SEED Magazine:
Wealth of Nations:
"Shared natural resources underpin the global economy, but our current economic system does not acknowledge their worth. Can a major new effort to assess the costs of biodiversity loss force a paradigm shift in what we value?" [more inside]
posted by zarq
on Nov 30, 2010 -
10 comments
A Texas company
S2C Global Systems has
announced that it is
moving forward with a plan to ship 2.9 billion to 9 billion gallons of water a year from the small Alaskan town of
Sitka to the west coast of India (near Mumbai). If the company succeeds in carrying out the shipments, the deal would represent the world’s first regular, bulk exports of water via tanker. The water will be redistributed to places in India, southeast Asia and the Middle East. The Alaskan town of about 8,000 people could earn up to 90 million a year in revenue.
posted by stbalbach
on Jul 12, 2010 -
53 comments
The OER Commons exists to help educators "find free-to-use teaching and learning content from around the world." Thousands of primary, secondary and post-secondary activities, labs, lecture notes, assignments and other educational materials are available by searching or
browsing the OER site.
posted by cog_nate
on Oct 16, 2009 -
7 comments
The Luttrell Psalter is the definitive example of Marginalia; the term used to describe drawings and flourishes in medieval illuminated manuscripts.
Explore pages similar to
this and
this up close.
Here is a medieval
blog which has more Marginalia, both
amusing and medievally
ribauld or
both.
For serious scholars
Marginalia
is the website of the Medieval Reading Group at the University of Cambridge which has a myriad of
online resources.
posted by adamvasco
on May 2, 2009 -
11 comments
FreelanceSwitch covers many of the topics freelancers need to know about with their daily articles and tips. They run a freelance
job board and have regular
podcasts so you can learn a little something while you work or commute. Check out the FreelanceSwitch
forums for support and advice from other freelancers, or check out their
resources section.
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posted by netbros
on Feb 4, 2009 -
4 comments
24 Ways - 2006 Edition This year's possibly useful 24 articles containing 24 tips and tutorials for those of us who love CSS and other related web development techniques. Last year's links are included too.
posted by juiceCake
on Dec 30, 2006 -
4 comments
MIT World (not the same as
OpenCourseWare). And don't miss
LSE,
CMU, and
Connexions.
Still bored? Don't forget
ResearchChannel,
Vega, and
Wikiversity. Do you care for
psychology,
biology,
geology, or
math? Or maybe you prefer
journals,
papers,
textbooks, or
podcasts? Knowledge is
useful and
wonderful.
posted by foraneagle2
on Feb 23, 2006 -
27 comments
This is good From
RLG, an international not-for-profit organization of libraries, museums, and other research institutions, comes this incredibly useful research tool. Start with as vague a query as you like, it'll provide an ordered list of search limiters to help you zero in on the resources you need in a far more organic and rapid fashion than similar tools I've seen. An invaluable resource for students, librarians, and the curious.
posted by Grod
on Apr 27, 2005 -
10 comments
Retrolounge is a compendium of the next new thing in design, art, architecture and fashion. I kid! Truly, go-go boots make me swoon.
posted by pedantic
on Aug 12, 2003 -
7 comments
Religion in Hellenistic Athens, A Medieval Mirror, Losing Face: Status Politics in Japan, Afghanistan: The Soviet Invasion and the Afghan Response, 1979-1982 , Refried Elvis: The Rise of the Mexican Counterculture , Freud and His Critics and
Memory for Forgetfulness: August, Beirut, 1982 --all are entire online books from the
public section of the University of California Press.
I am, like, going so nutso--Jackpot!
posted by y2karl
on Apr 3, 2003 -
25 comments
The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement "Phasing out the human race by voluntarily ceasing to breed will allow Earth's biosphere to return to good health. Crowded conditions and resource shortages will improve as we become less dense." More inside...
posted by Irontom
on May 30, 2002 -
21 comments
For All Your Art Needs: My search for a more contemporary and inclusive supplement to
Artcyclopedia has ended.
Artnet is it. It's an amazing resource and its
list of artists, is the longest and most generously illustrated I've ever seen on the Web. Heaven...![
On preview, I see it's been linked twice before, by RJ Reynolds - of course! - but it definitely deserves a post all to itself.]
posted by MiguelCardoso
on May 10, 2002 -
7 comments
