Grassroots Solutions Videos

7 min. ~ Downloadembedding options @ Blip TV or U2B The Rhizome Collective is a consensus-run 501c3 nonprofit organization that has operated a center for community organizing and urban sustainability in an East Austin warehouse since 2000. This warehouse was inspected on March 3rd by officials from the Building and Standards Commission of the City of Austin. On Thursday, March 5th The Code Enforcement Division of The City of Austin delivered a letter outlining a list of code violations to the Collective. The City mandated that the residents and organizations based in the warehouse must vacate before March 16th. The Collective is looking into all options, but is preparing to vacate the warehouse by the deadline. Before this inspection, the Collective was in negotiations to buy the warehouse from its current owner. Related Links ::: Rhizome Collective

8 min. ~ Download embedding options @ Blip TV or U2B This new GI infoshop near Fort Hood Texas is run by IVAW members and their supporters. Catering to knowledge & dissent they offer a real alternative to getting lied to and yelled at about your rights in the military... with cream & sugar. Related Links ::: Under the Hood Cafe, other coverage @ TIP JAR Average: Select ratingPoorOkayGoodGreatAwesome No votes yet

12 min. ~ Download embedding options @ Blip TV or U2B Montage of veggie bus winter tour scenes from LA / Malibu / Slab City etc. with music from AirRacket. Related Links ::: AirRacket

9 min. ~ Downloadembedding options @ Blip or YouTube FOR MORE INFO ON HOW TO HELP OR APPLY http://veteransgreenjobs.org Introducing a training program for Veterans who want to learn a sustainable skill for the new Green Economy.

11.5 min. ~ Downloadembedding options @ BlipTV OR YouTube Everybody's Kitchen, a group of volunteer chefs who retrofitted an old school bus into a self-sustained, solar-powered kitchen that they use to travel the country feeding the homeless and providing disaster-relief meals. Related Links ::: Everybody's Kitchen, Common Ground Relief

5 min. ~ Download iPodembedding options @ Blip A tour of Jackson Barracks in New Orleans with Gordon Soderberg and an invitation to all military veterans to continue serving your country when you return from war.

10 min. ~ Download iPodembedding options @ Blip Turner takes us on a tour of the fledgling home school he is creating in the former Blair Grocery in New Orlean's lower 9th ward. It was the only grocery store in the area and the 1st black owned business in the lower 9th ward. Related Links ::: School At Blair Grocery

3 min. ~ Download iPodembedding options @ BlipTV A rendition of "Wake Up", a song by "Cold Duck Complex", performed by Brad at a Benefit Concert for The Lower 9th Ward Village. DONATE to The Lower 9th Ward Village

It seems like 90% of the folks we stay with bring up travel journals that remind them of our trip. John Steinbeck s Travels with Charlie is among the more popular ones. p Never having read any of the road journals mentioned to us by our gracious hosts, and declining the offer to read, and/or hear, about said travel journals... You see, we really don t want to be influenced or deterred when completing our book of travel stories. p Funny thing is... we can t seem to get away from them... in Austin,Tx. we ran into the original Kerouac manuscript, and when staying near Monterey California s cannery row things were no different... Steinbeck this, Steinbeck that. p Then we remembered the libraries in his hometown of Salinas, Ca. were threatened with closure a while back... in general another thing we try and stay away from is stories that have been told... good thing for us this one is still unfolding. p Find out more here: And if you care, keep an eye on this.. it looks like the political vultures might pick the library s funds clean once again. p Libraries are most important in areas of the working class and undereducated... let those go and you will feel it in EVERY zipcode, not just the ones you use and abuse. Distributed by Tubemogul.Formats available:Quicktime (.mov), Flash Video (.flv)

The Roadium, Torrence, Ca. An open air market where we were introduced to the swap meet economy. Shady merchants whose 'job' it is to job it is to sell an entire families belongings lost in the eviction, a storage area foreclosure or death . This was hard to film, especially because we were there searching for our own memories and mementos, all lost in a storage area snafu. 4 more in the book & film - subscribe for free by clicking this link and adding your email: Distributed by Tubemogul.Formats available:Quicktime (.mov), Flash Video (.flv)

8 min. ~ Download iPod ~ Bandwidth Challengedembedding options @ Blip DNC protestors prepare for the Democratic Convention. Free activist trainings and Prohibition Speak Out at Civic Center Park in Denver. Featuring Drug War Activist Dana Beal and YIPPIE Aaron "Pie Man" Kay. Related Links ::: The YIPPIE Museum, Recreate 68

21.5 min. ~ Download iPod ~ Bandwidth Challengedembedding options @ Revver Tony Sferlazza is a field director working with the graqssroots relief organization, Plenty International. Plenty is a not-for-profit alternative relief and development organization founded in Tennessee in 1974. Related Links ::: Plenty International