June 2008
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Welcome our newest blogger Annie Dunn Watson!
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Carolyn Baker’s TRUTH TO POWER:
On Amish Virtues and Impending Collapse

Gaelan Brown’s ENERGY OPTIMIST:
Heat Your House for $500 A Year With Local Fuel

Jane and Dana Dwinell-Yardley’s COMMON SENSE:
TEN Common Sense Things Everyone Should Know

Carl Etnier’s RELOCALIZING VERMONT:
«Peak Oil» Hits the Mainstream

Sarah Grillo’s SHIFT HAPPENS:
The Plane Truth

J. Arthur Loose’s FORGING AHEAD:
Food Riots in the U.S. Future?

Robin McDermott’s LOCALVORE LIVING:
Food Rationing – Right Here in the U.S.

Carol Moore’s SECEDE AND SURVIVE:
On the Right to Alter or Abolish Government

Susan Ohanian’s BACK TO BASICS:
An Open Letter to VPR’s «Vermont Edition»

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