SIGNIFICANCE Seeing it

Interpreting it

Evaluating it

Communicating it

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IMPORTANCE IDEAS INTO PRACTICE

Muditā (Pāli and Sanskrit: मुदिता)

1. joy; especially sympathetic or vicarious joy.

2. Also: the pleasure that comes from delighting in other people's well-being.[1]

3. The traditional paradigmatic example of this mind-state is the attitude of a parent observing a growing child's accomplishments and successes. Muditashould not be confounded with pride as a person feeling mudita may not have any interest or direct income from the accomplishments of the other.

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MAGNANIMOUS

Magnanimous [mag-nan-uh-muh s] /mægˈnæn əməs/ adjective

1. generous in forgiving an insult or injury; free from petty resentfulness or vindictiveness: to be magnanimous toward one's enemies.

2. noble: a just and magnanimous ruler.

3. proceeding from or revealing generosity or nobility of mind, character, etc.: a magnanimous gesture of forgiveness.

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CULTIVATED CURIOSITY

cu·ri·os·i·ty

/ˌkyo ͝orēˈäsədē/

noun

1. A strong desire to know or learn something

2. a strange or unusual object or fact.Archaic.

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ECOLOGICAL INTELLIGENCE

ec·o·log·i·cal

/ˌekəˈläjik(ə)l,ˌēkəˈläjik(ə)l/

1. relating to or concerned with the relation of living organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.vivaciousness; liveliness; animation:

in·tel·li·gence

/inˈteləjəns/

1. the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills

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VERVE

Verve- [vurv] /vɜrv/ noun

1. enthusiasm or vigor, as in literary or artistic work;

spirit:

2. vivaciousness; liveliness; animation:

3. Archaic. talent.

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PERSONAL CURIOSITY + CRITICAL DISTANCE!

You must develop a genuine curiosity AND critical distance!

You need to see through the façade of popular culture, stereotypical mainstream media, andcheerleading/promotion.

Crap detection LARGER UNDERSTANDING

This is NOT a PR-Marketing project!

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RELEVANCE AND DEPTH OF MEANING

Artificial Foods

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SHELF-LIFE & LONGEVITY

The Water Cycle: From Yards to Your Coffee and Shower

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RELEVANCE AND DEPTH

OF MEANING

Ageism

Ageism: prejudice or discrimination against a particular age-group and especially the elderly. (Merriam-Webster Dictionary)

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UNTOLD-UNADDRESSED-OVERLOOKED

Bionic Prosthetics

Baby Geniuses?

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CROSS-CULTURAL/CROSS-NATIONAL

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Embargo politics

Cuba

North Korea

Iran

Russia

MULTI-LAYERED CONNECTIONS

The Annihilation

of Nature:

Human Extinction

of Birds and

Mammals (Book)

Co-writers:

Gerardo Ceballos,

Anne H. Ehrlich,

and Paul R.

Ehrlich

200 pages 2015

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MAGNITUDE AND SCOPE

PLANET MONEY MAKES A T-SHIRT

Agriculture, Water, Environment, Technology, People,

Distribution, Global Markets

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UNTOLD-UNADDRESSED-OVERLOOKED

Chasing Water (Doc Film)

by Pete McBride

Additional Online Sources:

Nat Geo and Podcast

Sources

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