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 CommentsDid 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 […]
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 […]
Obesity in the u.s.
Published July 27th, 2007 in Statistics, Trends, Obesity, Body and Mind and Uncategorized. 15 CommentsEvery now and then I see something that makes me speechless, and that just happened around midnight tonight as I was surfing the Web. Here is a link to an illustration of the rise of obesity in the U.S. over the past 20 years. There are several charts included: 1985, 1991, 1995, […]
World clock
Published July 17th, 2007 in World Clock, Population Growth, Statistics, Trends and Uncategorized. 8 CommentsToday I received an email pointing to a site named Poodwaddle dot com, and in particular its fantastic feature called World Clock. A counter on this site constantly updates figures showing increases in world population, births, population growth, US illegal immigration and the number of divorces, abortions, HIV infections, incidence of cancer, the temperature […]
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 […]