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. 1 CommentSunlight 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 […]
Whole Foods to quit plastic bags. need I say more?
Published February 15th, 2008 in Attitudes, groceries, Food, Ecosystems, Environment, Innovation, Plants and Uncategorized. 13 CommentsMany of you have already heard this news, but it is news to me. I checked on the web, and it’s absolutely true.
Whole Foods is going to quit using plastic bags to send groceries on their way.
I think this is good news.
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 […]