life

The Way We Work (Wednesdays)

Submitted by GregoryHeller on January 23, 2008 - 6:48am.

At CivicActions we talk a lot about the lifestyle implications of the way we work. Many “remote” or “virtual” workers will rave about the freedom of working from home, or the benefits of not having a commute. But I think we all know that there are challenges that come with the benefits, and each of us who has worked like this has developed strategies, techniques, schedules and other “coping mechanisms” to to address them.

Cell Phones Maybe Illusive Cause of Colony Collapse Disorder

Submitted by GregoryHeller on April 16, 2007 - 4:20pm.

If it is to be believed, we may be totally out of luck as a species. Cell Phones may be the cause of the mysterious Colony Collapse Disorder effecting Bees in Europe and the United States. WorldChanging reports that bees provide somewhere between $14 billion and 92 billion in free pollination services. The WorldChanging article is very interesting and worth a read.