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Dan West: 21 Decentralizing Technologies

Cultural Intelligence, Earth Intelligence
Dan West
Dan West

21 Technologies that are Decentralizing the Economy and Bringing Real Power back to the People

The 21 decentralizing technologies and innovations in this list are all related to food, energy, water, shelter and waste and they are not designed to disconnect you from mankind, but rather, they integrate deeply with families, communities, societies, and all humans; in a bottom-up process rather than a centralized top-down structure. Many of these technologies are open-source, some are high-tech and others are low-tech and low-cost solutions.

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CounterPunch: Origins of the Oregon Confrontation Between Ranches and Federal Government

Corruption, Earth Intelligence, Government

counterpunch squareShowdown in the Malheur Marshes: the Origins of Rancher Terrorism in Burns, Oregon

In the early 1990s, Hammond repeatedly transgressed federal environmental laws, trespassed on federal lands and hurled death threats at federal wildlife officials. Little action was taken against Hammond by a timid Clinton administration. Emboldened, Hammond and some of his fellow ranchers continued over the next two decades to flagrantly flout environmental laws and harass federal officials. These activities finally culminated in an act of poaching on Steens Mountain and two arson fires. Hammond and his son were convicted in federal court and sentenced to five years in prison. That conviction sparked the armed takeover of federal buildings now unfolding in Burns. Here is our report from 1995. — JSC

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Worth a Look: Tamera – School and Research Station for a Future without War — a Realistic Utopia

Collective Intelligence, Cultural Intelligence, Earth Intelligence, Peace Intelligence

TameraLogo-300x80Tamera is a School and Research Station for Realistic Utopia

The project was founded in Germany in 1978. In 1995 it moved to Portugal. Today 170 people live and work on a property of 330 acres. The founding thought was to develop a non-violent life model for cooperation between human being, animal and nature. Soon it became clear that the healing of love and of human community had to be placed at the center of this work. Sexuality, love and partnership need to be freed from lying and fear, for there can be no peace on Earth as long as there is war in love. The ecological and technological research of Tamera includes the implementation of a retention landscape for the healing of water and nature, as well as a model for regional autonomy in energy and food. Through the Global Campus and the Terra Nova School we are working within a global network on the social, ecological and ethical foundations for a new Earth – Terra Nova.

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Anthony Judge: UN Climate Change Conference Just Like the Titanic — The Best, The Brightest, Right Into the Iceberg

Cultural Intelligence, Earth Intelligence
Anthony Judge
Anthony Judge

The “Saving of Humanity” framed by “Sinking of the Titanic”

Rising sea of discontent engendered by warming climate of opinion

Introduction
Exploring the parallels
Neglected signals of systemic negligence

The agreement reached at the UN Climate Change Conference (Paris, 2015) constituted the epitome of authoritarian excellence and expertise — like the RMS Titanic in 1912. It was witness to gatherings of the best, the brightest and the most wealthy — as with the first class passengers on the Titanic. It was also witness to a high degree of exclusivism — as with the lower classes in steerage on the Titanic — despite claims of a particpatory process (Akshat Rathi, This simple negotiation tactic brought 195 countries to consensus, Quartz, 12 December 2015).

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Yoda: Matt McAlister on Need for $1B Journalism Fund

#OSE Open Source Everything, Cultural Intelligence, Earth Intelligence, Economics/True Cost, Knowledge, P2P / Panarchy, Sources (Info/Intel)

yoda with light saberGoogle and Facebook as the dark force…

Silicon Valley should follow Google and create a $1bn journalism fund

of Publish.org

The Guardian

EXTRACT

Europe has assumed the role of digital media regulator in the apparent absence of a moral compass within these platforms that exert increasing influence over our lives.

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Jean Lievens: Commons Strategies Group

Collective Intelligence, Cultural Intelligence, Earth Intelligence, Governance
Jean Lievens
Jean Lievens

The Commons Strategies Group

The Commons Strategies Group (CSG) is a partnership to help advance the commons in diverse settings — both in theory and practice. Working on four continents, we catalyze and assist commons-based projects, activism, research and public education with a great variety of partners.

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