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Are you stuffy? or The cost of Consumerism

Annie Leonard blogs about what went on inside Martin Luther King’s head as he weighed the case at 5AM as to whether or not he would get involved, and if he does step in, then how much, hmm, what to … Continue reading

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Kevin is making it safe to Gulp it down

My friend Kevin Flick is heading up a team at PATH focused on creating a household water purification system for the third world. Prior to this Kevin worked at Microsoft designing game related devices and before that he designed prosthetics. … Continue reading

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Massive art involving tens of thousands of individuals and best seen, in many cases, from outer space.

Bill McKibben’s recent article in Grist, talks about the massive art coming out of the 350 initiative. The name, 350 Earth, points to the number of parts per million that most scientists agree is an acceptable upper level of carbon … Continue reading

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Ending nuclear proliferation

Was reading an email from Mark Anderson this morning. It was about his upcoming Future In Review conference. He was opening the floor for speaker nominations. The first that came to my mind was John Gilleland with Terra Power. It … Continue reading

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Making body parts and firing madly!

The sign read “The Lieutenant of Inshmore contains strong language, adult themes, fog, gunshots, violence, torture, mayhem, and a lot of laughs.” I can handle a little fog but torture? Is the audience in danger? Can you tell what is … Continue reading

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rock n roll camp

Naomi and I logged serious hours at Seattle Center this week as Simone was in rock n roll camp at the Pacific Science Center and Experience Music Project. Naomi laid on the lobby floor and looked up at the ceiling … Continue reading

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On Thursday We Were A Circus

Today our itinerary at the Pacific Science Museum begins at the circus exhibit and then moves on to “BiPed Game Show” about our human ancestor, Lucy and what her remains can teach us about BiPedalism. There is a tightrope in … Continue reading

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The manufacturing of controversy about Evolution!

I like this article by Valerie Tarico about the manufacturing of controversy about evolution! The article points out that we have seen this insane manufacturing of controversy (manufactroversy) in the past. “The fact is, there is no scientific controversy about … Continue reading

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The Gorgeous Power of Seadragon

Wait till you see Blaise Aguera y Arcas talk at TED (below) about the gorgeous power of Seadragon and Photosync. Blaise’s talk gave me a sweeping tummy-flipping sensation.  Similar to the first time I  sailed on the open sea or … Continue reading

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