NOTE: I've had a series of increasingly great responses from Toby - please see the comments Toby Hemenway, a leading permaculture author sent me a message with very very thinly veiled threat to sue me for including his great book Gaia's Garden here https://files.uniteddiversity.com/Permaculture/ (someone else has also put it up on Scribd) Here is the text of his message: at https://files.uniteddiversity.com/Permaculture/ you have a pirated copy of my book, Gaia's Garden. My publisher, Chelsea … [Read more...]
A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash
This is one of the best peak oil movies. A must see documentary. … [Read more...]
Drupal for web2.0 / briefing 25th October – workshops 1st and 7th November
*Free* briefings and workshops to open source your creative business | /Drupal for web2.0: how to move fast with this new Open Source toolkit/ __REMINDER___________________________________________________________ The 'Open for Business' programme continues *this Thursday* 25th October with the Drupal for Web2.0 briefing: come get an overview and jumpstart into using this emerging social software swiss army knife! - more info/rsvp: https://nm-x.com/event/2007/10/drupal-web2-0-briefing … [Read more...]
The Corporation
Another must see documentary that we've screened a couple of times. Watch it now! (and considering buying the book or original DVD, or just donating, at https://www.thecorporation.com/ ) … [Read more...]
Designing an Open Organisation
Another extract from a recent e-mail... As for organisational structure, I think you and Imogen are both right. You need to define and be explicit about your structure, but operational units should have as much autonomy as possible within their defined limits/remit. People investing more time and energy in the project can still have more say about how stuff is done. Afterall, it seems fair that those doing the more implementation work should have more say in decisions about how, and what, work … [Read more...]