the people’s climate summit With ten thousand daily visitors, participants from over 100 countries and a comprehensive programme of events, Klimaforum09 will be the biggest climate event in Copenhagen besides the official UN conference. The programme features international guest speakers, over 150 open debates, 60 exhibitions, music, film and art. Klimaforum09 is not an NGO [...]
Superschönes Projekt. Justin (einer der Initiatoren) und ich sind uns vor einiger Zeit schon über den Weg gelaufen….Viel Spass beim Obst, Kräuter und Pilze suchen, beim integrieren in Transition Town Initiativen und beim weitersagen…! www.mundraub.org – freies Obst für freie Bürger Wir möchten, dass kein herrenloses Obst mehr am Baum verrottet und machen deshalb Mundraub [...]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ96y_yOkI0[/youtube] What if the world embodied our highest potential? What would it look like? As the structures of modern society crumble, is it enough to respond with the same tired solutions? Or are we being called to question a set of unexamined assumptions that form the very basis of our civilization? This 25-minute retrospective asks [...]
Jede Zinspolitik führt zur Ausbeutung von Mensch und Natur. Diese Wahrheit wird von allen Politikern und Experten verschwiegen, die jetzt überall zu einer gemäßigten Geldpolitik und Rückkehr zu mehr Bescheidenheit mahnen. Diese Beschwörung alter Tugenden soll uns glauben machen, Schuld seien nur die gierigen Banker, damit sich unser Blick nicht auf das Zinssystem selbst richtet! [...]
This is a project of The Black Earth Institute, Wisconsin, US. The Planetary Stories Project seeks ‘ Think Globally-Act Locally’-stories, stories of place that can communicate values and memories to others so that those values and memories become important ways of building mutual understanding and and common ground. Such stories can show how we all [...]
Just received this through avaaz.org: The Peruvian government has pushed through legislation that could allow extractive and large-scale farming companies to rapidly destroy their Amazon rainforest. Indigenous peoples have peacefully protested for two months demanding their lawful say in decrees that will contribute to the devastation of the Amazon’s ecology and peoples, and be disastrous [...]
It(‘s) work(s)…: The Html Patchwork comprises of 216 fabric patches individually embroidered with their websafe colour codes and stitched into a collective patchwork quilt. The Patchwiki is a collective website with a page for each individual stitcher. You can view the wiki pages by clicking on the patchwork represented here. The Html Patchwork will be [...]
Since this is my/our project I would like to quote Joana Bértholo who ‘declared interdependence’ at the socialdesignblog: The declaration of cultural revolutionaries for 2009 is an open experiment created, stated and set forth by art-ecology-education.org. It is a “putting in words of what is already in the air.” The intention is viral, that is, [...]
…this will be a heaven for you: http://combandrazor.blogspot.com Just have a look around…even if you don’t dig african music. It’s a pleasure to experience how he shares and informs and in that way supports his community. Diggit!
I recently found this article, and i would like to share it. It originally was published on youthradio.org. Palestinians Regard Permaculture As A Necessity, Not A Choice By Nora Barrows-Friedman Back in my hometown of Berkeley, California, the practice of permaculture is associated within a feel-good, hippie-elite framework. It’s a choice, just like buying locally [...]
