By Tim Hjersted / filmsforaction.org Our society needs a new story to belong to. The old story of empire and dominion over the earth has to be looked at in the full light of day - all of our ambient cultural stories and values that we take for granted...
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This Computer Chip Is Made of Live Brain Cells
By Sveta McShane via singularity hub A few years ago, researchers from Germany and Japan were able to simulate one percent of human brain activity for a single second. It took the processing power of one of the world’s most powerful supercomputers to...
Read moreHow Airbnb designs for trust
via TED Joe Gebbia, the co-founder of Airbnb, bet his whole company on the belief that people can trust each other enough to stay in one another's homes. How did he overcome the stranger-danger bias? Through good design. Now, 123 million hosted nights...
Read morePeter Merry – Ubiquity University + Transition World
via Qua Vadis Peter Merry is Chief Innovation Officer at Ubiquity University, founder of the Center for Human Emergence (Netherlands), and a founding partner of Engage!. He has worked in and across different sectors. As well as co-founding and leading...
Read moreGlobal Alliance for Transformational Entertainment (GATE)
via website GATE What is it? GATE is an evolving community of creative, business and technical professionals in entertainment, media, and the arts — and the interested public — who realize the vital and expanding role media and entertainment play in creating...
Read moreAuroville : India’s first experimental town with a global outlook
via Mythical India by Bhargavee Das Ever heard of the phrase – ‘a global village’? Nah! Don’t let your mind’s eye visualize a symbolic 21st century globe at the helm of which sits a tiny, fat policeman proudly bearing the US flag. Think again. Think a...
Read more7 promising signs we’re moving toward a more sustainable world
via ensia by Timothy Nixon _Managing editor, sustainability site at Thomson Reuters From enhancing transparency to taking lessons from catastrophe, people are working hard every day to pull our planet back from the brink. Every day, news headlines and...
Read moreBreathing love into communities | Holistic Life Foundation
Source TEDx see also website Holistic Life Foundation Holistic Life Foundation - Baltimore-based organization committed to nurturing wellness in underserved communities through yoga and mindfulness practices. Ali Smith learned yoga and meditation from...
Read moreMelanie Mark breaks barriers as British Columbia.’s_Canada first female MLA from a First Nation
Now this is a special swearing in ceremony. BC NDP leader John Horgan ushers in newly elected MLA’s Melanie Mark and Jodie Wickens. Ms Mark, the first aboriginal woman elected to the legislature in BC, was drummed into office in a colourful entry of historical...
Read moreOuiShare: Organization Encouraging The Collaborative Society
via intelligentHQ by Paula Newton The sharing economy is taking the world by storm, and OuiShare is one organisation that is developing the sharing agenda through its activities. But what is Ouishare? According to the organisation itself, it is a: “Global...
Read moreThe Hackation Experiment
via Institue of Noetic Science by Julia Mossbridge An Innovation Lab Collaboration with Consciousness Hacking n December, the call went out across Silicon Valley. "Anyone with tech skills who is interested in consciousness exploration, fill out this application...
Read moreCAPITAL C IS INDEPENDENTLY PRODUCED, FUNDED BY 586 PEOPLE FROM 24 COUNTRIES
CAPITAL C explores a new breed of creators, geeks, and artists who cut out the middlemen to make their bold ideas a reality by reaching out to the crowd. With crowdfunding and crowdsourcing, now we all have tools in our hands that democratize innovation...
Read moreMeet The New Members Of The Most Creative People In Business Community
via FastCompany by Sarah Lawson Fast Company is excited to announce the addition of 107 new members to the Most Creative People in Business 1000, an exclusive community of influencers in business from across the economy and around the globe. These mavens...
Read moreEmilie Wapnick: Why some of us don't have one true calling
via TED What do you want to be when you grow up? Well, if you're not sure you want to do just one thing for the rest of your life, you're not alone. In this illuminating talk, writer and artist Emilie Wapnick describes the kind of people she calls "multipotentialites"...
Read moreKickstart_New Platform Miramir To Transform Social Networking Forever
via offgrid.quest see also kickstart After four years of programming and preparation, Max Sidorov and his team are nearing the launch of Miramir, the next generation in Social Networking! He touts that Miramir will do far more than Facebook is capable...
Read moreOpen Source Blueprints for Civilization. Build Yourself.
via website open source ecology We’re developing open source industrial machines that can be made for a fraction of commercial costs, and sharing our designs online for free. The goal of Open Source Ecology is to create an open source economy – an efficient...
Read moreHoffice: Swedish freelancers transform their homes into vibrant co-working spaces
via fastcompany + hoffice by Julie M. Rodriguez While working from home can be a great thing, it can be hard if you’re the kind of person who needs human interaction to stay inspired, or if you have trouble staying focused outside of an office. And for...
Read moreWhat is The Venus Project?
via venus project The Venus Project proposes an alternative vision of what the future can be if we apply what we already know in order to achieve a sustainable new world civilization. It calls for a straightforward redesign of our culture in which the...
Read moreThe Power of Community - How Cuba Survived Peak Oil
When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1990, Cuba's economy went into a tailspin. With imports of oil cut by more than half and food by 80 percent people were desperate. This film tells of the hardships and struggles as well as the community and creativity...
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 moreThe Next Social Media We Want and Need!
via backchannel by David Chaum Crypto giant David Chaum explains his PrivaTegrity, and tells why it’s so vital In the rush to build out the web, it was structured around concepts taken from paper-based media. Now, many feel a strong need for a next level...
Read moreNew Device Makes It Possible to Take Pictures With Your Mind
via learningmind by Anna LeMind The technology of mind command recognition is coming to the market: A British company unveiled an application that connects Google Glass to a wearable electroencephalography (EEG) device, giving users the ability to take...
Read moreWooden Orchids reimagines the shopping mall as a living, breathing ecotopia
via inhabitat by Tafline Laylin What if you could go to a shopping center, and without having to search or try very hard, find every single aspect of it genuinely green and sustainable? This is what Vincent Callebaut strives to achieve with Wooden Orchids,...
Read moreBeyond Our Sight - documentary
A documentary by Anthony Chene Can we survive death ? What is the nature of our consciousness ?“Beyond Our Sight” is an independant documentary that talks about near-death experiences, human consciousness, and the possibility of communication with other...
Read moreGEN: The Global Ecovillage Network at Findhorn
The Global Ecovillage Network envisions a world of empowered citizens and communities, designing and implementing their own pathways to a sustainable future, and building bridges of hope and international solidarity. see website: GEN http://gen.ecov See...
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