bobine edwards

bobine edwards

singleatheme:

Making Good Trailer: by Squid and Beard

Making Good is a series, of three minute documentary profiles, that pulls from the wide variety of people who make up the communities around us. As a whole, these pieces come together to represent the diverse range of passionate doers and creators that influence our daily lives. Individually, these pieces are reflections of those influencers as they share about the processes and impact of their work. Each piece is a brief look into the ideas and emotions that guide people who are doing the work they love, or

(Source: bobine-edwards)

cbsfilms:With Beastly hitting theaters March 4th, be sure to check in at GetGlue to watch the preview

cbsfilms:

With Beastly hitting theaters March 4th, be sure to check in at GetGlue to watch the preview

ocsharvard:Harvard Alumnus Tom Strickler: Hollywood Agent to Charter School FounderFriday, September 305:30-7:00pm at OCS (Reading Room)Tom Strickler

ocsharvard:

Harvard Alumnus Tom Strickler:
Hollywood Agent to Charter School Founder

Friday, September 30
5:30-7:00pm at OCS (Reading Room)

Tom Strickler

(Source: bobine-edwards)

smarterplanet:The world’s farmers need a pay raise, or else, come mid-century, the other 7 billion of us may not have enough to eat.As the Earth Policy Institute notes, the world produced more grain than  it consumed throughout the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s. Today, those surpluses  are gone. While the world harvested 20.4 million tons of grain between  2001 and 2010, it consumed 20.5 million tons. In October 2009 the United  Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported that world  food production would have to increase 70 percent by 2050 to adequately  feed the planet’s growing population. In developing nations alone, this  would require an investment of $83 billion a year. And, the organization  noted, “farmers and prospective farmers will invest in agriculture only  if their investments are profitable.”Keep reading …via utnereader:

smarterplanet:

The world’s farmers need a pay raise, or else, come mid-century, the other 7 billion of us may not have enough to eat.

As the Earth Policy Institute notes, the world produced more grain than it consumed throughout the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s. Today, those surpluses are gone. While the world harvested 20.4 million tons of grain between 2001 and 2010, it consumed 20.5 million tons. In October 2009 the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported that world food production would have to increase 70 percent by 2050 to adequately feed the planet’s growing population. In developing nations alone, this would require an investment of $83 billion a year. And, the organization noted, “farmers and prospective farmers will invest in agriculture only if their investments are profitable.”

Keep reading …

via utnereader:

(via emergentfutures)

Iran's reduced status

garysick:

Michelle Keleman had a short piece on NPR this afternoon looking at the changed circumstances that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad faces at his annual appearance at the United Nations. She and I had talked earlier, and there are some excerpts at the link: 

(Source: bobine-edwards)