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Elm Street
Economy and finding our place in it
Welcome to Pathways to Transition where you will find resources, programs, and the latest news on the dramatic shifts taking place in our economy, our environment, and our lives ... and what we can do personally and locally in response.
News Alerts!
So We
Don't Forget Transition Is Already Happening.
Promising Signs:
* Oregon Wants to Move State Money to Local Banks Huffington Post 2/3. This is another step toward the emergence of healthy local Elm Street Economies
*
L.A. May Require New Homes to Capture Water
LA Times 2/1
Urgent Reminders to Transition Now:
*AGING
BOOMERS FACING STARK ECONOMICS MSNBC
3/4
*
RETIREES MORE
BROKE THAN EVER The Trumpet 3/11
*NUMBERS OF RECIPIENTS OF FOOD STAMPS SKYROCKETING
The Daily Caller. 2/15
* THE NEW POOR--MILLIONS OF UNEMPLOYED FACE JOBLESSNESS FOR YEARS New York Times, 2/12
*
800,000 More Jobs Disappear
CNN 2/5.
*
Soaring Costs of Health Care Set Record
LA Times 2/5
* Hunger in America Jumps an Unprecedented 46% Raw Story 2/2
* Thousands of Utahns Must Choose Between Buying Food and Paying Rent Raw Story 2/2
Wrong Direction
*
Obama
Administration Recommends Corn and 'Clean Coal' as Approach to Energy
Independence McClatchy
2/5
These are sad, self-defeating choices. There is no 'clean coal" and corn
can't provide what we need.
Monthly News Updates
We have tracked news of the
eco-nomic transition in major sectors of daily life for the past year from
September, 2009 - September
2008.
Check out the proof of change, what others are doing to respond positively,
and what we need to avoid doing by category at our
Archives or by category:
Promising Signs
Personal Financial Stress
Economy in Distress
Food Crisis and Debt
Jobs
Housing
College Costs
Health Care
Retirement
Crime,
Environment
Steps in the
Wrong Direction