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Be an Eviromentally Responsible Designer

Great arcticle from DRAWN!

clipped from drawn.ca 10 Ways Design Can Fight Climate Change A British design firm has released a design manifesto (PDF) for sustainable design. It’s a bit too much of a brochure for my taste, but it’s worth thinking about, so here`s a summary: 1. Re-think 2. Re-use 3. Use eco-friendly materials 4. Save energy 5. Share new ideas 6. Design to last 7. Stay local, buying ethical 8. Support what we believe 9. Inspire, have fun 10. Save money Perhaps the most important note about this manifesto, is the knowledge that there is something that they can do with every project, every client, every day, to lighten their footprint and help fight global warming. And that’s a lesson we can all take something from. Also check out the Ten Commandments of Sustainable Design. right time to mention Luz: Girl of the Knowing - a new webcomic from Claudia Dávila. Luz is an environmentally-conscious comic about a girl who is on a mission to gather “the knowing”: knowledge and experience about sustainable survival for humans

IF Superstition

Could Virtual reality help Aspergers Patients?

clipped from www.virtualworldsnews.com At the UT Dallas Center for Brain Health some patients with Asperger's syndrome are using virtual worlds to help acclimate them to the real world. Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism, is described by symptoms like a lack of demonstrated empathy, which causes some difficulties in social interaction but one common treatment is simply to provide a controlled space to practice interactions. The researches at UT Dallas argue that a virtual world filled with shops and businesses offers the ultimate control. "Unlike other models of intervention, virtual world experiences provide a powerful way to learn new and more appropriate ways to respond to people in scenarios similar to those faced everyday the brain can rewire its pathways with intensive practice grounded in experience – not by learning rules of how to interact – which has been the most common therapy practice interactive therapy to deal with problems they encounter everyday but in a safe setting to practice their social skills

Guess what else it says on our money?

So far it's only on the new money, but I like that it's there.

All I want for Christmas- The Constitution

I love this Idea.

clipped from salsa.democracyinaction.org The President needs to be reminded that he swore an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States-his administration has been systematically destroying the Constitution since he took office. With your help, CCR will flood the Oval Office with copies of the Constitution this holiday season. If you sign this letter, CCR will send it along with a copy of the Constitution to the White House as a seasonal reminder that the Constitution needs to be upheld ; not destroyed. We hope to send President Bush more than 5,000 copies of the Constitution by January 2008.

Army Reiterates that Waterboarding is Prohibited

clipped from www.msnbc.msn.com With Congress’ approval of a new attorney general who refused to describe waterboarding as torture, the U.S. Army has sent out a message to its leaders repeating that the interrogation technique is prohibited in the military The service issued the Nov. 6 message “to eliminate any confusion that may have arisen as a result of recent public discourse on the subject The U.S. military formally banned waterboarding as an interrogation technique in September 2006 It is specifically prohibited by Field Manual 2-22.3 and is not a sanctioned interrogation technique in any training manual If Mukasey confirmed that waterboarding is torture, it could put the CIA interrogators and possibly the chain of command above them in legal peril. Torture is illegal both under U.S. and international law