Archive for December, 2009

Gordon Brown on Global Citizenship

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

View Video presented by TED.COM.

Can the interests of an individual nation be reconciled with humanity’s greater good? Can a patriotic, nationally elected politician really give people in other countries equal consideration? Following his TEDTalk calling for a global ethic, UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown fields questions from TED Curator Chris Anderson

Global Energy Solutions

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

See Video.  Rob Hopkins reminds us that the oil our world depends on is steadily running out. He proposes a unique solution to this problem — the Transition response, where small communities can  prepare themselves for life without oil and sacrifice  luxuries to build systems and communities that are completely independent of fossil fuels.