In Vlaanderen is de regering al een tijdje bezig met de recyclage van een "government programme" die de reflectie over 2020 en de daarbij passende beschaving op gang wil brengen.
Massa's denktanks, massa's geldstromen naar louche VZWs en massa media-aandacht (onder andere met de "ik doe" campagnes op de openbare omroepen) en wat is het resultaat?
Geen KAT die naar de website van "Vlaanderen in Actie" gaat en geen KAT die ernaar omkijkt - laat staan om geeft: who cares and fuck you very much - en dan gaan ze rustig nog wat drugsvoetbal kijken.
En waarom? - omdat er geschiedkundig gezien altijd slechts maar een kleine minderheid, soms ook elite genoemd, zich bezig hield met het doorduwen van hun maatschappijvisie. - omdat de uprising van die zogezegde massa-sociale bewegingen altijd gepiloteerd, verkracht en eigenlijk snel uitgeblust is eenmaal ze aan de macht komen. - omdat een top-down "motiverende" campagne van een politieke kaste die hopeloos 20-eeuws georganiseerd is en aldus voorbijgestreefd, nog het meeste lijkt op het doodspartelen van een versgeviste pladijs op de band van de vismijn, happend naar lucht terwijl het fileren reeds begonnen is.
Al dit weggepiste overheidsgeld en die doorgespoelde dure ambtenarenuren zouden beter in fundatmenteel onderzoek worden gestopt: zo denk ik onder meer aan
- mobiliteit 2020: houdt onder meer in "péage" op alle wegen, schone kleine auto'tjes (waar aub nog een beetje esthetiek aan zit!)en openbaar vervoer dat werkt (wie heeft er goestin om met de trein naar Straatsburg te rijden vandaag?)
- crèches 2020 & schooltoegang naar kwaliteitsvol onderwijs met gemotiveerde leerkrachten zodat ons klein mannen met een goede algemene "humaniora" opvoeding tot 4-talige wereldburgers worden opgeleid die GOESTING hebben om iets met hun welvarendheid, rijkdom, vrede en politieke inzichten te doen
- vrede 2020, net zoals wij die vandaag kennen (dus mét een leger dat inzetbaar is waar nodig en mét politie die durft optreden), en natuurlijk is iedereen hier welkom; als en slechts als ze zich integreren en voor zichzelf een bestaan uitbouwen (en dus niet om hier zo maar even te komen uitblazen en niks te doen)
- steden waar het fijn en veilig is om rond te lopen en een platteland dat nog bestaat en niet wegverkavelt of kapotgemest is
- een overheid die doet waar ze best in is, nl. vereenvoudigen, stimuleren, redden wat anders verloren gaat (patrimonium!) en voor de rest mij gerust laten en mijn belastinggeld optimaal en efficient en DUURZAAM besteden
- een overheid die mee ervoor zorgt dat de collectieve welvaart bewaard blijft en die geen oude koeien uit reeds gedempte sloten wil blijven halen
Zolang er geen daadkracht is, en goesting om te beslissen in dit land, rijden we onszelf vast in de modder van de gemiste kansen: neem nu de Lange Wapper, of de RER rond Brussel, of nog het herdynamiseren van de faillite auto-industrie, of de lamlendige "redding" der grootbanken, of nog het oeverloos gezeik over de dringende staatshervorming: waar is de "hoogdringendheid"? en ondertussen rotten de poolkappen verder omdat wij nog bezig zijn met het uittekenen van de monopolies op het herverdelen van groene stroomcertificaten of eco-uitstoot-rechten.
