USSF People’s Movement Assemblies: Easy as ABC! from US Social Forum on Vimeo.
What’s the US Social Forum About? from US Social Forum on Vimeo.
Living Through Madness. A New Detroit is On It’s Way – USSF2010 from US Social Forum on Vimeo.
Detailed notes on he permaculture concept in the video In Grave Danger of Falling Food by Bill Mollison, from Green Change, Australia
notes continue Green Change
Source: Green Change
In 2009, Ostrom became the first woman to receive the prestigious Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

Photo: Arizona State University
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences cited Ostrom “for her analysis of economic governance,” saying her work had demonstrated how common property could be successfully managed by groups using it. Ostrom and Oliver E. Williamson shared the 10-million Swedish kronor (£910,000; $1.44 m) prize for their separate work in economic governance.[5]
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said Ostrom’s ‘research brought this topic from the fringe to the forefront of scientific attention’, “by showing how common resources—forests, fisheries, oil fields or grazing lands, can be managed successfully by the people who use them, rather than by governments or private companies”. Ostrom’s work in this regard, challenged conventional wisdom, showing that common resources can be successfully managed without government regulation or privatization .[6]
Ostrom is considered one of the leading scholars in the study of common pool resources. In particular, Ostrom’s work emphasizes how humans interact with ecosystems to maintain long-term sustainable resource yields. Common pool resources include many forests, fisheries, oil fields, grazing lands, and irrigation systems. She conducted her field studies on the management of pasture by locals in Africa and irrigation systems management in villages of western Nepal. Ostrom’s work has considered how societies have developed diverse institutional arrangements for managing natural resources and avoiding ecosystem collapse in many cases, even though some arrangements have failed to prevent resource exhaustion. Her current work emphasizes the multifaceted nature of human–ecosystem interaction and argues against any singular “panacea” for individual social-ecological system problems.[citation needed]
Ostrom identifies eight “design principles” of stable local common pool resource management:[4]
Source: Wikipedia
This tax on banks – not you or I – has the power to raise hundreds of billions every year.
Campaign video by Richard Curtis and Bill Nighy, about the Robin Hood Tax, a tiny tax on bank transactions that could raise hundreds of billions for public services and to tackle poverty and climate change at home and around the world. Add your own voice to the campaign at www.robinhoodtax.org.uk

The Robin Hood Tax is a tiny tax on bankers that would raise billions to tackle poverty and climate change, at home and abroad.
By taking an average of 0.05% from speculative banking transactions, hundreds of billions of pounds would be raised every year.
That’s easily enough to stop cuts in crucial public services in the UK, and to help fight global poverty and climate change.
Why now?Because of the financial crisis, frontline services at home – like the NHS and our schools – are under fire.
At the same time, poor communities and the environment are being hit hard – as aid and green budgets are slashed by rich countries.
So it’s time for the people who caused this mess to pay to clean it up.
Who’s in?
Gordon Brown, Angela Merkel (the German Chancellor) and Nicolas Sarkozy (the French President) have all spoken out in support of a tax on financial transactions.
Plenty of business bigwigs are on-board too. Like Lord Turner (from the Financial Services Authority), George Soros (the philanthropist) and Warren Buffet (US businessman extraordinaire). And then there are the hundreds of economists who have backed the idea, too.
This isn’t some crazy pipedream. It’s a simple and brilliant idea which transcends party politics and which – with your support – can become a reality.
Source: Robin Hood Tax
Steve Cran gives NGO stakeholders a field briefing on the village zone permaculture design strategy.
“My system of the “5 rings of sustainability” is adapted from permaculture for community development. From tribal people to aid officials this system makes sense. In each ring we know many “best practices” that will improve that community or household. The rings are interconnected.”
Steve Cran
Village Zone Design Strategy – Extreme Permaculture Food Security in Uganda with Steve Cran from Permaculture Cooperative on Vimeo.
In the new village garden, set-up by Steve on his arrival, he draws in the dirt, with a stick, the basic 5 zone permaculture strategy. He explains how the basic unit of food security is the home food and medicinal garden, and how this expands out through the village to the hunting lands, with the outermost zone being the “eco-zone” for regeneration and wildlife.
For more on Extreme Permaculture: Steve Cran first blog on arrival in Uganda, Warrior Permaculture, Everything is Growing
Steve also gives advice: Going into Haiti ? Earthquakes, Tsunami, War – Extreme Permaculture Veteran Steve Cran on Haiti, Uganda, Aceh, Australia and Timor
Petra Schneider confirms that permaculture can be an excellent strategy for post-disaster permaculture relief and development, if done correctly, via local “counterparts” and for the long-term
This is Part 2, make sure you watch Part 1: Community Disaster Management and Permaculture Relief Aid in Aceh – Petra Schneider of IDEP Foundation, Bali. More on Viva Haiti Permaculture
http://www.vimeo.com/9349631Petra Schneider of IDEP Foundation talks about rolling-out a community-based permaculture relief network is a post-disaster zone. She explains the evolution of the community permaculture manuals from Timor, to Aceh and now, via Project Racine, to Haiti.
Permaculture Relief for Haiti: Howto from Post-Disaster Aceh and Timor from Permaculture Cooperative on Vimeo.
http://www.vimeo.com/9318995GreenHand – Aceh Permaculture Relief and Aid – IDEP Foundation from Permaculture Cooperative on Vimeo.
Petra Schneider explains how permaculture has been proven in post-tsunami Aceh and post-conflict Timor as a strategy following community-based disaster management
This is Part 1, make sure you watch Part 2: Permaculture Relief Patterns: Howtos from Aceh and Timor . More on Viva Haiti Permaculture
Petra Schneider of IDEP Foundation, Bali, Indonesia, describes the history of the foundation doing post-tsunami disaster relief and permaculture aid. She explains the start of the trainer-the-trainer network with Robyn Francis, and its origins in post-tsunami work done by Steve Cran and Ego Lamos and the evolution of the Aceh-wide permaculture networks.
http://www.vimeo.com/9318367Yayasan IDEP is an Indonesian non-profit NGO (Non-Governmental Organization). Innovative and effective, IDEP encourages program sharing with other grass roots projects through media and curriculum development.
We are committed to developing self-sustainability and directly empowering local communities to improve their own situations. We believe that permanent results can be achieved through local empowerment.
Permaculture Relief Aid – Petra Schneider, IDEP, Bali from Permaculture Cooperative on Vimeo.
http://www.vimeo.com/9318639Part 2 – Permaculture Relief Aid – Petra Schneider, IDEP, Bali from Permaculture Cooperative on Vimeo.
IDEP achieves its goals by:

