“If being a woman is an inspiration, use it.  If it is an obstacle, try not to be bothered.” – Khandro Rinpoche. 

Jill Bolte Taylor's Stroke of Insight

Everyone MUST watch this.

What Is the Genuine Progress Index

http://www.rprogress.org/sustainability_indicators/genuine_progress_indicator.htm

http://www.gpiatlantic.org/

New Peaks open for Tourism in Ladakh

The Times of India published an article saying which restricted areas are now open to foreigners for mountaineering-type pursuits.  This is going to highly imact tourism in Ladakh.

I wonder if this is India's way to lay claim to previously restricted areas... if J & K state then makes tourism dollars off of peaks in the southeaster corridor of the Karakoram, Pakistan and China cannot very well claim any of that land is belonging to them, can they.  The closer India pushes toward the borders, the more tenuous the situation may get.

Don't know if this is such a good idea, India.
And Ladakh, it's time for you to dial up the sustainable eco-tourism business strategies.  Helena Norberg-Hodge, where are you when we need you!

"I would rather be ashes than dust!  I would rather my sparks should burn out in a blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot.  I would rather be as a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than asleep and permanent as a planet.

The proper function of a person is to live, not to exist.  I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them.  I shall use my time."

-Jack London

Powers Of 10

This is a video that I think I watched every year of my primary education, and every time, it rocked my world. The content did, but also the fact that we watched it on a double reel projector that the teacher would have to take 5 mintues to set up before we watched, then i was a bit captivated by the rewinding of the flim after we viewed it.

I also remember that none of my teachers ever wanted to discuss this video at all. They would just show it, and then move on to the next topic in the science book. I wonder why that is.

A good one.

"The most effective way to do it, is to do it." 

 
- Amelia Earhart