Two [...]]]> http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2012/07/11/to-peak-or-not-to-peak-is-that-the-question Wed, 11 Jul 2012 01:00:03 +0000 http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2012/07/11/to-peak-or-not-to-peak-is-that-the-question it's definately information you need to know!

1. We were Wrong on Peak Oil. There's Enough to fry Us All, by George Monboit: http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/07/03-5
2. Rob Hopkins - Some Transition Reflections on George Monboit's article on Peak Oil: http://www.postcarbon.org/blog-post/990004-some-transition-reflections-on-george-monbiot-s

Photo: Houston We have a Problem

]]> http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2012/07/11/to-peak-or-not-to-peak-is-that-the-question#comments 0 melbelkel@aol.com melbelkel@aol.com http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2012/02/28/floating-solar-panels-cool Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:24:00 +0000 http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2012/02/28/floating-solar-panels-cool
Italian engineers are test driving an array of solar panels that will float gracefully atop a pond, following the sun. Watch the video to see them in action!

Click here to view video

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San Francisco Chronicle article from December 27th
By Stacy Finz

Photo: Sarah Rice

http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/12/28/shopping-local-sf-style-an-idea-for-sonoma Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:45:27 +0000 http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/12/28/shopping-local-sf-style-an-idea-for-sonoma
San Francisco Chronicle article from December 27th
By Stacy Finz

Photo: Sarah Rice

LEARN MORE

]]> http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/12/28/shopping-local-sf-style-an-idea-for-sonoma#comments 2 melbelkel@aol.com melbelkel@aol.com Communities across the country are learning first hand the multitude of benefits for thinking and acting locally. For the first time in over 6 decades folks are staying rooted in thier community and finding that, like Sonomans, there is an amazing abundance to be found right in our own backyard.

From NPR:
http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/12/13/local-motion Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:32:00 +0000 http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/12/13/local-motion Communities across the country are learning first hand the multitude of benefits for thinking and acting locally. For the first time in over 6 decades folks are staying rooted in thier community and finding that, like Sonomans, there is an amazing abundance to be found right in our own backyard.

From NPR:
Home Sweet Home: The New American Localism
by LINTON WEEKS


]]> http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/12/13/local-motion#comments 0 melbelkel@aol.com melbelkel@aol.com http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/11/23/good-apple-in-need-of-a-happy-home Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:13:00 +0000 http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/11/23/good-apple-in-need-of-a-happy-home
LEARN MOREE

]]> http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/11/23/good-apple-in-need-of-a-happy-home#comments 0 melbelkel@aol.com melbelkel@aol.com HOME. Many thanks to all of you that joined us and for those of you who came after we were to capacity. It will be screened again in the coming weeks, Check back here for date/time. We'll also be sending out a email blast, so [...]]]> http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/11/08/wow-great-turnout-for-home Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:49:00 +0000 http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/11/08/wow-great-turnout-for-home
Transition Sonoma Valley, and it's many partners, was thrilled to have a sell out crowd at tonight's showing of HOME. Many thanks to all of you that joined us and for those of you who came after we were to capacity. It will be screened again in the coming weeks, Check back here for date/time. We'll also be sending out a email blast, so sign up if you haven't already.

Many thanks ot the Sebastiani Theatre, Wellington VIneyards, the Sonoma Ecology Center, and so many others for making this evening a success. A very special thank you to the Sonoma Sun for the great coverage, it inspired hundreds of folks to attend the event. Remember to subscribe to the Sun for home delivery, that way you'll always know what's happenin'!

]]> http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/11/08/wow-great-turnout-for-home#comments 0 melbelkel@aol.com melbelkel@aol.com Santa Rosa Democrat, 9/13/2011

More than 4.000 people attended the first day of the Heirloom Expo; seems there's a growing interest in returning to the roots of our agricultural heritage. Attend and learn more; runs through Thursday!

http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/09/13/going-back-to-the-future-of-food-tremendous-turnout-at-the-heirloom-expo Tue, 13 Sep 2011 22:37:00 +0000 http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/09/13/going-back-to-the-future-of-food-tremendous-turnout-at-the-heirloom-expo Santa Rosa Democrat, 9/13/2011

More than 4.000 people attended the first day of the Heirloom Expo; seems there's a growing interest in returning to the roots of our agricultural heritage. Attend and learn more; runs through Thursday!

