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Change making discoveries.

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An attempt to understand the power of rising technologies on social and economical interactions. Medium link Here. 

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Gary Yourofsky (born August 19, 1970) is an American animal rights activist.

Yourofsky was sponsored by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) between the years 2002–2005, and has given many public lectures promoting veganism. In 2010, Yourofsky's popularity quickly accelerated around the world (especially in Israel) following the release of a YouTube video titled Best Speech You Will Ever Hear showing him giving a speech at Georgia Institute of Technology, as the video gained millions of views and has been translated into tens of different languages. Yourofsky has been admired and depicted as a hero by many, but criticized by others for his alleged extreme views. He has been arrested 13 times between the years 1997–2001, and has spent 77 days in a Canadian maximum security prison in 1999, after raiding a fur farm in Canada, releasing 1,542 mink in 1997.

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A nurse has recorded the most common regrets before dying

I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.

I wish I hadn't worked so hard.

I wish I'd had the courage to express my feelings.

I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.

I wish that I had let myself be happier.

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7 worst international aid ideas.

Maybe their hearts were in the right place. Maybe not. Either way, these are solid contenders for the title of “worst attempts at helping others since colonialism.” By Richard Stupart

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Discovery of the week: Become a freelance travel agent!

Ok, this might look like the usual "become something" scam. But no. This is another peer to peer system wich connects demand with offer. So if you have a great tour idea, discovery plan or any unusual experience in your town that you want to share with travellers AND earn some extra cash, GO FOR IT! www.vayable.com

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8 Wild Proposals to Relocate Endangered Species

Moving big animals to places they don't already live is at once appealing and disturbing, a sort of adolescent environmental fantasy come to life: African lions in Nebraska! Komodo dragons in Australia! But at the beginning of the 21st century, with 7 billion humans competing for space and resources on a rapidly warming planet, exercising arguable control over the fate of nature, moving species around is a legitimate option. Read article here.

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Is protecting the environment incompatible with social justice?

When Oxfam investigates the question of whether environment conflicts with development, we should take notice. Read article here.

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Europe according to Americans

Made by Alphadesigner

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Honey..

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The Glasshouse lamp

The Glasshouse is a designer lamp which aims to satisfy the desire for fresh herbs in a city kitchen. Its shape was inspired by growth of plants. The herbs are planted inside the glass lamp along its wall in a kind of gutter around a central opening. This opening not only facilitates easy access to the herbs and the passage of light from an electric bulb hanging up in the lamp but it also ensures adequate ventilation enhancing natural microclimate. All this is basically about making use of the otherwise useless waste heat of the bulb. You can easily regulate the bulb with a dimmer placed over the lamp. Discover here.

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Are you telling me Tigers didn’t evolve to be coats? WWF

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Plastic Tsunami

Over the last 60 years plastic has become central to our lives and mankind has subjected the planet to a tsunami of plastic waste. The facts are that we are changing our environment as we subject our planet to a tidal wave of plastic waste.  We have produced more plastic in the last 10 years than we did in the whole of the last century and this plastic production is having a huge impact.  It is using vast amounts of precious oil reserves; approximately 8% which equates to the amount used by the whole of Africa. Almost half of the plastic we use is used just once and is then thrown away – the problem is that there is no “away”.  The impact on wildlife, the environment and the potential harm to human health are only now becoming clear.  The facts are that we have to do something and do it now.

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Tinku Fighting Festival (K.O. at 04:58)

It might sound crazy but this dance and fighting ritual is not a joke. It has been a cultural ritual for many centuries in the region of Potosi, Bolivia. The combat is in praise of Pachamama, and any blood shed throughout the fighting is considered a sacrifice, in hopes of a fruitful harvest and fertility. Because of the violent nature of the tradition there have been fatalities, but each death is considered a sacrifice which brings forth life, and a donation to the land that fertilizes it. The brawls are also considered a means of release of frustration and anger between the separate communities. Tinkus usually last two to three days. During this time, participants will stop every now and then to eat, sleep, or drink..

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Hasselblad Space Cameras

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Peruvian tribe spoted: autorities order "NOT to get in contact"

Peruvian authorities say they are struggling to keep outsiders away from a clan of previously isolated Amazon Indians who began appearing on the banks of a jungle river popular with environmental tourists last year. More info here

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Unique painting technique (magic at 00:50)

Artist Riusuke Fukahori's London debut exhibition "Goldfish Salvation" transforms ICN gallery into the world of goldfish. When struggling with artistic vision, Fukahori's pet goldfish became his inspiration and ever since his passion and lifelong theme. His unique style of painting uses acrylic on clear resin which is poured into containers, resulting in a three-dimensional appearance and lifelike vitality. This video gives you a glimpse of his amazing painting process.