a movement that i'm currently interested in through having read a few bits and pieces on and/or by them is the Deep Ecology movement. Tomorrow i'm heading to the bookstore because a book by one of their thinkers has (finally) arrived... interesting;
some links:
http://www.deepecology.org/index.htm (one specific foundation though, and not the whole movement they represent... yet they can get you a picture)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2gZ6FRhc3w&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo%2Egoogle%2Enl%2Fvideosearch%3Fhl%3Den%26q%3Ddeep%2Becology%26um%3D1%26ie%3DUTF%2D8%26sa%3DN%26tab%3Dwv&feature=player_embedded a video; gives a good idea :) (a should watch)
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8meah_arne-naess_creation a long video on Arne Neass (who was the first to use the term Deep Ecology) and the movement
perhaps the only drawback i see as of yet is that the language they use is full of symbols and feelings/emotions; nothing wrong with that per se, but rationality often works better that cozy words when it comes to politics....
well... perhaps that's not so true as i just thought it is, i'll think it over and hope any reader will feed me back on this one :)
may all be green!
peace
donderdag 30 april 2009
life
argh... finals; finals; finals ~ the word (no actually the dutch ''examens'' but nevermind) keeps going through my head.
A rough two weeks from now they're starting
dutch - philosophy - history - maths (ah! noooh!) - latin - greek - economics - english - geography
having no school these three weeks i have the opportunity to spend my time getting ready. Kinda fun actually.
More fun is the idea that it (school!) will be over and I'll be able to concentrate on things i like :P.
Starting with attending a Buddhist teaching and public lecture by the Dalai Lama; then traveling to China (Shanghai and surroundings) - i will get to see my expat-family: aunt, uncle, cousins (the oldest (3 or 4 i think she is) speaks more chinese that i do... just by living there... grrr); then three weeks at home; then: CTTB!!!
Coming back from CTTB i've got like four days or so until the first day of the academic year (31 August)...
This means that from now i will only spent about 8 weeks here; i.e. where i have lived for 13 years... it's time to leave some of the things behind
may all be happy and safe,
(especially thinking of those involved in the queensday (:today) tragedy(http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/zijlijn/6281019/Four-die-in-Queens-Day-tragedy) )
A rough two weeks from now they're starting
dutch - philosophy - history - maths (ah! noooh!) - latin - greek - economics - english - geography
having no school these three weeks i have the opportunity to spend my time getting ready. Kinda fun actually.
More fun is the idea that it (school!) will be over and I'll be able to concentrate on things i like :P.
Starting with attending a Buddhist teaching and public lecture by the Dalai Lama; then traveling to China (Shanghai and surroundings) - i will get to see my expat-family: aunt, uncle, cousins (the oldest (3 or 4 i think she is) speaks more chinese that i do... just by living there... grrr); then three weeks at home; then: CTTB!!!
Coming back from CTTB i've got like four days or so until the first day of the academic year (31 August)...
This means that from now i will only spent about 8 weeks here; i.e. where i have lived for 13 years... it's time to leave some of the things behind
may all be happy and safe,
(especially thinking of those involved in the queensday (:today) tragedy(http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/zijlijn/6281019/Four-die-in-Queens-Day-tragedy) )
vrijdag 24 april 2009
goodbey ~it really was, the last day of school
friday and thursday both were a last school day; yesterday our last lessons, today our ''examenstunt'' (''we'' - the six graders - had the opportunity to say goodbey on a special way :P)...
And actually friday i protested (in word and deed) to some of the schools authorative persons. Here's the story: the school had made clear the examenstunt-comittee that they did not want any water to be used (even though the throwing of waterballoons on the other students has been a traditional aspect of our cgbn-examenstunt for at least the years i witnessed); yet, of course, some fellow students of mine did by waterballoons and actually filled all the 1800! So they threw some of the balloons, but then the school threatened to stop the stunt if the throwing'd be continued; so the throwing was stopped. BUT the story does not end here: some staff actually began to destroy the balloons. To that i protested using the argument that it was 1) somebody else's property; 2) they could only say the balloons were not to be thrown at students, but not that we'd store them at school (really, there is no rule for that) (now this may sound strange, because they were stored with the purpose of throwing them at students, but actually it should be seen as an abstract argument - which should be seen as working (i'm totally convinced of my arguments :P)
anyway, when i said this, the door was slammed before my face without any politeness nor any counterargument...
So when they were bringing the water from the balloons to the toilet, i sneaked in the room the balloons were and took them along... (another nice thing :P : technically speaking i can't be said to have been disobying any order ~since there was no order saying i was not to take any balloons out that room)
Well i only took perhaps 50 balloons out; but it was an act of protest against ill-reasoned acts of authority... i'm still wondering about what is justice ... (an ancient question, yet always relevant, always) - and the adrenaline pumping through my body needed some 30 minutes (or more) to fade away)
But of course, saying goodbey has its inner implications too: i mean there is sadness... For 1.5 year, perhaps it was longer, one of the wishes foremost in my mind was going to university - to which i still look forward -, but now that it's really time to leave, leaving is hard, because it's a whole easy, receptive way of life i'm leaving. Next year will bring freedom and will challenge me; but, am i really ready for it?
