London Global Table 24th July 2013
We meet 12 – 2 in Room 2:1 *[no food or drink permitted]* of the SES, 11 Mandeville Place W1U
‘MATTERS IN THE AIR’ ………some of which participants could choose to develop…..*
‘We must find a moral equivalent for war or perish’
‘Those who hold power in our society depend on our consent, and why we must act together if we want things to change.’
THERE ARE NOW BASIC PAPERS ON GLOBAL TABLE LINKS – Initiatives with which we engage http://globaltable.org.uk/wp/?page_id= 373 Fundamentals of a sane economy http://globaltable.org.uk/wp/? page_id=376 Recommendations for up-dating these entries are always welcome.
1. IMMEDIATE SUPPORT FOR ACTIVISTS
a] Follow-up to Archbp Welby’s St Paul’s address – available on request – good discussion evolving. Ask for more info.
b] excellent website on Monetary reform by one of the sharpest minds on monetary questions – Prof. Joseph Huber
c] Mario Molinari’s work is now online startfood. “You Start with Food: Inviting participation in the setting up of community gardens & a virtual Food University.”
d] Monbiot.com Smoking Gun
e] ‘Decoding Mammon’ by Peter Dominy was reviewed at last in the Church Times last Friday. Take the opportunity to highlight its significance wherever you can.
f] Deidre Kent’s valuable slide show http://www.slideshare.
a] WHAT IS BASIC INCOME? . http:// basicincome2013.eu/ubi/ question/what-is-the- unconditional-basic-income/
b] What are CCMJ basics? see attachment – for latest one page draft
3. EVIDENCE OF MOUNTING DANGERS and OPPORTUNITIES
a] How the world works in a 2 min video ending with the punch line – Unless we understand that the whole earth is our homeland’ ;http://www. brasschecktv.com/videos/war- is-a-racket-1/how-the-world- works.html – [www.JohnPerkins.org]
b] The Shocking Amount of Wealth and Power Held by 0.001% of the World Population Andrew Gavin Marshall, Occupy.com’s Global Power Project The level of inequality around the world is truly staggering. READ MORE»
c] Robber Barons – Monbiot http://www.monbiot.com/2013/ 07/01/robber-barons/
d] New over-view report from the Apollo-Gaia Project is based on observational data, analysis of feedback dynamics and trend projection. Implications and consequences of Arctic change are spelled out. The report is released in two formats, a web-linked PDF and a pair of supporting video presentations. It can be found here: http://www.apollo-gaia. org/ArcticDynamics.html . The Arctic Dynamics Report is a must-read, must-view, must-share resource for everyone concerned with climate change.
4. AREAS FOR DEEPER INVESTIGATION
a] you can view the entire IU conference titled Economics for Conscious Evolution beginning Wednesday 24th July and including these days:25th (Thursday), 26th (Friday), and 28th (Saturday). (On the 27th there will be no livestream as we are having an Economics Tour of London, details attached FYI.) All you will need to do is open this link on Wednesday and the days listed above and it will start playing the live feed – http://www.ustream.tv/ channel/the-iu-conference-2013 .
b] A fine 3.30 video on the importance and approach of SIMPOL http://vimeo.com/
c] AMI Annual Conference Chicago, USA, 19-22 Sept – 9th Annual AMI Monetary Reform Conference – The speakers are the main people on the front lines of monetary reform around the world. Here is the superstar line-up: Prof Joseph Huber, Dr. Michael Kumhof of the IMF, Prof. Kaoru Yamaguchi, Prof. Richard Werner, Prof. Nic Tideman, Prof. Steve Keen and others. Positive Money’s Andrew Jackson may also be presenting in person – to be confirmed.
4. YOUR INPUT ON THE ‘MATTERS IN THE AIR’ YOU WISH TO SHARE*
a] early notice of a Symposium on’ Faith and Society’ at Bromsgrove Oct 25/27.Register your interest with me.
Based on study ‘Down to Earth – a guide to home economics‘
Name other interests you know. Always glad, indeed eager, to have responses from the Table’s extensive network
“On whatever rocky soil she landed she made a garden, it was
WORK THE SOUL MUST HAVE.”
As the imagination is not in the mind; the mind is in the imagination,
so the soul is not in the body; the body is in the soul