A big part of the reason I haven’t been blogging much is that I just feel like I don’t have the ability or opportunity these days to do enough reading and research to post anything of value to the discussion. For example: The conservative conspiracy theory du jour, led by Oklahoma Republican Senator Jim Inhofe, … read more »
Anti-MAPS video made by my friend David.
Posted by on 31 Jan 2009 by
Rena in
Localism & sustainability,
Oklahoma
This sounds like an interesting project:
During the January ice storm, Twitter served as a powerful reporting tool – crowdsourced news. What if we had used it to find people who needed help, then organized to help them? So, I’m proposing that Central Oklahoma Twitter-ers think about how we can make our own “service club.” We … read more »
Posted by on 22 Jan 2009 by
Rena in
Localism & sustainability
Posted by on 15 Jan 2009 by
Rena in
Localism & sustainability,
Oklahoma
“Every year, more than 28,000 acres of Oklahoma’s prime farmland is lost to development.”
STATE HIGHLIGHTS
Number of Farms 83,300
Number of Government Subsidy Recipients 40,249
Oklahoma’s Share of U.S. Agricultural Production 2%
Oklahoma’s Share of U.S. Subsidy Payments 2%
Conservation Funding Shortfall $125,965,212
Democracy Now! is finally airing in Oklahoma, though many residents will not be in a area where they can pick up the signal on a radio. For them, there is a live stream on KCCU’s site.
KCCU is a non-profit station run out of Cameron University in Lawton, Oklahoma, and is broadcast in/at:
Lawton-Ft. Sill 89.3 & … read more »
I got a email today from my friend, writer and Oklahoma firebrand extraordinaire, Rachel Jackson:
I have some important news I’d like to share with you. The first issue of the Oklahoma Revelator: A People’s Almanac and Cultural Quarterly is now online at www.oklahomarevelator.com. The Oklahoma Revelator is published jointly by Red Flag Press (owned and … read more »
I firmly believe that one person can change the world, and this story illustrates how it can happen.
James Brett took a business trip to Pakistan in 1999 and, as a recovering addict, made a connection between his first taste of pomegranate juice and the burgeoning heroin trade coming out of the poppy fields along the … read more »
Posted by on 07 Nov 2008 by
Rena in
Localism & sustainability,
Oklahoma
The El Reno City Council has unanimously approved a “Voluntary Recycling Program” for the OEMA to run a new curbside recycling service that would entail city utility customers paying an additional $5 a month for an extra bin to put out recyclable items.
An ad promoting the program in the local newspaper was “sponsored by C2S … read more »