by potential | Oct 15, 2010 | 1000 Community Stories
Blog Action Day takes place every year on October 15. Bloggers from around the world post about the same issue with the aim of sparking a global discussion and driving collective action. This year’s topic is water. I’ll never forget my first big trip away from...
by potential | Oct 12, 2010 | 1000 Community Stories
Like many Gumbooters I spent the long weekend cooking and eating with family and friends rather than slaving in front of a computer writing my blog post. Luckily I was able to recruit a guest to write my post this week rather than make something up. Here’s a...
by potential | Oct 8, 2010 | 1000 Community Stories
S21 – what’s that you say? Some new, hip vitamin-drink? Another rap-outfit, like the infamous 50 Cent? No, it isn’t. The abbreviation stands for “Stuttgart 21”, relating to the provincial capital of Baden-Wuerttemberg in Germany’s south. Swabia, the home of...
by potential | Oct 6, 2010 | 1000 Community Stories
Four years ago, an artist and a documentary filmmaker started talking garbage. Four days ago, the surprisingly uplifting result of that conversation was presented at the Vancouver International Film Festival. Waste Land chronicles renowned visual artist Vik Muniz as...
by potential | Oct 1, 2010 | 1000 Community Stories
This is a post about the tenth anniversary of Web of Change, a conference held every year at the Hollyhock Institute. To everyone who could not attend this year, you were missed. And to those of you who have never been, I urge you to consider coming next year....
