It's an ordinary small town in England, but its residents claim they've discovered the secret that could save the planet.

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World Bank (9): Self-sufficiency

The principle embodied to address what World Bank teaches its borrowers is to ' teach the poor how to fish'' or become self-sufficient.

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How to encourage your child's independence

Almost all parents want their children to be healthy, confident, trouble free, independent achievers. In endeavouring to help them achieve that, many mistakenly believe that mollycoddling their children and over protecting them will do the trick.

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Top People? Laughing My Ass Off... By Bj Lee

Cops, firefighters and teachers around the country are at it again. I swear, if they don't stop whining about their pension shortfalls I'm going to cry. One policeman in Omaha will retire with a pension of over $84,000 a year.

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Madame Genis shouts a greeting in her strong Catalan accent as she strides past my house. A sunburned 75-year-old, she is clad, as always, in her working gear of an ancient blue and white checked pinafore and an old pair of men's leather boots.

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Season of Nonviolence 2009 |Day 56: Self-Sufficiency

Day 56 -- SELF-SUFFICIENCY (Mar. 26) People need the dignity of work and the opportunity to provide for themselves and their families. Economic self-sufficiency is a requirement for a nonviolent world.

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"In 2003, 34.8 million families (66% of all households in the country) owned gardening plots (subsidiary plot, allotment, garden, or dacha) and were involved in growing crops for subsistence (Rosstat 2005b).

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The global economic crisis is exposing the president's preoccupations as the soppy indulgences they always were. ... Put away the "energy independence" conceit.

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In terms of self-sufficiency, the theory goes that it's possible to grow enough vegetables on 1,000 square feet of ground to feed one person for an entire year.

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The workshop, this one in English but they also offer them in Spanish, taught the basics of how to start your own garden, from picking the best spot in your yard and selecting appropriate plants, to how to water efficiently.

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The International Monetary Fund and the World Trade Organisation promised that more trade would help to eradicate poverty and hunger. Foodcrops? Self-sufficiency in food? They had a better idea. Local farms would be closed down or encouraged to concentrate on exports.

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The world's poorest need international help from a range of players, he said. "The United Nations cannot do it alone. We need you."

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At some point last winter, green peppers cost more than $1 apiece And if you wanted a tomato, you had to take out a second mortgage.

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In a bid to become less dependent on supermarkets, the residents of Martin are working together to become as self-sufficient as possible.

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An entire village is weaning itself off supermarkets and leading the Good Life by growing its own meat and vegetables.

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Faced with a confluence of diverse threats — a tanking economy, a housing crisis, looming environmental disasters, and a sharp spike in oil prices — people who do not consider themselves extremists are starting to discuss doomsday measures once associated with the social frin …

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Here's something I never would have thought of: building my own island out of pop bottles.

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