Featured Blog Posts – September 2012 Archive (7)

via Ruby van der Wekken:

info: <rubyvdwekken@gmail.com>, 

Finnish version via https://www.facebook.com/events/294626617318493/

"Program of the Commons Day, Friday 28.9



Co-organised day on peer-to-peer production and commons by Commons.fi- online journal, Helsinki Timebank and the University of Helsinki



All events are…

From a review of the book, "Who Stole the American Dream" by Robert Steele:

The book opens with reflections of Arnold Toynbee on how civilizations fall, from schisms of the society and schisms of the soul. Being an admirer of George Will's collection entitled "Statecraft as Soulcraft," this resonates with me.



The author chooses to start his account in the 1970's, focusing on Justice Powell and the memorandum that created the…

Via Azad Qalamdar:

"the "Hamari Boli Initiative", an opensource People-to-People collaboration and Language Planning enterprise aimed at Hindi-Urdu (the erstwhile Hindustani. Lingua franca of South Asia & 2nd most spoken lanuage in the world) Script, Style, Style, Status & Lexical reform and modernization. 



a full-scale Language Planning initiative,…

Via Layne Hartsell:

Request info via hartsellml@gmail.com

"Recently I wrote an article for the Journal of Nanoethics on an inspiring young philosopher/activist named Donnie Maclurcan, at the University of Technology (Sydney) and the Post-Growth Institute. The article was on the intricacies of nanotechnology and global equity in economics for the…

via Maxime Combes:

Via Donnie Maclurcan:

 On Saturday 15^th September, at various locations worldwide, people will hand out their own money to complete strangers, asking recipients to pass half on to someone else.

Suggested tweet: Make some change this September 15^th… then give it all away: bit.ly/freemoneyday #freemoneyday…