Welcome to my blog! My name is Arwen Taylor. I am a professional writer, web designer, blogger, an aspiring Renaissance Woman and owner of Omnithinker, Inc - an independant publishing company. I believe that Life is a University that we enroll in so that we can learn valuable lessons. On this blog I explore my inner world, the world at large and the space that connects them. Click here to read my official About Me page...
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12 Apr 08
Channel: Society and Civilization, Sustainable Living
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The True Cost of Industrial Food Production

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Here is a great article that makes a good case for learning to grow your own food. When we buy food from the grocery store, we often are satisfied at the “good deal” we got. However those $0.49 per pound bananas are costing you more in the long term.

21st Century Homesteading: Why Grow Your Own Food?

The great thing about growing your own food is that even city dwellers, such as myself, can have balcony gardens. It’s certainly worth looking into especially since with the cost of gas going up, the cost of food will soon follow.

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12 Apr 08
Channel: Personal Development, Sustainable Living
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Off Grid Living?

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I’ve decided that I will learn how to live off grid. I have actually had this thought for a few years now (actually since Bush came into office) but the seriousness of this was pressed upon me when I read an article that talked about the future.

In the article, the author wrote about how wonderful it is to have such great technology like the cell phone and the wonderful things you could do with it but speculated that there really was no guarantee that the infrastructure for these things will exist in the future and thus rendering them useless.

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