IOPS - Home Comment les Cubains ont converti leur île à l'agriculture biologique Les écologistes du monde en entier en rêvent, les Cubains l’ont réalisé. Depuis plus de vingt ans, l’île s’est convertie à l’agriculture biologique. Elle compte aujourd’hui 400 000 exploitations agricoles urbaines qui produisent 1,5 millions de tonnes de légumes, sans pesticides et sans engrais chimiques. Un effet secondaire de l’embargo états-unien et de l’isolement de Cuba suite à l’effondrement du grand frère soviétique. Mais une success story quand même : cette reconversion spontanée et improvisée génère des emplois, protège l’environnement et améliore la sécurité alimentaire de l’île. 1989. Nécessité fait loi. Le boom de l’agriculture urbaine Dans la foulée, le gouvernement entame une transition forcée. « C’est une véritable révolution verte, confirme Nils Aguilar. Phénomène sans précédent, l’agriculture urbaine s’est développée comme nulle part ailleurs dans le monde. Révolution verte dans les Caraïbes Vers l’autonomie alimentaire Frédérique Basset
Introduction to Parecon: The Basics of Participatory Economics The following are installments for a column run in the Nashville Free Press. Participatory Economics, or Parecon for short, is an economic model developed by Michael Albert and Robin Hahnel as an alternative to capitalism. As I did not come up with this economic model, much was certainly borrowed from Albert and Hahnel for this column (some points and examples come directly from Albert). Installment 1 of 13 Over the next several months, I will be offering pieces introducing readers of the Nashville Free Press to the basics of Participatory Economics. Now before anyone starts rolling their eyes, please know that this is not some dressed up version of communism. And probably just as important as what that alternative entails is the concept that an alternative even exists. Made famous by the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, TINA was already a widely shared belief in the Western world. Well, advocates of Parecon see things differently. Installment 2 of 13 Think about it. And why?
Village du 13e siècle à vendre, au prix d'un appartement ! - Insolite Qui rachètera le village de Chartrier-Ferrière ? (©France 3) Le village de Chartrier-Ferrière, avec ses huit grosses bâtisses et ses 3,5 hectares de terrain, se cherche un nouvel acquéreur. Jusqu'à récemment, il faisait office de colonies de vacances. Comme l'indique à France 3 Guy Roques, maire de la commune, le village dénombrait à une époque « jusqu'à 12 foyers de cheminée qui pouvaient fumer ». Pour en faire l'acquisition, compter 369 000 euros. « Certes il y a des travaux, mais à ce prix là, c'est une très belle affaire », estime Pieter Van Den Berg, l'agent immobilier en charge de la vente. Retrouvez le village en vidéo :
An Interview Introducing and Exploring Parecon | Envisioning a Post-Capitalist Order 1. Where did parecon come from? What is its history? Participatory economics, or parecon, came mainly from the cumulative struggles of diverse populations trying to win liberation from capitalism. I once heard about a strike, billed as the first, by Egyptian peasants against a Pharaoh who moved from requiring six days labor on the pyramid a week, to requiring seven days, and from providing food to providing nothing. Parecon meaning classlessness most broadly was born when revolutionaries of various camps began imagining and seeking a classless economy. Parecon itself, the model, came into being more recently, however, with a particular conception of defining institutions, when Robin Hahnel and I thought through our reactions to various schools of anti capitalist activism, and set out our views in a book titled Looking Forward, about sixteen years ago. 2. Both. I think the model is accurate regarding broad defining features. 3. 4. 5. We want two things from a remunerative norm. 6. 7. 8.
SideWays - La web-série documentaire qui vous tient hack-coeur 2012: Time For Change (2010) "2012: Time for Change" presents an optimistic alternative to apocalyptic doom and gloom. Directed by Emmy Award nominee João Amorim, the film follows journalist Daniel Pinchbeck, author of the bestselling 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl, on a quest for a new paradigm that integrates the archaic wisdom of tribal cultures with the scientific method. As conscious agents of evolution, we can redesign post-industrial society on ecological principles to make a world that works for all. Rather than breakdown and barbarism, 2012 heralds the birth of a regenerative planetary culture where collaboration replaces competition, where exploration of psyche and spirit becomes the new cutting edge, replacing the sterile materialism that has pushed our world to the brink.
Hutte primitive et four solaire : les vidéos à voir avant la fin du monde S’abriter, se nourrir, se chauffer ou même produire son électricité... Rue89 a sélectionné dix tutoriels YouTube, partagés par des survivalistes ou des adeptes des « low-tech ». A regarder juste au cas où. Tout commence avec une vidéo publiée début mai sur une formidable chaîne YouTube australienne : Primitive technology. On y voit un jeune homme recourir à nombre de savoir-faire datant du néolithique pour fabriquer en quelques minutes une hutte en torchis à partir de végétaux et de boue collectés dans une forêt. Construction d’une hutte en torchis de type néolithique En quelques semaines, cette vidéo a été visionnée plus de 2 millions de fois. Quand il a été question de présenter cette pépite aux lecteurs de Rue89, pendant notre conférence de rédaction matinale, une réaction renversante a surgi : Making-ofCe titre est bien sûr une boutade, pas besoin d’attendre la fin du monde pour s’approprier certaines techniques voire même viser une forme d’autonomie. Les plantes sauvages comestibles
Don't Panic - The Truth About Population (2013) Using state of the art 3D graphics and the timing of a stand-up comedian, world famous statistician Professor Hans Rosling presents a spectacular portrait of our rapidly changing world. With 7 billion people already on our planet we often look to the future with dread, but Rosling's message is surprisingly upbeat. Almost unnoticed we have actually begun to conquer the problems of rapid population growth and extreme poverty. Across the world, even in countries like Bangladesh, families of just two children are now the norm - meaning that within a few generations the population explosion will be over. A smaller proportion of people now live in extreme poverty than ever before in human history and the United Nations has set a target of eradicating it altogether within a few decades.
[IN IMAGES] The 10 most beautiful green walls Buckle up, because here's more! We've found ten amazing Green Walls around the world! Universidad del Claustro de Sor Juana in the heart of Mexico City [image credit: Wikipedia] Sponzilli Landscape Group works of art! A colourful Costco decoration! University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign [image credit: Expatted] Madrid Caixa Forum [image credit: Buzzfeed] Incredible office space in Atlanta! [image credit: Living Walls BC IT Project] Phenomenal green wall in Singapore [image credit: Urban Spinach] Your favourite. Westfield Shopping centre, London [image credit: Lab Kultur] Green walls reintroduce vegetation into urban environments, can lower air pollution levels and help mitigate loss of biodiversity (plus many other benefits). Any opportunity to showcase what city planners are doing to incorporate nature back into the city landscape is an opportunity we'll take!
The Dutch "Basic Income" Experiment Is Expanding across Multiple cities By Maria Sanchez Diez / qz.com Free cash is in the works for a growing number of Dutch urbanites. After the city of Utrecht announced that it would give no-strings-attached money to some of its residents, other Dutch cities are getting on board for social experiments with “basic income,” a regular and unconditional stipend to cover living costs. Tilburg, a city of 200,000 habitants close to the border with Belgium, will follow Utrecht’s initiative, and the cities of Groningen, Maastricht, Gouda, Enschede, Nijmegen and Wageningen are also considering it. Supporters of basic income say it is a good mechanism to alleviate poverty and social exclusion. Ralf Embrechts, director of the Social Development Association of Tilburg and one of the promotors of the program, said that’s the theory the program is designed to test. Authorities aim to test how citizens react without that sword of Damocles over their heads.