Schnews. Alternative newscasts, reportage and more from the frontline of activism in the UK and beyond.
Eco-watch link to protests against the new oil and gas pipelines in the USA. Standing Rock got the most publicity because of native American issues, but…it goes on…and on…
And a link to Standing Rock site.
It is also the hub site for: Terra Nova and the Global Campus. The Global Campus training is designed to support the base stations in questions of food self-sufficiency, energy autonomy, water management, community building and the study of peace knowledge.
The website describes it as: “Tamera is a School and Research Station for Realistic Utopia
The project was founded in Germany in 1978. In 1995 it moved to southern Portugal. Today 170 people live and work on a property of 330 acres.
The founding thought was to develop a non-violent life model for cooperation between human being, animal and nature.”
Professor David Hicks’ site which focuses on the need five strands to be developed in education:
GLOBAL ~ Making sense of the world
FUTURES ~ Preparing for the future
SUSTAINABILITY ~ Thinking and acting sustainably
TRANSITION ~ Creating a post-carbon society
IDEOLOGY ~ Exploring values and beliefs
The Whole Earth ‘Lectronic Link –the oldest international online, virtual community.
Founded way back in 1986 by Stewart Brand and Larry Brilliant in the USA. All sorts of connections…and ‘back stories’ – a kind of follow up to the Whole Earth Catalog. Sort of. From trivial to global ideas and themes.
Much interaction is password protected and takes place in ‘walled gardens’.
Undercurrents have produced some world-renowned documentary films offering alternative news and countercultural views. Now based in Wales. The link site includes a potted history about their film-making. Their films include documentaries on eco-villages and the Mayan people.
A fairly academic multi-disciplinary, non-membership group, who meet in different European locations to discuss Utopian history(ies) and ideas. This is there web contact location.
The Ferry House is located in the Netherlands. It’s linked Foundation says it is about creating a new Economy, based on ‘sharing the Earth’. They say that:
“You are curious about the idea of sharing the entire Earth with each other and treating her nicely as a heritage. For example, you have to pay more and more for a piece of land that makes healthy living together increasingly impossible. You wish it were different.
Follow our Veerhuis campaign to give away land and how that creates the conditions for a new economy and society.”
Born in Montreal, Canada – brainchild of Shane Smith and Suroosh Alvi. VICE started life as an edgy counter-cultural magazine and has ended up a behemoth of a web and video presence. Controversial and unpredictable content. Much that is non-PC. But quite a lot of ‘alternative’ reportage of world events. But backed by corporate leaders and money. Now challenging CNN! Handle with care…
So, is this a movement? An international organisation? Or, a trademark controversy about ‘ownership’? Or….?
The FB site states:
“Wild Woman Sisterhood is a Global operating organization providing Teachings, Events and Women Circles. All dedicated to development, healing and inner growth in which we unleash the Wild Woman defined in all of us. Founded by Tara Isis Gerris and now an expanding circle of inspiring strong, free and authentic women-originated from all over the globe.”
Ideas, images, videos and more…