Blue Thinking: The Next-Generation Green Strategy

Navegar em mar azul é a nova saída para a estrategia sustentável . Nesta forma de pensar mercadologica, os caras de marketing procuram brechas para seus produtos nao ficarem competindo em águas cheias de tubarões, no mar vermelho do canibalismo. Procuram simplificar, facilitar para os consumidores e consumir menos planeta no processo, pois é mais barato e mais simples. Soluções de criatividade e de quem enxerga oportunidades onde ninguém mais vê. Uma visão bacana. Confiram. No Brasil, Eduardo Aron, da Kimberly Clark é fera no assunto.

Leiam este artigo da Tamara. http://www.sustainablelifemedia.com/content/column/brands/blue_the_next_generation_green_strategy

Depredar Amazonia tem preço

90 milhões de reais - um terço de Kaká - é quanto custa comprar uma licença para saquear diversos milhares de quilômetros quadrados de Amazônia. http://www.amazonia.org.br/opiniao/editorial.cfm

Dia de medir e pesar - Argh

108.700! uaauuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu! Pela primeira vez em 5 anos abaixo de 109. Ginasticando e sem dor na perna, sem dor no joelho, sem dor no pé. SEM DOR, PONTO. Êeeeeee! Santiago de Compostela, me aguarde! Tudo é possível.

Ray Anderson

Tem um carinha, Ray Anderson , que mudou sua empresa para ser sustentavel. Ele tem negocio gigantesco de carpetes no EUA, e fez uma palestra no TED, IDEAS WORTH SPREADING e está neste site também. Bacana. http://brainiacs.wordpress.com/ ou no http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP9QF_lBOyA

Peace Maker

Joguinho de Peace maker. Já que voces vão jogar eletronicamente, ve aí se conseguem o Nobel da paz. http://www.peacemakergame.com/

Site bom

Este site de coisas e negocios sustentaveis tem boas ideias, bons colunistas, gostei.
http://www.ecodesenvolvimento.org.br/

Luz

A luz no meu home office é MARAVILHOSA a partir das tres da tarde.

Um tempo de ódio

Leiam este texto e vejam como enxergo além. Este texto é de arrepiar e é tão verdadeiro que vale a gente repensar a forma de atuar no mundo.

OP-ED COLUMNIST
The Big Hate

By PAUL KRUGMAN
Published: June 11, 2009

Back in April, there was a huge fuss over an internal report by the Department of Homeland Security warning that current conditions resemble those in the early 1990s — a time marked by an upsurge of right-wing extremism that culminated in the Oklahoma City bombing.

Conservatives were outraged. The chairman of the Republican National Committee denounced the report as an attempt to “segment out conservatives in this country who have a different philosophy or view from this administration” and label them as terrorists.

But with the murder of Dr. George Tiller by an anti-abortion fanatic, closely followed by a shooting by a white supremacist at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, the analysis looks prescient.

There is, however, one important thing that the D.H.S. report didn’t say: Today, as in the early years of the Clinton administration but to an even greater extent, right-wing extremism is being systematically fed by the conservative media and political establishment.

Now, for the most part, the likes of Fox News and the R.N.C. haven’t directly incited violence, despite Bill O’Reilly’s declarations that “some” called Dr. Tiller “Tiller the Baby Killer,” that he had “blood on his hands,” and that he was a “guy operating a death mill.” But they have gone out of their way to provide a platform for conspiracy theories and apocalyptic rhetoric, just as they did the last time a Democrat held the White House.

And at this point, whatever dividing line there was between mainstream conservatism and the black-helicopter crowd seems to have been virtually erased.

Exhibit A for the mainstreaming of right-wing extremism is Fox News’s new star, Glenn Beck. Here we have a network where, like it or not, millions of Americans get their news — and it gives daily airtime to a commentator who, among other things, warned viewers that the Federal Emergency Management Agency might be building concentration camps as part of the Obama administration’s “totalitarian” agenda (although he eventually conceded that nothing of the kind was happening).

But let’s not neglect the print news media. In the Bush years, The Washington Times became an important media player because it was widely regarded as the Bush administration’s house organ. Earlier this week, the newspaper saw fit to run an opinion piece declaring that President Obama “not only identifies with Muslims, but actually may still be one himself,” and that in any case he has “aligned himself” with the radical Muslim Brotherhood.

And then there’s Rush Limbaugh. His rants today aren’t very different from his rants in 1993. But he occupies a different position in the scheme of things. Remember, during the Bush years Mr. Limbaugh became very much a political insider. Indeed, according to a recent Gallup survey, 10 percent of Republicans now consider him the “main person who speaks for the Republican Party today,” putting him in a three-way tie with Dick Cheney and Newt Gingrich. So when Mr. Limbaugh peddles conspiracy theories — suggesting, for example, that fears over swine flu were being hyped “to get people to respond to government orders” — that’s a case of the conservative media establishment joining hands with the lunatic fringe.

It’s not surprising, then, that politicians are doing the same thing. The R.N.C. says that “the Democratic Party is dedicated to restructuring American society along socialist ideals.” And when Jon Voight, the actor, told the audience at a Republican fund-raiser this week that the president is a “false prophet” and that “we and we alone are the right frame of mind to free this nation from this Obama oppression,” Mitch McConnell, the Senate minority leader, thanked him, saying that he “really enjoyed” the remarks.

Credit where credit is due. Some figures in the conservative media have refused to go along with the big hate — people like Fox’s Shepard Smith and Catherine Herridge, who debunked the attacks on that Homeland Security report two months ago. But this doesn’t change the broad picture, which is that supposedly respectable news organizations and political figures are giving aid and comfort to dangerous extremism.

What will the consequences be? Nobody knows, of course, although the analysts at Homeland Security fretted that things may turn out even worse than in the 1990s — that thanks, in part, to the election of an African-American president, “the threat posed by lone wolves and small terrorist cells is more pronounced than in past years.”

And that’s a threat to take seriously. Yes, the worst terrorist attack in our history was perpetrated by a foreign conspiracy. But the second worst, the Oklahoma City bombing, was perpetrated by an all-American lunatic. Politicians and media organizations wind up such people at their, and our, peril.

Você é o que percebem.

Estética é a ética. Ou o que o seu corpo e sua fala diz é o que transmite o que você é para os outros. O que você fala é o que ouvem. As pessoas não se preocupam em ouvir o que há por trás das máscaras. Eu não só escuto, como ouço vejo através delas. Como a gente avalia os outros por nossos parâmetros, e eu vejo através, imagino que me enxerguem pelo que sou. Mas não. Não é assim.

Que eu possa ter me sustentado 40 anos por esta competência e não tenha me preocupado em criar uma Persona Profissional é no minimo engraçado. Muito interessante que eu viva disso. Minha midia, meu corpo, minha emoção a flor da pele se transformaram minha mensagem. Marshall MacLuham, tem razão. The midia is the message.

Quase a mesma idade.

