Link Loving 03.04.12

• Former President Nasheed of the Maldives says that action on climate change is now more important to his country than democracy. Thought provoking. Decca Aitkenhead.
• How TED makes ideas smaller. Megan Garber.
• Keys to creativity: daydreaming, persistence and ping pong. Teressa Iezzi.
• How Conservatives lost faith in science. Alan Boyle.
• Want to make sure the lights don’t go out? Invest in solar. Natalya Sverjensky.

Freedom Song – Social Justice Movie To Watch

In conjunction with starting to read Ella Baker’s biography, I watched ‘Freedom Song‘ this past weekend – a story of what happens in a Mississippi town when the Civil Rights movement came through. Sweet Honey In The Rock produced (?) it, or at least did the music, which itself is always an invitation.

You can watch the whole thing on Youtube, part 1 is here –

If You Sell Shampoo

Imagine if we put all the creativity/energy/good ideas of the thousands of people selling us slightly different types of shampoo into thinking through how we can re-create our economic/political/social systems.

Wouldn’t that be more interesting for them too?

Link Loving 02.04.12

• Books to support building the movement. A great list.
• Great list of examples of successful violent and non-violent movement tactics. Carwil Bjork-James.
• The government will be able to monitor the calls, emails, texts and website visits of everyone in the UK under new legislation set to be announced soon. BBC News.
• Charts: Here’s what Occupy is so angry about. Business Insider.
• Is Silicon Valley the new Wall Street?

The Listening Project

After the wonderful project in the US, ‘All There Is‘, documenting conversations between loved ones, The British Library and Radio 4 have put together The Listening Project.

I hope they end up doing a couple of animations like this one – showing a conversation between mother and daughter.

Imagine taking the Time To Change campaign – and adding the cartoon-style animation. Might even be more powerful.

h/t Gavin Thomson

New Series From Aaron Sorkin, Writer Of The West Wing

Oh my goodness. The joy is immeasurable.

Link Loving 01.04.12

• Live in Scotland? Interested in a new economic paradigm? Just Banking Conference.
• The fate of Spain’s economy may lie in a couple dozen savings banks called cajas de ahorros. How the small can jeapordise the big. NPR Planet Money. h/t Richard Williamson
• If you love London, you will love this project. Jason Gots.
• Noam Chomsky on Nixon, art and bees.
• Fantastic wiki resource on community orgainising.

Seven Biggest Lies About The Economy

Charity Is Dead

How come there were hardly any NGOs attending the Skoll World Forum?

Some classic lines from the event included – “I have a suggestion for a new name for the developing world. Let’s call it the world.” Hans Rosling

The Guardian picks up the conversation, asking ‘Is charity dead?’.