Anti-war organizations around the world

Rank	Country	Spending ($ Bn.)	% of GDP
—	World total
1	United States	679.5	3.3
2	China	129.4	1.2
3	Saudi Arabia	80.8	10.7
4	Russia	70.0	3.7
5	United Kingdom	61.8	2.1
6	France	53.1	1.8
7	Japan	47.7	1.0
8	India	45.2	2.2
9	Germany	43.9	1.1
10	South Korea	34.4	2.4
11	Brazil	31.9	1.3
12	Italy	24.3	1.1
13	Israel	23.2	7.6
14	Australia	22.5	1.5
15	Iraq	18.9	8.5

Rank	Country	Spending ($ Bn.)	% of GDP
—	World total	1,776.0	2.3
1	United States	610.0	3.5
2	China^[a]	216.0	2.1
3	Russia^[a]	84.5	4.5
4	Saudi Arabia^[b]	80.8	10.4
5	France	62.3	2.2
6	United Kingdom	60.5	2.2
7	India	50.0	2.4
8	Germany^[a]	46.5	1.2
9	Japan	45.8	1.0
10	South Korea	36.7	2.6
11	Brazil	31.7	1.4
12	Italy	30.9	1.5
13	Australia	25.4	1.8
14	United Arab Emirates^[a]	22.8	5.1
15	Turkey	22.6	2.2

Wading Bridge in Des Moines

Posted on May 31, 2015 by marymattinglystudio

05.30.15

Our rivers determine our land, livelihood, and lives, and the rivers of Des Moines are a force. It is with respect, honor, and excitement that we ready to install “Wading Bridge” on the Raccoon River in the coming days. As humans it is easy to forget how very dependent we are on each other, and on the built and more natural worlds we inhabit. Bridges are monuments. Over borders difficult to cross, they bring us together. Yet some of the elements we see as borders may not need to be, and it may be time to redefine them. To explain “Wading Bridge” is to explain the Value of both perceptual and physical experience, and the important practice of re-seeing. Crossing “Wading Bridge” and getting our feet wet can allow us a momentary intimacy with the Raccoon river. For me, “Wading Bridge” is about living with tumultuous change. Sometimes our bridges may be under water, but in unexpected ways they will still bring us together.

Food Justice and Food Security

Posted on April 9, 2015 by marymattinglystudio

Some readings and resources culled together from other sites:

https://cagj.org/food-justice/food-justice-resources/
(Primary Source, and much more here)

Reportbacks on FJP’s visits to the Fisherman’s Terminal and University of Washington Farm and to Umojafest Peace Center and Danny Woo Garden by CAGJ intern Valentina de la Fuente!
‘We are Made of Our Food’: Latino/a Immigration and the Practices and Politics of Eating, a Community Report by FJP Co-Founder Teresa Mares
“The ‘Food Justice’ Movement: Trying to Break the Food Chains”, Mark Winston Griffith, Gotham Gazette, Dec. 2003
Undoing racism in the Detroit food system, Malik Yakini, The Michigan Citizen, 2010
When Eating Organic Was Totally Uncool, Pha Lo, Salon.com, Jan. 2011
Food for Everyone, YES! Magazine’s Local Food Revolution Issue from Spring 2009
Bringing the Local Food Economy Home, by Helena Norberg-Hodge
Stuffed and Starved, by Raj Patel
The Omnivore’s Dilemma, by Michael Pollan
The Earth Knows My Name, by Patricia Klindienst
Going Local, by Michael Shuman
Deep Economy, by Bill McKibben
The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved, by Sandor Katz
YES! Magazine
Greenblade Justice Journal
Grist, Seattle-based enviromental news and commentary
Toronto Food Policy Council’s Discussion Papers – Over the past ten years, the TFPC has produced a ground-breaking series of 15 discussion papers on various elements of a food systems approach to public health policy.
The Applied Research Center’s Color of Food Report, “The Applied Research Center recently embarked on a broad survey of the food system, to map out the race, gender and class of workers along the supply chain.”
Food & Water Watch’s The Economic Cost of Food Monopolies, “For decades, the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have taken a hands-off approach to consolidation in the food system. The economic harm caused by the concentration of the food system is real…”
Seed Giants vs. US Farmers, a report investigating “how the current seed patent regime has led to a radical shift to consolidation and control of global seed supply and how these patents have abetted corporations, such as Monsanto, to sue U.S. farmers for alleged seed patent infringement.”

Gottlieb, Robert and Anupama Joshi, Food Justice, MIT Press

South Eastern Center for Contemporary Art’s Collective Actions exhibition

Posted on February 3, 2015 by marymattinglystudio

http://secca.org/exhibition/collective-actions/ Building A Biosphere

http://collectiveactions.secca.org

Posted on December 10, 2014 by marymattinglystudio

Major producers of aluminum in 2012/ 2013 (USGS figures).

