NZ should invest in this instead of damning the Mokihinui River. Imagine!
Item on Green Optimist Blog Clearly shows how a house might look using this system. Continue reading “DIY Energy from hydrogen – forget dams”
Movie: Fair Game
wikiriver.org
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My Parents Were Executed
From Democracy Now
As the U.S. Department of Justice considers charging WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange under the Espionage Act of 1917, we speak with Robert Meeropol, the son of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg—the only U.S. citizens to be executed under the Espionage Act, in what’s been described as the most controversial death sentence in U.S. history. This week, Meeropol released a widely read statement in support of WikiLeaks called, “My Parents Were Executed Under the Unconstitutional Espionage Act—Here’s Why We Must Fight to Protect Julian Assange.” [includes rush transcript]
Mokihinui Plans
Ah, more recent news (October 2010) and it confirms that there is a plan, to build and to oppose the dam.
Meridian has the project on first base by obtaining the required resource consents from the West Coast Regional and Buller District councils. In March, commissioners decided, two to one, to grant the consents. The Department of Conservation (DOC), Forest & Bird and Whitewater NZ are appealing and the Environment Court is expected to hear the case in 2012.
DoC and the Mokihinui
This is a good little article – May 2010 – is there later news?
DOC holds fire on Coast dam appeal | Stuff.co.nz:
“What have Meridian got up their sleeve? Are they going to change the scheme? Are they going to find a lot more land to offer or pay out, which has been done before? We don’t know.”
Save the Mokihinui River
I am appalled at the prospect that one of the last unspoilt rivers in New Zealand has been given government blessing to be damned for hydro power. ( A report by Mike McGavin detailing the April 2010 decision. Decision) . We just saw Craig Potton Rivers DVD episode that shows the river and exposes the threat.
The Mokihinui is in the heart of country where I have tramped and camped, just south of the Whangapeka. I love this land. Google Map. I can’t bear it’s destruction, the country should not loose this land, the animals including endangered native snails and fresh water eels and fish will loose their habitat, trees will die, the permanent loss of trees and the building and concrete will add to carbon to the atmosphere.
Damming this river rides rough-shot over New Zealand culture and Maori traditions as the Craig Potton video makes clear. Meridian (the NZ state and who else?) are a power to reckoned with and will spare no efforts as what went on here with money to Iwi might indicate: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10637348 Sounds like a case of divide and rule.
This dam will happen to our shame, we can stop this dam! Stop the Mokihinui dam, save the Mokihinui river. What to do? This is what I have in mind.
A list of action ideas and links follows, at the end a link to the Lake Pedder tragedy.
Next
The next and needed social network will have the the following qualities:
Purposeful
The ethos will be present and overt. There will be a statement of vision and purpose about equity and compassion.
Strategic
It will aim to bring together the activist left, the digital communication forms and specialist communication and relationship skill groups.
Process Orientation
Respectful of difference in vision and desired outcomes. Strong on adherence to principles of process. Dialogical.
Sustainable Organisation
There will be a balance between being stable and being able to evolve by the actions of participants. Overt governance.
Systemic
Relates to a principle of isomorphism so that the same principles apply at the micro level operate at the macro. Enact principles consciously at all levels in the system.
Principled
Overt guidelines on privacy, transparency, confidentiality.
Ideology
Loose endorsement of charters and manifestos. Eg Compassion, Imediatist.
Digital and Physical
The system will foster effective online and face-to-face participation all within the framework of defining next actions that adhere to the ethos.
Distributed
The leadership is distributed via chapters and hubs and the digital information is not all be on one server or central hub or on one platform. (Diaspora)
Open Source
(Linux)
Not for Profit
(Wikipedia) (Linux)
Global and Local
Dialogical
Will have overt guidelines for effective participation. (Dynamic Facilitation) (NVC) (Imago) (Psychodrama)
WikiRebels – The Documentary
Worth watching:
Mark Poster
I thought there would be someone doing something like this. Dubious though I am of it.
Mark Poster – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Mark Poster (born 6 July 1941) is a Professor Emeritus of History, Film and Media Studies, and the Critical Theory Emphasis at UC Irvine. He received his Ph.D. from New York University in 1968, and his research interests include European Intellectual and Cultural History, Critical Theory, and Media Studies. He is known for applying the ideas of French theorists (including Althusser, Baudrillard, Deleuze, Derrida and Foucault) to the new media (including databases, hypertext and the internet). He seeks to politicize the issue of the use and development of the Internet by emphasizing the possibilities of the Internet for liberatory political change, while acknowledging the existence of a deep digital divide, as well as the interests of transnational corporations and national governments.[1]