http://www.joshuavial.com Reflections on Sustainability Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:01:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is an absolutely phenomenal talk by Benjamin Zander on TED entitled 'Classical music with shining eyes' but it is about so much more than classical music. Go ahead and watch it now, it is 18 minutes that will pay for itself many times over. I see a striking parallel between ... http://www.joshuavial.com/who-do-we-need-to-be/ There are plenty of online petitions going around these days, sometimes it feels like every joker with a laptop is knocking on your virtual door and asking you to make a difference. *cough* It has never been easier for people to act together online so the number of campaigns are proliferating ... http://www.joshuavial.com/two-great-examples-of-online-action/ www.wherethehellismatt.com http://www.joshuavial.com/the-world-needs-more-dancing/ After even a cursory examination of peak oil and climate change one thing becomes very obvious - a lot of change is coming whether we like it or not and a lot of change is required to minimize the pain of the transition. Change is happening in our society but it ... http://www.joshuavial.com/steps-to-increase-our-capacity-for-change/ Devastating video, there has to be something wrong with the way scientific findings are disseminated throughout our society if research like this can be ignored for so long. Sort of like, I don't know, Climate Change research perhaps. http://www.joshuavial.com/six-times-more-plastic-than-plankton-in-the-north-pacific-gyre/ Now this is starting to get surreal - nearly a month ago the two Greenpeace activists who exposed the stolen whale meat scandal were arrested. Outraged greenpeace protestors took to the streets world wide. Now they have a video. Don't get me wrong, I think it's ludicrous these guys were arrested ... http://www.joshuavial.com/free-the-tokyo-two/ It's been a few weeks in the making (hence the recent lack of posts) but I've finally finished a first draft of the www.noplasticbags.org.nz website. The plan is to use the ning campaign centre as a focal point to organise a nationwide campaign to restrict plastic bag usage. Any feedback is welcome. http://www.joshuavial.com/wwwnoplasticbagsorgnz-launched/ This manifesto from www.changethis.com had some absolute gems of insight - it's been a long time since I have read something with interesting ideas so densely packed together. The general thrust is that learning should be a lifelong pursuit and our schools should teach us how, not what, to learn. Most ... http://www.joshuavial.com/gems-from-the-education-sector/ This interview is slightly dated (seems to be just after the stern report) but has some well thought out ideas on Climate Change. On the causes of climate change It is beyond my powers of description to tell you what a world of nine billion people in net food deficit would look ... http://www.joshuavial.com/climate-change-interview-with-george-monbiot/ Yesterday was World Environment Day and 200 people froze in New Zealand's capital of Wellington to show support for the campaign to stop climate change. When was the last time you stopped to think about the environment? Everyone I've spoken to had heaps of fun and the looks on the faces of ... http://www.joshuavial.com/new-zealand-is-freezing/