s mind-blowing for me, as a dyslexic 3D thinker, because my own vision as a child was of a future time when we would be able to personally experience a simulation of the reality such that we would not be able to tell the difference between the simulation and the reality.
Many moons later in California, whilst speaking to the female dyslexic designer of the very latest Silicon Graphics workstation - I was introduced to Thomas West's epic book IN THE MIND's EYE - as a result of which I helped to set up an event of the same name.
Most of the 73 exhibitors were
members of the ADT - otherwise
known as the Arts Dyslexia Trust
and the idea was to present work,
not only from the fine arts, but
from designers of all kinds
including scientists and engineers.
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Added by Michael Grove at 7:32 on September 12, 2013
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The film takes an inspiring look at some of the sustainable community solutions that have grown up over the last 20 years around the Findhorn Foundation community in Scotland. This multi-faith spiritual community, ecovillage and international centre for holistic education aspires to foster a new human consciousness and to create a positive and sustainable future.
This film will be of particular interest to anyone involved in the Transition Town Movement or similar initiatives.
Features
Findhorn Wind Park: community-owned wind energy production
Earthshare - Community Supported Agriculture
The Living Machine - Ecological Sewage Treatment
Findhorn Foundation Gardens
Local Egg and Cheese Production
Local organic and artisan Bakery
Forres Transition Town community garden
Car Pooling
Adopting a Local Currency
Internationally renowned speakers
Richard Heinberg, Author of 'Powerdown: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon world'.
Rob Hopkins, Co-Founder of the Transition Network, author of 'The Transition Handbook: From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience'.
Joanna Macy, Author, 'Coming Back to Life: Practices to Reconnect our Lives, Our World', Deep Ecologist, Buddhist Scholar.
Megan Quinn Bachman, Outreach Director of Community Solutions and co-producer of the film 'The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil'.…
Added by Michael Grove at 11:32 on November 30, 2010
etch across continents, we become intimately interconnected at the
most basic level of earthly existence by jointly stewarding the energy that bathes the planet
and sustains all of life.
The new distributed communication revolution not only organizes distributed renewable
energies, but also changes human consciousness. The information communication
technologies (ICT) revolution is quickly extending the central nervous system of billions of
human beings and connecting the human race across time and space, allowing empathy to
flourish on a global scale, for the first time in history.…