Een visie op 2020 zou moeten behelsen: nucleaire reactors van de volgende generaties die energieonafhankelijkheid garanderen, een vergevorderde research naar groene, cleane productiemogelijkheden in landbouw en industrie met praktische applicaties, innoverende en tewerkstellende bedrijven die de grotendeels uitgedunde ambtenarenklasse opvangt (schaf potverdorie die provincies af, en fuseer alle gemeenten in de grote steden), een slagvaardig eengemaakt politiek Europa waar nét genoeg ambtenaren rondlopen om de veiligheid (met een EU leger) en de markt, en de mensenrechten, en de commerciële slagkracht van de Unie te bewaken. Vrijheid van meningsuiting, op zijn Voltairs waar met bereid is te sterven opdat u het recht heeft te denken wat u maar wil!
en dan natuurlijk.... quid post-2020, wanneer de nieuwe Hunnen voor de deur staan, als roofbouwkapitalist of klimaatvluchteling. Hoe lang gaan we geo-engineering uitstellen, of het bevruchten van de Sahara, hoelang gaan we mensen de ontziltingstechnieken blijven ontzeggen en hun blijven verdoemen tot dorst, honger en verkrachting; hoelang nog gaan we een paar muntjes aan vakbonden en vzw's geven om te blijven kakken op ontbossing en vervuiling: NEEN zeg ik u: massaal ondernemen, massaal bomen planten, massaal terug voor de natuur gaan zorgen!
het groene gedachtengoed mag men niet aan de extremisten laten! de ideologie van de "panem et circenses", populistische politici moet eruit gepleurd.
dit gezegd en geschreven zijnde ga ik nu de moestuin omspitten - als dat geen goed begin van de dag is. Bedenk Mens, dat ge sterfelijk zijt.
Showing posts with label Environmentalists. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Environmentalists. Show all posts
2010-03-31
2010-02-01
Kill Bill (Vagant edition 2010)
Reading: Wired, Journaal & Harper's Bazaar
Viewing: In the Valley of Elah
Listening to: Depeche Mode Live in A'pen
Thinking: wenst de Vlaamsche administratie een leuke werkweek toe en hoopt dat mijn aupair dossier rap in orde is
Travelling: Geneva, London, Washington-NYC-Philadelpia, Paris
Last picture: See above
2010-01-14
Most idiot job description of 2009
read in the newspaper interview of the failed attempt by activists to destabilize the Copenhagen summit in 2009-12: interview of XX, 21years old climate activist
how sad
He should rather have read Stewart BRAND, hippie and avant-garde environmentalist, and a true eye-opener: read last weekend's FT interview
For more than 40 years, Brand has been at the nexus between California’s counterculture and its technological avant-garde. A quintessential 1960s figure – one of Ken Kesey’s Merry Pranksters, he appears on the second page of Tom Wolfe’s The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test – who organised a “trips festival”, which brought together 10,000 people to listen to the Grateful Dead and drink acid-laced punch, he is also a Stanford-educated biologist and anthropologist interested in information systems and networks. In short, he has foreseen the future; sometimes blurrily but more often than not with immense prescience. For Brand is an intellectual entrepreneur; he makes ideas happen. His 1968 brainchild, the Whole Earth Catalog, an encyclopaedic review of all that a commune-dweller might need, has been described by Steve Jobs as “sort of like Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google came along”. His latest book, Whole Earth Discipline, throws down a gauntlet to the environmental movement he once helped to nurture.
how sad
He should rather have read Stewart BRAND, hippie and avant-garde environmentalist, and a true eye-opener: read last weekend's FT interview
For more than 40 years, Brand has been at the nexus between California’s counterculture and its technological avant-garde. A quintessential 1960s figure – one of Ken Kesey’s Merry Pranksters, he appears on the second page of Tom Wolfe’s The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test – who organised a “trips festival”, which brought together 10,000 people to listen to the Grateful Dead and drink acid-laced punch, he is also a Stanford-educated biologist and anthropologist interested in information systems and networks. In short, he has foreseen the future; sometimes blurrily but more often than not with immense prescience. For Brand is an intellectual entrepreneur; he makes ideas happen. His 1968 brainchild, the Whole Earth Catalog, an encyclopaedic review of all that a commune-dweller might need, has been described by Steve Jobs as “sort of like Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google came along”. His latest book, Whole Earth Discipline, throws down a gauntlet to the environmental movement he once helped to nurture.
