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From personal actions to societal changes, explore the freedom and power of knowing your daily life is making the world more wonderful… for women, for nature, for children, for the historically oppressed.  

Going Off-Grid Is Not Just for Hippies!

Off-grid living demands independence from public infrastructure—generating your own power, harvesting rainwater or ground water, and growing your own food!

Want to Find Out How to Pay No Tax and Make a Million Dollars?

Want to know how to be a long-term WAR TAX RESISTOR? It is rather simple – pun intended. Read on.

Permaculture: Building Sustainable Futures for Walden’s World

Permaculture offers modern society a vision of sustainability and harmony with nature—not in retreat, but as a plan for the sustainable future we must collectively build.

Creating Local Food Systems Can Defeat Industrial Food Corporations

When communities rebuild local food systems, they create models others can follow. Local food isn’t just about what’s on your plate—it’s about the system.

Denying Abortion Rights Are Unkind Acts Against the Marginalized

The United States has had a long-standing and controversial issue with abortion rights which have been shaped by legal battles, political beliefs, and social movements. The main point of discussion surrounding this debate is whether women have the right to make autonomous decisions about their own bodies.

2 Great Things to do this Summer. Attend MOFF! Read this Film Review

This summer Jim Merkel will be taking his documentary film “Saving Walden’s World” to a series of screenings by sailboat along Maine’s magnificent coastline, arriving without fossil fuels when possible. First stop, Portland ME at Space for the Maine Outdoor Film Festival or MOFF. We will highlight one of the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals at each screening, arriving at the UN in NYC for the Summit of the Future meeting September 22-23.

SAILING FOR SUSTAINABILITY

In July and August, Jim Merkel will be taking “Saving Walden’s World” to a series of screenings by sailboat, SAILING FOR SUSTAINABILITY,  with the goal of arriving without fossil fuels to as many of our Maine events as possible.

NEXT STOP FOR SAVING WALDEN’S WORLD – FREDERICTON, NB

The University of New Brunswick is excited to host Saving Walden’s World, a film that has its roots in Belfast, Maine with author and filmmaker, Jim Merkel on May 29, at 6:15 p.m. at Tilley Hall, Room 102.

7 Great Reasons to Cycle this Earth Day

With Earth Day upon us, I’m thinking of Slovenia, and the dividends from decades of programs that ensure all citizens have a right to a decent quality of life. As I cycle the network from cities to countryside, and met with movers and shakers, another world seemed more possible.

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