meaningfull http://blog.humaneasy.com random notes from our staff Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:54:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A pleasant approach on biodiversity awareness There are many pleasant ways to get people approach nature and biodiversity; fieldsketching is one of them. Fieldsketching activities can be promoted as environmental education by NGOs, or local councils. In Portugal that is not a common... Read more


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]]> http://blog.humaneasy.com/paula/a-pleasant-approach-on-biodiversity-awareness/ Diaspora, free Facebook for the masses This year, Facebook has undergone a number of problems related to privacy of its users. Faced with this, four American students devised a social network of open format, allowing its users and managers to have more control over this aspect: the... Read more


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]]> http://blog.humaneasy.com/lopo/diaspora-free-facebook-for-the-masses/ A Lenda Há quem diga que são aprovadas pelos autarcas para assim poderem encher os cofres da edilidade com taxas de urbanização. Ora, essa é uma lenda urbana extraordinariamente contra-producente que tem sido veiculada pelos ambientalistas, mas que... Read more


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]]> http://blog.humaneasy.com/lopo/a-lenda/ Stories of a crusader Biodiversity and Local History So many species inhabited our lands, rivers and seas in the past. Biodiversity can be "mainstreamed" into local history awareness actions and vice-versa, as indeed natural and historical heritage are both building... Read more


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]]> http://blog.humaneasy.com/paula/stories-of-a-crusader/ Tour of the Ecological Consumer A circuit on (our) consumption and biodiversity This activity was promoted by the Municipality of Moita, Portugal, last April, with the support of Fenacoop (National Federation of Consumer Cooperatives), a member of Eurocoop, and the cooperative... Read more


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]]> http://blog.humaneasy.com/paula/tour-of-the-ecological-consumer/ Saving biodiversity Connect and respect In Portugal, at least until the generation of our grand parents, it was usual that when people were eating and by accident droped a piece of bread to the floor, they had to kiss it and eat it after. That kiss meant full respect... Read more


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]]> http://blog.humaneasy.com/paula/saving-biodiversity-connect-and-respect/ Biodiversity loss – A matter of SECURITY? Mainstreaming Biodiversity into Security initiatives It was at Gabala, Azerbaijan, that this idea crossed my mind; though probably it has already crossed the minds of many other people. It just came out during an NGO discussion. We divided in 3... Read more


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]]> http://blog.humaneasy.com/paula/biodiversity-is-a-matter-of-security/ The Fantastic Caspian Sea An oil source packed with endemisms As a Portuguese, I never had much interest on inland seas, such as the Black Sea, the Aral Sea, or Caspian Sea. But now, visiting Azerbaijan, a republic of the Caucasus region and having walked by the maritime... Read more


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]]> http://blog.humaneasy.com/paula/the-fantastic-caspian-sea/ Editoras virtuais e Empreendedorismo Propus, mais os meus sócios da altura — isto há mais de doze anos — a um grupo de investidores, um projecto igual a este para Portugal; mas com a possibilidade de expansão ao mercado lusófono a médio prazo. Na altura as máquinas... Read more


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]]> http://blog.humaneasy.com/lopo/editoras-virtuais-e-empreendedorismo/ Draft impressions from Azerbaijan At least two flights separate Portugal from Azerbaijan, a country on the Caucasus region, facing the Caspian Sea, which once belonged to the Soviet Union, and got its independence since about two decades. During the flight from Frankfurt to Baku,... Read more


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]]> http://blog.humaneasy.com/paula/draft-impressions-from-azerbaijan/ A ética e a integridade nas crises Esta crise está a ser muito proveitosa para alguns. Enquanto que os lucros da banca e outras grandes multinacionais se mantém em níveis aceitáveis — quando não aumentam — prosseguem os prémios e ordenados escandalosos de gestores de topo... Read more


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]]> http://blog.humaneasy.com/lopo/a-etica-e-a-integridade-nas-crises/ Confessou homicídio à PJ e na instrução, calou-se no julgamento e foi absolvido Um homem acusado de ter asfixiado uma ex-freira saiu ontem em liberdade do Tribunal de Vila Nova de Gaia, após a leitura do acórdão que o absolveu dos crimes de homicídio qualificado, dano qualificado e tentativa de furto, condenando-o... Read more


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]]> http://blog.humaneasy.com/lopo/confessou-homicidio-a-pj-e-na-instrucao-calou-se-no-julgamento-e-foi-absolvido/ Culinária medieval Na sequência da Ceia Medieval realizada a 8 de Maio em Alhos Vedros, e da palestra "Mouros e Cristãos no Tempo de D. Afonso Henriques" por José Manuel Vargas realizada a 15 de Maio também em Alhos Vedros, pela associação Alius Vetus,... Read more


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]]> http://blog.humaneasy.com/paula/culinaria-medieval/ Um homem livre Foi «intolerável com a corrupção, os cobardes e os oportunistas» além de que morreu como sempre viveu: «um homem livre». in Sol Professor universitário, jurisconsulto e fiscalista, Saldanha Sanches morreu na sexta-feira no Hospital de... Read more


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]]> http://blog.humaneasy.com/lopo/um-homem-livre/ Citation Before we open up an area for development, we must sit down and analyse the capacity of the land and other resources we really have. Why? Because it is the ecosystem, not the economic system, that should be the main consideration. - Elim... Read more


