via Nexus NewsFeed Blog The FDA listens to ANH-USA members and other critics in final rule. The agency, in its final rule governing the removal of medicines from a list of permitted compounded drugs, has agreed to notify interested parties in advance,...
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Unschooling_Let Nature Be Your School
via The Urban Monk Blog by Sean What if we did away with classrooms and allowed our kids to learn math, science, and the arts outside in the forest? This is part of a growing "unschooling" model that's emerging around the world. Imagine getting to call...
Read moreThese floating Jellyfish Lodges purify polluted water and air while growing food
via inhabitat by Katie Medlock Could a fleet of floating jellyfish purify our polluted rivers and streams? That's the idea behind Janine Hung's Jellyfish Lodge, which protects the land, air, and water while growing healthy food. A combination of trash-collecting...
Read moreWomenWagePeace Movement March of Hope
see website WomenWagePeace Women Wage Peace works to bring about a viable peace agreement. We will place the option of a political resolution at the top of the public agenda, as it is the only outcome that offers life and hope. A new and different reality...
Read morePopTech and Microsoft present: The Changing World of Work
via POPTECH Blog by Leetha Filderman This post was co-authored by Leetha Filderman and Beth Cohen Two years ago PopTech and the Microsoft Office Envisioning team partnered to create a documentary short that captured the forces influencing how we work...
Read morepersonal stories in a changing world, told by the people who are living the change.
sshort films shaped by human encounters “IN MY OPINION, “OTHER STORY” IS FAR MORE THAN A WORK OF ART, IT IS A HUMANITARIAN MANIFEST, BECAUSE IT USES THE FILM MEDIA TO CREATE AN IMAGE OF THE REALITY AND INTENSE PRESENCE OF THE OTHER PERSON’S LIFE, A REALITY...
Read moreAre You run by Your business or Do You run Your Business?
Author Hans-Peter Kraus Survival Intelligence vs awareness Nineteenth century pioneers in the American West successfully navigated uncertain terrain by using scouts to help them identify and prepare for the many risks and opportunities that were found....
Read moreHow Busyness Affects Your Brain And Health
via FastCompany by Vivian Giang According to new research, people who are busy end up with more brain power, but the stress might be detrimental to their health. Our modern, constantly connected work lives can leave us feeling drained, frantic, and always...
Read moreThe Extraordinary Life and Times of Strawberry
via safe the food facebook Ever considered your food's journey from farm to fridge? It may make you think twice about wasting it
Read moreThe Wisdom of Millennials_Nathan Schneider
via ON BEING soundcloud *Millennials There’s a kind of brilliance that flashes up in early adulthood: an ability to see the world whole. Nathan Schneider has been able to articulate and sustain that far-seeing eye of young adulthood. He’s also a gifted...
Read moreThese Are The Long-Term Effects Of Multitasking
via FastCompany by Vivian Giang Georgetown Professor Cal Newport thinks uninterrupted, distraction-free deep work is so important that if you’re unable to do this at your current job, you should start looking for another. "Many people have convinced themselves...
Read moreAuroville : India’s first experimental town with a global outlook
via Mythical India by Bhargavee Das Ever heard of the phrase – ‘a global village’? Nah! Don’t let your mind’s eye visualize a symbolic 21st century globe at the helm of which sits a tiny, fat policeman proudly bearing the US flag. Think again. Think a...
Read moreA message to humanity from Dr. Jane Goodall
Jane Goodall is a primatologist, ethologist and anthropologist. She is the first to have observed and reported that chimpanzees use tools for feeding, deeply transforming the human-animal relationships. Today, Jane is committed to the crucial mission...
Read moreWhy Does Your Passion Matter?
By Kimberly Carter Gamble Producer of the film THRIVE Recently I was invited to talk about anything I wanted at the Architects of the New Paradigm Conference in Marin. It was a welcome opportunity to consider just what I had to say now, four years after...
Read moreEvolution’s End | Peter Russell
There's no blame for the crisis we are in. Any intelligent technological species has the potential to become a magnificent flowering of consciousness, but the side effects of its rapid evolution mean that it only has a short window of time to complete...
Read moreSeeing Beauty: a Necessary Skill for the Future
By Eleanor Young via overgrowthesystem And did you feel it, in your heart, how it pertained to everything? And have you too finally figured out what beauty is for? And have you changed your life? One only needs to watch the evening news or scroll the...
Read moreThe Fuji Declaration Igniting the Divine Spark • Oneness and Diversity Inspiration • Global Activation • Action
The Fuji Declaration is an international alliance of individuals and organizations who are united by a commitment to live and collaborate toward the advancement of a more harmonious and flourishing world. The Fuji Declaration is an invitation to people...
Read moreNew Solar Wind Downdraft Tower Could Revolutionize Wind Power Technology
via inhabitat A revolutionary new clean energy technology is getting set to change the way we think about wind power. The Solar Wind Downdraft Tower, created by Maryland-based Solar Wind Energy Inc. turns the traditional wind turbine design on its head...
Read moreHUMAN Extended Vol. 1-3 #WhatMakesUsHUMAN.
What is it that makes us human? Is it that we love, that we fight ? That we laugh ? Cry ? Our curiosity ? The quest for discovery ? Driven by these questions, filmmaker and artist Yann Arthus-Bertrand spent three years collecting real-life stories from...
Read moreGood to know: refugee crisis + The European Refugee Crisis and Syria Explained
We put two interesting clips about the topic refugee crisis together: First: Migration over the last 2600 year- This animation distils hundreds of years of culture into just five minutes. A team of historians and scientists wanted to map cultural mobility,...
Read moreAs Systems Collapse, Citizens Rise
"The crisis and breakdown of our larger systems are actually a phenomenal opportunity to renew and update our old bodies of rules and regulations to be more fluid and in sync with the actual situation on the ground." Otto Scharmer I Huffington Post I...
Read more#MOOC s?_ 7 Things You Should Know About MOOCs II
A MOOC is a model of educational delivery that is, to varying degrees, massive, open, online, and a course. Most MOOCs are structured similar to traditional online higher education courses in which students watch lectures, read assigned material, participate...
Read moreThe Nature of Cities
via topdocumentaryfilms Synopsis: "The Nature Of Cities" follows the journey of Professor Timothy Beatley as he explores urban projects around the world, representing the new green movement that hopes to move our urban environments beyond sustainability...
Read moreWorld’s largest green roof unveiled in the heart of Silicon Valley
by Lucy Vang via inhabitat Architect Rafael Viñoly and Olin Landscape Architects have unveiled designs for the world’s largest green roof—a 30-acre community park in the sky sandwiched between Apple’s Infinite Loop headquarters and the spaceship-like...
Read moreLooking for More Meaning in Your life? Then Be a Part of This Movement. Be a Part of This Story.
It's happening. A movement of movements representing millions of people in every country of the world, all working to create an ecologically sustainable, spiritually fulfilling, socially just human presence on this planet. ABOUT THE MOVIE: This is a unique...
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