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Aug 252010

In Activists to Grassroots, Tony discusses how activists need to start working with grassroots and create a new hybrid radical activist-grassroots persona.

Tony Andersen, co-founder of the Danish civil-society climate justice conference, Klimaforum, gave two talks at Klimaforum09: Activist to Grassroots, and 10 000 Trees: A Practical Strategy for Climate Change.

http://www.vimeo.com/14431560

Tony Andersen, Klimaforum co-founder, gives a presentation and workshop at Klimaforum09 in Copenhagen, December 2009 during the COP15 climate circus.

THE 1 TON CO2 10.000 TREES PROJECT – overview of the problem and the solution

Permaculture – the idea, practice and global and local success

Climate Change – the massive catastrophic problem

Carbon sink – a new category for locking, permanently ecology as carbon sinks in forest and soil

More than 10,000 TREES per. person per. lifetime – a requirement for local-global perennial polycultural replanting

Less than 1 TON CO2 pr. person pr. year – global energy descent and emissions reductions targets

The U.N. Climate Conference 2009 / COP 15- the failure of the official process, danger of carbon finance

Parallel activist and grassroots Conference – Klimaforum as user-centered permaculture design

The Permaculture network – massively expanding a global, democratic, locally-controlled permaculture network

http://permaculture.tv/save-the-planet-with-permaculture-tony-andersen-of-klimaforum09/
http://gaiapermaculture.com/projects/permaculturecooperative/blog/2009/11/20/klimaforum09-mandate-spectrum-of-coverage/
http://permaculture.tv/10-000-trees-climate-justice/
http://permaculture.tv/?s=tony+andersen
http://permaculture.tv/?s=klimaforum
http://permaculture.tv/permaculture-international-pioneers-klimaforum09/

Aug 242010

Hello, Cleveland! Evergreen’s Place-Based Strategy for Worker Cooperative Development

The Evergreen Cooperative Initiative of Cleveland OH was launched in 2008. Its mission is to stabilize and revitalize six low-income neighborhoods (43,000 residents; median household income of $18,5000) of the Greater University Circle areas of Cleveland, Ohio.

Filmed by Patrick O’Conner of Oaklandsol.org for permaculture.coop

http://www.vimeo.com/14387332

The cooperative development strategy leverages a portion of the multi-billion dollar annual business expenditures (related to procurement and supply-chain) of anchor institutions (such as hospitals and universities) into the surrounding neighborhoods to create new businesses and jobs. The first two Evergreen cooperatives (Evergreen Cooperative Laundry and Ohio Cooperative Solar) launched in October 2009; two more businesses are in the pipeline for 2010. The near-term (3 year) goal is to develop an integrated network of 10 cooperatives with approximately 500 worker-owners.

This presentation will focus on three topics: (1) the overall Evergreen strategy and how it is being financed and implemented; (2) building a culture of ownership within the Evergreen Cooperative Laundry; and (3) Evergreen’s approach to governance, patronage, and long-term institutional viability.

Ted Howard is the founding Executive Director of The Democracy Collaborative, a research and policy center at the University of Maryland focused on community stabilization and wealth building. He is an architect of the Evergreen Initiative and has been appointed the Cleveland Foundation’s Steven Minter Senior Fellow for Social Justice. Medrick Addison is the Operational Supervisor of the Evergreen Cooperative Laundry in Cleveland, Ohio. He was a member of the first group of worker-owners to join the coop and serves on the senior management team.

Source: usworker.coop

Poor people and communities of color are the most impacted by the dramatic ecological crises currently facing our planet.

In April of this year, Movement Generation and the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center convened nearly 30 activists and organizers representing various grassroots and social justice organizations from throughout California to participate in a two-week Liberation Permaculture Design Course.

Filmed by Patrick O’Conner of Oaklandsol.org for permaculture.coop

Liberation Permaculture, a framework and design science that invokes the traditional knowledge of land-based peoples, provides organizers with a methodology to resist systems of oppression through building resiliency in our communities. It is a means to prepare oppressed communities for the oncoming environmental disasters while building the world we want and need now.

Come hear these course participants report back about how they are implementing Liberation Permaculture into their organizing work and how it can provide us with a critical framework for the necessary and just transition from a carbon, consumption, and profit-based economy to the participatory and life-affirming, need-based society we envision for the future.

