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The immoral and unethical - Case 01 (and our solutions)
Pyramids of Waste (2010), AKA The Lightbulb Conspiracy - Planned obsolescence documentary
From IMDb:
Once upon a time..... products were made to last. Then, at the beginning of the 1920s, a group of businessmen were struck by the following insight: 'A product that refuses to wear out is a tragedy of business' (1928). Thus Planned Obsolescence was born. Shortly after, the first worldwide cartel was set up expressly to reduce the life span of the incandescent light bulb, a symbol for innovation and bright new ideas, and the first official victim of Planned Obsolescence. During the 1950s, with the birth of the consumer society, the concept took on a whole new meaning, as explained by flamboyant designer Brooks Stevens: 'Planned Obsolescence, the desire to own something a little newer, a little better, a little sooner than is necessary...'. The growth society flourished, everybody had everything, the waste was piling up (preferably far away in illegal dumps in the Third World) - until consumers started rebelling... Can the modern growth society survive without Planned Obsolescence? Did ...Written by Cosima Dannoritzer |
Languages; Norsk, ελληνικά, Czech, English
Suomeksi (in Finnish) here
Myös permakulttuuriopas suomeksi
Suomeksi (in Finnish) here
Myös permakulttuuriopas suomeksi
The Story of Electronics
The Story of Electronics employs the Story of Stuff style to explore the high-tech revolution's collateral damage—25 million tons of e-waste and counting, poisoned workers and a public left holding the bill. Host Annie Leonard takes viewers from the mines and factories where our gadgets begin to the horrific backyard recycling shops in China where many end up. The film concludes with a call for a green 'race to the top' where designers compete to make long-lasting, toxic-free products that are fully and easily recyclable.
The answer to Case 01
Our economic system based on consumerism and planned obsolescence is breaking down our planet. So what to do? We know that we can't stop the greed as the whole system is based on greed.
Solutions to this for us as individuals and groups could be as follows:
Solutions to this for us as individuals and groups could be as follows:
- Shadow- & parallel economy [forming circles, swapping services between participants, using your own money; time-share etc.]
- Do it yourself
- Reuse & rebuilding using 'waste'-materials and components
- Open Source know-how & semi-finished products
- Reducing your own consumerism
- Using the least harmful energy-forms
- Owning and using cars, tractors andwhat-ever with others
- Growing your own food
- To vote every day with your wallet - for the better solutions
- To teach (at least your) children "Why? & How?"
- To form groups that studies and implements these issues.
- To be active in your community for these goals
A sideline:
There is no time to do all this when the economic collapse is coming, when there is shortages of energy, food etc.
Therefor the next step is to study survivalism and make three plans (Plan A, B and C) about food, water and shelter.
You do not need to be a trigger-happy cowboy (as some sees it) - just common sense.
A study showed that Finland will collapse in three days if there is a constant shortage of electricity. Eg. Only three gasoline stations can work without the grid. The pumps needs electricity.
I have myself expierienced the "ruble-crisis", August 1998, when it was devaluated by 75% in a few weeks (84% that year). There was food in the country, but no-one wanted to sell, because the money became more worthless every day those weeks. Mark!: It happened in August and people usually have their small lots where they traditionally grow their own food, but if it would have happened in February-March...
Needless to say that I had stocked can-food from the very beginning as I emigrated to Russia.
There is no time to do all this when the economic collapse is coming, when there is shortages of energy, food etc.
Therefor the next step is to study survivalism and make three plans (Plan A, B and C) about food, water and shelter.
You do not need to be a trigger-happy cowboy (as some sees it) - just common sense.
A study showed that Finland will collapse in three days if there is a constant shortage of electricity. Eg. Only three gasoline stations can work without the grid. The pumps needs electricity.
I have myself expierienced the "ruble-crisis", August 1998, when it was devaluated by 75% in a few weeks (84% that year). There was food in the country, but no-one wanted to sell, because the money became more worthless every day those weeks. Mark!: It happened in August and people usually have their small lots where they traditionally grow their own food, but if it would have happened in February-March...
