Are you one? Cultural creatives - possibly 44 million in the United States alone - are actively involved in reforming or revolutionizing their cultures. Although ranging from moderns, to postmoderns, to transmoderns, their core values often include family, relationships, environment, health, civil rights,
sustainable living, spirituality, and community.
This Sunday, the big day out for kids: Children's Book Festival Sunday 25th March, 10am to 4pm, on the lawns of the State Library of Victoria. The Childrenâs Book Festival is back - bigger and better than ever, with more things to do than you can poke a puppet at. (Yes, we have puppets.) There are things that go (a fire truck), ...
This site is a collection of collaborations and graduate projects which use the new left as a framework for analysis. Race, class, gender & beyond. Nari also has all the earmarks of social research, political theory and humanist dimension. You'll also find creative writing, a few games, experimental tracks, art and other areas of interest.
drop on by and say g'day - Next Sunday is Neighbour Day here in Australia. A great time to say g'day and build community right on your doorstep. In Ballarat, there are events planned: The City of Ballarat is inviting residents to support National Neighbour Day either by participating in organised activities being held at local community/neighbourhood houses or p...
The Activistsâ Handbook is a powerful guide to social change activism and an essential resource for anyone ready to make a difference. Australian environmental activist Aidan Ricketts offers a step-by-step guide and more to starting up or getting involved in grassroots movements. Providing all the essential practical tools, metho...
Print News & media Healthy rivers support healthy house prices March 22, 2012 Analysis of the selling prices of houses in 90 local shires across the Murray-Darling Basin shows house values are rising â and they are strongest in river valleys that are in good ecological health. The analysis, by the Australian Conservation Foundationâs...
Business and Human Rights Workshops - An invitation to the United Nations Association of Australia (Vic) Business and Human Rights Workshops The upcoming United Nations Association of Australia (Vic) Business and Human Rights Workshops â a corporate responsibility and sustainability leadership training program - may be of interest to you and your networks. Regis...
This blog provides you with current information about the contemporary African approaches; about the philosophy, political and cultural organisation of the people especially those in the southern regions of Africa (Zambia mainly)
This essay attempts to explainthe nature of African spirituality. From the onset it must be acknowledged thatit is no easy task to try and define African spirituality as such. As a matterof fact, it is nearly an impossible task to embark on. This is because onecannot speak of African spirituality in the singular way. Africa is a vastcontinent, inc...
Generally speaking, the African view of life is collective.Life is relationship between an individual and his descendants, his family, hisbrothers and sisters in a clan, his environment and also his âGodâ the ultimatesource of everything. When one becomes sick this social order is disrupted. Thiscorrelation between illness and the social order...
UNZA don Mbozi to petition UNâs Ban KI-Moon over Barotseland Agreement From: Austin Moonga Mbozi Zambian Citizen C/0 University of Zambia Department of Philosophy and Applied Ethics P.O Box 32379, Lusaka, Zambia Phone: 0978-741920 Email:austinmbozi@yahoo.co.uk Thursday 23 th February 2012 To: The UN Secretary General Mr Ban KI-Moon On his visit ...
Grant the Barotseland Agreement and stop fooling around January 10, 2012 | Filed under: Editor's Choice | Posted by: editor By Austin Mbozi President Sata must just grant the 1964 Barotseland Agreement, otherwise Zambians and the international community must hold him responsible for any consequences that may result in failure to implement it. When...
Richard Mukuka "One Zambia, One Nation" is what I have grown up knowing. Currently, the 'one nation' aspect is under challenge. Barotse. We wait and see how well we can manage our affairs. The Euro-orchestrated arbitrary amalgamation of peoples is cracking. . Joshua Chongo Lupupa likes this. 1 share Abidon Kabwe One Zambia One Nation. Together we ...
As Networkers may or may not be aware, I am moving house from Melbourne to regional Victoria. This involves quite a few trips up and down the Western Freeway between Melbourne and Ballarat. Late on Saturday afternooon, I was on the road heading for Melbourne when I was delayed - along with hundreds of Victorians at the Bacchus Marsh Par...
the gaining and maintaining of leadership - I never thought I'd say this, but the US impeachment process is looking like a highly desirable political mechanism at the moment. You see, Networkers, in the USA the President is elected quite separately from Congress or the Senate and the President can only be turfed out by impeachment. Impeachment is rare and it has to be for a...
Shia, Christians, and minorities at risk - The dismaying article below is from Independent Australia and posted at the request of its Contributing Editor-at-Large, Tess Lawrence. ~~~~~~~~~~ Terrifying violence against Shia Muslims and Christians has escalated rapidly since the departure of US troops from Iraq, says the âBishop of Baghdadâ, Revâd Canon Dr Andrew White . âWe Ha...
