- One of the big arguments for GM seed is that it reduces the use of chemicals in agriculture. Except that it doesn’t, as a study of pesticide and herbicide use over the first 16 years of GM crops shows.
- Concord, MA has become the first American city to ban the sale of water in disposable plastic bottles.
- This week John Boik got in touch from the Principled Societies Project, which is developing open source software for managing local currencies. Here’s their video explaining the project.
- The nudgy state – how governments are experimenting with behavioural economics to effect change.
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