READ MORE

]]> http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/09/13/going-back-to-the-future-of-food-tremendous-turnout-at-the-heirloom-expo#comments 0 melbelkel@aol.com melbelkel@aol.com Ever wonder what a day in life is for the independant farmer who brings fresh produce to local farmer's markets?


....Adriana Silva, 29, co-owner of Tomatero Farm, is up at 4 a.m. and ready to meet her crew before 6 a.m. On this typical day, she's headed to the Upper Haight evening market, which opens at 4 p.m. each [...]]]> http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/07/12/celebrate-local-independent-farmers Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:12:00 +0000 http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/07/12/celebrate-local-independent-farmers Ever wonder what a day in life is for the independant farmer who brings fresh produce to local farmer's markets?


....Adriana Silva, 29, co-owner of Tomatero Farm, is up at 4 a.m. and ready to meet her crew before 6 a.m. On this typical day, she's headed to the Upper Haight evening market, which opens at 4 p.m. each Wednesday - one of 15 markets, most in the Bay Area, that Tomatero attends. By the end of the day, she will have logged nearly 20 hours and 200 miles to sell her load of strawberries, snap peas, cauliflower and leafy greens.

Read the SF Chronicle article

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]]> http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/06/20/sonoma-food-scraps-become-amazing-compost#comments 0 melbelkel@aol.com melbelkel@aol.com http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/06/17/great-art-and-inspiration-from-kids Fri, 17 Jun 2011 00:13:00 +0000 http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/06/17/great-art-and-inspiration-from-kids
Thanks Tom for sharing this great story! Have a story to tell or share? Let us know!


Clich here to see the 2012 calendar winners!

]]> http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/06/17/great-art-and-inspiration-from-kids#comments 0 melbelkel@aol.com melbelkel@aol.com http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/05/27/powershift-2011-one-chance-encounter Fri, 27 May 2011 23:30:00 +0000 http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/05/27/powershift-2011-one-chance-encounter
Travis Lyons, a Sonoma Valley community member and inspired college grad, shares his experience at Powershift 2011 in Washington DC....

His name is Donald Wheeler–he’s 76 years old, a retired professor from New Jersey, and my friend. He’s about as far as possible from the severe, humorless academic I expected when I heard we’d be rooming together for the PowerShift 2011 conference for environmental organizers in Washington, DC.......

]]> http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/05/27/powershift-2011-one-chance-encounter#comments 0 melbelkel@aol.com melbelkel@aol.com http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/04/28/naomi-klein-asks-are-we-addicted-to-risk Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:30:00 +0000 http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/04/28/naomi-klein-asks-are-we-addicted-to-risk


]]> http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/04/28/naomi-klein-asks-are-we-addicted-to-risk#comments 0 melbelkel@aol.com melbelkel@aol.com WATERSHED MANAGEMENT GROUP'S Green Living Co-op [...]]]> http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/04/22/rainwater-harvesting-coop-whos-in Fri, 22 Apr 2011 11:02:00 +0000 http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/04/22/rainwater-harvesting-coop-whos-in WATERSHED MANAGEMENT GROUP'S Green Living Co-op

Working and learning together to create a more resilient and sustainable community. A great model from an inspired group of folks in Arizona. Who wants to get this rolling in Sonoma?



]]> http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/04/22/rainwater-harvesting-coop-whos-in#comments 0 melbelkel@aol.com melbelkel@aol.com In 2002, the California [...]]]> http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/04/18/scwa-launches-community-choice-aggregation-program-feasibility-study Mon, 18 Apr 2011 22:41:00 +0000 http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/04/18/scwa-launches-community-choice-aggregation-program-feasibility-study In 2002, the California Legislature enacted legislation permitting the creation of CCA programs. Under the legislation, a city, county, or Joint Powers Agency (two or more cities and counties) may implement a CCA program. Once formed, residents within the CCA service area can opt out of the CCA and continue to receive power from the utility (e.g., PG&E). Those that do not opt out will have their power supplied by the CCA entity. The utility continues to provide and bill CCA customers for power transmission and other services (e.g., meter reading, billing, etc.). Only the electricity generation portion of electricity service is provided by the CCA entity. A similar program, Marin Clean Energy, is operating in Marin County.


MORE


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TOKYO – There are events in history that sear themselves into the world's collective imagination, and enter the realm where myth meets heartbreaking reality.

