Mois : décembre 2007

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Head of the Blog: With the arrival of Peak Oil, the curtain has closed on Act 1 of the drama Petroleum Man. What will happen in Act 2? Chekhov said, « If there’s a gun on the wall at the beginning of the play, by the end it must go off. » In the world’s nuclear arsenal are many guns on the wall. If life copies art, will there be an Act 3 in which the players, having learned their lesson the hard way, live sustainably? To explore these and other questions… FTW’s Act 2 Blog. Read, comment, take heart! Orkin

Links: From The Wilderness Archive; Conflict of Interest, a 9/11 Windfall and the White House Council on Environmental Quality;

About (in the right column of the Frontpage): FTW is pleased to announce the launching of its new blog. Readers are invited to join in the online discussions of preparing for a post-Peak world. From Mike Ruppert’s Welcoming Message: « Tell us what you have learned. Share what you think (in the spirit of cooperation). Comment with only one prime directive, ‘What can we share here that will save lives by providing people with choices, experience, strength and hope?' »// FTW’s posting of comments to this blog should not be construed as an endorsement of their contents. Sometimes readers include links with which we’re unfamiliar or opinions with which we may not agree. This is a forum for a broad spectrum of ideas. In the spirit of community which is going to become ever more essential as peak oil takes over, we try to allow everyone a voice, within the parameters set out by Mike Ruppert in his Introduction. By submitting comments, you claim sole authorship and give permission for publication.

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A RESEARCH TREASURE; AND MAP FROM PAST, TO PRESENT, TO FUTURE

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a village based on ideals of equality.

Linked with Zumra Nuru Mohammad – Ethiopia, and with Zumra’s new lifestyle perception.

In Ethiopia, one man’s model for a just society, Zumra Nuru founded a village based on ideals of equality. It’s now lauded by leaders of all stripes (a community which has no time for religious dogma except to work hard for what he calls the realization of heaven on earth by giving love to all humankind without disregarding ones religion). (full text, August 21, 2007).

Watch this video about Awra Amba, 5.08 min., June 4, 2006, and

this video Anarchy Africansis, 2.33 min, March 2, 2007.

“These people mainly did not want to hear about women’s equality to man and children’s rights,” says, Enaney Kibret, a member of the community engaged in guiding visitors around the community. “They are also upset because we work everyday regardless of holiday and Sundays, which they don’t because of their faith. But, our faith is based on working hard for the betterment of our lives and supporting people who deserve our help,” she says. (full text).

Awra Amba is an Ethiopian community comprises about 400 people residing together 62 kilometres away from Bahir Dar on the way to Debretabor … In the 1980s, Nuru launched the egalitarian society he dreamed of with 19 other people who adopted his vision. Today Awra Amba has some 400 members and is lauded as a model to alleviate poverty and promote gender equality in a country where women generally hold a subservient status to men.

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The United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education (1995-2004) has defined Human Rights Education as « training, dissemination, and information efforts aimed at the building of a universal culture of human rights through the imparting of knowledge and skills and the molding of attitudes which are directed to:

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