Bont voor Dieren heeft de internetverkiezing Cool vs Cruel 2008 gelanceerd. Via de website http://www.bontvoordieren.nl kan iedereen stemmen wie Dom Bontje en Coole Bontgenoot 2008 worden.   Read more...

Het duurzaam inrichten van een wagenpark kan werkgevers duizenden euros per jaar opleveren. De gemiddelde leaserijder bespaart al 2300 euro per jaar als hij een dag in de week thuis werkt.   Read more...

With the meltdown of the financial markets and millions of people in financial turmoil, it is increasingly clear that our collective money shadow has led us down a path that will take years to unfold and understand. It seems that in spite of great personal, social and technological advancements, we remain highly underdeveloped when it comes to money, which is proving to be hazardous to our collective financial health.

As we are learning daily, money is as mysterious as it is elusive. No matter what our attempts have been to control it, no civilization or country in the history of the world has ever truly succeeded. Money has an energy and life of its own. It has a duality about it that is not unlike our own nature as human beings. It is creative and destructive, loving and cruel. It has the capacity to bring forth the best and the worst in human nature.   Read more...

The World Economic Forum announced on Thursday that Lemnis Lighting is one of the visionary companies selected as Technology Pioneers 2009. The company is being recognized for its accomplishments in energy efficient and low carbon emission lighting as well as for its sustainable business model designed to solve global problems outperforming existing alternatives, while protecting and preserving the environment.

The Technology Pioneers award recognizes companies at the forefront of technology and innovation.  Lemnis Lighting’s inclusion as a Technology Pioneer recognizes their achievement in creating life-changing lighting alternatives that have the potential for long-term impact on business and society.     Read more...

Cancer is a reflection of the state of planet earth. When the organism is overstressed by chemicals, pollution and toxins, it's healing capacity are highly reduced.

Thank you for a very interesting article "How to help your body help itself" by David Servan Schreiber. I agree on everything except that conventional treatment is the only cure. I think he confirms this himself as the article develops.

Other friends and myself who have had cancer are a living examples. The problem is that nobody is interested to register us who have healed without conventional intervention, so there are no statistics.   Read more...

300,000 families in Paraguay lack adequate housing. Entrepreneur Elsa Zaldivar has decided to help those people with some unlikely materials. Recyclable homes are now being made from a mix of loofah, the cucumberlike vegetable that is often dried into scratchy sponge, and corn husks. Loofah, which are readily available in Paraguay, are used to make lightweight panels which can be used to build furniture as well.

The panels are extremely lightweight, which makes them easy to handle, and also gives the homes a better chance of withstanding earthquakes and other natural catastrophes. If they happen to be destroyed, the materials are fully recyclable.   Read more...

Vluchtelingen en migranten zijn gewend om de laatste jaren in het publieke debat van zo’n beetje alles de schuld te krijgen: moreel verval, aantasting van het Nederlandse culturele erfgoed en zelfs het verstoren van de wereldorde. Nu kunnen ze eibndelijk een substantiele bijdrage leveren aan de Nederlandse samenleving. Hoe? Lees het betoog van socioloog Sharog Heshmat Manesh.   Read more...

Verteltheater De Verhalenboot start met een nieuwe serie onder de noemer Vaktaal. Een bevlogen professional vertelt op brilante wijze over haar of zijn vak. Op maandag 8 december om 20.15 uur spreekt bioloog, botanicus en sterrenkundige Willem Beekman. Hij laat zijn publiek verbanden zien tussen mens en natuur.   Read more...

Amsterdam 27 november 2008. Het Godinnenspektakel, de nieuwe emancipatiebeweging voor vrouw en man vraagt deze maand aandacht voor het thema vrouwelijkheid & seksualiteit. Hoewel de emancipatie van de vrouw al ver gevorderd is, rust er nog altijd een smet op datgene wat vrouwen in het verleden bijgedragen hebben aan de maatschappij. Mannelijkheid is de norm, waar veel vrouwen niet aan kunnen voldoen, maar zelfs mannen voelen zich niet langer aangetrokken tot dit keurslijf dat hun ooit lang geleden is opgedrongen.   Read more...

If North Korea is known for its self-imposed isolation and absence from the global economy, perhaps Sweden should be known for being peaceful and all inclusive because this past year, a group of young Swedes launched a project to forge connections with North Korea through a company that will be the first to produce jeans in North Korea and export them to the rest of the world.

The three young Swedes come from a PR background and are currently operating as Noko Jeans. They say the company is an attempt to approach and get closer to North Korea. They have met with North Korean government officials last summer and secured an manufacturer.   Read more...