Japan's tragedy is one of those events. Already, it seems reasonable to surmise [...]]]> http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/03/22/japan-tragedy-seared-into-the-worlds-imagination Tue, 22 Mar 2011 21:51:00 +0000 http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/03/22/japan-tragedy-seared-into-the-worlds-imagination
TOKYO – There are events in history that sear themselves into the world's collective imagination, and enter the realm where myth meets heartbreaking reality.

Japan's tragedy is one of those events. Already, it seems reasonable to surmise it could prove one of the most significant calamities of our time — one that shapes policies, economies, even philosophies for decades to come in an increasingly interconnected world.


But in this event, psychological, even philosophical, shock over the confluence of human tragedy and nuclear catastrophe yields some fundamental questions. If a technological power like Japan can be so vulnerable, who's safe? Is even minimal risk, as with nuclear power, too much risk? Do we need to rethink the role of government in protecting the public?

Shaking us from modern-day hubris, we're forced to think about whether even the most advanced societies, with almost obsessively meticulous safety backstops, are still pitifully at the mercy of the elements.

But amid tragedy, Francis Fukuyama, the eminent Stanford philosopher and author of "The End of History and the Last Man," sees the possibility for the crisis to become a galvanizing force for political change in the world. READ MORE

]]> http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/03/22/japan-tragedy-seared-into-the-worlds-imagination#comments 0 melbelkel@aol.com melbelkel@aol.com Many thanks to Transition US for sharing this recent Time article.

An in depth article that notes the incredible growth in the food movement,

"...there are now thousands of community-supported agriculture programs around the country, up from just two in 1986. There are more than 6,000 farmers' markets, up 16% from just [...]]]> http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/03/20/why-the-food-movement-is-becoming-an-environmental-force Sun, 20 Mar 2011 21:47:00 +0000 http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/03/20/why-the-food-movement-is-becoming-an-environmental-force Many thanks to Transition US for sharing this recent Time article.

An in depth article that notes the incredible growth in the food movement,

"...there are now thousands of community-supported agriculture programs around the country, up from just two in 1986. There are more than 6,000 farmers' markets, up 16% from just a year ago. Sales of organic food and beverages hit nearly $25 billion in 2009, up from $1 billion in 1990,"

Read more

]]> http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/03/20/why-the-food-movement-is-becoming-an-environmental-force#comments 0 melbelkel@aol.com melbelkel@aol.com http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/03/13/un-alarmed-at-huge-decline-in-bee-numbers Sun, 13 Mar 2011 15:34:00 +0000 http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/03/13/un-alarmed-at-huge-decline-in-bee-numbers
UN alarmed at huge decline in bee numbers
by Peter Capella Peter Capella – Thu Mar 10, 7:48 am ET

GENEVA (AFP) – The UN on Thursday expressed alarm at a huge decline in bee colonies under a multiple onslaught of pests and pollution, urging an international effort to save the pollinators that are vital for food crops.

Much of the decline, ranging up to 85 percent in some areas, is taking place in the industrialised northern hemisphere due to more than a dozen factors, according to a report by the UN's environmental agency.

They include pesticides, air pollution, a lethal pinhead-sized parasite that only affects bee species in the northern hemisphere, mismanagement of the countryside, the loss of flowering plants and a decline in beekeepers in Europe.

"The way humanity manages or mismanages its nature-based assets, including pollinators, will in part define our collective future in the 21st century," said UNEP executive director Achim Steiner.

"The fact is that of the 100 crop species that provide 90 percent of the world's food, over 70 are pollinated by bees," he added.

Wild bees and especially honey bee colonies from hives are regarded as the most prolific pollinators of large fields or crops.

Overall, pollinators are estimated to contribute 153 billion euros ($212 billion) worldwide or 9.5 percent of the total value of food production, especially fruit and vegetables, according to the report.

Honey bee colony declines in recent years have reached 10 to 30 percent in Europe, 30 percent in the United States,and up to 85 percent in Middle East, said scientist Peter Neumann, one of the authors of the first ever UN report on the issue.

But in South America, Africa and Australia there were no reports of high losses.

"It is a very complex issue. There are a lot of interactive factors and one country alone is not able to solve the problem, that's for sure. We need to have an international network, global approaches," added Neumann of the Swiss government's Bee Research Centre.

Some of the mechanisms behind the four-decades-old trend, which appears to have intensified in the late 1990s, are not understood. UNEP warned that the broad issue of countryside management and conservation was involved.

"The bees will get the headlines in this story," UNEP spokesman Nick Nuttall told journalists.

