Archive for February, 2010

  • Biosphere politics

    Biosphere politics

    Jeremy Rifkin is blowing my mind today. Here’s a very tiny excerpt from his new book The Empathic Civilization:

    For the Internet generation, “quality of life” becomes as important as individual opportunity in fashioning a new dream for the 21st century.

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  • BEADS!

    BEADS!

    BEADS!, originally uploaded by timbrauhn.

    I really enjoy making beads out of polymer clay.

    There, I said it.

    Honestly, it’s a kind of meditation for me. Best of all, I can listen to things like podcasts and university lectures while I bead. Someday, I’ll make the world’s most amazing bead and all the Beadpeople of the world will bow down before me.

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  • The volunteering religious (noun)

    The volunteering religious (noun)

    VolunteersIII stumbled upon this nifty little chart through Andrew Sullivan’s blog at The Atlantic. 63 million people, or 27% of the population, volunteered last year. That’s an incredible statistic. It shows just how involved Americans are in helping their communities/the world.

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