Everytime I read about the war in Iraq my stomach hurts so much I have to skip the reading. Same thing with images about Iraq. Same thing, no. It is worse with images. Can't face it. I know I've been negleting a very important charpter of our sinister history but hey, can't handle it. But apparently a conscious child in Alabama can, and very well. Ava Lowery is only 15 years old but she's an outstanding peace activist who made her first animation in Mid-March 2005 and since then has made over 70 … [Read more...]
Dancing with Systems: What to do when systems resist change
What to do when systems resist change; an excerpt from Donella Meadows's unfinished last book. By Donella Meadows (Whole Earth Winter 2001) Quick Summary of Points. Get the beat. Listen to the wisdom of the system. Expose your mental models to the open air. Stay humble. Stay a learner. Honor and protect information. Locate responsibility in the system. Make feedback policies for feedback systems. Pay attention to what is important, not just what is quantifiable. Go for the … [Read more...]
Support THE SQUARE this FRIDAY 9AM or earlier
Hello everyone, Please go to: THE SQUARE Occupied Social Centre, 21 Russell Square, London WC1B 5EA (North west Side of Russell Square) Map: https://tinyurl.com/mhuby on FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE 9AM (but do still come later if you really can't make it by then) THE SQAURE Occupied Social Centre is due to be evicted on Friday morning. They have asked anyone who has used or supports the space to gather outside to resist the evition BEFORE 9AM on FRIDAY MORNING. Having access to a central space … [Read more...]
We Will Not Be Silenced
Rowly recently posted this link on the Synergy list... Check it out: https://www.djpauledge.com/wewillnotbesilenced/ … [Read more...]
TONIGHT: Another World Is Blossoming
Another World Is Blossoming Benefit Gig Friday 31st March @ The Synergy Centre 7pm - 3am, £10 / £7 adv/concs - Buy Tickets Now! A Fundraiser for The Synergy Centre and uniteddiversity with Live Music from Joe Driscoll, The Pistachios, Jamie Woon, DJ Rubbish, The Rub, United Vibrations, Sarah Bear, Corneilius, Bones of Contention & more plus at 8PM Screening of The Revolution Will Not Be Televised and Healthy Food from Synergy Sattva Cafe plus lots of info stalls and more! Call Josef on … [Read more...]
The Corporation, Zapatista, Space Hijackers and Lab of ii…
Film and Food @ The Synergy Centre Another World Is Blossoming Screening Thursday March 23rd from 6pm Entry by donation The Synergy Centre is located at: 220 Farmers Road London SE5 0TW Click here to see a map Farmers Road is off Wyndham Road, which is off Camberwell New Road. Nearest Tube is Oval. On Thursday it is the third in uniteddiversity's series of Another World Is Blossoming screenings. This week we're showing multi-award winning must-see film The Corporation. Main Feature - 8pm … [Read more...]
Invisible Children
I came across this via this, though I'm not sure how I ended up there... It is a film about childen who are abducted from their homes to become soldiers in Uganda. Made me think Gloria (and Martin?) could try to do something similar for the girls at Maasai Education Discovery in Kenya. Afterall, the Maasai art's and crafts that the girls make in the MED's Arts Center (which Gloria will be helping to get up and running) look a lot more interesting and useful than the Invisible Children … [Read more...]
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised Screening
Thursday March 9th Film and Food @ The Synergy Centre Another World Is Blossoming Screening March 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th from 6pm Entry by donation This month The Synergy Centre is hosting uniteddiversity's series of Another World Is Blossoming events, including four weeks of screenings starting this Thursday 9th, and a big Centre fundraising party on Friday March 31st. It's all taking place as part the NODE.London Season of Media Arts. Thursday March 9th Main Feature - 8pm Sharp The … [Read more...]
Dancing with Systems
Versions of this piece have been published in Whole Earth, winter 2001 and The Systems Thinker, Vol. 13, No. 2 (March 2002). The Dance 1. Get the beat. 2. Listen to the wisdom of the system. 3. Expose your mental models to the open air. 4. Stay humble. Stay a learner. 5. Honor and protect information. 6. Locate responsibility in the system. 7. Make feedback policies for feedback systems. 8. Pay attention to what is important, not just what is … [Read more...]
Another World Is Blossoming
ANOTHER WORLD IS BLOSSOMING: March 1st - 31st, 2006 https://wiki.uniteddiversity.com/AnotherWorldIsBlossoming The systems and institutions upon which we rely for our well-being and survival are at risk of massive failure. Ecosystems everywhere are in decline. The age of cheap plentiful oil is over. Food and energy shortages are on the horizon. Few are aware of the full nature and extent of our predicament and, of those that are, many feel powerless to do anything about it. Corporate media … [Read more...]
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