Archives Jul 2010
Costs of modern violence at global and local levels
Revelations by the retired Swedish United Nations chief arms inspector Hans Blix about the Iraq war, and increasing indications that Iran could also be attacked in the not too distant future, have stimulated me to reflect on modern violence, albeit somewhat impressionistically.
With the arrival of modernity through from Columbus’ discovery of the New World in 1492 to the application of James Watt’s steam engine to factory production in the 1780s, societies began to put unprecedentedly large scale resources into bureaucratically organized ways of dealing with issues....
29th July 2010
Ladder Awards: effective Restorative Justice and publicity
Ladders are awarded to St Thomas’s of Canterbury boys’ school for a highly effective Restorative Justice programme and to The Press for publicising its success.
This programme has reduced 60 stand-downs, 18 suspensions and 2 exclusions in 2003 to just one stand-down last year....
27th July 2010
From an Iranian nuclear standoff to a nuclear free world
Image: Prime Minister of New Zealand Key talks with US President Obama at the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington. John Key said how New Zealand “could offer leadership on the nuclear issue....
21st July 2010
Awakening grassroots energy by Richard K Moore
This Blog is a chapter in a book being written on-line by Richard Moore.
He says, "This has been a very difficult chapter to write, and you've seen the multiple attempts....
19th July 2010
Ladder Award: to Massey University for its international epidemic-prevention programs
A Ladder is awarded to Massey University’s Professor Emeritus Roger Morris and its Vice Chancellor Steve Maharey. This is for the university’s strikingly imaginative and timely outreach program in the form of its innovative international biosecurity courses....
18th July 2010
This is a spontaneous meeting space for Villagers - step onto the virtual Soap Box and share your top-of-brain notions and passions, opinions, knowledge or a story.
The brewing of ideas will help the whole Village to better understand itself and its possibilities.
It can also help generate everyday material and reality checks for academics and policymakers to collaborate in brokering robust solutions that the Villagers want.
The Soap Box
Framing coherent, flourishing community, economic and foreign policy
Awakening grassroots energy by Richard K Moore
The Emergence of Localism by Richard K Moore
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When down a hole, it is essential to distinguish a shovel from a ladder – one gets you out, one digs you in deeper. So too, with society’s opinion- and decision-makers. You are invited to nominate any of them for a Ladder or Shovel Award, explaining to fellow Villagers why they should endorse your Award.
Ladder and Shovel Awards
Ladder Award: Gareth Morgan for refreshing insights on welfare reform
Ladder Awards: Geoffrey Palmer & John Key re UN Gaza Inquiry
Ladder Awards: effective Restorative Justice and publicity
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Here Bloggers draw on an eclectic mix of news and comment from around the world to clarify contexts which can support, or impede, people building local connections that enable them to better understand and (sustainably) fulfill their aspirations, both within their localities and in relation to the wider world beyond them.
If you come across relevant items yourself, please send them in to share.
Happenings
Global economy – noticing there's an elephant in the room
Costs of modern violence at global and local levels
From an Iranian nuclear standoff to a nuclear free world
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