World carbon dioxide pollution levels in the atmosphere are accelerating and reached a record high in 2012, the U.N. weather agency said last Wednesday. The heat-trapping gas, pumped into the air by cars and smokestacks, was measured at 393.1 parts per million last year, up 2.2 ppm from the previous year, said the Geneva-based World Meteorological Organization in its annual greenhouse gas inventory. That is far beyond the 350 ppm that some … [Read more...]
World Kindness Day: a day dedicated to kindnesses, big and small.
World Kindness Day — observed annually on Nov. 13 — is exactly what it sounds like: The holiday is the project of The World Kindness Movement, and can trace its start to the birth of the WKM in Tokyo, in 1997. The day is observed in several countries around the world, according to Wikipedia, including Australia, Italy, Singapore, Canada, Japan and the United Arab Emirates. This year's World Kindness Day falls not even a week after Typhoon … [Read more...]
California’s Community Colleges Go Solar with Sun Power
At the Community College Facility Coalition Annual Conference in Sacramento Wednesday 6th November announced it has installed approximately 20 megawatts (MW) of solar power systems at 12 community college districts in California. The systems are generating enough clean, renewable solar electricity to power more than 4,100 California homes each year, according to calculations provided by the Solar Energy Industries Association. If the colleges … [Read more...]
Words From the Poet Laureate: Hi Again and Birthday Poem
Today we have two illuminating poems, "Hi Again" and "Birthday Poem," from David Tucker, the Poet Laureate of the Quantum Revolution. A Vermont-based poet, David is an insightful commentator on our internal and external cultural, spiritual and political milieu.
Hi Again
When, naked and empty, I am delivered from busy streets into the quiet city of death, I will cry, I will be frightened a … [Read more...]Solar Power Expert
Did you know who is the most competent solar power expert, according to a research team from Tel Aviv University? It is the humble common Oriental hornet found in our gardens! Much to the astonishment of the scientists and researchers, the hornet utilizes solar power much like a plant and it produces electricity. Think how much easier it would be if only we could unravel how the hornet manages it. This discovery could revolutionize future solar … [Read more...]
Quote of the Day: 11/5/13 – Thich Nhat Hanh
"Enlightenment, for a wave in the ocean, is the moment the wave realizes that it is water." - Thich Nhat Hanh … [Read more...]
Homeopathic Treatments Cures Stammer
Psychotherapists, medication and speech therapy all failed to cure a patient of a difficult stammer in Beirut. That was until he opted for homeopathic treatment with Yvonne Siblini, during which it uncovered a traumatic incident from his childhood. He was actually affected by the war. “When he was 8 he had seen dead bodies and things like that. This is what I do – I go through the whole history of his life." “He didn’t know when it started, so I … [Read more...]
Hormone-Altering Chemicals Inducing To Obesity
Everyone knows that obesity is a rampant problem in North America, but new research is showing that it is not just a simple matter of eating too much and moving too little. Certain hormone-altering chemicals found in water, air, and soil can induce obesity, too. By disrupting or altering hormones, which are the body’s chemical messengers released by certain glands to affect cells all throughout the body, these invasive chemicals can disrupt … [Read more...]
Living Building Challenge Has Developed The Net Zero Energy Building Certification
Net Zero Energy is quickly becoming a sought after goal for many buildings around the globe - each relies on exceptional energy conservation and then on-site renewables to meet all of its heating, cooling and electricity needs. Yet the true performance of many developments is overstated – and actual Net Zero Energy buildings are still rare. But now, the Living Building Challenge has developed the Net Zero Energy Building Certification and it is … [Read more...]
Project Peanut Butter
Most of us have it as a breakfast staple every day and don't give it a second thought. But the humble peanut butter has the potential to save millions of lives every year. Sound like a far fetched pipedream? Then consider the possibility that malnourished children could be saved from death just by eating a food source that was easily accessible and cheap. Enter Project Peanut Butter, which is aiming to save two million children by 2015. … [Read more...]
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