With the recent bankruptcy filings of six airlines (ATA, Oasis Hong Kong, Aloha, Skybus, Frontier and Champion) in the past two weeks, the issues of climate change and peak oil dominate media reporting. Local journalists are calling transportation planners and policy-makers to task, suggesting that their focus should not be committing more resources to infrastructure
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Sageing Conference
The Sage-ing Guild, an organization created in 2004 to promote and support conscious aging, will be holding their first national conference in Dayton, OH from June 13 to 15th at the University of Dayton.Changing the Paradigm from Aging to Sage-ing will focus on creating a "vital, conscious Elderhood". The event will feature sessions with Richard Leider, author of
Wired to Connect
How many people in a day do you see treat other people as objects, as a
means to an end? From ignoring those we are in the room with while
tensely thumbing a Blackberry to yelling impatience at a store clerk,
many relate to others as if they are simply there to give them
something. Unfortunately, our moods are more infectious than we may
realize.
Recent advances in neuroscience have discovered that our brains are
wired to be social, and that our inner states affect those around us.
Daniel
Exercise for Thinking
We’ve all heard that exercise is good for the body. