A senior legal investigator was fired by the FED for standing up to Goldman Sachs and her bosses at the FED. She got fired for doing her job. What happened? She highlighted the corruption in the FED and Goldman Sachs which was protecting bosses and their cash at the expense of Goldman Sachs clients and …
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The end of fossil fuels.
The Rockerfeller Foundation plans to divest fossil fuel assets in its portfolio. The Fund will first focus on limiting its exposure to coal and tar sands, with a goal to reduce these investments to less than one percent of the total portfolio by the end of 2014. It is planning for further divestment as quickly …
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Socialism for the rich. Capitalism for everyone else.
Well that’s an unexpected idea, but it makes some sense. Banks and big business benefit hugely from the state, through subsidies, bailouts and privayisations. That’s like socialism. Everyone else deals with market forces and have little chance to influence the law or regulations or taxes. That sounds a lot more like the truth, although it …
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Another billion poor people arrived on earth today.
According to the Asian Development Bank, 1.5 billion people live below the poverty line, not the “official figure” of 0.5 billion., so the Asian poverty rate is 41.2% not 12.7%. The explanation is that the officially set poverty line of $1.25 a day is too low and by increasing it by 25 cents, to $1.50 …
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Waste hemp for cradle-to-cradle and biomimicry
Research shows that “Hemp fibres ‘better than graphene’”. Scientists have made graphene-like materials for a thousandth of the price – and with waste. They “cooked” cannabis bark into carbon nanosheets and built supercapacitors, high-performance energy storage devices, which are “on a par with or better than graphene” – the industry gold standard. Graphene is too …
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Cows are eating the planet.
Since primary school it has been clear that animals require more food than plants. Those food pyramids with grass at the bottom and lion at the top made it quite clear that it takes far more land and resources to fee a lion than a patch of grass. Later on, as an observer of human …
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A world without growth – IMF.
Well that doesn’t seem natural because the plants grow every year and add to the planet’s biomass. When the IMF talks about no economic growth for years, it should raise concern. The head of the IMF talks technically about inflation and capacity but irrespective of accounting, laws and economics, the natural resources of the planet …
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The “Google Office” doesn’t always work
Open offices can be excellent environments for creativity and collaboration, but need to be complemented by work space where focus and critical thinking can take place, without distraction. Home office workers know what that means. It’s great to have a personalised flexible space to work in. It is liberating and fresh and doesn’t dull the …
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Be a “B Corp” for sustainability.
“B Corps”, started in 2006, are a new type of company that uses the power of business to solve social and environmental problems. It aims to certify businesses that serve a globally responsible initiative. If you care about sustainability, social equity, eco-energy, ethical business, saving the planet or things like that consider using companies on …
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There’s nothing wrong with hard work, unless …
Working hard is fine, and many people have to work hard just to get by, but whether it’s by choice or necessity when it makes you sick, stressed, stupid, off-balance and disengaged, the balance is wrong. The Washington Post offers 5 reasons why you shouldn’t work too hard, at least from an American perspective. What …
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