Category Archives: Business

The Serious Business of Permaculture

“What permaculturalists are doing is the most important activity that any group is doing on the planet. We don’t know what the details of a truly sustainable future are going to be like, but we need options, we need people … Continue reading

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Join the New Permaculture Generation

LivinginPeace Project Permaculture Design Course in Karamea
 (September 30 to October 14, 2012) The LivinginPeace Project in Karamea on the West Coast will be offering a Permaculture Design Course (PDC) from September 30 to October 14, 2012. We are fortunate … Continue reading

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Super-Rich Horde $NZ125tn in Global Tax Havens

By Heather Stewart Guardian/Observer   • Study estimates staggering size of offshore economy • Private banks help wealthiest to move cash into havens A global super-rich elite has exploited gaps in cross-border tax rules to hide an extraordinary $NZ25tn of wealth offshore … Continue reading

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Stateside: Travels in a Parallel Universe

Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray   ***A huge thank you to all the wonderful people I met in the United States…warm, generous,  intelligent, hard-working, creative, happy, beautiful people.***   New York City   NYC: Stayed at … Continue reading

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花見/花火 Hanami / Hanabi by Paul Murray and Elise London

花見/花火 Hanami / Hanabi <p><a href=”http://vimeo.com/43714458″>花見/花火 Hanami / Hanabi</a> from <a href=”http://vimeo.com/user11925474″>Paul Murray</a> on <a href=”http://vimeo.com”>Vimeo</a&gt;.</p> Hanami is flower watching in Japanese and Hanabi is fireworks…this is a stop-motion slideshow of an arrangement of leek flowers opening over time into a … Continue reading

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A Letter to Hollywood from Mr Kim Dotcom

Dear Hollywood, The internet frightens you. But history has taught us that the greatest innovations were built on rejections. The VCR frightened you, but it ended up making billions of dollars in video sales. You get so comfortable with your … Continue reading

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ArtofNature: Exhibition of One Photograph

By Photographer Paul Murray & Belgian Graphic Artist Arnaud “PsoMan” Vanderkerkin I walked the Heaphy Track in 2004 to collect information and take photographs for the http://www.heaphytrack.com Web site. Along the way, I happened across an interesting rock and took its … Continue reading

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LivinginPeace Project Permaculture Design Course

Permaculture Design Course in Karamea (September 30 to October 14, 2012) The course will cover theory and practice in Permaculture and will be held on a developing permaculture farm in sunny Karamea at the top of the West Coast of … Continue reading

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Savaged: Oliver Stone Sells Out…AGAIN!

Off the Top of my Head   By Paul Murray   Oliver Stone’s counterculture credibility was seriously knocked with the 2008 release of his George Bushathon “W,” which clearly revealed his political leaning and showed that the Republicans have a … Continue reading

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Re-Invent: Changing the Way People Choose and Use Art

Re-Invent: Innovative Art Project in Suburban Chicago Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray    School friends Kristin Mikrut and Cecilia Lanyon have joined forces to open Re-Invent, a gallery/artist workspace/art supplies store in the leafy Chicago suburb … Continue reading

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