May 28, 2021

Cooling

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Green Up to Cool Down: United in Action, webinar registration . Image by Monica Pinheiro, license CC BY-NC-SA ( CC )

May

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  " A massive shift away from fossil fuels is a prospect that Big Oil can no longer rule out ." The Week That Shook Big Oil by Ca...
May 22, 2021

May

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From nothing to something. The power of creation. " It seemed to me that man could be as effective as God, in tasks other then destruct...
May 17, 2021

May

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"What is it you are searching for? What is it?" by Xinoby, On the Quiet: Searching For .  Image by Monica Pinheiro, license CC BY-...
May 15, 2021

May

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  "I've touched creations beautiful and wondrous I've been places where I question all I think I know  But I believe this could...
May 3, 2021

May

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Image by Monica Pinheiro, license CC BY-NC-SA (CC)
Apr 22, 2021

April

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European Climate Law : " a legally binding target of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The EU Institutions and the Member Stat...
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Apr 17, 2021

Climate-neutral transitions

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"[T] his toolkit focuses on technical options to (re‑)use the infrastructure and sites of coal‑fired power plants (...) to convert pow...
Apr 15, 2021

Global Tree Knowledge Platform

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    "Planters, scientists, policy makers and anyone else who is interested in trees will enjoy using the resources. (...) The present l...
Mar 21, 2021

March

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"The world in our heads is not a (...) replica of reality; our expectations about the frequency of events are distorted by the prevalen...
Mar 20, 2021

March

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  “There are a total of 399 protected areas in Portugal, 167 Natura 2000 sites - 62 Special Protection Areas (Birds Directive) and 102 Sites...
Mar 18, 2021

March

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  "Halting land transformation and degradation could contribute 6.6 (range 2–11) GtCO2e per year to greenhouse gas emission reductions ...
Mar 15, 2021

March

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  “(…) the analysis suggests that NCS [Natural Climate Solutions] have the potential to limit the pace of climate change significantly, deli...
Mar 2, 2021

March

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"Achieving transformative change requires that the fundamental drivers of overconsumption are addressed, through changes in personal ...
Feb 27, 2021

February

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"The report serves to translate the current state of scientific knowledge into crisp, clear and digestible facts-based messages that t...
Feb 18, 2021

February

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  «In this picture, commercial surveillance is not merely an unfortunate accident or occasional lapse. It is neither a necessary development...
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Feb 17, 2021

The right to sanctuary

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  «The human need for a space of inviolable refuge has persisted in civilized societies from ancient time but it is now under attack as surv...
Feb 14, 2021

February

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  “Home is where we know and are known, where we love and are beloved. Home is mastery, voice, relationship, and sanctuary; part freedom, pa...
Feb 6, 2021

plantorium

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Surveillance : "Technological progress in the last few decades have made monitoring, tracking and profiling techniques easier, cheaper ...
Feb 5, 2021

Fevereiro

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Fui uma grande entusiasta, no final do século XX e no início do século XXI, de diversas ferramentas, tecnologias e produtos com base na inte...
Feb 1, 2021

This is not the Wild West

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  “ [I]n Europe the internet has long since ceased to be the wild west. Articles 7 and 8 of the European Charter of Fundamental Rights [ le...
Jan 29, 2021

January

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“Our ways of thinking and the paths we take in life are hard to fathom, much less forecast using a reductive formula”, like an algorithm. ...
Jan 26, 2021

January

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“Intimacy, innovative thinking, teamwork, and humor all come to those who free themselves from the need to control the narrative and have th...
Jan 15, 2021

January

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 Image by Monica Pinheiro, license CC BY-NC-SA ( CC ).
Jan 13, 2021

January

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"Amidst global inequality and ecological crises, it is questionable whether the virtuous circle of the welfare states is in fact virtuo...
Jan 3, 2021

January

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«If you are aware of a state you call is , or reality, or life, this implies a different state called isn't . Human consciousness is at ...
Dec 24, 2020

December

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The Secret Random Acts of Kindness Society  Purpose: Increase kindness and wellbeing in the planet, doing little (or bigger) things, accordi...
Dec 21, 2020

December

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“(…) she no longer felt she was there simply to serve the dreams of other people. She no longer felt like she had to find sole fulfilment as...
Dec 13, 2020

Underland

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“We find speaking of the Anthropocene, even in Anthropocene, difficult. It is, perhaps, best imagined as an epoch of loss – of spe...
Dec 12, 2020

December

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“If the composition of the air we breath depends on living beings, the atmosphere is no longer simply the environment in which living beings...
Dec 7, 2020

December

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“Buddhism. Stoicism. Epicureanism. Christianity. Hinduism. It’s all but impossible to find a philosophical school or religion that does not ...
Nov 20, 2020

November

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I have been hacked. Still trying to figure out the extension and number of hacked accounts.  I have changed my passwords a couple of times, ...
Nov 18, 2020

November

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  My computer does not allow me to uninstall Xbox Network and it connects by itself. Microsoft does not let users decide what games they wan...
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Nov 16, 2020

Systemic risks

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"The first generation of AI-enabled offensive tools is already emerging and there is growing evidence of AI being used by attackers. De...

Cyber criminals

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"Attackers will often use a tool called a ‘web inject’ to monitor the internet browsing of an infected user. When the victim attempts ...
Nov 9, 2020

November

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IP 89.40.182.187
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