It is always nice to find out that people are moving and are looking for alternatives. This project in Extremadura found the standard problems, that a fixed and old system would bring to any innovative project that tries to encourage people to get out of the system, out of the wheel. Anyhow they overcame theSigue leyendo «Open E Land»
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Solar Flower
A really simple system to turn sunlight into heat. Daniel Conell came out with this idea while living in Spain and developped a web site where he shares several tutorials to build your own solar flowers. Easy, cheap and very well explained DYI projects. It’s worthed to take a look at SolarFlower.org.
Oil & US Dollards or Oil & Yuan
There are several price benchmarks for oil in the world, the main ones are: Brent oil (from the North Sea) West Texas Intermediate (from USA) OPEC Reference Bastket (from the OPEC countries) Dubai Crude (from the Persian Gulf) All of them were quoted in USD. The whole world oil market has been priced in thatSigue leyendo «Oil & US Dollards or Oil & Yuan»
Commons-based peer production
What the Internet and its descendants teach us is that there are now new models for doing things together, success stories that prove convincingly that you don’t need bureaucracies to facilitate public collaboration, and you don’t need the private sector to innovate. “So was the Internet created by Big Government or Big Capital? The answerSigue leyendo «Commons-based peer production»
Indie capitalism
Good article about the rising of an indie capitalism: Indie capitalism is local, not global, and cares about the community and jobs and says so right up front. Good things come from and are made locally by people you can see and know. The local focus makes indie capitalism intrinsically sustainable–energy is saved as aSigue leyendo «Indie capitalism»
Utopia stakes for sale (@honduras)
Have you ever dreamt of creating your very own society from scratch?, with your own laws, taxes, social services, education system, police forces, courts? Have you ever thought how would your living place be if everything could be defined from zero? What kind of community will you end up having? What would be your systemSigue leyendo «Utopia stakes for sale (@honduras)»
Dreaming of the sea
«Ordinary men have solitude.But the Master makes use of it,embracing his aloneness, realizinghe is one with the whole universe.»~~~ Lao-Tzu, Tao-te-Ching
Aleph
«Decidir. Cambiar. Estar. Ser. Reinventarse. Caminar. Hacer. Levantarse. Experimentar. Conseguir. Desafiar. Soñar. Vencer. Descubrir. Reivindicar. Comprometerse. Pensar. Creer. Potenciar. Preguntar. Crecer. Pertenecer. Despertar. Porque llega un momento en el que sentimos la necesidad de plantearnos cómo vivimos nuestra vida, si estamos donde queremos estar y hacemos lo que queremos hacer.» Así reza la contraportada deSigue leyendo «Aleph»
Elinor Ostrom – Governing the commons
Elinor Ostrom (Agosto 1933 – Junio 2012) fue la primera mujer en recibir el premio Nobel en economía gracias a su trabajo sobre el procomún. La profesora Ostrom dedicó su vida a estudiar la relación de las sociedades con los ecosistemas en los que viven, con cómo desarrollar prácticas sostenibles que aseguren el equilibrio ySigue leyendo «Elinor Ostrom – Governing the commons»
Transgénicos. No gracias ;-)
Un brindis a la soberanía alimentaria y un guiño contra los transgénicos… en clave de humor 🙂
Sylvia García 