Tag Archives: Rich vs. Poor

Derrick Jensen

I already posted something on him, but I thought you might just enjoy a talk… [googlevideo]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8649250863235826256[/googlevideo]

Call the problem 'Civilization'

Do you believe that this culture is going to undergo a voluntary transformation to a sane and sustainable way of living? What if you live in the most destructive culture ever to exist? What if that culture refuses to change? What do you do about it? ‘When he was on trial for his life in [...]

Water as Common Good – Water as means of Control and Profitmaximization

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFl1V2Iv2mU[/youtube] http://www.flowthefilm.com/ Water is a right, not a privilege – Petition to UN for 31st article of The Declaration of Human Rights: ‘Everyone has the right to clean and accessible water, adequate for the health and well-being of the individual and family, and no one shall be deprived of such access or quality of water [...]

EU fördert Großkonzerne statt kleine Bauern

Nochmal ein paar Fakten aus dem ‘Real Life’…Heute in der Süddeutschen: ‘…Die Agrarsubventionen fließen an Zucker-, Fleisch- und Stärkefabriken, aber auch an Firmen wie RWE und Lufthansa. Nach monatelangem Streit haben die Bundesländer am Dienstag die Empfänger der EU-Agrarsubventionen in Deutschland veröffentlicht – nur Bayern hält seine Daten weiter zurück. Mehr als sechs Milliarden Euro [...]

More than 70 per cent of the Peruvian Amazon is now up for grabs for giant Oil and Gas Companies

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 [...]

The Invisible Man

Street promotion for Düsseldorf (Germany) based homeless-magazine “Fifty Fifty”. Nice! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnmNZaW8oVQ[/youtube]

African Immigration to Europe

much more of the struggle in pictures here

Help Children Fight!

[youtube]http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=E7uW5m_tAGk[/youtube] klick klack

Ugly New Buildings

Most of the so called “street-art” pieces are so boring and overused, but sometimes some guys like Dan Witz from NYC hit it so perfectly that we can’t get arround… About his gentrification-critical series “Ugly New Buildings” he says: “This year’s series, “Ugly New Buildings”, addresses how in the past few years much of my [...]

Design for the other 90%

…is an Exhibition at Walker Art Centers again. “An estimated 90% of the worlds population is without access to what many of us takefor granted. Clean water, adequate shelter, affordable transportation. Design For the Other 90% at Minneapolis Walker Arts Center showcases 30 products from designers and social activists hoping to create low cost options [...]