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Moneyless man. 5 Alasan Mengapa Lembaga Non-Profit Perlu Pengelola Media Sosial. Nutrisari Social Garden. Fikry Fatullah's Blog. Asset-Based Community Development: Kreativitas di Tumpukan Persoalan. Rich people less ethical, more likely to cheat, study says. MONTREAL - A new study says rich people are more likely to engage in unethical behaviour than their poorer counterparts -- like cutting off motorists, lying in a negotiation and cheating to win a prize.

Rich people less ethical, more likely to cheat, study says

That's the finding from researchers at the University of California and the University of Toronto, published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Masanobu Fukuoka - The Natural Way of Farming - The theory and Practice of Green Philosophy. A Sustainability Guide for Everyday Folk ~1 Year Edition~ Dec 29, 2011. Community How To: Theory, Communication, and Creation. Narcissus. The greatest problem of our century has been the unraveling of traditional social ties caused by rapid industrialization and technological change.

Narcissus

Compare today's family, today's churches, today's businesses to those of 1900; it does not matter where the comparison is made―America, Europe, Asia, and Africa have all undergone essentially the same process of change. Only the extent to which change had been made differs among the various cultures of the world, for the crisis of disintegrating traditional social ties is a universal phenomenon.

In the place of traditional values politicians have only been able to offer nationalism, a concept that combines industrial goals and mass education to produce a homogeneous people that can be easily organized and directed. This nationalism has produced external and internal wars of terrible ferocity: external wars against competing national states and internal wars against those minorities that differ significantly from the projected national type. 19 Things That The Talking Heads On Television Are Being Strangely Silent About.

If the talking heads on television don’t tell us about something that happens, does it make that event any less real?

19 Things That The Talking Heads On Television Are Being Strangely Silent About

Of course the answer to that question is quite obvious, but unfortunately way too many Americans allow their realities to be defined by what they hear from the mainstream media. Workbook. Cetak dan Terbitkan Buku Sendiri. Balé Adarma: Kembali Kepemberdayaan: Menjalankan Fungsi Menancapkan Kaki. Why Do People Volunteer? - Key to Motivating Volunteers. Which Social Network Should You Use. Starting up and Running Local Economy Centers. BioBench. Resilience Thinking. “The most potent keystone species in the world may be the sea otter,” wrote the biologist Edward O.

Resilience Thinking

Have a good project but no money? Ask everyone for a little. Photo: Orwar (CC: by-nc-sa) For those who want to start small-scale, local sustainability projects, money is often a crucial problem.

Have a good project but no money? Ask everyone for a little

Why Guest Posts Can Be Good For Your Nonprofit Blog. Photo by ELEOTH In a recent blog post, one of our readers asked about guest posts on nonprofit blogs.

Why Guest Posts Can Be Good For Your Nonprofit Blog

Katya's Non-Profit Marketing Blog. Thu, July 26 2012 Filed under: Marketing essentials • Last week, I blogged about how buying green products can make people feel they are off the hook for further good.

Katya's Non-Profit Marketing Blog

In fact, their purchase might even give them a license for bad behavior. Today comes more interesting news for environmentalists—sent to me via Mark Rovner - saying that guilt doesn’t inspire people to go green. Image from National Geographic According to Media Post, the “Greendex” from National Geographic Society and GlobeScan shows Americans believe in individual action but lag behind the rest of the world in their sustainable behavior.

By contrast, consumers in emerging economies like India, China and Brazil “report feeling the most guilty about their environmental impact and yet have the least confidence that their individual actions can help the environment,” notes MediaPost. Panarchy. Panarchy.

Panarchy

Cancer caused by modern man as it was virtually non-existent in ancient world. "But in ancient times, it was extremely rare.

Cancer caused by modern man as it was virtually non-existent in ancient world

There is nothing in the natural environment that can cause cancer. So it has to be a man-made disease, down to pollution and changes to our diet and lifestyle. "Cancer appears to be a modern disease created by modern life. " Most Modern Day Diseases Are Man-Made. The biggest killers, cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes and many other diseases are largely man-made and iatrogenic in origin, yet we ignorantly dismiss their growing incidence to factors which we assume are not preventable.

Most Modern Day Diseases Are Man-Made

Cancer Cancer is the leading cause of death worldwide and deaths are projected to continue rising, with an estimated 12 million in 2030. The claim by the World Health Organization is that only 30% of cancer deaths can be prevented. Kucopi untukmu... Disaster Communalism. [This is a guest post by Keith Farnish: an edited, unpublished extract from his online book Underminers: A Practical Guide for Radical Change. It would take too long to explain precisely what Undermining is and who the Underminers are, so please recommend reading the Introduction. The whole book is free to access and redistribute.] The following essay was triggered by dialogue between Dmitry Orlov and Keith Farnish, both of whom have a deep interest in the power of community to combat and rise above all sorts of situations.

The essay attempts to show that not only is community a powerful binding force, it is also a powerful combative force against the culture that threatens to obliterate the majority of life on Earth. Community is the natural state of human beings: dependent upon each other, working together to ensure the stability and success of whatever collective form we take. Why Crowdfunding Creativity Is Just The Beginning. Why Do Gen Xers Care So Little About Climate Change? Photo Credit: violetkaipa/ Shutterstock.com July 17, 2012 | Like this article? Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email. Humans Have Ten Times More Bacteria Than Human Cells: How Do Microbial Communities Affect Human Health? The number of bacteria living within the body of the average healthy adult human are estimated to outnumber human cells 10 to 1.

Changes in these microbial communities may be responsible for digestive disorders, skin diseases, gum disease and even obesity. Despite their vital imporance in human health and disease, these communities residing within us remain largely unstudied and a concerted research effort needs to be made to better understand them, say researchers June 3 at the 108th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology in Boston. Humans Have Ten Times More Bacteria Than Human Cells: How Do Microbial Communities Affect Human Health?