#OccupyWallStreet – NEWS – Oct 4
– WaPo: ‘Occupy Wall Street’ protests gain steam, but movement’s goals remain unclear
– NY Times: Anti-Wall Street Protests Spread to Other Cities
– Occupation: Coming to a City Near You?
Building Community
#OccupyWallStreet – COMMENT & ANALYSIS – Oct 4
– #OccupyWallStreet is a church of dissent not a protest
– Gandhi goes to Wall Street
– Sharon Astyk – Don’t Feed the Zombies: The Problem of Protesting the Thing You Depend On
– The Unrepentant Marxist encounters Occupy Wall Street
– Understanding the Theory Behind Occupy Wall Street’s Approach
Cool ideas – Oct 4
-Battered by economic crisis, Greeks turn to barter networks
-OSU Urban Farming Study: What’s the Best Way to Turn a Parking Lot into a Garden?
-Earth Sangha announces “Rising Forests Coffee”
-Bath and West Community Energy launch their first public share issue
#OccupyWallStreet – VOICES – Oct 4
– Why Do You Occupy? – Interviews At Occupy Boston – video
– ‘You’re creating a vision of the sort of society you want to have in miniature.’ (interview with theoretician-organizer David Graeber)
– Encounters with Occupy Wall Street – video
– Democracy 2.0 Barcelona – video
Enough: a worldview for positive futures
While the adoption of new technologies is crucial, so too is the need for a new, self-limiting worldview recognising that “enough is plenty”. This philosophy of “enough” is about the optimum — having exactly the right amount and using it gracefully. Adopting such a worldview would nourish a culture of adapted human behaviour in which social justice could prevail and at least some of the Earth’s ecosystems would have the chance to renew themselves.
Plutonomy retail
A few years ago Citigroup (yes, it’s a bank) came up with the notion of “plutonomy” to describe the way the economy was coming. It was a neologism, of course, but one that needed little or no explanation…Another way of describing it is as the rule of the top 0.1%, by the top 0.1%, for the top 0.1%.
Producing sweeteners locally
One of the most common complaints about the industrial age is its constant and seemingly ever-growing use of sweeteners. Whether it was cheap sugar (and rum) in the early 1800s, saccharin in the early 1900s, or high-fructose corn syrup in the late 20th century, sweeteners have had a bad—but tasty—reputation…In a local context, however, sweeteners are extremely important. Many of the local fruits that contain Vitamin C, for instance, are difficult eating unless sweetened…Sugar is also very important in preserving food, where it creates a hostile environment for bacteria as well as a delicious treat.
The big picture, and a Transition response
In Transition we’re taking part in something which could lead to enormous change by relying on everyone’s inherent creativity, commitment and generosity…Whether or not Friedman is right that only a crisis can produce real change, there’s no doubt that we’re facing one now. Transition is responding to that crisis and showing the power and potential of seeding and growing alternative ways of being.
The good life: by conscious design
Meet Kacy Dapp, a modern day artisan whose life has been consciously crafted to balance the needs of the individual with the reality of the times we live. Her personal passions are carved from a value system of self-sufficiency, community building, and a quest for simplicity.
More than books: Libraries strengthen communities in uncertain times
Have you heard? There’s a new hot-spot in town. It’s a museum, digital hub, community resource center, art space and provider of free and open access to information. It’s the picture of shareability and it’s right through the doors of a library.
Transition & solutions – Oct 2
– The Transition movement: Today Totnes… tomorrow the world ( UK Independent)
– The Rise of Urban Biking (The Nation)
– The Resilient Library
– Feeding the world requires “a new paradigm” (Swiss ag conference)
#OccupyWallStreet and the new forms of revolt
– NYT: Wall Street Occupiers, Protesting Till Whenever
– We Are the 99 Percent – protestors tell their stories
– The Nuts and Bolts of #OccupyWallStreet
– The Danger of Simplicity
– Leninist assumptions and cult hierarchies
– Murdoch and Berlusconi: the fall of two media empires and the network multitudes
