A bold venture
‘Every conflict of our times is around vital access to the vital resources of the planet. But the conflicts are always presented as ethnic, religious and regional…
Many people don’t realize: the pharmaceutical industry is the same as the agrochemical industry is the same as the biotechnology industry, there is no separation…
Throughout history we have know that monopolies mean hunger, monopolies mean famine…’
An Evening with Vandana Shiva:
Crossing from the personal to the political, local to the global, Nomadology is an anthology of anecdotes, gonzo journalism, personal confessions and political reflections by digital gypsies on the nature of travel in a globalised world. Nomadology features unconventional travel stories with a consciousness that taps into a generation of young travellers seeking something more than the tourism circuits promoted by generic guidebooks and package holidays.
What unites the stories is the question of what travel means in a globalised world. What is the connection between the modern backpacker and the philosophy of the nomad in traditional cultures, and how do we trascend the barriers of culture and connect with the places we are travelling through.
read more on undergrowth.org
and check it out!
The ANH is an a-political, non-ideological and plural initiative promoted in 2003 by ten founding members and presided by Deepak Chopra. Today, it is a group constituted by people from all over the world with a common goal in mind: to create and reinforce a more sustainable, pacific and empathic humanity.
From the 7th until the 9th of November the ANH organizes its first forum/conference in Barcelona. There will be a lot of high scale speakers and a lot of people interested in:
To create an alliance of people based on the awareness of humanity’s interconnectedness. We believe that if enough people share the value of peace, war can be brought to an end. If enough people shift their awareness toward social justice, human rights, and environmental sustainability, then injustice, oppression, and the destruction of the ecosystem can be stopped.
Such a shift is already occurring - now it needs critical mass, which in turn needs organisation. The Alliance aims to connect individuals, caring communities and groups at a global level.
Unity isn’t fought for and won. It is realized one person at a time.
The development and practices of Monsanto, the worlds largest corporation connected to GMO, pestizides and fertilizer are so outrages and stunning to me and touch on such vital issues for everybodies well-being, that I will continue to write about it and I will call the series ‘About food’ for now. I have the feeling ‘About water’ will follow…
Let’s start with some quotes of the documentary ‘The world according to Monsanto‘, which you should have a look at on youtube! (Note: For people in the US it is very hard to get this information, since ’somebody’ obviously does not want it to be revealed and continues to urge youtube to take the videos off their server…).
‘It shows an organization that is determinded to push its products into countries around the world and is determinded to destroy the reputation of anybody who stands in their way.’
‘They want to control seed. They want to control life.’
‘This is a bigger weapon than bombs.’
‘They are in the process of owning food. All food!’
‘The result is that Monsanto is depriving us of our food sovereignty, of our ability to feed ourselves and that we become dependent on their seeds and products.’
This is not science fiction and we are not talking ‘third world’, we are talking the US and Latin America, we are talking India and China, we are talking the British Islands, we are talking France and Germany, we are talking ‘next to you’.
Erdbeerjoghurt 150g ist ein zeitbasiertes Kunstprojekt, von Jekaterina Anzupowa, Performancekünstlerin aus Berlin, das aus zwei Reisen besteht.
Die Reiseroute ist jeweils ein Nachvollziehen der Transportwege der einzelnen Zutaten eines handelsüblichen Erdbeerjoghurts.
Die erste Reise basiert auf den Daten aus einer Studie von Dr. Stefanie Böge aus dem Jahr 1992 und deckt grob gesehen das Gebiet der Bundesrepublik Deutschland ab.
Die zweite Reise orientiert sich an Daten aus dem Jahr 2008 und wird weltumspannend sein…..
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)
Biodiversity is the diversity of life at various levels of organisation,ranging from genes, species, ecosystems, biomes and landscapes. As far as we can tell, the Earth just before the appearance of modern humans was the most biodiverse it has ever been during the 3.500 million years of life’s tenure on this planet, … We are haemorrhaging species at a rate up to 1.000 times the natural rate of extinction, or, more prosaically, every day we are losing 100 species, mostly in the great tropical forests because of our endless desire for petroleum, timber, soya, palm oil and beef. …
Stephan Harding in ‘Animate Earth’
Today, on the 21st of June 2008 we have an estimate of the world population of the human species of 6.704.922.712 people - growing momentarily at a rate of about 15.000 people every ten minutes. Check: (World Population Clock Projection)
Also: There is no habitat on earth that has not been seriously degraded by humans. More than 50% of wild habitat has been destroyed in 49 out of 61 Old World tropical countries.
I do not intend to play out ‘good’ against ‘bad’. But I would like to emphasize and support a radical shift in our perception of the world, since:
This devastation (and development) is currently being protected and fostered by legal and political establishments that exalt the human community while affording no protection to the non-human modes of being. …
The well-being of each member of the Earth community is dependent on the well-being of the Earth itself. Within this context, the following principles, expressed in terms of rights, should be recognised in national constitutions and in courts of law.
Großartige Aktion von Kirsten Brodde, Textilexpertin und Redakteurin des Greenpeace Magazins. Sie bestellte Shirts über eine Tchibo Online Plattform mit subersiven Texten bedruckt wie “Dieses Shirt hat ein Kind für Tchibo genäht” oder “Tchibo Shirts: Gefertigt für Hungerlöhne”.
Tja, da hat mal jemand den Spiess umgedreht und auf eine ganz andere Art und Weise die Vorzüge von Globalisierung und Automatisierung genutzt. Sehr schön!
Die dazugehörigen Artikel findet ihr auf Kirsten Broddes Blog. Der Anfang, Teil II, Teil III
