I was having a delightful conversation with the amazing and insightful Jack Ricchiuto last night. Whenever I speak with him, I feel compelled to take fastidious notes because the gems of wisdom pour from him as if he was Rumpelstiltskin weaving gold from hay. He spoke of moving from leadership of individuals to the small […]
So I know I have been writing mostly about politics and issues lately. I apologize for not being more focused on nurturing. Part of it might be that I am working on the nurturing ideas on the thrivability blog. Part of it might be that I have been doing more than talking lately. And part […]
Great to see the list of winners. I helped several friends with their application. Unfortunately they are not on the list. However, the projects listed appear to be strong and valuable. Projects like Fractor are both innovative and potentially powerful. Fractor links news stories to opportunities to take action. Don’t just read the news, do […]
BBC: A controversial website that allows whistle-blowers to anonymously post government and corporate documents has been taken offline in the US. Wikileaks.org, as it is known, was cut off from the internet following a California court ruling, the site says. Here’s how the homepage looks now. Background on Wikileaks at Wikipedia. Slashdot reports that Wikileaks […]
I received an IM today from a good friend in Africa. Amazing and delightful to have this communication open. How incredibly stunning to me that we can instant message across the world, especially into places in Africa. Like Chad. What is deeply disturbing and also amazing is that he was IM-ing me as he was […]
I have a love/hate relationship with the news. I have gone through rabid phases of consuming news, especially around politics as well as long droughts of news-less life. And I have to say the news-less life is far more pleasant. Significant news still gets to me, but my nerves remained untroubled by the daily portrait […]
So I started another blog… ..because this one to me is more about me and what I want to see, do, be, and make happen and reflect on. The new one can include other bloggers and focuses narrowly on thrivability. Here you go–I intend to document my explorations, discoveries, reflections and those of my collaborators […]
On the fly…so I am not going to provide stats and stuff. However, I just want to speak from a 30,000 foot up perspective about something positive. When I get frustrated about all the struggling I see and challenges I feel we face as a collective, I turn to what we have to feel hopeful […]
Pulled from Grist email today: ‘Tis the Season to Be Bali High drama leads to compromise at international climate meeting After days of bitter fighting and an overtime stretch filled with twists, turns, and tears, world leaders on Saturday agreed on a broad plan for developing a new global climate treaty by 2009. The “Bali […]
Which means it is an ideal time to grab a cup of tea and watch this: http://www.storyofstuff.com/ Many years ago I toyed with the idea of writing a paper about how flea markets and garage sales are forms of “resistance” to consumer culture. And in a way they are, as the sites of production do […]