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  • Malibu Meditations

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    The pale flat disc of a waning moon lies suspended just above the cliffs as I drive up the coast.  I turn right on Malibu Drive, speeding past Pepperdine and into the chill blackness of the canyon.  The rocky hillside on my left jumps into the beam of my headlights then recedes into shadow.  Gusts…

  • Google Earth Reveals Huge Pentagram in Kazakhstan

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    Al Arabia posted an article about the flurry of conspiracy theories cropping up around the image of a huge pentagram etched into the ground in a remote area of Kazakhstan that surfaced on Google maps. The five-pointed star measures 366 meters in diameter and is situated on the southern shore of the Upper Tobol Reservoir in the…

  • Arabian Stallion, Giza

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  • Sustainability and Spirituality

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    There is a long piece in The Guardian’s on-line publication (interestingly enough sponsored by Unilever) on sustainability and spirituality.  Although it is geared toward a corporate audience, it speaks to many of the issues I, and maybe many of you, have been grappling with. Integrating Despair and Optimism While the sustainability movement has already taken…

  • ARISE Detroit! Set To Revitalize Community

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    Here’s some good news coming out of Detroit.  Community groups and residents are getting together for this year’s ARISE Detroit! Neighborhoods Day. More than 180 community service projects are set to transform the area – from churning the earth in a community garden on the city’s southwest side to “adopting” several Detroit public schools for…

  • Contemporary Canadian Poets Revert to Traditional Forms

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    Toronto writer Barbara Gray reviews three new books of poetry that harken back to traditional forms: Toronto poet laureate George Elliott Clarke’s Illicit Sonnets is loosely modeled on Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Sonnets from the Portuguese, her celebrated series of uber-romantic poems addressed to fellow poet (and eventual husband) Robert Browning. However, Clarke’s sensibilities are far from those of…

  • Aluminum Manufacturer “Goes Green”

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    Aleris Corporation is an innovator in “going green” in the aluminum manufacturing industry.  In his interview with Kathleen Hoffelder of CFO magazine, Sean Stack, executive vice president and CFO of Aleris, talks about the company’s manufacturing model and how it works with customers to promote its aluminum sustainability efforts. Aleris Corp., a privately-held aluminum manufacturer based…

  • Hindustan Unilever Committed to Growth with Societal Good

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    Unilever launched its Sustainable Living Plan in 2010 and continues to promote it through its international subsidiaries. Nitin Paranjpe CEO of Hindustan Unilever (HUL) is passionate about the program and affirmed his commitment to it in a recent interview with The Economic Times. Paranjpe recognizes “that business has a larger purpose and our purpose cannot be just making…

  • Vancouver Colleges New Program Recycles Organic Waste

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    Jaqueline Wong reports on a new recycling program at Vancouver Community College’s culinary programs and campus cafes that reduces organic wastes ending up in landfills. Food scraps and expired products are now being collected and transferred to a ranch near Lytton, 250 kilometers northeast of Vancouver, by the B.C.-owned Northwest Organics, said Wendy Avis, VCC…

  • Children of the Jaguar Documentary

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    Persevering over eight years, the Kichwa indigenous community of Sarayaku took their claims to the human rights system of the Organization of American States. In July of 2012, the Inter-American Court came down on the side of the community. The Court declared the Ecuadorian government guilty of perpetrating rights violations, having tried to force the…