I received this article over email recently, and I want to share it with the Earthsky community:
THE WAKING UP SYNDROME
by Sarah Anne Edwards and Linda Buzzell
“Humankind cannot bear very much reality.” - T. S. Eliot
Just dealing with our daily lives keeps most of us too busy to worry about whether or not the sky is […]
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The waking up syndrome
Published April 28th, 2008 in Attitudes, Psychology, Change, Faith, Mental health, Education, Life, Environment, Health, Human World, Innovation, Body and Mind, Trends, Ideas and Uncategorized. 2 CommentsSunlight and mirrors - voila! electricity!!
Published April 16th, 2008 in Invention, Change, Climate, Technology, Future, Science, Solar Energy, Electricity, Cleanup, Ecosystems, Innovation, Energy, Earth, Global Warning, Ideas, Greenhouse Gases, Environment and Sustainability. 0 CommentsSOLAR THERMAL ENERGY. An article by Joseph Romm on Salon.com says “the solar energy you haven’t heard of is the one best suited to generate clean electricity for generations to come.” Eureka! That’s the kind of positive report most of us would like to hear more often. The article, “The technology that […]
Did you know? shift happens!
Published April 5th, 2008 in Invention, Change, Education, Evolving planet, Future, Technology, Attitudes, Electronic devices, Innovation, Earth, Ideas, Trends, Computers and Uncategorized. 0 CommentsWhen EarthSky’s Deborah Byrd told me recently that college kids today are being prepared for jobs that haven’t even been invented when they started college, and how many college graduates there are each year (as represented in the image), we both stared auspiciously into our respective bowls of posole at a local Mexican restaurant and […]
The worldwide telescope coming in march
Published February 29th, 2008 in WorldWide Telescope, Software, Stargazing, Virtual Observatory, Invention, Science, Education, Images, Photographs, Natural phenomena, Astronomy, Space, Time and Space, Ideas, Visual Imagery, Trends and Innovation. 0 Comments***”We may be tiny, but we are truly, wonderfully significant”***
Roy Gould, researcher at the Harvard Center for Astrophysics, gave a presentation on TED TALKS announcing the arrival this spring of the WorldWide Telescope (WWT), sometimes called the Virtual Observatory, a new software capability created by Microsoft that takes the best raw images from […]
What have you changed your mind about…and why?
Published January 11th, 2008 in World Thinking Center, Philosophy, Faith, Change, Attitudes, Body & Mind, Ideas, Mind and Uncategorized. 3 CommentsI ran across a very interesting item on the Internet recently, and I want to share it. Edge dot org calls itself The World Question Center, and presents many prominent voices from “the world’s finest minds,” each offering answers to such questions as: What are you optimistic about? What is the most important […]
The story of stuff
Published December 29th, 2007 in Recycling, Cleanup, Toxic wastes, E-waste, Brominated flame-retardants, Corporations, Government, Ecosystems, Third World, Innovation, Sustainability, Ideas, Trends, Environment, Statistics and Uncategorized. 2 CommentsThe Story of Stuff is not only an informative look at our way of life, which is all about the production, merchandising, consumption and disposal of consumer goods, but it is also one of the most charming animations I have ever seen on the subject. In a simple and entertaining way, Annie Leonard presents […]
Electronic waste: what is anybody doing about it?
Published October 11th, 2007 in E-waste, Recycling, Electronic devices, lead, Brominated flame-retardants, Mercury, Cleanup, Toxic wastes, Ideas, Health, Trends, Environment, Computers and Uncategorized. 11 CommentsWith the proliferation of electronic products that not only continue to multiply in numbers but also quickly become obsolete, the accumulation of E-waste is a mounting, daunting problem. The toxic materials that make their way to landfills or incinerators from discarded electronic gadgets, phones, computers and other items rejected in favor of newer models […]
E.O. Wilson makes a plea on behalf of bees and small creatures
Published September 12th, 2007 in Biology, Microorganisms, Ecosystems, Environment, Ted Talks, Evolutionary Biology, Ideas and Uncategorized. 0 CommentsTED is one of our most inspiring and hopeful sources of information on the web, hosting video talks by the best thinkers around. E.O. Wilson was awarded the 2007 TED Prize, and in his acceptance speech he makes a plea on behalf of insects and small creatures upon which he reminds us we completely […]
The universe is queerer than we suppose
Published August 7th, 2007 in Species adaptation, Ideas, Ted Talks, Quantum Physics, Time and Space, Evolutionary Biology, Richard Dawkins and Uncategorized. 6 CommentsWhat would we do without the internet and email, which only came into existence such a short time ago? But that is not what this post is about — just a pause to acknowledge that without the internet and email, this post would not exist. What this is really about is a 22-minute […]
See the world change
Published June 18th, 2007 in Visual Imagery, Population Growth, Poverty, Money, Third World, Statistics, Trends, Health, Gifted and Talented, Ideas, Ted Talks and Uncategorized. 2 CommentsVisual imagery can tell stories and truths which would be very hard to capture and communicate otherwise. I want to share this IDEA WORTH SPREADING. Initially presented by TED TALKS, a site that regularly gives us “Inspired Talks by the World’s Greatest Thinkers and Doers,” this presentation by Hans Rosling is posted by the […]