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Silent no more: Louise Pentz | A SuperSoul Short Film
After seeing countless stories in the media about the atrocities and injustices perpetrated against women and girls around the globe, commercial potter turned artist-activist, Louise Pentz, asked herself, is my silence contributing to the problem? The...
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New Science Shows Nature’s Potential to Fight Climate Change
Nature is always cast as the victim in the climate change drama. But what if nature could be the superhero? Source Cool Green Science Blog by Justine E.Hausheer We have vastly underestimated the potential for nature to fight climate change, when combined...
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Three Dimensions of the Great Turning
Eco-philosopher Joanna Macy explains three dimensions of the Great Turning: slowing down, creation of sustainable structures, and a shift in consciousness.Joanna MacyEco-philosopher Joanna Macy, Ph.D., is a scholar of Buddhism, general systems theory,...
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We can all make a difference | Jane Goodall
“When nature suffers, we suffer. And when nature flourishes, we all flourish. I do believe in the possibility of a world where we can live in harmony with nature, but only if every one of us does our part to make that world a reality. So that when you...
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Masdar’s failed sustainable city may be doomed to become a green ghost town
via The Guardian Masdar City was supposed to represent the future of sustainable energy and, for a while, it did that. More than a decade in development, the planned community on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi is falling well short of its original goals....
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Madrid co-working space is an adaptable playground for grown-ups
via treehugger by Kimberley Mok all picture source imagen subliminal Not only is the collaborative concept behind co-working spaces is transforming the way many people approach work and networking, it's also changing the way working spaces are designed....
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Could this giant straw be the solution to the problems with wind turbines?
by Michelle Kennedy Hogan, 05/08/15 Could a bladeless wind turbine answer the issues with clean energy and save a few bird lives in the process? It can if you believe that the same technology we use to get your milkshake to your mouth could also power...
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A new kind of kindergarten design encourages kids to be their silly selves
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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New ways of education for new ways of doing economy. What and for what are we learning, today and in the future?
Even if the conference took already place, it is always good to hear about the Cultural Creatives transforming the existing paradigms. The #dclass conference brings together the most inspiring people of the new economy with the greatest innovators in...
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Tippi Degre, also known as "Tippi of Africa" has been living in France and Madagascar for the past 7 years.
Source June 15, 2015 by Amanda Froelich via True Activist Imagine being woken up by the feral noises of the Serengeti every morning, being best friends with some of the most majestic creatures on the planet, and knowing no other world than one in which...
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Making smart cities work for people. No 2. the social network building a sharing economy in Singapore
BlockPooling is a social network for neighbours in Singapore that is trying to create stronger communities and make the city-state more sustainable. Set up in 2013 with a grant from the government, BlockPooling builds on well-known European equivalents...
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New 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...
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CRAZYWISE The Movie
http://crazywisefilm.com | Official extended trailer for CRAZYWISE, a feature documentary challenging the current mental health system in crisis. A 20-year fascination with shamanism leads photographer and filmmaker Phil Borges to question how Western...
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The Voices of Auroville
This film explores some of the many voices of auroville from guests, volunteers, newcomers and pioneers. 70 people were interviewed asking the questions, whe... This film explores some of the many voices of auroville from guests, volunteers, newcomers...
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Cut and try: building a dream_ETHEREUM more than a crypto currency
screenshot website Last month marked the 2 year anniversary of Ethereum’s public announcement at The North American Bitcoin Conference in Miami, Florida, USA. Amid much rumour and excitement, a sizeable crowd mobbed the young Vitalik Buterin after his...
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EUTOPIAN VISIONS - possible revolutions
Throughout history men and women have tried to create an ideal world made up of justice, peace, wealth, health, equality and dignity - free from suffering and fear and charged with a new meaning of coexistence, be it spiritual, philosophical and/or political....
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Integral City Prototypes for a Planet in Transition
People often ask what is an Integral City or which cities are Integral Cities? The answer often seems to disappoint them, in that you can say “Integral” is not an ideal for a city, but rather a framework for understanding the city as a human system in...
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Presentation on the relevance of Auroville.
On Saturday April 1st another event took place in Chennai : The Consul General of Germany, Chennai, Mr. Fabig hosted a delegation of the Auroville Foundation represented by the Secretary of the Auroville Foundation, Dr. Mohan Verghese Chunkath, I.A.S...
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The True Meeting of Science and Spirituality (SAND)
From the website SCIENCE & NONDUALITY Science and Nonduality provides a forum where preeminent scientist, philosophers, teachers, artists and a large, international community gather to explore and advance the new paradigm emerging in spirituality, that...
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J. Rifkin: The Race to Global Consciousness in a World of Crisis
The Empathic Civilization - Must see! Source:Films for Action Jeremy Rifkin is founder and president of the Foundation on Economic Trends. Since 1994, he has been a senior lecturer at Wharton School's Executive Education Program at the University of Pennsylvania....
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Calm.com Is the Most Relaxing 2 Minutes You'll Spend Online
by Stephanie Haberman In the frenetic, crazy, digital world we live in, sometimes it's necessary to take a step back and smell the roses. Calm.com, a relaxation therapy website, gives the stressed-out masses a place to relax on the Internet. The website...
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A New Story for Humanity_Change the Story Change the World
via Findhorn Foundation New Story Hub Hans-Peters comment: If you feel like nothing changes, you might change your story...better lets change our stories. I love the authenticity and eagernes of all the people involved in this project. They are willing...
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How to create a self-steering organisation: the processes
via Corporate Rebels Posted in Guest blog by Hartger Ruijs The aim of a self-steering organisation doesn’t just mean establishing a structure and creating freedom. The teams also have to be facilitated to do their work independently. There is still a...
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Low-rise planet. Measure in urban geography
We are deeply convinced that the best stimulus for work is a personal example. That's why we took paper and pencils and started creating sketches and notes that have later become the model of landscape-estate urbanization introduced in this video. We...
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Exploring the Future Beyond Cyberpunk’s Neon and Noir
From Afrofuturism to the New Weird, nine sci-fi subgenres for understanding what’s to come Source: Medium Daily Digest by Jay Owens “Cyberpunk” has been the go-to imagery of the future for a startlingly long time — Bruce Bethke’s short story of that name...