2008-12-12
Low Impact Man
Do you accept the challenge of bringing down your eco-footprint?
Check out this fella: http://www.lowimpactman.be/
Check out this fella: http://www.lowimpactman.be/
2008-01-18
Copenhagen Consensus - what should be the World's Priorities
Copenhagen Consensus – addresses 10 major challenges in the world. - Home
Back in 2004, a panel of world-recognized experts prioritised the challenges of the world, for the first time in history. the initiative came from Bjorn Lomborg, of "Sceptical Environmentalists" fame, a Danish statistician formerly deeply involved in the conservationist-environmentalist movement.
Lomborg developed an alternative vision and is now widely regarded as a serious, yet dissenting voice that brings new ideas to the table.
You can prioritize what you believe are the world's most important challenges here
This was Wacondah's list
Back in 2004, a panel of world-recognized experts prioritised the challenges of the world, for the first time in history. the initiative came from Bjorn Lomborg, of "Sceptical Environmentalists" fame, a Danish statistician formerly deeply involved in the conservationist-environmentalist movement.
Lomborg developed an alternative vision and is now widely regarded as a serious, yet dissenting voice that brings new ideas to the table.
You can prioritize what you believe are the world's most important challenges here
This was Wacondah's list
2007-12-28
2008 Environmental Photographer of the Year
The CIWEM Environmental Photographer of the Year 2008 - competition now open!
2007-07-05
Eco Enquirer: the real news from the frontlines of Global Warming
The Eco Enquirer - news and satirical views from so-called "right-wing environmentalists". Hilarious views from the frontlines of Global Warming.
Check out this story: "Polar Bears "Dropping Like Flies" From Heat Exhaustion": Hunter Jeremiah Johnson comforts a polar bear that had collapsed from heat exhaustion before he could shoot it.
Other stories include
- Court Orders Fisherman to Apologize to Eagle
- Levitating Islands in Bermuda Triangle Observed by Spy Satellite
- U.S.-Canada Border Conflict Continues
2007-04-13
Schwarzenegger to enviros: Make the environment SEXY !
at a recent meeting in Washington, Austrian-Californian Gubernator Schwarzenegger told a gathering of environmental activists: "stop nagging, make it sexy... just like bodybuilding"...
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger told environmentalists Wednesday they
needed to stop nagging and make their cause sexy, likening it to bodybuilding's
evolution from a weird pursuit to mainstream.
"Bodybuilding used to have a very sketchy image," the former bodybuilding
champion told an environmental forum at Georgetown University. "... It had
fanatics and it had weird people. ...But we changed that. ... It became sexy,
attractive."
"Like bodybuilders, environmentalists were thought of as kind of weird and
fanatics also, you know, the serious tree huggers," Schwarzenegger said.
2007-02-27
Celebrity Environmentalists
February 26, 2007 — By Jill Serjeant, Reuters LOS ANGELES --
Source: http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=12288
Whether it's forsaking a gas guzzling limo in favor of driving a hybrid car to the Oscars, or fitting their homes with solar panels, many celebrities embraced green causes long before they became fashionable. Just as a famous face can sell a perfume, stars of stage and screen can sell a cause and scores of them are doing more than merely putting their money where their mouth is.
"Whether it's fashion or cultural trends, the entertainment industry has the ability to communicate to a global audience ideas that set forth actions and create change," said Debbie Levin, president of the Environmental Media Association which promotes green issues through the entertainment industry. "Early adopters, like Cameron Diaz, led the way and now with everyone from Kirsten Dunst to Maroon 5 to Will Ferrell driving hybrid cars, (it) sends the message that it's cool to think and buy green," Levin said.
