February 2012
1 post
George Monbiot – The Big Green Question →
More thought provoking stuff from George, this time around destruction lines, social justice lines and the space in between. I am still chewing through his advocacy of fast breeder reactors for generating electricity and cleaning up spent nuclear fuel … a test of open-mindedness I think!
January 2012
2 posts
Click here to stop the newest threat to Internet... →
A new global treaty could allow corporations to police what we do on the Internet. Last week we successfully pushed back the US censorship bills — if we act now, we can get the EU Parliament to bury this new threat — add your voice now!
Tomgram: Ellen Cantarow, Dirty Energy's Dirty... →
Both a useful source of information about fracking and corporate interests AND an inspiring description of citizens resistance the latter a good pattern language for other citizen movements against other human rights abuses.
December 2011
2 posts
Foster G (Thrive co-creator) to Charles E ...
<!— @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } A:link { so-language: zxx } —>Foster Gamble’s Response to Charles Eisenstein’s Critique of THRIVE
Charles Eisenstein, the author of Sacred Economics, has written an article (Synchronicity, Myth and the New World Order) and a critique of THRIVE: What on Earth Will It Take?, that has engendered much discussion. I...
Thrive, Charles E and expressions of rage
The hot debate arising on the internet after the release of the Thrive movie has been enlightening. Charles Eisenstein has posted a particularly insightful response piece “The story is wrong but the spirit is right” that offers a fresh take on the cause of the heavily skewed power and money distribution in our current culture that is a main focus of the film. In his analysis Charles...
November 2011
2 posts
BBC News - Eurozone debt web: Who owes what to... →
Low-tech Magazine: Insulation: first the body,... →
One of my most favourite sites - thoughtul, thorough & sweet
October 2011
3 posts
Cooperation rubric - helpful?
Has difficulty considering all other’s ideas, synthesizing, or compromising Generally considers all ideas, sometimes seeks to synthesize, and sometimes makes compromises Carefully and respectfully considers all ideas, seeks to synthesize, and compromises when needed Works to be part of the solution, not part of the problem Comments Edited by BCS’ Engage Teachers
Why Do Some People Learn Faster? | Wired Science |... →
Interesting - the better ‘contradiction’ is, ‘you must have worked hard’, not ‘you must be smart’ .. and, mindflex not mindset ..
'Modern capitalism has reached the end of its... →
The idea is that our attention should be on designing what comes after the inevitable collapse of capitalism, not what to do to bring it down as it is falling to bits anyway. I agree. Ready?
September 2011
3 posts
Living right on the “wrong” side of town | Energy... →
Downshifting - reminds me a little of the Urban farming Guys
Transcript for Joel Salatin: How to Prepare for A... →
Joel Salatin describes 60’s purchase of depleted farm and it’s conversion to permaculture style fecundity. Note official harrasment.
Common Greywater Mistakes and Preferred Practices →
very helpful as I redesign our system here in Mexico
August 2011
7 posts
George Monbiot – The Lairds of Learning →
More evidence of the end-game as far as conventional academia goes ..
Riot for Austerity →
Check this out - rioting being in the news these days …
Carbon Farming Course →
Potent gathering of world leaders on this topic - wish I could be there.
Wikiperennia →
Shades of the 1980’s UK permauclture team work with Mark Moody et al that gave rise to the Harmonious Wheat Smith booklet
Key Principles | Transformative Action Institute →
Another player in the field …
The decline effect and the scientific method : The... →
The truth wears off - fascinating to contemplate1
WikiSpooks:The Problem with Wikipedia - WikiSpooks →
Site for checking veracity of reporting on deep state agendas and more
July 2011
5 posts
The evidence for accelerated learning →
Very helpful analysis
1 tag
Library - Kennedy Library →
A new library collection from Gaia U Board of Advisers Chair, Declan Kennedy
How Does School Wound? Kirsten Olson Has Counted... →
Just as we are thinking about how to re-present Gaia U, our ecosocial ‘home schooling for grownups’ project this turns up. 7 ways in which conventional schooling wounds young people who then carry these wounds through adult life …
Early Warning: The US in a High Emissions Scenario →
Some detailed long range climate change analysis for USA summed up by earlywarn
June 2011
11 posts
Robert Lovelace is an Algonquin presence with the... →
An extraordinary evening of browsing ends with finding this important site
The Whole Brain Atlas →
Imagine!
City living marks the brain : Nature News →
Extraordinary and powerful …
3x3links - Options →
This looks super cool … Must play with it … I can open all my key websites from one 3x3 grid that shows up as my start page …
It rocks …
Mahara UK conference 2011 in 500-ish words «... →
I have been thinking a good deal today about capacity building amongst the Gaia University Community to enable us to make broader, more effective use of the platforms available to us. Mahara is one - this is a report on a very recent Mahara UK Conference - buzzy!
“SHAMBHALA STORY — Joanna Macy - In workshops, I often tell this story, for it...”
– shambala warrior - tribe.net
Working with Community-Based Social Marketing? →
http://www.earth-policy.org/data_highlights/2011/hi... →
World goat herd eating the heart out of increased areas of degraded grassland as a sign of impending collapse.
Dragon Dreaming: What is Dragon Dreaming and Why... →
There is something significantly contagious about this process - I am coming across it in permaculture worknets, ecovillages and their meta organizations, Transition Towns and more. Worth investigating.
May 2011
1 post
Patrix Busting
Why not use Kyriarchy, a more general term than Patriarchy and also less ‘old school’?
First because I can easily get from patriarchy to ‘the patrix’ and that enables the connection to the plot of the film, The Matrix. This, you will recall, has all of us living in a fictional reality rendered by artificial intelligence as a cover for the hidden reality - that we are ...