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.
'Start Again' is a short documentary (in two parts) about an alternative, more hippy lifestyle. Made in 1972, but still thought-provoking. Moving away from the cityscape and back to the garden! Worth checking out other films on this NZonScreen site.
The Joe Strummer Foundation
Set up by family and close friends a year after Joe’s (from the Clash) passing. The Joe Strummer Foundation continues to give opportunities to musicians and support to projects around the world that creates empowerment through music.
They say that their objectives are specifically:
The prevention or relief of poverty, particularly of young people, anywhere in the world by providing: grants, items and services to individuals in need and/or charities, or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty.
To promote, improve, develop and maintain the education of the public in the art, culture and science of music in all its aspects for the public benefit, in particular young musicians, including by the provision of funds for the purchase of musical instruments and studio rehearsal.
To promote, improve and advance the arts, including music, for the public benefit including by the presentation of exhibitions, public events and concerts.
Collective cultural arts and social centre in an old tobacco factory in Madrid, Spain.
Links to their official site and to an interesting article by Duran and Moore about the evolution of the space, its ideas and more.
The Wally Hope Appreciation Society. Phil Russell, known as Wally Hope by many, was a key character in the the UK countercultural scene at the end of the 1960s and early 1970s and was one of the founders of the Stonehenge Free Festival. He died in mysterious circumstances. His ideas live on. Iconic.
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’.
Tribal Living Forum for folk who live a bit on the edge of so-called ‘normal’ society. UK-based but fairly global mix of members. Many are new Travellers or have been part of that scene.
A former barracks on the border of Germany and Netherlands, near Luneburg. It has been transformed into an arts community. It offers living spaces, workshops and creative events. They have a lovely statement of intent, which translates into English roughly as:
“We have the will, under the guidance of the ignorant, to do the impossible for the ungrateful. We have for so long, done so much with so little that we can do everything with nothing.”
Links to two of their sites.
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.
Unfamous Resistenza
is a French blog site with all sort of nooks and crannies of ‘alternative’ stuff. Protest, counter-culture, street-art, or, as the site proclaims (quite loudly):
You are U.R.!
Link to their blog