Archive for June, 2006
Friday, June 30th, 2006
Undercover Surrealism explores the ’subversive climate’ of the dark undercurrent within Surrealism in the late 1920’s spearheaded by Georges Bataille. The exhibition draws together work by Picasso, Miro, Masson, Giacometti as well as imagery from the magazine Bataille edited from 1929 ...
Posted in Art and Film, Events, Hayward Gallery, London, Surrealism | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006
Some very amusing tidbits from the sites of some of our 'finest' corporations:
Halliburton - under Sustainable Development:
"We are all connected. As individuals and as a citizen of the global business community we are conscious of the role we play in shaping our common destiny. We must understand our responsibilities ...
Posted in Corporation | 18 Comments »
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006
i was recently browsing around the blogosphere and found writer wallah, a very amusing character. he'd written this equally amusing post about Women
( definitely worth checking out!) so i of course decided to add my two bits. this is WW's response and i found it so amusing i had to ...
Posted in Gender, News & info | 10 Comments »
Thursday, June 22nd, 2006
“The ‘Merton Rule' is the groundbreaking planning policy, pioneered by the London Borough of Merton, which requires the use of renewable energy onsite to reduce annual carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the built environment. Hundreds of local authorities look set to follow Merton’s lead, which will impact all new major ...
Posted in Environment and eco-friendliness, Merton Rule, Sustainability, Sustainable Architecture, UK, climate change, renewable energy | 6 Comments »
Thursday, June 22nd, 2006
Hi everyone : Very important news:
Please - if you can - go to the THE SQUARE Occupied Social Centre, 21 Russell Square, London - tomorrow morning before 9 a.m. * yes i realize this is a bit difficult for all of us late risers.. still it's a very good cause*
THE ...
Posted in Activism, London, News & info | 3 Comments »
Thursday, June 22nd, 2006
Greenpeace - :
"As the planet heats up, polar bears have found themselves in hot water. That's because the sea ice the bears depend on to hunt is melting, and the polar bear is now threatened with extinction. Polar bears have survived for centuries in one the harshest climates on Earth, ...
Posted in Campaigns, Environment, Greenpeace, News & info, wildlife | 2 Comments »
Monday, June 12th, 2006
Politics, n, pl. : A means of livelihood affected by the more degraded portion of our criminal classes.
Politics, n. : A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
The Cynics Handbook by Ambros Bierce (begun as a weekly column in 1881)
via ...
Posted in Politics, Quotes | 7 Comments »
Monday, June 12th, 2006
The Cold War Studies Centre and the Institute for the Study of Americas at LSE presents a public lecture by Orlando Patterson who is Professor of Sociology at Harvard, this evening at 6:00 p.m. {Old Theatre}
The lecture focuses on the relevance of what people actually mean by "freedom" and how ...
Posted in Events, Freedom, London, USA | 1 Comment »
Friday, June 9th, 2006
This is the one weekend in the year when many of London's private garden squares and other gardens open their gates to welcome visitors. A number of special activities will take place at some of the gardens and this year Loire Valley Wines are ...
Posted in Events, Gardens, London | No Comments »
Wednesday, June 7th, 2006
I'd like to draw attention to the uniteddiversity site - which is currently boasting a new look and being jazzed up. it's funky, it's hip, and it's worth your-surfing-the-net time..
Even you bots ought to take a look ( you know i wonder how many humans ever read this blog - ...
Posted in Activism, Another World is Blossoming, Cool Stuff, News & info, civil society | 11 Comments »