A recurring theme in Silent Consent by Circa24 is the damage done to the future generations from the plastics that made much of the carbon era so remarkable. Plastics, as we know them, have become rare strategic materials in the Founder’s States of that book. People seek antique plastic products from the 20th century asContinue reading “Plastics and Their Role in Silent Consent”
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Some Paint Choices That Can Cut Your Carbon Footprint and Reduce Your Chemical Usage.
Silent Consent looks at a dystopian world where easy access to energy and power has become part of our past. Although fiction, its prediction of a polarized world is very plausible. A caste system with a few powerful elites have controlled many of the pre-carbon era civilizations. The many others, who serve as their energyContinue reading “Some Paint Choices That Can Cut Your Carbon Footprint and Reduce Your Chemical Usage.”
Microlending
Many people need a small loan to get them through a hard time or to expand their business. Microlenders tend to charge higher interest rates than traditional banks, but they also take more risks. They loan to many people who might otherwise be turned down for a loan. Kiva is one of these organizations. TheyContinue reading “Microlending”
How many slaves do you have?
The first national remembrance of Juneteenth has come and gone in the United States. But, if you thought that slavery ended with the Emancipation Proclamation or with the condemnation of slavery by the United Nations, think again. Mauritania had legal slavery until 1981, and after its abolition, it imposed no penalties for it until 2007.Continue reading “How many slaves do you have?”
Help Fight Diseases
Folding at Home is a way we can all contribute to the fight against Cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, Covid-19 and others illnesses. Folding@Home is a project focused on disease research. This medical research involves very complex calculations – and the Stanford School of Medicine can use your help to find cures! Most apps don’t use multiContinue reading “Help Fight Diseases”
Want to get involved? Here’s some sites that can help you help to end slavery
Despite what we want to believe, there are more slaves alive today than at any time in the history of mankind. We have more slaves because we have more people. Slaves make up a smaller fraction of our population than ever. We are not necessarily morally superior to the people who died generations ago. FossilContinue reading “Want to get involved? Here’s some sites that can help you help to end slavery”
New Documentary Takes a Tough Look At The Impact of Climate Change on Civilizations
If you’ve got Netflix and steady nerves, you may want to watch the new documentary from David Attenborough, Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet. Where Silent Consent gives a fictive dystopian view of a world after our environmental apocalypse, Breaking Boundaries provides a basis for understanding what is happening now and what we needContinue reading “New Documentary Takes a Tough Look At The Impact of Climate Change on Civilizations”
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