#OccupyWallStreet/ Occupy Wall Street. Commercialization of traditional medicines. A white Rosy Periwinkle Bioprospecting is the process of discovery and commercialization of new products based on biological resources. Bioprospecting often draws on indigenous knowledge about uses and characteristics of plants and animals.[1] In this way, bioprospecting includes biopiracy, the exploitative appropriation of indigenous forms of knowledge by commercial actors, as well as the search for previously unknown compounds in organisms that have never been used in traditional medicine.[2] Biopiracy[edit] Famous cases[edit] The Maya ICBG controversy[edit] Does Language Influence Culture? Putting heads together. When it comes to intelligence, the whole can indeed be greater than the sum of its parts.
A new study co-authored by MIT researchers documents the existence of collective intelligence among groups of people who cooperate well, showing that such intelligence extends beyond the cognitive abilities of the groups’ individual members, and that the tendency to cooperate effectively is linked to the number of women in a group. Many social scientists have long contended that the ability of individuals to fare well on diverse cognitive tasks demonstrates the existence of a measurable level of intelligence in each person. In a study published Thursday, Sept. 30, in the advance online issue of the journal Science, the researchers applied a similar principle to small teams of people. They discovered that groups featuring the right kind of internal dynamics perform well on a wide range of assignments, a finding with potential applications for businesses and other organizations.
The Rise of the New Groupthink. Early Human News. The Secret Life of the Brain : Mind Illusions - StumbleUpon. 16 Tips for Being Productive When Working from Home. I work from home.
My friends think I am the luckiest. I have all the time in the world. I don’t need to commute everyday. My work’s easy. I can go out whenever I want. I wish all of that was true. Despite the benefits of working from home, it is no less challenging than an office job. Scheduling. McLuhan Meets the Net. By Larry Press Communications of the ACM, Vol 38, No 7, July, 1995, pp 15-20.
A Map for the Programmable World. McLuhanisms – MMXI – Marshall McLuhan. Identical men from parallel universes. McLuhan Galaxy. An ad announcing the Marshall McLuhan Dew-Line. Ecocentric : A blog about food, water and energy. This Week in Eco News - April 18, 2014.
Sustainable Table. Sustainable Agriculture - The Basics Sustainable agriculture provides healthy food for consumers while protecting the environment and human health, safeguarding animal welfare and supporting local communities.
Questions to Ask Asking questions is the best way to ensure that you're purchasing sustainably raised, healthful foods and supporting sustainable farmers. Here are some questions to get you started. Handouts Help promote sustainable food and save family farms. Projects and Events. Food & Think - A Heaping Helping of Food News, Science and Culture.
Sustainable Food Lab: Sustainable Food and Agriculture Systems Sustainable Food Laboratory. SAFSF.ORG :. Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Funders. GMO Deregulation: An act of war. By Barbara H.
Peterson Farm Wars Scotts Miracle Gro has applied for and received complete deregulation for genetically engineered Kentucky Bluegrass from the USDA. Scotts “is Monsanto’s exclusive agent for the international marketing and distribution of consumer Roundup®.” The main ingredient in Roundup is glyphosate. How Scotts GE Kentucky Bluegrass achieved complete deregulation Scotts’ genetically engineered (GE) Kentucky Bluegrass will not be regulated as either a plant pest or noxious weed, and these are the ONLY two ways that GMOs can be regulated by the USDA.
Monsanto and Gates Foundation Push GE Crops on Africa. Skimming the Agricultural Development section of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation web site is a feel-good experience: African farmers smile in a bright slide show of images amid descriptions of the foundation's fight against poverty and hunger.
But biosafety activists in South Africa are calling a program funded by the Gates Foundation a "Trojan horse" to open the door for private agribusiness and genetically engineered (GE) seeds, including a drought-resistant corn that Monsanto hopes to have approved in the United States and abroad. The Water Efficient Maize for Africa (WEMA) program was launched in 2008 with a $47 million grant from mega-rich philanthropists Warrant Buffet and Bill Gates. The Gates Foundation claims that biotechnology, GE crops and Western agricultural methods are needed to feed the world's growing population and programs like WEMA will help end poverty and hunger in the developing world.
Seed Boutique. Water Shortage! Ever since the beginning of this nation, Americans have always been able to take for granted that there would always be plenty of fresh water.
But unfortunately that is rapidly changing. Due to pollution, corruption, inefficiency and the never ending greed of the global elite, the United States (and the entire world) is heading for a very serious water shortage. Already, there are some areas of the United States where water is the number one local political issue. In fact, water is becoming so scarce in certain areas that some states are actually battling in court over it.
Shell’s Niger delta oil spill could be worse than reported. Stop the Canadian Oil Sand Madness Now. This leopard's death is a familiar tragedy. Apple's Chinese Suppliers Accused of Causing Significant Environmental Damage. Real-Life Chemistry Vol 3 - Physics Vol 1 - StumbleUpon. The Carl Sagan Portal - StumbleUpon. Personal and Historical Perspectives of Hans Bethe - StumbleUpon. Professor of Theoretical Physics, CUNY. The Big Book of Yoga: The Yoga Family Treehouse (page 1 of 4) Buddhism and the Brain.
Credit: Flickr user eschipul Over the last few decades many Buddhists and quite a few neuroscientists have examined Buddhism and neuroscience, with both groups reporting overlap.
I’m sorry to say I have been privately dismissive. One hears this sort of thing all the time, from any religion, and I was sure in this case it would break down upon closer scrutiny. When a scientific discovery seems to support any religious teaching, you can expect members of that religion to become strict empiricists, telling themselves and the world that their belief is grounded in reality. They are always less happy to accept scientific data they feel contradicts their preconceived beliefs. But science isn’t supposed to care about preconceived notions. Despite my doubts, neurology and neuroscience do not appear to profoundly contradict Buddhist thought.
Buddhists say pretty much the same thing. Mr. Short on Time? Try This All-in-One Yoga Pose! Biofields. Energetically, we are composed of seven fields of energy, or biofields, each with a specific, vibratory frequency radiating from and around the physical body. Their radiation is called, aura, expressing externally what we are internally. Their colors are red, orange, yellow, green, light blue, indigo and violet, like the colors of a rainbow.
Each of them emits a more or less clear and vibrant color, depending on the influence of Spirit upon our behaviors, words and thoughts, our way of eating, drinking, exercising and resting, but also upon a good, rhythmic and generous oxygenation to keep our human "terrain" clean. Humans, Version 3.0.
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