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Flavor of a Small Town Occupy: The US’s Oldest City Joins Its Newest Movement
Flavor of a Small Town Occupy: The US's Oldest City Joins Its Newest Movement By Rosalinda Sanquiche, Executive Director, Ethical Markets Media (USA and Brazil) On a recent trip to Washington, DC, I had the remarkable experience of participating in Occupy DC, in the misty rain, under the awning of the National Theatre. Three weeks later, I've [...]
DARPA to Put 3-D Printers in Schools
DARPA to Put 3-D Printers in Schools The U.S. Defense Advanced Projects Research Agency (DARPA) plans to put 1,000 3-D printers (rapid fabrication devices) into high schools across the United States as a way to encourage American young people to go into engineering and particularly manufacturing. The project is one of many investments that [...]
Living Well in a World of 7 Billion
Living Well in a World of 7 Billion Humanity has reached a new milestone as we hit 7 billion. Never before have there been 7 billion people on planet earth, all at the same time. As we welcome the 7th billion global inhabitant, we also acknowledge the challenges we will face due to a burgeoning population explosion, resource depletion, food and [...]
Hold on, you move too fast
old on, you move too fast 'The most massive energy programme ever proposed anywhere in the world outside war-time conditions.' That's how energy analyst Andrew MacKillop, the author of today's new publication on European Energy Review, describes current EU energy and climate policy. This is not, in fact, how EU policy is usually regarded - [...]
Did the Electric Car’s Revenge Premiere Prematurely?
Did the Electric Car’s Revenge Premiere Prematurely? New York and Hollywood welcomed the new EV movie this weekend—but is it a little ahead of history? A Gigawatt of Solar in Namibia First question: where’s Namibia? International Battery’s Utility-Scale Li-Ion Goes After Solar Battery companies at a solar show looking for the [...]
US Has an Average Solar System Price of $5.20/W – GTM Daily Newsletter
Cheap Silicon Solar Cell Startup: Sunpreme Gets $50M Can dirty, cheap silicon make its way into bankable solar cells? What Solar Builders and Investors Can Do About Variable Sun Everybody’s talking about the extreme weather—but 3TIER says it can mitigate the risk. US Has an Average Solar System Price of $5.20/W Decrease of just 3 [...]
Filmmaker Michael Murphy attended the American Association for Aerosol Research gathering in Orlando, FL (Oct. 3-7, 2011)
Filmmaker Michael Murphy attended the American Association for Aerosol Research gathering in Orlando, FL (Oct. 3-7, 2011) http://www.blacklistednews.com/Why_in_the_World_Are_They_Spraying%3F/16078/0/0/0/Y/M.html "While geoengineers insist that their models are to cool the planet, studies suggest that adding aerosols into our atmosphere can [...]
A Window into the Future: Understanding and predicting longevity
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The Second Economy
By W. Brian Arthur In 1850, a decade before the Civil War, the United States’ economy was small—it wasn’t much bigger than Italy’s. Forty years later, it was the largest economy in the world. What happened in between was the railroads. They linked the east of the country to the west, and the interior to both. They gave access to the [...]
Foresight Network Newsletter – October 6th 2011
The Foresight Network A message to all members of The Foresight Network New book from FN member - John Renesch The Great Growing Up: Being Responsible for Humanity’s Future provides a vision and a choice for responsible adulthood over the largely adolescent ways we have been relating to one another and our planet Earth. Find it [...]