Since the Bali Bombing tragedy in October 2002, the rapid decline of Bali’s economic stability has brought harsh focus to the un-sustainability of an economy primarily based on tourism. Yayasan IDEP is addressing increased requests for support from local communities to continue and expand its programs.
In 2003 IDEP launched a Community Based Crisis Response Program that will help local Indonesian communities to be more prepared for and to better manage disasters.
At IDEP we are extremely grateful for the support we have received from our international and local advisors, overseas voluntary programs, volunteer support and financial assistance received from these and local supporters of our programs. Thank you, we could never have achieved so much without you.
IDEP’s website is an on line resource center for local NGOs & communities to easily access and download information in support of their local project planning & development.
Source: IDEP Foundation
During 2009 Nicholas Roberts and Kirstie Stramler visited permaculture, transition and cooperative sites throughout Australia, California, New York City, Spain, France, England, Scotland and Denmark. An earlier draft of this presentation was given to the Swansea Heads Sustainable Neighbourhood on Saturday, 6th February, 2009. Thanks to Kate Beswick and Tom Toogood

From the Economics of Peace Conference, 2009.
More on Mondragon Cooperative, search Mondragon and Bill Mollison on Mondragon Permaculture

Fred Freundlich and Mikel Lezamiz (Mondragon) PART 1 of 4 speaking at The Economics of Peace Conference in Sonoma Ca 2009 from The Economics Of Peace on Vimeo.
Fred Freundlich and Mikel Lezamiz (Mondragon) PART 2 of 4 speaking at The Economics of Peace Conference in Sonoma Ca 2009 from The Economics Of Peace on Vimeo.
Fred Freundlich and Mikel Lezamiz (Mondragon) PART 3 of 4 speaking at The Economics of Peace Conference in Sonoma Ca 2009 from The Economics Of Peace on Vimeo.
Fred Freundlich and Mikel Lezamiz (Mondragon) PART 4 of 4 speaking at The Economics of Peace Conference in Sonoma Ca 2009 from The Economics Of Peace on Vimeo.
Fred Freundlich (left) teaches at Mondragon Universtiy in Spain. He is a doctoral candidate at the Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, where his dissertation research is a new university initiative affiliated with the Mondragn Cooperative Corporation. Freundlich is a senior principal of Ownership Associates.
Mikel Lezamiz (right) is the educational director of the Mondragon Cooperatives Corporation, the world’s largest consortium of worker-owned businesses located in the Basque Country of Northern Spain. He helped organize Praxis Peace Institute’s 5-day seminar at the MCC headquarters in the fall of 2008. Lezamiz is one of the most knowledgeable sources on the history and current operations of Mondragon’s 120 worker-owned businesses.
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