Where you consume water in your daily life http://www.good.is/post/transparency-how-much-water-do-you-use/
Training the young to fix our problems http://www.yesworld.org/ and http://www.csl.org.au/
The gift economy in Mali http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ELNsQdSMOc
Twitter users skew towards the older crowd http://www.inquisitr.com/21484/twitter-userbase-skews-toward-older-crowd-data-suggests/ (I’m beginning to think I might have to add yet another Twitter post qualifying previous posts.)
Facebook unlikely to release currency http://www.insidesocialgames.com/2009/04/07/facebook-unlikely-to-launch-universal-virtual-currency-anytime-soon/ Though what a great development if it did! An alternative currency on a global scale! That’s pretty cool and exciting.
Sustainable Energy without the hot air - a great, free, PDF book http://www.boingboing.net/2009/04/09/sustainable-energy-w.html
Seychelles decides food security is more important than tourism http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7976415.stm
Donor cards can now be filled in online! https://www.uktransplant.org.uk/ukt/how_to_become_a_donor/registration/consent.jsp
Biochar is pretty interesting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biochar
Ecology of Money by Richard Douthwaite is an excellent book comparing money systems issued by governments, commercial organsiations (ie banks), and by their users. Very interesting indeed, and stunning to think we’re not more aware of this. http://www.feasta.org/documents/moneyecology/contents.htm
UK’s green companies facing tough times due to availability of credit and investment runs counter to the government’s stated intent. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/apr/06/renewable-companies-cash-crisis
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