January 2012
7 posts
SAVE THE INTERNET →
Tumblr makes it easy to speak up and call out for activism to save the internet. Join!
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Apple Releases List of Its Suppliers for the First... →
The most influential company in the world, and probably the world’s most loved brand, moves towards transparency and engagement with civil society to promote fair labor practices. Pressure from NGO’s, peers and consumers was important to accelerate this.
“A great question is one you can ask yourself, one that disturbs your status quo...”
– Seth’s Blog: Q&A (via bijan)
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“And now we welcome the new year, full of things that have never been.”
– Rainer Maria Rilke (via holdenandcaulfield)
December 2011
17 posts
“Ultimately, what we do starts with how we think. To re-think our ways we must...”
– John Furey - The Future Quotient
“The clarity by which we communicate future drivers of change will impact on how...”
– Elspeth Finch - The Future Quotient
TEDxBogota : Colombia, país de abundancia
Estusiasmado y practicando para mi charla en TEDxBogota mañana :)
“Life begins at the end of your Comfort Zone.
So if you’re feeling uncomfortable...”
– Neale Donald Walsch (via freshtracksinc)
Producer ownership of Fairtrade moves to new level →
Although complex, equitable multi-stakeholder governance systems that span across boundaries will be key to make sustainable development a possibility.
Khan Academy Blends Its YouTube Approach With... →
Great to see convergence of digital + presence in education.
Where is the leadership in Durban COP17?
“Political leaders must think inter-generationally. They need to imagine the world of 2050, with its 9 billion people, and take the right decisions now to ensure that our children and grandchildren inherit a liveable world.”
Desmond Tutu & Mary Robinson
Engage the students →
There is great need for an education reform across the continent that moves us towards a society that considers it a right and a public good. Cairo and London echoes have strengthened the voice of students in Chile, Colombia and the US, who engage at different levels with decision-makers and represent the return of political activism.
Obama’s dialogue with #occupy, student leaders and...
Vulnerabilities and the environment
antoniowills:
“Any realistic attempt to achieve sustainable development must focus primarily on the human wellbeing and be founded on an understanding of the inherent differences in people in terms of their differential impact on the environment and their vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities are often closely associated with age, gender, lack of education, and poverty.” — Seven billion people...
The new public square
infoneer-pulse:
“The architecture of the public square on the Internet is very similar to how it was when the country was founded. Individuals have easy access; there are almost no barriers to access. Ideas matter. We all know examples of how a single blogger has at times turned the course of national debate by pointing out the truths of the matter being debated. This is very, very encouraging.”...
November 2011
7 posts
La utopía contraria
“Ante esta realidad sobrecogedora que a través de todo el tiempo humano debió de parecer una utopía, los inventores de fábulas que todo lo creemos, nos sentimos con el derecho de creer que todavía no es demasiado tarde para emprender la creación de la utopía contraria. Una nueva y arrasadora utopía de la vida, donde nadie pueda decidir por otros hasta la forma de morir, donde de veras sea...
Love and business
If love, purpose and compassion are defining qualities of our nature and potential, why should they be excluded from the organizations we create and were we invest most of our energy and attention?
Check out this bold talk point by my friend @joconfino in The Guardian Sustainable Business.
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Innovation....with a twist.
…Empathy – the most recurring quality after years of focus on technology. Without creating reverberation within human beings and bringing delight into their life, technology is incapable of delivering the freedom it promises. Generosity – spreading advantages from the few to the many. Nothing more akin to the basic paradigm of love ‘the more I give the more I get’. Culture of learning – a...
Power and influence are changing
“The first is a shift in the nature of power and influence. It goes by many names and takes many forms. It is open-source software and encyclopedias written by crowds and revolutions seeded on Internet portals. It is the idea of the United States “leading from behind” in Libya rather than fiercely commanding. It is newspapers linking to other newspapers on their Web sites rather than walling...
“After the earth dies, some 5 billion years from now, after it’s burned to a...”
– Carl Sagan (via holdenandcaulfield)
A long term perspective…
October 2011
14 posts
¿El fin del 'estado de opinión' Uribista?
Me da alivio saber que Alvaro Uribe perdió poder en las elecciones de ayer en Colombia. Me preocupaba la posibilidad de que pudiera aún mantener engañada a la sociedad con su ‘estado de opinión’. A la manipulación y a la ceguera colectiva se les atraviesan, de repente y por fortuna, la verdad, la justicia y el sentido común.
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Fairtrade is the most widely recognized ethical... →
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Why the private sector is holding back on...
“Now here we are again, two decades later, with what appears to be a reduced level of collective (including media) concern and little or no political leadership, this notwithstanding a measurably higher level of risk on all fronts. Wherever you look, the bio-physical underpinnings of sustained human welfare and economic growth are becoming more fragile – whether it is climate change, ecosystem...
Attention
“But there’s something even more limited than time. It’s your attention. Attention is a subset of time, therefore it’s more limited. How you spend your attention is more important than how you spend your time.”
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“The conventional wisdom isn’t just wrong—it was never right.
- @umairh”
– The Reality Manifesto | Umair Haque. Eudaimonics. Redesigning Global Prosperity. (via matiasjajaja)
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Leaders in a new order
“An old order is coming apart, a new one—for better or worse—self-assembling. To help build and succeed in the new order, leaders in the private, public and citizen sectors need to switch from thinking about incremental change to transformational, systemic change. And to do this they will need to connect wider, analyze deeper, aim higher and invest longer.”
John Elkington
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September 2011
9 posts
“Try not to become a man of success but a man of value.”
– Albert Einstein.
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