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Reefer Madness?

Erin Shaw

A new initiative aims to make growth, sale, and possession of marijuana legal in California. (more)

Commons

Virtual Economy

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The QQ Coin, China’s most popular virtual currency, is threatening the country's established monetary system. (more)

Arts

Maximum Fusion

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“Afro diva” Nikki Borodi leads her New York band in “a spicy fusion of rock, funk, trip hop and soul.” (more)

Eco

The Snowball Effect

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Methane gas released from global warming could cause "an abrupt and catastrophic climate change like one that occurred 635 million years ago," but there's a surprising spin on how this may influence our collective evolution. (more)

Eco

Times Will Tell

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A new online magazine, Ecotimes, puts the "logic back into ecological." (more)

Eco

Just Add Fungi

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Researchers may have discovered a low-tech, all-natural way to rid land of hazardous radioactive uranium. (more)

Arts

Eclectic Mix

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Eclectic Method crosses genres and media to make engaging videos and live performances. Check out their new Bob Marley remix. (more)

Arts

Light Bright

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Joshhua White's "liquid light" and audio-visual collaborations celebrate "the Ecstatic Moment" at the Issue Project in NYC. RS has two free pair of tickets for the event. (more)

Commons

Major Infringement

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If passed, the Orphan Works Act of 2008 will void all passive copyright protection and throw artists' work into the public domain. (more)

Arts

Council of Grandmothers

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Thirteen indigenous grandmothers "work toward spiritual solutions for healing our planet" in the New York premiere of For the Next Seven Generations. (more)

Commons

Real Views

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Alternative media outlet The Real News Network celebrates two million video views.

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Psyche

Psychedelic Predictions

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In a March Scientific American interview, Alexander Shulgin predicts a dramatic increase in the discovery of psychedelics. (more)

Commons

A Farewell To Arms

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Body of War is an unapologetic anti-war documentary that weaves together the 2002 Congressional debate that authorized the war with the story of paralyzed Iraq War veteran Thomas Young. (more)

Arts

One Man's Trash

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UK artist Jason Lane turns reclaimed materials into unusual treasures. (more)

Commons

Blogging Civil Liberties

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"It's 2008. Do you know where your civil liberties are?" Don't Tase Me, Bro! catalogues daily violations of citizens' rights. (more)

Arts

Art on the Edge

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The authors of At the Edge of Art have an interesting spin on the artist's role in societal transformation. [video]
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Commons

Jest in Time

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The Mercenary Clown Army invites you to commit a “crime against monotony.”(more)

Eco

Snow Versus the Volcano

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A recently identified Antarctic volcano may contribute to glacial melting, but the discovery could help the fight to stop global warming. (more)

Psyche

Adventures in Consciousness

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Jeff Warren's book The Head Trip: Aventures on the Wheel of Consciousness" charts different states of consciousness "from deep slumber to lofty states of enlightenment.
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Psyche

Remote Control

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Get a close-up look at remote viewing with Harold Puthoff's multimedia lecture in West Virginia.(more)

Psyche

Mind Power

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Explore a "new science of consciousness" next month at the Mind Before Matter Conference in San Francisco.(more)

Arts

Entheogen Emerging

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"Awaken the divine within" this Saturday at the San Francisco premiere of Entheogen. [Trailer](more)

Life

Born to Rewild

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An urban hunter-gatherer meticulously blogs his own process of "rewilding."(more)

Eco

An Urban Implosion

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Paolo Soleri's urban laboratory, Arcosanti, fuses visionary architecture and ecology.(more)

Arts

Through the Looking Glass

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Sabine Melchior- Bonnet's book, The Mirror, traces the looking glass' influence on the development of self- consciousness throughout the ages. (more)