A bold venture
Potsdam, Germany, August 8-17, rerun in Berlin, September 1-8.
‘At the Globians Festival we like to know and show more about cultures of the world, which in our understanding is more than just an exhibition platform for ethnological films. The need for a global understanding of regional issues may give birth to a new type of individual lifestyle…’
This is an amazing, beautiful festival!!
Check it out:
“From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world.
It’ll teach you something, it’ll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever.”
You’ll find more teaser videos, background information and even the whole movie as a free download on storyofstuff.com
(Thanks to Melanie)
First I wanted to post a picture of a polar bear. Then I decided: I won’t. You know the picture. And you know it’s not only affecting the polar bears…Things are speeding up. (That’s what’s happening if you are in a positive feedback loop…):
This article is from August 15th 2007: Scientists warn Arctic sea ice is melting at its fastest rate since records began - have a read.
And then we come to: Exclusive: No ice at the Noth Pole - on June 27th 2008
Both are articles form The Independent.
Still waiting for the government to do something?
Wanna browse through some Permaculture at Sound of Sirens?…
Positive Feedbacks ultimately have the system collapse. (Remember our last article?…) And change is a good thing, you know. Also quite common. ;-) Imagine we’d keep on living in an industrial growth society…
Meadows ist Wissenschaftler und Mitautor des Buches ‘Grenzen des Wachstums (1972). Das Interview findet ihr hier. Es wurde von einem Redakteur der ‘Welt’ geführt und dort am 22. Juni auch veröffentlicht. Mittlerweile gibt’s zu dem Artikel eine lebhafte Diskussion in den Kommentaren…
Mein persönlicher Eindruck: Ich mag Meadows. Für mich macht er klare und nachvollziehbare Aussagen. Und die Kommentare der (deutschen Welt…) Leser finde ich - sehr vielfältig und deshalb interessant. Bin gespannt ob / wann sich hier mehr selbst organisiert wird…
Hier sind noch ein weiterer Sound Of Sirens Artikel, der sich mit dem Thema von Meadows’ Interview auseinandersetzt: ‘Enjoy life while you can’? (Interview mit James Lovelock) … sowie ein Artikel aus dem Guardian: ‘World carbon dioxides levels highest for 650.000 years, says US report’ (Mai 08). Any Meinung?
David Rothenberg is a writer, musician, and professor of environmental philosophy. This video was made by Gari Saarimaki while David was jamming live with white beluga whales in the White Sea, Karelia, Russia.
www.thousandmilesong.com
www.whybirdssing.com
www.whaleofatime.org
“Compared to traditional residential houses built on the ground, the aim of building an earth house is another: Not to live under or in the ground, but with it.”
The unique architecture of earth houses is characterised by multiple beneficial features:
Read more about the features here - Find more stunning photos there.
“Many people living in the suburbs and cities would like to ‘have a go’ at living a more sustainable and satisfying life and yet are daunted by what they view as lack of space and appropriate surroundings. It is easy to say “I just don’t have the space here!” or “Oh, my soil is terrible - I couldn’t grow a thing!” One of the enjoyable aspects of permaculture design is the challenge of recognising ‘problems’ and turning them into solutions. Sometimes all it takes is a shift in perception to turn a frustrating obstacle into a much needed asset.”
Picture by Gato Gato Gato
Check them out!
The Global Oneness Project is a web-based video initiative exploring how the simple notion of oneness can be lived in our increasingly complex world.
We’re traveling the globe interviewing creative and courageous people who base their lives and work on the fundamental understanding that we are all connected and thus bear great responsibility for each other and our shared world. Our living library of films is available for free from our website or on DVD for events and educational use.
We are committed to documenting what is being born during this time of planetwide transformation. While we are confronted with unmistakable signs that our current way of life is no longer sustainable, inspiring and innovative people and programs are blossoming in all areas of our collective society. From a pay-it-forward café in Ahmedabad, to a youth program that brings African wisdom to Los Angeles, from the General Secretary of the Andean Nations, to the spiritual guardian of Ayers Rock, our film subjects live and work with many of the following values, attitudes, and beliefs:
* We are responsible to each other, the earth, and future generations.
* There are enough resources for us all, if we share.
* Free exchanges of information allow for greater, collective creative potential.
* Love, care and compassion have the power to transform the fabric of society.We hope that by showing the diverse ways oneness is expressed—in the fields of sustainability, conflict resolution, spirituality, art, economics, indigenous culture, and social justice—others will be inspired to create solutions to personal and community challenges from their own lived understanding of oneness.
Thanks to Mario
Hum… futerra, another “sustainability communications” agency that provides services for companies how to avoid incorrect green-speaking. So that’s all? Reliable sounding communications make a product or company green?
