blog of the post capitalist transition.. Read or download the novel here + latest relevant posts
In arid climates country houses were often built with a roof
catchment tank built in. Modern houses usually have roof guttering and can be easily adapted.
It works, we’ve done it for years! Though you need to filter the water for drinking, and those plastic tanks don’t keep water fresh. This is Ch 7 but the whole book is on the blog..
Roof Water Catchment and Tanks | A Permaculture Design Course Handbook.
Fun feature i have been playing with here lately at the lake to help get off us off the grid for water. Had to do some Kentucky style jerry rigging, but when in Rome do as the Romans do! Our latest EDU release, this one from the water chapter. http://treeyopermacultureedu.wordpress.com/chapter-7-water/roof-water-catchment-and-tanks/
This is the best English language article yet on a revolutionary new concept of coops which is spreading rapidly in Europe.
Michel Bauwensof theP2P Foundation, Neal Gorenfloof Shareable,and authorJohn Restakisinterview Catalan Integral Cooperative’sEnric DuranView original post 5,146 more words
Great translation and brilliant graphics! But very LONG!
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Despised by many, hailed by some: the Black Bloc in Brazil uses its “performative violence” to draw attention to the everyday struggles of millions.
Article by Esther Solano Gallego and Paulo Rogério Lugoboni Filho. Illustration by Luciano Cunha, creator of O Doutrinador.
It was in the first weeks of the massive anti-government protests that started in June 2013 and shook Brazilian society to its very foundations that the Black Bloc made its first appearance on the protest scene. Demonstrations took place in dozens of cities across the country, but the black-clad youngsters who covered their faces and linked arms at the front-line of the marches, ready for any confrontation with the security forces, made their appearance mainly on the streets of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.
While being denounced by some for their violent tactics, actively looking for confrontations with the police and smashing banks and other symbols of global capitalism, those joining the Black Bloc in a protest could also count on some support from fellow protesters. During last year’s education crisis in October, which drew thousands of indignant teachers to the streets, the Black Bloc was present to protect them from the police violence.
In response, the SEPE Teacher’s Union declared its unconditional support for the Black Bloc, claiming that many have been protected by the masked youngsters from the excessive use of force by the police. Even though the SEPE has now retracted its support for the Black Bloc, and popular opinion has turned against it due to its negative depiction in the mainstream media, this strategy of radical anti-authoritarianism is still alive and kicking on the streets of Brazil today.
Carlos and Carmen have been sentenced and jailed in a political show trial just for supporting a picket at the last General Strike..- just to rub in the fact of state power and arrogance!
Manifestación contra la represión a la lucha social en el Estado español. Son muchos los casos de detenciones, condenas y encarcelamientos en los últimos años a personas por participar en protestas sociales, huelgas, defensas de nuestros barrios, etc. Muchas ciudades como Madrid, Sevilla, Hhuesca, Burgos, Barcelona, Cadiz, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Segovia, Salamanca, Buenos Aires, Nantes, Berlín, etc. se están sumando para salir a la calle ese día y que se nos escuche bien fuerte. ¡LA LUCHA SOCIAL NO ES DELITO!
Para mas info:
http://stoprepresiongranada.wordpress.com/
http://carloscarmenabsolucion.wordpress.com/
NI MULTAS, NI DETENCIONES, NI ENCARCELAMIENTOS POR LUCHAR.
FRENTE A LA REPRESIÓN, LUCHA.
FRENTE A LAS INJUSTICIAS, SOLIDARIDAD.
Grupo Stop Represión. 15M Granada
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All that media bullshit about US fracking boom was just hype to finance rip-off scams, soon leaving dead bankrupt wells, poisoned land and water and less and less loot for the scammers.
The US’s drive to become a top global oil and gas exporter by fracking has been blown wide open by a 96% write-down of California’s Monterey Shale – meant to hold two thirds of the US’s shale oil. How long before the whole enterprise is exposed as another monstrous Ponzi scheme?
The US oil industry is also due to spend $2.8 trillion by 2035 just to stay even whereas the Middle East will spend a third less, produce three times more in the same time.
“After years of talking about it, we are finally poised to control our own energy future.”
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