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	January 27, 2007

Saturday Links for the Week - January 27, 2007 Ink and watercolour by fellow Salon blogger Susan Hales Preparing for Civilization's End Wild Food: A BBC program tells you how to find wild edibles in your own neighbourhood. Thanks to Andrew Campbell for the link. Learning Self-Sufficiency: India's Barefoot College teaches people community-based skills on less than a shoestring. Thanks to Ellen Fish for the link. Funds to Make a Difference: IdeaWild provides hundreds of small grants to people who just need a little to make a big difference in protecting biodiversity. Thanks to Evelyn Mitchell for the link. Technologies With Promise: Technology generally creates more problems than it solves, but these eight new promising technologies could make the world a little greener. Thanks to my colleague Allen Monstratt for the link. A Model for Sharing and Collaboration: Simon Fraser University's SCoPE free open collaboration and virtual meeting tool allows researchers to link up and share information powerfully with others. Emergency Preparedness Around the World: Fluwiki has a list of preparedness plans from around the world, and also a list of flu pandemic preparedness guides. How the World Really Works The Rich Get Richer: Salon's HTWW links to Mark Thoma's report on how income disparity in the US continues to soar. The average after-tax income of the richest one percent of households rose from $722,000 in 2003 to $868,000 in 2004, after adjusting for inflation, a one-year increase of nearly $146,000, or 20 percent. This increase was the largest increase in 15 years, measured both in percentage terms and in real dollars. In contrast, the income of the middle fifth of the population rose $1,700, or 3.6 percent, to $48,400 in 2004. The income of the bottom fifth rose a scant $200 (or 1.4 percent) to $14,700. The Dangers of Genetic Engineering: Also from HTWW, a link to a new book refuting a recent Atlantic Monthly report lauding genetic engineering, showing just how dangerous genetic engineering is. Thought for the Week: From Thomas Pynchon: "If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers." 3:47:42 PM  trackback []  comment []

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