Link of the Day: New Society Publishers
New Society Publishers is a small publishing company whose mission is “to publish books that contribute in fundamental ways to building an ecologically sustainable and just society, and to do so with the least possible impact on the environment, in a manner that models this vision. “New Society Publishers is committed to building an ecologically […]
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Link of the Day: Youth and Philanthropy Initiative
The Youth and Philanthropy Initiative is designed to “provide secondary school students with a hands-on experience through a strong academic philanthropy program which gives them the skills to assess community needs and make grants to grassroots charitable organizations meeting those needs. Our program will empower young people to actively participate in the development of their […]
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Two interesting facts about Napalm Death
Did you know that Napalm Death, a metal band from Birmingham that’s been around since 1981, wrote the shortest song ever recorded? “You Suffer,” which appeared on the group’s debut album, is 1.316 seconds long. They made a video for it years later, which you can watch online. Did you also know that the Napalm […]
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Transit City, big words like kleptocracy, and learning from our conservative opponents
As promised, we’ve spent the past week working through the six steps toward getting involved in social change that Amanda Sussman lays out in The Art of the Possible. We’ve reviewed one a day, using the Transit City plan as an example issue. If you missed any of the relevant posts, you can review the […]
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Link of the Day: dlvr.it
There’s a good chance that you’re reading this post because you clicked a link provided by dlvr.it, an auto-publishing service that posts updates on Twitter and Facebook accounts whenever I post on this site. I’ve only been using it for a few days, but so far, I’m impressed. I’d been using Twitterfeed to do much […]
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Published today: Raggedy Angry review on Chart
Here’s another pretty decent record that I had the pleasure of reviewing for Chart, by a local band to boot. Check it out. Meanwhile, I could be wrong, but I’ve heard that Maqlu, whose latest EP I reviewed a little less kindly recently, has done some remixing work for Raggedy Angry. I think I’d better […]
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None of the city’s public meetings on the 2011 budget will be held downtown
Hey, remember how the vote in the last mayoral election revealed that the city’s largely split along geographic lines, with the downtown core overwhelmingly opposing our new mayor and the suburbs overwhelmingly supporting him? Well, as Jonathan Goldsbie just pointed out in a post on Spacing, none of the city’s upcoming public meetings on the […]
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Making connections in Transit City
The sixth and final step toward getting engaged in social change that Amanda Sussman identifies in the first chapter of The Art of the Possible is to get connected. “Get in touch with those working on your issue,” she says, “by setting up one or two informational meetings… to supplement your research and help you […]
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It’s Friday, so here’s the video for “My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)” by Chilliwack (plus a bonus)
Chilliwack are a rock band from Vancouver, which is just down the road from the city with which they share a name. They were at their peak during the seventies and eighties, and this catchy number from 1981 was their biggest hit. Not bad, right? Although to be honest, half the reason I posted that […]
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Link of the Day: Creating a Sustainable Marketplace
“WWF has long known that our entire planet is one delicate and complex set of relationships between species, people, habitats, governments and global market forces. We also know that meaningful conservation cannot take place without focusing on all of them. “Through rigorous scientific and economic analysis, we have integrated our deep knowledge of conservation with […]
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