tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46936761820372159222024-03-05T10:19:48.652-05:00≈ Smith Mill Creek ≈ NotesSmith Mill Creek Permaculture School in West Asheville, NC
/ Twitter: @smithmillcreekSmith Mill Creek Noteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01154949712573311710noreply@blogger.comBlogger114125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693676182037215922.post-64996982096432187112011-02-23T14:33:00.003-05:002011-02-23T14:51:17.931-05:002011 Permaculture Convergences (draft)<div>2011 USA Permaculture Convergences<br />(draft list in formation)<br />If you hear of another, please send word to SmithMillCreek<br />* at * gmail, or better yet, leave it in the comments section.<br /><br />I have cut and pasted the 2010 list in here as a placeholder.<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Obsolete 2010 entries should be in orange color</span>.<br />Thanks!<br />*******************<br /><br />NORTHEAST<br /><a href="http://northeasternpermaculture.wikispaces.com/Summer+Gathering" target="_blank">http://northeasternpermaculture.wikispaces.com/Summer+Gathering</a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);">Fri- Sun, July 2-4, 2010</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);">Unity, Maine USA $60- $120 ish</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);">• Suggest a Convergence session here: </span><a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);" href="http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dGFPSUlxdnV5MjRLT19GZEJIMEJMSGc6MA" target="_blank">http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dGFPSUlxdnV5MjRLT19GZEJIMEJMSGc6MA</a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);">twitter.com/NEConvergence</span><br /><br />SOUTHEAST 2011<br /><a href="http://www.southeasternpermaculture.org/" target="_blank">http://www.southeasternpermaculture.org</a><br />17th Annual Gathering is August 5th-7th, 2011 in Celo, NC<br />Registration opens April 22nd, 2011.<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);" href="http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SoutheasternPermaculture"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SoutheasternPermaculture</span></a><br /><br />COLORADO<br /><a href="http://coloradopermaculture.blogspot.com/2010/02/colorado-permaculture-convergence.html" target="_blank">http://coloradopermaculture.blogspot.com/2010/02/colorado-permaculture-convergence.html</a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">The Colorado Permaculture Convergence is scheduled for Sunday, August 22nd, 2010 at the 63rd Street Farm near Boulder, Colorado. Contact the High Altitude Permaculture Institute if you are interested in helping organize this event.</span><br /><br />NORTHWEST<br /><a href="http://www.washingtonstatepermaculture.org/" target="_blank">http://www.washingtonstatepermaculture.org</a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">2010's Washington State Permaculture Conference, tentatively scheduled to be held at The Evergreen State College in mid-September, 2010.</span><br /><br />SAN FRANCISCO, CA BAY AREA<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">None planned I can find; last one Summer 2008</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">http://www.livingmandala.com/Living_Mandala/Bay_Area_Permaculture_Convergence.html</span><br /><br />*************************************<br />SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">None found for 2010</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">http://socalifornia.permacultureconvergence.org</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">1st Annual Southern California Permaculture Convergence</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">August 29-31, 2008</span><br /><br />MIDWEST<br />The First Midwest Permaculture Convergence in Bloomington IN<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);">September 23-25, 2010</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);">Weblink to come....</span><br /><br />UPSTATE NEW YORK PERMACULTURE GATHERING<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);">First was March 2010</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);">Next TBD</span><br /><a href="http://upstatenypermaculture.net/"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">http://upstateNYpermaculture.Net</span></span></a><br /><br /><br /></div>Smith Mill Creek Noteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01154949712573311710noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693676182037215922.post-60871275164975972772010-07-08T14:03:00.001-04:002010-07-08T14:03:07.597-04:00Everybody's flying and no one leaves the ground<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><img width='368' height='368' src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51eCxLqwL9L._SS500_.jpg' style='max-width: 800px;'/>I just finished Strange Days Indeed: The Golden Days of Paranoia, by Francis Wheen, about the seventies.<br/><br/>It's not so noteworthy, but it was a good reminder of the malaise of the seventies. Perhaps more than any decade of this century, this was a decade of disempowerment & frustration. McGovern didn't win; and Nixon did instead and then lost; there were 150 hijackings from 1970-'72; numerous gas lines and in Britain, brownouts. Stocks lost their value, so did wages, so did savings. Elites were hemmed in by new rules of democracy, but unions started losing ground around 1974. The punks celebrated despair, and in Germany there was a Tunix movement (Tu Nichts-- "do nothing").<br/><br/>New York City almost went bankrupt, and did face severe increase in either crime of the perception of it; serial killers abounded, each with a nickname (Zodiac, Son of Sam, freeway Killer); city councillors killed city councillors. In the confusion of role models, cults abounded: Moonies, Scientologists, Rajneesh, Elizabeth Clare Prophet. So did shallow encounter groups.<br/>Drugs grew in use, and moved from an earlier psychedelic focus on a higher truth, to an escape from reality and a contest to see who could get higher on heroin, cocaine, pot.<br/><br/>And as the book's title reminds us: crazy mysticism & conspiracy theories false AND true, abounded: Cointelpro, the assassination of JFK, flying saucers, Chariots of the Gods<br/><br/>I begin to better understand the appeal of Ronald Reagan in promising to end many of these things; and actually pulling it off, in the short term & middle term. Until 18 months ago.<br/><br/>The title of the book & my blog entriy is from a song by John Lennon-- <a href='http://www.guntheranderson.com/v/data/nobodyto.htm' target='_blank'>Nobody Told Me</a>.<br/></div>Smith Mill Creek Noteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01154949712573311710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693676182037215922.post-33512513146466601502010-04-09T07:48:00.010-04:002010-04-09T14:49:02.082-04:00Transition Movements springing up like wildflowers!<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><big><big><small><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I just learned about two of these-- Transition Decade & MAHB's outreach push-- in the last ten hours.<br /><br />I'm going to post an incomplete draft 0.6 and then revise it later today. Disclosure at end.<br />-- Jim<br /></span></small><b><br />Transition Decade</b></big></big></span><br />The Transition Decade creates a campaign platform and a shared timeline<br />for action for the next ten years. (Australia, 10 group coalition, launched 2/14/2010, acknowledges debt to Lester Brown's 1990 suggestion of a "Transition Decade" in 1990.)<br /><a href="http://www.t10.net.au/node/13" target="_blank">http://www.t10.net.au/node/13</a> Official homepage<br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Transition_Decade" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Transition_Decade</a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><b><big><big>Transition (Town) Movement</big></big></b></span><br />Started in Fall 2005 in Kinsale, Ireland by Louise Rooney and Rob Hopkins, this movement attempts to build community-based efforts to reduce our carbon footprint, reduce our oil dependence and build community. 284 official initiatives as of April 8th, 2010. Third annual conference coming up in June 2010 in Britain. Now based in Totnes, UK.<br /><a href="http://transitionculture.org/essential-info/why-transition-culture" target="_blank">http://transitionculture.org/essential-info/why-transition-culture</a> <-- early history<br /><a href="http://www.transitiontowns.org/" target="_blank">http://www.transitiontowns.org</a> <-- movement home page<br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transition_Towns" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transition_Towns</a><br /><br /><big><big><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Great Transition Initiative</span></b></big></big><br />Started in 1995, The <strong>Great Transition Initiative </strong>is a growing<br />international <strong>network</strong> of scholars and activists that<br />analyzes alternative scenarios and charts a path to a hopeful future. Based in Cambridge, MA out of Harvard University. Has many monographs and thinkpieces.