I love Pam Warhust. She is such a inspirational, grounded and powerful woman. This is one of my favourite TED talks, by far. Please, watch and share it now. It is about the inspirational story of Incredible Edible Todmorden which has now spawned the Incredible Edible Network. But, as she hints at so powerfully towards the end of the talk, this is about so much more than food. It is about community empowerment. This is about sharing and investing in kindness It is about Community, … [Read more...]
Liquid Democracy is NOT Delegative Democracy
Liquid Democracy is a fast, decentralized, collaborative question-answering system, which works by enabling chained answer recommendation. It occupies the middle ground somewhere between direct and representative democracy, and is designed to ensure that the things we all hold in common stay properly maintained (by small, stealthy, distributed teams of anarchist kung-fu badasses, if need be), even in the face of radical technological change. I love liquid democracy! Have done so ever since … [Read more...]
Inside Job
The last version of this film we posted has since been removed so here it is again (this time with Greek subtitles). It is an important film well worth watching. You can also watch (and download) it on vimeo, or download it via bittorrent. … [Read more...]
California’s P2P Carsharing Bill Passes Assembly 63-0
Carsharing just took a step forward on June 3rd in California when AB1871 passed the Assembly with zero opposition. The bill now goes to the Senate and could become law before the year is out. We talked about the potential for this bill to accelerate the already fast growing carsharing industry here. Below is the press release by California Assemblymember Dave Jones who is spearheading the bill. You can voice your support for the bill at peer-to-peer carsharing startup Spride Share's petition … [Read more...]
A French Twist On GDP
Sarkozy proposes measuring happiness. I'm starting to think that French President Sarkozy is a Sightline fan. Last week it was a killer carbon tax proposal; now it's something else near and dear to our hearts: a national measure of happiness as a counterpoint to GDP.Springboarding from a new report prepared by giants of the economics world, Sarkozy is calling for a more comprehensive view of economic well-being, one that puts human well-being in driver's seat.And he's not alone: U.S. economist … [Read more...]
A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash
This is one of the best peak oil movies. A must see documentary. … [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...]
What A Way To Go: Life At The End Of Empire
I just watched this. As it says at the beginning it is very dense, but overall I think it is really rather good. For more info about the movie visit the website Peak Moment 72: "What a Way to Go" - Meet the Filmmakers … [Read more...]
The War On Democracy by John Pilger
A brilliant new documentary from John Pilger about the reality of USA's role in Latin America and the world. "It is about the struggle of people to free themselves from a modern form of slavery." … [Read more...]
Outfoxed
Outfoxed examines how media empires, led by Rupert Murdoch's Fox News, have been running a "race to the bottom" in television news. This film provides an in-depth look at Fox News and the dangers of ever-enlarging corporations taking control of the public's right to know. It is made by Brave New Films. … [Read more...]