Snoopy e eu temos quase a mesma idade. Ele é só três anos mais velho que eu. Eu cheguei a ter uns vinte livros do Peanuts mas tem uma tirinha ( que ainda vou achar) e que me pautou a vida toda. Linus e Lucy Van Pelt pequenininhos, olhando o céu imenso, estrelado, vêm uma estrela cadente. Lucy explica que a estrela morreu. Linus continua olhando para o céu um tempão e no ultimo quadrinho diz. "What can we as individuals do?" É isso aí, Linus.

O conhecimento do mundo

Li vagamente mas Zanith me mandou um demonstrativo do que voce pode ter com o wolframalpha. Vou tentar fazer o link mas se eu não conseguir, tente ver , na unha mesmo. O Google ficou completamente velho. Viva o http://www23.wolframalpha.com/screencast/introducingwolframalpha.html . Ai! Que delicia. Pera aí. Ai! Que medo! Ih, acho que os dois.

País de piada pronta

O responsavel pela comissão de Pecuaria do Greenpeace no Brasil é Andre MUGGIATI. Moo para voce também, André.

Sustentabilidade é isto

Quando nas vigas de cedro do refeitório de Universidade de Oxford deu cupim os caras resolveram ver com os "forester" da Universidade como substituir vigas de 10 metros com bitola de meio metro. Pepinão? Não. Descobriram o seguinte: os caras que tomavam conta da floresta local estavam esperando por eles. "Pô, como voces demoraram para falar com a gente!" Desde a fundação da Universidade, no século XIV, plantaram uma florestinha com cedros para o dia que desse cupim. Isto é que é pensar o planeta pensando nas geraçoes futuras, fala a verdade. Sustentabilidade é isto aí.

Whole Earth Catalog

Adolescendo lia o Whole Earth Catalog. Era um Google de 1968. Bárbaro. Todos os numeros estão digitalizados no site. O máximo!

Ideias que valem a pena

O TED. ideas worth spreading está sendo usado até pelo Barack Obama. Neste site tem palestras maravilhosas de tudo quanto é cor e sabor . Científicas, humanas, inspiradoras. Vou lá diariamente assim como vou meditar.
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/psfk/feed/~3/4fLQEfii1Q8/event-review-tedstate-us-state-dept-goes-to-ted-for-new-ideas.html

Vamos nessa!

Hoje é dia do meio ambiente. Já plantei uma árvore, uma primavera, economizei agua e voce me arruma um cliente e tudo certo.

Joachin Posada no TED.

Assista o filme da experiencia com crianças e marshmalows.
http://www.ted.com/talks/joachim_de_posada_says_don_t_eat_the_marshmallow_yet.html

Obama fala no cairo. Amém.

Good afternoon. I am honored to be in the timeless city of Cairo and to be hosted by two remarkable institutions. For over a thousand years, Al-Azhar has had stood as a beacon of Islamic learning. And for over a century, Cairo University has been a source of Egypt’s advancement. Together, you represent the harmony between tradition and progress.

I’m grateful for your hospitality and the hospitality of the people of Egypt. And I’m also proud to carry with me the good will of the American people and a greeting of peace from Muslim communities in my country: Assalamu-alaikum.

We meet at a time of great tension between the United States and Muslims around the world, tension rooted in historical forces that go beyond any current policy debate. The relationship between Islam and the West includes centuries of coexistence and cooperation but also conflict and religious wars.

More recently, tension has been fed by colonialism that denied rights and opportunities to many Muslims and a Cold War in which Muslim majority countries were too often treated as proxies without regard to their own aspirations. Moreover, the sweeping change brought by modernity and globalization led many Muslims to view the West as hostile to the traditions of Islam.

Violent extremists have exploited these tensions in a small but potent minority of Muslims. The attacks of September 11, 2001, and the continued efforts of these extremists to engage in violence against civilians has led some in my country to view Islam as inevitably hostile not only to America and western countries but also to human rights.

All this has bred more fear and more mistrust. So long as our relationship is defined by our differences, we will empower those who sow hatred rather than peace, those who promote conflict rather than the cooperation that can help all of our people achieve justice and prosperity. And this cycle of suspicion and discord must end.

I do so recognizing that change cannot happen overnight. I know there’s been a lot of publicity about this speech, but no single speech can eradicate years of mistrust nor can I answer in the time that I have this afternoon all the complex questions that brought us to this point.

I’ve come here to Cairo to seek a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world, one based on mutual interest and mutual respect, and one based upon the truth that America and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap and share common principles, principles of justice and progress, tolerance and the dignity of all human beings.

But I am convinced that in order to move forward, we must say openly to each other the things we hold in our hearts and that too often are said only behind closed doors. There must be a sustained effort to listen to each other, to learn from each other, to respect one another, and to seek common ground.

As the Holy Quran tells us, Be conscious of God and speak always the truth.

That is what I will try to do today, to speak the truth as best I can. Humbled by the task before us and firm in my belief that the interests we share as human beings are far more powerful than the forces that drive us apart.

Now, part of this conviction is rooted in my own experience. I’m a Christian. But my father came from a Kenyan family that includes generations of Muslims. As a boy, I spent several years in Indonesia and heard the call of the azaan at the break of dawn and at the fall of dusk.

As a young man, I worked in Chicago communities where many found dignity and peace in their Muslim faith. As a student of history, I also know civilization’s debt to Islam. It was Islam at places like Al-Azhar that carried the light of learning through so many centuries, paving the way for Europe’s renaissance and enlightenment. It was innovation in Muslim communities...

It was innovation in Muslim communities that developed the order of algebra, our magnetic compass and tools of navigation, our mastery of pens and printing, our understanding of how disease spreads and how it can be healed. Islamic culture has given us majestic arches and soaring spires, timeless poetry and cherished music, elegant calligraphy and places of peaceful contemplation. And throughout history, Islam has demonstrated through words and deeds the possibilities of religious tolerance and racial equality.

The United States has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquility of Muslims. And since our founding, American Muslims have enriched the United States.

I also know that Islam has always been a part of America’s story. The first nation to recognize my country was Morocco. In signing the Treaty of Tripoli in 1796, our second president, John Adams, wrote,

They have fought in our wars. They have served in our government. They have stood for civil rights. They have started businesses. They have taught at our universities.
They’ve excelled in our sports arenas. They’ve won Nobel Prizes, built our tallest building and lit the Olympic torch. And when the first Muslim American was recently elected to Congress, he took the oath to defend our Constitution using the same holy Quran that one of our founding fathers, Thomas Jefferson, kept in his personal library.

So I have known Islam on three continents before coming to the region where it was first revealed. That experience guides my conviction that partnership between America and Islam must be based on what Islam is, not what it isn’t. And I consider it part of my responsibility as president of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear.

But that same principle must apply to Muslim perceptions of America. Just as...

Just as Muslims do not fit a crude stereotype, America is not the crude stereotype of a self-interested empire. The United States has been one of the greatest sources of progress that the world has ever known. We were born out of revolution against an empire.

We were founded upon the ideal that all are created equal. And we have shed blood and struggled for centuries to give meaning to those words, within our borders and around the world.

