David Swanson: Top Six Reasons to End War

Top Six Reasons to Stop Fighting Wars 1. War is immoral 2. War endangers us 3. War threatens our environment 4. War erodes our liberties 5. War impoverishes us 6. We need $2 trillion/year for other things Below the line: six reasons, full text, photo, read more for each

Jean Lievens: Thinking Cities (YouTube 17:49)

From www.youtube.com – February 9, 4:53 PM The documentary ‘Thinking Cities’ deals with one of the most dramatic societal trends happening today: urbanization. The world population is expected to soar to more than 9 billion people by 2050, with roughly 70 percent living in cities. At the same time, Information Communications Technology (ICT) is extending …

David Swanson: War Can Be Ended — And No, the US Civil War Was Not About Slavery and Not Worth the Human and Other Enduring True Costs

War Can Be Ended Part I Of BOOK: War No More: The Case For Abolition Slavery Was Abolished In the late eighteenth century the majority of people alive on earth were held in slavery or serfdom (three-quarters of the earth’s population, in fact, according to the Encyclopedia of Human Rights from Oxford University Press). The …

Sepp Hasslberger: Gravity Battery

What a great idea! Store intermittent solar and wind energy in gravity by using weights. Re-convert into electricity when needed. Mechanical battery. Simple and environmentally friendly. Gravity Battery Concept Explaining the gravity battery concept, with detailed illustrations on storing energy using simply the force of gravity.

Berto Jongman: Bits, Bytes, & Stuff

BOOK: Gender, National Security, and Counter-Terrorism BOOK: Indian Mujahideen: Computational Analysis and Public Policy CYBER: Best Practices Not To Be Found at NSA CYBER: Carmakers Track Driver’s Locations