Comments - ALL hail to the SOULS ... - Gaia Community2024-03-29T09:33:58Zhttps://letschangetheworld.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=5313775%3ABlogPost%3A272&xn_auth=no... and THE KEY to making AL…tag:letschangetheworld.ning.com,2020-01-23:5313775:Comment:381192020-01-23T09:19:11.110ZMichael Grovehttps://letschangetheworld.ning.com/profile/MichaelGrove
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">... and <strong>THE KEY</strong> to making <strong>ALL of THIS a <a href="http://letschangetheworld.ning.com/profiles/blogs/reality-tunnel-may-be-a-new-term-for-some" rel="noopener" target="_blank">REALITY</a></strong> <strong>as ME</strong>•<strong>WE</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">now embark on <strong>the last decade</strong> which takes us <strong>to Colin Mason</strong>'s…</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">... and <strong>THE KEY</strong> to making <strong>ALL of THIS a <a href="http://letschangetheworld.ning.com/profiles/blogs/reality-tunnel-may-be-a-new-term-for-some" target="_blank" rel="noopener">REALITY</a></strong> <strong>as ME</strong>•<strong>WE</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">now embark on <strong>the last decade</strong> which takes us <strong>to Colin Mason</strong>'s</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><a href="http://letschangetheworld.ning.com/profiles/blogs/a-short-history-of-the-future" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Short History of the FUTURE</a></strong> and predictions for <strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1027432300618354" target="_blank" rel="noopener">THE 2030 SPIKE</a></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">[<strong>IS</strong>] for me <strong><a href="http://letschangetheworld.ning.com/profiles/blogs/our-network-evolution" target="_blank" rel="noopener">OUR NETWORK EVOLUTION</a></strong></span><span><strong style="font-size: 18pt;"> </strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><font size="5">with with </font><font size="4">its with its<font size="5"> own</font></font></span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><font size="4"><font size="5">solution to the question "<strong>ARE DEBT and INFLATION necessary</strong></font></font></span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><font size="4"><font size="5"><strong>to CREATE currency</strong>?" well Rob Hopkins and the Transition Towns</font></font></span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><font size="4"><font size="5">initiative have already shown how that can be done at a local level</font></font></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3831022446?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3831022446?profile=RESIZE_710x" class="align-full"/></a></span></p> Humans of course, ARE 'stor…tag:letschangetheworld.ning.com,2019-12-03:5313775:Comment:378152019-12-03T14:10:02.520ZMichael Grovehttps://letschangetheworld.ning.com/profile/MichaelGrove
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<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>Humans of course</strong>, <strong>ARE '<a href="https://www.johnnytimes.com/art-storytelling-brain-story/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">storytelling creatures</a>'</strong>.</span><br></br><br></br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">[<strong>IT</strong>]'s <strong>PART of WHAT MAKES US HUMAN</strong>. We tell…</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>Humans of course</strong>, <strong>ARE '<a href="https://www.johnnytimes.com/art-storytelling-brain-story/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">storytelling creatures</a>'</strong>.</span><br/><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">[<strong>IT</strong>]'s <strong>PART of WHAT MAKES US HUMAN</strong>. We tell stories that shape our sense </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">of the world. We have strong cultural narratives, like the story that technology </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">will save us. Or that everything [IS] God's plan. Or that the end is nigh and we're </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">on the brink of collapse, but there's no better story to tell than the number of </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><a href="http://letschangetheworld.ning.com/video/transition-town-whats-it-all" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Transition Town "seeds"</a> which have been <a href="https://transitioninitiative.org/hub/united-states/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sown and grown to fruition</a></strong>, </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">since the first initiative to do so in Great Barrington<br/><br/><br/></span></p>
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<p></p> The Power of Just Doing Stu…tag:letschangetheworld.ning.com,2019-12-03:5313775:Comment:379142019-12-03T13:26:18.636ZMichael Grovehttps://letschangetheworld.ning.com/profile/MichaelGrove
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<h3><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><a href="https://www.transitionculture.org/shop/the-power-of-just-doing-stuff" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Power of Just Doing Stuff</a></strong> • <strong>How local action…</strong></span></h3>