<br /><a href="http://www.gtinitiative.org/" target="_blank">http://www.gtinitiative.org</a> Official home page<br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Transition" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Transition</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:times new roman;font-size:180%;" >Four Years. Go</span><br />Dedicated to the notion that the planet is at a tipping point, this campaign stresses that the next four years will determine the course of the next thousand years. This effort comes out of the Pachamama Alliance. It was born out of a speech by Lynne Twiss. Strongest on outreach, light on theory, the four years in question run from February 14, 2010 (Valentine's Day) to 2/14/14.<br /><a href="http://www.fouryearsgo.org/">http://www.fouryearsgo.org</a><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/fouryearsgo">http://<span style="font-weight: bold;">twitter</span>.com/fouryearsgo</a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/fouryearsgo">http://www.<span style="font-weight: bold;">youtube</span>.com/fouryearsgo</a><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/fouryearsgo">http://www.<span style="font-weight: bold;">facebook</span>.com/fouryearsgo</a><br /><br /><big><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><b>Millennium Assessment of Human Behavior (MAHB)</b></span></big><br />Pronounced “mob”, this initiative was catalyzed by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_R._Ehrlich">Paul Ehrlich</a>, a MacArthur award winning senior biologist most famous for writing the bestseller <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Population_Bomb">The Population Bomb</a> in 1968. While it has been around for a fw months, it went public more loudly on April 6th, 2010 with the publication of an article in an online science magazine.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.1000330" target="_blank">http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.1000330</a><br /><a href="http://mahbsustainability.wordpress.com/about" target="_blank">http://mahbsustainability.wordpress.com/about</a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Defusing the Nuclear Threat (Stanford University)</span><br /> Professor Martin Hellman, who helped build the anti-nuclear group <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_War">Beyond War</a>, is trying to start a Stanford University effort that will go global. I don't know if he's talked to Paul Ehrlich (I imagine they must know each other, bring professor emeriti on the same campus). <br /><a href="http://nuclearrisk.org/">http://nuclearrisk.org</a><br /><br />***********************************************<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><big><big><small><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(Disclosure: I'm on-board with a number of these: I helped start Transition Town Asheville in December 2006 w/ two others; am recently part of the Great Transition Institute network; am recently part of the Four Years. Go connectors group, helped found the US Citizen's Network for the 1992 Earth Summit, and got started with all this by reading the Population Bomb in 1970 after the first Earth Day.)</span></small></big></big></span><br /></div>Smith Mill Creek Noteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01154949712573311710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693676182037215922.post-44584423711323889302010-03-27T18:52:00.013-04:002012-05-09T16:04:15.375-04:00Organic Grower's School 1994-2012Signs of hope escape our eyes easily; we like to see the doom.<br />
Here's some good news: Attendance at the OGS doubles every five years.<br />
Can we shrink our carbon footprint as quickly as this grows (15%)?<br />
Easily, no. Impossible? Probably not.<br />
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430</div>
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<td style="border-color: #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px; width: 86.0px;" valign="middle"><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;">
187%</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-color: #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px; width: 66.0px;" valign="middle"><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;">
2000</div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px; width: 56.0px;" valign="middle"><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;">
7th</div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px; width: 70.0px;" valign="middle"><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;">
392</div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px; width: 86.0px;" valign="middle"><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;">
91%</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-color: #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px; height: 13.0px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px; width: 66.0px;" valign="middle"><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;">
2001</div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px; height: 13.0px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px; width: 56.0px;" valign="middle"><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;">
8th</div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px; height: 13.0px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px; width: 70.0px;" valign="middle"><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;">
500</div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px; height: 13.0px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px; width: 86.0px;" valign="middle"><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;">
128%</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-color: #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px; width: 66.0px;" valign="middle"><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;">
2002</div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px; width: 56.0px;" valign="middle"><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;">
9th</div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px; width: 70.0px;" valign="middle"><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;">
533</div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px; width: 86.0px;" valign="middle"><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;">
107%</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-color: #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px; width: 66.0px;" valign="middle"><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;">
2003</div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px; width: 56.0px;" valign="middle"><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;">
10th</div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px; width: 70.0px;" valign="middle"><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;">
609</div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px; width: 86.0px;" valign="middle"><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;">
114%</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-color: #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px; width: 66.0px;" valign="middle"><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;">
2004</div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px; width: 56.0px;" valign="middle"><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;">
11th</div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px; width: 70.0px;" valign="middle"><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;">
683</div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px; width: 86.0px;" valign="middle"><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;">
112%</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-color: #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px; width: 66.0px;" valign="middle"><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;">
2005</div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px; width: 56.0px;" valign="middle"><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;">
12th</div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px; width: 70.0px;" valign="middle"><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;">
800</div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px; width: 86.0px;" valign="middle"><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;">
117%</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-color: #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px; width: 66.0px;" valign="middle"><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;">
2006</div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px; width: 56.0px;" valign="middle"><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;">
13th</div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px; width: 70.0px;" valign="middle"><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;">
900</div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px; width: 86.0px;" valign="middle"><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;">
113%</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-color: #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px; width: 66.0px;" valign="middle"><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;">
2007</div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px; width: 56.0px;" valign="middle"><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;">
