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Quote of the Day

Posted by: gimster on: April 9, 2008

The thought manifests as the word; The word manifests as the deed; The deed develops into habit; And habit hardens into character. So watch the thought and its ways with care, And let it spring from love Born out of concern for all beings.
The Buddha
(Source)

HBO: Thin

Posted by: gimster on: February 15, 2008

Read the New York Time review for this documentary here

WE LIVE IN SINGAPURA the MTV version

Posted by: gimster on: May 11, 2007

Update (May 15, 2007)
The Shockwave version of the same video is clearer and has the options to turn on the animator’s commentary (supertitles) and turn off the subtitles. View it on the animator’s page here. Or download it here.

18 April was the inaugural Bring Your Own Bag Day

Posted by: gimster on: April 19, 2007

… in Singapore.
The Straits Times, April 19 2007, calls it ‘a promising start’:

Singapore uses about 2.5 billion plastic bags a year – or about 625 bags per person each year. Laid out on the ground, the total number would cover more than 10,000 soccer fields.
Singapore incinerates the bulk of its plastic bags so [...]

Recycling

Posted by: gimster on: April 10, 2007

For the question:
How far is recycling the answer to the problem of waste?

Click on the image above to see the mindmap in full size.
Sources: Wikipedia articles

Recycling
Waste hierarchy
Waste management
Recycling criticism

See also:

This page on Recycling and Waste, by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK

Recycling in Singapore:

Singapore’s inaugural recycling day on 21 November 2004 (National [...]

Getting Started in Second Life

Posted by: gimster on: March 30, 2007

Followed the the link on the Second Life Education page <http://secondlife.com/businesseducation/education.php> and downloaded Proceedings of the Second Life Education Workshop at the Second Life Community Convention San Francisco
August 20th, 2006. This document contains several papers, including ‘Pathfinder Linden’s Guide to Getting Started in Second Life’, which seems to be just what I need for [...]

The Corporation – Some issues presented

Posted by: gimster on: March 1, 2007

Some of my pupils will be viewing The Corporation. Here are some of the issues presented in the video, as delineated by the Ontario Institute of Studies in Education in its teacher resources for the film (available on the Web site for the film):
 

Labour practices in developing countries – while some argue that paying [...]

Quote of the day

Posted by: gimster on: February 22, 2007

Where the world ceases to be the stage for personal hopes and desires, where we, as free beings, behold it in wonder, to question and to contemplate, there we enter the realm of art and science. If we trace out what we behold and experience through the language of logic, we are doing science; if [...]

Quote of the day

Posted by: gimster on: February 8, 2007

‘If we can’t criticize religion anymore, there will be no women’s rights, no birth control and no gay rights.’
Philippe Val, publisher of French magazine Charlie Hebdo, which reprinted the Danish cartoons that provoked a Muslim backlash a year ago
Source: Time.com

Russians

Posted by: gimster on: September 25, 2006

In Europe and America,
There’s a growing feeling of hysteria
Conditioned to respond to all the threats
In the rhetorical speeches of the Soviets
Mr. Krushchev said we will bury you
I don’t subscribe to this point of view
It would be such an ignorant thing to do
If the Russians love their children too
How can I save [...]

Quote of the day

Posted by: gimster on: July 5, 2006

When women are depressed, they eat or go shopping. Men invade another country. It’s a whole different way of thinking.
Elayne Booster
(Quote found on the Association of Women for Action and Research (AWARE) Web site)

Frank Furedi and the Culture of Fear

Posted by: gimster on: June 13, 2006

The most recent comprehension exercise my students had to do was based on a passage adapted from this article by Frank Furedi, entitled 'The Market in Fear', first published in Spiked, 26 September 2005.
Frank Furedi
I had told my classes that I will post some background on the passage on this blog. The article from which [...]



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