Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Friday, October 15
Face your Food
Watch bigger and slower version here, i really like watching people eating backwards.
You can make and upload your own video of you eating too...
Read more about Fair Food
World Food Day is tomorrow
WORLD FOOD DAY
16 October 2010
World Food Day was proclaimed in 1979 by the Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). It marks the date of the founding of FAO in 1945. The aim of the Day is to heighten public awareness of the world food problem and strengthen solidarity in the struggle against hunger, malnutrition and poverty. In 1980, the General Assembly endorsed observance of the Day in consideration of the fact that "food is a requisite for human survival and well-being and a fundamental human necessity" (resolution 35/70 of 5 December 1980). Source
16 October 2010
World Food Day was proclaimed in 1979 by the Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). It marks the date of the founding of FAO in 1945. The aim of the Day is to heighten public awareness of the world food problem and strengthen solidarity in the struggle against hunger, malnutrition and poverty. In 1980, the General Assembly endorsed observance of the Day in consideration of the fact that "food is a requisite for human survival and well-being and a fundamental human necessity" (resolution 35/70 of 5 December 1980). Source
Monday, October 11
Why they do what they do
From the Artist as Family blog
2. No matter how a person tries to frame or revise our culture there's no getting away from it – wealth delivers pollution.
3. Researchers tell us that the level of happiness peaks just above the poverty line, but we already knew this. Any accumulation of wealth after this point disables the adequate distribution of resources in order for local populations and ecologies to self-renew.
4. 32,000 people were treated last year in Australian hospitals for self-harming. The mental health of the country is flailing. An increasingly toxic food supply system is in part responsible. For a culture whose dominant ideology is based on a growth profit-pollution paradigm, figures like this will only increase.
read the full post Why we do what we do
2. No matter how a person tries to frame or revise our culture there's no getting away from it – wealth delivers pollution.
3. Researchers tell us that the level of happiness peaks just above the poverty line, but we already knew this. Any accumulation of wealth after this point disables the adequate distribution of resources in order for local populations and ecologies to self-renew.
4. 32,000 people were treated last year in Australian hospitals for self-harming. The mental health of the country is flailing. An increasingly toxic food supply system is in part responsible. For a culture whose dominant ideology is based on a growth profit-pollution paradigm, figures like this will only increase.
read the full post Why we do what we do
Plan for hundreds of kilometres of new freeways
More roads??? Gee what a good solution! Why don't we make one each while we are at it so we dont have to see each other on our long ways of constantly going somewhere in our beautiful petrol fuelled cars...
A spokeswoman for the road authority, Rebecca Thistleton, would say only that VicRoads was always ''considering long-term speculative transport planning solutions for Melbourne's growing population''.
Read article here
I say we need to at least halve the amount of roads and turn them into greenways, food forests, bike lanes and walking tracks, and what about a public transport system that was actually efficient??
A spokeswoman for the road authority, Rebecca Thistleton, would say only that VicRoads was always ''considering long-term speculative transport planning solutions for Melbourne's growing population''.
Read article here
I say we need to at least halve the amount of roads and turn them into greenways, food forests, bike lanes and walking tracks, and what about a public transport system that was actually efficient??
Friday, October 8
The Co-op Shop
WHAT IS THE CO-OP SHOP?
The Co-Op Shop is a not-for-profit second hand clothing store.
500 Lygon st, Brunswick East, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
Open: 10am-5pm Tuesday - Saturday & 10am-4pm Sunday
It exists to fund groups with a focus on indigenous, human rights, social justice and environment issues.
The Co-Op Shop is dedicated to and inspired by people coming together to make a functioning, sustainable, community funding resource.
As it is volunteer run, anyone can be a part of The Co-Op Shop. For further information, e-mail: the.coop.shop@gmail.com
The Co-Op Shop is a not-for-profit second hand clothing store.
500 Lygon st, Brunswick East, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
Open: 10am-5pm Tuesday - Saturday & 10am-4pm Sunday
It exists to fund groups with a focus on indigenous, human rights, social justice and environment issues.
The Co-Op Shop is dedicated to and inspired by people coming together to make a functioning, sustainable, community funding resource.
As it is volunteer run, anyone can be a part of The Co-Op Shop. For further information, e-mail: the.coop.shop@gmail.com
Wednesday, October 6
Run for Refugees
This Sunday on 10/10/10 I am running a half marathon in support of Run for Refugees, raising money for the Asylum Seekers Resource Centre in Melbourne.