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]]> http://blog.humaneasy.com/lopo/citation/ Servirá a Justiça para alguma coisa em Portugal? Para que servirá recorrer-se à Justiça em Portugal? Os processos duram anos e quando acontecem casos como o mencionado acima nem as providências cautelares emitidas pelos próprios Tribunais são levadas em linha de conta pelas Forças da... Read more


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]]> http://blog.humaneasy.com/lopo/servira-a-justica-para-alguma-coisa-em-portugal/ Microcredit in EUrope Or discredit fighting poverty in Europe? Microcredit is s system founded by the economics professor Mr. Muhammad Yunus, known as the banker of the poor. He aimed to give the very poor people a chance, namely those who could never get a normal... Read more


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]]> http://blog.humaneasy.com/paula/microcredit-in-europe/ UM MONTE DE LIXO – WHAT ELSE? Ou a saga do último dos Rs Que me perdoem os fãs do café expresso e sobretudo as fãs do Sir George Clooney, mas a nova máquina de café e nescafé, inspiradora de congéneres de várias marcas, é - pode dizer-se - uma autêntica... Read more


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]]> http://blog.humaneasy.com/paula/um-monte-de-lixo-%e2%80%93-what-else/ Mas o Alqueva? Mas afinal a Barragem do Alqueva não foi feita para "irrigar o Alentejo"? Então agora o sr. Roquette vai fazer um mega-empreendimento turístico com "sete hotéis, quatro campos de golfe, aldeamentos turísticos, duas marinas, centro equestre... Read more


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]]> http://blog.humaneasy.com/lopo/mas-o-alqueva/ REN, Cidades e Calamidades Cerca de 1 mês e meio depois do desastre que se abateu sobre a Ilha da Madeira, é tempo de pensar em termos de médio e longo prazo. E não só sobre a Madeira, mas sobre todo o território nacional. O problema da impermeabilização de solos... Read more


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]]> http://blog.humaneasy.com/paula/ren-cidades-e-calamidades/ Business models beyond profit & Social Entrepreneurship This is a very important presentation made by Alexander Osterwalder at Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany for the impACT program. Examples reviewed include Kiva, Grameen Bank, Wise and many more. Although it may look like it is more dedicated... Read more


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]]> http://blog.humaneasy.com/lopo/business-models-beyond-profit-social-entrepreneurship/ How to Get Things Right! Yesterday I was viewing the Daily Show with Jon Howard and he interviewed Atul Gawande on his book . One of the most interesting things I heard was about the results of using checklists in Hospital's ICU and in healthcare in general. Explored... Read more


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]]> http://blog.humaneasy.com/lopo/how-to-get-things-right/ Federal Europe Even if most of the Europeans are against the idea of a Federal States of Europe. Even if harmonizing Social Security and Laws is a daunting task almost impossible. Even if the language, cultural and historical provincialism barriers seems... Read more


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]]> http://blog.humaneasy.com/lopo/federal-europe/ A culpa morreu solteira Mais uma vez a culpa morre solteira neste país e os intervenientes são chutados para o alto e enviados em "missão estratégica" para a longínqua, distante, nublada Europa. É inacreditável que a pessoa que falhou rotundamente como... Read more


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]]> http://blog.humaneasy.com/lopo/a-culpa-morreu-solteira/ The Lorem Ipsum Saga Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vivamus cursus adipiscing turpis, ut tempus nunc faucibus et. Nunc ligula orci, ultricies non hendrerit eu, elementum sed nisi. Maecenas aliquam ornare molestie. Integer pretium... Read more


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]]> http://blog.humaneasy.com/lopo/the-lorem-ipsum-saga/ Trondheim: A realistic or idealistic biodiversity “target”? Recent echoes on the on-going discussions about setting a new target for Biodiversity in 2020, make us think the question seems to be if the target must be either realistic or something more close to the ideal we want to achieve. Indeed a... Read more


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]]> http://blog.humaneasy.com/paula/trondheim-a-realistic-or-idealistic-biodiversity-target/ Ethics, integrity, broken societies and potential solutions One of the things I talk about in my new book, The Leadership Test, is the fact that many, if not most, societies in the world are endemically corrupt. Corruption has spread like cancer throughout the system. It influences, alters, or stops... Read more


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]]> http://blog.humaneasy.com/lopo/ethics-integrity-broken-societies-and-potential-solutions/ URGENTE! Diversidade de Acções para Cuidar a Biodiversidade Esta apresentação insere-se no tema geral do conceito e da ética do “Cuidar”, tratando-se aqui de cuidar da natureza e cuidar o futuro do planeta Terra. Apresentada no Ciclo de Conferências “A Dimensão do Cuidar na... Read more


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]]> http://blog.humaneasy.com/paula/urgente-diversidade-de-accoes-para-cuidar-a-biodiversidade/ Save and Restore our Natural Capital! A Message to Davos. Environment NGOs from many countries in Europe attended this week in Madrid a Conference on Biodiversity, promoted by the Spanish Presidency of the European Union. Knowing that the leader of the study The Economics of Ecosystems and... Read more


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]]> http://blog.humaneasy.com/paula/save-and-restore-our-natural-capital-a-message-to-davos/ Urban Agriculture and Local Sustainability We add all presentations from our seminar on Urban Agriculture and Local Sustainability to Slideshare. It was held at Lisbon, Casa do Ambiente e do Cidadão, Instituto do Ambiente, in May, 19th 2005. All presentations are in... Read more


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