Energy Scavenging Nanogenerator Finds Power All Around Us | Flinders University

Aqueous biologically based polyurethanes reinforced with cellulose nanocrystals. Credit: CC0 Public Domain Oct. 20, 2020 (Phys.org) -- Imagine a mobile phone charger that doesn't need a wireless or m ...

The Mask of Disenchantment | John Michael Greer

Illustration: Kai and Sunny. The Guardian Sept 30. 2020 (EcoSophia.net) -- When I noticed at the beginning of the month that September had five Wednesdays, and I didn’t have anything in mind to post ...

Theosophy: The Dog and the Wolf | John Michael Greer

The dog and the wolf, from the Book of Lambspring Sept. 16, 2020 (EcoSophia.net) -- In last month’s discussion of America’s magical history, we explored the 19th-century transformations of alchemy in ...

Can a 'Warp Speed' COVID-19 Vaccine Be Safe? | Mickey Z.

YouTube screenshot Mickey Z. -- World News Trust August 26, 2020 Breaking news: It’s possible to have a skeptical but productive, honest but critical, conversation about vaccines (in general) and Ope ...

Algorithms And Red Wine: Is The 'Digital Hive' A Soft Totalitarian State? | Joe Bageant

Joe Bageant at Innie's Cafe in Belize Joe Bageant -- World News Trust Oct. 24, 2010 -- Ferrara, Italy -- Sitting in a bottliberia, one of those wine bars that brings out food to match your particular ...

How to (still) Decode the Corporate-Owned Media | Mickey Z.

Photo by Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust August 14, 2020 For many, many years, it was a frequent focus of mine to write about the media. More specifically, I dissected the corporate media and ...

What Seat Belts Can Teach Us About Wearing Masks | Mickey Z.

Meme found on Facebook Mickey Z. -- World News Trust August 4, 2020 Since I began penning articles again in early May, I’ve dedicated two of them to the topic of masks: here and here. As the pandemic ...

Our Civilization Needs a Great Transformation | umair haque

Photo: Medium We Need Three Decades of Revolutions. But Are We Capable of It? July 25, 2020 (Eudaimonia & Co) -- Any thoughtful person should understand that, at this juncture in human history, civil ...

America is Having the Mother of All Social Collapses | umair haque

Photo: Medium If American Life Feels Frightening, It’s Because It’s Imploding -- In Gruesome and Catastrophic Ways July 24, 2020 (Eudaimonia and Co) -- It’s genuinely terrifying to be an American the ...

WATCH: 'Why Banking Needs to Be Run as a Public Utility' | Center for Global Justice

July 13, 2020 (Center for Global Justice) -- The current financial crisis did not begin with a virus. It began in September 2019 with the collapse of the shadow banking system, requiring a bailout by ...

Island of the Undesirables: AIDS, COVID-19, Confederate Prisoners, and a Million More Stories | Mickey Z.

Claire Yaffa Children With Aids Photograph Collection, PR 290 Mickey Z. -- World News Trust July 15, 2020 Imagine a tiny, off-limits, allegedly haunted island upon which prisoners are recruited to di ...