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Quiet as it's kept inside the United States, the Cuban revolution has achieved some phenomenal goals, reclaiming Cuba's agriculture, advancing its literacy rate to nearly 100 percent - and remaking its medical system. Cuba has transformed its health care to the extent that this "third-world" country has been able to maintain a first-world medical system, whose health indicators surpass those of the United States at a fraction of the cost.
info_outline When It's Not Just a TV Show - Penny TaylorGenuinely Useful
In this episode, we talk about our inner cave dweller within modern society, power structures, tv series/movie fandoms, and evolutionary psychology. We also get into the power of large, calm groups of people gathering for a shared purpose.
info_outline Cosmic Tusk and Comet Impacts - George HowardGenuinely Useful
Explore abrupt climate change and pandemic induced by comets and asteroids during human history at George Howard’s blog called The Cosmic Tusk. The Tusk also contains a treasure trove of scientific documents in The Cosmic Tusk Bibliography or The Complete Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis Bibliography and Publication Archive.
info_outline Conscious Evolution - Rob CobboldGenuinely Useful
Robert Cobbold is the founding editor of Conscious Evolution, a website, blog and podcast aiming to disseminate the evolutionary worldview, and kindle an evolutionary transition. He has a BA in English Literature from Bristol University and is currently midway through a masters in Sustainable Leadership at Cumbria University.
info_outline What Does This Do For My Soul? with Daniel ThorsonGenuinely Useful
Daniel Thorson, host of Emerge podcast, and I recorded our first episode together about a year ago and at that time he was preparing to move to the Monastic Academy, which is a training center dedicated to creating wise, powerful, and loving leaders who are an unstoppable force for social and environmental peace on Earth. In this conversation Daniel and I get into how living and working there affects his life, as well as the people around him; the sense of community and purpose…
info_outline Pt 3 - Owning Your Tech's Energy Footprint - Katie SingerGenuinely Useful
Over the previous 2 episodes we talked about Electromagnetic radiation effects on biology, and the true costs of the embodied energy of the internet. This is the 3rd installment of conversations with author Katie Singer. Today we’re going to go into dealing with this awareness on a personal level, what we can do ourselves, and how we can adapt our behavior in light of this information.
info_outline Pt 2 - Embodied Energy of the Internet - Katie SingerGenuinely Useful
“If people remain unaware, in the illusion of the simplicity of sending an email, then there isn’t really a way to move forward until Nature imposes limits on us”
info_outline Pt 1 - Electronic Silent Spring - Katie SingerGenuinely Useful
“EMF stands for electromagnetic fields. All living creatures need the Earth’s EMFs in order to navigate, digest food, reproduce and more. Human-made EMFs emitted by electronic technologies can interfere with and harm living creatures’ basic functioning.”
info_outline Mysticism, Immigration Law, and the National Shadow - Robert FossGenuinely Useful
Robert Foss is the Director of Immigration Legal Services Division at the International Institute of Los Angeles.
info_outline Amazement Receptors with Vismay AmritGenuinely Useful
“Vismay is passionate about the creative healing sacred sound. With a background of sound engineering & design studies and now reaching a thousand ceremonies, a synergy of science and spirit guide him to create the space of Nada-Brahma (sacred creation through sound) in every ceremony.”
info_outline“If people remain unaware, in the illusion of the simplicity of sending an email, then there isn’t really a way to move forward until Nature imposes limits on us”
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Where do we get these wonderful toys? What are the hidden costs of the Internet? How do we get silicon wafers for electronics manufacturing?
And while we’re at it, how are we able to download podcasts for free? Or is it free? What is the true cost?
Katie Singer is the author of An Electronic Silent Spring
http://www.electronicsilentspring.com/
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Links and References:
Get informed about the true costs of using a smartphone
http://www.ourweb.tech/campaign/
Reassembling Rubbish: Worlding Electronic Waste by Josh Lepawsky
https://www.amazon.com/Reassembling-Rubbish-Worlding-Electronic-Waste/dp/0262535335
Heather White’s award winning film “Complicit” about workers poisoned by benzene and n-hexane
Our Web of Inconvenient Truths - Nov 2019 Newsletter
https://www.ourweb.tech/november-2019-newsletter/
Modern Slavery and Your Devices
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlDNfOXBFLA&feature=share
On Global Electricity Usage of Communication Technology: Trends to 2030
https://www.mdpi.com/2078-1547/6/1/117
The Campaign to Reduce Our Internet Footprint
Why do we burn coal and trees to make solar panels?
On Global Electricity Usage of Communication Technology: Trends to 2030
https://www.mdpi.com/2078-1547/6/1/117
Limits to Growth by Donella H. Meadows
https://www.amazon.com/Limits-Growth-Donella-H-Meadows/dp/193149858X
Our Web of InconvenientTruths
https://www.ourweb.tech/stellanatura2020
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Own Both Magical Egypt Series 1 and 2
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Episode Artwork Photo credit: Ian Battaglia
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