From an interesting overview of local initiatives by Daniel Lerch. Go to the original article for the links to the examples. Daniel Lerch: “Here are just a few examples of the ways that cities are building resilience holistically, whether in response to peak oil or simply as part of an ingrained sense of sustainability: Peak… Continue reading
Date archives "September 2009"
Urban agriculture for food security in Cuba
Michel requested that I pass this link along: http://www.springerlink.com/content/q271877700x43578/ Urban agriculture in Cuba has rapidly become a significant source of fresh produce for the urban and suburban populations. A large number of urban gardens in Havana and other major cities have emerged as a grassroots movement in response to the crisis brought about by the… Continue reading
Every person should have one share of the atmospheric commons
From a proposal by ethical philosopher Peter Singer: “If we begin by asking, “Why should anyone have a greater claim to part of the global atmospheric sink than any other?” then the first, and simplest response is: “No reason at all.” Everyone has the same claim to part of the atmospheric sink as everyone else…. Continue reading
Sam Rose on plausible change strategies
From an interesting discussion about the realism of social change, on our p2p research list, we select the contribution of Sam Rose. It is followed by an interesting excerpt from the theorist of change theory (adaptive cycles, panarchy), C. Hollings. 1. Sam Rose: “Plausible” comes to me as a language construct from Richard Slaughter of… Continue reading
Bifo on how to prepare for the new barbarian age
Ten years after Seattle we have to invent a new strategy for the movement, starting from the consciousness that the prevailing form of the global power today is war, and that a military dictatorship is taking shape in the world. Neoliberal policy destroyed the very idea of a public sphere in the field of the… Continue reading
The three economies and their entropy
A good case against the magical belief that renewable energies will easily replace declining fossil fuels, but also a fundamental text about economics in general. In the second part, the author interprets inflation as an expression of entropy in the tertiary ‘money’ economy, arguing that Gesellian money reform may be unnecessary because of it. John… Continue reading