Watch a fascinating presentation on air, breath, molecules and space straws – presented by Michael Stevens from Vsauce.

Check out the Vsauce YouTube Channel

19-year-old Boyan Slat has unveiled plans to create an Ocean Cleanup Array that could remove 7,250,000 tons of plastic waste from the world’s oceans.

The device consists of an anchored network of floating booms and processing platforms that could be dispatched to garbage patches around the world. Instead of moving through the ocean, the array would span the radius of a garbage patch, acting as a giant funnel. The angle of the booms would force plastic in the direction of the platforms, where it would be separated from plankton, filtered and stored for recycling.

Slat went on to found The Ocean Cleanup Foundation, a non-profit organization which is responsible for the development of his proposed technologies. His ingenious solution could potentially save hundreds of thousands of aquatic animals annually, and reduce pollutants (including PCB and DDT) from building up in the food chain. It could also save millions per year, both in clean-up costs, lost tourism and damage to marine vessels.

Please help support the campaign for a Feasibility Study on Ocean Cleanup

Source Inhabitat – Ocean Cleanup Array

A new movie trailer for NASA’s space program – “We are the Explorers”.

“We can show our students and young people that we’re in an exciting new era of space exploration,” AIA — an aerospace trade group said. “Now is the time to reach them — to remind them that an inspiring space program awaits, one that is worthy of their ambition.”

Support the Indiegogo campaign “We are the Explorers”

Can you remember the last time you were in a public space in America and didn’t notice that half the people around you were bent over a digital screen, thumbing a connection to somewhere else?

Most of us are well aware of the convenience that instant electronic access provides. Less has been said about the costs. Research suggests that one measurable toll may be on our biological capacity to connect with other people.

To read more about attunement, meditation, and vagal tone which are an integral part of this research, please visit The New York Times article written by Barbara Fredrickson

“Welcome to Life” – poem about truth and the human experience

Welcome to life!

The discipline of integrity

Becomes the leading force of progress and exploration!

Let our collective intelligence

Guide you to the ripest fruits of your efforts.

Let the effortless stillness of peace

Embrace the core of your being

You are one, wholesome reverberation of energy!

The ether of the universe is pulsating in every cell of your body,

And as this manifestation of infinity rejoices in the interconnectedness of matter,

You notice that with each breath you take,

Your senses bask in the positivity of the moment!

The acuteness of your perceptions focuses into a beam of precision and effortless efficiency.

The purpose of life becomes life itself!

The life you were born to live!

Your contributions advancing the progress of existence into the next dimension…

Welcome to Life by Blue Lotus is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

“Release the Pressure” – poem written at the dawn of a new day, watching a magnificent sunrise @ a mountain party in the woods of Colorado…

All I wanted to do is write down a rhyme
About the vastness of space and the passage of time
So I sat down and listened to the call of the wild
Passing the reigns over to my inner child
And as he took over a curious thing happened
My mind was cleared, and the veil was lifted
I looked at the world and I saw all of its people
I saw the trees, the flowers, the air
I heard loud music with deep bass and a little dry snare
I felt the refreshing, cold raindrops gently fall down
As the colors of autumn waltzed into town
I saw bare feet walk on the earth
And a playful fire light up the family hearth
I realized sometimes life is simple – life is a bliss
If you just let it flow through you and cherish each kiss…

Release the Pressure by Blue Lotus is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

Graphene – a simple carbon polymer, which can be used as the basic component of a supercapacitor – a high energy density storage device that charges far more rapidly than chemical batteries.

The future of energy storage – the battery tech of today!

The Super Supercapacitor

Read more about this scientific discovery at ReWire Science

What is Graphene?

Excerpt from Sadhguru’s talk on the meaning of life. 

Sadhguru is a mystic and a visionary humanitarian.

This is a non-commercial attempt to highlight the fact that world leaders, irresponsible corporations and mindless ‘consumers’ are combining to destroy life on earth. It is dedicated to all who died fighting for the planet and those whose lives are on the line today.

The film cut was put together by Vivek Chauhan, a young film maker, together with naturalists working with the Sanctuary Asia network.

The story of seed has become one of loss, control, dependence and debt.
It’s been written by those who want to make vast profit from our food system, no matter what the true cost.
It’s time to change the story.