The Foundation combines the principles of FairTrade (FLO), international labour standards (ILO) and sustainability (ISSC-MAP, Biotrade Initiative). 10|21|08 |
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When the human body kicks into high gear, the brain can run on recycled, alternative energy to make the whole system more efficient. 10|17|08 |
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Let your government, the European Parliament and the world know that you support the fight against child sex exploitation and abuse in your country and abroad. Your signature is intended to let politicians in your government, the European Union and at the World Conference in Rio de Janeiro later this year hear your concern about Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children all over the world. 10|13|08 |
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In a study that at first glance seems counterintuitive, researchers at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, reviewed safety studies from 17 countries and 68 cities in California and found that the more people bike in a community, the less they collide with motorists. 9|21|08 |
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How was all of the "stuff" that went along with the study of magic first derived? Philip H. Farber wants to understand the nature of the gods and goddesses from books and esoteric lore that he had come to love and find a pantheon within his own life and experience. 9|12|08 |
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The teaching we need will not come from priests, gurus, shamans, or scientists. We must find our way without the individuals and organizations that duplicate the power and alienation of capitalistic culture. An article by Dave Hanson. 8|21|08 |
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was established in 01996 to develop the Clock and Library projects, as well as to become the seed of a very long term cultural institution. The Long Now Foundation hopes to provide counterpoint to today's "faster|cheaper" mind set and promote "slower|better" thinking, and to creatively foster responsibility in the framework of the next 10 000 years. 7|1|2008 |
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was founded by Egyptian architect and scientist Dr. Ibrahim Karim, after more than 30 years of research. His breakthrough research identified a unique energy effect found in the energetic centers of all living systems. The natural function of this energy effect is to provide balance, or "centering," to the different energy-qualities or effects within any living system. 8|1|08 |
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and how can we all get some. Matthieu Ricard says: We can train our minds in habits of happiness. Sometimes called the "happiest man in the world," Matthieu Ricard is a Buddhist monk, author and photographer. 5|23|08 |
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In every conflict, there are local people working for peace. Peace Direct funds their work, promotes it and learns from it. The charity was set up in 2003, winning the Best New Charity award in 2005. Peace Direct funds Champions projects in Colombia, Congo and Kashmir, Rapid Response Funds in Nepal and Kenya, and Collaborative Projects in Sudan and the UK. In the past they have given to projects in Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Iraq, Somalia and Aceh. Peace Direct is also responsible for the pioneering web-based project Insight on Conflict. 5|21|08 |
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It's the psychedelic drug that inspired Hendrix and The Beatles - and shaped the music, art and literature of a generation. As the world bids farewell to the bicycling Swiss chemist who created LSD, John Walsh explores his mind-altering legacy. 5|19|08 |
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Peace
is breaking out all over. If you get your news from mainstream TV and radio, you probably haven't noticed. But here are a few startling statistics the networks have overlooked in their rush to promote the usual stories of crime, corruption, terrorism and war. 4|30|08 |
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Wendy Strgar isn't only promoting green, healthy and sexy products. She also talks about the deeper possibility that we might be willing to give up momentary happiness or the ease we expect our relationships to provide and actually commit to the work of making our relationships sustainable and lasting - perhaps with the same effort we might put into our homes, businesses and personal health. 4|28|08 |
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A website providing a concise, reliable introduction to vital information of which few are aware. Specialized in providing fact-filled news articles and concise summaries of major cover-ups which impact our lives and world. All information is taken from the most reliable sources available and can be verified using the links provided. Sources are always noted, with links direct to the information source provided when possible. 4|23|08 |
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is an ongoing register of scientific research on the subjective enjoyment of life. It brings together findings that are scattered throughout many studies and provides a basis for synthetic work. 4|16|08 |
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With nothing more than a design, amateurs can manufacture jewelry, robots, T-shirts, furniture — anything. No warehouses. No minimum orders. And no money down. The digital economy isn't just digital; the same market forces that allowed midlist musicians to make a living distributing their songs online now give amateur clothiers the chance to sell their wares without having to persuade Barney's buyers to carry them. 4|14|08 |
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may look funny, but it was taken very seriously by a panel at the American Academy of Religion annual conference. To a group of earnest academics who study faith, the Flying Spaghetti Monster -- the spiritual icon of a new internet-based religion -- is more than just a spicy pop-culture dish. They use words like "didactic device" to describe the beloved but carb-heavy god of Pastafarianism. They say the FSM is cloaked in a "folk-humor hybrid body," and reveals a web-fueled movement toward "open source theology" that challenges existing beliefs. 2|18|08 |
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has been first and foremost a War on Hemp. Even a small investigation reveals hundreds of ways the people of the United States of America could benefit from ending the hemp prohibition. Listen to Willie Nelson praising the Peaceful Solution Hemportunities. "As the TV series Weeds demonstrates in every episode, a hemped economy is a working economy, providing business and employment opportunities in sales, marketing, accounting, finance, agricultural, medical, technology, show business, real estate, leisure and food industries. With hemp, the world’s economy can rise like a phoenix from the ashes. Without it, we just have more of the same." Willie Nelson 2|13|08 |
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is for people who want to feel totally good about the way they live. Using everything we know about gentle "green technology", building biology and organic food growing with permaculture the village affords a high quality lifestyle with minimal effect on the environment. Residents contribute positively to addressing global concerns like climate change and energy challenges through the very way they live. 2|7|08 |
