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Major Discovery Primed to Unleash Solar Revolution!

Posted on Aug 4th, 2008 by Xia : Cultivator Xia
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This excites me!

Scientists have solved a long-standing problem facing large-scale solar power generation, and they've done it by mimicing the way plants store their energy! 


Here is the press release from MIT...

Here is the abstract from Science Magazine.


Way to go biomimicry!



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The Buckminster Fuller Challenge Idea Index

Posted on Jul 15th, 2008 by Xia : Cultivator Xia
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Over these past few days as I've sporadically found the time I've gone to my computer for the sole purpose of browsing the database of entries submitted to the Buckminster Fuller Challenge.  Concepts such as these ignite my own Passions and fill my Heart with hope for the future!  I just love it when I can walk away from my computer feeling recharged!

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Have you seen this?

Posted on Apr 7th, 2008 by Xia : Cultivator Xia
I haven't been able to stop thinking of this video since I first watched it the other night.  This elephant was rescued from abusive treatment in Burma and now lives at the Elephant Nature Park in Chiang Mai, Thailand...

Elephant Paints Self Portrait


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What does sustainability mean for you?

Posted on Mar 26th, 2008 by Xia : Cultivator Xia
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for March 25, 2008:

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For me sustainability means Forethought... Fulfillment of needs (first) and desires (second) with consciousness of that fulfillment's true impact and cost.  In a sustainable system every player and every part must be considered in context of the Whole of which it is part.


It is my belief that the present civilization has everything it needs for ALL to live in sustainable abundance.  The appearance of scarcity and lack are not Actuality but a reality based in horrific mismanagement and parasitic mentalities.  It is accepted practice for an individual to seek out the greatest material gain regardless of larger imbalances; regardless of the risk, expense, and short fall to any other organism.  Yet the economy of any organism/organized system is very much the corner stone to the sort of energetic dignity the organism maintains. (Think - root law of Cause and Effect necessitating Awareness of action and energy exchanged; economy is energy exchange; the quality of the harvest reflects the quality of the cultivation.)  An economy of hording and greed propagates a reality of shortage, depletion, and extinction.  An economy of Awareness and sustainability, based on Wholes instead of parts, creates sufficiency, refinement, and renewal.


Thus I feel that in our quest for sustainability, personal and collective economy will require refinement and redirection.  Sustainability is greatly facilitated by eradicating the consumer mentality which values production and consumption above responsibility and true quality of Life.  As our consciousness of Resources increases, so will our sustainable state.


(Note:  I define Resources as the goods and services of both Nature and Humanity.)

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Icebergs...

Posted on Mar 19th, 2008 by Xia : Cultivator Xia
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So I'm being rather random with this.  A Digg about an unusal iceberg caught my attention early this morning, prompting an impromptu homeschool adventure, hunting the net for awesome iceberg photos.  Some were just too beautiful not to share...

Iceberg shining in the Sun


 

Isle of the Dead Iceberg

 

Iceberg in Jade


 

Iceberg in Blue at Sunset


 


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Stunning Solar Building...

Posted on Mar 16th, 2008 by Xia : Cultivator Xia
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Ok, so I've mentioned Masdar before.  While browsing MetaEfficient.com I came across an article on the Masdar Headquarters Building, desgined to produce more power than it will use via its high tech solar roof...

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Sustainable Design is one of my Passions so this makes me very happy!
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In Honor of Pisces...

Posted on Mar 6th, 2008 by Xia : Cultivator Xia
With Piscean energies so strong right now - and getting stronger - I thought it was appropriate to post this...

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Liberation

Posted on Feb 27th, 2008 by Xia : Cultivator Xia
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The seventh Star, which correlates to Liberation, I call Union.  Its letter is Kaph meaning "a curve" and implying an open hand reaching out to grasp... something.  Anything.  Typically above or beyond; some point ahead or forward of where we are now.  It is to stretch out toward Divinity and to grasp another in Brotherhood.  The letter Kaph corresponds to Jupiter.  The planet Jupiter is the Crown of our Awareness and the center from which we expand our relationship with Actuality.  Thus it is also our grasp of circumstances and the broadening of horizons that affords a greater state of comprehension.  Being at the opposite end of the inner Human spectrum from what we saw in Mars, Jupiter's energy is metabolic; it is called on the Tree of Life, Mercy, and is often depicted as a benevolent King, the continual metamorphosis of Consciousness that forever promises our freedom from the Wheels of birth, death, and rebirth.  Not surprisingly in Tarot's Major Arcana Jupiter is assigned to The Wheel of Fortune card, which portrays Effect as the consequence of Cause and tells us that Consciousness of the Wheel and its cyclic whirling not only renews us with fresh potential, but in its turning there is Enlightenment.

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My book...

Posted on Feb 26th, 2008 by Xia : Cultivator Xia
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I prefer to utlize my blog as a medium for personal expression.  However I wanted to let you know that I've made my book available as a PDF download, for those who asked.  For more details please visit Baby Lyon Press.
Thank you!
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From the Center of My Being to the Tip of My Tongue...

Posted on Feb 21st, 2008 by Xia : Cultivator Xia
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I was turned onto this exercise by my Dear Brother, Grey, and completed it last night.  You take a minute to write down a concept/thought/idea and then spend two minutes writing down whatever flows from the tip of your tongue/the top of your brain.  My concept was Union...

Union
Souls in Union
A Fusion
Of Many
Becoming ONE.
Love
Souls in Love
A Bundle
Like an Atom
Like the System
Of our Sun.
One
Many Souls
As One
A Fusion
Atomic Grouping
A Union
Of One plus One
Equals ONE.
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