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Rob Newman's History of Oil

Rob Newman's History of Oil

Being both funny and informative this is pretty much a must see. Quite suprised I’ve not posted it before (assumed I had but went to find the post and couldn’t, so posting it now).

Inside Job

The last version of this film we posted [/must-see-film-inside-job-with-spanish-subtitles/] has since been removed so here it is again (this time with Greek subtitles). It is an important film well worth watching. You can also watch (and download) it on vimeo [https://vimeo.com/23086688], or download it via bittorrent [https:

Springhill Cohousing

Springhill Cohousing

Last Saturday Gloria and I joined members of the North London Sustainable Housing Partnership [https://nlshp.wordpress.com/] to visit the lovely Springhill Cohousing [https://www.springhillcohousing.com/] community in Stroud. The video above is a quick tour of the site (unfortunately my battery ran out before I got to

RIP Richard Douthwaite

RIP Richard Douthwaite

Saddened to hear the news that Richard Douthwaite just passed away after a period of illness. Richard was a tremendous pioneer and thought leader who championed economies that functioned in balance with and of the ecology. Please, if you do nothing else, read at least these two of his books

Must See Film: Inside Job (with Spanish Subtitles)

Must See Film: Inside Job (with Spanish Subtitles)

Inside Job is a really good film that deserves your attention. I just stumbled across an online copy and thought I should post it so as many people get to see it as possible. If this copy disappears you can download it using bittorrent here [https://www.kat.ph/search/

Participatory Budgeting Gains Steam in San Francisco

Participatory Budgeting Gains Steam in San Francisco

When Mayor Ed Lee ventured across San Francisco’s 11 districts this spring talking with residents about what to cut and what to save from the budget, he won praise for opening what some called a new era in fiscal discourse: giving people a more direct say about where their

Building communities we'd like to see

Building communities we'd like to see

This summer United Diversity is helping the West Lexham Education Centre [https://www.westlexham.org] in a variety of ways. West Lexham Education Centre is an unblemished example of a project providing a leading-edge space that creates innovative services, meaningful training and supports sustainable enterprise opportunities. Located in the beautiful

Transition Tufnell Park

Transition Tufnell Park

Transition Tufnell Park [https://transitiontufnellpark.org.uk/] (TTP) do the Big Dig Up! TPP, part of the wider Transition Network [https://www.transitionnetwork.org/], are one of the latest Transition initiatives in London [https://london-transition.org.uk/]. Read more of our posts about Transition [https://uniteddiversity.com/category/transition/] for

GOOD Magazine: Oil Addiction Presentation

GOOD Magazine: Oil Addiction Presentation

This is a nice presentation from Good Magazine [https://www.good.is/]. “If we’re addicted to oil, our twelve-step program should begin with admitting that we have a problem. As the price of oil creeps higher, finding new energy sources is more important than ever. But the search for

What A Way To Go: Life at the end of Empire

What A Way To Go: Life at the end of Empire

“A middle class white guy comes to grips with Peak Oil, Climate Change, Mass Extinction, Population Overshoot and the demise of the American Lifestyle” This is a really well put together film. Highly recommended. You can buy the film from the official website [https://www.whatawaytogomovie.com/] or download it

Peak Oil - Visually Explained

Peak Oil - Visually Explained

“A Quick 3 minute video visually explaining Peak Oil, what oil is used for, and what the future may hold with regards to Peak Oil. “This is the culmination of my year-long thesis project looking at how Graphic Design can help communicate a complex topic such as Peak Oil.” https:

What is Permaculture?

What is Permaculture?

We’ve written before about Permaculture Principles [https://uniteddiversity.com/permaculture-principles/], and the video above is a great intro, but what exactly is Permaculture anyway [https://uniteddiversity.coop/what-is-permaculture/]? Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page] says: > “Permaculture is an approach to designing human settlements and agricultural systems

Email to Toby Hemenway re: Piracy

Email to Toby Hemenway re: Piracy

NOTE: I’ve had a series [https://uniteddiversity.com/email-to-toby-hemenway-re-piracy/#comment-2996] of increasingly [https://uniteddiversity.com/email-to-toby-hemenway-re-piracy/#comment-3007] great [https://uniteddiversity.com/email-to-toby-hemenway-re-piracy/#comment-3030] responses [https://uniteddiversity.com/email-to-toby-hemenway-re-piracy/#comment-3033] from Toby – please see the comments Toby Hemenway [https://patternliteracy.com/], a leading permaculture author sent me a message w

DeSchool, D-Skool, ReallyReally Freeschool

DeSchool, D-Skool, ReallyReally Freeschool

Just got this message from Persons Unknown January – February 2011 Fingers crossed Surrounded by institutions and universities, there is newly occupied space where education can be re-imagined. Amidst the rising fees and mounting pressure for ‘success’, we value knowledge in a different currency; one that everyone can afford to trade.

Does Ecosia really have "impeccable ecological credentials"?

Does Ecosia really have "impeccable ecological credentials"?

UPDATE: Ecosia deserve huge respect for this [https://blog.ecosia.org/ecosia-support-climate-activism-civil-disobedience/]: > Ecosia is now taking concrete steps to facilitate climate activism. Going forward, all Ecosia employees can engage in climate activism during weekdays – they don’t need to take time off or call in sick. If they incur

Cancún: No agreement is better than a bad agreement!

Cancún: No agreement is better than a bad agreement!

December 9 statement by La Via Campesina: We call on humanity to act immediately to rebuild the life of all of nature, applying the concept of “life in balance.” Members of La Vía Campesina from more than thirty countries from all over the world united our thousands of struggles in

California’s P2P Carsharing Bill Passes Assembly 63-0

Carsharing just took a step forward on June 3rd in California when AB1871 passed the Assembly with zero opposition. The bill now goes to the Senate and could become law before the year is out. We talked about the potential for this bill to accelerate the already fast growing [https:

Community Algae Lab

Algae! A truly green crop for a sustainable future. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/drfriendly/2692806593/in/set-72157606319608471/] Scenedesmus algae bottles > We are the Shipyard algae lab community. We have created the world’s first community algae lab for the development of open-source, DIY-oriented algae technology, to facilitate the

Most retweeted P2P Foundation articles

Via Topsy [https://topsy.com/s/P2P+Foundation]: * Estimating the Development Cost of Open Source Software [https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/estimating-the-development-cost-of-open-source-software/2009/09/28] * The 10 Most Important P2P Trends of the Year [https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/the-10-most-important-p2p-trends-of-the-year/2009/12/27] * Cory Doctorow. Makers [https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/cory-doctorow-makers/2009/

Local Currency Council’s First Interactive Online Conference.

Local Currency Council’s First Interactive Online Conference.

https://localcurrencycouncil.org/Participants will be joining us through web cam feeds & phone/Skype access. You can call in and speak with our presenters, join the discussion, and contribute using the live chat. If you’d like to present or have topics you’d like to see covered please

Secret Seed Society

Bringing to life Chrissie Cress! Secret Seed Society team at play – Stop Motion done in a day. Cast: Rosa van Wyk [https://vimeo.com/rosavanwyk] View original post [https://vimeo.com/5670894]

Will The Brixton Pound Buy A Brighter Future?

Will The Brixton Pound Buy A Brighter Future?

by Leo Hickman Tomorrow the Transition Town movement launches a currency designed to boost local trade and bring communities closer together A Brixton market stallholder . . . ‘It’s Monopoly money,’ says one. ‘I won’t be having anything to do with it’. Photograph: Graeme Robertson It has all the makings of