CULTURE & COSMOVISION

"WE TRIPANTU"

EL AÑO NUEVO MAPUCHE

 

Para el pueblo Mapuche o "gente de la tierra" el solsticio de invierno del Hemiferio Sur, no es solo el día con la noche más larga del año, sino que celebra la “nueva salida del Sol y la Luna”.  En la Cosmovisión Mapuche tiene un profundo significado "El fin de un ciclo y el comienzo de uno nuevo"  dando origen al "We Tripantu" o Año Nuevo Mapuche que es celebrado en  San Juan el 24 de junio .


La tierra se manifiesta. Sus cambios naturales son evidentes sobretodo en cuanto las estaciones del año. El solsticio de invierno se da en el Hemisferio Sur entre el 20 y el 23 de junio, y es por estas fechas se celebra el  We Tripantu. Son varios otros pueblos originarios quienes celebran este cambio de ciclo lo que demuestra su entrañable relación con la Tierra y sus fuerzas creadoras que ocasionan modificaciones en todo aquello que habita en su faz.
 

Open Sustainability & Creativity

“Amazing Iceberg Concert" for Arctic protection

  By Pianist Ludovico Einaudi & Greenpeace

Greenpeace holds a historic performance with pianist Ludovico Einaudi on the Arctic Ocean.

Through his music, acclaimed Italian composer and pianist Ludovico Einaudi has added his voice to those of eight million people from across the world demanding protection for the Arctic. Einaudi performed one of his own compositions on a floating platform in the middle of the Ocean, against the backdrop of the Wahlenbergbreen glacier (in Svalbard, Norway). 

SCIENCE & INNOVATION

WHAT WILL WE SEE IN
the Next Generation of Healthcare?

By FORBES, presented by AFLAC

Millennials now outnumber baby boomers in America, a generational shift that promises dynamic changes for the next generation of healthcare.

Some of these changes are already underway, with young entrepreneurs creating startups to streamline care and improve outcomes. And, with digital health businesses receiving nearly $5 billion in venture capital funding in 2015, more transformation is on the way.  Read more on "The Next Generation of Healthcare" via FORBES.com

SUSTAINABILITY & TECHNOLOGY

"Santiago's Subway"

Will Soon Be The First To Run On Mostly Solar & Wind Power

By Adele Peters via FastCo.Exist 

PHOTO: Estación Manquehue by Osmar Valdebenito(CC BY SA).

The Atacama region in Chile—where it essentially never rains—is the sunniest place on the planet. By 2017, some of the solar power produced there will be sent hundreds of miles away to the subway in Santiago, the first metro system in the world that will get most of its power from renewable energy.

The subway, which serves 2.5 million commuters every day, will get up to 60% of its energy from a new solar installation and up to 18% from the nearby San Juan wind farm.

Though Chile is particularly sunny, the fact that a massive, power-hungry subway will be powered in large part by the sun is a testament to the rapid rise of solar as the cost of the technology keeps falling. "I think this is a sign of the mainstreaming of solar," says Tom Werner, CEO of SunPower, the California-based solar company that is designing and building the system. Read full Article via FastCo.Exist

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

"Dedica tu vida a algo que te apasione"

Entrevista a Harold Kroto, Nobel de Química

Por Oscar Contreras-Villarroel via cienciajoven.cl

ARTE: Ilustración por Fabián Rivas.

"Les digo que estén interesados en cualquier cosa ¡No importan en qué!. Pienso que si quieres tener una vida satisfactoria, deberías dedicar tu vida a algo que te apasione. No es necesario que seas mejor que otra persona, sino que entregues lo mejor de ti." Harold Kroto

Sir Harold Kroto (1939-2016) era un apasionado científico, reconocido por obtener el Premio Nobel de Química en 1996, ser un diseñador gráfico y un promotor de la educación científica. Lideró dos grandes iniciativas Vega Science Trust y GEOSET, ambos proyectos digitales que tienen como objetivo promover el acceso a material educativo, y que han sido apoyadas por diversas instituciones educativas en el mundo. Tuvimos la oportunidad de hablar con él en Lindau, Alemania, en donde conocimos su espíritu joven, creatividad y pasión. Sin duda una de las personas más interesantes que hemos tenido la oportunidad de conocer. Lee el articulo completo via cienciajoven.cl 

 CREATIVITY &  INSPIRATION

  "Fuel Your Creativity"

Left Brain vs Right Brain Advertising

 
The following three print advertisements were made for Mercedes. The left and the right side of the brain are used to describe what the car manufacturer stands for.


 

"Muhammad Ali" 

Goodbye to a True Legend

His indomitable spirit inspired millions

RIP (1942-2016)

SCIENCE & INNOVATION

 "DIAGNOCHIP" Science with  Social vision
on Chivas The Venture

Using science & business to create change

More than 2,500 from around the world applied. But only these 27 start-ups with a mission to create positive change have been selected to compete as finalists in The Venture. They now have a chance to pitch for a share of $1Million in funding and connect with influential mentors to accelerate their growth. Discover their unique stories and how each business is aiming to transform the world.

Meet this Social Entrepreneurship finalist: Diagnochip has developed a small device - KAR (Rapid Antibiotic sensitivity Kit) - that can determine, in a just few hours, the most effective treatment for urinary tract infections. Using micro-fluidic technology, our device functions as an antibiotic susceptibility test that will accurately analyse urine and blood samples to determine what antibiotics are required. 

