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02/15/2019 / By News Editors

Rats, public defecation and open drug use: Our major Western cities are becoming uninhabitable hellholes

Almost everyone that goes out to visit one of our major cities on the west coast has a similar reaction. Those that must live among the escalating decay are often numb to it, but most of those that are just in town for a visit are absolutely shocked by all of the trash, human defecation, […]

10/26/2017 / By Rhonda Johansson

The shared economy is going solar with neighbors buying and selling renewable energy to each other in Brooklyn

Blockchain technology, the same database system that drives Bitcoin, is now being used to transform the energy sector. A consortium of concerned citizens have proposed a community microgrid iteration that allows people to bid for and sell solar energy to their neighbors. Brooklyn-based LO3 Energy seeks to create a series of local energy networks which […]

01/19/2017 / By Ethan Huff

Small-scale charity movement sweeping the nation with mini food pantries being hosted in people’s yards

The community food bank concept is taking a whole new form in many American towns, where a growing number of families are opting to set up tiny food pantries on their front lawns offering free food and personal goods to folks in need. Similar in appearance to those little library boxes that offer books to […]

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