OscailtBold, Beautiful, Blooming Barcelona asks: What would it mean to win?The Gracia community garden radio documentary trilogy and accompanying article
Breaking news: Italian MP, Sgarbi denounces the Statistical Fraud on COVID-19. The speech of the Member of Parliament Vittorio Sgarbi in the session of the Italian Camera, Meeting no. 331 of Friday 24, April, 2020. Vittorio Sgarbi, denounces the closure of 60% of the businesses for 25,000 COVID-19 Deaths, of which the National Institute of Health says 96.3% died NOT of COVID-19 but of other pathologies. That means only 925 have died of the virus. 24,075 have died of other things.2009-03-10T07:54:46+00:00Indymedia Irelandimc-ireland@lists.indymedia.iehttp://www.indymedia.ie/atomfullposts?story_id=91431http://www.indymedia.ie/graphics/feedlogo.gifurban visionarieshttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/91431#comment2470822009-03-10T07:54:46+00:00Lemon manI've listened to a couple of participants and viewed some photos. My verdict:- p...I've listened to a couple of participants and viewed some photos. My verdict:- positive urban renewal by visionaries with community spirit in their minds and art in their veins. Viva!K bonito la vida, no?http://www.indymedia.ie/article/91431#comment2470852009-03-10T11:20:10+00:00KrisisAn interesting and informative article on the nature of urban organisation in Ba...An interesting and informative article on the nature of urban organisation in Barcelona. There is much to be learned not only from the nature of how communities and social/urban anarchist movements organise there, but also from the type of "community" which exists in Catalunya and to a wider extent Spain, partly thanks to the structure of their local "ayuntamientos" or town halls, which are considerably more effective than their equivalent in Ireland.<br />
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Having lived in Barcelona for a number of years, it is very easy to visualise the kind of weekend the author describes, the lazy days and good food, interesting activities and fruitful and productive discussions. <br />
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All sorts of positive, inspiring initiatives exist all over the world and it is heartening to read about them, although I was somewhat surprised at the level of personal narrative mixed into this article - food, drink and watching videos - important to bear in mind that the entire world cannot live in Barcelona, with its balmy climate and rich urban history.<br />
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Important also to remember that this is a city which was forced to import water on container ships last year due to chronic shortages.<br />
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Anyway, maybe Barcelona can "lead the way" in urban activism, and the content of this article is good, if a little heavy on the references to local bars, restaurants and lifestyle in the city, distracting from the other, more useful content.<br />
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Power to the Hort Comunitari and keep up the good work.Hort Comunitari vid embed + link to the BOLD linkshttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/91431#comment2470972009-03-10T15:17:46+00:00dunkfuspey at yahoo dot co dot ukBOLD Links in above article are all found at It´s A Funny Old World
http://itsaf...<strong>BOLD Links</strong> in above article are all found at<strong> It´s A Funny Old World</strong><br />
<a href="http://itsafunnyoldworld.wordpress.com/2009/03/09/garden-radio-trilogy/" title="http://itsafunnyoldworld.wordpress.com/2009/03/09/garden-radio-trilogy/">http://itsafunnyoldworld.wordpress.com/2009/03/09/garde...logy/</a><br />
careful nowhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/91431#comment2471612009-03-11T16:28:30+00:00ogihey dunk very good article , good to see some optimism and personally i thought ...hey dunk very good article , good to see some optimism and personally i thought the personal touch made it much more readable!! anyway i wanted to maybe take u down from cloud 9 a bit.. (sorry) <br />
ive been livin here for nearly 3 years now, so im gonna draw on my own perspectives. its definitely true that there is a community and tradition of hands on action here, and all u say about htat is accurate.. but there are a few negative trends that u dont mention. firstly.. although the 'ocupa' movement is comparatively strong here, itsbeen attacked by the ajuntament (council) and thus there have been alot.. i mean alot, of ocupas or social centres closed down by the police, just recently i read that there isnt even one left in the whole maresme region( just outside barcelona, but in the province) which goes to show how effective the police have been. so in comparasin with years back the movement has not been able to hold the ground it once gained. <br />
the other aspect i wanted to talk about is more important. the public image of 'alternative movements' has constantly been being attacked and dirtied with the accompanying fall in general support from the rest of the community... this is happening for two reasons. 1 the ongoing neoliberal plan to turn barcelona into a theme park and build everywhere (successful so far) and 2 because many ocupas and/or social centres are mainly used for partying (and very few social activities) drinking etc.. which of course feeds the public idea that those people are just wasters, spongers etc.. im not saying i agree but its a sad fact that there is the same number of 'gillipollas' (xxxxxx) everywhere and within every social stratum of society..<br />
