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Thursday, June 28, 2007
Crowley Caught a Wild Swarm of Bees
Alphachimp graphic facilitator Steph Crowley is now the proud mamma of two families of bee colonies. We received this email from here about her adventures in bee keeping:Hello fellow nature geeks! : ) If you're interested, I caught a wild swarm of bees not too long ago that had set up a temporary residence in our front walkway to our house. I was happy to see them, but the neighbors were not. A swarm of bees is a big cluster of bees looking for a new home, with their queen hiding out in the middle of the cluster.
They're very gentle at this point because they're homeless and have nothing to protect. So I caught them and gave them a proper home in a new hive in the backyard. Anyhow, if you want to see photos and a video I shot while hiving the swarm of bees, feel free to take a look at my bee photo webpage!Enjoy!
Labels: nature
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Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Malcolm Gladwell: Lessons of Psychology and Sociology
From PopTech 2004, Malcolm Gladwell takes the lessons of psychology and sociology and applies them to business in ways we’ve never thought of before. Here, he deep-dives into the world of office chair invention and soft drink taste tests to answer the question, “Can we believe what people tell us?”See more Pop!Casts >>
Labels: marketing, podcasts, PopTech
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Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Global X — Social Edge - David Bornstein - How to Change the World
From the Skoll Foundation's website dedicated to Social Entrepreneurs, SocialEdge:
Watch leading social entrepreneurs as they tell stories that had a significant impact on their lives. They also describe how they see the world in 2017. These interviews were shot at the 2007 Skoll World Forum at Oxford and are quite short (3 to 7 minutes).David Bornstein, author of How to Change the World, told Global X what happened when he was a young journalist and he first met Muhammad Yunus in Bangladesh.
He also talks about his aunt Suzan, who taught him to climb the fence when necessary: "The world is a playground, and one shouldn't follow the rules at all times."
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Monday, June 11, 2007
In Tennessee, Goats Eat the ‘Vine That Ate the South’ - New York Times
by By THEO EMERY | Published: June 5, 2007
photo: Josh Anderson for The New York Times
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Summer is settling onto Missionary Ridge overlooking this southeast Tennessee city. Swallows glide on the warm breeze rustling the hackberry trees, kudzu vines sprout along the hillside and the goats are back at work.
Chattanooga’s goats have become unofficial city mascots since the Public Works Department decided last year to let them roam a city-owned section of the ridge to nibble the kudzu, the fast-growing vine that throttles the Southern landscape. MORE>>
photo: Josh Anderson for The New York Times
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Summer is settling onto Missionary Ridge overlooking this southeast Tennessee city. Swallows glide on the warm breeze rustling the hackberry trees, kudzu vines sprout along the hillside and the goats are back at work.
Chattanooga’s goats have become unofficial city mascots since the Public Works Department decided last year to let them roam a city-owned section of the ridge to nibble the kudzu, the fast-growing vine that throttles the Southern landscape. MORE>>
Labels: sustainability
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Takashi Horisaki: A Latex Replica of a NOLA Shotgun House, Post-Katrina
WorldChanging: Tools, Models and Ideas for Building a Bright Green Future: Art for Our Sakeby Sarah Rich | June 10, 2007 7:43 PM
When artist Takashi Horisaki left his native Japan, he moved to New Orleans to spend his first three years in America earning an BFA at Loyola University. He left before Katrina ravaged the area, and returned in 2006 to discover 'how seriously those of us living outside of the victimized area fail to grasp the reality of the tragedy suffered by New Orleans and the lethargic pace of recovery.' So he decided to help outsiders get a better perspective by creating a sculptural replica of a condemned house in the Lower 9th Ward.This is a continuation of a series Horisaki calls Social Dress (this one being called Social Dress New Orleans -- 730 Days "
Labels: art, sculpture, sustainability
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