14th</div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px; width: 70.0px;" valign="middle"><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;">
1000</div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px; width: 86.0px;" valign="middle"><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;">
111%</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-color: #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px; width: 66.0px;" valign="middle"><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;">
2008</div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px; width: 56.0px;" valign="middle"><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;">
15th</div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px; width: 70.0px;" valign="middle"><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;">
1200</div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px; width: 86.0px;" valign="middle"><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;">
120%</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-color: #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px; width: 66.0px;" valign="middle"><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;">
2009</div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px; width: 56.0px;" valign="middle"><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;">
16th</div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px; width: 70.0px;" valign="middle"><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;">
1300</div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px; width: 86.0px;" valign="middle"><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;">
108%</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-color: #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px; width: 66.0px;" valign="middle"><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;">
2010</div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px; width: 56.0px;" valign="middle"><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;">
17th</div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px; width: 70.0px;" valign="middle"><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;">
1500</div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px; width: 86.0px;" valign="middle"><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;">
115%</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-color: #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb; border-style: solid; border-width: 1.0px 1.0px 1.0px 1.0px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px; width: 66.0px;" valign="middle"><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;">
2011</div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px; width: 56.0px;" valign="middle"><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;">
18th</div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb; border-style: solid; border-width: 1.0px 1.0px 1.0px 1.0px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px; width: 70.0px;" valign="middle"><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;">
1679</div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px; width: 86.0px;" valign="middle"><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;">
112%</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-color: #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb; border-style: solid; border-width: 1.0px 1.0px 1.0px 1.0px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px; width: 66.0px;" valign="middle"><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;">
2012</div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px; width: 56.0px;" valign="middle"><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;">
19th</div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb; border-style: solid; border-width: 1.0px 1.0px 1.0px 1.0px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px; width: 70.0px;" valign="middle"><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;">
1906</div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb #cbcbcb; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px 0.8px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px; width: 86.0px;" valign="middle"><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right;">
114%</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<br />
<br />
Average annual growth= 14.8</td> <td align="right" class="xl30"><br /></td> <td class="xl29"><br /></td> <td class="xl27"><br /></td> <td class="xl27"><br /></td> <td class="xl27"><br /></td> <td class="xl27"><br /></td> <td class="xl27"><br /></td> <td class="xl27"><br /></td> <td class="xl27"><br /></td> <td class="xl27"><br /></td> <td class="xl27"><br /></td> <td class="xl27"><br /></td> </tr>
<tr height="23"> <td class="xl32" colspan="3" height="23">Average doubling time = 4.9 years<br />
<br /></td> <td class="xl35"><br />
<div style="text-align: left;">
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</td> <td class="xl27"><br /></td> <td class="xl27"><br /></td> <td class="xl27"><br /></td> <td class="xl27"><br /></td> <td class="xl27"><br /></td> <td class="xl27"><br /></td> <td class="xl27"><br /></td> <td class="xl27"><br /></td> <td class="xl27"><br /></td> <td class="xl27"><br /></td> </tr>
<tr height="23"> <td class="xl27" colspan="2" height="23">Figures courtesy of</td> <td class="xl27"><br /></td> <td class="xl29"><br /></td> <td class="xl27"><br /></td> <td class="xl27"><br /></td> <td class="xl27"><br /></td> <td class="xl27"><br /></td> <td class="xl27"><br /></td> <td class="xl27"><br /></td> <td class="xl27"><br /></td> <td class="xl27"><br /></td> <td class="xl27"><br /></td> <td class="xl27"><br /></td> </tr>
<tr height="23"> <td class="xl27" colspan="3" height="23">Meredith Leigh McKissick</td> <td class="xl29"><br /></td> <td class="xl27"><br /></td> <td class="xl24"><br /></td> <td class="xl24"><br /></td> <td class="xl24"><br /></td> <td class="xl24"><br /></td> <td class="xl24"><br /></td> <td class="xl24"><br /></td> <td class="xl24"><br /></td> <td class="xl24"><br /></td> <td class="xl24"><br /></td> </tr>
<tr height="23"> <td class="xl27" colspan="3" height="23">Director, Organic Growers School</td> <td class="xl29"><br /></td> <td class="xl27"><br /></td> <td class="xl24"><br /></td> <td class="xl24"><br /></td> <td class="xl24"><br /></td> <td class="xl24"><br /></td> <td class="xl24"><br /></td> <td class="xl24"><br /></td> <td class="xl24"><br /></td> <td class="xl24"><br /></td> <td class="xl24"><br /></td> </tr>
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</tbody></table>Smith Mill Creek Noteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01154949712573311710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693676182037215922.post-40222935143503854652010-03-25T15:38:00.005-04:002010-04-04T16:46:39.523-04:002010 USA Permaculture Convergences<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">2010 USA Permaculture Convergences<br />If you hear of another, please send word to SmithMillCreek<br />* at * gmail<br />Thanks!<br />*******************<br /><br />NORTHEAST<br /><a href="http://northeasternpermaculture.wikispaces.com/Summer+Gathering" target="_blank">http://northeasternpermaculture.wikispaces.com/Summer+Gathering</a><br />Fri- Sun, July 2-4, 2010<br />Unity, Maine USA $60- $120 ish<br />• Suggest a Convergence session here: <a href="http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dGFPSUlxdnV5MjRLT19GZEJIMEJMSGc6MA" target="_blank">http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dGFPSUlxdnV5MjRLT19GZEJIMEJMSGc6MA</a><br />twitter.com/NEConvergence<br /><br />SOUTHEAST<br /><a href="http://www.southeasternpermaculture.org/" target="_blank">http://www.southeasternpermaculture.org</a><br />The gathering is Fri- Sun, August 6-8, 2010 at the Arthur Morgan School in Celo, NC<br />http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SoutheasternPermaculture<br /><br />COLORADO<br /><a href="http://coloradopermaculture.blogspot.com/2010/02/colorado-permaculture-convergence.html" target="_blank">http://coloradopermaculture.blogspot.com/2010/02/colorado-permaculture-convergence.html</a><br />The Colorado Permaculture Convergence is scheduled for Sunday, August 22nd, 2010 at the 63rd Street Farm near Boulder, Colorado. Contact the High Altitude Permaculture Institute if you are interested in helping organize this event.<br /><br />NORTHWEST<br /><a href="http://www.washingtonstatepermaculture.org/" target="_blank">http://www.washingtonstatepermaculture.org</a><br />2010's Washington State Permaculture Conference, tentatively scheduled to be held at The Evergreen State College in mid-September, 2010.<br /><br />SAN FRANCISCO, CA BAY AREA<br />None planned I can find; last one Summer 2008<br />http://www.livingmandala.com/Living_Mandala/Bay_Area_Permaculture_Convergence.html<br /><br />*************************************<br />SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA<br />None found for 2010<br />http://socalifornia.permacultureconvergence.org<br />1st Annual Southern California Permaculture Convergence<br />August 29-31, 2008<br /><br />MIDWEST<br />The First Midwest Permaculture Convergence in Bloomington IN<br />September 23-25, 2010<br />Weblink to come....