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Still Water Permaculture Guild launches green living at UMaine

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This fall, five UMaine students will practice sustainable living as part of their education  in a permaculture homestead at the south edge of campus . Inheriting a greenhouse, coldframe, swaled garden beds, perennial gardens and the planting of food forest trees along a corridor into campus from former student projects onsite,these students will model green living […]

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Is your museum a commons or a zoo?

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This past year saw several prominent museums open their doors to public participation in ways they had never before, such as inviting visitors to submit works for exhibition or help determine curatorial selections. At the kickoff event for the Walker Art Center’s Open Field program on 3 June, Jon Ippolito contrasts three different models for

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Academia 2.0? Not yet for these mossbacks

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Academics are taking their own sweet time adapting to a networked world, at least to judge from two reports that surfaced on the iDC discussion list last week. To judge from Neil Selwyn’s “The Educational Significance of Social Media” and to the UC Berkeley study “Assessing the Future Landscape of Scholarly Communication,” there are still

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When the rich don’t get richer

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Still Water’s John Bell and Jon Ippolito presented good news for underdogs everywhere at the NetSci 2010 conference, held last May at Northeastern University. Bell and Ippolito argued that the dynamics of creative networks may work to lessen inequalities that first appear when leaders in social networks receive high ratings. The findings are based on

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LongGreenHouse Summer Internships 2010

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Internship 1: Orono Transitional Landscape Internship Live-in, low rent permaculture. $300/week rent May 31-Aug 31 Contact: William Giordano on first class. Faculty sponsor: Prof. Joline Blais This internship is a living/learning opportunity that focuses on training and experience. Live and work in your own garden in Orono, and assist in the development of a home-scale

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U-Me Permaculture students survey Belfast ecovillage

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On 2 May 2010, Joline Blais gives a Permaculture walkthrough and workshop for University of Maine students at the Belfast CoHousing & Ecovillage, Belfast, Maine. Students in Emily Markides PAX class see a real ecovillage under construction and find out how its members balance practicality and idealism from BCHE member Blais and Radical Simplicity author

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Joline Blais at Waterfall Arts on the “New Commons”

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Waterfall Arts presents Still Water Co-Director Joline Blais talking about her work in ecology, the New Commons, and cross-cultural networking on Monday 26 April at 7pm.

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