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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.
“Yale for Occupy” Student Group Formed
From Yale for Occupy: “You can join the listserv at http://groups.google.com/group/occupyyale. Please forward this link to anyone else who might be interested.” — “Yale for Occupy” represents the convergence of #Occupy supporters and occupiers from all corners of the Yale campus – undergraduate and graduate students. This larger group was formalized through the general assembly consensus process at an Oct 27th congregation. The new group […]