What in ‘tarnation have Scaledowners been up to
Its been a quiet blog lately, you could almost say “too quiet”. Is this the winding down of the site that I claimed to be more than just a bunch of talking heads?
Where’s the radio show?
Where are those brilliantly organized guest speakers by Chris Holt? The candlelight vigils? Participation in ward boundary changing petition?
Is this the end? is it the beginning of the end?
No promises here but I like to think Its the end of the beginning. I’m hoping the calm before the storm
I can’t speak for the other scaledowners who I know are busy bee’s as well but here’s a list of items I’ve been researching and working on myself and through various organizations
1.a. Soon to be announced music video competition that will see local musicians working with local film makers (just need the interactive media component and we’ll see a complete convergence necessary to foster a comprehensive local industry)
b. developing a prototype of the web resource I committed to that would become a sort of interim film commission at www.wefilm.ca (its not up yet so no clicking, can’t believe the domain was still available as of last week)
2. Research into what is required to set up a local BALLE network. So far my work has consisted of attending a speaking engagement by the Ann Arbor think local chapter president, obtaining and reading the network information kit, participating in a nationwide 90 minute conference call. Putting out feelers to see what kind of interest.
I’m sure I will need a blog post just for this
3. Lightly researching Transitionnetwork.org heard a cool TED talk on the matter and I like how this type of local initiative has created alternative local currencies (they have one in Detroit), local food networks and helps write sustainability plans and policy for municipal government and schools. (Garden sharing,
Thats why I left supporting the politicians arena. The projects above are infinitely more exciting to me than being a talking head or campaigning. People talk about needing change. You want change, We need Action for a change (hey, thats a damn good campaign slogan).
Anyone interested in participating, read up on the above topics, and lets talk when I get back from SXSW.com (I can’t wait)
Tags: BALLE, film, film industry, local, local first, peak oil, sustainability, TED
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As a P.S. I received the 50 page network information kit which is an interesting read. I never learned how to upload documents on this site but would email it to anyone whose interested.
Which Mark are you?
Mark Boscariol, hopefully it won’t negatively influence your opinion of the above projects
Have visited all the links you supplied, watched the TED talk and yes, Windsor is transitioning but in what direction? If our Chamber of Commerce had their way, we would go on building on green fields in their outright support for area developers, then maybe a BALLE organization would be better for Windsor.
I’m the other Mark - Vincent!
Hey Mark, oh wait, I mean Mark B., oops, Mr. Bradley
just curious, has there ever been a view I’ve espoused that you disagree with, because I pretty much have agreed with everything you’ve written.
If anything you ever write gets confused for anything I write, I’d be pretty darn flattered.
I’ve simply decided not to hide the my inner-slacker any longer. No more living the lie!
Yeah, like someone’s ever going to believe that you’re the man behind scaledown. Pull back the curtain, its Chris!