Misuse Of Imagination

Change

It's funny how simple little things have the ability to change the world forever. It doesn't have to be this way, we can easily provide for everybody on the planet, in multiple ways. 

►www.collective-evolution.com/2012/12/04/free-energy-device-yes-they-are-real/

Rethink your life

Created by David Manukyan; Narrated by Joe Rogan.
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1st Song: Crash Soundtrack- A Really Good Cloak
2nd Song: Sigur Ros- Untitled 3 (Samskeyti)

Joe Rogan || You are the Universe || HD:
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Jason Silva || Radical Openness || HD
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Jason Silva || The Beginning of Infinity || HD
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Jason Silva || To Understand is to Precieve Patterns || HD
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Jason Silva || You are a RCVR || HD
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Jason Silva || Abundance || HD
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Jason Silva || Who we are || HD
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Warning: The swearing in the video may throw people off but that's just joe rogan's personality but I made this video to change peoples mindsets for the better. Watch, Share & Subscribe :)

Warren Keelan Photography

PHOTO BY :: Warren Keelan Photography
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Website http://www.warrenkeelanphotography.com.au/

4 000 years of Medicine

Catalyzing Change

Driftwood Sculptures by Paul Baliker

Tiny House

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Cob Homes: Natural, Sustainable Living Solution for the Bleak Future

What if I told you that you could build your very own beautiful cob home with the resources right beneath your feet, on a budget of a few thousand dollars, and never have to live with a mortgage?

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PRI Zaytuna Farm Tour - Apr/May 2012

For much more info and pictures, go here:

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Tackling Mental Illness In Africa

New Scitable Labcoat Life blog post by Khalil Cassimally looks at "Tackling Mental Illness In Africa" http://bit.ly/ScitableWlHimN

Image credit: UNAMID (from Flickr)

Maori wood carvings, New Zealand

Our Land

Today is Einstein's birthday!

From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: that we are here for the sake of each other - above all for those upon whose smile and well-being our own happiness depends, and also for the countless unknown souls with whose fate we are connected by a bond of sympathy. Many times a day I realize how much my own outer and inner life is built upon the labors of my fellow men, both living and dead, and how earnestly I must exert myself in order to give in return as much as I have received.”

~~ Albert Einstein ~~ 

Who's ready for a road trip?!

The Most Colorful Tree In The World

The Rainbow Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus deglupta) or 'MINDANAO GUM' looks almost like it's been spray painted, but the up to 70-m tall tree is colored this way completely naturally. Its bark can take on a yellow, green, orange and even purple shading.

If you want to spot a Rainbow Eucalyptus tree live and in all its glory, you’ll have to travel to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea or Philippines where the tree grows natively. However, it has been introduced worldwide as an exotic wood in South America, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, China and other countries.

100% Organic

Bhutan, a nation that values Gross National Happiness over Gross Domestic Product has announced its intention to switch to 100% organic agricultural practices.

Brugmansia

Brugmansia is a genus of seven species of flowering plants in the family Solanaceae. Their large, fragrant flowers give them their common name of angel's trumpets.

Please visit the OBWU website:
http://ourbeautifulworldanduniverse.com/! 

Three Things

I Didn't Know That : Concrete Tent

Watch Richard Ambrose and Jonny Phillips quickly construct a building made of concrete canvas—a material that has all the elements of concrete, but is flexible enough to be turned into any shape. This technology allows people to erect permanent structures in a fraction of the time needed for traditional building techniques.

Watch also: Hempcrete can change the way we build everything — Hempcrete's benefits include carbon negative construction, breathability, and reduced cost of heating and cooling: http://goo.gl/oqR0P

Finally some good news for the polar bears!

Shell has abandoned its plans to drill for oil in the Arctic waters off the coast of Alaska in 2013. Now is Obama's time to declare Arctic drilling ‘off limits’ for good.

Send him a message: http://bit.ly/YJE73G 

Advice From A Tree

Your Brain by the Numbers

by Dwayne Godwin (a neuroscientist at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine) and Jorge Cham (Piled Higher and Deeper -www.phdcomics.com)

The Biggest Living Organism

The biggest living organism is a.... fungus.
More specifically a specimen of Armillaria ostoyae, the honey mushroom, located in eastern Oregon. It encompasses 1,665 football fields or 10 square kilometers and is an estimated 2,400-8,650 years old, making it one of the oldest living organisms as well. Armillaria ostoyae is parasitic, living of roots of conifers, causing root rot and eventually death for its host. The fruiting body is yellow-capped, sweet and edible.

