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Copper Acts as a Potent Antimicrobial Agent
The use of copper fixtures has exciting potential to prevent the spread of many diseases, and to help reduce dependence on increasingly futile antibiotics.
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Land Value Taxation -- Panacea or Placebo?
Economist and visionary Alanna Hartzok is one of the featured speakers at our September inception conference. This is a great introduction to her work!
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NASA Data and New Techniques Yield Detailed Views of Solar Storms
NASA spacecraft observations and new data processing techniques are giving scientists better insight into the evolution and development of solar storms that can damage satellites, disrupt communications and cause power grid failures on Earth.
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Trees Play a Vital Role in Urban Health
This is a powerful piece from The New York Times about scientist Diana Beresford-Kroeger's work in the arena of bioplanning. Trees can be planted for specific purposes beyond those most people currently know about -- for example, some clean the air much more efficiently than others. Some can be planted by organic crops to attract insects away from the fields in lieu of chemicals. They can be planted as insurance foods in case of drought, etc. Very inspiring!
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"The commons -- common sense answers to common problems, " article
Economist James Quilligan, UN rep and advocate for Earth Rights, speaks to the global economic crisis, and offers his take on the solutions.
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Minority Rules: Scientists Discover Tipping Point for the Spread of Ideas
ScienceDaily (July 26, 2011) — Scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have found that when just 10 percent of the population holds an unshakable belief, their belief will always be adopted by the majority of the society. The scientists, who are members of the Social Cognitive Networks Academic Research Center (SCNARC) at Rensselaer, used computational and analytical methods to discover the tipping point where a minority belief becomes the majority opinion.
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