Manage Your Attention

“There are things that attract human attention, and there is often a huge gap between what is important and what is attractive and interesting." - Yuval Noah Harari
Observations of a Non-Scientist about Sustainable Living, Renewable Energy and the Power of the Sun.

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WHEN SPIDERS UNITE THEY CAN TIE DOWN A LION.
-Ethiopian proverb

Save some for the next guy.


“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s greed.”
- Mahatma Gandhi

Sunday, February 5, 2012

How we rescued the "dancing" bears

Kartick Satyanarayan: How we rescued the "dancing" bears | Video on TED.com:


Traditionally, the Kalandar community of India has survived by capturing sloth bear cubs and training them to "dance" through extreme cruelty. Kartick Satyanarayan has been able to put an end to this centuries-old practice, and in so doing discovered a lesson of wider significance: make the practitioners part of the solution.

Kartick Satyanarayan works tirelessly to save India’s wild animals from illegal captivity and poaching -- most notably rescuing hundreds of “dancing” bears.

Kartick Satyanarayan on the Web
Website: WildlifeSOS.org
Twitter: Wildlife SOS


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