Presentations will be provided by individuals representing Movement Generation Justice & Ecology Project, Urban Tilth, Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice, Ella Baker Center, Catalyst Project, People Organized to Win Employment Rights, Communities for a Better Environment and others.

Source: Oakland Local

California Greywater Update from Greywater Action Co-Founder Laura Allen

Posted by Kirstie Stramler at 10:27 pm cooperation, design, ecology, education, people, transition No Responses » Tagged with: California, California grey water, California grey water legislation, grey water, grey water action, grey water alliance, grey water guerillas, greywater, Laura Allen

Aug 182010

Laura Allen, Co-founder of Greywater Action, at a packed Greywater Info Session for the Community of Petaluma, mid-July 2010.Photo Credit: Ron and Laura Paul of Greywater Marin.

Progress in California Regulation and in Inspection Procedures

Laura Allen, on progress made in California Greywater regulation, on recent Greywater Action strategies and successes, and expectations for the future of greywater usage in California:

http://www.vimeo.com/14249649

Rigorous Greywater Education

Laura Allen describes the remarkable curriculum and installation projects of their 5-day Greywater Installer’s Course, and outlines their 1- and 2-day Greywater Courses, as well:

http://www.vimeo.com/14249207

Register for the upcoming 5-day Greywater Installer’s course, organized by Daily Acts, and to be held in Sebastapol Mon 13 Sept. – Fri 17 Sept.

Students who take the 5-day Greywater Installer’s Course, and who pass the certification exam, and complete the 5th day installation project which Laura describes in the video above, are listed as Level 1 Installers on Greywater Action’s Installer Directory. I took the 5-day course last month, in July 2010, and found it to be outstanding preparation to get out in the field, and have already been on my first consultation. Not bad for an atmospheric scientist who has logged untold hours programming computers, but has rarely picked up a drill! It’s entirely attributable to Greywater Action’s rigorous teaching methods.

Greywater Resources

Laura Allen describes resources that Greywater Action has developed for Greywater Installers and how to access them:

http://www.vimeo.com/14248937

Many Greywater Action members take an active role in the Greywater Alliance, a wonderful resource to keep both the greywater curious and seasoned greywater installers updated on this rapidly progressing field.

Greywater system specification table for 4 common greywater systems. Source: http://cleanwatercomponents.com/education/greywater

Addressing the unique greywater installer’s needs to (1) merge components from disparate sources, and to (2) purchase single items that may typically only be available in bulk, Laura and her colleagues have created Clean Water Components, a for-profit website that sells pre-packaged, ready-to-use, greywater components. They also offer complete greywater system maps in PDF format, to be sure you install your greywater systems correctly, as well as other items ranging from ‘how-to’ books to modern indoor composting toilets.

Next up in Greywater: Branched-Drain Installation Footage/Stills and the most recent Bay Area Greywater Roundtable Footage.

Chris Michael - Workers Development for New York City

Posted by permaculturetv at 6:24 pm cooperation, cooperatives, democracy, design, food, money, people, pioneers, transition No Responses » Tagged with: Chris Michael, new york city, US Worker Coop Conference 2010, usworker, usworker.coop, Workers Development in the City of New York

Aug 132010

A presentation by Chris Michael of Workers Development in the City of New York on direct public offerings for worker-cooperatives at the US Worker Coop Conference 2010, Berkeley

Filmed by Patrick O’Connor of Oakland Sol for Permaculture.coop

http://www.vimeo.com/14121911

Workers Development in the City of New York is a for-profit business aimed at the development of worker cooperative businesses in the New York City metropolitan area. Our business structure is also organized as a worker cooperative. Presently, we are at work on our first worker cooperative restaurant. Visit workersdiner.org for more information.

Creative Financing for Your Worker Cooperative
Jenny Kassan, Katovich Law Group and Sustainable Economies Law Center; Chris Michael, Workers Development; Christina Jennings, NCDF; Mike Leung, Worker Cooperative Credit Union

This panel will cover the legal framework for the financing of worker cooperatives and provide examples of creative financing techniques including the creation of a credit union to help finance worker cooperatives and conducting a direct public stock offering to non-members.

