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Biochar Could Offset Up to 12% of Greenhouse Gases, Says Study: Inhabitat
A positive review for Biochar, written by Jasmin Malik Chua and published today at Inhabitat.com.
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Tagged biochar, carbon, climate change, design, energy, greenhouse gases, inhabitat, offset, soil, study, technology
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TEDtalks: Mycelium Fungus (Mushrooms) Clean Polluted Soils, Treat Smallpox and Flu
From last years Tedtalks: mycologist Paul Stamets details mycelium fungus, and he explains six ways that mushrooms fit into solving the energy crisis, cleaning soil, and addressing disease, like smallpox and flu.
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Tagged biology, disease, energy crisis, environment, flu, fungi, fungus, insecticides, mushrooms, mycelium, nature, pollution, research, science, smallpox, soil, technology, TedTalks, video, virus, waste, waste treatment
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Permanent Culture: Tiffany Tong at UBC terrytalks
University of British Columbia: Redefining boundaries: Urban Agriculture: Tiffany Tong, from terrytalks on Vimeo., video 18min 06 sec.
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Tagged agronomy, British Columbia, Canada, carrots, catalyst, cities, City Farmer, Cuba, eating, empowerment, food, gender, global food system, Global North, Global South, growing food, Havana, India, jobs, Kenya, land, local food systems, milk, nutrition, permanent, rural, soil, technology, trash, Uganda, Urban Agriculture, urban farms, urgent, video, World War II
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Election Marches in Defiance of Guardian Council; Religious Leader Says Election Fraud Impossible
TEHRAN, IRAN: The NYTimes reported here on Thur: (…) there were signs of an intensified crackdown: The government worked on many fronts to shield the outside world’s view of the unrest, banning coverage of the demonstrations, arresting journalists, threatening bloggers … Continue reading
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Tagged American interests, arrests, censorship, confrontation, crackdown, demonstrations, diplomatic relations, elections, end to violence, execution, Facebook, government, impossible, interior ministry, Iran, Isfahan, Islamic law, leadership, march, meddling, media, opposition, people, protest, resistance, saving face, silent, students, Swiss ambassador, technology, Tehran, Twitter, violence
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Prayer for Iran in Time of Unrest
TEHRAN, IRAN: Post-election protest has moved hundreds of thousands to the streets for the last 4 days, defying the orders of the Guardian Council and the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Taking silently to the streets, a huge number of … Continue reading
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Tagged Ali Khamenei, Ali Reza, Ayatollah, censorship, civil, democracy, Democracy Now, election, farsi, friendship, google, government, Guardian Council, internet, Iran, kindness, language, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, march, Mir Hussein Moussavi, Nahid Siamdoust, New York Times, people, political, prayer, protest, recount, repression, resistance, Revolutionary Guard, safety, social, technology, Tehran, translation, translator, Twitter, unrest, vote, well being, world
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24 خرداد 88، خیابان ولیعصر، اعتراض به نتیجه انتخابات
TEHRAN, IRAN: Through Youtube, Twitter, and other internet technology, Iranian youth are findings way to expose censured post-election repression to the global eye. This 0:48 second clip catches military (or paramilitary?) attacking protesters in Tehran, and was posted to Youtube … Continue reading
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Tagged Arabic, censorship, censure, creativity, election, English, farsi, Iran, language, protest, repression, resistance, technology, translation, Twitter, violence, youth, youtube
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Tag, We’re It: New York Times
An Op-ed by SHANNON HAYES in the March 10th online edition of NYTimes, written against the plan for animal ID chips coming from the Department of Agriculture, frankly concludes to scrap the whole system, instead of making expensive tracking a … Continue reading
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Tagged animal ID chips, animals, Department of Agriculture, farmers, farming, food, food security, food systems, illness, industrial agriculture, op-ed, price, technology
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December Mind and Technology reading
Yawn discovery: cools your brain: Discovery.com Video shows every flight on earth in 72 seconds¨: Wired Many lie about what books they read to impress: BBC Primal, Acute and Easily Duped: Our Sense of Touch: NYTimes Empathetic Virtual Humans on … Continue reading
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Tagged experiements, lies, mind, science, sense, technology, touch, virtyal empathy, yawning
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