Invisible Children | Kony2012.

This is powerful.

There are sceptics, and so there should be (question everything!) but, I must say having read a fair chunk of criticism towards Invisible Children (mostly around funding, and how they spend there money), I still support this campaign.

Reasons not to support invisible children (directly),

- They are an ‘irresponsible’ charity. Donations don’t translate to action. (unlinke, say, Doctors Without Borders)

- They call for a “US intervention.” I personally would encourage the first mentioned tactic, of empowering locals (not simply another “US friendly” dictator/army ala the cold war). So instead donate to someone else.

With this in mind, please do support this ‘campaign.’
It is bigger than just Kony (sorry Invisible Children.)

It is a self titled ‘experiment’ in ‘reshaping’ popular culture, and the use of the Social World Wide Web.

This is very empowering/inspiring/impressive.

I think of it more like “Occupy Facebook.”

The last 5 mins alude to this more than the rest.

Social media has given ‘empathy’ a new meaning. Borders are nothing. People are people. Note the pyramid graphic towards the end (tré Occupy), this is important.

There are more people on Facebook than there was on the planet 200 years ago.

We have the tools to reclaim ‘popular’ culture. We all know newspapers, TV, and even movies are dead in their current form anyway. We are capable of defining our own culture. If we stop listening to Lindsey Lohan, maybe she will just go away.

When’s the last time some fat cat asked you if he could throw ads at you all day every day. What happened to public space? Imagine how beautiful ‘our‘ city would be without ads. Money should not define us or our world.

Banksy and Shepherd Fairy had it figured out long ago.

We have the means.

Share the shit out it.

It gives me chills. You should be feeling it too.

Make 2013 (after we get Kony obviously) the year we truly reshape our world. Think Kony clones. The world is messed up. You know that.

(Just for the record; I study what I study for this very reason. It is coming.)

My thoughts on the #stopkony campaign.

WHO: Nicole Goodwin.
AGE: 21.
FROM: I currently live in Melbourne but grew up on the South Coast of New South Wales.
EXPERIENCE: This will be my seventh year taking photos.
JOB: I work in retail and I am about to start a BA of Fine Art at RMIT.
WHERE: All these photos were taken in a studio in East Hawthorn.
TIME: From the first to the last shoot, it took around 5 months to complete.
PEOPLE: All of the models are my friends except for one of the guys who filled in for one of my friends who bailed last minute. He was just hanging around so my friend asked if he’d let me take his photo and he said yes.
CLOTHES: I made all of the clothes myself! The girls clothes are a lot better than the guys [laughs].
CAMERA: These were shot on a Yashica MAT-124G on Kodak Portra 160NC film – 120 film/medium format.
WHY: I saw the film Garden State a while ago and there is a scene in it where Zac Braff is standing against a wall and his shirt matches the wallpaper, I thought it was a cool idea and just kind of went with it. I was studying at the Photographic Imaging College last year so this body of work was used as my folio and was exhibited in the end of year exhibition.
FAVOURITE: My favourites are the one of Holly Barrow (the girl with the orange hair wearing glasses) and Jessie Burrows (the girl in the green). The way they are posed mimic famous paintings – Holly like the girl with the pearl earring and Jessie like Mona Lisa – I think it’s very fitting as they both look very painterly.

http://www.nicolexgoodwin.com/

This is the revolution of our generation.

I got an (half)hour-glass for christmas from mum. This is perfect.

it’s simply the story of how and why someone would jump on a 105cc motorbike and with only two days of planning try and ride it 35,000 kilometres, from Sydney to London, through such places as Pakistan, India, Thailand, Kazakhstan, Russia and China…

:)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortal_Engines

We do a lot of reading on these camping trips. Mortal engines is a family favourite, and a nice break from the heavier stuff.

We at the Church of Google believe the search engine Google is the closest humankind has ever come to directly experiencing an actual God (as typically defined). We believe there is much more evidence in favour of Google's divinity than there is for the divinity of other more traditional gods.

Oh my google.

Louder than sirens
Louder than bells
Sweeter than heaven
And hotter than hell

The 'Living Human Treasures' project aims to preserve intangible cultural heritage - Defined by UNESCO as 'the practices, representations, expressions, knowledge, skills – as well as the instruments, objects, artefacts and cultural spaces associated therewith – that communities, groups and, in some cases, individuals recognize as part of their cultural heritage.' For example, traditional craftmanship, dance or theatre. The knowledge of the Mataisaus needs to be safeguarded in order to be transmitted on. 

"For those that don't know, I am going to intern in Fiji as part of a course organised by my university, ANU. This will be where I record my thoughts and experiences during the 3 and a half weeks there- an electronic diary with academic flavour. "

Inspiring friends. #pround

This is the kind of mundane crap I will be doing next year.
Check out his channel; http://vimeo.com/keith

Sane graduated from The Oakland School in Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh, majoring in communications and minoring in political science.

Anti-flag's lead singer.

Organopónicos are a system of urban organic gardens in Cuba. They often consist of low-level concrete walls filled with organic matter and soil, with lines of drip irrigation laid on the surface of the growing media. Organopónicos provide access to job opportunities, a fresh food supply to the community, neighborhood improvement and beautification of urban areas.

...Cuba has more than 7,000 organopónicos. More than 200 gardens in Havana supply its citizens with more than 90% of their fruit and vegetables. Yields have more than quintupled from 4 to 24 kilograms per meter squared between 1994 and 1999, and currently around a million tons of food per year is produced in the organopónicos.[3] More than 35,000 hectares (over 87,000 acres) of land are being used in urban agriculture in Havana alone.[4] The city of Havana produces enough food for each resident to receive a daily serving of 280 grams (9.88 ounces) of fruits and vegetables. The urban agricultural workforce in Havana has grown from 9,000 in 1999 to 23,000 in 2001 to more than 44,000 in 2006.[4]

Amazing.

how is this not THE issue?
oh wait, growing global inequalities? #Occupy

The idea of a group that would explore under Melbourne was formed by three teenagers during the summer of 1985/6. On January the 26th, the trio of explorers ventured out to explore the Diamond Creek Mines in the northeast of Melbourne and the Cave Clan was born.

The Cave Clan started exploring mines, caves and soon included stormwater drains. These days, the Cave Clan have explored just about every type of artificial tunnel or chamber there is.

In the beginning, the Cave Clan used to meet fellow explorers by leaving messages in the drains, or purely by chance - coincidently bumping into them down below. In 1990 the Cave Clan got a post office box and that made them much more accessible to outsiders: the media, the curious, fellow explorers - people just like yourself.

Tyler and I had some great chats in the 10 hours up (and 8 back) from Canberra, this is one of the many things that came up... remind me to follow this up!

This is the tool I have been looking for.
It gave me goosebumps, ha.

Have a dig around their other videos explaining the philosophy and ideas behind it.

Perfect timing really, now that I am a member of the UWCAUS board.

"After quite the stagnation period, finally Penelope is ready to go again and carry her charges on the next leg of their journey, into Paraguay. The goal: to visit Vicky DeFelipe. Join them for week 7 of the South America Chronicles as they experience Raging waterfalls and bad cooking, the bitterness of the barrios and the sweetness of Toddy ( a favourite chocolate drink of the DeFelipes)"

We will finish these. No matter how long it takes...

"A movie we made using Lego Studios in 2003. A bit of nostalgia, AND a killer plot twist"

we just got street view! how do we find out when the cars come!??!?! so many thing that could have been...