The ASRC provide human beings seeking Asylum with advocacy, legal aid, shelter, warmth, food, community and wellness support. It would be super super rad if you would consider donating ANY amount to the ASRC via my fundraising page!
Thankyou! And goodluck to the other 25,000 people running on Sunday!
In preparation for this run I have been researching and playing with barefoot / minimalist shoe running and vegan raw foods, in particular the Thrive Diet. Both things are incredibly inspiring and endlessly interesting and I feel like I am travelling new ground yet finding things that are inherent to who I truly am.
Wednesday, September 29
Buy nothing new in October
A proposal:
Salvos Stores is laying down the challenge to not buy anything new for the whole month October to show your support for your hip pocket and the environment.
Buying nothing new doesn’t mean going without. Make a Buy Nothing New Month pledge and you can beg, buy, barter and swap for whatever you need, as long as it is pre-loved, but with the exceptions of necessities (including food, drink, medications and hygiene products) you can’t buy anything new.
An inititive of the Salvos, of course there is always a vested interest, buy nothing new just buy from the Salvo's? It seems to be one of the most overpriced op-shops around, and are they still a charity? They don't seem to give discounts if you don't have enough money to buy a jumper and you are cold, like on the good old op-shop days. And funnily enough if you participate you go into the draw to win $5,000, to buy new things? Read more and find out about taking the challenge. I think it's definately a great idea with a lot of merit. But perhaps buy nothing at all would be a more interesting challenge, find ways of reusing everything you already have and having free garage sales and swap meets to find new homes for things you aren't using. Props to anything that makes me think and re-engage with these ideas.
I suggest investigating in The Sharehood, Transition Towns, bartering, local garden produce swaps. And making your own pledges and experiments that are relevant to you. Turn off all electricity in your house for one month?
Salvos Stores is laying down the challenge to not buy anything new for the whole month October to show your support for your hip pocket and the environment.
Buying nothing new doesn’t mean going without. Make a Buy Nothing New Month pledge and you can beg, buy, barter and swap for whatever you need, as long as it is pre-loved, but with the exceptions of necessities (including food, drink, medications and hygiene products) you can’t buy anything new.
An inititive of the Salvos, of course there is always a vested interest, buy nothing new just buy from the Salvo's? It seems to be one of the most overpriced op-shops around, and are they still a charity? They don't seem to give discounts if you don't have enough money to buy a jumper and you are cold, like on the good old op-shop days. And funnily enough if you participate you go into the draw to win $5,000, to buy new things? Read more and find out about taking the challenge. I think it's definately a great idea with a lot of merit. But perhaps buy nothing at all would be a more interesting challenge, find ways of reusing everything you already have and having free garage sales and swap meets to find new homes for things you aren't using. Props to anything that makes me think and re-engage with these ideas.
I suggest investigating in The Sharehood, Transition Towns, bartering, local garden produce swaps. And making your own pledges and experiments that are relevant to you. Turn off all electricity in your house for one month?
Tuesday, September 28
In Transition
FILM & DISCUSSION: "IN TRANSITION: FROM OIL DEPENDENCE TO LOCAL RESILIENCE"
Thur 30 Sept, 6.45pm How do we reduce our dependence on oil? Find out! This is the first ever movie all about the Transition Towns movement.
Guest speaker Adam Grubb from Permablitz!
Preston Council Chambers, 350 High Street, Preston.
RSVP to Tony 0419 853 686 or email verseandvoice@gmail.com
Find out more about the movie and see the preview here.
Thur 30 Sept, 6.45pm How do we reduce our dependence on oil? Find out! This is the first ever movie all about the Transition Towns movement.
Guest speaker Adam Grubb from Permablitz!
Preston Council Chambers, 350 High Street, Preston.
RSVP to Tony 0419 853 686 or email verseandvoice@gmail.com
Find out more about the movie and see the preview here.
Friday, September 24
The Kimberleys
After pressuring local Indigenous communities with compulsory acquisition during development talks, last week WA Premier Colin Barnett unilaterally declared that negotiations had reached a stalemate and began the process to compulsorily acquire the land. The Traditional Owners are now uniformly opposing the compulsory acquisition, with former Australian of the Year and Indigenous Academic, Mick Dodson, calling the move an act of colonialism and theft of Aboriginal lands.1
1 Compulsory acquisition 'theft' of land; ABC News Online 2 September 2010
Sign the online actions on Save the Kimberleys and on Get Up!
1 Compulsory acquisition 'theft' of land; ABC News Online 2 September 2010
Sign the online actions on Save the Kimberleys and on Get Up!
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