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and one thing id like to finish up on and say that .. u talk about how cheap barcelona is.. well mister its not.. just 2 days ago 'they' published the list of most expensive cities.. barcelona is 19th ahead of london!!!!!!!!! and i think its been climbing at an extremely fast rate over the last few years. the problem is, that here, there is a booming upper class and as well as having a stong social leftist/anarchist tradition, (and this is the interesting thing) the city also has a very strong bourgeoise, pijo(posh) tradition.. just look at the buildings in the barrios altos (upper). its just like the laws of physics.. where there is action, there is always an equal but opposite reaction..Ogi -please may you sourcehttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/91431#comment2474142009-03-13T13:04:24+00:00Currency convertor
Hi Ogi,
Like most people I noticed things in Barcelona were WAY more pricey th...<br />
Hi Ogi,<br />
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Like most people I noticed things in Barcelona were WAY more pricey the last time I was there -the same can be said for Berlin.<br />
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You say:<br />
"u talk about how cheap barcelona is.. well mister its not.. just 2 days ago 'they' published the list of most expensive cities.. barcelona is 19th ahead of london!!!!!!!!!"<br />
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I would like to know your source. I wonder if you know whether the list price is linked to the recent Pound and Dollar currency fall?<br />
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<a href="http://www.citymayors.com/features/cost_survey.html" title="http://www.citymayors.com/features/cost_survey.html">http://www.citymayors.com/features/cost_survey.html</a>What would it mean to win?http://www.indymedia.ie/article/91431#comment2480882009-03-21T18:41:39+00:00ericAll sorts of positive, inspiring initiatives exist all over the world and it is ...<strong>All sorts of positive</strong>, inspiring initiatives exist all over the world and it is heartening to read about them, although I was somewhat surprised at the level of personal narrative mixed into this article - food, drink and watching videos - important to bear in mind that the entire world cannot live in Barcelona, with its balmy climate and rich urban history.Police brutality against University Students Barcelonahttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/91431#comment2481242009-03-22T13:22:43+00:00Amber O SullivanThis happened earlier today. I don't have time to write much but students have b...This happened earlier today. I don't have time to write much but students have been sleeping in the universities in Barcelona in protest of the Bologna education system and the privatization of their education. The protest has been passive and non-violent yet today at 5.30am the Mossos Police force, along with the backing and help of the Rector (president of Universitat Barcelona) violently and brutally removed the students and then went on to approach the streets outside and around the city with a similarly violent stance (streets that were full of students peacefully marching or on their way to classes). There were also reported injuries inflicted buy the police force to photographers and reporters who were trying to cover the stories. One student is said to be in hospital with a cracked skull. <br />
Here are some links to videos of the morning (Wednesday, 18 March, 2009):<br />
<a href="http://blip.tv/file/1891860" title="http://blip.tv/file/1891860">http://blip.tv/file/1891860</a><br />
<a href="http://blip.tv/file/1891138" title="http://blip.tv/file/1891138">http://blip.tv/file/1891138</a><br />
Mossos in BCNhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/91431#comment2483902009-03-25T13:26:12+00:00Fmore photos:
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vid on blip.tv<br />
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Brutalitat policial contra els estudiants a Barcelona (article with photos in catalan)<br />
<a href="http://www.sepc.cat/veure.php?id=546" title="http://www.sepc.cat/veure.php?id=546">http://www.sepc.cat/veure.php?id=546</a><br />
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updates from (recently) occupied university network<br />
<a href="http://www.tancadaalacentral.blogspot.com/" title="http://www.tancadaalacentral.blogspot.com/">http://www.tancadaalacentral.blogspot.com/</a><br />
There is an anti Bolonya mobilisation tomorrow as the Parliament await inquiry into brutality.http://www.indymedia.ie/article/91431#comment2484102009-03-25T15:42:52+00:00iosafThe harsh reality of life for squatters, student protesters, those just about su...The harsh reality of life for squatters, student protesters, those just about subsisting on little food really does clash with Dunk's general optimism, though I've nothing but praise for his assorted veggie patches I never seem to figure out how a few kilograms of home grown food in every area of 15,000 people makes a difference worth writing home about.<br />
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Last week, for the first time since March 2006, I had to open the door of my building to take in people off the street and get them out the way of rampaging police, "the mossos". Rather than follow their usual dispersal routes or even their own guidelines on only hitting someone once with a baton or bouncing rubber bullets off the ground first - they went at protesting students, then working journalists, then local folk returning home and en route added one ten year old child and 9 tourists to the list of 79 people who needed medical care. This whole thing started in the morning when they ended the university occupation which had been continuing to little avail and much disruption of normal academic life since last Autumn. <strong> In the process they arrested Enric Duran, a member of the social movements, who is very