Integrity Blog entry 09-18-2007

 

Center For A New American Dream Newsletter

For all you who want practical advice, updates on anti-consumerist and environmental campaigns, as well as access to the latest thinkers on economic trends and new economic initiatives, you may want to check on "In Balance" the quarterly newsletter by Center for the New American Dream (known as CNAD around here.)   The newsletter used to be named "Enough!" --- sound familiar?  If you want to be really frugal about it, and want to skip the timely updates, you can access the theory articles via CNAD's archives.  I just came across a particularly intriguing and provocative http://www.newdream.org/newsletter/new_capitalism.php">article by Peter Barnes that is related to NRM's plan to institutionalize Joe's 9 step program for financial integrity as an asset of "the commons".

Community Wealth.org

Along similar lines,  this link was just passed along to me. community wealth.org seems to be a clearinghouse for ideas related to "the commons" as well as the "relocalization" of material assets.  For those of us following a financial integrity path, we recognize that a shift in concepts around economics is fundamentally necessary, namely a shift from thinking in terms of "my money" to "our resources" -- not just natural resources, but sharing our individual capacities -- is the key to both personal and global sustainability.  After a quick perusal, communitywealth.org seems to explore this idea as well as addressing other issues around transforming the way money works in society.

Big Consumerist Brother alert: Google and Pudding Media

 

On a sour and frightening note, the New York Times reported on Monday Sept. 24th about a new online phone service that eavesdrops on conversations to send targeted ads to the call participants.  The article noted that Google already reads gmail account emails in order to do the same thing.  This is the frightening punchline to an already disturbing article, "“The conversation was actually changing based on what was on the screen,” he said. “Our ability to influence the conversation was remarkable.”  To read the article: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/24/business/media/24adcol.html?ref=business

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