We are shaped by every culture. Drawn from every end of the Earth, and dedicated to a simple concept, E pluribus unum: Out of many, one.

Now much has been made of the fact that an African-American with the name Barack Hussein Obama could be elected president.

Moreover, freedom in America is indivisible from the freedom to practice one’s religion. That is why there is a mosque in every state in our union and over 1,200 mosques within our borders. That’s why the United States government has gone to court to protect the right of women and girls to wear the hijab, and to punish those who would deny it.

But my personal story is not so unique. The dream of opportunity for all people has not come true for everyone in America, but its promise exists for all who come to our shores. And that includes nearly 7 million American Muslims in our country today who, by the way, enjoy incomes and educational levels that are higher than the American average.

So let there be no doubt...

... let there be no doubt, Islam is a part of America. And I believe that America holds within her the truth that regardless of race, religion, or station in life, all of us share common aspirations: to live in peace and security, to get an education and to work with dignity, to love our families, our communities, and our God. These things we share. This is the hope of all humanity.

Of course, recognizing our common humanity is only the beginning of our task.
Words alone cannot meet the needs of our people. These needs will be met only if we act boldly in the years ahead. And if we understand that the challenges we face are shared and our failure to meet them will hurt us all.

For we have learned from recent experience that when a financial system weakens in one country, prosperity is hurt everywhere. When a new flu infects one human being, all are at risk. When one nation pursues a nuclear weapon, the risk of nuclear attack rises for all nations.

When violent extremists operate in one stretch of mountains, people are endangered across an ocean. When innocents in Bosnia and Darfur are slaughtered, that is a stain on our collective conscience.

That is what it means to share this world in the 21st Century. That is the responsibility we have to one another as human beings. This is a difficult responsibility to embrace, for human history has often been a record of nations and tribes, and, yes, religions subjugating one another in pursuit of their own interests.

Now, that does not mean we should ignore sources of tension. Indeed, it suggests the opposite. We must face these tensions squarely. And so, in that spirit, let me speak as clearly and as plainly as I can about some specific issues that I believe we must finally confront together.

Yet in this new age, such attitudes are self-defeating. Given our interdependence, any world order that elevates one nation or group of people over another will inevitably fail. So whatever we think of the past, we must not be prisoners to it. Our problems must be dealt with through partnership, our progress must be shared.

The first issue that we have to confront is violent extremism in all its forms. In Ankara, I made clear that America is not and never will be at war with Islam.

We will, however, relentlessly confront violent extremists who pose a grave threat to our security because we reject the same thing that people of all faiths reject, the killing of innocent men, women, and children. And it is my first duty as president to protect the American people.

The situation in Afghanistan demonstrates America’s goals and our need to work together. Over seven years ago, the United States pursued Al Qaida and the Taliban with broad international support. We did not go by choice. We went because of necessity. I’m aware that there’s still some who would question or even justify the offense of 9/11. But let us be clear. Al Qaida killed nearly 3,000 people on that day.

The victims were innocent men, women, and children from America and many other nations who had done nothing to harm anybody. And yet Al Qaida chose to ruthlessly murder these people, claimed credit for the attack, and even now states their determination to kill on a massive scale. They have affiliates in many countries and are trying to expand their reach.

These are not opinions to be debated. These are facts to be dealt with. Make no mistake, we do not want to keep our troops in Afghanistan. We see no military -- we seek no military bases there. It is agonizing for America to lose our young men and women. It is costly and politically difficult to continue this conflict.

And that’s why we’re partnering with a coalition of 46 countries. And despite the costs involved, America’s commitment will not weaken. Indeed, none of us should tolerate these extremists. They have killed in many countries. They have killed people of different faiths but, more than any other, they have killed Muslims. Their actions are irreconcilable with the rights of human beings, the progress of nations, and with Islam.

We would gladly bring every single one of our troops home if we could be confident that there were not violent extremists in Afghanistan and now Pakistan determined to kill as many Americans as they possibly can. But that is not yet the case.

The Holy Quran teaches that whoever kills an innocent is as -- it is as it if has killed all mankind.

And the Holy Quran also says whoever saves a person, it is as if he has saved all mankind.

The enduring faith of over a billion people is so much bigger than the narrow hatred of a few. Islam is not part of the problem in combating violent extremism; it is an important part of promoting peace.

Now, we also know that military power alone is not going solve the problems in Afghanistan and Pakistan. That’s why we plan to invest $1.5 billion each year over the next five years to partner with Pakistanis to build schools and hospitals, roads and businesses, and hundreds of millions to help those who’ve been displaced.
That’s why we are providing more than $2.8 billion to help Afghans develop their economy and deliver services that people depend on.

Now, let me also address the issue of Iraq. Unlike Afghanistan, Iraq was a war of choice that provoked strong differences in my country and around the world.

Although I believe that the Iraqi people are ultimately better off without the tyranny of Saddam Hussein, I also believe that events in Iraq have reminded America of the need to use diplomacy and build international consensus to resolve our problems whenever possible.

Indeed, we can recall the words of Thomas Jefferson, who said, I hope that our wisdom will grow with our power and teach us that the less we use our power, the greater it will be. Today America has a dual responsibility to help Iraq forge a better future and to leave Iraq to Iraqis.

I have made it clear to the Iraqi people that we pursue no basis and no claim on their territory or resources. Iraq’s sovereignty is its own. And that’s why I ordered the removal of our combat brigades by next August. That is why we will honor our agreement with Iraq’s democratically-elected government to remove combat troops from Iraqi cities by July and to remove all of our troops from Iraq by 2012.

I have made it clear to the Iraqi people...

We will help Iraq train its security forces and develop its economy. But we will support a secure and united Iraq as a partner and never as a patron.

And finally, just as America can never tolerate violence by extremists, we must never alter or forget our principles. 9/11 was an enormous trauma to our country. The fear and anger that it provoked was understandable. But in some cases, it led us to act contrary to our traditions and our ideals.

We are taking concrete actions to change course. I have unequivocally prohibited the use of torture by the United States. And I have ordered the prison at Guantanamo Bay closed by early next year.

So America will defend itself, respectful of the sovereignty of nations and the rule of law. And we will do so in partnership with Muslim communities, which are also threatened. The sooner the extremists are isolated and unwelcome in Muslim communities, the sooner we will all be safer.

Now, the second major source of tension that we need to discuss is the situation between Israelis, Palestinians and the Arab world. America’s strong bonds with Israel are well-known. This bond is unbreakable. It is based upon cultural and historical ties and the recognition that the aspiration for a Jewish homeland is rooted in a tragic history that cannot be denied.

Around the world the Jewish people were persecuted for centuries. And anti-Semitism in Europe culminated in an unprecedented holocaust. Tomorrow I will visit Buchenwald, which was part of a network of camps where Jews were enslaved, tortured, shot and gassed to death by the Third Reich.

It’s about preventing a nuclear arms race in the Middle East that could lead this region and the world down a hugely dangerous path.

