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Introduction to Permaculture by Tom Chambers
Celebrating our 9th anniversary we’ll be sharing several free online classes produced by IM Magazine. The second one is dedicated to Permaculture by Tom Chambers, a permaculture designer...
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PATIENT CAPITAL INVESTMENTS WITH SOCIAL BENEFITS
What are the sectors and projects included on Alterra’s investments? Cornelius Pietzner has been engaged in the fields of philanthropy, social finance and investment in the US and Europe...
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TRANSITION INITIATIVE, A CHANGE WITHIN OURSELVES
How we can move towards being better humans and, ultimately, towards a better world.
“We all need transition, one way or another. But we need guidance.” – Anonymous Transition Initiative member At a time where societies are increasingly vulnerable regarding to energy,...
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INCLUSIVE FINANCE
Alterra Impact Finance.When financial investments aim to solve social or environmental challenges. Cornelius Pietzner has been engaged in the fields of philanthropy, social finance and...
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SPREAD SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLES 2050
An inventive project for a sustainable society.
Nora Bruggemann presents the SPREAD Sustainable Lifestyles 2050 project, which works within the ‘sustainable consumption’ field. The project’s aims are to understand what is and what isn’t...
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10 TIPS FOR STARTING YOUR PERMACULTURE GARDEN
Permaculture is not just about gardening, but it is an enjoyable, tasty, and ecologically beneficial place to start. Here are some tips to get you going, and each one comes with a permaculture...
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MAKING PEOPLE FEEL GOOD
Our principle at Happy is that people work best when they feel good about themselves. We find that most people agree with this statement. Do you?If you do agree, what then should be the main focus...
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POSITIVE EMOTIONS IN ORGANIZATIONS
How are they a mandatory tool? Barbara Fredrickson answers.
Luckily, more and more organizations are hungry for treating people as “the full human being that they are.” The positive output is in sight. Barbara Fredrickson is Kenan Distinguished...
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TANJA HOLLANDER, ARTIST, WOMAN ENTREPRENEUR
Artists are entrepreneurs. They create, they work for themselves and they have to be savvy enough to get someone to help sell their work in order to survive and/or of course they need to sell...
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GETTING RID OF NEGATIVE EMOTIONS
Matthieu Ricard suggests us to do distracting things with a spiritual purpose.
Does the term “Spiritual Jogging” sound familiar to you? Can you picture a way of training your soul while training your body? Matthieu explains this connection. Matthieu Ricard is a Buddhist...
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ZERO CARBON BRITAIN
For a modern, zero-emissions society.
The extraordinary story of human beings & energy Our current relationship with energy is only the most recent chapter in a very long story, beginning with the sun. It converts 620 million...
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INEQUALITY: TAKING RESPONSIBILITIES
The non-mathematical aspects of inequality.
“I was in Davos a few years ago and as I passed through the security gates with Swiss soldiers holding semi-automatic weapons guarding them, and got into the inner sanctum I thought to myself...