Economy # The War Against Too Much of Everything
IF you haven’t finished your holiday shopping yet, don’t bother.
Skip the mall and the neighborhood store, resist the urge to shop online and, by all means, don’t buy anything you don’t truly need. So says Kalle Lasn, 70, maestro of the proudly radical magazine adbusters, published in Vancouver, British Columbia. Mr. Lasn takes gleeful pleasure in lobbing provocations at global corporations — and his latest salvo is “Buy Nothing Christmas.”... // read full article - Permalink @ www.nytimes.com/ ________________________________ !? News # How the Mafia Is Ruining Naples's Food Scene
People around the world have embraced the local food movement as a way to support local economies, eat healthier and reduce their carbon footprint. Residents of Naples, Italy, however, are doing just the opposite.
Napolitanos like Antonio Trotta read grocery store labels to avoid eating local fruit and vegetables, meat, even the region’s famed buffalo mozzarella produced in eastern Campania, outside Naples. The area north of Naples* was once an important agricultural center. But the local mafia, the Camorra, has been dumping waste from European factories and hospitals on the land for decades—an environmental problem compounded nightly when dozens of these illicit waste heaps are set on fire, releasing toxic emissions that waft across pastures grazed by farm animals and coat the crops. // read full article // leggi l'articolo tradotto @ http://www.theatlanticcities.com/ @ http://www.italiadallestero.info ________________________________ Share Hints # 33 HBR Blog Posts You Should Read Before 2013
HBR's editors have compiled a list of some of our — and your — favorite of the nearly 2000 blog posts we published in 2012.
As usual, the topics that most preoccupied our authors and readers reflected our shared anxieties: the pressures exerted on our businesses by technology and the global economy — no end to economic uncertainty, the need to make sense of vast amounts of data, the problem and opportunity of disruptive innovation; as well as perennial personal worries — finding work that matters, never getting enough done. We hope you'll find some insights here you may have missed the first time around, and that they'll help you make 2013 a productive and innovative year for your company and yourself. Innovation, Especially the Disruptive Kind, Seemed as Difficult as Ever... // read full article @ http://blogs.hbr.org/ ___________________________________ |
Earth Inform # The reindeer people under threat this Christmas
Each year, the image of the reindeer finds its way onto cards, sweaters and into people’s imaginations, but to the world’s indigenous peoples of the Arctic, the animal is not just for Christmas.
As news emerges that the world’s largest reindeer herd is in serious decline, and thatRAIPON, an organization representing indigenous peoples in Russia has been ordered to close, Survival International has published a seasonal picture gallery to emphasise the reindeer’s key role in the lives of the world’s northern tribes. Survival International has campaigned for the rights of reindeer herding tribes in Siberia, and those of the Innu tribe in north-eastern Canada for decades... // read full article // leggi l'articolo tradotto @ http://www.survivalinternational.org/ ___________________________________________ Tech # Free 3-months of Flickr Pro Services
In conjunction with the holiday season, the Yahoo-owned Flickr is giving away free 3-months of Flickr Pro services to all its users.
The Flickr Holiday Gift(free 3-months) is given to all exiting paid/free and new users. It comes with the following Flickr Pro services:
// read full article @ http://thetechinsider.net/ ___________________________________________ Gadget # $20 Datawind Ubislate 7Ci or Aakash 2: Full Review
DataWind Company founder Suneet Singh Tuli has recently announced the newer version of Aakash 1 & UbiSlate, viz; Aakash 2 and UbiSlate 7Ci with just $20 price point with features like $2 monthly unlimited data plan, faster browsing and Android ICS 4.0.3.
Earlier last year there was a lot of tiff over the launch of the ultra-cheap $35 budget Aakash Tablet and its performance standards by Datawind. Even if it sold like hot cakes due to is minimal price and affordability, it was highly criticized by experts and users all over due to poor performance, build quality and lack of features. The production of Aakash & its commercial version UbiSlate were discontinued and plans for future upgradation seemed to form question marks for the company. But founder of DataWind Suneet Singh Tuli had different plans and this time he has come up with the revamped, much improved and even cheaper version of it namely Aakash 2 for just $20 price point. The commercial version of Aakash 2 named UbiSlate 7Ci offers better features this time with an option for additional unlimited data plan for just $2 a month. // read full article @ http://gadgeticworld.com ______________________________________ |
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