A lot of what we do at United Diversity is about education. And a lot of our plans going forward are about education too. With that in mind I'm going to whack up a few education related videos that have inspired us over the years, starting with this one of Sugata Mitra's 2007 talk about his now famous Hole in the Wall experiment. … [Read more...]
Rural revolution in Colombia goes digital and p2p
“Latinamerica is particularly well equipped for these changes (peer production) by their cultural affinity with the values of P2P”, said Michel Bauwens on an interview for Pagina/12 the Argentinian journal. This statement seems to prove itself when one reads Elyssa Pachico;s article “Rural revolution in Colombia goes digital” (first published by CounterPunch, you can find it also at her site). In poor rural Colombia, where phone lines, drinkable water and decent roads can be hard to find and … [Read more...]
When the Kids are United…
Been in one of those zones where I get really preoccupied watching the news come in, but finding it difficult to summarize or work up anything particularly exciting to blog about. Luckily a lot of others are keeping it going in various places (thus, I spend too much time reading other people’s blogs!… but that’s ok too)… The Greek Uprising, or insurrection, is really inspiring. Here’s a link to a very intelligent summary/account of it from Pavlos Stavropolous who has been on the ground in the … [Read more...]