Gigantisch luid en tegendraads
€ 29,90
In de jaren 70 en 80 is de Apeldoornse Gigant hét podium voor bands die op het punt van doorbreken staan. Veel van de new wave-, reggae- en bluesartiesten die er optreden, staan even later op de grote festivals. Daaronder Bo Diddley, UB40, U2, Nirvana, Mink Deville, Nico, The Only Ones, Simple Minds, Fischer Z, Virgin Prunes, Dr Feelgood, Killing Joke, The Sound, Johnny Thunders, The Beat, The Cramps en Joan Jett.
Dit boek bevat vermakelijke anekdotes over en uniek fotomateriaal uit de periode 1975-1995; een tijd waarin Gigant werd gerund met een ontwapenende naïviteit en een niet te stuiten ambitie: alles moest anders. Met als leidend motief de popmuziek.
Auteurs Siwert Hoogenberg en Jan Westerhof behoren vijftig jaar geleden tot de oprichters van Gigant. Roy Tee fotografeert meer dan honderd bands in Gigant voor landelijke kranten en tijdschriften.
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Humanity is Not a Plague
€ 19,90In ‘Humanity is Not a Plague’, Cees Buisman argues that it is possible for 10 billion people to exist together on this Earth – as predicted for the year 2100 – provided that the richer part of the world no longer merely focuses on its own health, prosperity and happiness, and instead starts working seriously on developing a higher consciousness.
In this essay, Buisman sharply analyzes some of the problems facing mankind, such as fresh water shortages, whilst overturning several clichés and offering unexpected, positive solutions. Overpopulation is not the problem; the effects of our actions on the rest of the world have a much greater impact. ‘Back to nature’ is not the solution, nor is an overreliance on science and innovation. Large-scale technologies could even increase our problems. It seems that the growth of humanity will depend on the growth of our consciousness.
Cees Buisman studied water purification engineering, in addition to business administration, communication theory and applied integral psychology. Throughout his life he has worked on new environmental technologies, which are used in industry all over the world. His scientific work is highly cited. Buisman is the Director of Wetsus – European Center for Sustainable Water Technology, and Professor at Wageningen University, in the Netherlands.