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<h3><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><a href="https://www.transitionculture.org/shop/the-power-of-just-doing-stuff" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Power of Just Doing Stuff</a></strong> • <strong>How local action <a href="https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=Michael%20Grove%20CHANGE%20THE%20WORLD&epa=SEARCH_BOX" target="_blank" rel="noopener">can change the world</a></strong></span></h3>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Something is stirring. People around the world are deciding that the well-being of their local community and its economy lies with them. They’re people like you. They’ve had enough, and, rather than waiting for permission, they’re rolling up their sleeves, getting together with friends and neighbours, and doing something about it. Whether they start small or big, they’re finding that just doing stuff can transform their neighbourhoods and their lives.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>The Power of Just Doing Stuff</em> argues that this shift represents the seeds of a new economy – the answer to our desperate search for a new way forward – and at its heart is people deciding that change starts with them. Communities worldwide are already modelling a more local economy rooted in place, in well-being, in entrepreneurship and in creativity. And it works.<br/><br/><strong>Praise for The Power of Just Doing Stuff<br/><br/></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“Once upon a time it was tempting to mock the idea of a ‘Transition town’ or even transition itself. Rob Hopkins is a truly original thinker who has not only given that concept meaning but has put it into practice in a way that now influences individuals and communities in many parts of the world. The essential proposition is not only that we have to adapt our way of life to meet the enormous environmental challenges that we face but that it is quite possible – and no less practically to the point – a stimulating and enjoyable process as well. <strong>IF ever there was an idea whose time has come, this is it. Rob Hopkins’ book is a truly unique piece of work that anyone who cares about our future in this densely populated and threatened world should read</strong>. <strong>It offers original thought and clear analysis. It also combines realism and hope</strong>”.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong> Jonathan Dimbleby</strong>, writer and broadcaster.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br/><span>‘<strong><a href="https://www.robhopkins.net/2019/12/03/from-what-is-to-what-if-reviewed-in-times-educational-supplement/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">From What Is to What If</a></strong>’ <strong>reviewed in Times Educational Supplement</strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br/><span>He asks us: “<strong>What if school nurtured young imaginations</strong>?” Of course, we’d all love to believe that <em><strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2721810471180520" target="_blank" rel="noopener">imagination</a> </strong></em>is fostered within the classroom, yet, as Hopkins highlights, “26 percent [of children] feel as though they do not need to use their imagination for their study or schoolwork”. He then provides numerous examples of where imagination is being fostered and nurtured, such as in The Green School in Copenhagen or the School of the Possible in France. <em><strong>By the end of the book</strong></em>, <strong>the</strong> “<strong>utopian ideal</strong>” <strong>that was set out in Hopkins</strong>’ <strong><em>introduction seems <span style="text-decoration: underline;">somewhat less distant</span></em></strong>, <strong>somewhat more achievable</strong>, <strong>and all it really takes is a bit of imagination</strong>.</span><br/><br/></span></p>
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<p></p> '8 days @ COP21' is the work…tag:letschangetheworld.ning.com,2016-04-02:5313775:Comment:208682016-04-02T17:42:48.171ZMichael Grovehttps://letschangetheworld.ning.com/profile/MichaelGrove
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br></br>'<strong>8 days</strong> @ <strong><a href="http://letschangetheworld.ning.com/profiles/blogs/a-message-for-now" rel="noopener" target="_blank">COP21</a></strong>' is the work of filmmaker Emilio Mula who, traveled to to Paris with <strong><a href="http://letschangetheworld.ning.com/profiles/blogs/humans-of-course-are-a-storytelling-creature" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Rob Hopkins</a></strong> & the <strong>Transition…</strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br/>'<strong>8 days</strong> @ <strong><a href="http://letschangetheworld.ning.com/profiles/blogs/a-message-for-now" target="_blank" rel="noopener">COP21</a></strong>' is the work of filmmaker Emilio Mula who, traveled to to Paris with <strong><a href="http://letschangetheworld.ning.com/profiles/blogs/humans-of-course-are-a-storytelling-creature" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rob Hopkins</a></strong> & the <strong>Transition</strong> <a href="http://letschangetheworld.ning.com/profiles/blogs/t-e-a-m" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>T</strong>.<strong>E</strong>.<strong>A</strong>.<strong>M</strong>.</a><br/><br/><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/T6nISyrLGGo?wmode=opaque" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 14pt;">&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 14pt;"&gt;&amp;lt;span style="font-size: 14pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 14pt;"&amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;span style="font-size: 14pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 14pt;"&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;lt;span style="font-size: 14pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 14pt;"&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;span style="font-size: 14pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 14pt;"&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;span style="font-size: 14pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 14pt;"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;span style="font-size: 14pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 14pt;"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;span style="font-size: 14pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 14pt;"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;span style="font-size: 14pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 14pt;"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/span&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/span&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/span&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/span&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/span&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;lt;/span&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;/span&amp;amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;/span&gt;</span></span></iframe>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">"As Rob remarked so cleverly, <strong><a href="https://www.everythingconnects.org/transition-towns.