Needless to say that I had stocked can-food from the very beginning as I emigrated to Russia.
Anyway, the road to fight back Greed, that steers our economy, is a long one. You can first think that; "What has this to do with anything?" The answer is; It is complicated and they do not teach this at school.
So bear with me. :)
So bear with me. :)
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Federico Pistoni at Ted Talk - Robots will steal Your Job, but that's OK
Do not let his young age fool you.
Do not let his young age fool you.
Federico Pistoni has also written this book:
You can read his book for free - Here
Federico Pistoni: What if everybody got free cash?
Andrew McAfee - Race Against the Machine
"We ain't seen nothing yet when it comes to technology's impact on the labor force." Automation redefined blue collar employment and reshaped a global economy. Now, technology is replacing higher skilled jobs by augmenting human brainpower the way steam engines augmented human labor. Andrew McAfee braces us for a fundamental transformation in the future of work.
How to help others as you solve your own problems:
Marcin Jakubowski - Civilization Starter Kit
Marcin Jakubowski - Civilization Starter Kit
RepRap is an Open Source 3D-printer
- RepRap makes plastic objects
- The plastic is made from plants and you can compost the product you have made if you do not need it anymore
- It is Open Source, so there are no patent involved
- It can make some 50% of the parts that it consists of
- The cost of it is about 2,5% of the cost of a commercial one.
- It works with an ordinary computer.
- Also the blue prints are Open Source, so you can just download 'the programs' of ready products from Internet and tell your computer how many parts you need and RepRap will do the rest.
- In order to produce your own 3D-object, you can use the Open Source program Blender for making the 'blue prints'. And then you can upload it to the RepRap community and everybody else can then produce the same plastic object.
Internet of food: Arduino-based, urban aquaponics in Oakland
The land in West Oakland where Eric Maundu is trying to farm is covered with freeways, roads, light rail and parking lots so there’s not much arable land and the soil is contaminated. So Maundu doesn’t use soil. Instead he’s growing plants using fish and circulating water.
Farming fish and plants together
It’s called aquaponics- a gardening system that combines hydroponics (water-based planting) and aquaculture (fish farming). It’s been hailed as the future of farming: it uses less water (up to 90% less than traditional gardening), doesn’t attract soil-based bugs and produces two types of produce (both plants and fish).
Aquaponics has become popular in recent years among urban gardeners and DIY tinkerers, but Maundu- who is trained in industrial robotics- has taken the agricultural craft one step further and made his gardens smart.
Smart aquaponics
Using sensors (to detect water level, pH and temperature), microprocessors (mostly the open source Arduino microcontroller), relay cards, clouds and social media networks (Twitter and Facebook), Maundu has programmed his gardens to tweet when there’s a problem (e.g. not enough water) or when there’s news (e.g. an over-abundance of food to share).
Maundu himself ran from agriculture in his native Kenya- where he saw it as a struggle for land, water and resources. This changed when he realized he could farm without soil and with little water via aquaponics and that he could apply his robotics background to farming.
“I feel knowledge of electronics and software programming makes me a better farmer than just having a hoe. Gardens that can communicate for themselves using the internet can lead to exchanging of ideas in ways that were not possible before. I can test, for instance, whether the same tomato grows better in Oakland or the Sahara Desert given the same conditions. Then I can share the same information with farmers in Iceland and China.”
Future of farming
Today he runs Kijani Grows (“Kijani” is Swahili for green), a small startup that designs and sells custom aquaponics systems for growing food and attempts to explore new frontiers of computer-controlled gardening.
Maundu believes that by putting gardens online, especially in places like West Oakland (where his solar-powered gardens are totally off the grid), it’s the only way to make sure that farming remains viable to the next generation of urban youth.
