The Symbiosis Project » Blog Archive » The future belongs to those who tell a better story. This is a true story. It all starts one week from today. After reading about it on the internet, a single person in a neighborhood in Portland, OR, decided to start a community beer-brewing co-op. He gathered a group of eight neighbors, and together they bought the equipment to brew 30 gallons of beer for $500. They went up and down 3 blocks, and found 45 people who also wanted to drink and brew beer with them. It turned out that everyone in the community was strapped for cash, so everyone just paid the minimum amount, $30 a month, and even still they collectively raised $1350! During the discussion, one thing that kept coming up is that everyone felt they were paying too much for internet. By the third month, they had raised $1000 from the second month, $1000 from the third, and were now collectively saving $1000 a month on internet. Sharing food and cars and beer (not all at the same time) eventually brought the community close enough to start talking about hard topics.
L'agroécologie par des exemples, de la théorie au terrain Solagro a encadré en 2008 un groupe d'étudiants de l'ENSA Toulouse. Leur mission ? La vulgarisation de l'agroécologie, un concept bien défini dans le monde de la recherche mais peu dans celui de la profession agricole, même si des agriculteurs font de l'agroécologie depuis longtemps, parfois sans le savoir. Focus sur deux systèmes "agroécologiques" L'agroforesterie La polyculture élevage Focus sur deux pratiques "agroécologiques" La rotation des cultures Le semis direct Focus sur quatre exploitations agricoles de Midi-Pyrénées Ferme AbadieFerme DupouyFerme Beziat Ferme Porterie Ce que nous retenons de leur travail ? Nicolas Amalric, Marike Brezillon, Chafin Faïq, Eve Roubinet, Marie Schroeder, Abel Tite se sont engagés avec enthousiasme dans ce projet.
Peer-to-Peer Economy Thrives as Activists Vacate the System Eric BlairActivist Post The Occupy Movement recently celebrated its second anniversary with very little fanfare leaving many to wonder where all the activists went. It seems they, and many anti-establishment activists, are vacating the system rather than occupying it. Progressives may call it the "sharing economy" while Libertarians may refer to it as Agorism - a "society in which all relations between people are voluntary exchanges by means of counter-economics, thus engaging in a manner with aspects of peaceful revolution." Whatever it's called, together, they're opting out of the current socioeconomic matrix and creating a new alternative economy where trading occurs peer-to-peer and increasingly without government-issued currency. It's a space where mutual trade occurs without burdensome taxes, regulations, or licenses. Websites like Ebay and Craigslist first made it possible for individuals to sell things or offer services online. The Economist describes this movement as follows:
Learn About :: World Without Oil ENTER THE ARCHIVE, WEEK 1: Relive the Oil Crisis of 2007. Start at Week 1, then use the WWO Time Machine (at the page top) to jump week to week and to exit the archive. ... “If you want to change the future, play with it first.” STEFANIE OLSEN, C|NET WORLD WITHOUT OIL is a serious game for the public good. ... WORLD WITHOUT OIL simulated the first 32 weeks of a global oil crisis. ... When WWO concluded on June 1, 2007, its detailed vision of a possible future, expressed in 1,500 personal chronicles posted across the Web, had immersed 68,000 viewers (over 110,000 by year end). ... No one today has a clear picture of oil availability or what will happen when demand inevitably outstrips supply. By playing it out ‘for real’, WWO evoked collective intelligence and the wisdom of crowds in advance. ... WWO didn’t only “raise awareness” about oil dependence. ... WWO’s greatest success may be: it was engrossingly, breathtakingly fun. ... ...
Poverty Impedes Cognitive Function The poor often behave in less capable ways, which can further perpetuate poverty. We hypothesize that poverty directly impedes cognitive function and present two studies that test this hypothesis. First, we experimentally induced thoughts about finances and found that this reduces cognitive performance among poor but not in well-off participants. Second, we examined the cognitive function of farmers over the planting cycle. Lacking money or time can lead one to make poorer decisions, possibly because poverty imposes a cognitive load that saps attention and reduces effort. Alerte Environnement ou l'information décryptée sur l'environnement et les médias Human friendship favours cooperation in the Iterated Prisoner's D MyBook is a cheap paperback edition of the original book and will be sold at uniform, low price. Buy this article Price: $30.00+ Tax (if applicable) [In the last decades, many studies have attempted to analyse the factors that may favour the evolution of cooperation.
The Living Landscape: How to Read It and Understand It - Patrick Whitefield - Google Books Patrick Whitefield shares a lifetime’s knowledge of the myriad interactions that go to make up the fascinating and varied landscapes we see all around us. He will inspire you to reconnect with the land as a living entity, not a collection of different scenery, and develop an active relationship with nature and the countryside. The Living Landscape opens with a chapter on how to go about reading the landscape. The following chapters then go on to look in detail into landscape formation, from rocks, through soil, to vegetation, and the intricate web of interactions among plants, animals, climate, and people that makes the landscape around us. This book invites you to engage actively with nature and experience it firsthand.
Free lectures on permaculture (Permaculture Media Blog) Free lectures on permaculture (Permaculture Media Blog) Read at : Introduction to Permaculture – 40 hours of Free video lectures This course will explore, through lectures, discussions, field trips, and required projects, a design/thinking methodology that seeks to profide for our physical needs, food, water, shelter, energy, etc., while doing so in an environmentally friendly, sustainable manner. (continued) Like this: Like Loading... About Willem Van Cotthem Honorary Professor of Botany, University of Ghent (Belgium).
Movimiento de Transición / Movimiento de Iniciativas de Transición “Hoy estamos ya creando el futuro que queremos y necesitamos” Bienvenid@ al wiki de habla hispana del Movimiento de Transición La Transición es la respuesta de las comunidades de personas al declive de la Era Industrial, marcada por el Pico del Petróleo, desde un presente que depende de los combustibles fósiles, el consumo desaforado, la destrucción del Planeta y las desigualdades entre los pueblos, a otra realidad deseable basada en la localización de la producción, el uso de la energía y los bienes que se pueden obtener de manera sostenible de nuestro Planeta, la preeminencia de la colectividad, la recuperación de las habilidades para la vida y la armonía con el resto de la Naturaleza. En la BARRA LATERAL DERECHA tienes acceso a diversos MATERIALES Y ENLACES > > > ¡NOVEDADES EN ESTE WIKI (último mes)! (también los puedes encontrar en la categoría correspondiente, en la barra lateral) Se acaba de publicar la Guía del movimiento de Transición. 9/12/13 La Axarquía en Transición (Málaga).
Naturaleza Fractal. Geometría Sagrada y Números. Entender los patrones de la naturaleza es un gran primer paso para desarrollar nuestra inteligencia ecológica y con esto nuestra capacidad para desarrollarnos sustentablemente. El Centro de Eco-Alfabetización creado por Michael Stone en California, Estados Unidos presenta los seis patrones más importantes (1). Estos son: Red Todos los seres vivos en un ecosistema están interconectados entre sí en una red relacional y dependen de ésta para vivir. Nido La naturaleza está compuesta por sistemas que están colocados en forma de nido dentro de otros sistemas. Los procesos de la naturaleza funcionan en ciclos. Fluir Todos los organismos necesitan que fluya energía constantemente a través suyo para vivir. Desarrollo Toda la vida – desde un organismo individual, a una especie, hasta todo un ecosistema – cambia a través del tiempo. Balance Dinámico Las comunidades ecológicas continuamente utilizan procesos de retroalimentación para mantener el balance del ecosistema.