Revolution by Russell Brand
Extracted from his new book: I suppose we must each ask of ourselves – or each other, have fun with it, it could be a quiz – two fundamental questions: 1) Are you happy with …
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New solar cells
New transparent solar cells can be used on windows or smartphone screens. This material can be used to cover anything that has a flat, clear surface. Transparent solar cell technology has been attempted before, but …
Read More →The light of life
Power rates in the Philippines are one of the most expensive in Asia, so expensive some local governments can’t pay to light their city’s streets. But cheap solar energy and soda bottles may just be …
Read More →Admitting failure
What happens when an NGO admits failure? International aid groups make the same mistakes over and over again. David Damberger uses his own engineering failure in India to call for the development sector to publicly …
Read More →How NOT to save the rainforest
What happens to this poor sap is beyond belief, but the moral of the story is clear: you really don’t have to go to the ends of the earth to save the rainforest. There’s plenty …
Read More →Here and now by Watts
Alan Watts was born in London in January of 1915 at the start of the first World War. He provided intellectual and spiritual alternatives that helped shape the Beat culture of the 1950s and the counterculture of …
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