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• The Fallacy of Examples, and the Problems of Extrapolating from Media

  http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/008184.html
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  David Weinberger has an intriguing post up today about the “Fallacy of Examples“. He’s reacting to a column from Nick Kristof in the New York Times titled “The Luckiest Girl“, which recounts the story of Beatrice Biira, a young woman from Uganda whose improbable journey through Connecticut College began with the donation of a goat to her family

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• FreshFacedAndWildEyed

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  While in London i went to see a few photography exhibitions. And yes! i realize i wrote a couple of days ago that i'd focus on the RCA show this week but i can't keep that promise, i'm starting to bore myself. Now one of those photo shows is called freshfacedandwildeyed and it marks the launch of an annual exhibition presenting the most

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• Where'd You Get That Vintage Turbine?

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  1 hour

  [ old%20turbine.jpg] It's exciting to witness development of increasingly efficient wind power technologies (to see Popular Science's geek-worthy eye candy on that front, click here and here). But what can we do with our old wind power equipment as the early models become outdated? U.S. company Aeronautica Windpower has a solution

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• London Biotopes and Body Ecologies

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  1 hour

  The largest part of the pharmaceuticals and chemicals we take go through our bodies and eventually end up in waste water. As water and waste treatment plants haven't been designed to filter them, the content of our medicine cabinets are eventually passed into the water supply. In London, tap water comes from surface water which implies that

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• Interview: Kavita Ramdas, Global Fund for Women

  http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/008179.html
  1 hour

  By Britt Bravo [ %2AKavita%2B20084x6-3.jpg]"I think there are many different ways in which you define leadership. As a feminist, and as a feminine feminist, I truly believe that we don't do a very good job in the United States of believing that you can lead by serving, and I think the United States needs to think deeply about being in service

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• Resilient Community

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  2 days

  I think pretty highly of John Robb. I don't always agree with him -- and sometimes I think he's way off base -- but I think he's really grappling with the new realities of violence, conflict and system instability in our times. In particular, I find his on-going series of posts on Resilient Community a source of both worry and insight

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• Doing Business Series Gets Slammed by World Bank Watchdog

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  2 days

  "So, what do you think about the IEG report?" I was g-chatting with my friend Smita the other night when she brought up the World Bank. "What IEG report? What's the IEG?" I replied, showing my ignorance of the latest Bank goings on (and of the acronym – it stands for Independent Evaluation Group). Smita sighed. "I'm surprised you haven't heard

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• Summer Books

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  3 days

  [ books.jpg]Summer has finally arrived here in Seattle. And the abundance of daylight means more time for things like barbecues, lawn sports, cool drinks and, of course, great summer reads. To create the perfect Worldchanging summer reading list, full of smart, beach-worthy must-reads, we asked for a little help from our friends

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• Recovery Parks, Free Geeks and Plasma: Vancouver Debates Zero Waste

  http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/008176.html
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  Can we imagine a day when, having sorted out our recyclables and compost-ables, then responsibly earmarked our "still perfectly good" stuff for reuse, we'll have no trash left to drag to the curb? What are the solutions that will take the developed world from our current rates of over-consumption to zero waste? [

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• Take the Worldchanging Readers Survey

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  Who are you? What are you thinking about? What should we be thinking about? How can we make Worldchanging better? For almost five years, we've been working to bring you the best in sustainability solutions, foresight and social innovation. In that time, we've published more than 8,000 articles, written an award-winning book,

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