Emily Davidow

The Creature Crisis
In New Zealand we could discover and name a new species every day for a long time, with the right level of resources applied to the task. New Zealand ranks among Conservation International’s top-25 biodiversity hotspots – “the richest and most threatened reservoirs of plant and animal life on Earth”. About 80% of [...]

transfercar – from a to b for free
Great idea – Transfercar makes it easy for rental car companies that need to relocate vehicles and travelers that want to save money to find each other. Travelers get a free ride driving "relocation cars" for the rental companies, which saves them costs as well.
(tags: free transportation travel [...]

openeverything.net
Open Everything is a global conversation about the art, science and spirit of 'open'. It gathers people using openness to create and improve software, education, media, philanthropy, neighbourhoods, workplaces and the society we live in: everything. It's about thinking, doing and being open.
(tags: open opensource participatory art science community)

2008 World Science Festival in NYC
Fantastic lineup of interesting events for World Science Festival May 28-June 1, 2008 New York City. Only wish I could go to more than one scheduled at the same time.
(tags: science festival events)

The Neural Buddhists
In unexpected ways, science and mysticism are joining hands and reinforcing each other. We’re in the middle of a scientific revolution. It’s going to have big cultural effects.
(tags: consciousness buddhism science mind brain materialism spirituality)

Resilience, Adaptation and Transformation in Turbulent Times
Video of interesting talks from recent international science and policy conference in Stockholm exploring complex dynamics of interconnected social-ecological systems available online. (Thanks, Worldchanging)
(tags: resilience adaptation transformation science policy interconnected systems video conference)