The weekend before last I went up to Bedford to visit Shane (one of the founders of the Creative Forum). For the last couple of years Shane has been working for himself running a landscape gardening business. He recently realised that he's working his arse off and not really making enough money (especially now he's a father and has another one on the way). Moreover, making people's gardens look a bit nicer doesn't really give him much of a sense of purpose, so he put the word out for some … [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 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...]
News from Caracas…
Julie, a freelance journalist I met in Caracas, just sent this through... The story so far... Dear All, My apologies for sending round one of these here round robins but tis the best i can do in the time... Well, there is simply TOO MUCH to tell you all about this revolution, but perhaps the most important thing is that it is happening all over the country and is being carried forward not by the officials and bureaucrats but the ordinary people who through a massive effort of will and as an … [Read more...]
Good Weekend, Busy Week…
Had a good weekend...and with Another World Is Blossoming kicking off, plus a load of other work, its going to be a busy week... Thursday night I headed along to Movimientos at the Salmon and Compass in Islington. Geoff was DJing downstairs, so I said a quick hello and gave him an Another World Is Blossoming flyer before heading upstairs to watch the films. The first film was a nice Venezuelan Gov't short about Mision Vuelvan Caras. Whilst in Caracas for the Trollparty I met a friend of … [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...]
Caracas Trollparty 2006: Part 1
Caracas Trollparty 2006 Wednesday 25th Janauary, Caracas. My first few days in Caracas have been quite an experience. On Saturday a couple of guys tried to snatch my camcorder at gunpoint, and on Tuesday evening I spoke live to the nation on Radio National Venezuela. It is now day 6 and the Caracas Trollparty has started. The Trolls, invited by SAPI, now have a full program of activities in a large tent in Plaza de los Museos, right bang in the heart of World Social Forum activities. Read on … [Read more...]
The London Fund
Extract from an e-mail I sent recently... My current focus is on building the necessary partnerships needed to launch The London Fund: a community finance, fundraising and marketing solution for social enterprises committed to building a sustainable collaborative economy. Apparently the Mayor's vision is "for London to become an exemplary sustainable world city". The London Fund will invest in building and maintaining the shared sustainable infrastructure needed to make this vision a … [Read more...]
uniteddiversity update
Yesterday I went to UnLtd to find out about their Level 2 funding process. I had previously attended a Level 1 surgery, but found that fairly useless. This was different... I met lots of interesting people and though the competition is tough, it seems quite likely that I will be able to get grant of upto £20,000 to develop uniteddiversity. One good contact I made was with Ben Metz who works for the London Community Recycling Network. From what he said, it sounds like he is working on a similar … [Read more...]
Friday: Kalahari Bushmen Benefit
Come and visit the uniteddiversity stall at the Kalahari Bushmen Benefit @ LSE this Friday night... Synergy Communities and Tribal Vibrationz Present: Kalahari Raising money and awareness for the Kalahari Bushmen who are currently locked in a battle with the Botswanan government, fighting for the right to return to their ancestral lands. Featuring: :: Tribal Vibrationz room :: Banco de Gaia - Live DJ set and video show https://www.banco.co.uk Gaudi Live Dub Laboratory - 7 piece dub … [Read more...]