<br /><br />UPSTATE NEW YORK PERMACULTURE GATHERING<br />First was March 2010<br />Next TBD<br /><a href="http://upstateNYpermaculture.Net"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">http://upstateNYpermaculture.Net</span></span></a><br /><br /><br /></div>Smith Mill Creek Noteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01154949712573311710noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693676182037215922.post-90043046766225906872010-03-18T08:56:00.001-04:002010-03-18T08:56:11.815-04:00Some Haiti Resources<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>I just got this via email. I myself would do well to compile some other responses I got from others.<br/>-- Jim<br/>*******************************<br/>I am cut and pasting all the answers b/c quite frankly there were so many that I hesitate to choose. <br/><br/>I will narrow down some favorites later when I come back from work.<br/>Alice Backer, Esq.<br/>http://www.kiskeacity.com<br/>http://twitter.com/kiskeacity<br/>*********************************<br/><br/>Books:<br/>1. Red and Black in Haiti (Matthew Smith)<br/>2. The Uses of Haiti<br/>3. Haiti and the United States<br/>4. Haiti: State Against Nation<br/><br/>Novels:<br/>1. Love, Anger, Madness<br/>2. Brother I am Dying<br/>3. Masters of the Dew<br/><br/>Films:<br/>1. The Agronomist<br/>3. Heading South<br/>4. Man by the Shore<br/>5. Ghosts of Cite Soleil<br/>6. Moloch Tropical<br/>7. Egalite for All<br/>8. Royal Bonbon<br/><br/><div class='zemanta-pixie'><img src='http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=803cef3f-73be-82e2-bd53-7bbe1d0461a1' alt='' class='zemanta-pixie-img'/></div></div>Smith Mill Creek Noteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01154949712573311710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693676182037215922.post-86985987711626072382009-12-20T09:04:00.002-05:002010-01-02T09:15:14.363-05:00After Copenhagen: Community Climate Discussion<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">After Copenhagen: Community Climate Discussion<br />Talking Together about How We Feel, and what we might do, alone & together<br />(NOT at West Asheville Library Community Room & relocated next door to)<br />Waking Life Espresso<br />976 Haywood Road, West Asheville, NC 28806<br />Saturday, Jan. 2nd, 2010 10 AM to noon<br />Free and open to people who think that human-caused climate change is real<br />and worth stopping. don't drive-- if you can walk comfortably, come on over)<br /><br />If you are on Facebook, you can "rsvp" (optional, but nice) at<br /><a target="_blank" href="http://j.mp/AvlAfterCop15">http://j.mp/AvlAfterCop15</a><br /><br />Questions? Email smithmillcreek at the domain of gmail dot com<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="zemanta-pixie"><img src="http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=81be7ba8-267b-8c79-8944-59e084e49f3d" alt="" class="zemanta-pixie-img" /></div></div>Smith Mill Creek Noteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01154949712573311710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693676182037215922.post-33752057009821926472009-10-15T16:20:00.004-04:002009-10-15T16:25:29.898-04:00More BAD action on climate laterMy blog action day post on climate change will probably be a few days late--<br />I'm preparing a talk on the phases of movements for the student climate conference, Powershift '09, this Saturday in Chapel Hill, NC.<br /><br />the workshop will be a repeat of the <a href="http://smithmillcreek.blogspot.com/2008/11/doing-democracy-bill-moyers-movement.html">one I did</a> in November 2008.<br /><span class="fullpost"><br />-- End--<br /></span>Smith Mill Creek Noteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01154949712573311710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693676182037215922.post-73543713219597746132009-09-15T00:13:00.001-04:002009-09-15T00:13:22.557-04:00Tolstoy on Causation<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>The human mind cannot grasp the causes of phenomena in the aggregate. But the need to find these causes is inherent in man’s soul. And the human intellect, without investigating the multiplicity and complexity of the conditions of phenomena, any one of which taken separately may seem to be the cause, snatches at the first, the most intelligible approximation to a cause, and says: “<b>This</b> is the cause!"<br/><br/>-Leo Tolstoy<br/><i>War and Peace</i><br/><br/><div class='zemanta-pixie'><img src='http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=99f28a9a-0e16-8193-9a37-6a6046a05418' alt='' class='zemanta-pixie-img'/></div></div>Smith Mill Creek Noteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01154949712573311710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693676182037215922.post-26001477078489746432009-08-26T04:35:00.001-04:002009-08-26T04:35:41.292-04:00Important August Essays on the Eco-Crisis<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>All the essays agree on one thing: big changes are ahead of us, and soon.<br/>All of the essays below are by some of the top eco-thinkers alive.<br/><br/>Paul Kingsnorth and Paul Monbiot debate the future in the (UK) Guardian<br/><br/>Northwest US-based Tom Atlee on the Great Turning<br/><br/>NY Times eco-columnist Andy Revkin on a new stage in humanity<br/><br/>Sharon Astyk (upstate NY) and Rob Hopkins (Devonshire, UK) debate Permaculture and Transition Towns.<br/><br/><div class='zemanta-pixie'><img src='http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=82b084a4-dccc-858c-b7e8-fd0999ded8af' alt='' class='zemanta-pixie-img'/></div></div>Smith Mill Creek Noteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01154949712573311710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693676182037215922.post-1689107652805986462009-08-20T13:48:00.001-04:002009-08-20T13:48:40.833-04:00Buses from Downtown Asheville to SEE Expo and back<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><b>ROUTE 6 AIRPORT/HENDERSONVILLE TO Southern Energy & Environment Expo</b><br/><br/>( I am posting this on my private blog to enhance skimmability. You can also find it somewhere on their website. Maybe. If you're lucky.)<br/><br/>Asheville Transit Route 6-Airport/Hendersonville Road will stop at the 9th annual Southern Energy & Environment Expo at the Western North Carolina Agricultural Center on Friday, August 21 and Saturday August 22 (but not Sunday). From downtown Asheville, the route will make seven trips to the agricultural center as part of its regular schedule (which means rides cost $1, exact change- four quarters or a dollar bill).<br/><br/>Asheville Transit will provide service to the bus stop near gate 1 at the agricultural center. The first trip will arrive Friday and Saturday at 9:15 a.m. and the last trip will leave at 6:15 p.m. <br/><br/>Bus service is not available on Sunday.<br/><br/>Route 6 will stop at the expo about 10 minutes before arriving at the Asheville Regional Airport, as part of its current schedule Friday and Saturday. Route times include: 9:15 a.m.; 10:45a.m.; 12:15 p.m.; 1:45 p.m.; 3:15 p.m.; 4:45 p.m., and; 6:15 p.m.<br/><br/>The Asheville Transit Route 6 schedule can be found at www.ashevilletransit.com under “maps and schedules.” <br/><br/>For more information, contact Asheville Transit at 253-5691, iride@ashevillenc.gov or by going to www.ashevilletransit.com.<br/><br/><div class='zemanta-pixie'><img src='http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=4b95eb92-48a4-8b5b-a9be-0fe461fcd4ee' alt='' class='zemanta-pixie-img'/></div></div>Smith Mill Creek Noteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01154949712573311710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693676182037215922.post-69026951224904363882009-07-30T14:34:00.003-04:002009-07-30T15:46:57.120-04:00Help make video this Saturday noonMountaine and I are doing a video this Saturday noon. We need extras.<br />Can you join us?<br />Facebook signup: http://bit.ly/p9xeR<br />-- Jim<br />*************************************<br /><br />Hiya friends.<br />I'm involved in the October 24th global day of activism/education on sustainability, organized by the great folks at www.350.org. It's about the need to reduce carbon in the atmosphere from the current 390 parts per million (dangerous and rising) to 350 (much safer). Check out the website - this is HUGE.<br /><br />One of the events I'm working on is a simple bit of street theatre that can be replicated easily around the world. It's called the "350 move". There is strong interest from the 350.org people in our getting a short video made quickly, so they can publicize it to the groups in over 80 countries gearing up for the big event on October 24th.<br /><br />This Saturday August 1st, promptly at noon, at the downtown Asheville Vance Monument, some of us will meet to do 2 things - review the plan for the street theatre and make some final tweaks, and then get it videotaped. I hope it takes only an hour - if more, not much. Can you be a part of this? We need warm enthusiastic creative bodies! We're gonna meet at the Vance Monument, and choose a place to go depending on the weather. If you're pretty sure you'll come, please send me an email at mountaine at gmail . Or just show up.<br /><br />If you can, bring a cardboard sign that says "350" on it. Dress the way you'll want to look for the world audience - a variety of styles (some in business clothes) would be great.<br /><br />And if you can serve as our videographer, let me know right away. We have the offer of a video camera to borrow, but best if we have someone with a camera who knows how to use it, and perhaps do a wee bit of editing after the fact if necessary.