Heroes Versus Hosting

Link Loving 19.06.11

• Josh Kahn-Russell on what he learned from spending five minutes looking at the Tea Party twitter feed.
• Arty Bollocks Generator.
• Conan O’Brien delivers the Dartmouth College 2011 commencement address. Hilarious.
• Greenpeace really know how to do this. Watch the video and then enter the architectural plans.
• Where Ed Miliband needs to improve in his speeches. Asher Dresner.
• Workers’ share of U.S. national income, over time. David Frum.
• Great video from WWF on the FSC label.
• A profile of Ramzan Kadyrov, the Chechyan President. New Internationalist.
• Want a job at 10:10?

There Is A River Flowing Very Fast

There is a river flowing very fast. It is so great and swift that there are those who will be afraid. They will try to hold on to the shore. They will feel they are being torn apart and will suffer greatly. Know the river has its destination. The elders say we must let go of the shore, push off into the middle of the river, keep our eyes open, and our heads above the water.

And I say, see who is in there with you and celebrate. At this time in history, we are to take nothing personally, least of all ourselves. For the moment that we do, our spiritual growth and journey come to a halt.

The time of the one wolf is over. Gather yourselves! Banish the word ’struggle’ from your attitude and your vocabulary. All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration.

We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.

Hopi Elders, June 8, 2000

Landfill

“It’s a bit like a prison – if you haven’t got a reason to go, you’re unlikely to go. And if you don’t go – you won’t understand the problem.”

Courage

What if we know the stories we need to tell, we know the strategies we need to implement, and we know the people we need to work with – but we’re afraid?

What if the only thing stopping us from doing what we need to do is fear?

Link Loving 18.06.11

• Will Obama meet his solar deadline? Jamie Henn.
• How the left’s commentariat differs from the right’s. The Economist.
• Adam Ramsay finds the Tory Achilles heal.
• How to interact with independent scholar Nicholas Taleb. Natalya Sverjensky.
• Environmental activism needs its own revolution to regain its teeth. Charles Secrett.
• A new book on why global markets, states and democracy can’t coexist. Duncan Green.
• Iceland crowd-sources its new constitution. Joshua Keating.
• Would you rather be poor in a rich(er) country or rich in a poorer country? Andy Summer.

The Role Of Friendship In Creating Change

Link Loving 17.06.11

• Celebrating failure. Rob Hopkins.
• BP’s Bob Dudley on Deepwater Horizon. “In time, I hope that it will be recognized as an act of great corporate responsibility.”
• Make Aid Transparent.
• We all want the same thing. A great video from the Australian Youth Climate Coalition.
• How Facebook has us in digital Stockholm syndrome. Alexandra Petri.
• Is there a bipartisan consensus emerging on gay marriage? Daniel Honan.
• If you’re advocating issues to politicians. Make it easy and give solutions. Carlos Odio.
• Croatia cleared for EU membership in 2013. Partly thanks to Independent Diplomat.

The Greenhouse

Link Loving 16.06.11

• Connecticut looks pretty good under Democratic leadership. Peter Applebome.
• Keith Olbermann post-MSNBC.
• Make your audience the hero of the story. Steve Daigneault and Colin Holtz.
• The June Trend Report is all about Innovation Extravaganza.
• How to do advocacy work in one-party states. Duncan Green.
• Why aren’t politicians listening to E.F. Schumacher? Jonathan Glennie.
• This is how you do product promotion. Hella Cool.
• The Great Male Stagnation. Alex Tabarrok.
• What being ‘European’ means to Jorge Semprun.