Six million Jews were killed, more than the entire Jewish population of Israel today. Denying that fact is baseless. It is ignorant, and it is hateful.

Now, I understand those who protest that some countries have weapons that others do not. No single nations should pick and choose which nation holds nuclear weapons. And that’s why I strongly reaffirmed America’s commitment to seek a world in which no nations hold nuclear weapons.

And any nation, including Iran, should have the right to access peaceful nuclear power if it complies with its responsibilities under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. That commitment is at the core of the treaty. And it must be kept for all who fully abide by it. And I am hopeful that all countries in the region can share in this goal.

The fourth issue that I will address is democracy.

I know there has been controversy about the promotion of democracy in recent years. And much of this controversy is connected to the war in Iraq. So let me be clear. No system of government can or should be imposed by one nation by any other. That does not lessen my commitment, however, to governments that reflect the will of the people.

Each nation gives life to this principle in its own way, grounded in the traditions of its own people. America does not presume to know what is best for everyone, just as we would not presume to pick the outcome of a peaceful election.

But I do have an unyielding belief that all people yearn for certain things: the ability to speak your mind and have a say in how you are governed, confidence in the rule of law and the equal administration of justice, government that is transparent and doesn’t steal from the people, the freedom to live as you choose. These are not just American ideas. They are human rights. And that is why we will support them everywhere.

Now, there is no straight line to realize this promise. But this much is clear.
Governments that protect these rights are ultimately more stable, successful and secure. Suppressing ideas never succeeds in making them go away. America respects the right of all peaceful and law-abiding voices to be heard around the world, even if we disagree with them. And we will welcome all elected, peaceful governments, provided they govern with respect for all their people.

So no matter where it takes hold, government of the people and by the people sets a single standard for all who would hold power. You must maintain your power through consent, not coercion. You must respect the rights of minorities and participate with a spirit of tolerance and compromise. You must place the interests of your people and the legitimate workings of the political process above your party.
Without these ingredients, elections alone do not make true democracy.

This last point is important because there are some who advocate for democracy only when they’re out of power. Once in power, they are ruthless in suppressing the rights of others.

The fifth issue that we must address together is religious freedom. Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance. We see it in the history of Andalusia and Cordoba during the Inquisition. I saw it firsthand as a child in Indonesia where devote Christians worshipped freely in an overwhelmingly Muslim country.

That is the spirit we need today. People in every country should be free to choose and live their faith based upon the persuasion of the mind and the heart and the soul.

This tolerance is essential for religion to thrive. But it’s being challenged in many different ways. Among some Muslims, there’s a disturbing tendency to measure one’s own faith by the rejection of somebody else’s faith.

The richness of religious diversity must be upheld, whether it is for Maronites in Lebanon or the Copts in Egypt.

And if we are being honest, fault lines must be closed among Muslims as well as the divisions between Sunni and Shia have led to tragic violence, particularly in Iraq.
Freedom of religion is central to the ability of peoples to live together. We must always examine the ways in which people protect it. For instance, in the United States, rules on charitable giving have made it harder for Muslims to fulfill their religious obligation.

That’s why I’m committed to work with American Muslims to ensure that they can fulfill zakat. Likewise, it is important for Western countries to avoid impeding Muslim citizens from practicing religion as they see fit, for instance, by dictating what clothes a Muslim woman should wear.

That’s why we welcome efforts like Saudi Arabian King Abdullah’s interfaith dialogue and Turkey’s leadership in the Alliance of Civilizations.

We can’t disguise hostility towards any religion behind the pretense of liberalism. In fact, faith should bring us together. And that’s why we’re forging service projects in America to bring together Christians, Muslims, and Jews.

Around the world, we can turn dialogue into interfaith service so bridges between peoples lead to action, whether it is combating malaria in Africa or providing relief after a natural disaster.

The sixth issue -- the sixth issue that I want to address is women’s rights.

I know, and you can tell from this audience, that there is a healthy debate about this issue. I reject the view of some in the West that a woman who chooses to cover her hair is somehow less equal. But I do believe that a woman who is denied an education is denied equality.

And it is no coincidence that countries where women are well- educated are far more likely to be prosperous.

Now let me be clear, issues of women’s equality are by no means simply an issue for Islam. In Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, we’ve seen Muslim-majority countries elect a woman to lead.

Meanwhile, the struggle for women’s equality continues in many aspects of American life and in countries around the world. I am convinced that our daughters can contribute just as much to society as our sons.

Our common prosperity will be advanced by allowing all humanity, men and women, to reach their full potential. I do not believe that women must make the same choices as men in order to be equal. And I respect those women who choose to live their lives in traditional roles. But it should be their choice.

That is why the United States will partner with any Muslim- majority country to support expanded literacy for girls and to help young women pursue employment through micro-financing that helps people live their dreams.

Finally, I want to discuss economic development and opportunity. I know that for many, the face of globalization is contradictory. The Internet and television can bring knowledge and information but also offensive sexuality and mindless violence into the home.

But I also know that human progress cannot be denied. There need not be contradictions between development and tradition. Countries like Japan and South Korea grew their economies enormously while maintaining distinct cultures. The same is true for the astonishing progress within Muslim majority countries from Kuala Lumpur to Dubai.

Trade can bring new wealth and opportunities but also huge disruptions and change in communities. In all nations, including America, this change can bring fear; fear that, because of modernity, we lose control over our economic choices, our politics, and most importantly, our identities, those things we most cherish about our communities, our families, our traditions, and our faith.

In ancient times and in our times, Muslim communities have been at the forefront of innovation and education. And this is important because no development strategy can be based only upon what comes out of the ground nor can it be sustained while young people are out of work.

Many Gulf States have enjoyed great wealth as a consequence of oil, and some are beginning to focus it on broader development. But all of us must recognize that education and innovation will be the currency of the 21st century. And in too...

And in too many Muslim communities, there remains underinvestment in these areas. I am emphasizing such investment within my own country. And while America, in the past, has focused on oil and gas when it comes to this part of the world, we new seek a broader engagement.

On education, we will expand change programs and increase scholarships like the one that brought my father to America.

At the same time, we will encourage more Americans to study in Muslim communities. And we will match promising Muslim students are internships in America, invest in online learning for teachers and children around the world and create a new, online network so a young person in Kansas can communicate instantly with a young person in Cairo.

On economic development, we will create a new core of business volunteers to partner with counterparts in Muslim majority countries. And I will host a summit on entrepreneurship this year to identify how we can deepen ties between business leaders, foundations, and social entrepreneurs in the United States and Muslim communities around the world.

Today, I’m announcing a new global effort with the organization of the Islamic Conference to eradicate polio. And we will also expand partnerships with Muslim communities to promote child and maternal health.

On science and technology, we will launch a new fund to support technological development in Muslim majority country and to help transfer ideas to the marketplace so they can create more jobs. We will open centers of scientific excellence in Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia and appoint new science envoys to collaborate on programs that develop new sources of energy, create green jobs, digitize records, clean water, grow new crops.

