Category:7 Holonics and Life
Love
Love “Ai,” the traditional Chinese character for love (?) consists of a heart (middle) inside of “accept,” “feel,” or “perceive,” which shows a graceful emotion. It can also be interpreted as a hand offering ones heart to another hand. is patient is kind does not envy does not boast is not proud is not rude …
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Aren’t The King’s New Clothes Wonderful!?!
Danny Kaye’s is the version I loved as a boy, though Bernard Cribbins does it well too. If you can’t listen, the lyrics are all you need. If you don’t cry at the the irony, smile at the knowledge that there is an answer staring us in the face, even if we choose not to …
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Humanity’s ready for a heart attack.
“Current patterns of consumption are not sustainable.” No, really!??! The High-level Panel on Global Sustainability report “Resilient People, Resilient Planet: A Future Worth Choosing“. http://www.un.org/gsp/report
Micro-plastic, from clothes, is entering the food chain.
Microscopic plastic debris from washing clothes is accumulating in the marine environment and could be entering the food chain, a study has warned. The findings appeared in the journal Environmental Science and Technology. Dr Browne, a member of the US-based research network National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, said the tiny plastic was a …
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Who governs FIFA? Alcohol and sports are not compatible.
It is outrageous that FIFA, sponsored by Budweiser, is demanding the Brazilian government change their law banning alcohol at matches. Soccer is soccer. Fans might like to have a pint while watching teh game in their local, but thousands of intoxicated men in confined spaces – that’s just stupid. Anyone who has seen crowd violence …
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How To Write A Story
This is a great guide to story writing from WikiHow: How to write a good story. Everyone has a story to tell. There are many factors that can inspire a good story. You need to make sure you are always keeping your audience intrigued and then you know you have a good story. Here are …
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Infographics – the world in a picture.
Excellent graphics from Princeton that pull together the drivers of major issues like the arms trade, government bureaucracy, transport, food, … (Note the date of the data.) INFOGRAPHICS eg: GLASS HALF EMPTY THE COMING WATER WARS
The New Paradigm
Chatting with a friend, Jerry, recently reminded me of the table sketched out during Be The Change with Chopra and friends. It is reproduced below. The full newsletter August 2006 is here. With the help of science, we are shifting into a new paradigm, not only of the human body-mind, but of our very interpretation …
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We love factory food.
Factory farming is bad. The new movie Contagion, based on the book Viral Storm, dramatises the kind of risk we nurture with intensive farming techniques. The kind of techniques that deliver the variety and volume of food at such low prices that we demand. From The Ecologist: Viral storm: why factory farming is bad for …
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