part i of an intro to the walking away series : a journey beyond civilization

part ii of an intro to the walking away series : a journey beyond civilization

here’s a list of books giving some background on the thoughts presented in this video.
the continuum concept by jean liedloff.
the siberians by farley mowat
the people of the deer by farley mowat
the chalice & the blade by riane eisler
the harmless people by elizabeth marshall thomas
stolen continents by ronald wright
stoneage economics by marshall sahlins
the story of b by daniel quinn
beyond civilization by daniel quinn

internet resources
three very powerful essays by dr. bruce g. charlton on alienation and the indigenous or evolutionarily developed mind.
http://www.hedweb.com/bgcharlton/anim…
http://www.hedweb.com/bgcharlton/mean…
http://www.hedweb.com/bgcharlton/cere…
the original affluent society by marshall sahlins
http://www.primitivism.com/original-a…
dr. alan d. thornhill on population
http://www.myearthwatchexperience.com…

Were all on board!!

Since man has walked the earth, he has envisioned Utopian ideas of paradise that have, time
and again, destroyed his perception of reality, often leading him to destroy reality to make
it fit his Utopia. This video will show how we can rethink what paradise really is.

www.thestumblingblock.com

Since man has walked the earth, he has envisioned Utopian ideas of paradise that have, time
and again, destroyed his perception of reality, often leading him to destroy reality to make
it fit his Utopia. This video will show how we can rethink what paradise really is.

www.thestumblingblock.com

Climate solutions are not costly but instead profitable, since saving fuel costs less than buying fuel. That’s what energy expert Amory Lovins will discuss at 8 p.m. on Monday, October 27. Lovins’s talk is part of Caltech’s Chen-Huang Sustainable Energy Series and will take place in Beckman Auditorium on campus.

Lovins, an internationally recognized expert on energy independence, co founded the Rocky Mountain Institute and now serves as chairman and chief scientist. Newsweek called Lovins “one of the Western world’s most influential energy thinkers.” He has been described by The Economist as an “energy visionary” who “sounded the first alarm about the potential damage that climate change might bring.” His nearly four decades of advocacy for resource efficiency, energy innovation, and holistic design have garnered attention because of today’s interrelated energy and climate issues.

Lovins, a MacArthur Fellow and consultant physicist, is among the world’s leading innovators in energy and its links with resources, security, development, and the environment. He has advised the energy and other industries for more than three decades, as well as the U.S. Department of Energy and Department of Defense. A Harvard and Oxford dropout and former Oxford don, he advises major firms and governments worldwide and has briefed 19 heads of state.

The Chen-Huang Sustainable Energy Series is underwritten by the Chen-Huang Endowed Energy Seminar Fund, which was established in June 2006 with a gift from Marina Chen and her husband, Chi-Fu Huang. Chen is a Caltech alumna who received her master’s degree in 1980 and her PhD in 1983, both in computer science. The seminar series is directed by Nate Lewis, Caltech’s Argyros Professor and professor of chemistry.

The program is presented by Caltech’s Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences. A speaker’s fee was underwritten by Mr. and Mrs. C. Foster Stanback. For more on the event, go to “http://events.caltech.edu/events/event-5861.html, and for information on the Rocky Mountain Institute, go to http://www.rmi.org.

I sure hope they do another one of these events, people really need to see whats happened to the world we live in!!

Info about the Last Inaugural Global Green Indigenous Film Festival
April 18-20 2008
Santa Fe, New Mexico
New Mexico Tourism Department

The National Tribal Environmental Council (NTEC) and the New Mexico Tourism Department, launches the inaugural Global Green Indigenous Film Festival in Santa Fe, April 18-20, 2008.

Held in tandem with NTEC’s annual Environmental Conference, the Film Festival adds a new dimension to showcasing the issues, aspirations and innovations of global Indigenous communities in their charge to protect mother earth.

NTEC is a national non-profit organization based in Albuquerque, New Mexico with a membership of 184 tribes working to protect and preserve tribal environments. “I believe this international film festival will let the world know that Indigenous communities around the world are doing their part to protect mother earth for generations to come,” said Joe Garcia, President of the National Congress of American Indians.

We extend an invitation to people around the world to come see the powerful work being done by Indigenous communities to protect mother earth.
— Jerry Pardilla, NTEC Executive Director

Building Utopia
After years of pipe dreams, politics, and planning, the new Mueller neighborhood is rising at last
BY KATHERINE GREGOR

Who doesn’t love a utopia?

Going vertical: Viewing construction progress at Mueller are Catellus’ Matt Whelan (l), City Project Manager Pam Hefner, and Jim Walker of the Mueller Neighborhoods Coalition. Crafting Mueller required a consensus vision among the trio of major parties (and the dozens of people) they represent – the developers, the city, and the public.
Photo By John Anderson

In its master plan, the new Mueller neighborhood in near East Austin offers the gratifying headiness of a nearly perfect world vision. Co-created by passionate Austinites, this inner-city village on the site of the old Mueller Airport embraces the city’s declared progressive social values: Green Urbanism, affordable housing, neighborhoods that build community, and environmental sustainability. Forged in the slow, open fire of public dialogue and debate, the plan for Mueller should make us proud of who we are – or can be – as a town.

At long last, Mueller-The Plan is going vertical. Within 12 to 18 months, people will be living and working at Mueller-The Place. Already under construction are a shopping center, apartments, offices, a 32-acre park, new streets, and native landscaping. The Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas will open in summer 2007, surrounded by a pediatrics area, expected to include a med-school-like UT teaching and research center. (The 169-bed facility has been designed to achieve the aggressive green-building goal of LEED Platinum certification, unprecedented in the health care industry.) The new community-within-a-community will occupy the same 711 acres as the former Mueller Airport that served Austin from 1930 to 1999 – an oddly shaped parcel fronting I-35 between Airport Boulevard and East 51st, east to Manor Road. Yet it’s really a whole new place. What we’ll see, as it gets built out over the next five, 10, 15, even 20 years, is how true Mueller can stay to the master plan’s progressive vision. We’re starting the real world test.
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