“The next generation honestly I don't see them having access to traditional farms so we have to start arming them with technologies where they can go colonize places like in West Oakland that no one uses, rooftops, and we want them to start thinking about them from when they're kids so as they use their computers, as they use their phones as they write those little ‘Hello [World!]’ programs to know that I can write ‘Hello Garden’ programs, to know that hey, I'm using my device to create food for me."
Arduino - Open Source electronic equipment that Eric Maundu use (see video above). Where-ever he is, he can see and steer the water-flow in his aquaponics etc.
Just as an example; If you have a green-house, you can make the top-windows to open and close automatically - according to the temperature inside - with very cheap Arduino devices.
Just as an example; If you have a green-house, you can make the top-windows to open and close automatically - according to the temperature inside - with very cheap Arduino devices.
Wikipedia about Arduino:
"Introduced in 2005, the Aquino' designers sought to provide an inexpensive and easy way for hobbyists, students, and professionals to create devices that interact with their environment using sensors and actuators. Common examples for beginner hobbyists include simplerobots, thermostats and motion detectors. It comes with a simple integrated development environment (IDE) that runs on regular personal computers and allows users to write programs for Arduino using C or C++. The current prices of Arduino boards run around €20, or $27 and those of related "clones" as low as $9. Arduino boards can be purchased pre-assembled or as do-it-yourself kits. Hardware design information is available for those who would like to assemble an Arduino by hand. It was estimated in mid-2011 that over 300,000 official Arduinos had been commercially produced,[2] and in 2013 that 700,000 official boards were in users' hands.[3] History |
Arduino started in 2005 as a project for students at the Interaction Design Institute Ivrea in Ivrea, Italy. At that time program students used a "BASIC Stamp" at a cost of $100, considered expensive for students. Massimo Banzi, one of the founders, taught at Ivrea.[4] The name "Arduino" comes from a bar in Ivrea, where some of the founders of the project used to meet. The bar itself was named after Arduino, Margrave of Ivrea and King of Italy from 1002 to 1014.[5]
A hardware thesis was contributed for a wiring design by Colombian student Hernando Barragan. After the Wiring[6] platform was complete, researchers worked to make it lighter, less expensive, and available to the open source community. The school eventually closed down, so these researchers, one of them David Cuartielles, promoted the idea.[4]
The current prices run around $30 and related "clones" as low as $9.[4][7] A simple Arduino Mini Pro[8] clone may be had from China for less than $4, post paid.[9]"
A hardware thesis was contributed for a wiring design by Colombian student Hernando Barragan. After the Wiring[6] platform was complete, researchers worked to make it lighter, less expensive, and available to the open source community. The school eventually closed down, so these researchers, one of them David Cuartielles, promoted the idea.[4]
The current prices run around $30 and related "clones" as low as $9.[4][7] A simple Arduino Mini Pro[8] clone may be had from China for less than $4, post paid.[9]"
Solar Steam Engine TROUGH MIRROR PARABOLA Parabolic Hot Water
This kind of equipment, if you do it yourself, can cost about 200 - 300 € + the engine you use.
If You do not move it around as the sun moves around during the day, you will still have the sun working for you for about 4 - 5 hours. Of course it depends of your geografical position etc. Anyway, you can use it to feed a pump with electricity - if you need much water for your garden - free water that is. It does not matter if some days are cloudy if you have enough of ICB- tanks connected to each other. Believe it or not ICB-tanks after the industry has used them is just waste! In Finland you get them for free, if they are washed inside the price is 10 €. In Hellas they cost about 50 €. If you have elevated them as in the picture, your watering system will work without any pumps. |
Two ICB-tanks
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500 showers heated from one small compost pile - 'how to'-tutorial
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Brian Kerkvliet from Inspiration Farm tells us about his little compost pile that provided 500 hot showers. Compost heat can, indeed, be captured to heat water. After the hot showers, you have a lovely pile of compost! The moisture from the shower feeds mushrooms! Hot water, compost and mushrooms. Permaculture!
http://permies.com
Brian Kerkvliet from Inspiration Farm tells us about his little compost pile that provided 500 hot showers. Compost heat can, indeed, be captured to heat water. After the hot showers, you have a lovely pile of compost! The moisture from the shower feeds mushrooms! Hot water, compost and mushrooms. Permaculture!
