Worldchanging
Another book I saw at the bookstore last night was titled Worldchanging.
http://www.worldchanging.com/book/
In the middle of Denver, in the middle of December, you can walk into most any supermarket and buy a ripe mango. This has been true long enough that almost nobody stops to think of the remarkable distance that mango traveled or of the tree it fell from, which is probably enjoying a balmy tropical day on the other side of the planet. Proponents of eating local food balk at the ubiquitous midwinter mango. Why? Because they think about the baggage that mango flew in with.
Worldchanging is also an online magazine.
http://www.worldchanging.com/
http://www.worldchanging.com/about/
WorldChanging.com works from a simple premise: that the tools, models and ideas for building a better future lie all around us. That plenty of people are working on tools for change, but the fields in which they work remain unconnected. That the motive, means and opportunity for profound positive change are already present. That another world is not just possible, it's here. We only need to put the pieces together.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worldchanging
WorldChanging is a bright green environmentalist online magazine and blog which covers ecological, humanitarian and design issues through "solutions-based journalism" covering "tools, models and ideas" for building a better future and eschewing traditional news and criticism. It is divided in to seven sections: stuff, shelter, cities, community, business, politics, and planet.
Launched in October, 2003 by Alex Steffen and Jamais Cascio, it has over the years featured a global team of writers including Geoff Manaugh. Jon Lebkowsky, Dawn Danby, Cameron Sinclair, Ethan Zuckerman, Sarah Rich, Chad Monfreda, Regine Debatty, Jeremy Faludi, Nicole-Anne Boyer, David Zaks, Micki Krimmel, Emily Gertz, Joel Makower, Dina Mehta, Seth Zuckerman, Hana Loftus, Craig Neilson and Alan Atkisson. Many of these writers were part of the Viridian Design Movement. In January 2005, it won the Utne Independent Press Award. Viridian theorist (and Wired columnist) Bruce Sterling has called Worldchanging "the most important website on the planet." It is, according to several sites, one of the largest blogs in the world[1]. It was nominated for a Webby for Best Blog in 2006 and for Best Magazine in 2007, as well as Bloggie award nominations for Best Group Weblog and Best Writing for a Weblog. It includes a network of local blogs in several U.S. cities and Canada. In 2008, Nielsen rated it the second leading sustainability site in the world, after Treehugger.com.
The book, from what I saw as I looked through it last night, is fairly interesting.
http://www.worldchanging.com/book/
In the middle of Denver, in the middle of December, you can walk into most any supermarket and buy a ripe mango. This has been true long enough that almost nobody stops to think of the remarkable distance that mango traveled or of the tree it fell from, which is probably enjoying a balmy tropical day on the other side of the planet. Proponents of eating local food balk at the ubiquitous midwinter mango. Why? Because they think about the baggage that mango flew in with.
Worldchanging is also an online magazine.
http://www.worldchanging.com/
http://www.worldchanging.com/about/
WorldChanging.com works from a simple premise: that the tools, models and ideas for building a better future lie all around us. That plenty of people are working on tools for change, but the fields in which they work remain unconnected. That the motive, means and opportunity for profound positive change are already present. That another world is not just possible, it's here. We only need to put the pieces together.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worldchanging
WorldChanging is a bright green environmentalist online magazine and blog which covers ecological, humanitarian and design issues through "solutions-based journalism" covering "tools, models and ideas" for building a better future and eschewing traditional news and criticism. It is divided in to seven sections: stuff, shelter, cities, community, business, politics, and planet.
Launched in October, 2003 by Alex Steffen and Jamais Cascio, it has over the years featured a global team of writers including Geoff Manaugh. Jon Lebkowsky, Dawn Danby, Cameron Sinclair, Ethan Zuckerman, Sarah Rich, Chad Monfreda, Regine Debatty, Jeremy Faludi, Nicole-Anne Boyer, David Zaks, Micki Krimmel, Emily Gertz, Joel Makower, Dina Mehta, Seth Zuckerman, Hana Loftus, Craig Neilson and Alan Atkisson. Many of these writers were part of the Viridian Design Movement. In January 2005, it won the Utne Independent Press Award. Viridian theorist (and Wired columnist) Bruce Sterling has called Worldchanging "the most important website on the planet." It is, according to several sites, one of the largest blogs in the world[1]. It was nominated for a Webby for Best Blog in 2006 and for Best Magazine in 2007, as well as Bloggie award nominations for Best Group Weblog and Best Writing for a Weblog. It includes a network of local blogs in several U.S. cities and Canada. In 2008, Nielsen rated it the second leading sustainability site in the world, after Treehugger.com.
The book, from what I saw as I looked through it last night, is fairly interesting.