Friday, October 07, 2005
First Week of Research Stuff
Done with Resources:
1. http://www.mparchitects.com/index2.html
He is the pioneer of New Urbanism. He is the expert. He has several papers on the effect of New Urbanism onto cities. He is wanting to create communities where people can live, play and work and deal with the car/oil issue. He wants people to walk around instead of drive around. We should be able to shop near where we leave and get to work, etc.
2. http://www.endofsuburbia.com/
Such an amazing documentary which traces the roots of suburbia and links that with the big companies making money off of having people use cars. I watched this in a screening at Fuller last year and highly recommend it. It deals with the oil crisis which is to come and probably in our lifetime. It deals with the creation of suburbia and its myths. You can easily springboard issues of both consumerism and racism in this discussion.
3. http://walmartwatch.com/
They keep an eye on walmart's ethical practices. There are good charts and specific articles that deal with how Walmart's presence in a community. It talks specifically about ethical development and tax practices. It breaks down some of the arguments for big business.
4. http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/77/walmart.html
This site deals in detail in articles about how despite the great low prices companies like Walmart give us they also come at a cost to smaller businesses and jobs that go overseas. I think the link to unemployment is a huge issue for our discussion of poverty/economics in the U.S.
5. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/walmart/
This is a series of articles dealing with the effect Walmart has on technology and unemployment. One article cites a particular city in Ohio and an electronics plant which had to shut down and throw over a thousand people out of jobs because Walmart was buying cheaper overseas. Vast unemployment and job relocation is of critical importance in this discussion as well as completely turning around the dynamics of many small towns and cities. There is also a program with a dialogue between Walmart employees, former employees and other economic and sociological experts about how Wal-Mart has been able to take advantage of the rise of information technology and the explosion of the global economy to change the balance of power in the business world.
6. http://www.goodjobsfirst.org/pdf/wmtstudy.pdf
This article was fascinating. I did not know that Walmart actually got grants and tax breaks to subsidize their business. Walmart, it seems, has received more than $1 billion in economic development subsidies from state and local governments across the country. Taxpayers have helped finance not only Wal-Mart stores, but also the company’s huge network of distribution centers, more than 90% of which have gotten subsidies. And that is just for starters. Very helpful look at what low price super stores really "cost us."
7. http://www.walmartfacts.com/community/article.aspx?id=1331
I felt it only appropriate to show the Walmart charitable side. This is a website where they highlight their community involvement and how much their stores create jobs, etc. It shows how it does by products made in the U.S. and calculates that rate per state when you click on the map. This is clearly propaganda. However, I don't want to dismiss the positive effect big business may have on the community.
8. http://www.apa.org/pi/urban/povres.html
This is a fascinating resolution I found on the public interest website. It is a resolution on pverty and socioeconomic status that was adopted by the American Psychological Association. It talks about the personal and communal effect of poverty and unemployement. It talks about the various poverty rates throughout the US until 2000. It talks about a wide range of issues from environment to children with regards to the effect of poverty.
9. http://www.povertyinamerica.psu.edu/
The bad news is that statistically speaking there are more people in poverty this year than there were last year. It also talks about the uneven distribution of poverty within various states and cities across the country. It also talks about the effects Katrina will have on the increase of poverty in the South, which was already some of the most poverty stricken places in our country.
10. http://www.smartgrowthamerica.org/
This site gave me a bit of hope that people are thinking about this stuff and trying to come up with viable solutions to poverty and unemployment. It also has an interesting "Vacant Properties Campaing." To make good use of abandoned properties to help the entire community.
1. http://www.mparchitects.com/index2.html
He is the pioneer of New Urbanism. He is the expert. He has several papers on the effect of New Urbanism onto cities. He is wanting to create communities where people can live, play and work and deal with the car/oil issue. He wants people to walk around instead of drive around. We should be able to shop near where we leave and get to work, etc.