More resources where you find unbelievable solutions:
- Open Source Ecology - 18 languages - so far
- DotSub.com videos
- Free an Real videos
- FairCompanies videos
- Top Documentary Films videos
- Internet Archive videos
- Permies - a very good discussion board with videos
- Global Ecovillage Network Europe - Gaia Education
Ένας άλλος κόσμος [ντοκιμαντέρ Ηλιόσποροι 2013] / Another World [2013] - English subs
Documentary "Another World" about the grassroots initiatives in Greece that form another world right here right now, away from the crisis and capitalism (Greek narration, English subtitles in captions).
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Στον αντίποδα του εικονικού "success story" της ανεργίας, της καταστολής και του φόβου, μια άλλη πραγματικότητα είναι υπαρκτή, ένας άλλος κόσμος αλληλεγγύης, συνεργασίας και μοιράσματος. Χιλιάδες άνθρωποι σε όλη την Ελλάδα έχουν πάρει τη κατάσταση στα χέρια τους και οικοδομούν ένα άλλο κόσμο εδώ και τώρα, πέρα από τη κρίση και τον καπιταλισμό, με δημιουργία, φαντασία και μεράκι. Γίνε μέρος της λύσης, σπείρε και εσύ το σπόρο της αλλαγής... Ένας άλλος κόσμος είναι υπαρκτός...
Παραγωγή, επιμέλεια, συνεντεύξεις, σενάριο: Ηλιόσποροι
Σκηνοθεσία, μοντάζ, εικονοληψία: Δημήτρης Μελέτης
Δεύτερη κάμερα: Στέλιος Μουράτογλου
Τίτλοι, γραφικά: Χατζηπανάγος Τάσος
Μίξη ήχου: Billy Widz
Μουσική από τους One Drop Fwd, Fundracar, Professor Skank, Κακό Συναπάντημα, Direct Connection, AmP Outernational, Terminal 2012, Insom, Dub Riots, Wosui, Billy Widz
Copyleft Ηλιόσποροι 2013, το ντοκιμαντέρ είναι ελεύθερο για αναπαραγωγή και δημόσια προβολή με άδεια χρήσης: creative commons, non-commercial, non-derivatives 3.0 Ελλάδα.
Συμμετέχουν οι συλλογικότητες:
- Δίκτυο ανταλλαγών Πιερίας, noe.motherearth.gr
- Κοινωνικός συνεταιρισμός παραγωγών και καταναλωτών Κορινθίας, Συντροφεία
- Aυτοδιαχειριζόμενος Αγρός Ελληνικού,agroselliniko.blogspot.com
- Συνεταιρισμός Αλληλέγγυας Οικονομίας Συν.Αλλ.Οις, synallois.org
- Δίκτυο Ήλεκτρον Μυτιλήνης,diktyolesvou.wordpress.com
- Από κοινού, Kίνηση Τρικαλινών πολιτών για την αποανάπτυξη και την άμεση δημοκρατία, apokoinou.com
- Δίκτυο Οικοκοινότητα, oikodiktyo.espivblogs.net
- Δίκτυο ανταλλαγών και αλληλεγγύης Μαγνησίας ΤΕΜ, tem-magnisia.gr
- Δίκτυο Βότσαλο, votsalo.org
- Τράπεζα χρόνου πλατείας Συντάγματος, time-exchange.gr
- Κοινωνική κουζίνα "Ο άλλος άνθρωπος", oallosanthropos.blogspot.com
- Συνεταιριστικό καφενείο Ακαδημίας Πλάτωνα -- Ευρωπαϊκό Χωριό, european-village.org
- Αυτοδιαχειριζόμενο Πάρκο Ναυαρίνου και Ζωοδόχου Πηγής, parkingparko.espivblogs.net
- Free & Real, freeandreal.org, telaithrion.freeandreal.org
- Lacandona, lacandona.gr
- Νέα Γουινέα, neaguinea.org
