The Songs of Trees: A Biologist’s Lyrical Ode to How Relationships Weave the Fabric of Life “Trees speak to the mind, and tell us many things, and teach us many good lessons,” an English gardener wrote in the seventeenth century. “When we have learned how to listen to trees,” Hermann Hesse rhapsodized two centuries later in his lyrical love letter …
Black Labor Convening on Just Transition
Black Labor Convening on Just Transition, held, December 11-12, 2017, Hilton Garden Inn Raleigh-Durham Research Triangle, 4620 South Miami Blvd., Durham, North Carolina, 27703, USA African American communities, including workers, are most likely to be exposed to the pollution from fossil fuel based energy production through coal plants, oil and gas refineries, as well as pollution from energy production through nuclear facilities and waste incinerators. …
The commons and peer to peer, in relation with cooperation and unions Presented by Stacco Troncoso (P2P Foundation) and Alex Pazaitis (P2P Lab) Introduction to the Commons and P2P The Commons, cooperatives and unions are ways of managing the complexity of the world. New forms of community organizations are emerging to manage a necessary worldwide transition towards new ways of …
How to handle monopolization and remake the American economy for all, by Elizabeth Warren
By Elizabeth Warren, Dec 2017, In a speech at the Open Markets Institute, Senator Elizabeth Warren offers a roadmap for how to tackle growing monopolies in the United States ‘To rebuild an economy that works for everyone, not just the big guys, it is critical to reduce concentrated power in our markets.’ Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images Wednesday 6 December 2017 14.47 ESTLast modified on …
There’s proof: electing women radically improves life for mothers and families
When Iceland elected a female president in 1980, it set off a domino effect that turned it into one of the most egalitarian countries. What can the US learn? Thorunn M Ingvarsdóttir, mother of two, in Iceland. Women make up 38.6% of the Nordic country’s governing body. Photograph: Brynjar Gunnarsson for the Guardian When Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, a divorced single mother, …
Smart city projects in Atlanta, Chicago and Kansas City, Mo., were early efforts at the Internet of Things, analytics and other connected tech. Here’s what they’re up to today.
1 Dec 2017 by Zack Quaintance, Gov Tech Chicago To understand where smart city projects are going, one must understand where they’ve been. Atlanta CIO Samir Saini does this by dividing these projects into three phases: Smart Cities 1.0, Smart Cities 2.0 and Smart Cities 3.0. Smart Cities 1.0 is tech that predates the phrase “smart city,” going back about …
Who becomes an inventor in America, where young people are going and settling, debt and central banking and more
5 Dec 2017, by Jeanna Smialek, Bloomberg Bars, gyms and restaurants packed densely into downtown areas have played a “decisive role” in drawing young college graduates to city centers, revitalizing America’s urban landscape. That’s the conclusion of the lead study in this week’s research wrap. Other papers and posts show factors in a child’s environment that predict adult innovation, underline the sunnier side of monetary policy spillovers and …
GM links electric vehicle effort to autonomous driving in attempt to compete with Tesla
30 Nov 2017 by Fred Lambert on Electrek Tesla shocked a lot of people when they announced last year that all their cars are now “self-driving ready” – potentially making them the first automaker with future-proof cars through upcoming software updates. But those updates have been delayed and the lead position for the race to autonomous driving is still up for grabs. …
New Study Shows How Taxing Rich Saves Lives, While Trump’s Tax Plan… Kills — a difference of 60,000 lives a year between Trump’s and Sanders’ plans
Study found that candidate Trump’s plan would result in nearly 30,000 added deaths per year from all causes, while a plan put forth by Bernie Sanders would actually save 31,302 lives annually By Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams, See Kim’s article is entitled “Projected impacts of federal tax policy proposals on mortality burden in the United States: A microsimulation analysis“. “The take-home message …
Ag + solar solutions in fields and smart solar greenhouse
November 26th, 2017 by Steve Hanley on Clean Technica Putting solar panels on a roof is a good idea. Growing food in a greenhouse is also a good idea. But putting those ideas together usually doesn’t work because the solar panels block out the sunlight the plants inside need to flourish. Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have created new solar …