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December 24, 2009 10:07 AM EST (shared with group: December 24, 2009) — With all the attention being lavished on healthcare reform in the US, I've read with interest the reforms underway in Sweden, a country that is often credited with having a model healthcare system. . . . more
December 24, 2009 10:05 AM EST (shared with group: December 24, 2009) — Nothing to lose and everything to gain: if there was a single nation that has everything to gain from global warming it is: Russia. So, exactly how is Russia ranked in global carbon emissions? . . . more
December 24, 2009 10:04 AM EST (shared with group: December 24, 2009) — I recently read a report that concluded that buying lettuce from Morocco in London resulted in a smaller carbon footprint than buying local lettuce grown outside London. The conlcusion being that we . . . more
December 24, 2009 10:03 AM EST (shared with group: December 24, 2009) — There's an insidious vision, at least here in the US, that if we just all buy electric vehicles, put up enough wind turbines, and brew enough biofuels, that we will be able to just go on living the . . . more
December 23, 2009 03:03 PM EST (shared with group: December 23, 2009) — A very special fairy tale for the times (thank you, Mariana & Ann) Tierra Madre and the Sacrifice of Ursus Polaris © 2009, Bent Lorentzen . . . more
December 23, 2009 04:09 AM EST (shared with group: December 23, 2009) — click for book excerpt and to order   This book is a finalist in its category of EPIC's e-book awards. This is only my 2 nd ever recommendation of a book in my . . . more
December 22, 2009 09:36 AM EST (shared with group: December 22, 2009) — Three of the biggest stories from COP 15 were barely covered in the mainstream news. First: climate change is a current problem. It's not our children's problem, or our grandchildren's problem. . . . more
December 22, 2009 09:34 AM EST (shared with group: December 22, 2009) — If you're scratching your head wondering what exactly happened on the last day of the Copenhagen climate change summit (a.k.a. COP15 or Conference of the Parties 15) it's very understandable. If . . . more
December 22, 2009 09:31 AM EST (shared with group: December 22, 2009) — There's a firestorm that's erupting over how JPMorgan Chase & Company has fumbled its online contest to award millions of dollars to 100 charities this holiday season, and the incident is sending . . . more
December 21, 2009 08:04 AM EST (shared with group: December 21, 2009) — As a child growing up in Los Angeles, Leila Chirayath Janah, the daughter of Indian immigrants, had heard many stories about poverty in India but had never experienced it herself. So, at the age of . . . more
December 21, 2009 08:01 AM EST (shared with group: December 21, 2009) — What is for many a joyous and happy and spiritually based day or time period, often is comprised of frantic activities, shopping or guilt for not having money, not creating the year like last year, . . . more
December 21, 2009 08:00 AM EST (shared with group: December 21, 2009) — We've discussed research indicating that eating a less meat-intensive diet could reduce our contribution to global climate change as well as increase life expectancy by reducing heart disease risk. . . . more
December 21, 2009 07:58 AM EST (shared with group: December 21, 2009) — Nancy Lublin, CEO of the youth empowerment nonprofit, Do Something, says we have gone too far as a society lauding social entrepreneurs and other leaders -- and not far enough celebrating the people . . . more
December 18, 2009 09:21 AM EST (shared with group: December 18, 2009) — There's an invisible rift in the CSR world. It's a philosophical rift that manifests itself in how we use energy and generate emissions. It profoundly proscribes the "solution space" we allow ourselves . . . more
December 18, 2009 09:16 AM EST (shared with group: December 18, 2009) — I once walked up the Pacific Coast of the US from Los Angeles to Seattle. I walked the highway shoulder a lot, peeling off onto dirt roads where I could, and even down to the beach where that was possible. . . . more
December 18, 2009 09:14 AM EST (shared with group: December 18, 2009) — Copenhagen has been on the U.S. airways interspersed between the stories on Tiger Woods and his ever increasing number of mistresses, the Salt Lake City woman who has gone missing, and the seemingly . . . more
December 17, 2009 10:03 AM EST (shared with group: December 17, 2009) — There is no question that medical tourism can be a ticket to inexpensive, generally high quality care for yourself, but is it a socially responsible practice? Does it amount to exploitation of scarce . . . more
December 17, 2009 10:01 AM EST (shared with group: December 17, 2009) — Begin with a Vision and picture of what you want for each area and in general for your life. I recommend you examine what is working and not and find threads of connection and synergy between all . . . more
December 17, 2009 09:59 AM EST (shared with group: December 17, 2009) — I remember those job fairs in high school. People from various professions came in to talk to us and answer questions about their fields. The professions represented were duly suburban - there was a . . . more
December 16, 2009 10:11 AM EST (shared with group: December 16, 2009) — It's the end of the first week at COP15 in Copenhagen and there seems to be never a dull moment in endeavouring to thrash out a robust agreement on climate change. Having spent most . . . more
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Owner: Pamela K.
Created: May 23, 2006
The mainstream-media steamroller has now caught up with a cultural phenomenon, then flattened it into a clich' before the average person knew what all the fuss was about. That's ironic, because the fuss was about the average person -- that is, . . .
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