Advocacy & Activism

--We learn about the greenways program in Greenville, South Carolina.

--Greenville has been recognized as a bicycle-friendly community by the League of American Bicyclists.

--We talk about bicyclists and pedestrians with the city administrator of Augusta, Georgia.

--The International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) meets in Augusta.

--North Augusta, SC, inaugurates a new pump track.

The Davis Chamber’s Lunch & Learn Series is a bring-your-own-lunch event made available only to Chamber members and is an opportunity to learn business skills from experts. 

The February 2013 Lunch and Learn, presented by the Davis Chamber of Commerce, was titled:  "Energy Efficiency for Small Businesses."

The speakers at this event were:

PSA to challenge americans to buy US made.

theUSchallenge.com

Lin Weaver hosts Kelsey Barale, Graham Savio, and Sarah Sahlaney, all UCD PhD students.

Discussion includes fighting global hunger and poverty using smart agriculture, the Horticultural Cooperative Research Support Program and the Trellis Fund at UC Davis.

Political economist Robin Hahnel returns as the guest this week talking about his new book, Of the People, By the People, The Case for a Participatory Economy. Saying that progressive people need a future vision of what an alternative economy might look like, Robin notes that the only alternative to capitalism is not the communist systems of the last century but rather one which allows the participation by workers and consumers in deciding for themselves. The private decision making structures around ownership must be replaced by worker and consumer decision making.

The Evolution of Chemtrails to 'Chem-Bombs': Aerial Aerosol Explosions as a New Dispersion Method Worldwide.