2. http://www.endofsuburbia.com/
Such an amazing documentary which traces the roots of suburbia and links that with the big companies making money off of having people use cars. I watched this in a screening at Fuller last year and highly recommend it. It deals with the oil crisis which is to come and probably in our lifetime. It deals with the creation of suburbia and its myths. You can easily springboard issues of both consumerism and racism in this discussion.
3. http://walmartwatch.com/
They keep an eye on walmart's ethical practices. There are good charts and specific articles that deal with how Walmart's presence in a community. It talks specifically about ethical development and tax practices. It breaks down some of the arguments for big business.
4. http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/77/walmart.html
This site deals in detail in articles about how despite the great low prices companies like Walmart give us they also come at a cost to smaller businesses and jobs that go overseas. I think the link to unemployment is a huge issue for our discussion of poverty/economics in the U.S.
5. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/walmart/
This is a series of articles dealing with the effect Walmart has on technology and unemployment. One article cites a particular city in Ohio and an electronics plant which had to shut down and throw over a thousand people out of jobs because Walmart was buying cheaper overseas. Vast unemployment and job relocation is of critical importance in this discussion as well as completely turning around the dynamics of many small towns and cities. There is also a program with a dialogue between Walmart employees, former employees and other economic and sociological experts about how Wal-Mart has been able to take advantage of the rise of information technology and the explosion of the global economy to change the balance of power in the business world.
6. http://www.goodjobsfirst.org/pdf/wmtstudy.pdf
This article was fascinating. I did not know that Walmart actually got grants and tax breaks to subsidize their business. Walmart, it seems, has received more than $1 billion in economic development subsidies from state and local governments across the country. Taxpayers have helped finance not only Wal-Mart stores, but also the company’s huge network of distribution centers, more than 90% of which have gotten subsidies. And that is just for starters. Very helpful look at what low price super stores really "cost us."
7. http://www.walmartfacts.com/community/article.aspx?id=1331
I felt it only appropriate to show the Walmart charitable side. This is a website where they highlight their community involvement and how much their stores create jobs, etc. It shows how it does by products made in the U.S. and calculates that rate per state when you click on the map. This is clearly propaganda. However, I don't want to dismiss the positive effect big business may have on the community.
8. http://www.apa.org/pi/urban/povres.html
This is a fascinating resolution I found on the public interest website. It is a resolution on pverty and socioeconomic status that was adopted by the American Psychological Association. It talks about the personal and communal effect of poverty and unemployement. It talks about the various poverty rates throughout the US until 2000. It talks about a wide range of issues from environment to children with regards to the effect of poverty.
9. http://www.povertyinamerica.psu.edu/
The bad news is that statistically speaking there are more people in poverty this year than there were last year. It also talks about the uneven distribution of poverty within various states and cities across the country. It also talks about the effects Katrina will have on the increase of poverty in the South, which was already some of the most poverty stricken places in our country.
10. http://www.smartgrowthamerica.org/
This site gave me a bit of hope that people are thinking about this stuff and trying to come up with viable solutions to poverty and unemployment. It also has an interesting "Vacant Properties Campaing." To make good use of abandoned properties to help the entire community.
# posted by ErinW @ 2:30 PM
New likeable quote
I am taking a preaching class and reading this book stumbled across this quote:
Q: Why do actors seem to make such impressions upon your audiences, while preachers frequently leave our congregations cold?
A: Actors speak of things imaginary as if they were real, while preachers too often speak of things real as if they were imaginary.
- Archbiship of Canterbury in an exchange with actor Thomas Betterton
Q: Why do actors seem to make such impressions upon your audiences, while preachers frequently leave our congregations cold?
A: Actors speak of things imaginary as if they were real, while preachers too often speak of things real as if they were imaginary.
- Archbiship of Canterbury in an exchange with actor Thomas Betterton
# posted by ErinW @ 9:05 AM
Thursday, October 06, 2005
I love Sushi!
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