via FastCopany Author Ben Schiller For the future economy to work, we need to get rid of our unhealthy fixation on what work and jobs mean to our self-worth. If the goal of the economy is to provide decent-paying work for everyone, that economy clearly...
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People Got Asked To Tell Their Biggest Regrets — But What They All Had In Common Was Heartbreaking
via Aplus You might know about it, it is a while around - but....think about it again for yourself. What is my biggest regret? A blackboard stood in the middle of New York City asking passersby to write down their biggest regrets. At first, each regret...
Read moreA Homeless Anarchist Community Run By Women
In this video we travel to the Waianae Boat Harbor in Oahu, Hawaii, where we explore The Harbor, a homeless and anarchist community solely run by women. The main human behind the community is Twinkle Borge, a former drug addict who, after hitting rock...
Read moreSpeech from the Movie Tomorrowland_A World Beyond_ to awaken humanity in a Disney Movie?
Great speech from Tomorrowland about mental manipulation,and how humans perceive the end of the world. "In every moment, there is the possibility of a better future. But you people won't believe it. And because you won't believe it,you wouldn't do what...
Read moreJump Studios convert a 19th-century factory in Madrid into a colorful co-working space for Google
via inhabitat / dezeen Behind the brick walls of this 19th-century battery factory in Madrid lies a vibrant co-working space for entrepreneurs and start-up companies. After designing the first Google Campus in 2012, London-based firm Jump Studios were...
Read moreWhy Does Your Passion Matter?
By Kimberly Carter Gamble Producer of the film THRIVE Recently I was invited to talk about anything I wanted at the Architects of the New Paradigm Conference in Marin. It was a welcome opportunity to consider just what I had to say now, four years after...
Read moreEvolution’s End | Peter Russell
There's no blame for the crisis we are in. Any intelligent technological species has the potential to become a magnificent flowering of consciousness, but the side effects of its rapid evolution mean that it only has a short window of time to complete...
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Dutch cities to experiment with guaranteed basic income for residents in 2016
by Cat DiStasio via inhabitat source Guardian Twenty Dutch cities are making an unconventional attempt to combat poverty. Officials in these municipalities are rolling out a program to provide equal monthly payments to small groups of citizens, no questions...
Read moreSweden Is Shifting To A 6-Hour Work Day – Why The Rest Of The World Should Consider It Too
via CE by Mark DeNicola. You might wonder why Sweden shows up so often...Leon my grandson and his parents live in Sweden. But I think it is worth to see how other countries approch livework balance. Be more focused, have fewer meetings—and then go home...
Read moreFinland prepares universal basic income experiment
by Greg Beach via inhabitat Pack a heavy coat, folks, we’re going to Finland. The Finnish Social Insurance Institution, also known as Kela, has begun work on a proposal that would guarantee a basic income to every citizen of the small Nordic nation. This...
Read moreTom Wujec: Build a tower, build a team
Tom Wujec presents some surprisingly deep research into the "marshmallow problem" -- a simple team-building exercise that involves dry spaghetti, one yard of tape and a marshmallow. Who can build the tallest tower with these ingredients? And why does...
Read moreHistory:May 1968 events in France_ just a revolution?
via Blog Martin Armstrong That year was a tremendously volatile period of civil unrest in France. May 1968 was highlighted by demonstrations and massive general strikes. Students, not the elderly, staged occupations of universities and factories across...
Read moreUnconditional Basic Income – an Economic Model for a New Renaissance
By Elizabeth Edgett via wake up world How can we solve poverty and boost the economy without causing massive environmental damage? Here’s how. It’s called a Unconditional Basic Income (UBI). The fundamental challenge today is that we need redefine the...
Read moreSweden is shifting to a 6-hour work day
via sciencealert Despite research telling us it’s a really bad idea, many of us end up working 50-hour weeks or more because we think we’ll get more done and reap the benefits later. And according to a study published last month involving 600,000 people,...
Read moreNotorious Climate Skeptic Rupert Murdoch Just Bought National Geographic
By Xeni Jardin / boingboing.net via Films for Action The National Geographic magazine has been a nonprofit publication since inception in 1888, but that ends today. The long-running American publication becomes very much for-profit under a $725 million...
Read moreFrance requires all new buildings to have green roofs or solar panels
by Charley Cameron via inhabitat_The Guardian France just passed a trailblazing new law that requires that all new buildings constructed in commercial areas to be partially-covered by either solar panels or green roofs. Not only will this bring dramatic...
Read moreAs Systems Collapse, Citizens Rise
"The crisis and breakdown of our larger systems are actually a phenomenal opportunity to renew and update our old bodies of rules and regulations to be more fluid and in sync with the actual situation on the ground." Otto Scharmer I Huffington Post I...
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How can we live heaven on earth? That was the question we faced in South Africa where we lived for 10 years. The Sharehouse was the answer, first an old fishermans house we renovated with friends and people we didn’t even know. We had little but we learned...
Read moreWorld’s largest green roof unveiled in the heart of Silicon Valley
by Lucy Vang via inhabitat Architect Rafael Viñoly and Olin Landscape Architects have unveiled designs for the world’s largest green roof—a 30-acre community park in the sky sandwiched between Apple’s Infinite Loop headquarters and the spaceship-like...
Read moreThe Only State Where Everyone Gets Free Money
Written by Brian Merchant via Motherboard Every year, the state of Alaska hands each of its citizens hundreds to thousands of dollars, no strings attached. The only requirement for receiving the cash is that a person has a) held residence in Alaska for...
Read moreLooking for More Meaning in Your life? Then Be a Part of This Movement. Be a Part of This Story.
It's happening. A movement of movements representing millions of people in every country of the world, all working to create an ecologically sustainable, spiritually fulfilling, socially just human presence on this planet. ABOUT THE MOVIE: This is a unique...
Read moreHow the largest Movement came into Being_ Paul Hawken Author "Blessed Unrest"
A promo of Paul Hawken's book -- a speech he gave in April 2007 about the Biggest Movement in the World that No On Saw Coming -- the reason he we have hope for a meaningful transformation in the world.A leading environmentalist and social activist's examination...
Read morePaul Ray speaks about Damanhur
Damanhur and Wisdom University's partnership has begun! Paul Ray, eminent sociologist and author of a worldwide study on 'Cultural Creatives', a term he coined, led the first course in Damanhur in October 2008. see website Damanhur
Read moreDr. John Hagelin - Hacking Consciousness at Stanford University
John Hagelin Phd (Harvard-trained, renowned quantum physicist) Hacking consciousness investigates the nature of consciousness as a field of all possibilities, as the source not only of the human mind and our ability to experience, know, innovate and create,...
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