Have questions about the ongoing financial meltdown but the Wall Street Journal gives you angst? Confounded by exponential growth and hockey stick graphs? Wish you’d paid more attention to the dark musings of your brother-in-law accountant at the family reunion this summer? Whelp, The Crash Course is a refreshing change from [...]

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If you haven’t seen it yet…The Story of Stuff by Annie Leonard is a must see. This creative short documentary takes on a complex and heavy subject (where we get our stuff and where it goes after we’re done with it) in a breezy twenty minutes. Featuring animated stick figures and a voice [...]

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“Are you smiling in your economic picture?” – Irma Geddon
In the world we live in, financial security contributes greatly to our sense of well-being. It’s an interplay of many factors, but certainly Personal Finance, the National Economy and the Local Economy dominate any discussion of financial security when observed through the lens of preparedness.
Setting aside [...]

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Food’s an easy place to start relocalizing your purchasing dollars. When you buy local your spending builds a stronger economy in your own backyard and, in the case of food production and distribution, strengthens local farm families and businesses.
What’s more, not only is supporting relocalization efforts good for the local area, it’s also an energy [...]

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