Excellent information on urban sprawl and the New Urbanism (thanks to Megan).

Positive action: two members of Congress take a step toward corporate accountability.

"We can't eat computers!" - Criticism of the G-8's focus on bridging the digital divide between the wealthy and poor nations of the world. Are we pursuing the wrong goal by trying to make these countries behave just like America?

This Pandora's Box continues to open...

The nominees for this year's Emmy Awards were announced today. Nobody here cares.

Attention! Opensewer 6 / NYC has been moved to Wednesday, July 19th at 7:30pm. MORE >>

I'll bet General Motors had no idea what the consequences would be when they bought and destroyed America's urban rail lines. Isn't it about time for a transportation revolution?

Here's something we don't think about very often, because America is so large. But if we are to become better stewards of this land, we'd better start thinking about it more.

Okay, so Greenpeace got Coca-Cola to stop using HFCs in their coolers (see 7-12 below). But the journey toward stabilizing the Ozone Layer looks to be a long one.

Opensewer, as a culture-jamming organization, supports Adbusters' Corporate Crackdown initiative. Remember: your dollars are votes. Don't vote to support corporate dominance of our minds, souls, and wallets.

The fight is worth it: here's a small victory.

Listen to the Opensewer Interview which was webcast this past Friday on IMG2.com!

This is actually somewhat inspiring. On the negative side, it's about driving. On the positive side, it's about community, economy and environmental consciousness.

New photographer Gregory Colvin captures the beauty of a city of industry in his stunning photographs.

It's quite exciting... we have several great new artists booked for exhibition. Stay tuned: we'll be posting a new gallery just about every week.

Wouldn't it be great if some of this stuff actually happened?

This is too easy... I mean, you just can't make up stuff like this. This single event could generate enough material to keep Michael Moore, Adbusters, and little ol' Opensewer busy for years.

Okay, so we're food snobs, we admit it. But here's another good reason to avoid fast food joints.

OS6: the packets have left the building. Midwest, you'll get them in about 1 day; East Coast, 2-3; West Coast, 3-4; Canada, we're lookin' at a week here. If you haven't requested a packet and want one, you'd better tell us right away...

Ah, yes. "Human" nature puts its best foot forward once again. Remember, everyone... Intelligence is what separates us from the animals.

There's girlhero, and then there's the girl who is a hero.

All of the readings for OS Gathering No. 6 have now been announced. Send us your physical mailing address if you want to receive a packet. We'll be mailing them early next week.

Latest news of our SF pioneers: Scott and Megan still have not found an apartment.

New Art: Photographer Eric Rippert uses miniatures to create beautiful, mysterious, compelling scenes.

Wow. Opensewer was Cool Site of The Day yesterday. Spanky.

Scott and Megan: Godspeed. We'll really miss seeing you around Cleveland.

An experience today has convinced me that the world is controlled by followers. More on this later.

I have seen the enemy, and it is mini-storage.

We have launched a message board. Let's get some good discussion going. Perhaps we can achieve the same great debate and sense of community that have grown as a result of the IRL Opensewer Gatherings.

Reading material for OS Gathering No. 6 has been posted.