Category Archives: aarde

Bill Clinton: Giving

Bill Clinton published a book titled Giving, focusing on philantropy, charity and volunteering. I feel very much strengthened by this, as it resonates tremenduously with the core brand click Geef™ from the Aloha project. Thank you Bill.

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The Science Delusion?

Wonderful rebuttal by Deepak Chopra: The Science Delusion? Review of Richard Dawkins: The God Delusion. Materialism vs. spiritualism and God. And resonating with Einstein’s God, or The Hopes for Secular Spirituality. Thank you Richard Dawkins, for writing your “The God … Continue reading

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Sociale Databank Nederland en Grondvest

Gisteren tijdens de bijeenkomst van EcoDuSo danwel de Happy Planet Group werdt ik voor het eerst geconfronteerd met de Sociale Databank Nederland. Interessante bronnen en groepen mensen. Veel inspiratie voor Aarde. M.n. zaken zoals een Algemeen Basis Inkomen en Belasting … Continue reading

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Time & the Technosphere

13 maart 2007 had ik een afspraak met Martijn Arnoldus van Creative Commons Nederland over het uitbrengen van het Aloha-boek onder een Creative Commons licentie. Ik was heerlijk op tijd en het weer was ook prachtig. Dus kon ik heerlijk … Continue reading

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Coming Up – World’s First ‘Zero-Carbon’ City

A city free of cars, pedestrian-friendly, powered by renewable energy and surrounded by wind and photovoltaic farms—all in the middle of a petroleum-rich desert. This five billion US dollar plan, which might do credit to a sci-fi film set, is … Continue reading

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Freeman Dyson On Open Source Biology

Freeman Dyson, I love you! …the rules of Open Source sharing will be extended from the exchange of software to the exchange of genes. Then the evolution of life will once again be communal, as it was in the good … Continue reading

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Conscious Computing

Now that the world is heating up, so are the discussions and debates on reducing resources required for computing. Reduced power, reduced heating, sleeping and suspending processors and processes. Effective and efficient handling of our computing needs at minimal resource … Continue reading

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Aarde tag cloud

Using ScriptCloud‘s output, I created a tag cloud for the text in the Aarde Vision Bus Tour. Had to fiddle around with the style sheet a bit. The links do nothing, though. Here it is… aims architects architecture billions blogs … Continue reading

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Google Spends Money to Jump-Start Hybrid Car Development

Via Slashdot: Google Spends Money to Jump-Start Hybrid Car Development: “slugo writes ‘Internet search giant Google (GOOG) hopes to speed the development of plug-in hybrid cars by giving away millions of dollars to people and companies that have what appear … Continue reading

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One trillion euro for AardWagen

How about rewarding one trillion euro for the first international precompetitive collaboration that produces a vehicle in ten years that improves rather than poverishes our Earth in each and every step of it’s lifecycle? From original conception to design, manufacturing, … Continue reading

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Innovatieplatform Noord-Nederland

Ans Reurekas wijst me op het Innovatieplatform Noord-Nederland. Een prachtig initiatief: Het Innovatie Platform Noord-Nederland (IPNN) is opgericht als katalysator en vergaarbak voor alle ideeën en ontwikkelingen die een positieve bijdrage zijn voor onze samenleving. Zo wil het platform een … Continue reading

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Aarde Wiki Bus Tour

Welcome to the Vision Bus Tour around Aarde’s Wiki. You are cordially invited to contribute, ask questions and even fix any errors you find on the way. Enjoy the ride.

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Aarde blog live on Earth Day

Creating a brand new country is a startling endeavour. And today is Earth Day. An excellent day to go public with my passion. I’m giving it my whole heart, soul, and mind. Previously code-named LandONE, I’ve renamed it to Aarde. … Continue reading

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Earth Day 2007

Sunday April 22 is Earth Day. An important day for AardRock and AardSource as well. A day to remember and mark in my calendar.

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