respected for paying for several websites and newspapers through his well known rolling scam which between 2006 and 2008 extracted 492,000 euros from 39 banks and credit agencies. He is all the more respected for explaining in a newspaper he published how to do it. He is a toxic asset advisor</strong> Enrique had only arrived back into the state out of hiding the night before. After that morning, the mossos continued all night. I opened the door at 21h30, at the peak of local brutality there were three dozen kids on my stairwell and a handful of neighbours who were too scared to walk home. I finally closed the door at 23h15. It was the first time in my 8 years living here that police, either the current Catalan "mossos" or the Spanish predecessor force have left the usual dispersal routes and entered the narrow streets of the old city and its relatively bourgois Born area in their riot vans. They barely fit in the streets. There was none of the usual antisystem attacks on bank machines, no burning bins, no widespread intimidation of neighbours or workers. We were all ; local and protesting student alike only scared of one group of people - our police force.<br />
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& so the next day I joined with hundreds of other people and made a formal complaint noting that every mid March since the full deployment of the Catalan police, there has been a similar outrage which includes shocking pictures of brutality and injured tourists.<br />
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Let's see how tomorrow goes off. & also see if Enrique gets out of jail soon. The association of neighbourhoods of Barcelona and the observatory on Human Rights have today declared his continued detention is nothing more than an ironically stupid attempt at vengance by the banks who lent and leveraged him the money.<br />
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keep you informed.<br />
The taxidrivers' veggie patch & the fallout of the recent riots (police chief quits)http://www.indymedia.ie/article/91431#comment2489302009-03-31T21:38:46+00:00iosaftwo things, one relevant to this thread & the other to the recent comments which...two things, one relevant to this thread & the other to the recent comments which brought attention to police brutality against students and general public on the 18th March.<br />
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<em> <strong>The Taxidrivers' veggie patch </em></strong><br />
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Dunk's motivation and hope in reporting on community iniatives such as the ones he described above are that a wider section of community groups and collectives repeat and copy the simplicity. So imagine my surprise yesterday to find the "taxidrivers' veggie patch", which according to some taxidrivers I spoke to, was inspired by the "forat de vergonya" project Dunk mentioned above, & which lest we forget, was a tniy gesture of reconciliation on behalf of the BCN city council following on from the struggles for that space over years, which reached moments of high tension in 2006 , as I reported here "The half a rood of rock" - how we value public space." <a href="http://www.indymedia.ie/article/78839" title="http://www.indymedia.ie/article/78839">http://www.indymedia.ie/article/78839</a> <br />
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The taxidrivers have a gathering point next to the airport which filters and orders their exits, it seems thousands of them everyday spend some time in a customised carpark. Some spend their time in a little prefab bar, others play tennis with improvised nets, others gossip, some we dream even foment revolution & relevant to this thread - some have planted veggies.<br />
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In total an area of 15 metres squared has been given over to 4 fruit trees, rows of onions and even a bunch of tomatoes. I came across this project which properly belongs far out of our usual social movement radar simply because I'm teaching a course of air-traffic-control English out at the airport & my walk to teach people to put pronounce "nine" as "nineR" and spell things out as "Alpha-foxtrot-delta-charlie" brought across the spring onions.<br />
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<em> <strong>The fallout of the Catalan police brutality of March 18th </em></strong><br />
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Today the minister of the interior, the green marxist Joan Saura answered questions in the Catalan parliament on the overuse of force which saw a final tally of 85 hospitalisations, including children, tourists and journalists. The chief of the Catalan "mossos d'esquadra" police resigned this morning, offering his head it would seem in place of the acting head of the 50 strong mobile response unit riot-squad. Those who read Catalan can learn all about it here and see the whole video channel which was compiled on the brutality by the Catalan independence news platform VilaWev <a href="http://www.vilaweb.cat/www/noticia?p_idcmp=3564495" title="http://www.vilaweb.cat/www/noticia?p_idcmp=3564495">http://www.vilaweb.cat/www/noticia?p_idcmp=3564495</a><br />
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In slightly related news, university occupations continue, the hunger striker who was hospitalised last week continues to refuse food, Enrique Duran is still facing charges of fraud & the last student march took the piss completely out of the police by not following its announced route and being flanked by medical students complete with blood transfusion gear & strong aspirines.<br />
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strong aspirine always help.<br />
