Hyperlocavore Book Club – The Transition Handbook by Rob Hopkins

Welcome everyone!
Read about the book club and our first choice – The Transition Handbook by Rob Hopkins.
Introduce Yourself
Intro and Chaper 1 Discussion Began December 7th, 09 Ongoing
Chapter 2 – The View from the Mountaintop December 14 – ongoing

10 Reasons Becoming a Hyperlocavore is a Positive Climate Action

Having a positive effect on climate, is not the reason I made these changes in my life. I made them because I wanted more pleasure incorporated into my daily grind. Having a positive effect on my ecological footprint, was the icing on the very tasty cake my life has become through growing some of my own food. But for Blog Action Day ‘09 I will re-frame my reasons in climate terms.

How To Start a Produce Exchange in Your Neighborhood

A produce exchange is an informal gathering of people who are already growing extra food in their yards. Some groups invite non growers to participate but that is up to each group. A yard share is an arrangement to share the work and share the harvest. You can set up either on hyperlocavore but in this post we are focusing on a produce exchange.

Operation Dandelion – We Need You to help us spread the yard sharing idea!

Even if you are not interested in yard sharing yourself, you can help others find yard share partners by spreading the word!
Join Operation Dandelion and help us bring our neighborhoods back!

Help Me Help You Get Yard Sharing Going in Your Town!

Please share this video with any one you know who might be interested in getting yard sharing going in their communities.
I can set you up very quickly! It’s a service your community can have up and running in minutes – for FREE!
What is Yard Sharing?
100 Reasons to Become a Hyperlocavore
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On Choosing – A Hyperlocavore Responds to Catastrophe

How do we “carry on”, as the Brits might say? Well, I’m not at all interested in “carrying on” actually. I want to thrive. I was raised with mighty high expectations of what this life can be, and I’m not giving those expectations up. I want to reach the top of Maslow’s heirarchy of needs. I want to love and live well. And I want to eat REALLY well. I got used to that in the 1990’s.

Take the Hyperlocavore Pledge

Take the Hyperlocavore Pledge

What is yardsharing?

hyperlocavore.com,” which blends bottom-up collaboration with food production. It’s an example of peer-to-peer agriculture, and it’s a pretty neat concept. The founder of hyperlocavore wrote to me, saying that she thought this was a pretty “worldchanging” idea. I agree. Check ‘em out.”

- Jamais Cascio
openthefuture.com and worldchanging.com

Yardsharing is an arrangement between people to share skills and gardening resources; space, time, strength, tools or skills, in order to grow food as locally as possible, to make neighborhoods resilient, kids healthy and food much cheaper!

The Great Let’s Get Growing Seed Share

Whether you are a newbie gardener or an experienced grower sign up for The Great Let’s Get Growing Seed Share! It’s free!

Super Local and Mighty Tasty – bookofcooks.com

I just came across a wonderful resource called bookofcooks.com that hooks you up with people who love to cook in your neighborhood.