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Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. Arthur Ashe – 1943-1993 – American Tennis Player
We’re never happy with what we have. But excessive consumption is damaging our planet. Could greed lead to the collapse of the climate as well as our society? Find out in Part 2 of GREED – A FATAL DESIRE. From Buddhists and bankers to Eskimos and psychologists, we explore the phenomenon of greed with people …[continue reading]
Exploding real estate prices, zero interest rate and a rising stock market – the rich are getting richer. What danger lies in wait for average citizens? For years, the world’s central banks have been pursuing a policy of cheap money. The first and foremost is the ECB (European Central Bank), which buys bad stocks and …[continue reading]
Exploding real estate prices, zero interest rate and a rising stock market – the rich are getting richer. What danger lies in wait for average citizens? For years, the world’s central banks have been pursuing a policy of cheap money. The first and foremost is the ECB (European Central Bank), which buys bad stocks and …[continue reading]
You think Derivatives won’t affect the world you live in. Try a figure of SIX HUNDRED TRILLION DOLLARS CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE $600,000,000,000,000.00 ANNUAL GLOBAL GDP IS $60 TRILLION DOLLARS ( 1/10TH OF DERIVATIVES TOTAL) IT HAS BEEN ESTIMATED THAT THE UPPER LIMIT OF GLOBAL DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL ’BETS’ OUT THERE COULD BE AS HIGH AS TWELVE …[continue reading]
Can money and power ever make us happy? How much is enough? Our constant desire for more is part of our human nature. But is greed getting the better of us? Find out in GREED – A FATAL DESIRE. From Buddhists and bankers to Eskimos and psychologists, we explore the phenomenon of greed with people …[continue reading]
Conventional meat production causes harm to our environment and presents risks to global health, but people aren’t going to eat less meat unless we give them alternatives that cost the same (or less) and that taste the same (or better). In an eye-opening talk, food innovator and TED Fellow Bruce Friedrich shows the plant- and …[continue reading]
Octopus, squid and cuttlefish — collectively known as cephalopods — have strange, massive, distributed brains. What do they do with all that neural power? Dive into the ocean with marine biologist Roger Hanlon, who shares astonishing footage of the camouflaging abilities of cephalopods, which can change their skin color and texture in a flash. Learn …[continue reading]
Scientists can now decode the entire genome of a human being, whether living now or 3,800 years ago and reconstruct their face and know what their diet was and whether they had a high tolerance for alcohol, as was recently done using the DNA extracted from the molar of a woman in prehistoric Japan. Between …[continue reading]
A Silicon-valley engineer turned technology health advocate, Jeromy Johnson discusses our attachment to technology and the health hazards such an addiction may hold. [AV and event video provided by http://repertoireproductions.com]. Jeromy Johnson is an expert in mitigating the negative impacts of Electromagnetic Field (EMF) exposure. He has a leading website on the topic and consults …[continue reading]