30.7.10
28.7.10
Biodiversity: An Introductory Video and a Chart of Industry's Impact
The European Commission on the Environment's Biodiversity Campaign is a public outreach campaign to educate people about biodiversity. Their central message is "we are all in this together" so we need to act now and change our behavior to stop the current alarming rate of species loss; a worthy message and one that's likely familiar to Worldchanging readers. What the Biodiversity Campaign website does well is that it makes a basic introduction to biodiversity available to a wide audience; the content is available in 23 languages and the stories and recommended actions are targeted at both children and adults. For me, the most captivating part of the campaign comes from the "Biodiversity" video they produced, a haunting and beautiful piece that moves through a city connecting animals, plants and people together:
Music: Winter Family 'Garden' Sub Rosa/Volvox music
While the video above is more about a problem than a solution, I think it is a compelling way to communicate the issue of biodiversity and interconnectedness to a large audience, which in turn can perhaps spur greater action and interest in solutions. The trick though, is to grasp the large scope of the issue, and spur action at the right scale and speed.
read more!: worldchanging.com
16.7.10
The Sacred Balance - Gaia Hypothesis
To purchase a full-length DVD, visit http://tinyurl.com/buysacredbalance
9.7.10
Interview to Annie Leonard - Story of Stuff
23.6.10
Will localisation define the future?
http://www.bigpicture.tv/videos/watch/d947bf06a
Cheap fossil fuels have facilitated longer trade routes, thereby making global trade possible. Oil depletion and climate change are now requiring of us to reduce fossil fuel dependence and shorten supply lines. This has profound implications – indeed Bill McKibben believes it is in our best interests to move proactively towards stronger, more self-sufficient local communities before our hand is forced. He suggests that US individualism has gone too far and a greater sense of community should be encouraged.
22.6.10
Gustavo Cerati - Fuerza Natural
Gustavo Cerati, ex-cantante del grupo Soda Stereo y con más de una década como solista, se vió afectado por un accidente cerebrovascular en su gira por Venezuela en mayo del 2010, como explica aquí su ficha en Wipikedia:
El 15 de mayo del año 2010 es internado por una descompensación,[22] luego de presentar su show en Caracas, Venezuela. Tuvo que ser trasladado hasta una clínica al terminar su presentación en el campo de fútbol de la Universidad Simón Bolívar. El 18 de mayo se supo que realmente se trataba de un accidente cerebrovascular (ACV).[23] [24] Así lo confirmó el neurólogo Vladimir Fuenmayor, quien explicó que el ex líder de Soda Stereo padeció "un evento vascular isquémico, con afasia de expresión".[25] Sin embargo, más tarde fue intervenido quirúrgicamente ante la gravedad del cuadro, y una de los facultativos que lo atendieron dijo que "no volvería a ser el mismo".[26]
El lunes 7 de junio de 2010 es trasladado a Argentina con la compañía de su mamá, Lilian Clark y su hermana, Laura Cerati; en el avión ambulancia N601CV que partió en las horas de la mañana de aeropuerto Simón Bolívar en Maiquetía, en las afueras de Caracas.[27] Cerati viajó bajo la vigilancia del médico Antonio Martinelli, jefe de la unidad de cuidados intensivos del Centro Médico Docente La Trinidad.
El 14 de junio, se informó de que, según uno de sus amigos, el artista habría movido sus labios y su cabeza tras escuchar sus propias canciones
Esperamos que se recupere y que la misma fuerza natural que le ayudó a componer tantas hermosas canciones, ahora le ayude a mejorar su estado de salud.
Documental de la producción de "Fuerza Natural"
Fuerza Natural from Gustavo Cerati on Vimeo.
The Global Climate Wake-Up Call
20.6.10
UDK - 50,000 barrels mass physics
Mass physics demonstration I rendered in the UDK, simulating 25,000 barrels stacked around a pillar 15,000 feet high, and then group by group falling to the ground.
I accomplished this by using the UDK to construct the setup and then running the benchmark shortcut command to render the scene.