"But in a sense they are an indicator of the wider changes that are happening in the countryside but also urban environments, in terms of whether nature can continue to provide the services as it has been doing for thousands or millions of years in the face of acute environmental change," he added.

Nonetheless, scientists have been unable so far to quantify the direct impact of bee decline on crops or plants, and Neumann insisted that some of the impact was qualitative.

Citing British research, the report estimated that pollination by managed honey bees is worth 22.8 billion to 57 billion euros in terms of crop yields, and that some fruit, seed and nut crops would decrease by more than 90 percent without them.

One key driving force behind bee destruction in Europe and North America has been a type of mite, the varroa destructor pest, which attacks bees and that beekeepers struggle to control, Neumann said.

"It's quite shocking how little we know about this essential pest of honey bees although it has caused havoc in agriculture for more than 20 years."

"African bees are tolerant, we don't know why," he added.

Meanwhile, frequent changes in land use, degradation and fragmentation of fields, trade carrying hostile species such as the Asian hornet into France or virulent fungi, chemical spraying and gardening insecticides as well as changing seasons due to climate change have added to the hostile environment for bees.

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THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

Published: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at 10:02 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at 11:49 a.m.

Sonoma County Supervisors vote to endorse the use of county land — including parts of parks, open space parcels and vacant lots in residential areas — to be [...]]]> http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/02/16/open-space-urban-farms-sonoma-county-says-yes Wed, 16 Feb 2011 00:34:00 +0000 http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/02/16/open-space-urban-farms-sonoma-county-says-yes By BRETT WILKISON
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

Published: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at 10:02 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at 11:49 a.m.

Sonoma County Supervisors vote to endorse the use of county land — including parts of parks, open space parcels and vacant lots in residential areas — to be opened to community gardeners and small commercial farmers... read more .. .

]]> http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/02/16/open-space-urban-farms-sonoma-county-says-yes#comments 0 melbelkel@aol.com melbelkel@aol.com Posted on Sunday February 6, 2011 | Santa Rosa | THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

Sonoma retailers report that support for locally-owned businesses is growing.

The 2011 Indie City Index analyzed 363 communities across the [...]]]> http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/02/11/indie-cities-index-rates-sonoma-county-1-in-shopping-local Fri, 11 Feb 2011 00:03:00 +0000 http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/02/11/indie-cities-index-rates-sonoma-county-1-in-shopping-local Posted on Sunday February 6, 2011 | Santa Rosa | THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

Sonoma retailers report that support for locally-owned businesses is growing.

The 2011 Indie City Index analyzed 363 communities across the country to gauge how much people were spending in local retail shops, compared to how much they spent in national chain stores.

Sonoma County ranked No. 1 among areas with populations between 250,000 and 1 million, according to the study. The American Booksellers Association conducted the study with Civic Economics, an economic development consultancy.

Read the whole story which includes comments from notable Sonoma County retailers who confirm the benefits of shopping locally.

Way to “Go Local” Sonoma… keep up the good works!

]]> http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/02/11/indie-cities-index-rates-sonoma-county-1-in-shopping-local#comments 0 melbelkel@aol.com melbelkel@aol.com Rising oil prices and falling production costs favour the extraction of oil from Alberta’s tar sands. But environmental objections are fierce
http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/01/24/canadas-tar-sands Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:28:00 +0000 http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/01/24/canadas-tar-sands Rising oil prices and falling production costs favour the extraction of oil from Alberta’s tar sands. But environmental objections are fierce
Jan 20th 2011 | CALGARY AND OTTAWA | From The Economist print edition


SMOKESTACKS dot the horizon; a whiff of oil hangs in the air; gargantuan vehicles clog the highway. There is a din of heavy machinery, punctuated by blasts from cannons scaring birds away from toxic lakes.... and yet it continues at a fervored pace.....wondering why? Well it's simple economics.

Read this eye opeing article from the recent Economist magazine. Then start writing letters, tell your friends and reduce your trips to the pump. This is not something that will go away on its own and the impacts will be significant.

A pipeline from Canada to Texas? really?

]]> http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/01/24/canadas-tar-sands#comments 0 melbelkel@aol.com melbelkel@aol.com Peak Oil and a Changing Climate series... [...]]]> http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/01/17/the-globes-limitations-how-peak-oil-threatens-economic-growth Mon, 17 Jan 2011 17:33:00 +0000 http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/01/17/the-globes-limitations-how-peak-oil-threatens-economic-growth Peak Oil and a Changing Climate series...

