vote today for this idea on the home page:

"Year Round Home for the Lane County Farmers Market"

If you voted anytime before May 22, 2008 you will need to vote again now.

******Anyone in the world, over the age of 18 can vote in this contest****

The contest ends on May 31st; 10:00 PM PST.

This will take 3 to 5 minutes of your time.

1. Register on the http://ideablob.com/login site by creating a username, password and
email address. This takes about 3-4 minutes. (You do NOT have to give your phone number,
or physical address, and they will not spam you with advertising.)

If you already registered and voted before in Feb, when we were in the contest the first time, you will not need to re-register but you do need your username and password to get in and vote again. You need to vote again, this is a new contest.

2. Once you have registered, Ideablob.com will send an email with a link that you must click on
to confirm your registration.

3. Now you get to vote, which takes all of 30 seconds. Go to:

http://www.ideablob.com/ideas/2281-Year-Round-Home-for-the-Lane-Co

*****If you have problems registering or voting*****
Contact Erin: ideablob@elyorganics.com or 541-913-6836

We will need 1000s of votes to win, please share this with 5 to 10 or more of your friends!!!

Thank you for your support!

Erin

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