Gaia Theory & Deep Ecology by Dr. Stephan Harding

This is a youtube series. (10 episodes altogether) This is profound and very valuable info… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=523bXlK5t34[/youtube]

Tao of Physics by Fritjof Capra – Knowledge 'out there' since over 30 years

I just found this book again in a used bookshop and, in case you did not read into it, yet, I recommend it highly…What also struck me was that it was first published in 1975. – My deepest respect to Fritjof Capra (http://www.fritjofcapra.net/). This is from Chapter 2 Knowing and Seeing: …The natural world, on [...]

Reflections

[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 [...]

Statement zu modernen Verwertungsmodellen von Musik

Oder warum die GEMA abgeschafft gehört. Diesem Beitrag von Andreas Janson aus der Mailinglist des Landesverbandes Berlin der Piratenpartei braucht man eigentlich nichts mehr hinzuzufügen. Sehr viele gute Feststellungen und Ideen zu Verwertung und Lizensierung von Musik im digitalen Zeitalter. Word! Hallo, ich als Musiker möchte auch mal meinen Senf dazugeben. Bitte, bitte, bitte tretet [...]

Economists say P2P file-sharing fuels art

A pair of economists have released a report arguing that file-sharing doesn’t stifle the creation of music, films, and books. On the contrary, they say, weaker copyright protection has benefited society. Felix Oberholzer-Gee of Harvard University and Koleman Strumpf of the University of Kansas recently published a working paper (that is, a complete draft of [...]

Sharing info on mushrooms/mycelium

The mycelium infuses all landscapes, it holds soils together, it’s extremely tenacious. This holds up to 30,000 times its mass. They’re the grand molecular disassemblers of nature — the soil magicians. They generate the humus soils across the land masses of Earth. We have now discovered that there is a multi-directional transfer of nutrients between [...]

Declaration of Cultural Revolutionaries 2009 – Declare Interdependence

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, [...]

Numen: The Nature Of Plants

Just received something I would like to share, because I like the idea: “Especially in a time of radical flux  and … climate change, our relationship with… plants and our knowledge of those plants is perhaps the most  important collective heritage we have… That knowledge is ultimately what is going to sustain us.” -Ken Ausbel, [...]

Dictionary of Sustainable Management

Just a little recommendation – The Dictionary of Sustainable Management – where i recently stumbled upon. Very good resource. Share the knowledge! Please find more definitions over here at Sound Of Sirens!

Organic Industry Structure

Dear readers from the US, Philip H. Howard, PhD Assistant Professor at the Department of Community, Agriculture, Recreation and Resource Studies of Michigan State University has a lot of charts, maps, animated graphics etc. about the US organic food industry. Which cons are behind apperently small green brands, where are the ingredients really from, sales, [...]