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Monday, December 26, 2016

The Alan Kazdin Method for Making Your Children Behave - The Atlantic

There is a belief in Lebanon, that "the world is a mother". Who we are, what we become boils down to our interaction with our parents. This article helps make it an entirely positive interaction.

This article talks about a great way to not use power to discipline children, which keeps this interaction positive.
The Alan Kazdin Method for Making Your Children Behave - The Atlantic:

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Thursday, December 22, 2016

Sunday, December 18, 2016

New government announced under PM Saad al-Hariri | Lebanon News | Al Jazeera

a coalition government gathers the full political spectrum in Lebanon. I'd like to see a foreign carpet bagger manipulate us into a civil war now! New government announced under PM Saad al-Hariri | Lebanon News | Al Jazeera:

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That being said one side is missing, social and environmental activists. These should be members of volunteer policy councils. These councils are how many city-governments reach their goals, and it's what a small government like Lebanon needs to reach countless goals in 4 short years.

Sunday, December 11, 2016

Beirutista: BDL Accelerate: Steve Wozniak & My Take-Away Lessons For Lebanon

Beirutista: BDL Accelerate: Steve Wozniak & My Take-Away Lessons For Lebanon:

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and in french:
Steve Wozniak au Liban: une leçon d'Histoire aux Startups Locales | François El Bacha | Libnanews:

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Natalie Panek: Let's clean up the space junk orbiting Earth | TED Talk | TED.com

Natalie Panek: Let's clean up the space junk orbiting Earth | TED Talk | TED.com: Lebanon needs the influence of techies like Natalie Panek, because she has the skills, creativity and the environmental conscience . Can you picture her at the #accelerate tech conference in Lebanon? Sure they got Steve Wozniak to speak there, but we want to engineer and program for a higher social and environmental purpose.




Sunday, December 4, 2016

An Amsterdam Suburb Wants to Be the Closed-Loop Community of the Future | Inverse

Why not create similar villages to house Syrians in the arid no-man's land between Lebanon and Syria? 2M Syrian refugees came to Lebanon for refuge, but the country and its infrastructure are crushed by the population overload. Such eco-villages at the border could be co-guarded by the Lebanese army, making Syrians feel safe, but without burdening an overpopulated Lebanon:
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In fact, since Syria occupied Lebanon for years under the guise of "policing us", they should now invite the Lebanese administration to develop desert lands in Syria, under Lebanese jurisdiction. Maybe then those millions of Syrians will actually want to live in Syria.

Altered:Nozzle - Same tap. 98% less water. by Altered: — Kickstarter

This simple technology sounds like a great way to save water in Lebanon.
It would be great if the Lebanese government started testing a whole set of technology to protect natural resources and improve the standard of living and environmental health in Lebanon. If we're brave enough to be a small but independent country, we should be independent minded in how we make progress happen as well, and not be at the mercy of fat contracts with Brazilian or other firms (specialized in deforestation and 1970's style development!).

Altered:Nozzle - Same tap. 98% less water. by Altered: — Kickstarter:

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