More information and opportunities to get involved with Occupy New Haven here — From the Yale Working Group of Occupy New Haven: “A march has been planned for Saturday the 5th at noon on the downtown New Haven Green. A march will proceed, symbolically up Wall Street, turning onto Church Street in front of the Banks, and pausing at City Hall […]
Nebulous
Polar Brokers
Drawing by Byron King.
World Population: 9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,0 Billion!
Today is 7 billion day, the day on which world population officially hits 7 billion. In honor of this momentous occasion, Sage did a quick and decidedly non-comprehensive roundup of the news–not only from this year, but also from the years of future and previous population milestones. Rev up the time machine!
Featured Lecture – Gus Speth: “Letter to Liberals: Liberalism, Environmentalism, and Economic Growth”
James Gustave Speth, Yale F&ES Dean Emeritus, speaking at the 30th Annual E.F. Schumacher Lectures (November 20, 2010) hosted by the New Economics Institute. VIDEO provided by the New Economy Working Group (Speth introduced at 5:15; Speth begins speaking at 6:50) TRANSCRIPT provided by Vermont Law School Additional and upcoming lectures referred to below. — I found this excellent and timely lecture while […]
Planet Earth
The Atlantic pieces together a series of incredible videos from the international space station.