All these things must be done in partnership. Americans are ready to join with citizens and governments, community organizations, religious leaders, and businesses in Muslim communities around the world to help our people pursue a better life.

The issues that I have described will not be easy to address, but we have a responsibility to join together to behalf of the world that we seek, a world where extremists no longer threaten our people and American troops have come home; a world where Israelis and Palestinians are each secure in a state of their own and nuclear energy is used for peaceful purposes, a world where governments serve their citizens and the rights of all God’s children are respected. Those are mutual interests. That is the world we seek.But we can only achieve it together. I know there are many, Muslim and non-Muslim, who question whether we can forge this new beginning. Some are eager to stoke the flames of division and to stand in the way of progress. Some suggest that it isn’t worth the effort, that we are fated to disagree and civilizations are doomed to clash.

Many more are simply skeptical that real change can occur. There is so much fear, so much mistrust that has built up over the years. But if we choose to be bound by the past, we will never move forward. And I want to particularly say this to young people of every faith in every country. You more than anyone have the ability to reimagine the world, the remake this world.

It’s easier to start wars than to end them. It’s easier to blame others than to look inward. It’s easier to see what is different about someone than to find the things we share. But we should choose the right path, not just the easy path. There is one rule that lies at the heart of every religion, that we do unto others as we would have them do unto us.

All of us share this world for but a brief moment in time. The question is whether we spend that time focused on what pushes us apart or whether we commit ourselves to an effort, a sustained effort to find common ground, to focus on the future we seek for our children and to respect the dignity of all human beings.

This truth transcends nations and peoples, a belief that isn’t new, that isn’t black or white or brown, that isn’t Christian or Muslim or Jew. It’s a belief that pulsed in the cradle of civilization and that still beats in the hearts of billions around the world. It’s a faith in other people. And it’s what brought me here today.

We have the power to make the world we seek, but only if we have the courage to make a new beginning, keeping in mind what has been written. The Holy Quran tells us, Mankind, we have created you male and a female. And we have made you into nations and tribes so that you may know one another.

The Talmud tells us, The whole of the Torah is for the purpose of promoting peace.
The Holy Bible tells us, Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.

The people of the world can live together in peace. We know that is God’s vision.
Now that must be our work here on Earth.

Thank you. And may God’s peace be upon you. Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Voce come ou não come os marshmallows?

Artigo no NewYorker sobre comportamento chega a mesma conclusão que frase em parachoque de caminhoneiro. Quem espera , sempre alcança.

" In the late nineteen-sixties, Carolyn Weisz, a four-year-old with long brown hair, was invited into a “game room” at the Bing Nursery School, on the campus of Stanford University. The room was little more than a large closet, containing a desk and a chair. Carolyn was asked to sit down in the chair and pick a treat from a tray of marshmallows, cookies, and pretzel sticks. Carolyn chose the marshmallow. Although she’s now forty-four, Carolyn still has a weakness for those air-puffed balls of corn syrup and gelatine. “I know I shouldn’t like them,” she says. “But they’re just so delicious!” A researcher then made Carolyn an offer: she could either eat one marshmallow right away or, if she was willing to wait while he stepped out for a few minutes, she could have two marshmallows when he returned. He said that if she rang a bell on the desk while he was away he would come running back, and she could eat one marshmallow but would forfeit the second. Then he left the room.

Although Carolyn has no direct memory of the experiment, and the scientists would not release any information about the subjects, she strongly suspects that she was able to delay gratification. “I’ve always been really good at waiting,” Carolyn told me. “If you give me a challenge or a task, then I’m going to find a way to do it, even if it means not eating my favorite food.” Her mother, Karen Sortino, is still more certain: “Even as a young kid, Carolyn was very patient. I’m sure she would have waited.” But her brother Craig, who also took part in the experiment, displayed less fortitude. Craig, a year older than Carolyn, still remembers the torment of trying to wait. “At a certain point, it must have occurred to me that I was all by myself,” he recalls. “And so I just started taking all the candy.” According to Craig, he was also tested with little plastic toys—he could have a second one if he held out—and he broke into the desk, where he figured there would be additional toys. “I took everything I could,” he says. “I cleaned them out. After that, I noticed the teachers encouraged me to not go into the experiment room anymore.”

Footage of these experiments, which were conducted over several years, is poignant, as the kids struggle to delay gratification for just a little bit longer. Some cover their eyes with their hands or turn around so that they can’t see the tray. Others start kicking the desk, or tug on their pigtails, or stroke the marshmallow as if it were a tiny stuffed animal. One child, a boy with neatly parted hair, looks carefully around the room to make sure that nobody can see him. Then he picks up an Oreo, delicately twists it apart, and licks off the white cream filling before returning the cookie to the tray, a satisfied look on his face.

Most of the children were like Craig. They struggled to resist the treat and held out for an average of less than three minutes. “A few kids ate the marshmallow right away,” Walter Mischel, the Stanford professor of psychology in charge of the experiment, remembers. “They didn’t even bother ringing the bell. Other kids would stare directly at the marshmallow and then ring the bell thirty seconds later.” About thirty per cent of the children, however, were like Carolyn. They successfully delayed gratification until the researcher returned, some fifteen minutes later. These kids wrestled with temptation but found a way to resist.

The initial goal of the experiment was to identify the mental processes that allowed some people to delay gratification while others simply surrendered. After publishing a few papers on the Bing studies in the early seventies, Mischel moved on to other areas of personality research. “There are only so many things you can do with kids trying not to eat marshmallows.”

But occasionally Mischel would ask his three daughters, all of whom attended the Bing, about their friends from nursery school. “It was really just idle dinnertime conversation,” he says. “I’d ask them, ‘How’s Jane? How’s Eric? How are they doing in school?’ ” Mischel began to notice a link between the children’s academic performance as teen-agers and their ability to wait for the second marshmallow. He asked his daughters to assess their friends academically on a scale of zero to five. Comparing these ratings with the original data set, he saw a correlation. “That’s when I realized I had to do this seriously,” he says. Starting in 1981, Mischel sent out a questionnaire to all the reachable parents, teachers, and academic advisers of the six hundred and fifty-three subjects who had participated in the marshmallow task, who were by then in high school. He asked about every trait he could think of, from their capacity to plan and think ahead to their ability to “cope well with problems” and get along with their peers. He also requested their S.A.T. scores.

Once Mischel began analyzing the results, he noticed that low delayers, the children who rang the bell quickly, seemed more likely to have behavioral problems, both in school and at home. They got lower S.A.T. scores. They struggled in stressful situations, often had trouble paying attention, and found it difficult to maintain friendships. The child who could wait fifteen minutes had an S.A.T. score that was, on average, two hundred and ten points higher than that of the kid who could wait only thirty seconds.

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/05/18/090518fa_fact_lehrer

O tarot do dia - a estrela

Estou começando uma nova etapa na vida profissional. Dia 29 me tornei uma ORIGAMER. Junto-me a 30 outros consultores na Gestão Origami- simples, unica, sustentável.