16.6.10
15.6.10
Consciousness is the key
Postmodern Times is a new series of short animated films presenting “ideas about global consciousness and techniques for social and ecological transformation.” The first episode, “Toward 2012,” introduces the project, explaining concepts from Daniel Pinchbeck’s book, 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl, in the author’s own voice. It’s an unlikely visual delight, combining motion graphics with performance capture and live-action in an inventive graphic package.
Future segments will focus on shamanism, sustainability, alternative energy systems, the Mayan Calendar, quantum physics and synchronicity and human sexuality, and a host of other subjects. The director of the series is Joao Amorim, who works out of Curious Pictures in NYC. The Postmodern series is developed by Amorim, Daniel Pinchbeck, Nikos Katsaounis and Fellipe Barbosa.
14.6.10
Don't Be Sad - Brad Mehldau
1.6.10
More on Leaks, Censorship and Freedom of the Press
"The web is a great tool for sharing ideas and freedom of expression. However, efforts to try and control the Internet are growing. Internet repression is reported in countries like China, Vietnam, Tunisia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Syria. People are persecuted and imprisoned simply for criticising their government, calling for democracy and greater press freedom, or exposing human rights abuses, online.
But Internet repression is not just about governments. IT companies have helped build the systems that enable surveillance and censorship to take place. Yahoo! have supplied email users’ private data to the Chinese authorities, helping to facilitate cases of wrongful imprisonment. Microsoft and Google have both complied with government demands to actively censor Chinese users of their services.
Freedom of expression is a fundamental human right. It is one of the most precious of all rights. We should fight to protect it."
From Irrepressible.info
Webs and tools
Irrepressible - share/view censored information, websites, blogs, archives
Cryptome - repository for information about freedom of speech, cryptography, spying, and surveillance
Cryptome welcomes documents for publication that are prohibited by governments worldwide, in particular material on freedom of expression, privacy, cryptology, dual-use technologies, national security, intelligence, and secret governance—open, secret and classified documents—but not limited to thoseChilling Effects - protects lawful online activity from legal threats, allowing recipients of cease-and-desist notices to submit them to the site and receive information about their legal rights and responsibilities.
"Chilling Effects" refers to the deterrent effect of legal threats or posturing, largely cease and desist letters independent of litigation, on lawful conduct. The Chilling Effects clearinghouse will catalogue cease and desist notices and present analyses of their claims to help recipients resist the chilling of legitimate activities (as well as understand when their activities are unlawful). The project's core, this database of letters and FAQ-style analyses is supplemented by legal backgrounders, news items, and pointers to statutes and caselaw. Periodic "weather reports" will sum up the legal climate for online activity.
WikiLeaks - anonymously hosts leaked government and corporate documents.
WikiLeaks is a multi-jurisdictional public service designed to protect whistleblowers, journalists and activists who have sensitive materials to communicate to the public. Since July 2007, we have worked across the globe to obtain, publish and defend such materials, and, also, to fight in the legal and political spheres for the broader principles on which our work is based: the integrity of our common historical record and the rights of all peoples to create new history.
We believe that transparency in government activities leads to reduced corruption, better government and stronger democracies
video - conference prestation of WikiLeaks
Logan Symposium: The New Initiatives (in Journalism)
Watch it by Chapters divisions at Fora.tv
24.5.10
20.5.10
Paul Stamets: Fungi Perfecti, LifeBox and how Fungus can save the world
In March of 2010, Host Defense, the supplement product line from Fungi Perfecti, was awarded the Green Packy Award for Responsible Packaging from the Sustainable Business Coalition and Whole Foods Market’s Green Coalition. The award recognized the Life Box as an embodiment of the three principles of Responsible Packaging Standards: Transparency, Ecological Principles and Extended Producer Responsibility.
Visit the LifeBoxCompany
Paul is interviewed about the Life Box™ for San Francisco's KRON TV Morning News Weekend
To see more videos, visit Paul Stamets' YouTube page
Paul Stamets, author of numerous classic books on mycology including The Mushroom Cultivator and Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World, give a slide show demonstration at the 1999 Psychoactivity Conference in Amsterdam.
