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Taking the Tiny House Movement Tinier

Sat, 2011-12-03 21:09 — Kathy Gilbeaux

by Kirk Johnson - The New York Times - December 3, 2011

      

Glenn Grassi used his skills as a set designer in the construction of his portable 84-square-foot microhome, trying to maximize the space available.  Matthew Staver for The New York Times

LOUISVILLE, Colo. - For many Americans who bought more home than they could really afford in the giddy days before the crash, the big-house dream has become a nightmare in the ashes of foreclosure and regret.

So after all that, how does 84 square feet sound?

Glenn Grassi, in building his prototype one-room microhome - 7 by 12 feet stem-to-stern, including a wood-burning stove, an antique parlor chair that also serves as a seat for the compost toilet beneath it, and a shower under the bed - is hoping it sounds, well, like shelter in the old-fashioned practical sense.

Or like a work of art. He is not exactly sure.

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Mind-Alliance Joins UN Disaster Risk Reduction Private Sector Partnership

Tue, 2011-11-29 15:04 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Samuel Bendett

Homeland Security News Wire - November 28, 2011

      

Mind-Alliance joins forces with the UN Disaster Risk Reduction partnership // Source: indiatimes.com

More than 200 million people are affected by disasters each year and in 2010 at least 300,000 people died in major disaster events; annual reported disaster losses now regularly exceed $100 billion; Mind-Alliance, a developer of Information Sharing Management software for homeland security, emergency preparedness, and business continuity professionals, has joined the UN Disaster Risk Reduction Private Sector Partnership

Roseland, New Jersey-based Mind-Alliance, a developer of Information Sharing Management software for homeland security, emergency preparedness, and business continuity professionals, announced that it has joined the UN Disaster Risk Reduction Private Sector Partnership to support work aimed at enhancing national and local resilience to disaster.

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Happy Thanksgiving! Creating a Better World

Thu, 2011-11-24 12:37 — mdmcdonald
My family came over to America from England on the Mayflower to help create a better world and live a better life of their making.  After their first hard year in Plymouth, Massachusetts, they broke bread with Wampanoag Indians that helped them survive during the hardships of their first year in America to celebrate life, faith, and their new beginnings as strangers in a strange land.  That meal is now commemorated every year as "Thanksgiving" in America.  
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The Future of Solar Power

Wed, 2011-11-23 23:08 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Up until now solar panels have fallen a little flat, literally. Whether they're on a house or an industrial solar field in the desert, solar panels have always been one shape: flat. But the world's not and there's no reason why our solar panels should be either.

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http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/this-could-be-big-abc-news/future-solar-power-134303743.html

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Christian Emergency Network

Tue, 2011-11-22 10:41 — Kathy Gilbeaux

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HSPI - Preparedness, Response & Resilience Task Force

Mon, 2011-11-14 21:16 — Kathy Gilbeaux

The George Washington University Homeland Security Policy Institute

HSPI's Preparedness, Response, and Resilience Task Force brings together experts from government, academia, and the private and non-profit sectors to consider contemporary policy issues facing the nation's homeland security, first responder, and emergency management communities. To this end, the Task Force convenes sessions with the nation's policymakers and publishes policy papers and reports with actionable policy recommendations for the future.  The Task Force is predicated on the idea that a more nuanced approach to these policy issues can contribute to a greater level of resiliency for all levels of government, the private sector, and the public writ large.

Recent considerations of the Task Force include the meaning of resiliency; the critical junctures that exist between policy and implementation; the nexus between preparedness, response, and resilience; and the future of resiliency as it relates to a diverse and changing operational environment.

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APEC: Joint efforts to reduce disaster risks

Sun, 2011-11-13 04:05 — admin

Sunday, Nov 13, 2011

The public and private sectors signed a joint statement of intent at Apec to strengthen regional disaster risk reduction and resilience, following US Secretary of State's High-Level Policy Dialogue on Disaster Resiliency yesterday.

The Asia-Pacific Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilient Collaboration joint statement, which was signed by nine organisations at the Sheraton Waikiki, intends to use public private partnership as means to help save lives, ensure economic vitality, and enhance human well-being across the region.

The members also urged more organisations from Apec members to get on-board with their effort to reduce disaster risks and increase resilience in the the Asia-Pacific region.

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History Is Made in Australia

Sat, 2011-11-12 16:04 — Kathy Gilbeaux

by Al Gore - huffingtonpost.com - November 8, 2011

      

Former Vice President Al Gore in his home office in Nashville, TN. (Time magazine)

This is a historic moment. Australia's Parliament has put the nation's first carbon price into law. With this vote, the world has turned a pivotal corner in the collective effort to solve the climate crisis. This success is the result of the tireless work of an unprecedented coalition that came together to support the legislation, the leadership of Prime Minister Gillard, and the courage of legislators to take a vote that helps to safeguard the future of all Australians.

I have spent enough time in Australia to know that their spirit of independence as a people cannot be underestimated. As the world's leading coal exporter, there's no doubt that opposition to this legislation was fierce. But through determination and commitment, the voice of the people of Australia has rung out loud and clear.

Today, we celebrate. Tomorrow, we do everything we can to ensure that this legislation is successful.

Cross-posted from Al's Journal.

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Summary for About Section

Sat, 2011-11-12 08:18 — mdmcdonald

Here is a strawman summary for the About sections in the US Resilience Systems and their Resilience Network subsystems.

Many Americans are feeling a decline in their quality of life and funcitonal life capacity if they do not actively engage in more resilient and sustainable community.  Increasing numbers are committed to making sure that the food they are eating is healthy, and the water they are drinking is pure, sufficient in quanity for their consumption and food production, and will not be contaminated.  They want to live and work within communities in which economic deline and high energy spikes will not compromise their abiiity to travel to work, or heat and cool their homes.  They want to live within a social ecology in which they are not at risk of going without essential health care or of losing their homes.  Resilience Systems and their Resilience Networks provide essential infrastructures to ensuring these basic needs as the U.S. faces more challenging times ahead.

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