- Brown Chops Down Marijuana Eradication Program – The Bay Citizen
- State eliminates money for agents who remove pot plants from parks (Plus: videos and slideshow)
- The commons as an antidote to relentless growth | Energy Bulletin
- * Commons reduce money-induced growth because they make us more independent of money. The more we produce commons, the less we or the state has to pay for goods.
* Commons reduce population-induced growth because they are associated with a multiplicity of sufficiency strategies which create prosperity by sharing.
* Commons escape the growth compulsion, because all those things that are produced as commons, do not have to be made artificially scarce. And there is no incentive for artificial scarcity because commons are not produced as goods to be exchanged but they foster and maintain social relationships, satisfy needs and solve problems. Directly.…“The truth is that there is as yet no credible, socially-just, ecologically sustainable scenario of continually growing incomes for a world of nine billion people,” according to economist Tim Jackson… his book Prosperity without Growth.
- Mobile Media Toolkit | About Us
- The simple fact is that using mobile phones in media production isn't always as easy as it seems. Finding the right tool and using it correctly to reach the broadest possible audience requires knowledge of the mobile landscape. The need for guidance in the industry is apparent.
The Mobile Media Toolkit provides guidance on tools, resources, and case studies of how mobiles can be used for reporting, news broadcasting, and citizen media participation on a variety of platforms and in a variety of circumstances.
- Arrivederci, Water Profiteers: Italians Claim Water as a Common Good
- In Italy last month, an overwhelming number of people (96 percent of the 57 percent of the population that voted) cast their ballots for a peaceful future based on shared ownership of water.
The referendum overturned a law passed by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s government, which would have encouraged private companies to buy up public water utilities and guaranteed them a profit on their investment, opening the door to rate hikes.
The referendum also stripped Berlusconi government ministers of special court privileges and reaffirmed public opposition to nuclear power.
- Secrecy Poisoning American Democracy » Blog of Rights: Official Blog of the American Civil Liberties Union
- … “Drastic Measures Required: Congress needs to Overhaul U.S. Secrecy Laws and Increase Oversight of the Secret Security Establishment”
… we lay out the scope of the problem and analyze its unfortunate consequences for the operation of our government, for our national security, and for our democracy at large. The report asserts that Congress must overhaul U.S secrecy laws and increase its oversight of the secret security establishment in order to rein in the out-of-control secrecy that is poisoning our democracy. We present a number of detailed recommendations for how, exactly, Congress should act to reform the “state secrets privilege,” strengthen Congressional oversight of national security programs, and regulate the use of classification by the executive branch. …
The right to see what our government is doing is one of the most fundamental checks and balances in our system of government. …
- Activism News: OpenCongress version 3– new tools for engaging with Congress and fellow constituents
- * OpenCongress is pleased to announce the release of version 3 of its free
- Patriotic Millionaires Vs. Politician Millionaires | Blog | Rebuild the Dream
- If the deficit is so horrible that we supposedly have to take the extreme measures of gutting Social Security and Medicare, why do politician millionaires refuse to raise taxes on themselves?
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