Sharing the Ascension Experience
Getting ideas off the ground can require a power surge. In years of detailed observation of successful leaders across sectors and fields, I’ve seen that getting the credibility to reach important goals comes from uplifting actions that increase five personal and organizational powers. Showing up: the power of presence. There’s a well-known saying that 90% … Read more
What is it about a job search that takes the wind out of a person’s sails? If you’ve been lying low for any reason, or even if you’ve been trying hard but getting discouraged at your job search, now’s the time to start fresh. Here are a few thoughts to help get you going. ● … Read more
In the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon, 20 collegiate teams design and build energy-efficient houses powered exclusively by the sun. These teams spend almost two years creating houses to compete in the 10 contests of the Solar Decathlon. The winning team produces a house that: Is affordable, attractive, and easy to live in Maintains … Read more
ST. GALLEN, Switzerland (MarketWatch) — BP PLC’s (BP.LN) plans to invest $1.5 billion in biofuels in 2011 but won’t do so at the expense of food security in the countries where it does invest, Chief Executive Robert Dudley said Friday. “It is our policy…We will not invest in biofuel, in corn-based ethanol, on lands used … Read more
DURING the World Food Summit held in Rome ten years ago, representatives of 185 nations and the European community set a goal of cutting the number of hungry people by half by the year 2015. Although some countries have reduced hunger since then, the latest report from the Food and Agricultural Organization shows a setback … Read more
Price Charles spoke at a food conference hosted by the Washington Post. on May 4, 2011 at Georgetown University. In his speech, he criticized government subsidies for large-scale agriculture, and spoke against industrial pollution and global dependence on oil. ✂ Transcript
Throw Out the Money Changers Essay by Chris Hedges These are remarks Chris Hedges made on April 18, 2011 in Union Square in New York City during a protest outside a branch office of the Bank of America. We stand today before the gates of one of our temples of finance. It is a temple … Read more
Journey to Forever has established an online biofuels library with a wide variety of books and articles available at no charge. Consider the Source: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library.html
And a Mohammedan mosque near the Ganges River has this inscription on the gateway, “Jesus, on whom be peace, has said, this world is only a bridge, ye are to pass over it, but not build your permanent dwelling-places upon it.” —John A. Scott (1936)
In the past two years, 7 million jobs have been vaporized, and along with them the idea that any of us are indispensable. Here are the tools you need to excel in this tough environment. Consider the Source: http://moneywatch.bnet.com/career-advice/feature/ultimate-job-security-guide/376925/