The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Mobile phones lifting the world’s economies: report By Joe McKendrick | November 27, 2012 The proliferation and adoption of mobile phones is having a tangible and measurable impact on the growth of many of the world’s national and regional economies. These devices are the lever that is lifting the world. A new study estimates that …
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Defining ‘resilience’ as an innovation strategy By Reena Jana | October 18, 2012, 5:51 PM PDT CAMDEN, ME — On a chilly October day, a stone’s throw from a postcard-perfect New England harbor and across from an adorable town square, a group that included chief executives, grad students, physicians, public-school educators, activists, scientists, and artists …
How corporations are crippling U.S. prosperity By David Worthington | October 15, 2012 A dearth of competition in major U.S. industries and a government that’s policy making has been severely corrupted by moneyed interests has led to depressed wages and stifled innovation, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist says in a new book. In essence, you’re …
Koko like. Fruitful disobedience: Guerrilla Grafters grow undercover orchards A secret operation in San Francisco disregards city regulations and grafts fruit branches onto non fruit-bearing public trees, hiding farm-fresh produce in an urban environment. Officials have banned fruit trees from the city sidewalks in the hopes that it will help keep urban areas clean and …
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A tale of two radioactive beaches, as Fukushima’s reopens The most important tool for cutting urban pollution
Using nuclear waste, PRISM reactor could power UK for 500 years ‘Swiss Army studio apartment’ transforms into 6 rooms Finland’s schools are designed for success Harnessing the jet stream for wind turbines GIS tools map social injustice in civil rights cases How to turn a T-shirt into a battery E.U. invests $450 …
How does a city work? Interactive model gives Portland answers. Rutrell Yasin Government Computer News, 9 August 2011 How does public transportation affect education? What impact does population density have on public health? Is there a connection between CO2 levels and obesity? Officials in the City of Portland, Ore., have collaborated with IBM to find …
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