I’ve just added a few posts to this blog about Green Business. I’m espcially interested in seeing it grow in Orange County, North Carolina. (That includes Chapel Hill and Carrboro.) So you’ll see on the top right of this blog a link to all the posts in the Green Business category. I hope this [...]
A few weeks ago I had the privilege of seeing Van Jones speak. He co-founded the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights and is founder and president of Green For All. He spoke convincingly of a future of increased equality and how one of the roads to this future is green [...]
Yah! A video I shot and edited is on the fabulous Citizen Journalism site The Uptake. I love the video they make and have mucho respect for Chuck Olsen. (also of Minnesota Stories and Blogumentary fame) Check this video out!
From the progressive center of North Carolina comes [...]
There has been a flurry of activity in the Orange County political blogosphere this month. Changes that interest me as much as who is wining the presidential primaries. (Go Obama!)
First, the big news is the disappearance of the Squeeze the Pulp forum. In its place appears to be a site that could have a [...]
Tim Ross and The Merch are selling Carrboro and UNC Basketball T-Shirts on at a Shopify website called Orange County Line. Aren’t they cool? I love living in Orange County, NC.
My first suggestion for a new t-shirt is a Starting 5 shirt from the UNC WOMEN’s [...]
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Our last update was 3 years ago, and OP is seriously needing better identity management and improved community tools. I think drupal will be a good solution for us, and I hope to work with [...]
The Daily Tar Heel has a new article about broadband in Orange County. Its called Initiative looks to expand high-speed internet access. Here is a small bit of it:
About 90 percent of Orange County can access high-speed Internet, according to a report released Friday by the e-NC Authority.
The report reviewed an [...]
Its so wonderful to hear our neighbors the owls hooting again. Its been so hot the trees have been loosing their leaves early. I was fearful for the poor owls. I wonder how they deal with the drought here in NC? A small amount of googling has turned up some info on the [...]
Over on Orange Politics Ruby has posted a entry with links to some amazing Google Maps.
Last week I created a Google map of all of the candidates in Orange County in this year’s municipal and school board races. Now excellent electoral map maker Damon Seils has added two [...]
Orange County Commissioner Mike Nelson lets me know that the Orange County Commissioners passed a resolution against HB1587 last tuesday. They join a growing number of North Carolina municipalities fighting this bad bill. I am so proud of my local governments. Orange County you rock! Thank you Commissioners. [PDF of the OC [...]
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