Are you a leader or a steward?
Posted on 12. Oct, 2011 by timrayner in Open culture, The movement
Are you a leader or a steward? Leadership is important. But stewardship is vital in a world of syncretic networks. Stewardship is similar to leadership. It assumes the initial functions of leadership: it reaches out to a community, extends invitations for collaboration, puts pieces together, and nurtures a project once it gets going. Stewards know [...]
Swarm Wall Street: why an anti-political movement is the most important force on the planet
Posted on 10. Oct, 2011 by timrayner in Open culture, The movement
Why are people occupying Wall Street? The US political elite and mainstream media don’t know what to make of it. ‘Anti-capitalist and unAmerican’, says Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain, echoing the sentiments of the conservative left and political right. The mainstream commentariat, when it dares to peer closer, paints an unflattering picture of disaffected, disorganized youth, milling [...]
Coalition of the Willing RHoKs the Google Campus
Posted on 02. Jun, 2011 by timrayner in Coalition Events, Open culture
Floods, fires, tornadoes, storms, water wars, droughts and epidemics. Climate change is happening and it is creating wicked problems about the earth. Join Coalition of the Willing this weekend at the Random Hacks of Kindness hackathon in Silicon Valley, CA, as we take steps toward building an online system to enable globalized responses to these [...]
Introducing GreenTribe – an environmental action hub
Posted on 24. Feb, 2011 by timrayner in Campaigns we support, Open culture, The movement
This is an interview between Tim Rayner and Gabe Stern of GreenTribe. Q. What is GreenTribe? What are you trying to do? How did it get started? The Green Tribe is a place for people to find practical environmental information – how to recycle a computer, what is the most water-efficient shower head, who are [...]
Coalition of the Willing contributors – we salute you!
Posted on 02. Feb, 2011 by timrayner in Campaigns we support, Coalition Events, Open culture, The movement
I can’t believe that only seven months have passed since Coalition of the Willing was released. A lot has happened since then. The Guardian got things off to a flying start by posting the film on their environment page. Since then, Coalition of the Willing has won the Grand Jury Award at the Hampton International [...]
Connecting the dots
Posted on 10. Dec, 2010 by fabio_barone in Open culture, The movement
What is our situation, today? We could dream of a planetary nervous system, of a united humanity, of a species cooperating on a marvelous magic satellite. We could philosophize over the destiny of mankind, over teleology and the universal mind. We could delve into collective intelligence, shifted consciousness, raised awareness, and speak of transcending boundaries, [...]
The Future We Got – Earth Date Zero Plus Twenty
Posted on 02. Nov, 2010 by pamela_mclean in Open culture
This is a contribution to an unconventional book project called “The Future We Deserve” – the brainchild of Vinay Gupta, funded via Kickstarter. —————————————— There are some dates that can only be pinpointed with hindsight. Peak oil was one. Earth Date Zero was another. Twenty years afterwards, with the benefit of hindsight, it stands proud [...]
Online collaboration doesn’t happen by magic
Posted on 27. Oct, 2010 by timrayner in Open culture
This article is based on ‘Online collaboration doesn’t happen by magic’, on the Appropedia blog, July 30th, 2009. It was co-written using EtherPad by Chris Watkins, Mark Dilley, Michael Maranda, Tim Rayner. ————————————— Just as you can’t expect to get people to a meeting or event just by putting up a flier, setting up successful collaborative communities [...]
What I learned at Movement Camp
Posted on 17. Oct, 2010 by timrayner in Campaigns we support, Coalition Events, Open culture, The movement
Take a Drupal back-end enabling user-generated video uploads. Add two video portals, side by side, linked from Justin.tv, and configured so that participants can go live at the push of a button. Add an entry portal to Freenode Internet Relay Chat, so that everyone involved can exchange ideas in real time, bouncing off and interjecting [...]
After Camp
Posted on 14. Oct, 2010 by Michael Maranda in Coalition Events, Open culture, The movement
Friends, I haven’t made a formal statement thanking everyone for their participation at Movement Camp – it was quite a ride. Many people made the event possible and I count the event both successful and a learning experience. We’re still digesting all that happened and we’re trying to figure out how to improve upon it [...]