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Irish Times article about Irish Guerrilla gardeninghttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/91431#comment2500452009-04-18T00:07:29+00:00dunkGuerrilla gardeners dig in
Guerrilla gardening is transforming neglected corner...Guerrilla gardeners dig in<br />
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Guerrilla gardening is transforming neglected corners of cities the world over. As a new flower bed is created on a patch of public land in Booterstown this week , YVONNE GORDON hears about the motives that drive the movement<br />
<a href="http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2009/0417/1224244900474.html" title="http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2009/0417/1224244900474.html">http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2009/0417/....html</a>Indy in advancehttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/91431#comment2500552009-04-18T09:30:36+00:00John GardenerCongratulations to this thread for highlighting guerrilla gardening. There will ...Congratulations to this thread for highlighting guerrilla gardening. There will be growth in the spring, as Peter Sellers said in his last movie, Being There. Congrats are also due to indymedia for letting the budding Seed group in Swords to air their views before publishing some pics of their cultivation. There are several guerrilla gardener websites in the English-speaking world, but French-speakers have been doing their petit peu de cultivation clandestine (moonlight gardening) in Quebec and elsewhere.<br />
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<a href="http://www.beaute-et-bien-etre.fr/societe/evenements/un-jardinier-qui-surgit-hors-de-la-nuit-1601939/" title="http://www.beaute-et-bien-etre.fr/societe/evenements/un-jardinier-qui-surgit-hors-de-la-nuit-1601939/">http://www.beaute-et-bien-etre.fr/societe/evenements/un...1939/</a><br />
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Gaeilge: gairdíneacht rónda. . An bhfuil daoine ag trácht ar an tábhar seo as Gaeilge?BCN having first TRANSITION screening event tmrwhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/91431#comment2513582009-05-07T23:46:21+00:00dunkLots of shorts and 2 longer vids in La Quimera, where the Gracia observatory is ...Lots of shorts and 2 longer vids in La Quimera, where the Gracia observatory is based out of, the ones who played major part in creation of the garden. The garden was a half year old some weeks back, also last tuesday there was the first court case, as its squatted land, it has been put back for 2 more months. We hope to explore the idea outlined in TUGZ, of temp urban green zones, while buildings are in their inbetween stage of "development", with the crisis that could mean 4, 7, 13 years, who knows. In new york, they have mobile gardens, so when its time to move on, they just do that. <br />
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Anyway, just to fill you in a bit on how things are progressing.<br />
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links to tmrw´s event:<br />
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Pelis Por Pachamama<br />
<a href="http://itsafunnyoldworld.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/pelis-por-pachamama/" title="http://itsafunnyoldworld.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/pelis-por-pachamama/">http://itsafunnyoldworld.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/pelis...mama/</a><br />
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<a href="http://barcelona.indymedia.org/calendari/displayevent/4060/index.php" title="http://barcelona.indymedia.org/calendari/displayevent/4060/index.php">http://barcelona.indymedia.org/calendari/displayevent/4...x.php</a><br />
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<a href="http://transicion.ning.com/xn/detail/2563217:Event:1802" title="http://transicion.ning.com/xn/detail/2563217:Event:1802">http://transicion.ning.com/xn/detail/2563217:Event:1802</a><br />
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An interesting discussion was started on another imc.ie thread, still no mention of any of the transition ideas bubbling in dublin, or beyond:<br />
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The Threat of Global Warming<br />
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anyway, it seems everyone is planting food now in ireland, 2 weeks back on ray darcy show they had a good bit of chat, then on newstalk, tom dunne seemed to be talking to everyone about what they are up to in their garden, so strange days in ireland. <br />
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and in case youd like to know more about the whole transition movement, heres its founder, rob hopkins outlining his dreams and experiences, much of which were down in kinsale in cork:<br />
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TRANSITION TOWNS: An Interview with Rob Hopkins<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQF09NG00V8" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQF09NG00V8">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQF09NG00V8</a><br />
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related link to audios i did with transitioners at last years climate camp:<br />
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Transition Culture: radio shows about transition towns and more<br />
<a href="http://itsafunnyoldworld.wordpress.com/2008/10/16/transition/" title="http://itsafunnyoldworld.wordpress.com/2008/10/16/transition/">http://itsafunnyoldworld.wordpress.com/2008/10/16/trans...tion/</a>2 things to tune into from BCN - Jornads KRAX + cine festival america latinahttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/91431#comment2521332009-05-21T16:46:05+00:00dunkHOLA A TOD@S- hi all, 2 really great things going on in BCN these days.