Same goes for my summer: first China and then the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas: WOW!
but you know, traveling alone, to places i've never been; it will be incredibly exciting, little bit frightening now.
I'm sure i'll survive; i will, yes i will
be happy!
And actually friday i protested (in word and deed) to some of the schools authorative persons. Here's the story: the school had made clear the examenstunt-comittee that they did not want any water to be used (even though the throwing of waterballoons on the other students has been a traditional aspect of our cgbn-examenstunt for at least the years i witnessed); yet, of course, some fellow students of mine did by waterballoons and actually filled all the 1800! So they threw some of the balloons, but then the school threatened to stop the stunt if the throwing'd be continued; so the throwing was stopped. BUT the story does not end here: some staff actually began to destroy the balloons. To that i protested using the argument that it was 1) somebody else's property; 2) they could only say the balloons were not to be thrown at students, but not that we'd store them at school (really, there is no rule for that) (now this may sound strange, because they were stored with the purpose of throwing them at students, but actually it should be seen as an abstract argument - which should be seen as working (i'm totally convinced of my arguments :P)
anyway, when i said this, the door was slammed before my face without any politeness nor any counterargument...
So when they were bringing the water from the balloons to the toilet, i sneaked in the room the balloons were and took them along... (another nice thing :P : technically speaking i can't be said to have been disobying any order ~since there was no order saying i was not to take any balloons out that room)
Well i only took perhaps 50 balloons out; but it was an act of protest against ill-reasoned acts of authority... i'm still wondering about what is justice ... (an ancient question, yet always relevant, always) - and the adrenaline pumping through my body needed some 30 minutes (or more) to fade away)
But of course, saying goodbey has its inner implications too: i mean there is sadness... For 1.5 year, perhaps it was longer, one of the wishes foremost in my mind was going to university - to which i still look forward -, but now that it's really time to leave, leaving is hard, because it's a whole easy, receptive way of life i'm leaving. Next year will bring freedom and will challenge me; but, am i really ready for it?
Same goes for my summer: first China and then the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas: WOW!
but you know, traveling alone, to places i've never been; it will be incredibly exciting, little bit frightening now.
I'm sure i'll survive; i will, yes i will
be happy!
woensdag 22 april 2009
environment and economy and economy
Three green acts! ~ http://greenacts.us.tzuchi.org/
The story of stuff ~ http://www.storyofstuff.com/
Interdependent Economy ~ http://www.liemgiokin.com/
The first: a site giving (practical!) information on ways to live more environment-friendly. :)
The second: a short movie, and more about our economy and the way it fails/ the way we are misguided...
The third: an interesting book on (macro)economy; questions today's stress on growth.
also interesting:
http://www.kagyuoffice.org/Images-09/09-0420-108Solutions/108Solutions(En).pdf
108 advices on living greener by the Venerable Karmapa (head of the Kagyu tradition from Tibet) ~108 shall not be a random number of course- but I think it has led to some repetition. Nevertheless it is a very interesting and heartwarming set of proposals for (Buddhist) communities to contribute to the world in a sustainable way. :)
The story of stuff ~ http://www.storyofstuff.com/
Interdependent Economy ~ http://www.liemgiokin.com/
The first: a site giving (practical!) information on ways to live more environment-friendly. :)
The second: a short movie, and more about our economy and the way it fails/ the way we are misguided...
The third: an interesting book on (macro)economy; questions today's stress on growth.
also interesting:
http://www.kagyuoffice.org/Images-09/09-0420-108Solutions/108Solutions(En).pdf
108 advices on living greener by the Venerable Karmapa (head of the Kagyu tradition from Tibet) ~108 shall not be a random number of course- but I think it has led to some repetition. Nevertheless it is a very interesting and heartwarming set of proposals for (Buddhist) communities to contribute to the world in a sustainable way. :)
zondag 19 april 2009
First post
ok, to be honest... i don't have a clue why i have such a strong feeling i should go blogging. Nevertheless, somehow i do feel i wish to share information on what i think is important and on what i think others might find interesting to know about me and what i'm doing.
On the name:
''Dutching the World'' refers to the english usage of ''dutch'' when not specifically (read: when only indirectly) referring to the dutch as a people; i.e. when referring to a (negative) habit/tendency to be economical or even stingy (as in: ''going dutch'')
now, the thought behind the name is that i hope this blog will from time to time give some clues as to how we can live on our planet and with the rest of the population (human, non-human, even insentient) more sustainably
ok,
that's it for now :)
may all be happy!
On the name:
''Dutching the World'' refers to the english usage of ''dutch'' when not specifically (read: when only indirectly) referring to the dutch as a people; i.e. when referring to a (negative) habit/tendency to be economical or even stingy (as in: ''going dutch'')
now, the thought behind the name is that i hope this blog will from time to time give some clues as to how we can live on our planet and with the rest of the population (human, non-human, even insentient) more sustainably
ok,
that's it for now :)
may all be happy!
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