Há momentos em que somos testados a manter uma fidelidade a uma postura mais sublime, em termos de reação ao mundo que nos cerca. A Estrela me aconselha a cultivar a esperança como uma forma de manter acesa a minha luz interior. Ainda que os elementos concretos me desafiem ou deem sinais negativos, será a postura de pensamento positivo que permitirá superar os obstáculos. Alto astral, Postura Positiva, Animo. Foco na meta, atuação de forma clara, aberta, sem joguinhos.

Familia disfuncional

É preciso senso de humor

Para os homens é mais simples tudo. É tchap-tchura. A gente é um saco, pensa, pensa, pensa, pondera, reflete, e sempre acaba no sorvete. Este anúncio fala tudo.

Fantasma sai de cena

Este livro de Philip Roth é uma delícia. Recomendo.

Muito bom

110.400

Voltei porque não aguentei a leveza. Esta é uma zona de conforto. Mas hoje com minha Princesa de Paus me aconselhando, ouso mais. Vou andar uma hora e volto. É isso aí, acordar todo dia com foco na proposta.

25 de maio e meu filho tem 33 anos.

E eu continuo lutando pelos meus sonhos e pelos dele. O dia é importante, um cliente prospect na Setor 2 1/2 que pode fazer a diferença na construção da empresa irá ver nosso trabalho. Jogo o Tarot para ver se devo ou não ir a reunião e a carta é clara. É a Princesa de Paus, que vem como arcano conselheiro. Copio aqui o conselho da carta " Trata-se de um momento de tomar consciência dos seus sonhos e objetivos, direcionando-se para eles. Você terá diversas tentações de se sentar e ficar esperando que as coisas aconteçam por si só. Não se permita a isso, mova-se, Renata! A Princesa de Paus é a imagem dos primeiros lampejos de idéias, amores ou projetos. Você sentirá a inércia e o tédio se evadindo de sua existência e finalmente imprimirá movimento à sua vida. Muitas águas hão de rolar e este é apenas o processo inicial de uma provável aventura muito gostosa. Lance-se sem medo! Quanto mais coragem, mais resultados! Mesmo que você ouça “não”, a negativa será apenas inicial.Conselho: Arrisque-se!"

Calma é isso.

Filho chegou dos EUA ontem a noite e foi para casa do amigo. Ele chegou. A angústia de segurar os aviões de dois filhos viajando na semana inteira passou. Pode ser o trânsito da Lua, Lua Nova, possibilidade de novo cliente, ansiedade de ver os filhos, mas nossa, o elefante que pisava no meu peito levantou a pata. Parece Astúrias, em dia de aiôoooo Rintin. Que alívio!

Ufa

Dia de mil pessoas, preciso voltar para perto de mim. De manhã "Décimo Terceiro Café com Sustentabilidade" na Febraban, Sonia Favaretto-ITAU UNIBANCO , Caio Magri- ETHOS , Clarisse Lins FBDS, PACTOS SETORIAIS. Almoço pai, mãe, irmãos, filha, tia. Tarde de médico, hora de terapia, neta na natação com nora, co-sogra, internet, CLIENTE SUPRESA, nome de empresa , realização de micro pesquisa, orçamento de novas jóias lindas, happy hour com quatro amigas de infância, fala, escuta, expõe, escuta, ri, escuta,e noite de leitura sobre o processo da morte. Madrugada de banho e leitura, super interesse nos cinco estagios da morte do "Livro Tibetano de Viver e de Morrer", meditação, e leitura de Philip Roth. Dia intenso para caralho, madrugada de sonhos de muitos sócios de criação, muitos jovens ( uau, que weird), muita música em vinil, mente crowded. Nossa! Estou exausta. E o dia nem começou. Bom dia!

Gozadinho

DIETA DO CHÁ

Lasanha... chá comigo

Salada... chá pra lá
Picanha... chá comigo
Carne de soja... chá pra lá
Rabada... chá comigo
Peixe grelhado... chá pra lá
Feijoada... chá comigo
Sopinha... chá pra lá
Cerveja... chá comigo
Chazinho... chá pra lá
Açúcar... chá comigo
Adoçante... chá pra lá
Boteco... chá comigo
Academia... chá pra lá
Rodízio... chá comigo
Spa... chá pra lá

Design sustentável

Olha aí o que vem para viver num mundo onde cada vez mais pessoas se preocupam com o valor das pessoas e da natureza.

Sneak peek at 10 sustainable products created as part of The Nature Conservancy’s “Design for a Living World.” Top designers from the worlds of fashion, textiles, furniture and packaging in order to highlight that good design and sustainabilityOn first glance, we are most impressed by fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi’s offering, an elegant cocktail dress and heels made from Alaskan Salmon skin, a by-product that is normally discarded by fisheries. Ezri Tarazi’s home furnishings constructed from sustainable bamboo groves located in the Yunnan Province of China beautifully synthesize urban modernity with nature’s simplicity.

http://www.psfk.com

Chuva e Luis Melodia

Amanheceu molhado e o jardim agradece. A roseira está rosando, a madressilva, madressilvando e a ipoméia, ipomeando.Deixo-os para ir ouvir Melodia, porque música é tão nutritivo! Bom dia.

Los Aquilantes

Ao fundarmos a Setor 2 1/2 na saida para uma visita Perci colocava um cd com a musica do filme Incrivel Exército de Branca Leone. Quatro anos depois, mais velhos e ainda mais bem sucedidos, continuamos acreditando que sem humor e alegria, não dá. Vem aí coisa nova e boa.Tarantaran Tarantaran Tarantaran Tarantaran hum pa!

Nova ferramenta do WBCSD

Li no site do World Business Council for Sustainable Development uma nova ferramenta de controle de impacto das empresas muuuuuito interessante. E é grátis. Está em inglês mas deve ser conhecida por quem trabalha com sustentabilidade. Eu baixei o excel, preenchi um caso hipotético com minha assitente Zanith e vi que é simples e pode ser muito util para monitorar os issues importantes para a empresa e seus stakeholders. Vale conhecer.

http://www.wbcsd.org/templates/TemplateWBCSD5/layout.asp?type=p&MenuId=MTU3Mw

Exposta

Woody Allen , parodiando Personna do Ingmar Bergman, tinha uma cena do Boris Grushenko olhando os campos de trigo. Em superposiçao de caras, Boris Grushenko dizia: "Wheat!" Silêncio longo. "I believe everyone, I believe no one. I respect everyone , I respect no one. "

Woody Allen foi muito engraçado, porque se expunha ao limite. Mas sabia fazer disso uma comédia. Moi? Je ne sais pas.

Estou achando muita exposição. Sempre fui assim, vermelha, vermelha, vermelha. Ahhhhhh! Que ódio!. Percebo tudo e saco tudo, não percebo nada , saco nada. Fico quieta, falo demais.

Over. Quero ser under agora. Quero me fechar em copas. Menos é mais.