<br /><br />Grateful for who you are,<br />Mountaine<br /><br /><span class="fullpost"><br />End of post<br /></span>Smith Mill Creek Noteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01154949712573311710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693676182037215922.post-4202978257245662542009-07-05T10:00:00.006-04:002009-07-05T10:06:27.482-04:00To Obama and Constitutzia!<span class="fullpost"></span><br />IN 1825, Russian officers staged a coup against the Tsar's absolute monarchy, and in favor of a constitution. Feeling their power after their army had defeated Napolean 13 years before, and back from occupying Europe where they got to read, talk and study with avant-garde thinkers, they saw their chance in 1825.<br /><span class="fullpost"><br />**********<br />The old czar died, and the more popular, more liberal older son, Constantine, chose love over office, choosing to marry a non-royal Polish girl. He renounced the chance at a throne in favor of his younger brother Nicholas.<br /><br />The liberal officers staged a revolt, getting their men to cry "Constantine and Constitution!". Unfortunately, many of the common soldiers thought that "Consitutzia" was Constantine's wife. The premature revolt failed.<br /><br />This month, June 2009, hasn't seen so many people in the streets since 1989 (Romania, East Germany, China). As of Sunday morning, July 5th 2009, it's an open question as to whether the forces of free election and popular participation will win in Iran and Honduras, both countries in which the American taxpayer funded CIA has done much to help kill, torture and imprison earlier advocates of change in the fifties, sixties, seventies in both countries, and in the eighties in Honduras.<br /><br />Unlike earlier US administrations, Obama is sending signals to those who would use teargas and clubs that they don't have a friend in the White House. It's about time.<br /><br />Here's to Obama and Constitutzia!<br />And to the fact that we now know the difference between Michelle and Constitution.<br /></span>Smith Mill Creek Noteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01154949712573311710noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693676182037215922.post-51654683309713164402009-06-16T12:45:00.004-04:002009-06-16T13:02:54.650-04:00Courage<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw-AiLx9AwMkIOYmGQiMIdwVuLcsB-DwVyJW0cXfbvSxXuV_XS85VarFpvYpK0zLgMquoc3meW8eUIh6Qs8HMZbXVQnJVc25n9MVzrzo1cOOit1bmaD4QMaxMAgyEookTuNO4VXik2oS3k/s1600-h/TehranWomen-12.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw-AiLx9AwMkIOYmGQiMIdwVuLcsB-DwVyJW0cXfbvSxXuV_XS85VarFpvYpK0zLgMquoc3meW8eUIh6Qs8HMZbXVQnJVc25n9MVzrzo1cOOit1bmaD4QMaxMAgyEookTuNO4VXik2oS3k/s400/TehranWomen-12.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347967739761795810" /></a><br /><br />Type your summary here<br />MOre later if I get time<br /><span class="fullpost"><br />Type rest of the post here<br /></span>Smith Mill Creek Noteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01154949712573311710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693676182037215922.post-46395845447735161592009-06-14T23:27:00.013-04:002011-02-19T12:25:35.517-05:00Massacres Don't Work for Long<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">It seems rare enough that unarmed demonstrators are fired upon by police/national guard/soldiers. And it is frequent that there are agents provocateurs. It is also common for governments to bring in rural/poor/less educated militia members from distant provinces or different ethnic groups. The conscript Army in Egypt in Jan/Feb could not be reliably counted upon to fire upon demonstrators.<br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLJU9X68mlbyRn215tYGvumvMxFpKdhf5Adxvcmlv8UWNr6vPM_GBQziZkg06fCglUQYfb57Je3VC-GO5uw7-D8QOJB7DSJj4xoCXwToFwKDKEfFpBxvnAmQ_T5gFgBUxdv0S_EytuxP6A/?imgmax=800" style="max-width: 800px;" /><br /><br /><br />Clubbed, yes; fired upon, rare enough so that I could name a few prominent ones:<br /><ul><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peterloo_Massacre">Peterloo Massacre</a>, Manchester, England 1819 <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHflVqV0wek"><span style="font-size:78%;">Short Documentary, 2010</span></a><br /></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Sunday_%281905%29" target="_blank">Bloody Sunday</a>, St. Petersburg, 1905 <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" ><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBiW2ztjJBw">Hollywood, 1971</a></span></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jallianwala_Bagh_massacre">Amritsar (Jallianwala Bagh)</a>, India, April 13, 1919 from <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hgRLqBZuMQ"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" >Gandhi, 1982</span></a><br /></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Sunday_%281920%29" target="_blank">Bloody Sunday</a>, Dublin, Ireland 1920 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOiQRkK1tyg"><span style="font-size:78%;">from <span style="font-style: italic;">Michael Collins</span>, 1996</span></a><br /></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludlow_massacre" target="_blank">Ludlow Massacre</a>, Ludlow, Colorado, 1914 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6kuvBnNNUs"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">from </span>Howard Zinn: You can't be neutral on a moving train</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">, 1996</span></span></a><br /></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everett_massacre" target="_blank">Everett Massacre</a>, Everett, Washington, USA 1916</li><li><a href="http://bit.ly/GtKFt">Sharpeville</a>, South Africa 1960 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QewjEshKbuE"><span style="font-size:78%;">from 2010 <span style="font-style: italic;">newscast</span></span></a> <span style="font-size:78%;">or <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVMPlVBm29Y"><span style="font-style: italic;">this</span></a></span><br /></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orangeburg_massacre" target="_blank">Orangeburg Massacre</a>, Orangeburg, SC, USA 1968<br /></li><li> <a title="Tlatelolco massacre" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tlatelolco_massacre" target="_blank">Tlatelolco massacre</a>, Mexico City, Mexico; October 2, 1968 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBu8o6AlQlA"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" >footage</span></a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_Massacre" target="_blank">Kent State Shootings</a>, Kent, Ohio, USA May 4th, 1970 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mid-j9Ki49s"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" >eyewitness account</span></a> <span style="font-size:78%;">& <a href="http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=kent+state+massacre&aq=0"><span style="font-style: italic;">these</span></a></span><br /></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_State_killings" target="_blank">Jackson State Shootings</a>, Jackson, Missisippi, USA 1970 <span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUifr-aV0mY"><span style="font-style: italic;">Democracy Now</span></a> clip from Howard Zinn's last interview</span><br /></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Sunday_%281972%29" target="_blank">Bloody Sunday</a>, Derry, Northern Ireland, 1972 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nesd7KtZEMk"><span style="font-size:78%;">docudrama <span style="font-style: italic;">trailer</span>, 2002</span></a><br /></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday_%281978%29">Black Friday</a>, Tehran, Iran, Sept. 8, 1978<br /></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greensboro_massacre" target="_blank">Greensboro Massacre</a>, Greensboro, North Carolina 1979*<br /></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square_protests_of_1989" target="_blank">Tianamen Square Massacre</a>, Peking, China 1989</li><li><a href="http://peruanista.blogspot.com/2009/06/photos-bagua-aftermatn-images-sent-from.html" target="_blank">Devil's Curve</a>, Bagua, Peru, 2009</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009%E2%80%932010_Iranian_election_protests#Militia_violence">Teheran, Iran</a>, ~ June 2009</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Egyptian_Revolution#Deaths">Tahrir Square</a>, Cairo, Egypt, Jan/Feb 2011</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010%E2%80%932011_Arab_world_protests#Bahrain">Lulu Square</a>, Bahrain, Feb. 18, 2011</li><li><br /></li></ul>None of these are forgotten or swept under the rug. That I can name them years later proves that. As do the wikipedia articles & youtube films. You might have seen some of the fictional Hollywood portrayals above.<br />* The Greensboro demonstrators were shot by the Klan, but acquitted. The subsequent rift led to a Truth and Reconciliation process.