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There are many factors that keep people in jobs they hate; in America, one of them is health insurance. Steph Larsen writes at the Ethicurian how the lack of health care is impeding America’s agricultural revival.

We hear frequently about the need for new and younger farmers, but there are many barriers to attracting young people to farm in a way that will foster sustainable local food systems. One of them, however, looms bigger than the r…

Original post by Hank Green

Image courtesy of Blue Summit Invest Now that both a massive recession and the New Year are underway, it’s time to start thinking about staying afloat financially. And now might be the best time ever to invest in green—there are a slew of factors that make green look good for 2009: among them, a new administration bent on unfurling a green jobs plan is taking office in a matter of weeks, and the fact that shares in most green companies are way down at the moment (read: cheap). According to

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For many of us, we work so much that our homes become little more than a stopping point, a rest area between jobs. But since the Internet Revolution the avenue to working from home has been growing ever wider. Because of the daily stresses related to remote work — commuting, traffic, regimen, expenses — many people rush at the opportunity to work from home. Indeed it is from home that I write to you now.

Yet working from home may not be for everybody. It has its pros and cons. And it certainly deserves some careful consideration. I find there is a duality to working from home. That is, what is a pro one day, may be a con the next. Perhaps you will agree…

Among the many reasons that working from home is great are: (more…)

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