I love the internet, mobile phones and technology that helps me stay in touch with people. Living in a close community these technologies are almost redundant – you meet people all the time – at the shops, sports practice, the farm show and so on. In fact some people hardly use them at all. But …
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Category:Living
Open.coop – some good ideas
Open.coop wants to help to build a world-wide community of individuals and organisations committed to the creation of a collaborative, sustainable economy. Their page on a dream communication system for the planet shows in pictures many of the emerging open approaches to managing humanity. Check it out.
Seed The Truth
Monsanto Plant Shut Down by Activists in Europe. Although the video linked here looks like a news item it is more revealing because it gives a good summary of the crimes that chemical company Monsanto commits everyday. Its only 7 minutes long. Monsanto represents a destructive model of chemical agriculture which is keeping food out …
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IT makes you happy.
If you’re on a computer or phone you already believe it. A study now gives evidence that technology increases happiness. The main benefit is to facilitate communication. This can be especially beneficial in both rural societies where people live are dispersed and getting in touch with your neighbour/community etc can mean a long walk/drive, and …
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Farewell Shahbaz.
Shahbaz died in a car accident yesterday. He is a wonderful person whose legacy lives on in the spirit of his family and all the friends that he touched with his intelligent, balanced, honest approach to life. I miss him. It is difficult to face death from life. Grief is a part of that process. …
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Earth Day
We still need reminding. Earth. Nature’s home. Our home. Care. Earthday.org Earth Day on Wikipedia Earth Day Network
So civilised, that you’ll kill a man for €40 and a laugh.
Yesterday a French “reality” TV game show imitated the experiment by Stanley Milgram in which people off the street, ie you and me, electrocute another innocent person because they are told to by someone else. In the TV show 64 out of 80 contestants continued electrocuting (and smiling as they did so) until the man …
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Peak Oil – it’s here! The IEA confirms, unofficially
Discussion about Peak Oil heightened in the past decade as many proponents reckoned that the supply of fossil fuels is now being overtaken by use. The oil industry decries the claim suggesting that Peak Oil won’t happen for a couple more decades. In fact, as with the cover-up over the health risk of smoking, the …
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Beyond the web … with Savage Chickens
OK, maybe I do spend a lot of time on the computer. But media really can get in the way of human development. And a virtual interaction is always controlled, rather than natural. So try to give up the computer/mobile phone for a day a week, and you might stay sane.
Prisoners have sentences reduced if they practice yoga. Yes!
Prisoners in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh are being freed early if they complete yoga courses. For every three months spent practising posture, balance and breathing the inmates can cut their jail time by 15 days. The authorities say the lessons help to improve the prisoners’ self-control and reduce aggression. Some 4,000 inmates across …
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