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Philosopher-comedian Emily Levine talks (hilariously) about science, math, society and the way everything connects. She’s a brilliant trickster, poking holes in our fixed ideas and bringing hidden truths to light. Settle in and let her ping your brain.
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Human growth has strained the Earth’s resources, but as Johan Rockstrom reminds us, our advances also give us the science to recognise this and change behavior. His research has found nine ‘planetary boundaries’ that can guide us in protecting our planet’s many overlapping ecosystems.
Tags: change behaviour, chemical pollution, Climate change, comicStyle, Earth's resources, Executive Director of the Stockholm Environment Institute, Fokus magazine, Gail Penney, global water, guide, human growth, human-made threats, Ideas worth spreading, Johan Rockstrom, key Earth processes, key Earth systems, leading voice, Let the environment guide our development, lifeStyle, loss of biodiversity, main blog, major system crash, mindStyle matters, natural resource management, new approach to sustainability, ocean acidification, overlapping ecosystems, penneylane, penneylaneonline, planetary boundaries, policy, protecting our planet, research, science, science of climate change, society, Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, strategies to build resilience, Swede of the Year, Ted Talk, turnStyle, VidStyle, water-scarce regions, www.penneylaneonline.com
In an intimate talk, Barry Schwartz dives into the question ‘How do we do the right thing?’ With help from collaborator Kenneth Sharpe, he shares stories that illustrate the difference between following the rules and truly choosing wisely.
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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.
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Changing hearts and minds the way everybody in our communities think and respond to disabled people and disability issues has a big affect on the lives of disabled people and their families. At CCS Disability Action we aim to
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