paradigm shift

Initiated in 2005, in Auroville Tamil Nadu, as a tsunami rehabilitation program, Wellpaper has grown into a social enterprise model that touches the lives of over 100 women across many villages in the area. The primary goal of WELL is to empower local...

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Tag(s) : #Cultural Creatives, #Economy, #Paradigm Shift, #Social Enterprise, #Ideas

Thinking about what young students really need caused a major do-over for what a kindergarten could look like. At this school in Tokyo, five-year-olds cause traffic jams and windows are for Santa to climb into. Meet: the world's cutest kindergarten, designed...

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Tag(s) : #Paradigm Shift, #Community, #Cultural Creatives, #Architecture-Cityplaning

By S. Vollie Osborn ON Apr 01, 2015 Many experts studying the topic of automation believe that the current rate of advancement is leading us into a future with fewer and fewer available jobs. Maybe that’s a good thing. In his 2013 essay, “On the Phenomenon...

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Tag(s) : #Paradigm Shift, #Future, #Technic, #Economy, #Education

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Tag(s) : #Consciousness, #Paradigm Shift, #LiveWork

Shawn Frayne and Alex Hornstein, two young inventors based in the Philippines, are taking their passion for clean free energy and developing a way to make it accessible and cheap for everyone. These guys are working tirelessly to provide a product that...

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Tag(s) : #Technic, #Paradigm Shift, #Change, #Cultural Creatives

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking is a 2012 non-fiction book written by Susan Cain. Cain argues that modern Western culture misunderstands and undervalues the traits and capabilities of introverted people, leading to "a...

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Tag(s) : #Paradigm Shift, #Education, #Culture

by Jeremy Rifkin on 25 April 2014 In The Zero Marginal Cost Society, New York Times bestselling author Jeremy Rifkin describes how the emerging Internet of Things is speeding us to an era of nearly free goods and services, precipitating the meteoric rise...

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Tag(s) : #Economy, #Paradigm Shift, #Share Economy, #Cultural Creatives

official website for the film series with further details about the documentary at: http://thechoiceisoursmovie.com Part I of this three-part documentary series explores the determinants of behavior to dispel the myth of “human nature” demonstrating that...

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Tag(s) : #Consciousness, #Culture, #Community, #Paradigm Shift, #Technic, #Economy, #Education

Tesla is developing a battery that can power homes with stored solar energy so that users do not need to draw power from electricity grid. According to SolarCity, the company responsible for installing the home battery systems, Tesla’s home battery charges...

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Tag(s) : #Technic, #Economy, #Paradigm Shift

Ingenuty: We are a community-supported innovation center that is focused on building sustainable solutions using an open-source platform. We are about connection, creation and collaboration. We believe that together we can solve our world’s most challenging...

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Tag(s) : #Community, #Consciousness, #Cultural Creatives, #Paradigm Shift, #LiveWork, #Technic, #Sustainability

The #ICLEI World Congress, which takes place once every three years, is the flagship assembly for ICLEI Members and the extended ICLEI community and partners worldwide. This year’s World Congress is particularly significant, as it marks ICLEI’s 25th anniversary...

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Tag(s) : #Paradigm Shift, #Technic, #Economy, #Education, #Sustainability, #Cultural Creatives

Most books on organizations are written for people hoping to find the secret key to gaining market share, beating competition and increasing profits. They offer advice on how to better play the game of success within the current management paradigm. "Reinventing...

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Tag(s) : #Paradigm Shift, #Economy, #Change, #Consciousness

The School Of All Relations is an educational program for international youth aged 18-25, based on the Greek Island of Aegina. Rooted in nature and global community, SOAR creates a space to deepen connection to ourselves, others and to the world, with...

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Tag(s) : #Paradigm Shift, #Future, #Change, #Community

The world of work is changing rapidly. But where? The film EYE LEVEL goes where the change is made in the best sense. We visit companies and #Pioniere, the Ultimate differently and do things better: Here are fairness, innovation, responsibility and cooperation...

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Tag(s) : #Paradigm Shift, #Future, #Change, #Economy

Why you should listen How do organizations think? In her book, Willful Blindness Margaret Heffernan examines why businesses and the people who run them often ignore the obvious -- with consequences as dire as the global financial crisis and Fukushima...

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Tag(s) : #Consciousness, #Change, #Paradigm Shift

Memrise is an online learning tool with courses created by its community. Its courses are mainly used to teach languages, but are also used for other academic and nonacademic subjects. Memrise uses flashcards augmented with—partly gathered through crowdsourcing—and...

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Tag(s) : #Education, #Paradigm Shift

NAMAH is a pioneer, peer-reviewed, body, mind and spirit journal with an integral vision looking at the influence of the spirit or soul in psychology and health. Author: Betty Kraus The author describes an experience in the cell consciousness which has...

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Tag(s) : #Consciousness, #Future, #Paradigm Shift, #Health

Molecular Biologist Explains How THC Kills Cancer Cells. The legalization of the plant is still a highly debated topic -- despite the many case studies that support its use in treating cancers, including Leukemia. Social stigma is now the predominant...

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Tag(s) : #Health, #Consciousness, #Paradigm Shift

Cultural Creatives 1.0 – THE REVOLUTION is a documentary made by Frygis Fogel, an Hungarian independent filmmaker, on the topic of the Cultural Creatives, people who are taking an interest in improving the quality of life and making it sustainable for...

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Tag(s) : #Paradigm Shift, #Change, #Consciousness, #Cultural Creatives, #Economy, #Future, #Education

Article The Guardians on Leadership Scilla Elworthy: Dr Scilla Elworthy has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize three times. Her new book is Pioneering the Possible: Awakened Leadership for a World that Works (North Atlantic Books), and her TED talk...

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Tag(s) : #Education, #Change, #Paradigm Shift, #Culture

"With fairmondo we create a fair alternative to the market giant in online trading. As a marketplace fairmondo is open to all: private and commercial vendors can sell any kind of articles, because we want to provide a truly alternative to the market giants."...

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Tag(s) : #Economy, #Paradigm Shift, #Ideas

Life is about self-discovery, growing from within, but also sharing wisdom and experience from others. Geekettes is a new organization facilitating relationships between women in the technology sector. I created Geekettes as it became increasingly clear...

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Tag(s) : #Paradigm Shift, #Technic, #Economy

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Is it possible for everyone on Earth to have food and shelter, and not have to work just to survive? Why do we fear change? In this talk, Joe Martino explores the...

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Tag(s) : #Future, #Education, #Paradigm Shift, #Change

Is this an emerging Paradigmshift, which might transform production, retail, transportation ... maybe the entire economy the way we are used to manage it? Strati, which is Italian for 'layers', has a chassis body made of one solid piece It has a total...

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Tag(s) : #Paradigm Shift, #Technic, #Economy

Author: Laurie Guevara-Stone, Rocky Mountain Institute A small German town in southern Bavaria is participating in an interesting experiment proving that a high-renewables future is viable. Wildpoldsried (pop. 2,600) currently produces 500 percent more...

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Tag(s) : #Paradigm Shift, #Technic, #Future