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The varieties of wheat, corn and rice we grow today may not thrive in a future threatened by climate change. Cary Fowler takes us inside a vast global seed bank, buried within a frozen mountain in Norway, that stores a diverse group of food-crop for whatever tomorrow may bring.
Tags: avert potential disaster, Cary Fowler, comicStyle, crops, diversity, Gail Penney, global seed bank, humanity, Ideas worth spreading, lifeStyle, main blog, mindStyle matters, Norway, nurtured, One seed at a time, penneylane, penneylaneonline, preserving rice, preserving wheat, protecting the future for food, Svalbard, Svalbard Global Seed Bank, Ted Talk, tending crops, threatened by climate change., threats of disease, threats of famine, turnStyle, varieties of corn, varieties of rice, varieties of wheat, VidStyle, world's food supply, www.penneylaneonline.com
Halla Tomasdottir managed to take her company Audur Capital through the eye of the financial storm in Iceland by applying 5 traditionally ‘feminine’ values to financial services. She talks about these values and the importance of balance.
Tags: A feminine response to Iceland's Financial Crash, Audur Capital, Audur the Wise, Björk, clear space, corporate America, diversity, economic crisis, emotional capital, executive education, feminine values, Financial, financial services, financial services industry, Halla Tomasdottir, happiness, Iceland, important balance, independence, investment firm, Kristin Petursdottir, M&M/Mars, Managing Director of the Iceland Chamber of Commerce, National Green-Tech Investment Fund, Pepsi-Cola, profit with principles, Reykjavik University, risk awareness, social responsibility, straight talk, Viking settler, wealth, women entrepreneurship programmes
Beyond Blue’s mission is to provide a national focus and community leadership to increase the capacity of the broader Australian community to prevent depression and respond effectively.
Tags: action, approach, australian community, Beyond blue, build, Central hawkes Bay, co-ordinated, collaborative, community, community leadership, community well-being, depression, dignity, diversity, evidence-based, global community, good deeds, hand up, Hawke's Bay, health, Help, helping hand, human rights, improves, involvement, national focus, New Zealand, new zealanders, penneylane, penneylaneonline, penneylaneonline.com, population, prevent, Principles for action, quality of life, recognition, respect, social agencies, social conscious, social good, society, special needs, strong community, support, sustainable, understanding, welfare agencies, well-being