Το ντοκιμαντέρ μεγάλης διάρκειας "Ένας άλλος κόσμος" γυρίστηκε με αφορμή το 1ο Εναλλακτικό Φεστιβάλ Αλληλέγγυας και Συνεργατικής Οικονομίας που διοργανώθηκε τον Οκτώβριο του 2012 στο Ελληνικό από μια ανοιχτή αμεσοδημοκρατική συνέλευση και υποστηρίχθηκε από δεκάδες συλλογικότητες. Επιχειρεί μια ενδεικτική καταγραφή μερικών από τις κυριότερες πρωτοβουλίες που ασχολούνται με τη μετάβαση σε ένα άλλο κόσμο εδώ και τώρα, πέρα από τον καπιταλισμό και την κρίση, μέσα από συνεντεύξεις και επί τόπου επισκέψεις. Επίσης αποτελεί μια συνέχεια παρουσίασης και ενδυνάμωσης αυτού του "άλλου κόσμου" που ξεκίνησε με τη μετάφραση στα ελληνικά και τη προβολή του ντοκιμαντέρ "Φόρος τιμής στην Καταλονία ΙΙ" σε όλη την Ελλάδα, αλλά και με την ανάπτυξη της ηλεκτρονικής πλατφόρμας δικτύωσης "Ένας άλλος κόσμος".
Ηλιόσποροι, www.iliosporoi.net
www.enasalloskosmos-community.net
Παραγωγή, επιμέλεια, συνεντεύξεις, σενάριο: Ηλιόσποροι
Σκηνοθεσία, μοντάζ, εικονοληψία: Δημήτρης Μελέτης
Δεύτερη κάμερα: Στέλιος Μουράτογλου
Τίτλοι, γραφικά: Χατζηπανάγος Τάσος
Μίξη ήχου: Billy Widz
Μουσική από τους One Drop Fwd, Fundracar, Professor Skank, Κακό Συναπάντημα, Direct Connection, AmP Outernational, Terminal 2012, Insom, Dub Riots, Wosui, Billy Widz
Copyleft Ηλιόσποροι 2013, το ντοκιμαντέρ είναι ελεύθερο για αναπαραγωγή και δημόσια προβολή με άδεια χρήσης: creative commons, non-commercial, non-derivatives 3.0 Ελλάδα.
Συμμετέχουν οι συλλογικότητες:
- Δίκτυο ανταλλαγών Πιερίας, noe.motherearth.gr
- Κοινωνικός συνεταιρισμός παραγωγών και καταναλωτών Κορινθίας, Συντροφεία
- Aυτοδιαχειριζόμενος Αγρός Ελληνικού,agroselliniko.blogspot.com
- Συνεταιρισμός Αλληλέγγυας Οικονομίας Συν.Αλλ.Οις, synallois.org
- Δίκτυο Ήλεκτρον Μυτιλήνης,diktyolesvou.wordpress.com
- Από κοινού, Kίνηση Τρικαλινών πολιτών για την αποανάπτυξη και την άμεση δημοκρατία, apokoinou.com
- Δίκτυο Οικοκοινότητα, oikodiktyo.espivblogs.net
- Δίκτυο ανταλλαγών και αλληλεγγύης Μαγνησίας ΤΕΜ, tem-magnisia.gr
- Δίκτυο Βότσαλο, votsalo.org
- Τράπεζα χρόνου πλατείας Συντάγματος, time-exchange.gr
- Κοινωνική κουζίνα "Ο άλλος άνθρωπος", oallosanthropos.blogspot.com
- Συνεταιριστικό καφενείο Ακαδημίας Πλάτωνα -- Ευρωπαϊκό Χωριό, european-village.org
- Αυτοδιαχειριζόμενο Πάρκο Ναυαρίνου και Ζωοδόχου Πηγής, parkingparko.espivblogs.net
- Free & Real, freeandreal.org, telaithrion.freeandreal.org
- Lacandona, lacandona.gr
- Νέα Γουινέα, neaguinea.org
Το ντοκιμαντέρ μεγάλης διάρκειας "Ένας άλλος κόσμος" γυρίστηκε με αφορμή το 1ο Εναλλακτικό Φεστιβάλ Αλληλέγγυας και Συνεργατικής Οικονομίας που διοργανώθηκε τον Οκτώβριο του 2012 στο Ελληνικό από μια ανοιχτή αμεσοδημοκρατική συνέλευση και υποστηρίχθηκε από δεκάδες συλλογικότητες. Επιχειρεί μια ενδεικτική καταγραφή μερικών από τις κυριότερες πρωτοβουλίες που ασχολούνται με τη μετάβαση σε ένα άλλο κόσμο εδώ και τώρα, πέρα από τον καπιταλισμό και την κρίση, μέσα από συνεντεύξεις και επί τόπου επισκέψεις. Επίσης αποτελεί μια συνέχεια παρουσίασης και ενδυνάμωσης αυτού του "άλλου κόσμου" που ξεκίνησε με τη μετάφραση στα ελληνικά και τη προβολή του ντοκιμαντέρ "Φόρος τιμής στην Καταλονία ΙΙ" σε όλη την Ελλάδα, αλλά και με την ανάπτυξη της ηλεκτρονικής πλατφόρμας δικτύωσης "Ένας άλλος κόσμος".
