Innovation and Growth: Size Matters, by Geoffrey B. West | Breakthrough Ideas for 2007 | The Harvard Business Review List
As scalability governs biological metabolism, growth, evolution, and mortality, it also governs growth and performance of cities and social organizations, which consume energy and resourc...
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As scalability governs biological metabolism, growth, evolution, and mortality, it also governs growth and performance of cities and social organizations, which consume energy and resourc...
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Ne Gus ultra | Gristmill: The environmental news blog | Grist
It's time to question the political economy that dominates the developed world, time to ask whether it's providing benefits commensurate with the massive environmental deterioration it ge...
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http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/6/9/145747/7242
It's time to question the political economy that dominates the developed world, time to ask whether it's providing benefits commensurate with the massive environmental deterioration it ge...
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The seven (or nine) things everyone wants - Katya's Non-Profit Marketing Blog
What makes technology tools great is not the technology. It’s the people behind them. Successful technology is about bonds, not wires. It’s human connections that matter. “Social...
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http://www.nonprofitmarketingblog.com/comments/the_seven_or_nine_things_everyone_wants
What makes technology tools great is not the technology. It’s the people behind them. Successful technology is about bonds, not wires. It’s human connections that matter. “Social...
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the human network » Blog Archive » The Nuclear Option
Every single person is now so well-connected that anything which happens to them or in front of them reaches everyone it needs to reach, almost instantaneously.
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http://blog.futurestreetconsulting.com/?p=48
Every single person is now so well-connected that anything which happens to them or in front of them reaches everyone it needs to reach, almost instantaneously.
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http://blog.futurestreetconsulting.com/?p=48
Home | global oneness project
Aweb-based video initiative exploring how the simple notion of oneness can be lived in our increasingly complex world.
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http://www.globalonenessproject.org
Aweb-based video initiative exploring how the simple notion of oneness can be lived in our increasingly complex world.
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http://www.globalonenessproject.org
It's lonely out there - The Boston Globe
The country is becoming increasingly socially isolated even as cellphones, the Internet, and other technology make people more interconnected.
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http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/06/23/its_lonely_out_there
The country is becoming increasingly socially isolated even as cellphones, the Internet, and other technology make people more interconnected.
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http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/06/23/its_lonely_out_there
Why You Need Community to Reach Your Goals | The Next 45 Years
Sustainable change is almost always the product of many people working towards a common goal rather than a lone ranger.
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http://www.thenext45years.com/2008/02/why-you-need-community-to-reach-your-goals.html
Sustainable change is almost always the product of many people working towards a common goal rather than a lone ranger.
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http://www.thenext45years.com/2008/02/why-you-need-community-to-reach-your-goals.html
How to succeed with way less stress - Putting abundance to work
Since business is at heart an economic venture, this means that business thinking is skewed towards scarcity from the outset and that which is abundant is ignored or downplayed.
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http://positivesharing.com/2007/02/the-abundance-mentality-at-work
Since business is at heart an economic venture, this means that business thinking is skewed towards scarcity from the outset and that which is abundant is ignored or downplayed.
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http://positivesharing.com/2007/02/the-abundance-mentality-at-work
No Impact Man: What makes us happy is not stuff but each other
If we build proper communities, not only will we help the planet by sharing resources and therefore using less, but we will be happier, because we will have each other, and we won't need ...
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http://noimpactman.typepad.com/blog/2008/01/what-makes-us-h.html
If we build proper communities, not only will we help the planet by sharing resources and therefore using less, but we will be happier, because we will have each other, and we won't need ...
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http://noimpactman.typepad.com/blog/2008/01/what-makes-us-h.html
Alberta Teachers' Association - Articles - Attunement in the Classroom
Integrating drama techniques within the academic lessons greatly facilitated spontaneous emotional expression and, ultimately, connectedness between students and the teacher.
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http://www.teachers.ab.ca/Quick+Links/Publications/Magazine/Volume+81/Number+3/Articles/Attu...
Integrating drama techniques within the academic lessons greatly facilitated spontaneous emotional expression and, ultimately, connectedness between students and the teacher.
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Is the Internet the future of community? - CNN.com
If mass media, social isolation in the suburbs, alienating workplaces and long car commutes create a bunker mentality, the Internet does the opposite.
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http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/05/04/steffen.vision
If mass media, social isolation in the suburbs, alienating workplaces and long car commutes create a bunker mentality, the Internet does the opposite.
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http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/05/04/steffen.vision
WorldChanging: Neighborliness, Innovation and Sustainability
Bright green lives will not look like the lives we live today. That doesn't mean that they'll be less attractive. On the contrary. If we do it right both our quality of life and our measu...
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Bright green lives will not look like the lives we live today. That doesn't mean that they'll be less attractive. On the contrary. If we do it right both our quality of life and our measu...
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simply stated: life & soul | Blogs |By RealSimple.com
Religious leaders, ye olde philosophers, and contemporary scientists all agree on one thing: one of the key elements of a happy life – perhaps THE key – is having strong social bonds ...
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http://simplystated.realsimple.com/life/2008/04/strengthen-your.html
Religious leaders, ye olde philosophers, and contemporary scientists all agree on one thing: one of the key elements of a happy life – perhaps THE key – is having strong social bonds ...
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» Social Connections for Cognitive Fitness « Brain Fitness Revolution at SharpBrains
Even after controlling for physical health and daily activity levels, they found that the more socially engaged people were, the higher their cognitive performance.
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http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/04/03/social-connections-for-cognitive-fitness
Even after controlling for physical health and daily activity levels, they found that the more socially engaged people were, the higher their cognitive performance.
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http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/04/03/social-connections-for-cognitive-fitness