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A gardener in South Central LA wants you to grow your own food
A few months back we posted the Ted video of Ron Finley teaching people who live in cities why and how to grow your own food in an urban metropolis. This week VICE did an interview with Ron: VICE: Do you think your message would have spread so far if the city hadn’t tried to make […]
Steven Soderbergh: The State of Cinema
http://kottke.org/13/05/steven-soderbergh-the-state-of-cinema “But before we talk about movies we should talk about art in general, if that’s possible. Given all the incredible suffering in the world I wonder, what is art for, really? If the collected works of Shakespeare can’t prevent genocide then really, what is it for? Shouldn’t we be spending the time and resources […]
Dopest party out there:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-21487993 Brazil’s Marina Silva launches ‘sustainability party’
Mindfulness Growing in Silicon Valley
We’ve touched on the yoga benefits for coders and programmers and it seems this trend is continuing throughout Silicon Valley. Check out this Wired article on mindfulness and meditation at Google and other tech companies: Chade-Meng Tan is perched on a chair, his lanky body folded into a half-lotus position. “Close your eyes,” he says. His voice is a hypnotic baritone, […]