A week long London FreeSchool event will be taking place between the 1st and 7th of September with workshops, discussions and skill-sharing. Themes will include Food, Creative Arts, Permaculture, Gender, Science and Languages. The event will be completely free and open to all people willing to respect the ideals of the free school and each other.
London FreeSchool aims to confront the hierarchy and inequality which dominates learning. It stems from a belief that the control and institutionalisation of education is wrong and as communities we need to reclaim knowledge in order to develop self reliance. The free in free school refers to the freedom of learning as well as learning outside of the monetary system. It directly challenges the elitism of the expert and ‘doctor knows best’ attitude understanding that we are all equal and can learn from one another.
In order to make this event a success we need help! We need teachers as well as students! If you are able to facilitate a workshop, discussion or skill-share then please drop us a line detailing what exactly you would like to do, how long it would take (e.g. one hour session or 3 sessions on different days), if there are any specific tools, equipment or materials needed and your availability between the 1st and 7th September. If you want to attend the classes, then come along, bring your firends, kids, toddlers, neighbors.
“Imagine This is an audio mash up of GW Bush singing the John Lennon classic “imagine”, it has been a worldwide hit and has made it into (John Peel’s) BBC Radio 1 Music Festive 50 on UK Radio 1.
The audio was produced by Waxaudio, I created a video for it by tracking down over 40 separate video clips from George Bush speeches, I lip synched these clips to the audio and interspersed them with footage from the original imagine Video, along with some Iraq war footage and some other bits and pieces.”
These are my links for August 26th to August 27th:
Landlords welcome ‘positive squatting’ | Society | The Guardian – Positive occupation. Squatters often evoke a negative image, but more and more empty properties are being taken over and brought back into use for the community – and some landlords are welcoming them. Diane Taylor reports
desk space – Rent your own desk space in a cool, bright top floor re–furbished leather factory in zone 1. The open plan space occupies the entire top floor of a 3 storey ex–warehouse. It has original features, wooden beams and amazing natural light afforded by windows, which run the length of the space.
WeEarth – uniting the worlds of activism and art – WeEarth is a network of resources enabling us to explore our connectedness with each other and with our changing world. * We aim to inspire our community to connect, learn, and grow. * We encourage socially and environmentally responsible living. We believe that a new kind of consciousness is taking root – a consciousness that we are all connected and that no matter where we come from on the planet, the things that connect us eclipse the things that divide us. We believe that, together, we are all becoming WeEarth. It’s not so much a specific philosophy as it is a general orientation toward the world that centers around humanity and the way we interact with our environment. This does not mean that we have to see things the same way. In fact, it is our expectation that over time an infinitely wide variety of voices will find their home here. The operative word here is ‘connected.’ Let’s do this together.
Greenvoice.com – Our Planet, Your Campaign – Greenvoice is an internet company that raises money and awareness for environmental campaigns on a global basis. Greenvoice will redefine campaigning and our connection with the environment – making activists out of everyone. Greenvoice enables a growing online community of people to voice their concerns and be better informed through its social networking.
Greenvoice provides a platform to share ideas, concerns, events, news and research. Greenvoice works with grassroots organisations that want to resolve specific issues that need to be addressed.
Greenvoice supports campaigns on climate change, marine, forests, species, fresh water, natural resources, loss of biodiversity, pollution, waste and environmental justice. Greenvoice will measure the impact of activities and feedback the results. Greenvoice will work ethically and transparently and respect individual's opinions.
Edenbee – Global Swarming Join our vibrant community, working to tackle climate change by * Measuring your carbon footprint * Suggesting ways to reduce it * Showing the difference you make Use our hive of hot ideas to help keep our planet a cool place to live!
Gaia Community — An Online Gathering of Environmentally and Spiritually Conscious People – We're a little different than most social networks. We're here for a purpose—to inspire and empower you to be the change you want to see in the world. We're a community of individuals committed to supporting each other in being our highest selves. We aspire to live at our greatest potential, seeing the best in others and encouraging them to do the same. We're here to discover our purpose and to contribute our gifts to the planet. We're here to live authentically. In short, we're here to change the world. Even though we think it's already a pretty amazing place to be. C'mon in.
Resist – This is the social network behind the Gael Garcia Bernal documentary Resist, to be released in 2009.