Following is a list of some of the leading green celebrity players:
- ROBERT REDFORD: 30 years on board of Natural Resources Defense Council, founder of Sundance Preserve, winner of 1993 Earth Day award, 1987 United Nations Global 500 award. In April 2007, launches weekly three-hour slot called "The Green", dedicated entirely to the environment, on his Sundance TV channel.
- LEONARDO DICAPRIO: started the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation in 1998 to promote environmental issues, drives a hybrid car, currently writing and producing a feature length documentary on global warming called "11th Hour".
- BRAD PITT: co-creator of design competition to build 20 affordable, reduced energy, environmentally friendly homes in New Orleans.
- STING: founder in 1989 of Rainforest Foundation to protect rain forests and their indigenous peoples.
- HARRISON FORD: vice chairman of Conservation International, has a Central American ant named after him, won the Global Environmental Citizen Award in 2002.
- DAVE MATTHEWS BAND: offsets CO2 emissions produced by their multi-city tours by funding projects such as tree plantings and wind turbine construction.
- AL GORE: former U.S. vice president whose climate change documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" was Oscar-nominated, also nominated for 2007 Nobel Peace prize.
- PIERCE BROSNAN: focuses on marine mammal and wetland protection, headlined Natural Resources Defense Council campaign against effects of Navy sonar on whales, awarded 1997 Green Cross International Environmental Leadership Award.
- CATE BLANCHETT: plans to equip Sydney Theatre Company building with solar panels, rainwater collection systems to make it completely eco-friendly. Sydney home is fully powered by solar energy, donates to Forest Guardians.
- EDWARD NORTON: launched the BP Solar Neighbors Program in 2003 which matches each celebrity purchase of a solar energy home system with a solar installation in a low-income family home in Los Angeles.
- DARYL HANNAH: arrested in June 2006 for staging a 23-day tree sit-in during a bid to preserve an urban community garden in Los Angeles, traveled across America in 2005 in a biofuel car, home is entirely off-grid.
- RICHARD BRANSON: Virgin Group chairman, a former global warming skeptic, who in Sept. 2006 pledged to spend all profits from his airline and rail businesses (estimated $3 billion over 10 years) on investments in biofuel research and projects to tackle emissions.
- ALANIS MORISSETTE: given 2003 Environmental Media Association Missions in Music Award; campaigns against oil drilling in Alaska; has solar panels on home.
- KT TUNSTALL: ran her US tour bus on biodiesel fuel, performed at eco-friendly "Golden Green" at the 2007 Golden Globe awards in Los Angeles.
- JOSH HARTNETT, ORLANDO BLOOM, MAROON 5, KT TUNSTALL: promoting 2007 Global Cool initiative to cut carbon emissions by encouraging people to turn off TVs, mobile-phone chargers and other energy-draining gadgets.
- JAMIE OLIVER: celebrity chef, plans to power his Cornwall, England, restaurant by wind turbines.
- NEIL YOUNG: 2004 North American tour fueled entirely with biodiesel.
- WILLIE NELSON: singer, co-partner in the Willie Nelson Biodiesel Company.
- BARENAKED LADIES: run their tour buses and trucks on biodiesel fuel.
Drivers of hybrid cars include: Cameron Diaz, Charlize Theron, Carole King, Kirsten Dunst, Billy Joel, Tom Hanks, Will Ferrell, Julia Roberts, Ted Danson, Woody Harrelson, Alanis Morissette, David Duchovny, Patricia Arquette, Jackson Browne, Larry David, Danny DeVito and Bill Maher.
Source: http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=12288
Whether it's forsaking a gas guzzling limo in favor of driving a hybrid car to the Oscars, or fitting their homes with solar panels, many celebrities embraced green causes long before they became fashionable. Just as a famous face can sell a perfume, stars of stage and screen can sell a cause and scores of them are doing more than merely putting their money where their mouth is.
