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  The importance of being skeptical (and an alternative view of climate change)

  March 25, 2011 / Articles, Environment, Life

  One problem that will always face us as human beings is who to believe when presented with a variety of differing viewpoints. Action on these can be drastic, with severe social, economical, and environmental impacts.

  We are currently being presented with the future of the planet in our hands. People say that human actions are causing what’s known as “anthropogenic climate change” – basically equating to human CO2 emissions causing an increase in global temperatures

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  Extract from “10 Questions for Elon Musk”, originally published in TIME Magazine July 2010

  February 6, 2011 / Articles, Environment, Technology

  Elon Musk is an entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is Chairman/CEO of Tesla Motors – an all-electric car company, and founder and CEO of SpaceX – a space launch vehicle company. Musk also co-founded PayPal – the world’s leading electronic payment system, and is chairman of Solar City– a company that specializes in solar power. Musk sold his first commercial software – a space game called ‘Blaster’ – at the age of 12 for $500. We found this whole interview really

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  Megan Salole – “Ask Good Questions”

  February 5, 2011 / Education, Environment, Government, Life, Videos

  Megan Salole lives in Wellington, New Zealand, and is the National Campaign Manager for the Green Party. She previously set up Intersect, which is a network with more than 1600 people dedicated to creating a more vibrant and environmentally conscious society.

  Here she shares the lesson that we need to ask good questions, because they determine the quality of our lives

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