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One Million, One Mandala

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Organizations focused on world-wide peace, love and sustainability abound. Artist Chris Jordan seeks to pay tribute to them in his new art piece, E. Pluribus Enum, a five-story high mandala. (more)

Song of Shamanism

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Stephen Beyer, professor, lawyer, and peacemaker, recounts his initiation with Mestizo Ayahuasqueros of the Upper Amazon in his book, Singing to the Plants. (more)

The Search for a New Earth

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The Kepler Telescope offers new hope in the quest to find inhabitable planets. (more)

Future Transcendence

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The new film Transcendent Man uncovers the illuminating life and visions of Transhumanist, inventor, and some would say prophet, Ray Kurzweil. (more)

Eco-Village Flourishes

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"Serenbe," an eco-friendly community outside of Atlanta, Georgia, has a thriving local economy, even while the rest of the country slogs through this not-so-great depression. (more)

Pirate Bay Gets Marooned

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The Pirate Bay, the world's largest bit-torrent tracker, is dangerously immersed in legal, red-tape infested waters.

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The Myth of "27"

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The 27's: The Greatest Myth of Rock and Roll explores why so many music legends, including Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix and Kurt Cobain, all died at the age of 27.

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A Currency of Time

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The Echo Park Time Bank seeks to replace money's imaginary worth with a curreny that values the time of individuals.

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Finalists of the Fuller Challenge

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The Buckminster Fuller Institute recently announced the finalists for this year's "Buckminster Fuller Challenge."  Bucky would be proud. (more)

A Voice to Shatter Stereotypes

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This Thursday, cantor Galeet Dardashti launches The Naming, a concept album aimed at changing our perceptions of women in the Middle East. (more)

Fish and Beer

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Can beer solve the under- population problem in the fishing industry?

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Titan or Bust

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NASA and the European Space Agency are debating whether to invest their next space-dollars in a mission to Jupiter or Titan. (more)

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