Do they give a Nobel Prize for Bullying?
June 03, 2018 | No Comments
So, where does this thought come from? For weeks we have been tracking the negotiations between North and South Korea, between the US and South Korea between the US and North Korea, and even between…
Mexico Hurricane Patricia
October 23, 2015 | No Comments
México.- protection is important to emphasize that we can not skip hydrometerological concerns. The magnitude of this phenomenon we have never seen in this country, there is a history of hurricanes we’ve had in the…
Expert Forum Video on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Antalya, Turkey 2015
June 08, 2015 | No Comments
Disasters occur when natural extremes encounter communities who are ill-prepared to cope with these forces. Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) strategies outline preventative measures to reduce the impacts of foreseeable hazardous events. Time and time…
GUEST EDITORIAL “Politicians need to get their act together on climate change“ Justus Morisse (Germany)
August 30, 2014 | No Comments
“Politicians need to get their act together on climate change.“ This quote from Chancellor Angela Merkel´s climate advisor Hans Joachim Schellnhuber is almost two years old now and was originally pinpointed at the global warming…
GUEST EDITORIAL : “Are Marvel Comics characters society’s current “Fix” for real world problems?” Robert Jay Ross, CCB, Boulder. Colorado
August 30, 2014 | No Comments
Guest Editor, Robert Ross, at CCB Boulder Colorado wrote an article called “Are Marvel Comics characters society’s current “Fix” for real world problems?”. Click here to download the pdf article of “Are Marvel Comics characters…
GUEST EDITORIAL (September 12, 2012): “The Curse of Creativity.” Ilan Kelman, CICERO, Norway
April 25, 2014 | No Comments
The Curse of Creativity By Ilan Kelman, CICERO, Norway I am often treated to the quotation, or variations thereof, “We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used to create them”.…
Roses are Red. Violets are Blue
April 05, 2011 | No Comments
– Politically speaking, US States are too… A common phrase one hears these days about education in America is that Americans are being dumbed down. How can that be? Earlier generations had less information at…
Posted in All Fragilecologies, Capacity Building, Politics
20-Somethings and the 70-Somethings
March 14, 2011 | 2 Comments
– Make the Best Allies (Note: Be sure to see the Pickles cartoon at the end of this editorial.) Global warming of the earth’s atmosphere has been attributed to increases in the emissions of greenhouse…
Posted in All Fragilecologies
Putting Environmental Impacts Labels on Clothing
March 08, 2011 | No Comments
…But what about a Humans Rights label? The Russian fable of Potemkin Village tells the story of a village leader who, wanting to impress the Tsar, ordered that the fronts of all the buildings that…
Posted in All Fragilecologies, Human Condition
Is too much sovereignty a bad thing?
February 28, 2011 | No Comments
…Take Libya, for Example The concept of sovereignty has been around for centuries and has taken twists and turns in its meaning. But today I believe it is defined most plainly as ultimate decision-making power,…
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Guest Editorial: From Blind Copying (bcc) to Basics (abc) in Science. -Ilan Kelman, CICERO, Oslo
February 07, 2011 | 1 Comment
Author: Ilan Kelman Science has become mired in blindness; it is dominated by bcc representing “blind copying”. That is, blindly copying what has gone before without innovative thought. In science today, bcc means Bureaucracy, Corporatism, and…
Posted in All Fragilecologies, Guest Articles, Human Condition
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