<br /><br />**Nothing more after this**<br /></div>Smith Mill Creek Noteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01154949712573311710noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693676182037215922.post-22105151219557829582009-06-10T11:45:00.002-04:002009-06-10T11:49:43.057-04:00Mandela and ‘The Elders’ Aim to Save the WorldMandela and ‘The Elders’ Aim to Save the World<br /><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/International/TenWays/Story?id=3389067">http://abcnews.go.com/International/TenWays/Story?id=3389067</a><br />Written by Kate Snow <br />Saturday, 04 August 2007<br />JOHANNESBURG — The Elders, a new alliance made up of an elite group of senior statesmen dedicated to solving thorny global problems, unveiled itself today in Johannesburg. The rollout coincided with founding member Nelson Mandela’s 89th birthday.<br /><br />After a grand entrance, Mandela, the former South African president, announced the rest of the Elders.<br /><br />The members include Desmond Tutu, South African archbishop emeritus of Capetown; former U.S. President Jimmy Carter; former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan; Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland and Mohammed Yunus, the Nobel laureate and founder of the Green Bank in Bangladesh. The group plans to get involved in some of the world’s most pressing problems — climate change, pandemics like AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, violent conflicts.<br /><br />It was an extraordinary gathering;<br /><span class="fullpost"><br />a who’s who of famous international leaders, with enough emotion to move some of them to tears.<br /><br />Under a large white futuristic dome, British billionaire Richard Branson and rock star Peter Gabriel, who conceived the idea for the Elders, gathered enough star power to change the world, or at least that’s the hope.<br /><br />“The structures we have to deal with these problems are often tied down by political, economic and geographic constraints,” Mandela said. The Elders, he argued, will face no such constraints.<br /><br />Seven years ago, Branson and Gabriel approached Mandela about the Elders idea, and he agreed to help them recruit others. “This group of elders will bring hope and wisdom back into the world,” Branson said. “They’ll play a role in bringing us together.<br /><br />“Using their collective experience, their moral courage and their ability to rise above the parochial concerns of nations ? they can help make our planet a more peaceful, healthy and equitable place to live, ” Branson said. ” Let us call them ‘global elders,’ not because of their age but because of individual and collective wisdom.”<br /><br />Calling it “the most extraordinary day” of his life, Gabriel said, “The dream was there might still be a body of people in whom the world could place their trust.”<br /><br />Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who moderated the event and will serve as its leader, was moved to tears after Gabriel sang an impromptu accapella version of his hit song “Biko,” written about a famous South African political prisoner.<br /><br />Branson and Gabriel have raised enough money — some $18 million — to fund this group for three years.<br /><br />Also onboard are names less well known in the United States, including Indian microfinance leader Ela Bhatt; former Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland; former Chinese ambassador to the United States Li Zhaoxing.<br /><br />The group left an empty seat onstage — symbolically — for an elder who was invited, but could not attend because she is under house arrest in Burma, Nobel laureate and human rights advocate Aung San Suu Kyi.<br /><br />Mandela and Carter emphasized the group’s ability to talk to anyone without risk.<br /><br />“We will be able to risk failure in worthy causes, and we will not need to claim credit for any successes that might be achieved,” said Carter.<br /><br />Carter said the group does not want to step on or interfere with other positive work that nations or organizations are doing but wants to supplement that work.<br /><br />Several members acknowledged that the actual activities and actions of the group remain to be determined. There are no titles, no ranking of the members. And it is not clear if they will travel as a group, deploy individual members to global hot spots, or simply sit in a room together to develop strategies or assist those who are suffering find help.<br /><br />But they certainly have high hopes.<br /><br />“I didn’t like the title “elders,” because I didn’t feel like an elder,” said Yunus to laughter, “but I like the idea.”<br /><br />Yunus said the world is without direction and he hopes the Elders can provide some direction.<br /><br />Speaking of the Elders, almost in the way one would describe a cartoon about superheroes, Mandela said, “The Elders can become a fiercely independent and positive force for good.”<br /><br />Annan added that the group does not “intend to go and take on Darfur or Somalia and resolve it singlehandedly. We don’t have a magic wand,” he said. But he argued that the group could intervene and perhaps force parties to honor agreements.<br /><br />“There are certain crimes that shame us all,” said Annan. “We all have a responsibility, and I hope the Elders will take the lead in asking the question: What can we do to move the situation forward?<br /><br />“Sometimes by saying ‘this is enough we can’t take this anymore it must stop,’ we are making a difference,” Annan continued<br /><br />Mandela and Branson both celebrated birthdays today. At 89, Mandela looked frail. He walked with a cane and Carter helped him to the podium. But once Mandela got there, he stood tall and easily delivered some 10 minutes of remarks.<br /><br />“He, as you know, walks sedately,” Tutu joked.<br /></span>Smith Mill Creek Noteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01154949712573311710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693676182037215922.post-1907601777741289132009-06-09T14:10:00.003-04:002009-06-09T14:24:50.850-04:00How to put the Copenhagen Countdown Clock on your websiteConcerned about climate change?<br />One of the most important things we can do on this planet is to <span style="font-style:italic;">create a strong climate treaty</span> at the UN Climate conference in Copenhagen in December 2009.<br /><br />And the most important element in drafting a strong treaty is creating <span style="font-style:italic;">an overwhelming public demand</span> in all the countries of the world for this, in the face of reluctant governments and corporate lobbying and greenwashing.<br /><br />And the key to creating that overwhelming public demand is <span style="font-style:italic;">getting people's mindshare focused</span> on the climate negotiations.<br /><br />And a good way to do that is to create a small public reminder of the negotiations.<br /><br />If you have a website, here's something you can do in under two minutes (that's how long it too me):<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">How to put the Copenhagen Countdown Clock on your website</span><br /><br />To put the clock on your website do the following:<br /><br />A: From the homepage <a href="http://unfccc.int">http://unfccc.int</a> follow the link that say's "How to<br />use the countdown clock on your<br />website" [<a href="http://unfccc.int/home/items/4688.php">http://unfccc.int/home/items/4688.php</a>]<br />Copy the html code from any of the boxes depending on which version of the<br />clock you want to use into their webpage.<br /><br />B: Follow the instructions in A.<br /><br />(Nothing more in the "more" section below.<br /><span class="fullpost"><br />Type rest of the post here<br /></span>Smith Mill Creek Noteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01154949712573311710noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693676182037215922.post-36152273986278783712009-06-06T10:20:00.000-04:002009-06-06T10:21:01.470-04:00Why crack down on the Liberty Dollar now?<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>I find this disturbing because, although I didn't like the Liberty Dollar (I think the income tax of 1912 was a good thing), there is a heavy quality of ex post facto here-- tolerating something for years and then coming down heavy just as the former chief economist of the IMF implicitly ponders whether <a href='http://bit.ly/xjBar' target='_blank'>US might go the way of Argentina and have a currency collapse</a>.<br/>**************************************<br/><br/><font size='2' face='arial, helvetica'><a href='http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009906050331' target='_blank'>http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009906050331</a><br/><br /> <br /><br /><font size='1' face='verdana,arial'>June 5, 2009</font><br/><br /></font><p><font size='2' face='arial, helvetica'><font size='5' face='Times New Roman, serif'>Asheville man charged in alleged Liberty Dollar fraud scheme</font><font size='2' face='Times New Roman, serif'><i><br/>By Clarke Morrison</i><br /></font><br /></font></p><p><font size='2' face='arial, helvetica'>Federal<br />authorities arrested an Asheville man in what they said was a scheme to<br />undermine the U.S. currency system and defraud consumers with so-called<br />Liberty Dollars.</font></p><p><font size='2' face='arial, helvetica'>William<br />Kevin Innes marketed the “barter” currency in Western North Carolina<br />and recruited merchants willing to accept it and give it as change for<br />products bought with real money, according to an indictment unsealed<br />this week.