Review: The Blue Covenant–The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water

Superb Overview and Update As of 2007 August 27, 2010 Maude Barlow I now realize that this book is a sequel to Blue Gold: The Fight to Stop the Corporate Theft of the World’s Water and I will read and review that book next. First off, am really starting to pay attention to Right Livelihood, …

Worth a Look: Clay Shirky on Cognitive Surplus & Crisis Mapping

About this talk Clay Shirky looks at “cognitive surplus” — the shared, online work we do with our spare brain cycles. While we’re busy editing Wikipedia, posting to Ushahidi (and yes, making LOLcats), we’re building a better, more cooperative world.  TED Video of Talk. About Clay Sharpey Clay Shirky believes that new technologies enabling loose …

CrisisGroup’s CrisisWatch Monthly Report N°84, 1 Aug 2010

CrisisWatch N°84 Two actual or potential conflict situations around the world deteriorated and one improved in July 2010, according to the new issue of the International Crisis Group’s monthly bulletin CrisisWatch released today. July 2010 TRENDS Deteriorated Situations Rwanda, Somalia Improved Situations Somaliland

CrisisGroup’s CrisisWatch Monthly Report N°83, 1 July 2010

CrisisWatch N°83, 1 July 2010 Four actual or potential conflict situations around the world deteriorated and none improved in June 2010, according to the new issue of the International Crisis Group’s monthly bulletin CrisisWatch, released today. In Kyrgyzstan large-scale violence between ethnic Kyrgyz and Uzbeks tore through the south of the country. Over 200 people …