In honor of this year's IBA Hamburg architecture festival, German architectural firm Architekturagentur has created Woodcube: a 5-story carbon-neutral apartment block constructed almost entirely from wood. The vast majority of the building is wood, excepting necessary fixtures, along with the foundations and elevator shaft. However, no glue nor treatment of any kind was used on the wood during the construction of Woodcube, and the architects … [Read more...]
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10 Ways To Make Positive Change In The World
1. Join or launch a gift economy Gift economies enable people to exchange goods, services and favours without any need for cash payment. One of the best initiatives is freecycle, a global online gifting website based on the idea that one man’s junk is another man’s treasure. Why throw things into landfill sites when other people in your local area could make use of them? The chances are there is already a group in your town, but if not, creating … [Read more...]
Quote of the Day: 5/30/13 – Daniel Dennett
“Evolution … is the central, enabling process not only of life but also of knowledge and learning and understanding. If you attempt to make sense of the world of ideas and meanings, free will and morality, art and science and even philosophy itself without a sound and quite detailed knowledge of evolution, you have one hand tied behind your back.” - Daniel Dennett … [Read more...]
Today is World Water Day
Today, March 22, 2013, is World Water Day. In honor of that, I give you the below infographic about water. I hope you find it informative: See the interactive version by Able Skills
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Click Here for an interactive version - Able Skills Construction Courses … [Read more...]Meditation, Love and Socrates: Words From the Poet Laureate
Today we have three poems from David Tucker, the Poet Laureate of the Quantum Revolution.
The first is entitled Meditation, the next is To Learn How to Love, and the last is Socrates Speaks to the Children.
I hope you enjoy them.
Meditation
We cannot trap
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20 Years Ago Nirvana Burst Out and Galvanized the Country!
A little over 20 years ago, the rock band Nirvana burst on the scene and created a revolution in culture. Their introduction to the cultural zeitgeist was by way of their music video “Smells like Teen Spirit." Above, you can see a look at the first live performance of “Teen Spirit." The video’s a little grainy and low-res, which suits the song just fine. The official music video for the song debuted on the MTV alternative rock show “120 … [Read more...]