|
Ecotopia (other)
{{disambiguation ...
''Ecotopia'' is a 1975 novel by Ernest Callenbach. Ecotopia may also refer to: * ''Ecotopia'' (album), a 1987 album by American jazz group Oregon * ''Ecotopia gathering'', or simply Ectopia, a training camp for the European Youth For Action * A non-profit environmental organization headed by Srđa Popović * A restaurant opened by South Korean writer Hur Aram * A fictional place in the TV series ''seaQuest''; see * Ecotopia, one of '' The Nine Nations of North America'', as defined by Joel Garreau See also * * Ectopia (other) * Utopia (other) Utopia is an imagined community or society that possesses highly desirable or nearly perfect qualities for its citizens. Utopia or UTOPIA may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Literature * ''Utopia'' (book), the 1516 book by Thomas More that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ecotopia
''Ecotopia: The Notebooks and Reports of William Weston'' is a utopian novel by Ernest Callenbach, published in 1975. The society described in the book is one of the first ecological utopias and was influential on the counterculture and the green movement in the 1970s and thereafter. The author himself claimed that the society he depicted in the book is not a true utopia (in the sense of a perfect society), but, while guided by societal intentions and values, was ''im''perfect and in-process.Archived aGhostarchiveand thWayback Machine Callenbach said of the story, in relation to Americans: "It is so hard to imagine anything fundamentally different from what we have now. But without these alternate visions, we get stuck on dead center. And we’d better get ready. We need to know where we’d like to go."Timberg, Scott (December 14, 2008''The New York Times'' Context Callenbach wove his story using the fiber of technologies, lifestyles, folkways, and attitudes that were c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ecotopia (album)
''Ecotopia'' is an album by American world music/jazz group Oregon featuring Ralph Towner, Paul McCandless, Glen Moore, and Trilok Gurtu, who replaced Collin Walcott following his accidental death, recorded in 1987 and released on the ECM label.ECM discography accessed September 28, 2011 Reception The review by Thom Jurek states, "there is no excuse for this waste of studio time and 's energy. It is no wonder that he began the ECM New Series a few years before, given the junk churned out by some of label's stable between 1983 and 1988, a ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Youth For Action
European Youth For Action (EYFA) is an environmental youth network in Europe. It is based in Amsterdam and has partner organizations in 18 European countries. History EYFA started in 1985 as the European Youth Forest Action; a campaign organised by Youth and Environment Europe with then still an office in Denmark. YEE employed the German Petra Keppler for a while as she held office in Amsterdam. After the first bustour Amsterdam-Budapest EYFA was split off to an independent youth organisation and moved to Sittard. The fundraising for Budapest was done by the Dutch Ed Romeijn as the (East-West) exchange-officer of YEE. The then Belgian chairwoman of YEE Adelheid Byttebier is nowadays elderman in Brussels for the Greens. EYFA grew from a tour that was initiated by Swedish/German/Dutch group in 1986 to save the old forests in Europe, and it was then named European Youth Forest Action. From this beginning, it developed into a platform for grassroots, collectives, organizations, proje ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Srđa Popović (activist)
Srđa Popović ( sr-Cyrl, Срђа Поповић, born 1 February 1973) is a Serbian political activist. He was a leader of the student movement Otpor! that helped topple Serbian president Slobodan Milošević. After briefly pursuing a political career in Serbia, he established the Centre for Applied Nonviolent Action and Strategies (CANVAS) in 2003 and published '' Blueprint for Revolution'' in 2015. CANVAS has worked with pro-democracy activists from more than 50 countries, promoting the use of non-violent resistance in achieving political and social goals. In October 2017, he was elected Rector of the University of St Andrews, succeeding Catherine Stihler. Early life Popović was born in Belgrade, where both of his parents worked in television. His mother, TV anchor Vesna Nestorović (1944–2017) narrowly avoided being killed during the NATO bombing of state television in Belgrade in 1999. He played bass guitar in a goth rock band called BAAL, which was fronted by Andrej ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hur Aram
Aram Hur is a South Korean teacher, practicing humanist, educator, publisher, lecturer, and social entrepreneur. Biography Aram Hur was born in Miryang, South Korea on March 4, 1971, and grew up in Busan. She received her BA and MA from Pusan National University and has lectured on literature, philosophy, art, linguistics and educational studies. Career Hur is the founder and chairperson of Indigo Book Company (인디고 서원) which is located in Busan, South Korea. Opened on 28 August 2004, it is a humanities bookstore for young people which also hosts public events, educational movements, and social activities; it is a combination of nonprofit book publisher, magazine (Humanities Magazine for Youths "INDIGO+ing"), bookstore, after-school course program, and community center. Indigo represents a vibrant progressive and humanistic counterweight with its idealism and engagement to the world. She is a founding member and chief director of ''Indigo Youth Book Fair.'' And she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Nine Nations Of North America
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ectopia (other)
Ectopia, ectopic, or ectopy may refer to: *Ectopia (medicine), including a list of medical uses of ectopia or ectopic ** Ectopic pregnancy, a pregnancy that occurs outside the uterus **Ectopic beat, or cardiac ectopy, a disturbance in cardiac rhythm * ''Ectopia'' (album), by Steroid Maximus, 2002 *Ectopic Entertainment Self Immolation is a record label and publishing company run by J. G. Thirlwell. Originally an actual label for Thirlwell's self-released early Foetus EPs and albums, Self Immolation became more akin to a vanity label for Thirlwell's release ..., a record label *''Ectopia'', a 2014 novel by Martin J. Goodman See also * * Ecotopia (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
.png "Click for more on -> The Nine Nations Of North America")