Hi everyone, I forgot to attach the webpage of City Think Space who led the Kokstad/Franklin integrated sustainable development plan. Here it is:
http://citythinkspace.com/kokstad-franklin-integrated-sustainable-development-plan/ This page provides an overview of the spatial design concepts applied. Kindest Gien On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 8:48 PM, Michel Bauwens <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Mark, > > As far as I understand it the original western democracies, and especially > the U.S., were designed as Republics, and explicitely anti-democratic, i.e. > designed to defend the power of the enlightened property owners against the > 'mob'. All the more real elements of democracy, such as universal suffrage > of all genders, were imposed later through long-standing social > mobilizations ... The Electoral College is just one example of an technique > specifically aimed at not having the people directly decide ... > > Michel > > > > XXX > > Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:05:04 -0600 > From: Mark Janssen <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [P2P-F] Fwd: Ancient Athens didn't have politicians. Is > there a lesson for us? > To: P2P Foundation mailing list <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <CAMjeLr-K=13yqx3x2Z3LOw7ESQT-56xrkQ7+rg= > [email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 9:19 AM, George Dafermos - TBM > <[email protected]> wrote: > > i suppose that was probably meant as a joke, right? > > x, > > Hah, I guess I should have clarified. I mean "nominally" or legally > it has a government of, by, and for the People since the Constitution > remains the "highest" Law of the United States. Such as it is, if one > were to take the issues to court on where it was failing, the courts > would have to uphold this standard and ideal. The fact that the > People have let their government deteriorate through neglect, and the > void of power, left thereby, be filled by those with less noble ideals > is a shame. But, nonetheless, I don't think it can copy Greece's > model of democracy, where it was supposed to be an indivisible unit. > > mark > -- > P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net > > <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: > http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens > > #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/ > > _______________________________________________ > P2P Foundation - Mailing list > http://www.p2pfoundation.net > https://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation > > -- We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails *Birtha Calloway* Web: www.ingienous.com Email: [email protected] Phone: +27 71 642 5521 (SA) Phone: (206) 973-3924 (USA) Fax: +27 86 675 9019 LinkedIn: alturl.com/mr4hc Skype: ingienous Twitter: ingienous
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