"We complete this test and get the results in a time frame equal or less than that of a conventional laboratory diagnostic test" Diagnochip team. Patients are those suffering from bacteria-related urinary infections and the technology is intended to be used as a POCT (Point of Care Testing) device. Our device is particularly important for low-income populations living in rural areas or where medical facilities are poor. Our fast-test kits are affordable, sensitive, user-friendly, quick and robust. They are equipment free and easily deliverable to users living in the developing world.

ART is BEAUTY "Ocean of Flames" by Alessio Albi
via 500px.com  Model: Alice Moscardin Copyright © Alessio Albi

 

Be Curious, INspire and Disrupt
"Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish"

Steve Jobs' Stanford Commencement Speech

Drawing from some of the most pivotal points in his life, Steve Jobs, chief executive officer and co-founder of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, urged graduates to pursue their dreams and see the opportunities in life's setbacks, including death itself,  at the university's 114th Commencement on June 12, 2005.

 

ROCK N ROLL

 Stone Temple Pilots "Crackerman" LIVE

SCOTT WEILAND TRIBUTE

Upon his death, many critics and peers offered reevaluations of Weiland's life and career, including David Fricke of Rolling Stone and Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins, the latter calling Weiland one of three "voices of the generation" alongside Kurt Cobain and Layne Staley.

Crackerman" from "Core" the debut album by American rock band Stone Temple Pilots, released on September 29, 1992 through Atlantic Records.  While initially displaying a sound typically identified as grunge early on in its career, further releases from the band expressed a variety of influences, including psychedelic rock, bossa nova and classic rock. 

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

"CRISPR is going to revolutionize our food system"

AND START A NEW WAR OVER GMOs

By Adele Peters via FAST CO.EXIT

ART: Illustration by Eric Palma.

The gene-editing tool could create drought-resistant grain or allergy-free peanuts. Will a society on edge about genetically modified food embrace this newest innovation?

In five years, there might be a little CRISPR-edited corn in your breakfast cereal or CRISPR-edited wheat in your pasta. CRISPR'd tomatoes and CRISPR'd pork might follow. There's already a little CRISPR in your yogurt.

It's not hyperbolic to say that CRISPR-Cas9—new technology that makes it possible to quickly and easily edit DNA—is changing the future of food. The method could eventually be used to tweak almost anything we eat, selecting traits that can make agriculture more environmentally sustainable and productive, or the resulting food healthier. Full Article via FAST CO.EXIT

  INspire and Disrupt!

"Social Innovation for Social Good"

Gopi Kallayil via TEDxBerkeley

In this TEDxTalk Gopi Kallayil takes us on a journey of worldwide examples in which social media makes a difference in the lives of people. The power of social media as a driver for social innovation.

 “When people have access to knowledge, the find solutions for their problems”.

SUSTAINABILITY & ENTREPRENEURSHIP

"A Water Carrier"

For The Developing World That Cleans As It Rolls 
via FastCoexist & Safesipp.org

With a few simple modifications, the same five-gallon barrels used for storage can be repurposed to solve a major barrier to clean water access for millions of people.


Millions of people lack access to tap water, and every day, need to lug water to their homes from streams, lakes, and collective faucets. We've written about several helpful tools to help them carry water, including these wheels and balls. But SafeSIPP--a new device from three Arizona State graduates--has the potential to do more. In addition to transporting water, it also cleans the water at the same time. 

CULTURE & UNIVERSE

"Einstein sólo creía en el Dios de Spinoza" 
¿Sabes cómo es?

  Por María Hidalgo via muhimu.es

“Creo en el Dios de Spinoza, quien se revela así mismo en una armonía de lo existente, no en un Dios que se interesa por el destino y las acciones de los seres humanos”.

 
Sabían que cuando Einstein daba alguna conferencia en las numerosas universidades, la pregunta recurrente que le hacían los estudiantes era:

-¿Cree Ud. en Dios?  y  él siempre respondía:   "Creo en el Dios de Spinoza."

El que no había leído a Spinoza se sorprenderá. Baruch de Spinoza fue un filósofo Holandés considerado uno de los tres grandes racionalistas de la filosofía del siglo XVII, junto con el francés Descartes. Ve el articulo completo via muhimu.es

"WORLD RECYCLING DAY" IMAGE: RECYCLE STREET ART  by @msanhuezacelsi
 Copyright © 2016 @msanhuezacelsi

 This great photography  is  "Passion" by Bo Hallengren (CC BY NC ND). More Photos  on "Creative Commons LIVE Gallery" via EcoworldReactor BLOG.

 

Rock N'roll
    "Burn The Witch"
THE RETURN OF RADIOHEAD

A still from Radiohead’s new video for the song “Burn the Witch.” Radiohead’s twitchy, anxious melodies express true apprehension about the future: both where we’re going and, more important, how we’re going to get there (by newyorker).

"Burn the Witch" is a song by English rock band Radiohead. Following a long recording history, it was released as a download on 3 May 2016, accompanied by a stop-motion animated music video that pays homage to the 1960s British children's television programme Camberwick Green and the 1973 British horror film The Wicker Man. 

 

 

 

  Open Source, Design & Innovation
  Get Free Housing Designs From A Pritzker Prize-Winning Architect

By Diana Budds via FastCo.Design

Alejandro Aravena released four housing plans online in the hopes of making well-designed, low-cost housing more accessible.

 

Befitting its reputation for socially driven architecture, Elemental—the Santiago, Chile–based firm of this year's Pritzker Prize laureate, Alejandro Aravena—has made plans for four of its low-cost housing designs free to the public.

In doing so, the firm is making good on its mission to use architecture to solve the global housing and rapid-urbanization crisis by making its work more accessible.