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Maximum Wage – the New Middle Way
Now here is an interesting (but not so new) idea. While we often talk about what should be the minimum a person should earn for good standard of living we never talk about what is the maximum someone...
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Food for Thought – What Does 200 Calories Look Like?
How deceiving food portions can be. No wonder we have trouble with moderation. Here is 200 calories in the form of peanut butter (38 grams).
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Why did the neighbour cross the street?
“We have been all the way to the Moon and back, but we have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbour.” Dalai Lama
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We share a reality (thoughts on the bombing of the Boston Marathon)
It saddens me that people feel they need to hurt others in order for their pain and dissatisfaction to be heard. Whatever the problem may be there should never be any reason why one should take life...
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EPA used to stand for compassion
This morning I opened the newspaper and saw “EPA” on the front page headlines. “Oh, great!” I thought … until I read it stood for economic partnership agreement. It used to stand for Environmental...
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melting glaciers
nothing can stop you now nothing had stopped you before your push towards the sea towards some lower position to a natural state called “rest” that is your unrest but no one noticed life death...
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Nature, Darwin, natural selection
1. I’d like to begin this three-section mini-essay with the concept of nature. If we think about it nature, by our misconceived conception, really is a space where things interact without the human...
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Congratulations to Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi
It is a shame that the Japanese people did not get the Peace Prize for Article 9 of the Constitution. But having said that Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi are far more deserving of the Award...
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A Battery With A Twenty Year Lifespan …
It is all very well to produce a battery that will last 20 years. But is not that useless if your equipment lasts only three, maybe four years maximum? It is like having a heart built to last...
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How to slow down the destruction of the planet
Today is the nine anniversary of Sustainability Dharma and me blogging. This post is in part a celebration of this event. I am not sure how many original followers I have left but thank you for...
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Money as medium of exchange
One of the roles of money is to be a medium of exchange. This is usually explained in contrast to the barter system. Bartering is to exchange one type of good for another without the use of money. The...
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Do countries that speak English have a higher probability of success in...
The probability of you having a higher income, education and lifestyle is greater if you live in an English speaking country.That can be shown by economic statistics. The chances of you being in the...
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We are human animals
What is our place in the world? Are we higher up in the “ranks” of the life forms which occupy the same world we called Earth? David Suzuki often talks about the problem of the world is not only do but...
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Doing things for humanity; now doing things for the planet – Sebastian Salgado
I love photography. I love photography for its power to contain what we feel in the stillness of a single moment. I particularly like black and white photography. I like it because by removing colour...
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Nuclear versus fossil fuel power
In the wake of the Fukushima nuclear accident Japan had gone quite literally all non-nuclear for a while. The country had switched off all of its nuclear power plants in what amounts to a knee-jerk...
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2016 New Year’s resolutions
That time of the year again. Reflecting on what I have done. This year I went back to my old temple to visit my teacher, Harada Tangen Roshi after a 25 year absence. Unfortunately, he has been weakened...
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The transcript of the Emperor Akihito’s speech indicating his wish to “abdicate”
The following is the English transcript (followed by the Japanese original) of the speech given by Emperor Akihito on August 8, 2016. It hints at his wish to abdicate, something which has never...
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360 view of Atomic Bomb Dome in the Hiroshima Peace Park
More and more people are becoming aware of the Hiroshima and what had happened at the end of the Second World War. Today it has become the focus for a world with less war and violence. I doubt the...
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More sustainability humour
I love humour. Humour provokes a reaction, a reaction only something organic, mortal and sentient can do. It therefore reaffirms one being alive by simply provoking this reaction. Sometimes humour...
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