Month: May 2009

I’m a Daydream Believer

- Adam Clare

Those silly monkees might have been right after all, it is good to believe in daydreamers as they might solve problems faster.

“People assume that when the mind wanders away it just gets turned off – but we show the opposite, that when it wanders, it turns on,” said Christoff, co-author of the study, and head of a neuroscience laboratory at the University of British Columbia in Western Canada.

The findings, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggest daydreaming might be a better way to solve problems than intense focusing.

“People who let themselves daydream might not think in the same focused way as when performing a goal-oriented task, but they bring in more mental and brain resources,” said Christoff.

She argued that now people might change their attitudes towards daydreamers.

Greenpeace’s Tissue Guide on Your Phone

- Adam Clare

The USA branch of Greenpeace have turned their Recycled Tissue and Toilet Paper Guide and turned it into an iPhone app. I hope that other Greenpeace regions do the same thing as I find myself carrying my iPhone around but carrying around an extra booklet all the time can get really annoying. If you’re in Canada, you can download the guide as PDF here.

The Guide makes it quick and easy to find out which brands of facial tissues, toilet paper, paper towels, and napkins are truly green and which should be avoided. Our experts have carefully evaluated over 100 brands and recommended those that: contain 100% overall recycled content; contain at least 50% post-consumer recycled content; and are bleached without toxic chlorine compounds.
When you’re doing your grocery shopping or just stopping by the corner store to grab a roll of toilet paper, make an informed decision as both a consumer and someone concerned about the world’s ancient forests.

29% Growth in Wind Power during 2008

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The Worldwatch Institute has completed a study of wind power in 2008 and concluded that wind power generation increased by 29%!

Europe now generates 65,946 MW of wind power, or 55 percent of global capacity.

Germany still leads the region, generating 23,903 MW of wind power, but it saw new installations drop slightly in 2008.

In Asia, China ranked second globally in new capacity last year, adding some 6,300 MW to bring its total to over 12,200 MW.

The Chinese government has now surpassed its 2010 goal of 10,000 megawatts of installed wind power and a senior energy official said in April the country will have 100,000 MW in place by 2020.

Hot Doc: Fierce Light

- Adam Clare

Here’s a trailer for a documentary that is playing in Toronto as part of the Hot Docs festival and it looks like it’s all about goodness. If you’re in the city you should try to check this out.

Need a little inspiration these days? This stirring experiential journey connects us to the core of how spiritual activists, such as Desmond Tutu and Alice Walker, find motivation to keep fighting for good despite impossible odds.

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