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The Yoga Shala
All things Yoga. A space to share insights and aspirations. Whatever Yoga might mean for you, in your life. From the external to the internal. From an opening of the hips to an opening of the heart.
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- Where can I find a market in Camden, that isn't an expensive "organic" luxury shop? Any allotments owners flogging off their produce?
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- By registering with MPS as one person mentioned, government letters will not be received is propergander, I question this as we received a non addressed letter from our Council with a suggested Tree Preservation Order asking we agreed, disagreed or suggested that more trees be added. If I had opted for this type, I would not have been able to save a tree near us that has an abundance of wildlife in it....any thoughts
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The Winning CDs
This is for the clever bees who have entered our Who's a clever Bee? competition ending next Friday 17/10/08.
The selection is as below (unless the winner absolutely hates them and we can organize something else if they are really nice about it)
Flight of the Conchord's - comedy from NZ pictured above (huge in states, its a send up of different bands…
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Is it alchemy? co2 into fuel?
While it’s important that we all take responsibility for climate change and reducing our carbon footprint by making small changes most of us know we need big innovations to address the issue.
Carbon Sciences recently announced a technological breakthrough that is capable of transforming CO2 emissions into fuel. The development utilizes a highly sc…
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New additions
You can now check out our Edenbee tweets on Twitter, log on and follow us. We have also created an Edenbee Flickr Group for you to upload your photo's. In the future we will be running competitions for the best photo with a host of recycled, unique and exclusive prizes. Log on an enter the first of these competitions and remember points for creati…
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Wasn't Lennon a genius?
This is a beauty. A 14-year-old kid somehow sneaks into John Lennon's hotel room and manages to interview him with a tap recorder. That was in 1969, years later he put the audio to an incredibly creative animation. It’s very enjoyable.
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The earth, the moon and the internet.
We have three sources of energy that have been here for longer that any fossil fuel. Three sources that will never ever run out, they will never stop because of cloud cover and will never cease because the winds do. As long as this planet and we are in existence these sources of energy will be abundant in supply for all our needs.
What are these sou…
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Read all about it!
Take a look at David Stovell’s Sunday Paper products made from tightly rolled newspapers.
Inspired by bundles of newspapers left outside of shops on a Saturday night, Stovewell’s simple yet beautifully effective Sunday papers explore the “compressed life cycle” of the material: “[they] have a cultural and economic value, and that the same product h…
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Who's a clever Bee?
Welcome to Edenbee's first funky competition, the first of many, so stay tuned. The prize is an A3 framed image of an old Dodge truck valued at €500 and was taken by photographer Fionn McCann in Bolivia in South America. Featured in his new exhibition "28".
“28” comprises of 28 extraordinary images from a journey through South America in 2006. Fion…
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Zeitgeist
This movie is inspiring and will shift your perspective on how you are seeing the world of finance, corporations, our environment and technology. In light of global events this could not have been released at a more poignant time.
Zeitgeist (addendum) talks about the structure of our global society and the central engine which drives everything wit…
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The Green Scene Oct 6th
She may be presenting herself as a sassy maverick, but Sarah Palin is continuing to show she knows very little about how the world really works. Maybe its got something to do with her advisers. Hence....
Could the financial crisis force earth's citizens to lower their individual carbon footprints? Little taster here. A report on the rise in importan…
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The Human Shelter Innovation Institute
I am sucker for good design and aesthetics particularly when it comes to meaningful and necessary design concepts. The Human Shelter Innovation Institute (HSII) is a think tank dedicated to creating alternative solutions to the growing global problem of inadequate human shelter. The institute is led by artist and architect Michael Jantzen a pioneer…