Source: http://tinyurl.com/yleppr9
Image credit: mushroomexpert.com

The Herb Garden

The herb garden is often a separate space in the garden, devoted to growing a specific group of plants known as herbs. These gardens may be informal patches of plants, or they may be carefully designed, even to the point of arranging and clipping the plants to form specific patterns.

Herbal Remedies, Cures, Herbs & Plant Medicine, 76+ Books for $5.99 -http://bit.ly/VIFSn8

Herb gardens may be purely functional or they may include a blend of functional and ornamental plants. The herbs are usually used to flavor food in cooking, though they may also be used in other ways, such as discouraging pests, providing pleasant scents, or serving medicinal purposes.

Medicinal Herbs: A Beginner's Guide: 33 Healing Herbs to Know, Grow, and Use:http://amzn.to/XuF2og

A kitchen garden can be created by planting different herbs in pots or containers, with the added benefit of mobility.

Homegrown Herbs: A Complete Guide to Growing, Using, and Enjoying More than 100 Herbs: http://is.gd/JbRSyH

 

Great Blue Hole

The Great Blue Hole is a large submarine sinkhole off the coast of Belize. It lies near the center of Lighthouse Reef, a small atoll 70 km (43 mi) from the mainland and Belize City. The hole is circular in shape, over 300 m (984 ft) across and 124 m (407 ft) deep. It was formed during several episodes of quaternary glaciation when sea levels were much lower - the analysis of stalactites found in Great Blue Hole shows that formation took place 153,000, 66,000, 60,000, and 15,000 years ago. As the ocean began to rise again, the caves were flooded.The Great Blue Hole is a part of the larger Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System, a World Heritage Site of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

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Plantbook Laptop Concept

A highly futuristic concept of a laptop that bases it’s charging system in the same water-soaking abilities of the bamboo by the designers Seunggi Baek and Hyerim Kim. The Plantbook system uses an external water tank, hence the Plantbook continuously absorbs water when soaking it in water and generates electrolysis using power stored in a solar heat plate installed on the top. In this process, it is operated using hydrogen as energy source and discharges oxygen. If you put it into a water bottle while you don’t use the laptop, it automatically charges a battery and discharges oxygen.

George Carlin on Nature

Dan Piraro Bizarro Comics

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John Muir Laws: Nature Stewardship Through Science, Education, and Art

Naturalist, educator and artist John (Jack) Muir Laws is in love with the natural world and has lived his live sharing this passion with others. He is trained as a wildlife biologist and is a Research Associate of the California Academy of Sciences. Jack has taught nature education teacher since 1984 in California, Wyoming, and Alaska. He teaches the tools to help people develop as naturalists and stewards including, ways to improve your observation, memory and curiosity, conservation biology, natural history,  scientific illustration, and field sketching all while having fun and falling more deeply in love with the world.  In 2009, he received the Terwilliger Environmental Award for outstanding service in Environmental Education. He is a 2010 TogetherGreen Conservation Leadership Fellow with the National Audubon Society. He was the 2011 artist for International Migratory Bird Day. Laws has written and illustrated books about art and natural history including The Laws Guide to Drawing Birds (2012), Sierra Birds: a Hiker’s Guide (2004), The Laws Guide to the Sierra Nevada (2007), and The Laws Pocket Guide Set to the San Francisco Bay Area (2009). He is a regular contributor to Bay Nature magazine with his “Naturalists Notebook” column.  He is the primary author and editor of the curriculum: Opening the world through Nature Journaling. This free teaching guide is kid tested and teacher approved and integrates science, language arts, and visual arts through keeping a nature journal. He is the founder and host of the Bay Area Nature Journal Club, monthly free nature sketching workshops, field trips and events, connecting people with nature through art.

John Muir Laws: Nature Stewardship Through Science, Education, and Art

Sketching in Nature: Dandelion Clocks - Lin Frye

8" x 12" Watercolor
Arches 140#CP

Though snow flew for 45 minutes the other day, the dandelions have begun making their annual appearance and in many sunny instances, have already set seed and begun their plentiful propagating ... sigh ... 

But, there are more ways to conquer these prolific problem plants -- EAT 'EM!

And spring is the perfect time. These tender dandelion leaves are just perfect for preparing a spring tonic. Chickweed, henbit, bittercress, wild onions are all greening my property, and I'm thinking that along with changing the clocks this weekend to daylight savings time, a collection of these tasty ephemerals -- stewed with a bit of olive oil and a bit of red pepper or made into a savory omelet -- might just be what the doctor ordered to welcome the new season.