</font></p><p><font size='2' face='arial, helvetica'>Innes,<br />53, faces up to 45 years in prison if convicted. He was indicted along<br />with Bernard von NotHaus, president of the National Organization for<br />the Repeal of the Federal Reserve and Internal Revenue Codes, and two<br />other defendants from Indiana associated with the corporation.</font></p><p><font size='2' face='arial, helvetica'>Innes<br />made an initial appearance before a federal magistrate judge in<br />Asheville Wednesday and was ordered detained pending a detention<br />hearing set for Monday before a judge in Charlotte, according to the<br />U.S. Department of Justice.</font></p><p><font size='2' face='arial, helvetica'>Liberty Dollars are coins made of silver or gold and are touted as inflation-proof and a way to encourage buying local goods.</font></p><p><font size='2' face='arial, helvetica'>“When<br />groups seek to undermine the U.S. currency system, the government is<br />compelled to act,” said acting U.S. Attorney Edward Ryan of the Western<br />District of North Carolina.</font></p><p><font size='2' face='arial, helvetica'>“These<br />coins are not government-produced coinage, yet purchasers were led to<br />believe by those who made and sold them that they should be spent like<br />U.S. Federal Reserve Notes,” Ryan said. “Such claims are in violation<br />of federal law.”</font></p><p><font size='2' face='arial, helvetica'>Innes<br />and von NotHaus are charged with uttering and passing coins resembling<br />genuine U.S. coins and intended for use as money, mail fraud and<br />selling and possessing Liberty Dollar coins with intent to defraud.</font></p><p><font size='2' face='arial, helvetica'><font size='+2'><b>Past statements</b></font></font></p><br /><br /><p><font size='2' face='arial, helvetica'>Despite warnings from the<br />federal government to the contrary, Innes told the Citizen-Times in<br />2006 that Liberty Dollars were legal.</font></p><p><font size='2' face='arial, helvetica'>“One<br />of the first things I did when I started this in Asheville was go to<br />the police and tell them what I was doing,” he said then.</font></p><p><font size='2' face='arial, helvetica'>Von<br />NotHaus created his organization in Evansville, Ind., in 1998, and<br />developed the Liberty Dollar. He touted the silver medallions as an<br />inflation-proof alternative to official currency.</font></p><p><font size='2' face='arial, helvetica'>The indictment alleges the corporation's purpose was to limit reliance on and compete with U.S. currency.</font></p><p><font size='2' face='arial, helvetica'>Innes<br />held the title of North Carolina regional currency officer and was one<br />of three members of the group's executive committee, the indictment<br />states.</font></p><p><font size='2' face='arial, helvetica'>A 2007 affidavit said more than 70 businesses in the Asheville area agreed to accept the Liberty Dollar.</font></p><p><font size='2' face='arial, helvetica'>“People<br />understand that there is only one legal currency in the United States,”<br />said Owen Harris, special agent in charge of the Charlotte office of<br />the FBI. “When groups try to replace the U.S. dollar with coins and<br />bills that don't hold the same value, it affects the economy.</font></p><p><font size='2' face='arial, helvetica'>“Consumers were using their hard-earned money to buy goods and services, then getting fake change in return.”</font></p><p><font size='2' face='arial, helvetica'>The<br />arrests are the latest development in an investigation under way since<br />at least 2004. Federal agents raided the company's headquarters in 2007<br />and seized documents and precious metals. A private mint in Coeur<br />d'Alene, Idaho, that produced the coins was raided the same day.</font></p><p><font size='2' face='arial, helvetica'>Von<br />NotHaus' organization said in 2006 that more than $20 million worth of<br />Liberty Dollar coins and notes were in circulation. Congress has<br />exclusive power to coin money in the U.S. and to regulate its value,<br />according to the Treasury Department.</font></p><p><font size='2' face='arial, helvetica'>--end --<br/></font></p></div>Smith Mill Creek Noteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01154949712573311710noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693676182037215922.post-34110236164453040442009-06-05T15:50:00.001-04:002009-06-05T15:50:15.324-04:00Climate Talk- Monday 7 PM, free, Diana Wortham Theatre<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'> The lineup for the free event on Monday, June 8 at 7 p.m. in the Diana Wortham Theatre includes presentations by: <br/><ol><li>Greg Wilson, Director of Asheville Operations - Scientific Research Corporation</li><li>Ben Teague, Sr. VP for Economic Development - Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce/Economic Development Coalition</li><li>John Bates, Chief, Remote Sensing Applications Division - NOAA's NCDC</li><li>Ron Birk, Director, Civil Space Mission Integration - Northrop Grumman Space Technology</li></ol><br/>The presentations will be followed by a panel discussion and Q&A from the audience. A “meet the presenters” reception will be held immediately afterwards in the Colburn.<br/><br/>These talks are being presented by the Colburn Earth Science Museum and the Asheville Chapter of the American Meteorological Society.<br/>********************<br/>The Colburn Museum is having problems with their website today, so I'm posting this.<br/></div>Smith Mill Creek Noteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01154949712573311710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693676182037215922.post-87582196596341993762009-06-04T09:49:00.002-04:002009-06-04T09:53:02.228-04:00Bonnaroo, Newport Folk Festival or neither?<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>In 2005, when my VW van was still running, I treated myself to Bonnaroo AND the Newport, RI Folk Festival. Here's my thoughts...<br/>- What was great about Bonnaroo was- well, not much. The price seemed high ($270 minimum at this point), and while <br/>• the lineup was stellar (Iron & Wine, Donna the Buffalo, Alison Krause, Herbie Hancock w/ a surprise appearance by John Mayer, John Prine & many bands who I'd kinda heard of but didn't quite know- Dave Matthews, Rilo Kiley. And many more), that turned out to be a weakness. Did you want to hear Prine OR Krause? With seven stages, one was forced to choose. <br/>• They searched religiously to make sure folks didn't bring in outside liquids-- there was free bad-tasting water, or beverages in the hot sun for $4 or some such. <br/>• The audience was rude and unappreciative. I didn't know there was such a thing as Drunken Southern Fratboys (and the women who mysteriously tolerate them) til I went there. Folks, having paid hundreds of dollars for the privilege of listening to Alison Kraus, sat around and talked with each other. They could have done this in their back yard for free!! <br/>The admission DID cover parking, which WAS camping, toilets (but not showers), the ability to walkdown Shakedown Street (my first time, and an adventure) and the right to have cops tell you to walk in the mud and not on the grass.<br/>I hated it.<br/><br/>In contrast, the Newport Folk Festival was well-behaved and there were only three stages-- two small, one big. <br/>The price was cheaper, but didn't cover camping or parking ($12/day). There was a kids area, which I think there wasn't at Bonnaroo. The lineup was also stellar, but more focused on what I like (the kind of Americana that WNCW plays), and I had strong sense of the history that I was entering into-- many folks there were active singing AND speaking out in the early sixties, and there were at least THREE next generation acts-- Peter Seeger and his grandson Tao's band, Peter Yarrow and daughter Stephanie (I think), and Richard Thompson and son Teddie. I discovered a whole slew of artists, some of whom I only comprehended later as time went by.<br/>(Oddly enough, on the way home from there, I discovered & stopped in at the Purple Fiddle in West Virginia, and heard this unknown group that the venue owner totally vouched for. Since then, the Avett Brothers are taking the world by storm.)<br/>(I suppose I could hyperlink the heck out of this entry, but you can quickly get to respective web pages quickly enough).<br/><br/>So.... Bonnaroo, Newport Folk Festival, or neither? This year-- probably neither.<br/><br/>I'll probably just get my live music at the Grey Eagle.<br/></div>Smith Mill Creek Noteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01154949712573311710noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693676182037215922.post-32058879719775915022009-04-23T22:04:00.001-04:002009-04-23T22:04:37.291-04:00Well Stated Piece on Urban Chickens<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div class='post-title'> <h1 id='post-7804'>Yes To Urban Chickens</h1> By <span class='meta-author'><a title='Posts by Gordon Smith' href='http://scrutinyhooligans.us/author/gordon-smith/'>Gordon Smith</a></span> </div> <p><img width='219' vspace='10' hspace='10' height='220' alt='chicken-logo_centered' src='http://scrutinyhooligans.us/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/chicken-logo_centered.jpg' title='chicken-logo_centered' class='alignright size-full wp-image-7805'/>Eggs are my favorite food. Versatile, delicious, and elegant, the humble egg is sold on store shelves for anywhere from $1.30 to $4 a dozen depending on whether you like your hens cage free and hormone free. I do. If you’ve ever tasted a farm fresh egg, you know that it’s superior to store bought. There are a lot of Asheville’s citizens who love their eggs, too, so much that they want to keep chickens in their urban yards. My own living situtation doesn’t allow for much in the way of urban agriculture, but I love being able to support those who are making it happen.