Mobilize-se pela paz

http://www.marchamundial.org/

109.800 quilos

Que nervoso. Estou abaixo dos 110 quilos pela primeira vez em 3 anos. Esta era a meta para janeiro. Estou com medo, ansiosa, com um turbilhão de emoções no peito. Impressionante o que emagrecer mobiliza dentro de mim. Impressionante! Impressionante! Impressionante! Respiro.
Já meditei mais de 20 minutos e ainda estou com o peito apertadíssimo. Vou andar.

Tulipas e histórias

Dia das mães; tulipas , rosas, carinhos, histórias. Melhor, impossível.

Invisible children

http://www.invisiblechildren.com/home.php

Crianças abduzidas durante a noite para lutar uma guerra que é de um louco.

Comida

Voce tem sede de quê? Voce tem fome de quê?
Encontro promovido pelo Sesc e pela USP conclui que os temores urbanos freiam o avanço da ética no convívio humano e reforçam uma cultura de intolerância e violência.

Penso que é exatamente o contrário. A falta de valores e ética freia a possibilidade de confiança mútua.

II Forum de Comunicação e Sustentabilidade

Ontem ouvi muitas palestras, muito ganhadores de Nobel falando, muitos filósofos, economistas , pessoas de diferentes background e conhecimento e numa síntese analítica, todos falavam da mesma coisa. Que o mundo precisa voltar aos velhos valores básicos . A crise não é econômica . É de valores. A saída da atual crise, ou que para a construção de um mundo sustentável, para uma saída inovadora para mudanças climáticas, nova matriz energética ou ainda para uma nova economia num patamar novo uma única ação é necessária: a volta a velhas idéias, ou apenas a recuperação de valores básicos de compaixão, diminuição de incertezas que afligem os humanos, que somos todos um, que somos o que não somos. Somos o big bang, a primeira molécula, a primeira ameba, a primeira vida, e que somos apenas porque estas coisas aconteceram. E que para termos a Mãe Terra é preciso perceber isto, termos compaixão, respeito com todos os seres da terra. Tenho dito.
http://www.comunicacaoesustentabilidade.com/blog/

Venha voce também!
Programaçao de hoje

09h00 - 10h00	Apresentação Pesquisa Dossiê Jovem MTV
10h00 - 14h00	Mesa 3: Democracia, Não Violência e Paz David Trimble - Prêmio Nobel da Paz de 1998 Fernando Haddad - Ministro da Educação Mario Sergio Cortella - Educação PUC-SP Terezinha Azerêdo Rios - Filósofa Vincent Defourny - UNESCO Mediador: Ricardo Kotscho - Rev. Brasileiros/IG

A paz parece tão óbvia!

Lendo hoje o Treinamento BHODISATVA para a paz de SUA EMINENCIA CHAGDUD TULKU RINPOCHE a gente lê o obvio e acha o máximo. É só fazer. Han han.

Coisas que gosto 1

Esta sala de jantar embutida é muito divertida.Tudo abre e vira uma mesa, com bancos, prateleiras. Acabou, e tudo fica limpinho, guardado e com espaço. Legal mesmo. Vi no http://www.psfk.com/2009/05/the-fold-out-dining-room.html

Sustentabilidade cultural

Jonah Berger, da Universidade da Pensilvânia, e Gaël Le Mens, da Universidade Pompeu Fabra, em Barcelona, publicaram os resultados na respeitada revista científica "PNAS". A pesquisa não poderia ser mais simples: eles avaliaram, ao longo das décadas do século XX, a popularidade relativa dos nomes Charlene, Kristi e Tricia, que estiveram entre os preferidos dos pais americanos para suas filhas nas décadas de 1950, 1970 e 1980, respectivamente. O interesse dos pesquisadores é entender como um produto cultural (no caso, nomes, mas músicos, marcas e outros fenômenos também valem) ganha e perde popularidade. A hipótese da dupla era que a maneira como as pessoas valorizam um nome ou uma marca também tem a ver com uma percepção sobre seu lado "carne de vaca", por assim dizer. Se o público acha que determinada marca é só uma moda passageira que todo mundo está adotando de bobeira, acaba por deixá-la de lado após um tempo.E, de fato, os dados de nomes de meninas nos EUA, e também na França, sugerem que, quanto mais rápido um nome se torna popular, mais rápido ele também some (definido como o valor equivalente a 10% de sua popularidade máxima). Vale também na indústria fonográfica. Em geral, os artistas cujos discos chegam rápido demais às paradas de sucesso perdem, em número absoluto de vendas, para os artistas que vão subindo devagarzinho de popularidade. http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Ciencia/0,,MUL1108232-5603,00.html

Nhé...

Estou com uma melancolia dos diabos.

Exercício feito= 1 hora

Um muro, 4 anos depois.

Fazemos tantas coisas e com pouca atenção que nem nos damos conta do esforço. Embaixo o meu muro em 2005 e ele acima ele agora.

dia colorido

Depois de um dia cor de barro, um dia de cor.

Sábado de outono

Dia de aniversário de Zani, passei a tarde fazendo ceramica. Este o resultado, agora secando.

Gripe suína

Se ele espirrar, tá morto.

Eduardo Antonio da Silva Prado e seus encapsulados

Davenire Giardino, o famoso critico de arte italiano escreveu este review sobre Edu para sua exposiçao na Daslu com curadoria da Monica Filgueiras.

“Eduardo Antonio da Silva Prado revela-se nestas esculturas. São as memórias afetivas, interesses e lembranças, e a influencia das culturas francesa e inglesa, presentes dos antepassados. Dos negócios da família desponta o vidro como o veiculo de expressão, do pai a mordacidade, a argúcia, o interesse permanente pelo conhecimento e da mãe a sensibilidade artística, a sofisticação, a curiosidade e refinamento. Tudo temperado pelo humor cáustico e sutil, pela pesquisa do inusitado, pela sutileza de espírito. Nestas memórias encapsuladas, nestes óvulos transparentes nos deparamos com Little Abner , Tintin e Milou, Mickey, Lucy Van Pelt, historias em quadrinhos, frases Arthur Clarke, sci-fi, paixão por carros, marcas, vinhetas, numa fusão de contemporaneidade e tradição, valores, anedotas, sofisticação e humor e perfeição e domínio da técnica vidreira.” Davenire Giardino

My mistake

A padronagem abaixo da Louis Vuitton é um QRcode e não uma estampa, me avisa a Paula Rizzo. Mas deveria ser, de tão bom que é. Vou sugerir ao LV. Thanks, Paula!

AH! Segundo a Wikipedia QRcode ou Código de Barras em 2D, é uma matriz ou código de barras bi-dimensional, criado pela empresa Japonesa Denso-Wave, em 1994. O QR vem de Quick Response, pois o código pode ser interpretado rapidamente, mesmo com imagens de baixa resolução, feitas por cameras digitais em formato VGA, como as de celulares. O QR Code é muito usado no Japão.é isso aí.

Sopa de banana do Viktoria Garten

Este SPA de comida ayuvérdica tem ideias bárbaras na cozinha. Esta é uma. Cozinhe 2 bananas em caldo de legumes, tempere com sal e curry, bata no liquidificador . Voilá uma sopa quentinha , diferente, deliciosa e super chiq. Enjoy.

