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Exclusive Greenius Video: Bill McKibben on Hermosa Beach as a Carbon Neutral City

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Times Festival of Books. org and we’ve only previously talked together on the radio, so it was a great joy for me to meet Bill in person and exchange hugs and fist bumps. Bill’s newest book, Eaarth was the topic of of his wide ranging discussion with L.A. Times Festival of Books. Bill is the founder of 350.org

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Another Exclusive Greenius Video: 350.org’s Bill McKibben on Biking and the SBBC

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Bill McKibben signs his new book "Eaarth" at the L.A. Times Book Festival (photo by Debra Bushweit Galliani). org at the same table author, Bill McKibben , was signing copies of his new book “Eaarth.&# What I dug most was the way Bill personally connected with each person who had a book for him to sign.

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We Don’t Need a Jetsons Future, Just a Sustainable One

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Where everyone had access to preventative health care that was both personalized and less invasive? But we can change our attitudes. What's more, we are changing. Climate change is a great example. Last year, Jeff Bezos created a US $10 billion fund to make investments in organizations fighting climate change.

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Education Week Spotlights Programs for Students and Professionals

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Webinars Climate Change: IEEE’s Role in Bringing Technology Solutions to Meet the Challenge 3 April, noon to 1 p.m. When sharing knowledge in a multimedia-rich environment, there are research-proven principles that can be applied to enhance the presentation—which in turn promotes knowledge transfer.

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Using Manga to Spark Interest in STEM

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The idea for Sher-DeCusatis’s second comic, she says, came from a personal experience she had while volunteering for IEEE. I think having diverse representation in media, like books, comics, and graphic novels, will help bring more kids into STEM,” she says. Sher-DeCusatis says she hopes readers can identify with Riko-chan. “I

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AI’s Threats to Jobs and Human Happiness Are Real

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One such effort is a book that came out last fall called AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future. The book is co-written by. Charles Simonyi , the person who created Microsoft word. In the book, you say that an entirely new social contract is needed. Some people in the field are concerned that the.

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How Roboticists Can Tackle Climate Change

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However, there’s a shortage of roboticists tackling climate change, due to a lack of awareness of necessary and urgent applications. After talking with many climate robotics founders for my blog, Nirva Labs , here are my findings on how you can find opportunities to help robots make an impact on climate change.