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Chomsky: Can Revolutionary Pacifism Deliver Peace?

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Nov 302011

As we all know, the United Nations was founded “to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war.” The words can only elicit deep regret when we consider how we have acted to fulfill that aspiration, though there have been a few significant successes, notably in Europe.

Source: Sydney Peace Prize, Noam Chomsky ABC Mary Kostakidis

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Consistent with Muste’s “revolutionary pacifism,” the Sydney Peace Foundation has always emphasized peace with justice. The demands of justice can remain unfulfilled long after peace has been declared. The Santa Cruz massacre 20 years ago can serve as an illustration. One year after the massacre the United Nations adopted The Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, which states that “Acts constituting enforced disappearance shall be considered a continuing offence as long as the perpetrators continue to conceal the fate and the whereabouts of persons who have disappeared and these facts remain unclarified.”

The massacre is therefore a continuing offence: the fate of the disappeared is unknown, and the offenders have not been brought to justice, including those who continue to conceal the crimes of complicity and participation. Only one indication of how far we must go to rise to some respectable level of civilized behavior.

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Permaculture Transition in Bath UK and Brisbane Australia

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Jul 092011

Watch the full 6 days’ transformation from an ex-flowerbed in Hedgemead Park, Bath, to a beautiful community vegetable garden – ‘Vegmead’ – with the fantastic power of Transition Bath volunteers. A huge thank you to all involved, and be sure to stop by and say hello if you’re passing Hedgemead Park. Source; Transition Bath

Photo: Bathamptoncsa

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Video capturing much of the action from the recent Permablitz in West End on National Permaculture Day 2011. You can see a series of swales being built, a pond for future aquaponics installation, the floating chook shed, taro bog and the first of many raised garden beds being constructed. For more info on permablitz and to see lots of great photos from the day be sure to visit the Permablitz Brisbane website: http://blitzbrisbane.org

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The Great Native Swindle

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Apr 152011

Caught in the act – this is a record of a supposed ‘native title’ meeting staged by the iron ore miner, Fortescue Metals Group (FMG).

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It shows how FMG, its agents, a lawyer and an opportunist splinter faction tried to destroy the unity of the Yindjibarndi people and give open slather to FMG for its Solomon Hub project. The video demonstrates the unscrupulous actions of a miner trying to bully traditional owners into a land use ‘Agreement’ that will see massive disturbance of country and will swindle several generations of Yindjibarndi people.

FORTESCUE FORCES GAG ORDER ON NATIVE TITLE MEETING VIDEO

Fortescue Metals has threatened legal action to remove a video of its recent native title meeting in Roeburne.

Entitled “FMG’s Great Native Title Swindle”, the video is of a meeting which shows Fortescue head Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest speaking to the local Yindjibarndi people regarding the Solomon Hub development in Western Australia’s Hammersley Ranges.

Source: Mining Australia

More on poltical ecology in Green Power: the history of environmentalism in Australia

A lively, accessible book that intermeshes the theories of social movements and non-government organisations with everyday events occurring in the environmental movement in Australia. The book’s focus is on non-institutional politics, considering informal networks and groups as well as more formal non-governmental organisations.

David Holmgren: best example permaculture The Food Forest

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Oct 072010

David Holmgren describes The Food Forest as the best example of a food forest in the permaculture way.

Australia’s national broadcaster, the ABC’s popular rural news and current affairs show Landline featured The Food Forest in 2008.

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The Food Forest is a permaculture farm producing 160 varieties of organically certified food; it is a busy centre for people interested in learning skills for a sustainable way of life through short courses and it is the base for a consultancy service specialising in the design of ecologically sustainable properties.

The Food Forest is being developed by Annemarie and Graham Brookman and their children Tom and Nikki, to demonstrate how an ordinary family, with a typical Australian income can grow its own food and create a productive and diverse landscape.

A DVD from The Food Forest is available for purchase: Design For Life

Source: http://www.foodforest.com.au/

Organic Wine Growing - The Food Forest

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Oct 052010

How to plan and plant your own organic vineyard, from The Food Forest

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A practical guide to setting up your own vineyard. Includes detailed shots of trellis building, planting and irrigation technology.

Find out more about our permaculture farm and learning centre at www.foodforest.com.au

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Daryl Hannah actress and activist as keynote APC10 Australian Permaculture Convergance 10

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Jul 142010

APC10 or the Australian Permaculture Convergance 10 is in Cairns September 24-27 2010.

Keynotes Hollywood star and environmentalist Daryl Hannah, Major General Michael Jeffery, former Governor General of Australia, father of permaculture Bill Mollison, Costa of SBS TV’s Costa’s Gardening Odyssey, Mexican sustainability entrepreneur Eugenio Gras, Petra Schneider of IDEP Foundation and many others.

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Daryl Hannah and Paul Watson, behind the Sea Shepard ship Steve Irwin


Daryl Hannah's Farm
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Daryl Hannah Interview – Designing the New World from Alexander Mendeluk on Vimeo.


Daryl Hannah in Bladerunner

APC10

About the Convergance

Our chance to get together to discuss Permaculture in depth, improve our skills, share our expertise and explore new interests with like minded peers. We will also discuss issues concerning Permaculture training and the networking required for the movement to maximize its influence and involve Permaculture in initiating powerful change in Australia. By the end of the conference we will have the backbone of a document – a resource for us all to help us manage change.

Our discussions will be more detailed and in depth and will assume you are familiar with the basic principles of Permaculture. This 2 day segment of our 4 day event is aimed at members of the Permaculture community, usually people with a completed Permaculture Design Course(PDC) or recognised equivalent.

Source: APC10

About Daryl

As a video blogging (vlogging) pioneer, Daryl created the sustainable living video blog, and website dhlovelife. www.dhlovelife.com deals with sustainable solutions and features weekly five-minute inspirational video blogs, daily news updates, alerts, community and access to goods and services. Dhlovelife.com has a large avid consistent group of viewers and unique visitors.

Daryl Hannah has been passionate and committed to practicing a low impact lifestyle for over 20 years. From her small footprint, passive and active solar home complete with grey water systems and organic garden, to being an early adaptor of biofuels, Daryl Hannah has been actively spreading the good news of how well it all works and how good it all feels.

Among some of her most memorable films, many have become classics such as Blade Runner, The Pope of Greenwich Village, Splash, Roxanne, Steel Magnolias, Wall Street, Grumpy Old Men 1 and 2, as well as the Kill Bill series Vol 1 and 2.

Daryl has worked with Woody Allen, Neil Jordan, Fred Schepisi, Oliver Stone, Robert Altman and John Sayles to name a few. Her first strong impression on audiences came when she was cast as the acrobatic android, Pris in Ridley Scott’s science fiction classic Blade Runner.

Source: APC10, Speakers

guerilla gardening - the movie

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Mar 072010

Food Forest Australia - Annemarie and Graham Brookman

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Mar 032010

The Food Forest is being developed by Annemarie and Graham Brookman and their children Tom and Nikki, to demonstrate how an ordinary family, with a typical Australian income can grow its own food and create a productive and diverse landscape.

Source: Food Forest

5 rings of sustainability - Extreme Permaculture with Steve Cran

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Feb 122010

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.”

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Steve Cran on village zone permaculture design strategy

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

Lake Road to Copenhagen - 2009 Permaculture Cooperative R&D

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Feb 062010

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

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Lake Road to Copenhagen – 2009 Permaculture Cooperative R&D

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