Rank	Country/Region	Aluminium production (thousands of tonnes)
—	World	47,300^[3]
1	People’s Republic of China	21,500^[3]
2	Russia	3,950^[3]
3	Canada	2,900^[3]
4	United States	1,950^[3]
5	United Arab Emirates	1,800^[3]
6	Australia	1,750^[3]
7	India	1,700^[3]
8	Brazil	1,330^[3]
9	Norway	1,200^[3]
10	Bahrain	900^[3]
11	Iceland	825^[3]
12	South Africa	820^[3]
13	Qatar	600^[3]
14	Mozambique	560^[3]
15	Argentina	460^[3]
16	Germany	400^[3]
17	Oman	360
18	France	349
19	New Zealand	327
20	Iran	320
21	Tajikistan	273
22	Egypt	265
23	Indonesia	250
24=	Kazakhstan	249
24=	Romania	249
26	Spain	230
27	Venezuela	200^[3]

Major producers of Cement in 2013:

Rank	Country/Region	mil Tonnes
1	People’s Republic of China	2,300
2	India	280
3	United States	77.8
4	Iran	75
5	Brazil	70
6	Turkey	70
7	Russia	65
8	Viet Nam	65
9	Japan	53
10	Saudi Arabia	50
11	South Korea	49
12	Egypt	46
13	Mexico	36
14	Indonesia	58
15	Thailand	35
16	Germany	34
17	Pakistan	32
18	Italy	29
19	Algeria	21 ^[2]

Major producers of Potash in 2013:

Major producers of Gold in 2012:

Major producers of Zinc in 2011:

Major producers of Diamonds in 2011:

Major producers of Magnese in 2011:

Major producers of Cobalt in 2011:

Major producers of Gypsum by country in 2009:

	Country	World Production, By Country (Thousand metric tons)
1	China	46,000
2	United States	14,400
3	Iran, Islamic Republic Of	12,000
4	Spain	11,500
5	Thailand	8,000
6	Japan	5,800
7	Canada	5,740
8	Italy	5,400
9	Mexico	5,135.15
10	France	4,800
11	Australia	4,000
12	Turkey	3,000
13	India	2,550
14	Russian Federation	2,300
15	Saudi Arabia	2,300
16	Brazil	2,100
17	Egypt	2,000
18	Germany	1,900
19	United Kingdom	1,700
20	Algeria	1,672

Major producers of Silver by country in 2012:

Mexico
Mine production: 162.2 million ounces

China
Mine production: 117 million ounces

Peru
Mine production: 111.3 million ounces

Australia
Mine production: 56.9 million ounces

Russia
Mine production: 45 million ounces

Poland
Mine production: 41.2 million ounces

Bolivia
Mine production: 39.7 million ounces

Chile
Mine production: 37 million ounces

United States
Mine production: 32.6 million ounces

Argentina
Mine production: 24.1 million ounces

Paper Production worldwide in 2010/2011:

Rank 2011	Country	Production in 2011 (1,000 ton)	Share 2011	Rank 2010	Production in 2010 (1,000 ton)
1	China	99,300	24.9%	1	92,599
2	United States	75,083	18.8%	2	75,849
3	Japan	26,627	6.7%	3	27,288
4	Germany	22,698	5.7%	4	23,122
5	Canada	12,112	3.0%	5	12,787
6	South Korea	11,492	2.9%	8	11,120
7	Finland	11,329	2.8%	6	11,789
8	Sweden	11,298	2.8%	7	11,410
9	Brazil	10,159	2.5%	10	9,796
10	Indonesia	10,035	2.5%	9	9,951
	World Total	398,975	100.0%		394,244

Top Timber producing countries in 2012:

Map of renewable water resources based on country:

Scratchpad: On Loss

Posted on November 22, 2014 by marymattinglystudio

A climate ethics is inextricably linked to a social and economic ethics

Can we establish a climate ethics when we can’t even establish a human ethics?

What is the total impact of an increasingly unsustainable expansion of global consumerism?

What does fairness mean in an era of warming?

New York’s 1950’s Anti-Litter Campaign

Why food forests are radical/Notes on an arctic food forest

Posted on November 16, 2014 by marymattinglystudio

Arguably the oldest form of gardening, food forests are radical today because of what they can do and what they represent. Food Forests are human-made ecosystems generated through companion planting methods that take years to develop and thrive. Arguably the most resilient agro-ecosystem because of their unassisted regeneration, they are known for sustainable plant-based food production.

The site of the Arctic Food Forest will be located in Alaska’s Arctic, potentially near Nome or Kotzebue. Edible plants are transplanted from southern Alaskan regions as needed due to global warming. The Arctic Food Forest is being developed through a process of co-ownership with local stakeholders. Included in the Arctic Food Forest are arctic medicinal plants. These plants will be a source of income, with planned distribution routes to other parts of the United States. One such plant is Devil’s Club, also known as Alaskan ginseng. Devil’s Club, for example, is used for colds, cancer, depression, stomach problems, broken bones, burns, congestion, and inflammation. It is considered “strong medicine” due to its effects on psycho-spiritual aspects of a person.

The process of creating the Arctic Food Forest will be documented and a how-to booklet will be distributed. Many of the documentation materials will be sourced from the food forest itself.

Download The Geopolitics of Arctic Melt: 11_arctic_melt_ebinger_zambetakis

Scratchpad: On Thinking Interdependently with Siegfried von Ciriacy-Wantrup

Posted on November 9, 2014 by marymattinglystudio

Possibly his best know book: Conservation: Economics and Policies (University of California Press, 1952)

In his writing, Wantrup derived economic and social criterias for sustainability, irreversibility, unknown future probability, and “extramarket values” of collective goods. He integrated concepts of:
common property, the Precautionary Principle, conservation land use planning, and the importance of protecting endangered species and biodiversity.

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Mary Mattingly

Category Archives: Understanding Whole Systems

Anti-war organizations around the world

Society of Peace

International

Africa

Asia

Europe

France

United Kingdom

North America

United States

Canada

Oceania

Religious

Christian

Buddhist

Muslims

Triple Canopy: Access to Tools

Researching military spending