We seem to put on these shows because we don't know what else to do, and because the only truly effective homegrown industry left in the USA is public relations, the business of making your own reality.
ClusterFuck Nation
"First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win." ~Mahatma Gandhi
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Less Work, More Living
Earn less, spend less, emit and degrade less. That’s the formula. The more time a person has, the better his or her quality of life, and the easier it is to live sustainably. A study by David Rosnick and Mark Weisbrot of the Center for Economic and Policy Research estimated that if the United States were to shift to the working patterns of Western European countries, where workers spend on average 255 fewer hours per year at their jobs, energy consumption would decline about 20 percent.
http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/new-livelihoods/less-work-more-living
http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/new-livelihoods/less-work-more-living
NEILS 'MORE AND BETTER' PLAN HAS SOME HOLES IN IT!
Last week, I began a round of employee brown bags to discuss TriMet’s 5-Year Plan. What I have been calling the MORE and BETTER Plan. As part of my introduction, I outlined a number of “threats” facing TriMet – some in and some out of our control.
This is interesting
From the "how we roll' blog:http://www.flickr.com//photos/trimet/sets/72157627395247771/show/
(gotta admit, kinda cool)
(gotta admit, kinda cool)
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