A historic art studio and culture center at the heart of a community is lost. Through eminent domain, Austin Capital METRO has seized the Pine Steet Station, which was not only the studio owned and operated by glass artist Regi Thomas, but the home of innumerable events, artistic exhibits, and local interactivity. “Capital Metro intends to develop the property with …
A Proven Framework for Organizing Communities
HERE is PART of the SOLUTION: A General Framework for Analyzing Sustainability of Social-Ecological Systems Most people sell this information. We are giving it away for you to recreate in your own environment. Implement these suggestions and historic practices of sustainable communities, for a better life, relationships, understanding.
Austin’s Inside Books Project
Wondering the sometimes seeming aimless veering roads of Austin, you might have inadvertently passed it, or perhaps you pass it everyday, never noticing, ever emoji-texting. The Austin Inside Books Project, a 501(c) non-profit, sits inauspiciously near the corner of 12th and Airport responding to requests for knowledge from Texas inmates, quietly promoting literacy and education to an ever growing and highly marginalized population …
Austin Awareness Map
A map of Austin’s diverse centers of activity with a focus on environmental sustainability and community resiliency. For more information or if you would like to contribute a location, head to the Awareness Map page.
Five Steps to Take During Global Conflagration
Is the U.S. backed Japanese Self Defense Force massively changing their interpretation of pacifism? If so, why now? This strategic military realignment is coming on the heals of recent N. Korean provocations (as part of a continued cycle), in addition to unprecedented long range Chinese naval expeditions, which brought ships as close as 12nm off of the U.S. coast of Alaska while Pres. …
How the Commons Was Lost and The Tools We Need to Revive It
The UN is planning to unveil their new “global Agenda” in September: Accepted by all… universal, and perfect in every way: “5. This is an Agenda of unprecedented scope and significance. It is accepted by all countries and is applicable to all, taking into account different national realities, capacities and levels of development and respecting national policies and priorities. These …
“We Started with Smaller Bets” Now Comes the Alpha Bet
The new things that LMNOP corp. will be working on have staggering implications. Larry Page begins a recent blog post explaining the transition of Google to Alphabet with nostalgia: “we…said that you could expect us to make “smaller bets in areas that might seem very speculative or even strange when compared to our current businesses.” He provides some examples of the crazy …
Critical Moments in Time
State of Emergency Called in Ferguson after Gunfire Mars Protests “Get to the Sidewalk or Face Arrest” – “My son was running to the police to ask for help, and he was shot,” he said. “It’s all a bunch of lies … They’re making my son look like a criminal.” Google Creates Alphabet, a New Company to Rule Them All – GIZMODO Here …
Show of Force
“I just got pulled over by a tank, I’m still in shock.” What will be immediately obvious to most is that it’s not ACTUALLY a tank, but that’s not really the point is it? A veteran in Gainesville FL. was pulled over, by cops wearing military fatigues, body armor, and rolling around in a rebranded military armored personnel carrier, for executing an improper …
A New “High” in Commercial Sponsorship
Mind blown (even though its at least partly a Red Bull commercial). How are these energy “drink” logos so pervasive? Red Bull, Monster 777, Full Throttle (etc.) seem more like advertising cults than a company that just cares about peoples energy levels. These “companies” aren’t just producing dietary poison laced with crack-like chemical formulas (notice I did not say ingredients) …
Dear Veteran
Translation: “Dear Veteran, We decided… since we no longer need you to participate in our wars, and frankly are tired of having to contribute to the problems that we caused in your life, we are going to do something we are confident will make you most upset. Also, this is your notice that we are very afraid of the knowledge …
A Crazy World
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