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Inner Activism: Three Tricks For A Happier New Year

William Horden | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Freedom, New Years Resolution, Wonder, Starting Over, Winter Solstice, Pattern Language, Awe, The Inner Life, Healthy Living News
William Horden

I would hope to think freely, feel freely, and react freely, regardless of either the intensity or the restrictions in my surroundings. The same thing, of course, that I hope for in the day-to-day life I enjoy currently.

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Fear of A Double Dip Recession

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Driving, Pattern Language, Cars, Integral Thinking, Obama Economy, Metrosprawl, Oil Economy, Recession, Permaculture, Christopher Alexander, Density, Oil, Communities, Double Dip Recession, Diabetes, Cities, Business News
Stephen C. Rose

The enemies remain the car, the superhighway, the notion of endless oil and the willingness to grit teeth and accept the constraints of what passes for life in metrosprawl.

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The Stimulus We Need

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Zoning, Economic Crisis, Pattern Language, Christopher Alexander, Planning, Green Economy, Metrosprawl, Business, Stimulus, Entrepreneur, Urban Sprawl, Barack Obama, President Obama, Obama, President, Politics News
Stephen C. Rose

We need a vision that will excite businesses and alert them to where investments can be fruitfully made. A vision that exudes confidence about the future.

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Why Most Transportation Should Be Public and How That Could Help Private Enterprise

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Housing, Urban Planning, Pattern Language, Green, Advertiser-Supported, Private Car, Metrosprawl, Business, Free Enterprise, Highway Culture, Transportation, Stephen C. Rose, Politics, Car, Public Transportation, Christopher Alexander, Environment, Strip City, Sustainability, Al Gore, Huffington Post, Automobile, Green News
Stephen C. Rose

We presently allow our public rights of way to be filled with private automobiles. This pattern is being emulated globally. Public rights of way should belong to the public.

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Our Crisis Is Not Economic -- Part Two

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Debt, Forgiving Debt, Pattern Language, Architecture, Design, Green, Harvey Cox, Obesity, Barack Obama, Spectrum of Consciousness, Ken Wilber, Spectrum, Change, Global, Christopher Alexander, Building, Friedrich Nietzsche, Nietzsche, Apollo Project, Automobile, Green News
Stephen C. Rose

It is no longer heresy to suggest that by continuing our automobile economy we are throwing money, architecture, design and ecology down a black hole.

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Our Crisis is Not Economic and It's Beyond "Green"

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Integral, Barack Obama, Pattern Language, Economy, Christopher Alexander, Going Green, Green, Crisis, Planning the Future, Human Settlements, Business News
Stephen C. Rose

The best way to understand the current economic crisis is to see that it is not economic. It is political, but even that designation is inadequate.

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