Berlin with its famous tv tower erected by the GDR, its symbol of pride and accomplishment during the Cold War. Photo was taken from Karl-Marx-Allee, a name it has retained since it was changed in 1961 from Stalin-Allee.

A car-free lifestyle in the USA...it works, even in Tempe, Arizona (a real American city of urban sprawl) when you design for it! And it feels European. (7 minutes)

A historical fact which serves as a diversion from today's compelling news. (I need a break.) This is not light, trivial; but it is interesting. For almost 200 years Britain was paying reparations for slavery...money that went not to the enslaved, but rather, to the slave owners.

Here‘s the term:
Civil Sector Mobilization

Rise up!

I need a story that is just a plain old good story today. Less than four minutes.

“…social science professor Kevin McKay contends that oligarchy has been a more fundamental cause of the collapse of civilisations than social complexity or energy demand…economic elites [whose short term interests] benefit from social dysfunction, block the necessary solutions.”
-George Monbiot

From Bullet Train USA. com

"New Zealand Going Plastic Free"
This image was taken from a Zealand supermarket that was testing a new no-plastic packaging trial for vegetables and fruit. When shown side by side, you can really see how wasteful commercial packing is. Victoria Marshall 🇳🇿

Diversity is not important in and of itself. Diversity is important because people are important, and people are infinitely diverse.