In the second video in the series “Peak Oil and a Changing Climate” from The Nation and On The Earth productions, Richard Heinberg, senior fellow with the Post Carbon Institute, discusses how depleting oil supplies threaten the future of global economic growth. According to Heinberg, historically there has been a close correlation between increased energy consumption and economic growth. If the economy starts to recover after the financial crisis and there is an increased demand for oil but not enough supply to keep up with that demand, we may hit a ceiling on what the economy can do.

“What politician is going to be able to standup in front of the American people and tell them the truth?” Heinberg asks. “Every politician is going to want to promise more economic growth and blame the lack of growth on the other political party…. The whole political system starts to get more and more polarized and more and more radical until it just comes apart at the seams.” more info

Click here to view video

]]> http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/01/17/the-globes-limitations-how-peak-oil-threatens-economic-growth#comments 0 melbelkel@aol.com melbelkel@aol.com truthout for this video....

The scientific community has long agreed that our dependence on fossil fuels inflicts massive damage on the environment and our health, while warming the globe in the process. But beyond the damage these fuels cause to us now, what will happen [...]]]> http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/01/11/peak-oil-and-a-changing-climate-an-introduction Tue, 11 Jan 2011 16:09:00 +0000 http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/01/11/peak-oil-and-a-changing-climate-an-introduction truthout for this video....

The scientific community has long agreed that our dependence on fossil fuels inflicts massive damage on the environment and our health, while warming the globe in the process. But beyond the damage these fuels cause to us now, what will happen when the world's supply of oil runs out?

Bill McKibben, Noam Chomsky, Nicole Foss, Richard Heinberg and the other scientists, researchers and writers interviewed throughout “Peak Oil and a Changing Climate” describe the diminishing returns our world can expect as it deals with the consequences of peak oil even as it continues to pretend it doesn’t exist.

click here to view the video...

]]> http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/01/11/peak-oil-and-a-changing-climate-an-introduction#comments 1 melbelkel@aol.com melbelkel@aol.com Good exercise, scenic commuting, more convenience, and reduced costs.. one folding bike does it all!

From today's SF Chronicle:
Charles Parrish carries a folding bicycle wherever he goes. It is his [...]]]> http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/01/10/healthy-transportation-one-mans-solution Mon, 10 Jan 2011 13:22:00 +0000 http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/01/10/healthy-transportation-one-mans-solution Good exercise, scenic commuting, more convenience, and reduced costs.. one folding bike does it all!

From today's SF Chronicle:
Charles Parrish carries a folding bicycle wherever he goes. It is his primary means of transportation. Parrish, 57, lives in Livermore and rides 6 miles, regardless of weather, to his job....read more

]]> http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2011/01/10/healthy-transportation-one-mans-solution#comments 0 melbelkel@aol.com melbelkel@aol.com Nic Marks also discusses the five positive (and oftimes carbon-free) ways to increase [...]]]> http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2010/12/31/the-happy-planet-index Fri, 31 Dec 2010 17:18:00 +0000 http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2010/12/31/the-happy-planet-index Nic Marks also discusses the five positive (and oftimes carbon-free) ways to increase well-being; Take a look, it'll increase your happiness!



Statistician Nic Marks asks why we measure a nation's success by its productivity -- instead of by the happiness and well-being of its people. He introduces the Happy Planet Index, which tracks national well-being against resource use (because a happy life doesn't have to cost the earth). Which countries rank highest in the HPI? You might be surprised.

The founder of the Centre for Well-Being, an independent think tank at the New Economics Foundation (NEF), in London, Marks is particularly keen to promote a balance between sustainable development and quality of life. To investigate this, he devised the Happy Planet Index, a global index of human well-being and environmental impact. The results made headlines: People in the world's wealthiest countries, who consume the most of the planet's resources, don't come out on top in terms of well-being. Which raises the question: What purpose does unfettered economic growth serve?

]]> http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2010/12/31/the-happy-planet-index#comments 0 melbelkel@aol.com melbelkel@aol.com ResilientCity [...]]]> http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2010/12/30/rob-hopkins-interview-for-resilientcity Thu, 30 Dec 2010 22:43:00 +0000 http://transitionsonomavalley.org/blog/2010/12/30/rob-hopkins-interview-for-resilientcity ResilientCity



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