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Transition Towns</a></strong> is like the missing piece of the puzzle! Many young people are looking for a way to count in society and this is a great way to integrate" - THClover<br/><br/>"Something brilliant and historic [<strong>IS</strong>] already underway, and our message to the <strong><a href="http://letschangetheworld.ning.com/profiles/blogs/an-open-letter-to" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Obamas</a></strong>, <strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1311021952259386" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Camerons</a></strong> and <strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1877019662326276" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Merkels</a></strong> of the world is that they need to support and enable [IT] ... <em><a href="http://letschangetheworld.ning.com/profiles/blogs/lead-by-the-example-of" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>because it's the future</strong></a></em>."<br/><br/> From '<strong><a href="https://www.resilience.org/resources/21-stories-for-transition/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">21 Stories of Transition</a></strong>'.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br/><br/><br/></span></p> A Vision for Family and Comm…tag:letschangetheworld.ning.com,2015-05-25:5313775:Comment:189582015-05-25T05:33:32.558ZMichael Grovehttps://letschangetheworld.ning.com/profile/MichaelGrove
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<p><strong>A Vision for Family and Community</strong></p>
<p><span><span>I envision a world where there is no longer any need for a government department of social </span></span>services or child protective services. There is no need as the families are all intact - a mother, father, divine loving groups of people working together to raise our beautiful children. None will be living on the street as every community will provide for and care for everyone else in the community, especially…</p>
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<p><strong>A Vision for Family and Community</strong></p>
<p><span><span>I envision a world where there is no longer any need for a government department of social </span></span>services or child protective services. There is no need as the families are all intact - a mother, father, divine loving groups of people working together to raise our beautiful children. None will be living on the street as every community will provide for and care for everyone else in the community, especially the children.</p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I see a world where prevention of anything to protect children is unnecessary as all children will be nurtured......Divine loving, caring, families...Divine Feminine / Masculine energy surrounding and being the cornerstone of every family.</span></p>
<p><span><span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>And SO IT</strong> [<strong>IS</strong>] !!!</span><br/><br/></span></span></p>
<p><span><span>The Intenders of the Highest Good; <strong>Vision Alignment Project by Michael-Manna</strong></span></span></p>
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<p></p> A Vision for Conscious Comm…tag:letschangetheworld.ning.com,2013-12-21:5313775:Comment:161722013-12-21T07:43:31.041ZMichael Grovehttps://letschangetheworld.ning.com/profile/MichaelGrove
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<p><strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/IntendersFoundersCircle/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">A Vision for Conscious Community</a></strong></p>
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<p><span>We see a world where groups and circles of people gather together regularly to support one </span><span>another </span>in <em><strong>the manifestation of whatever their individual dreams are</strong></em>; where people easily align with each other because everyone wants only for the highest good of all…</p>
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<p><strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/IntendersFoundersCircle/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A Vision for Conscious Community</a></strong></p>
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<p><span>We see a world where groups and circles of people gather together regularly to support one </span><span>another </span>in <em><strong>the manifestation of whatever their individual dreams are</strong></em>; where people easily align with each other because everyone wants only for the highest good of all and everyone else; and where the people are socializing, sharing food, playing, and having fun when they come together.</p>
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<p><span>We see communities popping up everywhere with high creative ideals; where new ideas, inventions, </span><span>arts, handicrafts, technological and recreational projects abound; and where the people are loving </span><span>what they do because they are doing what they love. </span></p>