Ηλιόσποροι, www.iliosporoi.net
www.enasalloskosmos-community.net
Box joint jig with screw advance
How hard is it to build a box joint jig? Quite easy in reality;
- you make everything step by step.
- if something goes wrong with a detail - you just make a new one. That is not hard as you get more skills at every step.
In order to build this kind of finger joint-equipment you need a circular saw, wood, a drill and some screws and bolts, a screwdriver, sanding equipment and electricity. All the woodwork you see can be made by this equipment. Yes, you need also the drawings - quite cheap. I bought them for 12 US dollars. :)
Building the box joint jig part 1 of 4
- you make everything step by step.
- if something goes wrong with a detail - you just make a new one. That is not hard as you get more skills at every step.
In order to build this kind of finger joint-equipment you need a circular saw, wood, a drill and some screws and bolts, a screwdriver, sanding equipment and electricity. All the woodwork you see can be made by this equipment. Yes, you need also the drawings - quite cheap. I bought them for 12 US dollars. :)
Building the box joint jig part 1 of 4
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
How to make gears
This video being here, does not mean that everyone should be a carpenter. ;) The value of what Matthias Wandel does, is that he teach, (and sell drawings), how to make sophisticated equipment - mainly from wood - some bolts and screws are always needed. And an electrical motor.
More from Matthias Wandel
Part 3
Part 4
How to make gears
This video being here, does not mean that everyone should be a carpenter. ;) The value of what Matthias Wandel does, is that he teach, (and sell drawings), how to make sophisticated equipment - mainly from wood - some bolts and screws are always needed. And an electrical motor.
More from Matthias Wandel
RSA Animate - Crises of Capitalism
To be continuUploaded on Jun 28, 2010
In this RSA Animate, celebrated academic David Harvey looks beyond capitalism towards a new social order. Can we find a more responsible, just, and humane economic system?
Watch the full lecture HERE!
In this RSA Animate, celebrated academic David Harvey looks beyond capitalism towards a new social order. Can we find a more responsible, just, and humane economic system?
Watch the full lecture HERE!