Forward Follow us Like us Five Essential Elements of a Placemaking Campaign If, as the saying goes, architecture is frozen music, then urban planning is composition, but Placemaking is improvisational street performance. It’s interactive, messy, inclusive, and you can never be quite sure what the result will be–but you …
Strike Back Against Student Debt With OWS
Student Loan Debt in the United States has topped 1 Trillion Dollars and just about anyone who strives for knowledge and employment is trapped in a system that starts us off “all in the red.” A few months ago, hundreds of thousands of our friends in Quebec broke their silence …
Occupy Wall Street Updates for the Week of May 23
Last weekend, scores of occupiers took buses from New York to Chicago to join thousands of people from the social justice movement, peace advocates, occupiers, students, and labor to face the forces of the self-appointed world police: NATO. The demonstrators protested the culture of militarism, war, and oppression pursued by …
The National Occupation of Washington, DC: Occupy Power!
On March 30, 2012, people from across the country will gather for an American Spring in Washington, DC. The National Occupation of Washington, DC (NOW DC) opposes the corruption of both parties. The reign of money in government has fostered policies that throw people out of their homes and drive …
iToys Won’t Fix Asia & Can the Planet Support More Americas?
‘The world population is projected to rise from 6.7 billion to 9 billion between now and 2050, and more and more of those people will want to live like Americans.’ Thomas L. Friedman and ‘Over time, I became increasingly preoccupied by what would happen if Asia were to adopt consumption-driven …