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Life after nuclear: First solar project of Chernobyl to be finished next month
In July of last year, Ukraine announced a plan to build solar farms in the 1,000-mile swath of land encircling the site of the nuclear 1986 meltdown. Now those plans are coming to fruition as the first solar project is expected to be commissioned in Chernobyl next month. This solar project will be Read More...
Could artificial intelligence lead to world peace?
An audience of international peace brokers have gathered inside a room in the historic House of Estates. They have come from South Sudan, the Central African Republic, Ukraine, Colombia and elsewhere to hear a scientist speak. That scientist is Timo Honkela, and his keynote speech on the second day Read More...
Why elections are bad for democracy
From The Intelligent Optimist Magazine Fall/Winter 2016 Our voting system worked well for decades, but now it is broken. It brings forward the wrong people (Donald Trump) and it leads to bad decisions (Brexit). There is a better way to give voice to the people. By David Van Read More...
From toxic wasteland to solar paradise: How Chernobyl is being revived
The Chernobyl fallout of 1986 wreaked havoc on a vast area of land in Ukraine, rendering the area surrounding the power plant completely useless. Now the land will be used to produce energy again, except this time, it will be done through solar panels. Ukrainian officials have announced that two Read More...
Ukraine, Russia agree to more troop withdrawals, work on road map to peace
left right left right BERLIN Ukraine, Germany, France and Russia agreed to draw up a road map in November on how to implement a stalled ceasefire deal for eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said after five hours of talks among the leaders of the four countries. The sides also Read More...
From wasteland to solar park: What Ukraine plans to do with Chernobyl
Ukraine will soon generate power again in the 1,000 mile square exclusion zone that surrounds the site of the Chernobyl atomic fallout, but this time it won’t be nuclear energy. With the land being so cheap and high-voltage lines already in place, the Ukranian government plans spend $1.1 billion Read More...
The importance of global compassion
What happens on one side of the world has a rippling effect throughout. You can see this with the 2008 financial crisis, and with unrest in the Middle East and the Ukraine. Now more than ever we need a societal shift that increases our global compassion on an individual and a national Read More...
Mind over muscles
Practiced regularly, the Feldenkrais method can help relieve back pain, headaches and arthritis pain as well as improve posture, mobility, concentration and coordination. Unlike other physical regimens, Feldenkrais doesn’t require stamina, agility or even fitness, so the techniques are suitable Read More...
Giving Peace a Chance
From the Middle East to Moscow, ordinary citizens are organizing for democratic change. [caption id="attachment_293797" align="alignleft" width="563"] Thousands of Egyptians gather in Tahrir Square in Cairo on December 31, 2011, celebrating the revolution that ended the reign of Hosni Mubarak. Read More...
Poetry in motion
The Feldenkrais method of gentle, deliberate movement can help reduce the symptoms of chronic pain even as it lifts the spirit. Ursula Sautter | July/August 2012 Issue Slightly raising your leg from the ground is an astonishingly complex action. First, you bunch together your hip muscles, followed Read More...