Reflections on Sustainability
Creativity starts when you cut a zero from your budget, real creativity begins when you cut two. - Jamie Lerner
Last night was a disappointing result for kiwis working towards sustainability with budget cuts in this area looming. It isn’t just about funding though, it is about working within constraints. The physical constraints our society needs […]
The Onion has without a doubt the best coverage I have seen of the election. I don’t know whether to laugh or cry that something so outrageous has so much truth in it.
…the failing economy, dilapidated housing market, crumbling national infrastructure, health care crisis, energy crisis, and five-year-long disastrous war in Iraq had made the […]
The young leaders debate last thursday was quite interesting with a sterling job by all the participants. We had eight young representatives from the major political parties and each candidate started with three minutes - naturally I thought Gareth was the best but you can make up your own mind here : http://nz.youtube.com/profile?user=nzyoungleadersdebate&view=videos
The debate then […]
What do you do when you have the most successful advertising campaign of the election? Why you let people interact with it of course.
Introducing vote for us (www.voteforus.co.nz). You can upload for favourite cute photo and make your own greens style billboard - children, animals and natural beauty seem to be popular themes.
Now that’s the […]
Things have been a bit quiet on the blog, mostly because they have been anything but that elsewhere. One project is coming to fruition however, the young leaders debate is taking place this thursday at the southern cross. Young candidates from eight political parties will be debating the hot topics of the election facilitated by […]
I’ve put together some digital greens badges for anyone who wants them, both boys and girls versions available - www.joshuavial.com/greens/badges.html
If I get some more time I’ll try to put together a simple facebook application.
Get this badge
If you start to look closely at the state of this planet it quickly becomes obvious that the course our society is steering is heading towards a very rough landing. The world is rife with poverty, disease, misery and violence. The rich countries grew rich by exploiting whatever and whomever they could. Our environmental record […]
I just spent the last hour trawling through you tube watching Barack Obama speeches and interviews - it really felt like a light could be at the end of the political tunnel for the USA. Yeah it’s all very orchestrated and his references to JFK and Martin Luther King aren’t too subtle but I guess […]
