On August 2, 2011 at the very first meeting of what was to become Occupy Wall Street, about a dozen people sat in a circle in Bowling Green. The self-appointed “process committee” for a social movement we merely hoped would someday exist, contemplated a momentous decision. Our dream was to create a New York General…
Lesa meiraAre eco-houses cheaper to build and less expensive to run? What is holding Britain back from building more energy efficient homes? How can we make eco-houses more affordable? Dr Jenny Pickerill shares her research with Permaculture Magazine online. Grein á Permaculture.
Lesa meiraStatistician Nic Marks asks why we measure a nation’s success by its productivity — instead of by the happiness and well-being of its people. He introduces the Happy Planet Index, which tracks national well-being against resource use (because a happy life doesn’t have to cost the earth). Which countries rank highest in the HPI? You…
Lesa meiraOccupy Design is a grassroots project connecting designers with on-the-ground demonstrators in the Occupy Together movement. The project’s goal is to create freely available visual tools around a common graphic language to unite the 99%. The project places an emphasis on producing infographics and icons to improve the communication of the movement’s messages and the data surrounding…
Lesa meiraIt has been the rallying cry of the Occupy movement for the past two months – but is the US really split 99% v 1%? As poverty and inequality reach record levels, how much richer have the rich got? This animation explains what the key data says about the state of America today.
Lesa meiraHaldinn var stjórnarfundur 6. desember síðastliðinn. Mættir voru: Guðmundur D. Haraldsson (er stýrði fundi), Júlíus Valdimarsson, Hjalti Hrafn Hafþórsson, Sólveig Alda Halldórsdóttir, Hulda Björg Sigurðardóttir, Sigrún Birgisdóttir, Björn Þorsteinsson, Guðni Karl Haraldsson, Þórarinn Einarsson og Kristinn Már Ársælsson (er ritaði fundargerð). 1. Skipulag stjórnmálaflokks í anda alvöru lýðræðis. Mikil umræða um flokksræði og fulltrúalýðræði. Almennt…
Lesa meiraTraust á Alþingi mælist í kringum 9% og stór hluti kjósenda gefur til kynna í skoðanakönnunum að hann muni ekki ljá rótgrónum stjórnmálaflokkum atkvæði sitt í næstu kosningum. Út um allan heim standa yfir mótmæli hvar krafist er alvöru lýðræðis. Undanfarið hefur Alda unnið að því að teikna upp skipulag stjórnmálaflokks í anda alvöru lýðræðis.…
Lesa meiraAlda hefur að undanförnu unnið drög að skipulagi stjórnmálaflokks í anda alvöru lýðræðis. Rétt er að geta þess að Alda er ekki stjórnmálaflokkur og hefur ekki í hyggju að bjóða fram eða taka þátt í starfi stjórnmálaflokka. Alda vinnur hins vegar tillögur að því hvernig megi dýpka lýðræðið og komu fram óskir þess efnis að…
Lesa meiraIn this poignant, funny follow-up to his fabled 2006 talk, Sir Ken Robinson makes the case for a radical shift from standardized schools to personalized learning — creating conditions where kids’ natural talents can flourish.
Lesa meiraOn November 13th 2011, economists from the University of Massachusetts Amherst drafted an open statement to the Occupy Wall Street movement pledging their support. Since then, more than 350 economists from around the world have added their names. Occupy Economics from Softbox on Vimeo.
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