From the monthly archives:

January 2008

The world has gone mad: Investing for the long term

by The Crazy Colombian on January 27, 2008

in Reflection, The Environment

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The world markets crashed recently, and we were reminded of the futility of short term thinking. A friend wrote a piece about blogging (link) Another blogger wrote on the virtue of long vs short posts . I read an interview in ‘The McKinsey Quarterly’ with Al Gore and David Bloods, founders of Generation [...]

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One of my constant sources of inspiration is best-selling author Dan Millman. I am starting to notice a pattern here: two of my spiritual guides (Jack Lalanne and Dan Millman) were former athletes, and shared their perspectives on life with others in a rather public way. If you know of more characters [...]

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About a week ago I created a ‘fun quizz’ to assess your level of environmental literacy. Today we will focus on a few things you can do to contribute in the reduction of carbon emissions. Before we get started, let’s see why this is a worthwhile goal.
The cause for reducing carbon emissions: Climate [...]

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Wise advise from Jack LaLanne: Stop being so tired

by The Crazy Colombian on January 8, 2008

in Health & Fitness, How to

Do you always feel tired? This is rather easy to fix. As Jack Lalanne suggests on the video below, all you need to do is:

Exercise regularly
Eat a balanced diet
Relax

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBVk071N88M&feature=related
If it is so easy, and given the knowledge has been around for a very long time, why do we have a society full of exhausted [...]

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A number of things have made me think about the impact I have on this planet. There is the incredible prominence that environmental issues have nowadays in the news; Then there was Dan Millman’s blog post about the impact that my choice not to be a vegetarian has on carbon emissions. And yesterday, [...]

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