Tag: AVIF
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Wisdom & comedy
Today starts a series of teachings by the His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people and Buddhists around the world. He is guided by three major commitments: the promotion of basic human values in the interest of human happiness, the fostering of inter-religious harmony and the welfare of the…
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Bridging the world
I am so stupidly excited. So much is going on that I don’t know where to start but the journey will take us right round the world. While the craziness ensues with KO2 rattling cages to effect change, much bigger projects are spawning which may well enable us to rise way above and match the…
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Water water everywhere
I’ve had a wonderful catchup conversation with Helene Van Der Roest of www.takafrica.org, a Kenyan-based travel company that also runs a foundation. During a stay in the Netherlands, TAKAfrica have joined forces with the dutch organization FloFlo, brainchild of designer and engineer Floris de Vos, who devised an incredible hand-drilling rig for borehole wells allowing…
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Its not as bad as you think
Today Ray Kurzweil announced the launch of the Abundance Book which promotes the simple message that “we’re living during an incredible day and age” .. “the realization that the world is getting better at an accelerating rate“. Having just watched Cool It by Bjørn Lomborg I’m totally up for the positive outlook; concentrating on what…