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June 25, 2011 by Gail
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Nothing says rude to me more than a seemingly eloquent backhander from a so-called ‘professional’ who thinks they’re superior because they hold a degree in a field I don’t. It doesn’t matter to me personally how much tertiary education or higher learning a person has if they lack any sense of common decency or manners.
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In 2005, she received the Eureka Prize for Scientific Research. She also received the 2006 Environmental Technology Award from the Association of Iron & Steel Technology in the United States for her research into recycling waste plastics in steelmaking. She wonders out loud, if you could attach value to waste, why would you waste the […]
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Bill Thomas, M.D. is an international authority on geriatric medicine and eldercare. He is the founder of the ‘Eden Alternative’, a philosophy and programme that de-institutionalised nursing homes in the USA and worldwide over the past 20 years. He is a self-described ‘Nursing Home Abolitionist’.
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Shereef Bishay’s first business was building the first online company in Egypt. After two years, Shereef and his partners sold Career Egypt to Microsoft where Shereef then went to work for a few years as Lead Developer. He made a leap into the non-profit world, and is now the resident nerd at BetterMeans.com, a platform […]
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Designer Jessi Arrington packed nothing when she came away to speak at this conference but 7 pairs of undies, buying the rest of her clothes in thrift stores around LA. Hers is a meditation on conscious consumption wrapped in a rainbow of colour and creativity.
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