KRAX s...HOLA A TOD@S- hi all, 2 really great things going on in BCN these days. <br />
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KRAX started last night, tonight at 7pm (8pm bcn time) there are 2 major presentations of things from 2 collectives, 1 from argentina, other greece. all events will be streamed, last year there was 2 languages and headphones at event, and i think 2 streams out, well worth listening.<br />
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2nd thing is latin american documentary film fest<br />
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regards, <br />
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JORNADAS KRAX 2009<br />
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:: OUT OF CONTROL :: <br />
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poder de transformar, poder de crear <br />
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3º encuentro de creatividad urbana ante la transformación de la ciudad <br />
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:: 20 - 23 de Mayo 2009 :: <br />
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RAI - c/ Carders, 13, Barcelona <br />
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Del 18 al 24 : muestra de cine documental<br />
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Transitioning - growing in Ireland and in BCN, tonight we have first CINE FRESCA nighthttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/91431#comment2530372009-06-04T16:48:24+00:00DUNKTonight we have our first CINE FRESCA, outdoor cinema, in the garden. We, garden...Tonight we have our first CINE FRESCA, outdoor cinema, in the garden. We, garden collective and BCN en TRANSICION, are showing the film from cuba, which the Irish community gardeners showed down in Scariff Co-op back in 2006. A lot has changed since then, both here and there. I have still not seen anything on imc.ie re transition initiaves in Ireland, they are taking off, and their NING site is quite impressive... <a href="http://transitiontownsireland.ning.com/" title="http://transitiontownsireland.ning.com/">http://transitiontownsireland.ning.com/</a><br />
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Anyways, news of our goings on: <a href="http://bcnentransicion.wordpress.com/2009/05/30/cuba/" title="http://bcnentransicion.wordpress.com/2009/05/30/cuba/">http://bcnentransicion.wordpress.com/2009/05/30/cuba/</a><br />
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By the way, today and yesterday I was re-reading the FREE online version of the Transition hand book, It really is a must read for anyone involved in politcal / eco action for change, as it has explored in depth that area that for me anyway, was so lacking in "activist" circles; HOPE AND VISION: <a href="http://uniteddiversity.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/transition-handbook.pdf" title="http://uniteddiversity.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/transition-handbook.pdf">http://uniteddiversity.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/t...k.pdf</a><br />
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<blockquote> At one of Transition Town Totnes's Open Space Days in late 2006, a woman said to me,<br />
"When I think of what TTT is doing I feel so full of hope I could cry." This chapter has argued<br />
that <strong>hope is one of the key emotions we need to nurture and sustain in order to navigate the<br />
troubled waters ahead, and it has been something that environmental campaigns until now<br />
have struggled to generate.</strong>We saw in this chapter the different ways in which an awareness<br />
of peak oil can affect people in the varied manifestations of 'Post-petroleum stress disorder'.<br />
We also saw how important the creation of visions of a lower energy future is, and explored<br />
some tools, such as storytelling, that can be used to help create them.</blockquote> <br />
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ByeEddie Hobbs: "We are now at Peak Oil" + The definitive Transition vidhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/91431#comment2552062009-07-02T22:33:15+00:00DunkThe Irish Transition NING site seems really busy, lots of nice tales starting to...The Irish Transition NING site seems really busy, lots of nice tales starting to be told about communities in Transition; From Oil dependancy to local resiliance. <br />
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Theres also talk on politics.ie about Transtion, started by Eanna, who is involved with transtion town Youghal:<br />
<strong>Eddie Hobbs: "We are now at Peak Oil" </strong><br />
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<strong>On the final Questions and Answers the other night, Eddie Hobbs led a discussion on Peak Oil.</strong><br />
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<blockquote> "If we look to the immediate future, I think that there’s issues far bigger than Government coming down the tracks," said Hobbs. "The biggest issue of all is the one related to energy. The International Energy Agency report that came out in November was lost in the media melee over banking and it completely reverses a lot of the predictions that we’ve used to base our entire national economic planning around. It seems to me that we’re now at Peak Oil production globally so we’re entering the age of scarcity.<br />
