tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-135262862012-01-18T09:38:57.726-08:00People. Places. Potential.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger191100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13526286.post-59434146840595385712007-06-27T14:44:00.000-07:002007-06-28T20:58:00.752-07:00

The combined forces of population growth and urbanisation are creating a planet of slums, where the urban population will have doubled by 2030, according to a report released by the United Nations today. The shanty towns that choke the cities of Africa and Asia are experiencing unstoppable growth, expanding by more than a million people every week, according to the "state of the world's

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Violent crimes are serious acts that hurt people . . . assault, robbery, sexual assault, murder. There's a difference between anger and violence. Youth violence is a major worry for everyone. How can you help stop youth viloence from becoming an epidemic? How can you link with grass roots solutions to community violence?By taking a stand. NOW. Change starts here: People Against Youth Violence (

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Definition: Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. --The World Health Organization "It is possible to create an epidemic of health," said Jonas Salk. According to writers Tom Munnecke and Heather Wood Ion: "The convergence of the Internet, global communications, and medical technology have created an environment

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The deeper we look into nature, the more we recognize that it is full of life, and the more profoundly we know that all life is a secret and that we are united with all life that is in nature. --Albert SchweitzerComprehensive, collaborative, ever-growing, and personalized, the Encyclopedia of Life is an ecosystem of websites that makes all key information about life on Earth accessible to anyone,

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Is personality malleable? Is the 'self' simply a programmed bio-machine, or are we more than the sum of our parts? Can a Type-A overachiever become a laid-back hippy? How about the guy who can't hold down a job to save his life-could he transform into an adrenaline-pumping go-getter? A leading expert in personality psychology says yes: Personality can change.The once accepted idea that an

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New Forecasts For Global WarmingGlobal warming may bring down even more rain worldwide than previous studies have predicted, a new report says. Many climate models have predicted that as the Earth warms, “the wet will get wetter and the dry will get drier,” said lead author of the new study, Frank Wentz of Remote Sensing Systems. This increase of current rainfall patterns would mean that very

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Be not the slave of your own past. Plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep and swim far, so you shall come back with self-respect, with new power, with an advanced experience that shall explain and overlook the old. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Researchers have long been trying to work out the raw ingredients that account for personality, but they have largely ignored the first-person explanation — the

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"I always make the business case for sustainability. It’s so compelling. Our costs are down, not up. Our products are the best they have ever been. Our people are motivated by a shared higher purpose -- esprit de corps to die for. And the goodwill in the marketplace -- it’s just been astonishing." ~ Ray Anderson As Ray Anderson was preparing a speech at Interface, a billion dollar

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"Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent." --Victor HugoA band of women in the seaside city of Santa Cruz give in an unusual way – they sing for the dying. They call themselves the Threshold Choir, and they perform at the bedsides of the terminally ill, singing in intimate tones, like a mother soothing a newborn. "We think of these as lullabies for

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Imagine you're on holiday in a city in Thailand and you discover that the area's natural environment is suffering from the effects of tourism. Back home, you decide to support that local Thai environmental movement. But how do you tap into it? WiserEarth, offers an answer: an online database of organizations active on the issues of environmental protection and social justice. For two years,

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Personal leadership is a popular study topic, while far less studied is group leadership. And yet, few great accomplishments are ever the work of a single individual. We still seem to cling to the myth of the "rugged individualist" (e.g, pioneer, Lone Ranger) -- the romantic idea that great things are usually accomplished by a larger-than-life individual working alone. Our cultural mythology

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If I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depended on the solution, I would spend the first 55 minutes determining the proper question to ask, for once I know the proper question, I could solve the problem in less than five minutes. ~Albert EinsteinWhen was the last time you sat through a meeting and said to yourself, "This is a complete waste of time!"? Was it yesterday, or even just a few

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"Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer; into a selflessness which links us with all humanity." --Nancy Witcher Astor There is no English equivalent to the Nguni word Ubuntu. This word comes from a group of Zulu people in South Africa, and refers to the capacity to express compassion, justice, reciprocity, dignity, harmony and humanity in the interests of

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Antanas Mockus had just resigned from the top job of Colombian National University. A mathematician and philosopher, Mockus looked around for another big challenge and found it as the new mayor of Bogota, Columbia. With an educator's inventiveness, Mockus turned Bogota into a social experiment. At the time, the city was choked with violence, lawless traffic, corruption, and gangs of street

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As the unpredictable forces transform every sector of planetary life - personal, societal, technological, environmental, geopolitical - the terrain of our global village is morphing beneath our feet. Such steady change is also generating a wide variety of increasingly complex, interwoven webs of problems. This complex mix of interdependent change requires our practical, intelectual and moral

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In this space we will post and link relevant material on the status of the EARTH. Articles and information will report the latest and most relevant research, while analyzing integral relationships in light of current global trends.We seek to provide holistic and critical perspectives on global change.This project seeks to evolve mainly into a resource for critical understanding, broad evaluation

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Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Report Urges Corporations to Face Environmental Challenges and Maximize Green Opportunities:Companies who use the earth’s natural resources more wisely are likely to see bigger profits and enjoy more stable and predictable businesses, a new report published today argues.Many of the planet’s ecosystems such as fisheries, forests and water supplies are in decline.

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Can a movement really die? In a new report, “The Soul of Environmentalism,” nine economic, environmental, and social policy leaders respond to the article “Death of Environmentalism” and discuss ideas and actions for a winning progressive movement.Add your voice to the discussion. Listen to one of “Soul's” authors on KPFA's Terra Verde .

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China Says Water Pollution So Severe that Cities Could Lack Safe SuppliesChina's booming economy is driving a rapid rise in water pollution so severe that densely crowded cities could be left without adequate supplies, a Cabinet minister said Tuesday. See: Full StoryResearchers Say New Deep Sea Rules NeededLeaps in technology have made the darkest reaches of the sea much easier to explore,

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