I like Mamading's quotes website Quotessence. I've already pointed him at Dancing with Systems and Permaculture Principles, encouraging him to include the wisdom they contain. Now I want to share Dee Hock's MiniMaxims from his great book, Birth of the Chaordic Age. [amtap book:isbn=1576750744] "Particularity and serparability are infirmities of the mind, not characteristics of the universe" "Desire to command and control is a death wish. Absolute control is in the coffin" "Only fools … [Read more...]
Permaculture Principles
As part of the Sustainable Land Use course I recently completed we had to do a short piece of work on Permaculture Principles. I put together this little list of principles compiled from the following books (and website)... [asa]0731812719[/asa] Attitudinal Principles Work with nature not against it - results in minimum negative impact on long term sustainablilty Value Edges and Marginal and Small - small and different can be vital See solutions inherent in problems - overcomes blockages … [Read more...]
Money
Here you will find links to all the great money resources on this site :) Basic Info: Money Today A Brief History of Money Money Books: Money Books More money books see also Money downloads Money Videos: Money as Debt The Matrix - A Poem by Paradox Zeitgeist Addendum Zeitgeist - The Movie: Federal Reserve The Money Masters New American Currency see also https://delicious.com/uniteddiversity/money+video Money Downloads: Money downloads More … [Read more...]
A Brief History of Money
Contrary to popular belief, when banks make loans, they are not lending out money that people have deposited with them, but are instead creating completely new money, out of nothing. Absurd as this may seem, the fact is that 97% of our current money supply is created in this way - by private banks, out of nothing. What's more, in order to make a guaranteed profit, the banks create money out of nothing, lend it to us at interest, and then demand we pay back more money than exists! Collectively … [Read more...]
Money Today
I wrote this a while back on the old united diversity wiki as a simple (as in simplified) introduction to how money works today: How money works today. How money works today is completely ludicrous. It pits people against each other and guarantees that the rich get richer while the poor get poorer. To understand how, imagine there are only 2 friends and a bank, and that in order to buy food, pay their rent, and trade amongst themselves, the 2 friends need money that only the bank can … [Read more...]
More money books
A while back I posted Money Books, a collection of my favourite books all about money. Now, with the global economy struggling on all sides with economic collapse, climate change and peak oil very much beginning to kick in, I thought I share a few more good reads on the subject. Hopefully lots and lots of people will read these books and we can finally move away from Money as Debt madness towards a saner banking system. : [amtap book:isbn=0816649634] "A firsthand view of local currencies … [Read more...]
Deserting the Art Bunker by John Jordan
A while back I came across this excellent talk by John Jordan (of Reclaim the Streets, Clown Army, The Take etc). You can watch the talk online: Or read a rough transcript: https://www.nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-0304/msg00016.html … [Read more...]
Money as Debt
Widespread debt slavery created by an insane banking system is undoubtedly one of the biggest problems we all face. This video animation, Money as Debt by Paul Grignon, is undoubtedly one the most important films ever made. If you don't yet understand why money is such a big problem, WATCH THIS VIDEO. Please help spread this video far and wide. I've embedded it here, but you can watch and download it on Google Video too. Further introductory reading Ecology of Money and Short Circuit by … [Read more...]
Inspiring Land, Money and Media Projects
In my last post about Transition Towns I mentioned that Gloria and I decided to try and write a post a day throughout May about inspiring people and projects. She's done a pretty good job so far, having covered Maya Angelou, Ruth Cox, Muhammad Yunus, Charles Drew, Jane Goodall, and Mark Johnson. I've not managed to keep the one post a day pace at all, so to make up for it I'm going to link to all my favourite land, money and media project on this page... (but its now gone 3am so I'm hitting … [Read more...]
Commons Creation Collective
UPDATE: the first Commons Creation meeting was held at Limehouse Town Hall on Sunday 21st January, 2007. A copy of the presentation given can be downloaded here as a PDF (1.1Mb) file. Enjoy! :) Introduction The Commons Creation Collective is all about harnessing the wealth and power of our networks and working together to raising funds and awareness. It will initially bring together conscious event organisers, radial media publishers, and their supporters, to collaborate on two complementary … [Read more...]