"Whether it's fashion or cultural trends, the entertainment industry has the ability to communicate to a global audience ideas that set forth actions and create change," said Debbie Levin, president of the Environmental Media Association which promotes green issues through the entertainment industry. "Early adopters, like Cameron Diaz, led the way and now with everyone from Kirsten Dunst to Maroon 5 to Will Ferrell driving hybrid cars, (it) sends the message that it's cool to think and buy green," Levin said.
Following is a list of some of the leading green celebrity players:
- ROBERT REDFORD: 30 years on board of Natural Resources Defense Council, founder of Sundance Preserve, winner of 1993 Earth Day award, 1987 United Nations Global 500 award. In April 2007, launches weekly three-hour slot called "The Green", dedicated entirely to the environment, on his Sundance TV channel.
- LEONARDO DICAPRIO: started the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation in 1998 to promote environmental issues, drives a hybrid car, currently writing and producing a feature length documentary on global warming called "11th Hour".
- BRAD PITT: co-creator of design competition to build 20 affordable, reduced energy, environmentally friendly homes in New Orleans.
- STING: founder in 1989 of Rainforest Foundation to protect rain forests and their indigenous peoples.
- HARRISON FORD: vice chairman of Conservation International, has a Central American ant named after him, won the Global Environmental Citizen Award in 2002.
- DAVE MATTHEWS BAND: offsets CO2 emissions produced by their multi-city tours by funding projects such as tree plantings and wind turbine construction.
- AL GORE: former U.S. vice president whose climate change documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" was Oscar-nominated, also nominated for 2007 Nobel Peace prize.
- PIERCE BROSNAN: focuses on marine mammal and wetland protection, headlined Natural Resources Defense Council campaign against effects of Navy sonar on whales, awarded 1997 Green Cross International Environmental Leadership Award.
- CATE BLANCHETT: plans to equip Sydney Theatre Company building with solar panels, rainwater collection systems to make it completely eco-friendly. Sydney home is fully powered by solar energy, donates to Forest Guardians.
- EDWARD NORTON: launched the BP Solar Neighbors Program in 2003 which matches each celebrity purchase of a solar energy home system with a solar installation in a low-income family home in Los Angeles.
- DARYL HANNAH: arrested in June 2006 for staging a 23-day tree sit-in during a bid to preserve an urban community garden in Los Angeles, traveled across America in 2005 in a biofuel car, home is entirely off-grid.
- RICHARD BRANSON: Virgin Group chairman, a former global warming skeptic, who in Sept. 2006 pledged to spend all profits from his airline and rail businesses (estimated $3 billion over 10 years) on investments in biofuel research and projects to tackle emissions.
- ALANIS MORISSETTE: given 2003 Environmental Media Association Missions in Music Award; campaigns against oil drilling in Alaska; has solar panels on home.
- KT TUNSTALL: ran her US tour bus on biodiesel fuel, performed at eco-friendly "Golden Green" at the 2007 Golden Globe awards in Los Angeles.
- JOSH HARTNETT, ORLANDO BLOOM, MAROON 5, KT TUNSTALL: promoting 2007 Global Cool initiative to cut carbon emissions by encouraging people to turn off TVs, mobile-phone chargers and other energy-draining gadgets.
- JAMIE OLIVER: celebrity chef, plans to power his Cornwall, England, restaurant by wind turbines.
- NEIL YOUNG: 2004 North American tour fueled entirely with biodiesel.
- WILLIE NELSON: singer, co-partner in the Willie Nelson Biodiesel Company.
- BARENAKED LADIES: run their tour buses and trucks on biodiesel fuel.
Drivers of hybrid cars include: Cameron Diaz, Charlize Theron, Carole King, Kirsten Dunst, Billy Joel, Tom Hanks, Will Ferrell, Julia Roberts, Ted Danson, Woody Harrelson, Alanis Morissette, David Duchovny, Patricia Arquette, Jackson Browne, Larry David, Danny DeVito and Bill Maher.
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