Added the following to the Holding Tank
Up is not always up by Tom Atlee
What About the Official Federal
Y2K Community Conversations? by Tom Atlee and others (replaced
former Community Conversations page)
Ed Yourdon's "Sayonara"
Gives Me Pause by Tom Atlee (and, of course, Ed Yourdon)
New Y2K community resources
(LOTS OF THEM)
Death and Rebirth: Explaining
the Dynamics of 1999 by Robert Theobald
Answering "Y2K will only be
a speedbump" by Tom Atlee and Rebecca Kaplan
Seven Chaos Lessons for Y2K
Y2K Health Issues and Vulnerable
Populations
Community Food Security for Y2K
by Tom Osher
The Dynamics of Y2K Doubt
by Tom Atlee (includes Y2K expert survey data)
Are We Supposed to be Partying?
by Tom Atlee and others
Further Y2K Shiftings as the Hill
Becomes Steeper by Tom Atlee and others
Y2K as a "birth"
Added the following to the Y2K
Toxics/Nukes page:
Nuclear trade group reports no
serious problems
Y2K and California's Hazardous
Materials
Diablo Canyon: Nuclear Power
and Y2K
Union of Concerned Scientists
on Y2K and Nukes
Mini-review of Into the Forest by Jean Heglund - an excellent almost-Y2K novel.
Yoga Journal, July-August 1999, has a 4,000-word feature
"ALL
TOGETHER NOW - Across the country, communities are finding
a surprising upside to the Y2K coundtown" by Gary Gach
<ggg@well.com>. Included is a
sidebar of publications, URLs, etc.
What we're trying to do by Vicki Robin
Y2K-related poetry:
Y2K Minutes by Nadine
MacDonald
Losing Balance Gaining
by Gretel Ehrlich
From "The Cure at
Troy" by Seamus Heaney
from "To Those
Born Later" by Bertolt Brecht
The Same Boat by G.K.
Chesterton and Betsy Rose
When we reach our limits
by Joeh Shea
Updated Y2K Web Links with links to two handy sites:
Want to know if your electronic equipment is Y2K compliant? Brand new web site supposedly surveyed over 1000 companies, asking for reports on their product lines: http://y2kbase.com
The US Government's General Services Agency (GSA) now has community Y2K site: "This site serves to help the public evaluate their Year 2000 (Y2K) readiness. The potential for Y2K computer related disruptions to our daily lives is unknown. However, the possibility of future Y2K related service disruptions make personal and community planning important in order to minimize any impact of the Y2K problem."
New article, The Winding Road of Y2K Community Preparedness Work: An Update, by Oakland 2001's Rebecca Kaplan
New article, More Y2K Senate Testimony: Kerry Brock, Director of Broadcasting, Media Studies Center
Updated Y2K Web Links with information about the nation's first Y2K grassroots community preparedness survey.
There's a new page on Community, done for the co-intelligence section of the site, that can be used by community Y2K workers, too. Among the new resources listed are some newly-listed books -- including a great on-line one -- The Basketmaker: Helping People Create Communities of Opportunity, ed. by Michael Patterson, et. al.-- sent to us by the lead editor. A pretty amazing document. Also a new link to The Healthy Cities/Communities movement.
The toolbox of processes for Y2K community work has had a number of revisions, including the addition of a reference on facilitation.
Updated Join The Y2K Practice Day! with info. on how to participate.
Added new articles:
Ready for Chaos or Community?
Official 60 Minutes Transcript, from their May 23, 1999 segment on Y2K
Y2K Community Conversations, with a link to Community Conversation Listserv
Darker Than You Think: Comments on The Senate Report on Y2K
Updated Tom Atlee testimony before the California State Senate with excerpts from his response to Senator Vasconcellos.
Added link to Don't Chase the Y2K Red Herrings (Westergaard's Year 2000 page)
Added new article: Fishbowl, an excellent exercise to facilitate discussion
And two fascinating articles about how to put "waste" to good use:
Composting Water Heater
History of Sewers 101or how to use the sun to cook:
An excellent analysis of the second cold war -- very sobering: The Nuclear Dimension of the Balkan War
Updated Chemical Safety and Y2K page with new info. from Jerry Poje, as well as Y2K Risk Maps Now Online
Updated Resources for small businesses and Y2K Resources for Local Government pages with a link to ITAA's Year 2000 Outlook
Updated Y2K Events, Conferences, etc. with May and June events.
Added to the Holding Tank:
Ted Turner: Nuclear War in Future
Will Y2K and Chemicals Be a Volatile Mix?
Community Preparedness: Y2K Insurance/Wise Investment
Catalyst 2000: Turning Challenge Into Opportunity
News Update on Community Currency Website
Added to the Holding Tank:
Y2K Lessons for Menders from the Great Depression
ASK MARILYN By Marilyn vos Savant
Letter to US Senate Y2K Committee
US Gives $1.5 Billion To Russia For Y2K Fixes
Update to Chemical Safety and Y2K
Invitation to Join Y2K Youth Action Network
Affordable Energy Alternatives for the Year 2000...and Beyond
Added Official Y2K-CPP Trifold
with the ability to dowload the .pdf (Adobe Acrobat file) to the
Holding Tank.
Updated Y2K Toxics/Nukes page
with:
1/3 of US Nukes Won't Be Ready by Summer Deadline
French Nuke Plants Could Be Jeopardized By Y2K Bug
The Millennium Bug and Nuclear Safety
Added new articles: Monsanto's Genetically Modified Seeds Threaten World Food Production and Farmers Markets Threatened.
Added a recommendation to the Study
Circles Resource Center's "Building Strong Neighborhoods"
Guide.
Learn how to build healthy soil by composting human waste with informational links from The World of Composting Toilets. Although it may seem a bit odd at first, all human waste can be safely composted to create healthy soil in which to grow food. There exists a good amount of literature on the subject.
Updated The Case for Non-violent
Responses to Y2K Disruptions with Tom Atlee's response to
a concerned parent.
Posted Tom's upcoming BREAD Rising article, Will We Use Y2K and Local Currency to Find Our Way Back to Each Other?
Added a new page What you
can do about Y2K as a senior, or person with a disability.
Three articles on the Columbine High School Slaughters
A fascinating critique of Mark Hathaway's "translation" of the Lord's Prayer
Tom modified his rave about The Hippy Survival Guide to Y2K by Mike Oehler
The Vegetarian Approach to Food
Shortages Associated with Y2K
The Case for Non-violent Responses to Y2K Disruptions
Grassroots and Governments Collaborate to Prepare Their Communities for Y2K, an article by Tom Atlee and Rosa Zubizaretta