BUILDING LIVING NEIGHBORHOODS A website about generative code for communities, based on Chris Alexander’s Pattern Language Link from Thomas Arthur (tags: community design sustainability architecture urban Cohousing activism organzation)
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Recipes For Canning & Preserving Fruit Pretty self-explanatory (tags: canning)
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Video: Wikis in Plain English | Common Craft – Social Design for the Web A simple introduction to wikis, this nicely captures the essential process of working on a collaborative document. (tags: collaboration howto learning reference wiki training video tools social tutorial Web2.0 wikis Technology) YouTube – Women In Art From my friend notio comes a beautiful video of the changing face of women in western art (tags: art history video women)
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The Tank Man – Google Video A stunning video about the man who stood before the tanks in Tienanmen square (tags: democracy freedom courage)
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Casaubon’s Book: Food Preservation and Democracy A nice long blog post on what shifts might come if we ate locally, and grew our own food. (tags: food democracy) IFC Environment – Good Practice Documents A handbook on stakeholder engagment, primarily private sector (tags: consultation engagement) Anecdote: Sensemaking Archives A great set of musings on storytelling and sensemaking that relates closely to the work we are doing on the art of harvesting. (tags: stories artofharvesting) Book Excerpt: The Assault on Reason | TIME Al Gore answers Robert Byrd’s question: “Why do reason, logic and truth seem to play a sharply diminished …