Epifania

Castles made of sand fall in the sea, eventually
Castles made of sand melts into the sea, eventually
Castles made of sand slips into the sea, eventually

Going Liberty

Genial a Nike com estampas Liberty. Lindo.

Going japa

Achei o máximo esta nova padronagem Takashi Murakami do Luis Vuitton.

Fragmentos de Nostradamus:

Em suas Centúrias, Nostradamus escreveu com tanta exatidão que nos faz acreditar que conhecia o Lula . "E próximo do terceiro milênio uma besta (Seria o Lula ????) barbuda (Céus,é ele !!!) descerá triunfante sobre um condado do hemisfério sul (Epa!)espalhando desgraça e a miséria (Acho que se trata da reforma da previdência ou a corrupção institucionalizada ou ainda o mensalão). Será reconhecido por não possuir seus membros superiores totalmente completos.(Epa !!! Cadê o dedinho ?) Trará com ele uma horda (Faz sentido... Palocci, Zé Dirceu, Dulci, Genoíno) que dominará e exterminará as aves bicudas (Já tô ficando assustado...PSDB ?); e implantará a barbárie por muitas datas sobre um povo tolo e leviano.' (Sacrossanto, é nóiiiiiiis!)

Inspiração, sem trocadilhos

Acordei de madrugada e li um capitulo do livro "Para abrir o coração - Treinamento para a paz" de Chagdud Tulku, compilado pelo lama Shenpen Drolma. Prática do tonglen: “Também podemos treinar a mente para desenvolver as qualidades que nos permitirão agir com mais altruísmo, sem hesitação ou arrependimento. Para isto, um método eficaz é a meditação dar e tomar para si (tonglen), na qual você imagina que absorve o sofrimento das pessoas a cada inspiração e lhes envia a sua felicidade a cada expiração. De inicio, temendo atrair algum mal, você pode relutar em visualizar o sofrimento vindo em sua direção, mas não há nada a temer se a prática for feita com bom coração. Pelo poder da nossa intenção altruísta, começamos a nos ver como veículo para a felicidade dos outros: qualquer negatividade se dissolve e os nossos obscurecimentos são purificados.” Já li sobre isto muitas vezes , mas desta vez perdi o medo de inspirar o sofrimento dos outros.

A star is born

Jujuba pintando a primeira tela ontem. A esquerda, a Branca de Neve, de cabelo preto, acima Jubis escrevendo o convite de aniversário com o tema Branca de Neve, a historia favorita do momento, e no canto direito ela e seu cachorro, Hulk. E o grande sol do dia, amarelo e grande.

Lei de Murphy

Hoje achei uma barata correndo no meu banheiro. Adivinha. Estava descalça.

Sol poente

Dentro do Arquitetura e Construção veio uma tabela de tendências de cores e o site www.suvinil.com . Você upload a foto do seu quarto e fica trocando as cores até achar a que fica melhor. Os vermelhos são quentes e estimulam o apetite, segundo o catálogo (sério? Estou perdida, escolhi esta cor!) Adoro vermelhos tomate seco, vermelho fosco. Tenho vontade de pintar meu escritório de vermelho na parede atrás de mim. Com a poltrona pink , vai ficar cozy para meu gosto. Fecha, diminui o ambiente, mas gosto. Diana Vreeland nos anos 70. De tarde a luz aqui é linda, amarela do sol poente, bem outonal.

Carta da Terra

Veja aqui em primeira mão o filme do movimento da Carta da Terra. http://www.vimeo.com/4183503

Dia de medir e pesar - Argh

111 kilos e 1 cm a menos em todas as medidas. Êeee.

Folheando revistas velhas

Livia, minha mais nova amiga de infância, me diz para colocar minhas idéias porque sou antenada. É verdade, achei ontem lendo revistas velhas uma notinha de um site do Reinier Evers, Trendwatching, e lá ele dá aqueles nomes bacanas para as macrotendências. Há 15 anos uma dessas empresas me procurou para montar uma "Box 1824". Uma droga que não tinha capital e nem a sua veia ariana de lançar-me assim , como os jovens se lançam nas coisas. Mas a vida faz tudo certo. Fui para a antetendencia, a minha tendencia introspectiva nunca antes visitada. Fiquei 3 anos no terceiro setor e emergi mais rica com novas idéias, com conhecimento da situação da infância e adolescencia no Brasil, com profundo conhecimento dos meandros do mundo corporativo e do mundo das ongs e com um convite mais legal, dos meus amigos e socios Perci e Glen. Fazer a Setor 2 1/2, evangelizar e comunicar , no sentido Paula Rizzo, o que é ser sustentável, ser produtivo, gerar receita para quem investe, sem acabar o mundo, a cultura e a sociedade. Pô, levei a melhor. Obrigada papai do céu. A gente, na firma, se desentende para burro, somos tres leões de raça pura, mas puxa, sai cada coisa legal desta firrrrma!

Tchubaruba

Ouvi Mallu Magalhães, uma menina de 16 anos e com voz de veludo e cabelo nas ventas. Gostei da bicha. Vou procurar o cd dela.É fera na idade em que eu comecei a namorar o Bob e só respondia a meus hormônios. Tem gente que vem com estrela mesmo.

Já que May está lá em cima , vamos de Marie Ruckie

Marie, diretora do Studio-Berçot, vinha beber da agua de May querida, ia na 25 de março, adorava os lugares que ela lhe levava. Volta para palestras e workshops, desta vez acompanhada de Fabrice Paineau. Vai fazer coisa legal: cinco dias sobre temas sobre os novos territórios da moda, arte contemporânea e cinema, além de discutir as novas tendências da moda. Sempre foi salgado o preço mas super legal.
De 13 a 17 de abrilWorkshop: das 15h às 18h – R$ 2.900,00
Palestras: das 19:30h às 21:30h – R$ 100,00 por palestra ou R$ 450,00 todos os dias
Escola São PauloRua Augusta, 2239 - São PauloTel.: (11) 3081 0364http://www.escolasaopaulo.org.br/

Galinha d'Angola

De novo lendo na banheira, que faz as vezes de minha bergére, com a torneira no lugar de pufe de apoio aos pés. A melhor luz da casa. 330 vatts de iluminação com 11 das 25 luzinhas incandescentes do espelho de camarim acesas, bá, sou uma pessoa que pensa no consumo consciente. Do meio do livro caiu a pena da galinha de Angola. Gozado. Estava lendo outro livro quando eu resolvi guardar essa coisa pintada só na ponta, como se dissesse assim, daqui para baixo eu posso ser cinza, bagunçada, esfumaçada porque ninguém me enxerga. Sábia, a pena. Não gasta tempo a toa, não dá informação desnecessária. Eu sou pintada só na ponta, tá bom? O resto não precisa, tá? A Ju Borges tem um Blog da Ju n’Angola e eu tenho uma pena da galinha. Estamos todos a 6 graus de separação.