</p> <p>Urban agriculture saves practitioners money. Whether it’s your bountiful garden, your beehive, or your chickens - choosing to raise one’s own food is a simple, effective way to live less expensively and more sustainably. It increases a municipality’s food security, and it teaches self-reliance to neighbors.</p><p>More at<a href='http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/04/23/yes-to-urban-chickens/#more-7804' target='_blank'><br/>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/04/23/yes-to-urban-chickens/#more-7804</a><br/></p><br/><br/><div class='zemanta-pixie'><img src='http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=f80fe44e-9d4e-8dd1-972c-c68ba4a9f716' class='zemanta-pixie-img'/></div></div>Smith Mill Creek Noteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01154949712573311710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693676182037215922.post-66391183580978455492009-04-19T20:20:00.001-04:002009-04-19T20:20:54.601-04:00new test page<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>this is the second try<br/><img src='http://GardenLA.jpg' style='max-width: 800px;'/><br/><br/><div class='zemanta-pixie'><img src='http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=22e37994-6d17-84de-bfc1-970ef13fabe6' class='zemanta-pixie-img'/></div></div>Smith Mill Creek Noteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01154949712573311710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693676182037215922.post-56003399075540145432009-04-17T10:36:00.001-04:002009-04-17T11:59:32.704-04:00Local Currency thoughts<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjps0XSYZgKKJXakX66G2yO5x_gP4HItd61irZ2uEhnYAU0SEeggH2rQz89rIrQdus0mHt991Ct89CUz9NFwHPt9nez2ybo0haRGBMUUKCGVeDcpDdj8NtBUknvISXxkQbrGGosFNYdNd3i/s1600-h/Asheville20DollarBill.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 191px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjps0XSYZgKKJXakX66G2yO5x_gP4HItd61irZ2uEhnYAU0SEeggH2rQz89rIrQdus0mHt991Ct89CUz9NFwHPt9nez2ybo0haRGBMUUKCGVeDcpDdj8NtBUknvISXxkQbrGGosFNYdNd3i/s400/Asheville20DollarBill.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325690574219976882" /></a><br />Someone asked what I had learned about local/alternative currency during the Asheville Currency Project in 2005.<br /><br /><br /><span class="fullpost"><br />Two answers:<br />A- As best my quickskim of Bill's link above seems to say that between 1863 and 1912, a bank could apply for a National Charter. If it got it, then it could print money. No idea what the qualifications, checks & balances were for this.<br /> I wish had taken Econ 215 at UNCA [A study of commercial banking, the Federal Reserve System, the United States <br />Treasury, how money influences the economy, demand for money and monetary policy. <br />Prerequisite: ECON 101. Fall.] Maybe I should this fall.<br />B- When I was at the PLENTY annual meeting in Chapel Hill in Nov. 2005, it was held at the UNC-CH Currency Collection<br />http://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/gallery/currency.html<br /><br />I couldn't pull off getting the Curator, whose salary at that time included him the opportunity (and obligation?) to ....<br />lecture at various places in North Carolina about the collection, among other topics.<br />But we should bring him to Asheville.<br /><br />And we should think about raising funds-- equal to, say, 0.5% of the CVB budget of 4.3 million-- this would be $20,000, to fund research into such an effort.<br /></span>Smith Mill Creek Noteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01154949712573311710noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693676182037215922.post-83060203070667659972009-04-15T10:22:00.007-04:002009-04-15T10:59:05.871-04:00If everyone told you to give up, would you?<a style="" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEqySnK6pvvWw1A3KfA4BfZGXbIzLHPcMxlmk2aweIvEVhaaH0TMJdNqTvCA9VyVcKfaoAyvmCXGf1PKkfxNLsT3pnoqXKFSassJb8tCJLSFoDEf2pD9Q_3sc-ktxQKy7g9unI4188671L/s1600-h/GardenLA.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 634px; height: 271px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEqySnK6pvvWw1A3KfA4BfZGXbIzLHPcMxlmk2aweIvEVhaaH0TMJdNqTvCA9VyVcKfaoAyvmCXGf1PKkfxNLsT3pnoqXKFSassJb8tCJLSFoDEf2pD9Q_3sc-ktxQKy7g9unI4188671L/s400/GardenLA.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324929992958910018" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;" ><br /><br />If everyone told you to give up, would you?</span><span class="fullpost"><br />*************************<br /></span><span class="fullpost">The fourteen-acre community garden at 41st and Alameda in South Central Los Angeles is the largest of its kind in the United States. Started as a form of healing after the devastating L.A. riots in 1992, the South Central Farmers have since created a miracle in one of the country’s most blighted neighborhoods. Growing their own food. Feeding their families. Creating a community.<br /><br />But now, bulldozers are poised to level their 14-acre oasis.</span><br /><br /><span class="fullpost">If everyone told you nothing more could be done, would you give up?</span><br /><span class="fullpost"><br />A new documentary, The Garden, follows the plight of the farmers, from the tilled soil of this urban farm to the polished marble of City Hall. Mostly immigrants from Latin America, from countries where they feared for their lives if they were to speak out, we watch them organize, fight back, and demand answers:<br /><br />Why was the land sold to a wealthy developer for millions less than fair-market value? Why was the transaction done in a closed-door session of the LA City Council? Why has it never been made public?<br /><br />And the powers-that-be have the same response: “The garden is wonderful, but there is nothing more we can do.”<br /><br />If everyone told you nothing more could be done, would you give up?<br /><a href="http://www.blackvalleyfilms.com/trailer">http://www.blackvalleyfilms.com/trailer</a><br />* * *<br /><br />The Garden has the pulse of verité with the narrative pull of fiction, telling the story of the country’s largest urban farm, backroom deals, land developers, green politics, money, poverty, power, and racial discord. The film explores and exposes the fault lines in American society and raises crucial and challenging questions about liberty, equality, and justice for the poorest and most vulnerable among us.<br /></span>Smith Mill Creek Noteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01154949712573311710noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693676182037215922.post-73410410239648088712009-03-30T12:31:00.001-04:002016-08-22T12:50:26.581-04:00Transition Town ResourcesTransition Town Resources<br />
(much more info after link below)<br />
<span class="fullpost"><br /><br />Jim Barton<br />Smith Mill Creek School<br />PO Box 6821<br />West Asheville, NC 28816<br />http://smithmillcreek.blogspot.com <br /><br /><br />Useful Transition Town (or Movement) websites<br />WIKIPEDIA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transition_Towns<br />THE BLOG http://transitionculture.org<br />THE WEBSITE http://www.transitiontowns.org<br />THE US SITE http://transitionus.ning.com<br />THE PRIMER http://transitiontowns.org/TransitionNetwork/TransitionPrimer<br />YOUTUBE http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=transition+towns<br />THE BOOK The Transition Handbook, by Rob Hopkins (~$25)<br />(at the West Asheville Library, Malaprops, or Firestorm Books) <br />& Transition Timeline, by Shaun Chamberlin & Rob Hopkins ($23, 5/9/09)<br />EDAP http://bit.ly/abnc<br />THE TOWNS http://bit.ly/3NpVcM<br />CRIERIA http://bit.ly/JyxpR<br />Twelve Steps of Transition<br /><br />#1. Set up a steering group and design its demise from the outset<br />#2. Awareness raising<br />#3. Lay the foundations<br />#4. Organise a Great Unleashing<br />#5. Form sub groups<br />#6. Use Open Space<br />#7 Develop visible practical manifestations of the project<br />#8. Facilitate the Great Reskilling<br />#9 Build a bridge to Local Government<br />#10 Honour the elders<br />#11 Let it go where it wants to go…<br />#12 Create an Energy Descent Action Plan (EDAP)<br /><br /><br /><br />US Towns (140 worldwide)<br /> * Boulder, CO, USA<br /> * Sandpoint, ID, USA<br /> * Cotati, CA, USA<br /> * Ketchum, ID, USA<br /> * Lyons, CO USA<br /> * Santa Cruz, CA, USA<br /> * Montpelier, VT, USA<br /> * Portland, ME, USA<br /> * Sebastopol, CA, USA<br /> * Laguna Beach, CA, USA<br /> * Pine Mountain, CA, USA<br /> * Ashland, OR, USA<br /> * Berea, KY, USA<br /> * Pima, AZ, USA<br /> * Los Angeles, CA, USA<br /> * Denver, CO, USA<br /> * Whatcom, WA, USA<br /> * Mount Shasta, CA, USA<br /> * NE Seattle, WA, USA<br /> * Louisville, CO, USA<br /> * Newburyport, MA, USA<br /><br /></span>Smith Mill Creek Noteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01154949712573311710noreply@blogger.com0