Care to join me?!

Lin Frye
North Carolina

Sketching in Nature: Dandelion Clocks - Lin Frye: Dandelion Clocks , a photo by linfrye .... on Flickr. 8" x 12" Watercolor Arches 140#CP Though snow flew for 45 minutes the other...

So bleak is the picture ...

So bleak is the picture ... that the bulldozer and not the atomic bomb may turn out to be the most destructive invention of the 20th century.
~Philip Shabecoff, New York Times, 4 June 1978

RSA Animate - The Empathic Civilisation

Bestselling author, political adviser and social and ethical prophet Jeremy Rifkin investigates the evolution of empathy and the profound ways that it has shaped our development and our society.

Taken from a lecture given by Jeremy Rifkin as part of the RSA's free public events programme. The RSA is a charity dedicated to driving social progress and spreading world-changing ideas. For more information about our varied work, visit www.thersa.org. 

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Garbage Warrior

What do beer cans, car tires and water bottles have in common? Not much unless you're renegade architect Michael Reynolds, in which case they are tools of choice for producing thermal mass and energy-independent housing. For 30 years New Mexico-based Reynolds and his green disciples have devoted their time to advancing the art of "Earthship Biotecture" by building self-sufficient, off-the-grid communities where design and function converge in eco-harmony. However, these experimental structures that defy state standards create conflict between Reynolds and the authorities, who are backed by big business. Frustrated by antiquated legislation, Reynolds lobbies for the right to create a sustainable living test site. While politicians hum and ha, Mother Nature strikes, leaving communities devastated by tsunamis and hurricanes. Reynolds and his crew seize the opportunity to lend their pioneering skills to those who need it most. Shot over three years and in four countries, Garbage Warrior is a timely portrait of a determined visionary, a hero of the 21st century.

Indian Man Single-Handedly Plants Entire 1,360 Acre Forest!

A little over 30 years ago, a teenager named Jadav “Molai” Payeng began burying seeds along a barren sandbar near his birthplace in northern India’s Assam region to grow a refuge for wildlife. Not long after, he decided to dedicate his life to this endeavor, so he moved to the site where he could work full-time creating a lush new forest ecosystem. Incredibly, the spot today hosts a sprawling 1,360 acre of jungle that Payeng planted single-handedly.

It all started way back in 1979 when floods washed a large number of snakes ashore on the sandbar. One day, after the waters had receded, Payeng , only 16 then, found the place dotted with the dead reptiles. That was the turning point of his life.

“The snakes died in the heat, without any tree cover. I sat down and wept over their lifeless forms. It was carnage. I alerted the forest department and asked them if they could grow trees there. They said nothing would grow there. Instead, they asked me to try growing bamboo. It was painful, but I did it. There was nobody to help me. Nobody was interested,” says Payeng, now 47.

While it’s taken years for Payeng’s remarkable dedication to planting to receive some well-deserved recognition internationally, it didn’t take long for wildlife in the region to benefit from the manufactured forest. Demonstrating a keen understanding of ecological balance, Payeng even transplanted ants to his burgeoning ecosystem to bolster its natural harmony. Soon the shadeless sandbar was transformed into a self-functioning environment where a menagerie of creatures could dwell. The forest, called the Molai woods, now serves as a safe haven for numerous birds, deers, rhinos, tigers, and elephants — species increasingly at risk from habitat loss elsewhere.

Despite the conspicuousness of Payeng’s project, Forestry officials in the region first learned of this new forest in 2008 — and since then they’ve come to recognize his efforts as truly remarkable, but perhaps not enough.

“We’re amazed at Payeng,” says Assistant Conservator of Forests, Gunin Saikia. “He has been at it for 30 years. Had he been in any other country, he would have been made a hero.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/03/indian-man-jadav-molai-pa_n_1399930.html

Thanks Sanskriti

State of the Re:Union - A Food Revolution in Milwaukee

Will Allen started a food revolution in creating new urban farmers across the country. State of the Re:Union explores one of those farms in Milwaukee called Sweet Water Organics. Check out their incredible process that utilizes aquaponics and hydroponics, as well as their philosophy on taking another step to fighting the phenomena known as food deserts.

The Future of Free Energy is here now!

What would happen if we could generate power from our windowpanes? In this moving talk, entrepreneur Justin Hall-Tipping shows the materials that could make that possible, and how questioning our notion of ‘normal’ can lead to extraordinary breakthroughs.