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Dee Hock's MiniMaxims

I like Mamading [https://evangineer.agoraworx.com/blog/entries.html]‘s quotes [https://quotessence.agoraworx.com/] website Quotessence [https://quotessence.agoraworx.com/]. I’ve already pointed him at Dancing with Systems [https://uniteddiversity.com/dancing-with-systems/] and Permaculture Principles [https://uniteddiversity.com/permaculture-principles/], encouraging him to include the wisdom they contain.

Permaculture Principles

As part of the Sustainable Land Use [https://patrickwhitefield.co.uk/slu.htm] course I recently completed we had to do a short piece of work on Permaculture Principles. I put together this little list of principles compiled from the following books (and website)… [asa]0731812719[/asa] Attitudinal Principles * Work

Money

Here you will find links to all the great money resources on this site 🙂 Basic Info: * Money Today [https://uniteddiversity.com/money-today/] * A Brief History of Money [https://uniteddiversity.com/a-brief-history-of-money/] Money Books: * Money Books [https://uniteddiversity.com/money-books/] * More money books [https://uniteddiversity.com/more-money-books/] * see also Money downloads

A Brief History of Money

Contrary to popular belief, when banks make loans, they are not lending out money that people have deposited with them, but are instead creating completely new money, out of nothing. Absurd as this may seem, the fact is that 97% of our current money supply is created in this way

Money Today

I wrote this a while back on the old united diversity wiki [https://wiki.uniteddiversity.com/] as a simple (as in simplified) introduction to how money works today: How money works today. How money works today is completely ludicrous. It pits people against each other and guarantees that the rich

More money books

A while back I posted Money Books [https://uniteddiversity.com/money-books/], a collection of my favourite books all about money. Now, with the global economy struggling on all sides with economic collapse, climate change and peak oil very much beginning to kick in, I thought I share a few more

Deserting the Art Bunker by John Jordan

A while back I came across this excellent talk by John Jordan (of Reclaim the Streets [https://rts.gn.apc.org/], Clown Army [https://www.clownarmy.org], The Take [https://www.nfb.ca/thetake/] etc). You can watch the talk online: Or read a rough transcript: https://www.nettime.org/

Money as Debt

Widespread debt slavery created by an insane banking system is undoubtedly one of the biggest problems we all face. This video animation, Money as Debt [https://www.moneyasdebt.net/] by Paul Grignon [https://www.moneyasdebt.net/], is undoubtedly one the most important films ever made. If you don’t yet

Inspiring Land, Money and Media Projects

In my last post about Transition Towns [https://uniteddiversity.com/transition-towns/] I mentioned that Gloria and I decided to try and write a post a day throughout May about inspiring people and projects. She’s done a pretty good job so far, having covered Maya Angelou [https://wisdomplease.blogspot.com/

Commons Creation Collective

UPDATE: the first Commons Creation [https://commonscreation.org] meeting [https://uniteddiversity.com/commons-creation-meeting] was held at Limehouse Town Hall on Sunday 21st January, 2007. A copy of the presentation given can be downloaded here as a PDF [https://files.uniteddiversity.com/United_Diversity/commons-creation.pdf] (1.1Mb) file. Enjoy! 🙂 Introduction

Dancing with Systems: What to do when systems resist change

What to do when systems resist change; an excerpt from Donella Meadows’s unfinished last book. By Donella Meadows (Whole Earth Winter 2001) Quick Summary of Points. 1. Get the beat. 2. Listen to the wisdom of the system. 3. Expose your mental models to the open air. 4. Stay

Permaculture

> Permaculture (permanent agriculture) is the conscious design and maintenance of agriculturally production ecosystems which have the diversity, stability, and resilience of natural ecosystems. It is the harmonious integration of landscape and people providing their food, energy, shelter, and other material and non-material needs in a sustainable way. Without permanent

Go placidy amid the noise & haste...

Go placidly amid the noise & haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; And listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid

Dancing with Systems

Dancing with Systems

Versions of this piece have been published in Whole Earth, [https://www.wholeearthmag.com/ArticleBin/447.html] winter 2001 and The Systems Thinker, [https://thesystemsthinker.com/] Vol. 13, No. 2 (March 2002). > > The Dance 1. Get the beat. 2. Listen to the wisdom of the system. 3. Expose

An Introduction to Planet Earth...

An Introduction to Planet Earth...

I think this, "Dr. Art's guide to planet Earth : for earthlings ages 12 to 120", is probably the best introduction to Planet Earth I’ve ever read. Here is my one page edit… Earth is Whole Earth is not flat. Earth is much more than round.

Designing an Open Organisation

Another extract from a recent e-mail… > As for organisational structure, I think you and Imogen are both right. You need to define and be explicit about your structure, but operational units should have as much autonomy as possible within their defined limits/remit. People investing more time and energy