Excerpt from Mark Twain’s autobiography «For many years I believed that I remembered helping my grandfather drink his whisky toddy when I was six weeks old but I do not tell about that anymore now; I am growing old and my memory is not as active as it used to be. When I was younger,Sigue leyendo «Tribute to Mark Twain»
Archivo de categoría: Inspiración
Loos-en-Gohelle, pueblo minero reconvertido a pueblo sostenible
En la zona Norte de Francia, en la región del Paso de Calais el pueblo de Loos-en-Gohelle se vio obligado a reinventarse. En el año 1990 la actividad minera de la región se desmantela y da paso a una etapa de transición hacia un nuevo modelo. En un inicio se apostó por la creación deSigue leyendo «Loos-en-Gohelle, pueblo minero reconvertido a pueblo sostenible»
Free courses on-line
We all enjoy Coursera, a way to access free education. Now the MIT also offers us a way to use their teaching materials. Because knowledge can make a difference, thanks.
SunWater crowdfunding campaign
Pumping irrigation systems in poor countries are most of the times unafordable by the families. Paul Polak has designed a solar pumping system that reduces in 80% the cost of a traditional fotovoltaic powered systems. They are raising 50.000USD, want to participate? + info
Self assembling
Can you imagine a technology that wipes out all the complex assembling processes in the manufacturing industry? {youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIEhi_sAkU8}
Inhabitants wanted – Mars 2023
The space race has always been expensive. We have been talking about the need of finding new planets for the last decades; new places to exploit, new natural resources to replace those we have depleted in Earth, new planets to keep growing, but who is going to pay for the investment needed? At a momentSigue leyendo «Inhabitants wanted – Mars 2023»
Svalbard Global Seed Vault – Bóveda del fin del mundo
If you were one of the most wealthy countries in the world and you were managing one of the biggest sovereign funds of our planet, would you consider creating the biggest seedbank ever to provide insurance against the loss of seeds in a global crises or after a continuous genetic modification of our seeds? NorwaySigue leyendo «Svalbard Global Seed Vault – Bóveda del fin del mundo»
What's wrong with us women??
During the last days I have seen a couple of videos showing the poor image women have of ourselves. We are told by the media how we should be, what beauty is, how we should look… Beauty is inside of us, don’t let yourself be influenced by any industrial standard, cause they do not applySigue leyendo «What's wrong with us women??»
Desiderata
Cause today is as good as any other day…a simple homage to the beauty of words, of music, of the nature that surrounds us,… cause luckily there’s a real life beyond mass media. «Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrenderSigue leyendo «Desiderata»
The science of a sexless future
Have you ever thought about the role of women in our society. Why do we have that role? Is it genetic? Is it pure chemistry or is it social? The fact is that as long as women plays the main role in reproduction, she will somehow be regarded as a men property, but that canSigue leyendo «The science of a sexless future»
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