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Rediscovering the Timeless Wisdom | Peter Russell
“Awareness of our true nature doesn’t need studious reading of spiritual texts, years of meditation practice, or deep devotion to a teacher; only the willingness to engage in a rigorously honest investigation into the nature of awareness itself. Not an...
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German Movie Augenhoehe
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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This is the first house to be 3D printed from raw earth
Multiple printers constructed the building in 200 hours using local soil, meaning it’s zero-waste and needed no materials to be transported to the site. Source: It´s nice that words by Jenny Brewer Mario Cucinella Architects and Wasp, Italy’s leading...
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Melanie Mark breaks barriers as British Columbia.’s_Canada first female MLA from a First Nation
Now this is a special swearing in ceremony. BC NDP leader John Horgan ushers in newly elected MLA’s Melanie Mark and Jodie Wickens. Ms Mark, the first aboriginal woman elected to the legislature in BC, was drummed into office in a colourful entry of historical...
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Exploring the edge-OUISHARE Festival 2016-After the Gold Rush
via OUIshare Hans-Peters comment: 2012 started Ouishare in Paris. I personaly enjoy that a movement started in the french speaking world and is now an international leader in the collaborative economy field. A non-profit organization which has rapidly...
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Beyond Smart Cities
by our new author Klaus Hoppe Consultant Energy Solutions for Cities How Modern Football [1] Helps Develop New Forms of Cooperation in Cities and Municipalities Challenges ahead The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation. Bertrand Russel Cities...
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Creative Communities- build.future.cities Workshop Event
First impressions of an extraordinary event and kick off for a new network with the topic: build.future.cities and creative communities...with the initiators Ulrich Gehman ideal space and Heiner Weigand karmacom with the ponstruction team. The workshop...
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Watch This If Social Media Makes You Feel Inferior
We've all been there: scrolling endlessly through our social media feeds, mindlessly liking status updates, commenting on loved one's accomplishments and feeling hopelessly inadequate in comparison. Something about the age of social media lends itself...
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Auroville : 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...
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Reinventing Capitalism - The Story
by Jon Freeman How we broke money, and how we fix it – from inside and out Core purpose We know that money systems are not delivering happiness, sustainability or stability and need to respond to basic questions. What has to change for us to be happier?...
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Open Source ‘Solar Pocket Factory’ Can 3D Print A Solar Panel Every 15 Seconds
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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Brene Brown: The power of vulnerability - on Connectivity and shame
Brene Brown studies human connection -- our ability to empathize, belong, love. Over the last twelve years she has been involved in research on a range of topics, including vulnerability, courage, worthiness, and shame. In a poignant, funny talk at TEDxHouston,...
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The Zero Marginal Cost Society
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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One of this projects we like to share: The School of All Relations
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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“New Climate Normal” Poses Severe Risks to Development—World Bank Report
Unavoidable Impact of Climate Change: World Bank Study The impact of Climate Change may now be unavoidable because the Earth's atmospheric system is locked into warming close to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels by mid-century, according to a new report...
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Why we should give everyone a basic income | Rutger Bregman |
This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Rutger Bregman (1988) studied at Utrecht University and the University of California in Los Angeles, majoring in History. In September 2013 Bregman joined the online...
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Good 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,...
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Allemansrätten, the Swedish right to roam the countryside
In Sweden everyone has the legal right to walk, cycle, ride, ski and camp almost anywhere in nature. Source treehugger blog by Melissa Breyer Image pixabay_Hans You may have seen the recent news about Sweden. The Scandinavian Shangri-La has turned the...
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Banned ted talk: 10 scientific dogmas holding back science
“The modern scientific worldview is predominantly predicated on assumptions that are closely associated with classical physics. Materialism—the idea that matter is the only reality—is one of these assumptions. A related assumption is reductionism, the...
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The Future of Leadership for Sustainability
By Barrett C. Brown via KOSMOS Journal What if we could create an unprecedented flourishing of humanity and nature? What type of leaders and change agents would we need to become in order to cultivate a world far beyond mere sustainability? In this article...
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On the Making of Trump—The Blind Spot That Created Him
via Huffington Post by Otto Schramer Co-founder u.lab, Senior Lecturer, MIT; Thousand Talents Program Professor, Tsinghua University We have entered a watershed moment not only here in America, but also globally. It’s a moment that could help us wake...
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EXPLORING PROSPERITY IN AUROVILLE
The film documents the Mother's utopian vision of a prosperous society in Auroville wherein people selflessly work together to build & serve the community to create abundance and to realize their individual & collective potential spiritually. In turn...
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CELEBRATE WHAT’S RIGHT WITH THE WORLD! TEDtalk by Dewitt Jones
Are you discouraged by what's happening in the world today? THEN WATCH THIS! In minutes, you'll rediscover the wonders and possibilities that surround us everyday just waiting to be noticed and celebrated. Find out for yourself why former National Geographic...
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Utopian off-grid Regen Village produces all of its own food and energy
Via inhabitat by Lacy Cook and via Dezeen Hans-Peter´s comment: A vision I had some years ago is about coming real. I just love it and I am eager to see it build. Danish architectural firm EFFEKT envisioned a future where self-sustaining communities could...
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Get A Little Awestruck: The Biological Advantage Of Being Enchanted
via Finerminds This powerful 3-minute video discusses how awe was biologically selected by evolution to help us survive, thrive and continue to adapt. Based on the ideas of psychologist Nicholas Humphrey, and his study The Biological Advantage Of Being...