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About two years ago, in the midst of pursuing a Masters degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Stella Osorojos started seeing an acupuncturist who has written a lot about sacred geometry and methods for aligning the body with the Earth's energetic grids. At the time, she didn't understand half of what he talked about, though she loved getting his needles and listening to him patter on about triangles, light frequencies, and "It's all about the heart, it's all about the heart." When he suggested that, while she meditates, she should activate a pattern of acupuncture points on her back and ask for "The Wingmaker Frequency," she didn't hesitate to comply, though she didn't know to whom she was making her supplication nor what the "wingmaker" anything was. 1|17|08 |
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All beings desire to fulfill themselves and to move toward wholeness. When the masculine Yin is underdeveloped, men in their search for wholeness might seek it outside themselves, in a female partner, or they may take on effeminate qualities themselves, or the repressed Yin might occasionally burst out in an exaggerated form. The same goes for women and their neglected or repressed Yang. But what, exactly, are these neglected masculine Yin and feminine Yang qualities? 1|7|08 |
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Jose Argüelles calls it "the climax of matter," Jean Houston refers to it as "jump time," and Ray Kurzweil names it "the approaching singularity." Each person who studies this phenomenon calls it by a different name, or uses different terms to describe it, but they are all speaking of the same idea: that human experience is reaching some kind of ultimate point. 12|7|07 |
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If you have ever observed ants marching in and out of a nest, you might have been reminded of a highway buzzing with traffic. To Iain D. Couzin, such a comparison is a cruel insult — to the ants. Americans spend a 3.7 billion hours a year in congested traffic. But you will never see ants stuck in gridlock. Army ants, which Dr. Couzin has spent much time observing in Panama, are particularly good at moving in swarms. If they have to travel over a depression in the ground, they erect bridges so that they can proceed as quickly as possible. 11|23|07 |
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Giving up sweets and avoiding vitamins could help you live longer, German researchers said. They found that restricting glucose -- a simple sugar found in foods such as sweets that is a primary source of energy for the body -- set off a process that extended the life span of some worms by up to 25 percent. The key was boosting the level of "free radicals" -- unstable molecules that can damage the body and which people often try to get rid of by consuming food or drinks rich in anti-oxidants such as
vitamine E.
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Changing to daylight savings time may give people an hour more of sunlight, but it appears that their internal body clocks never really adjusts to the change, German researchers report. 11|1|07 |
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The U.S. marijuana is a $113 billion annual business that costs taxpayers $41.8 billion in enforcement costs and lost tax revenues. The recent study, "Lost Taxes and Other Costs of Marijuana Laws," by Jon Gettman of Forbes, contends that marijuana sales are mostly the province of teenagers and young adults. His numbers also imply that the industry is supported, in both demand prices, by a relatively few extremely heavy users. 10|19|07
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This video of Mark Pesce’s presentation at the 2007 Mind States conference in Costa Rica explores sharing and how networks of people effectively swarm, erode, re-build and assert new positions of knowledge and prosperity. The presentation expands upon Gilmores Law; "The net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it." Pesce relates and updates this assertion with the proliferation of new communication technologies and their emergent behaviors. 10|5|07
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In three conversations, Ravi Dykema of Nexus magazine explores the potential of our sexuality and sensuality with two trained experts in this field: David Deida and Charles Muir. They also speak with an important innovator and teacher of a Taoist perspective on sexual awakening, Saida Désilets. 9|27|07 |
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Teenagers who only use cannabis, not tobacco, seem to function better than teens who consume both, according to a Swiss study. The researchers also found that those who just used cannabis were more socially driven and had no more psychosocial problems than those who had never taken either of the two substances. 11|9|07 |
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A coalition of California marijuana growers and dealers has offered Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger one billion dollars to solve the current state budget crisis. The offer comes at a time when the California legislature is deadlocked on a new budget and California has stopped issuing checks for vitally needed social services. Legislators are currently arguing over which programs will be cut in order to balance the budget. 8|27|07 |
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| The French capital launched a new bicycle service with more than 10,600 bikes available at 750 stations all over the city. 8|11|07 |
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A worldwide expansion of nuclear power has little chance of significantly reducing carbon emissions but will add dangerously to the proliferation of nuclear weapons-grade materials and the potential for nuclear terrorism, says a leading research group that has analysed the possible uptake of civil atomic power over the next 65 years. 17|7|07 |
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Poodwaddle is constantly creating new Flash programs, most of which are offered free to anyone. You may link to them or load them onto your own website, blog, or even your myspace page. Check out our free clocks and other free gadgets. 7|17|07 |
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When we know others feel the same way we do, we are stronger. Meet with friends and contacts on the top of a favourite hill for part or the whole of the night of Saturday, 25 August 2007. Hope, truth and dignity for the world. 7|15|07 |
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Green homes? Organic food? Nature is good? Time to give the ol' tie-dyers some respect. 5|29|07 |
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Like fine wine, growing medicinal weed has become so specialized as to inspire tastings and a new vocabulary. 4/27/07 |
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exists in order to serve the task of human integration at every level of the world system in order to ensure species survival and to optimise the quality of life within the sustainable limits of our holding environment. (3/27/07) |
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is an international team of educators developing curricula and courses on Development for Sustainable Urban and Rural Settlements. (3/21/07) |
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James Gardner's Selfish Biocosm hypothesis is a fascinating and poetic synthesis of current ideas on the emergence of our bio-friendly cosmos and its destiny: it envisions a novel perspective on humankind's role in the universe. (3/21/07)
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is a multi-user collaborative weblog covering all aspects of modern drug culture. From meth labs to rave culture to recent breakthroughs in neuroscience and pharmaceutical research, DoseNation provides daily critical and satirical commentary on the way human culture interacts with drugs and altered mind states. (3/17/07)
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