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"We have this collective view that we’re somehow going back to what was there before with just less wealth and I believe we’re entering a brand new economic age and the future is all about energy efficiency, energy creation, green technology and we’ve a lot of catching up to do in order to prepare for that. And we’ve great potential to do so."<br />
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John Bowman: And do you think the public are ready for that message?<br />
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Eddie Hobbs: No, this is the problem. It’s not until oil hits €200, €250 €300 a barrel that people will accept it, because it’s a very personal thing. But even nationally our preparedness really is quite pathetic. For example our most recent reports on oil supplies and on what we would do in the event of oil shortages are two huge reports and there isn’t even one sentence dealing with the possibility that we’re actually at Peak Oil. Even Fatih Birol, the chief economist with the IEA says it’s 2020 but some say it’s earlier."<br />
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Minister John Gormley "Eddie is absolutely right. We have twin problems: scarcity of oil and climate change. Despite the global recession it’s very clear that our emissions are growing by 1.9% per annum, so we’re using up our oil resources."<br />
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John Bowman then diverted the discussion to wondering why climate change hasn't caught the public imagination with Noel Whelan accepting that the Green Party had brought the issue to public attention.<br />
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see for yourself: RTÉ News: Questions and Answers ( <a href="http://www.rte.ie/news/qanda/" title="http://www.rte.ie/news/qanda/">http://www.rte.ie/news/qanda/</a> Monday, 29 June 2009 )</blockquote> <br />
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And lastly, some of the irish transition crews with cultivate heads have made a super short vid about what all this transition stuff is about:<br />
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<strong>The Powerdown Show - Transition Towns and Energy Descent Pathways (From Rob Carr on Vimeo)</strong><br />
<a href="http://transitiontownsireland.ning.com/video/the-powerdown-show-episode-8" title="http://transitiontownsireland.ning.com/video/the-powerdown-show-episode-8">http://transitiontownsireland.ning.com/video/the-powerd...ode-8</a><br />
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<blockquote> "Bursting with insightful analysis and creative solutions to the twin challenges of climate change and peak oil, The Powerdown Show is an inspirational pointer to life beyond fossil fuels. Essential viewing – a flash of light in the darkness."</blockquote> <br />
Rob Hopkins, Founder of the Transition Movement<br />
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Available from Cultivate on 1 DVD for only €15<br />
<a href="http://www.cultivate.ie/learning/powerdown/powerdown_dvd.html" title="http://www.cultivate.ie/learning/powerdown/powerdown_dvd.html">http://www.cultivate.ie/learning/powerdown/powerdown_dv....html</a><br />
link typo - this is link to transition peak oil talk on p.iehttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/91431#comment2554982009-07-06T19:01:31+00:00dunkSorry, wrong link given there last time; that post is found at; http://www.polit...Sorry, wrong link given there last time; that post is found at; <a href="http://www.politics.ie/environment/81985-eddie-hobbs-we-now-peak-oil-10.html#post1832471" title="http://www.politics.ie/environment/81985-eddie-hobbs-we-now-peak-oil-10.html#post1832471">http://www.politics.ie/environment/81985-eddie-hobbs-we...32471</a><br />
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Chris Masterson Crash Course DVD - free online: critical viewinghttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/91431#comment2555012009-07-06T19:28:42+00:00dunkRegarding financial crisis, transitioning, what the future might look like, how ...Regarding financial crisis, transitioning, what the future might look like, how you can organise to prepare for it, NOW:<br />
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If you are concerned about what MIGHT be a very different reality in 20 years, can I direct you to the very very helpful dvd that is doing the rounds in transition groups, eco communities, eco consultancy firms etc...<br />
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<blockquote>My name is Chris Martenson. I'm not an economist. I'm a trained research scientist, and a former Fortune 300 VP. Most importantly, though, I'm a concerned citizen.<br />
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I think the next twenty years are going to look very different from the last twenty years. This site is my attempt to explain why.<br />
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You should start with the Crash Course. This series of videos is, I think, the clearest and most straightforward explanation of how our economy, energy systems and environment interact -- how we got to where we are today, and some reasonable expectations for the future </blockquote><br />