Source: usworker.coop

Aug 102010

Interview with Scott Kellogg, co-author of Toolbox for Sustainable City Living: A Do-It-Ourselves Guide, co-founder of the Rhizome Collective of Austin, Texas

background and introduction; links between global justice and sustainabilit

about the Rhizome Collective

the goals of urban sustainability

greatest achivements

why a warehouse?

who joined the collective ?

de-centralised, networks of sustainability micro-industries

the eviction of the Rhizome Collective by the City of Austin

10 Years of Permaculture Credit Union

Posted by permaculturetv at 8:00 pm cooperation, money, permaculture, transition No Responses » Tagged with: permaculture, Permaculture Credit Union, Santa Fe, The Blue Economy

Aug 032010

Videos from the 10th Anniversary of the Permaculture Credit Union, two videos

This is a video of the first half of the Permaculture Credit Union’s 10th Anniversary Celebration held May 2010 in Santa Fe, NM. This video includes on overview of the activities of the credit union, its 10th Anniversary initiatives, as well as awards for leading members and a children’s poster contest. This video will be of most interest to members of the PCU.

http://www.vimeo.com/12838782

This is Gunter Pauli’s full length talk on The Blue Economy, presented May 6, 2010 in Santa Fe, NM. This is one of the first talks Gunter gave on his new book. This talk was a part of the Permaculture Credit Union’s 10th Anniversary Celebration. pcuonline.org

http://www.vimeo.com/11765142

Permaculture Credit Union Celebrates 10th Anniversary Member-Owned Financial Institution Successfully Blends Responsible Business Practices with Sustainable Living Practices

Santa Fe, NM – In a financial economy where most consumers are worried simply about their money’s security, member-owners of Santa Fe, New Mexico-based Permaculture Credit Union www.pcuonline.org know that they’re securely investing in sustainability for their communities as well.

Established in 2000, the Permaculture Credit Union was specifically designed not just as a financial institution but as a responsible, sustainable business model that focused on saving members’ money while also saving natural resources. With more than 1020 members from around the country, the credit union specializes in responsible lending in areas that promote environmental sustainability including alternative home construction, fuel-efficient vehicles, sustainable and organic farming, energy efficient home upgrades and lending for energy and water capture systems.

Marrakech Task Force on Sustainable Lifestyles

Posted by permaculturetv at 12:11 am culture, ecology, education, transition No Responses » Tagged with: lifestyle, The United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP), UNEP

Jul 302010

‘The area of lifestyle choice has often been regarded as too subjective, too ideological, too value laden, or simply too intractable to be amenable to policy intervention,’ argues Tim Jackson, author of ‘prosperity without growth’

The United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) have produced a report and this video to look more closely at ideas about sustainable living from around the world and how more of us could achieve them.

Source: UNEP

Chomsky and McKibbon on Climate Change

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Jul 252010

ALPHA testing of Permaculture BLOGs free cooperative

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Jul 192010

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hi all

I have upgraded Permaculture TV and placed it within a blog hosting network http://permaculture.tv

I am trialling a new blog server, a Permaculture BLOGs free cooperative http://blogs.permaculture.coop

this forms a social network like Facebook, Ning, WiserEarth etc within the namespace permaculture.coop (our soon to be registered cooperative)

you can register and create a blog (conditional on some yet to be decided common-sense business rules i.e. nothing illegal, immoral, no massive loads)

if you do register and I approve the blog, you can do most of the things a WordPress site can do i.e .create/edit pages, posts, themes, social media integration (Facebook/Twitter), embed video, upload images and audio etc

nowadays Ning is charging money and WiserEarth is struggling (according to information I have from anonymous WiserEarth officials) so it makes sense to explore other arrangements and business models..

Ning and WiserEarth host many of the permaculture and transition community

for the technical, the website is running WordPress 3.0 with multisite options, with the BuddyPress social networking plugins

*******WARNING*******************

be warned this is a BETA service and is provided as is, with no warranty or guarentees, its subject to changes and editing at my discretion

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am looking at also creating a Transition Cooperative server too, within the Transition.coop namespace, more on that soon

let me know what you think

cheers

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Activist to Grassroots - Tony Andersen Klimaforum co-founder

Evergreen Cooperatives - Place-Based Strategy for Worker Cooperative Development

Liberation Permaculture Design Course - California

California Greywater Update from Greywater Action Co-Founder Laura Allen

Chris Michael - Workers Development for New York City

Scott Kellogg: The Rise and Fall of the Rhizome Collective

10 Years of Permaculture Credit Union

Marrakech Task Force on Sustainable Lifestyles

Chomsky and McKibbon on Climate Change

ALPHA testing of Permaculture BLOGs free cooperative

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