It's a place to connect with other people, to collaborate and share skills and inspirations. A place to think together. A place for ideas to have global resonance
serves the people who are transforming the world. It is a community directory and networking forum that maps and connects non-governmental organizations (NGOs), businesses, governments, and individuals addressing the central issues of our day: climate change, poverty, the environment, peace, water, hunger, social justice, conservation, human rights and more. Content is created and edited by people like you. Read more.
Change.org – Users can create virtual organizations around social issues, called "Changes," to share ideas and organize collective action.
Razoo is the platform for social good. – Razoo is a community united around making a positive difference in the world. Where passion leads to action, and a whole lot of collective good comes from individual contributions.
Welcome! | Global Action Network Net – GAN-Net is a growing community of GAN leaders, researchers, funders and other stakeholders who are committed to developing global action networks that serve the public good. Participants learn and work together to build the capacity of GANs to cultivate partnerships, steward initiatives, and achieve results. GAN-Net participants also collaborate to advance the collective influence of global networks to improve social, economic, and environmental outcomes worldwide.
Todo.txt – Task tracking for command line lovers – Countless software applications and web sites were built to manage your to do list. But if you're comfortable at the command line and you don't want to depend on someone else's data format or someone else's server, there's an age-old method that's perfect for tracking your stuff: plain text.
SopoApps – Solar Power Applications SopoApps 2008 sponsored by Sopogy is a skills contest to challenge the best engineers in the world to design pre-engineered solutions for thermal energy problems using MicroCSP solar concentrating technology.
There is a $5,000 cash prize for the best design in each of our 10 key categories.
Sopogy's goal is to "Create solar solutions that improve the quality of life for all human kind" and to "Bring order and simplicity to the chaos which is the current solar power business". These applications and our technology will help fight global warming, battle addiction to foreign imported oil and provide energy sustainability.
All designs submitted to SopoApps 2008 will become open sourced available for public benefit.
plidesign – Pli is a London-based sustainable design hub. We design and produce furniture for homes, offices and public spaces.
Main Page – P2PVenture.org’s Wiki – The Mission of P2PVenture.org is to foster – through the creation and promotion of "commons" -
the appearance of alternative P2P screening, development and funding platform
for startups and small businesses' projects.
Request For Proposal Template | matslats.net – Just reading this document will give ideas of the areas that need to be covered when a small organisation plans its new web site, but the structure is also designed to be used as the basis for a more formal document to engage developers in a tender proces
\\ Justice for Colombia // – British government must reverse its support for the Uribe government and work with other European powers to help find a peaceful and just solution to Colombia's civil war
“The ‘best’ folding electric bike there is! The smallest folder fitted with the smallest and lightest motor system that is silent, powerful and efficient. The motor is built-in to the hub of a front or rear bicycle wheel 16″-27″/700C (3 speeds available). A choice of batteries (SLA, NiMh or Li-Po (LithiumPolmer)) is available for different range, budget and weight requirements. Speed control is by means of a handlbar twist or thumb ‘throttle’, and pedal sensing (Pedal Action Sensor or Pedal Force Sensor) is available. Continuous output power of 250 watts and peak output of 425 Watts (600 Watts available with high voltage option) makes the nano system legal for use in UK and European countries, as well as Australia, USA and most other countries. see www.nano-motor.co.uk and www.mr-motorvator.co.uk for details”
Nice little video about an organic cafe in India where you pay what you like.
“This video is made by students of NID – Ahmedabad,India.
To know more about Seva Cafe Visit us as : www.sevacafe.org or mail me at whiznitesh@gmail.com…..My name is Nitesh Jain, Ahmedabad,Gujarat,India
Love all, Serve all
Living is Giving
Guest is God
ADDRESS :
Seva Cafe
4th Floor,
Shppers Plaza,
Opp. Muncipal Market,
C G Road, Ahmedabad
Ph: +91 79 32954140″
If we’re addicted to oil, our twelve-step program should begin with admitting that we have a problem. As the price of oil creeps higher, finding new energy sources is more important than ever. But the search for alternatives, combined with environmental disruptions, is putting new pressures on other essentials like food. There are some things that are going well in the world. Right now, the economy is not one of them.