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You can watch all the vids freely online from his site; <a href="http://www.chrismartenson.com/crashcourse" title="http://www.chrismartenson.com/crashcourse">http://www.chrismartenson.com/crashcourse</a><br />
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All are also on youtube, heres first; <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnXZzx9pAmQ" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnXZzx9pAmQ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnXZzx9pAmQ</a><br />
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related link; <a href="http://transitionculture.org/2009/05/25/my-conference-ciaran-from-bristol/" title="http://transitionculture.org/2009/05/25/my-conference-ciaran-from-bristol/">http://transitionculture.org/2009/05/25/my-conference-c...stol/</a>Barcelona climate talks with a wake up call - gearing up for copenhagenhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/91431#comment2615972009-11-02T22:41:20+00:00dunkWith the upcoming talks in Copenhagen, here in BCN the lead up to COP 15, is a b...With the upcoming talks in Copenhagen, here in BCN the lead up to COP 15, is a big deal. If we dont win, well, utter climate chaos. But many feel we can and will win. heres brief update links...<br />
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expect more and audios soon.<br />
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Climate’s towering agenda in Barcelona<br />
<a href="http://www.euronews.net/2009/11/02/climate-s-towering-agenda-in-barcelona/" title="http://www.euronews.net/2009/11/02/climate-s-towering-agenda-in-barcelona/">http://www.euronews.net/2009/11/02/climate-s-towering-a...lona/</a><br />
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A ‘Save the climate’ banner by Greenpeace towered above the spires of Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia church… At a nearby convention centre, preparations were under way on a draft agreement for the UN conference next month in Copenhagen....<br />
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TckTckTck welcomes negotiators to Barcelona climate talks with a wake up call<br />
<a href="http://tcktcktck.org/stories/campaign-stories/waking-barcelona" title="http://tcktcktck.org/stories/campaign-stories/waking-barcelona">http://tcktcktck.org/stories/campaign-stories/waking-ba...elona</a><br />
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Groggy delegates and observers arriving today in Barcelona for the final round of negotiations prior to Copenhagen were welcomed by TckTckTck’s cacophony of 1,000 ringing alarm clocks piercing the morning air in front of the Fira Gran Via conference hall.<br />
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The chattering alarm clocks served as a literal “wake up call” to the climate negotiators, many of whom veered off the path to the front door to snap pictures and watch the action as TckTckTck and 350.org activists posed for the media cameras. Barcelona is the last chance for negotiators to find consensus on critical elements necessary to forge a legally binding international agreement in Copenhagen....<br />
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vid; <a href="http://www.vimeo.com/7392982" title="http://www.vimeo.com/7392982">http://www.vimeo.com/7392982</a><br />
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related article; S21-S22 : A world awakening out of its "age of stupid"<br />
<a href="http://www.politics.ie/environment/106415-s21-s22-world-awakening-out-its-age-stupid.html" title="http://www.politics.ie/environment/106415-s21-s22-world-awakening-out-its-age-stupid.html">http://www.politics.ie/environment/106415-s21-s22-world....html</a><br />
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BCN; Africans protest low emissions targets at UN talkshttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/91431#comment2616232009-11-03T13:59:38+00:00DunkAfricans protest low emissions targets at UN talks
http://www.google.com/hostedn...Africans protest low emissions targets at UN talks<br />
<a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hbpcmKRVmApR_BXLUINDwR_jzs4QD9BO0ALG0" title="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hbpcmKRVmApR_BXLUINDwR_jzs4QD9BO0ALG0">http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hbpcm...0ALG0</a><br />
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BARCELONA, Spain — African countries suspended meetings at U.N. climate talks Tuesday to protest what they call the low targets that industrial countries have set for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.<br />
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About 50 African countries forced the cancellation of several technical meetings, saying they were only ready to discuss the pledges submitted by the wealthy countries....<br />
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via Guardian eco section on TWITTER; <a href="http://twitter.com/guardianeco" title="http://twitter.com/guardianeco">http://twitter.com/guardianeco</a><br />
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