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<p><strong>And we see communities frequently devoting time together for the sacred aspects of life; </strong><strong>where </strong><strong>they remember to create a spiritual environment that makes it easy for everyone in </strong><strong>the community </strong><strong>to <em>experience</em> ONENESS.</strong></p>
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<p></p> Connecting everything - conn…tag:letschangetheworld.ning.com,2013-12-14:5313775:Comment:162452013-12-14T22:25:58.633ZMichael Grovehttps://letschangetheworld.ning.com/profile/MichaelGrove
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><a href="http://on.aol.com/show/the-future-starts-here-517951318/clip/517973336" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Connecting everything</a> - <em><a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3045585805469650" rel="noopener" target="_blank">connessione</a></em></strong></span></p>
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<p>Meaning <strong><em>connection</em></strong>, for Leonardo <em><strong>connessione</strong></em> was ‘<strong>a <em>recognition of and…</em></strong></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><a href="http://on.aol.com/show/the-future-starts-here-517951318/clip/517973336" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Connecting everything</a> - <em><a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3045585805469650" target="_blank" rel="noopener">connessione</a></em></strong></span></p>
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<p>Meaning <strong><em>connection</em></strong>, for Leonardo <em><strong>connessione</strong></em> was ‘<strong>a <em>recognition of and appreciation</em> for the <a href="https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/Allowing_Production_of_Selfsustaining_Home_Power_and_Heat_Generating_Devices/?Day2Share" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interconnectedness</a> of all <a href="https://www.facebook.com/michael.grove.98/activity/608995802462008?notif_t=open_graph_action_like" target="_blank" rel="noopener">things and phenomena</a></strong>’. Today we recognise this concept as systems thinking or what some businesses call interdependence. <em><strong>Much of <a href="http://letschangetheworld.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-leonardo-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Leonardo’s output</a> is based on his ability to form new patterns through connections and combinations of different elements</strong></em>.</p>
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<p></p> Handcuffing pro-local polic…tag:letschangetheworld.ning.com,2013-11-27:5313775:Comment:160682013-11-27T09:42:07.776ZMichael Grovehttps://letschangetheworld.ning.com/profile/MichaelGrove
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<p><strong><a href="http://theeconomicsofhappiness.wordpress.com/2013/11/17/localists-of-the-world-unite-an-urgent-call-to-join-the-movement-against-the-tpp-ttip/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Handcuffing pro-local policies</a></strong></p>
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<p><strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/michael.grove.98/posts/719961678032086" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Trade watchdog groups have warned</a> that the TPP and TTIP could constrict local…</strong></p>
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<p><strong><a href="http://theeconomicsofhappiness.wordpress.com/2013/11/17/localists-of-the-world-unite-an-urgent-call-to-join-the-movement-against-the-tpp-ttip/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Handcuffing pro-local policies</a></strong></p>
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<p><strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/michael.grove.98/posts/719961678032086" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Trade watchdog groups have warned</a> that the TPP and TTIP could constrict local and </strong><strong>national </strong><strong>governments’ ability to protect and promote their local economies – <em>a fact that </em></strong><em><strong>should inspire </strong><strong>localists around the world to join the movement against these treaties</strong></em>.</p>
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<p><span>For instance, a recent Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) report notes that </span><span>Malaysia currently “prohibits foreign investment in supermarkets, fostering the development </span><span>of locally owned grocery stores”.[vi] Several chapters in the TPP could directly challenge this </span><span>law and open the way for Wal-Mart or other transnational supermarket chains to put </span><span>locally-owned stores out of business. Study after study have shown that these big-box </span><span>corporate behemoths are an “economic cancer” on our communities.[vii]<br/></span></p>
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<p><span>The TPP and TTIP could also include provisions that prevent local and national governments </span><span>from instituting pro-local procurement programs, such as local purchasing preferences that </span><span>favor sustainable and locally grown foods (e.g. Farm to School programs in the US). According </span><span>to IATP trade expert, Karen Hansen-Kuhn: “Both the U.S. and EU have criticized ‘localization </span><span>barriers to trade’. The EU, in particular, has been insistent on the inclusion of procurement </span><span>commitments in TTIP at all levels of government, for all goods, and in all sectors…”[viii]</span></p>
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<p></p> Transition Town: What's it al…tag:letschangetheworld.ning.com,2011-03-05:5313775:Comment:33252011-03-05T22:48:59.401ZMichael Grovehttps://letschangetheworld.ning.com/profile/MichaelGrove
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