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RSA Animate – The Empathic Civilisation
Great video/animation – and very thought provoking stuff.
Are humans really wired for selfishness, capriciousness, greed and narcissism?
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The Age of Stupid
The Age of Stupid: final trailer Feb 2009 from Age of Stupid on Vimeo.
I often have ideas, that I mull over and never get around to doing anything about (man cannot live on ideas alone!), but in this case I … Continue reading
Smile – you’re awesome, really
Seeing as today is the most depressing day of the year – I thought I would try and help out.
Watch this.
How civilised
I just saw this video which was referred to on Keith’s ‘Unsuitablog‘
I love this video – and it pretty much sums up why I feel so uncomfortable with the level of greenwash that we are subjected to on a daily … Continue reading
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Tagged civilisation, skills, sustainability
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Give me your favourite quotes
I have been using a great little WordPress plug-in called ‘Quotes Collection‘ on this blog – it’s great for grabbing those quotes you see popping up over the web and adding them to your blog. It is my favourite aspect … Continue reading
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Observer journalist threatens to sue Survival International
You have probably seen this image. You may have even heard that it was a ‘hoax’ – especially if you read this article in The Observer by Peter Beaumont
Well – it wasn’t a hoax, Peter got a bit confused with … Continue reading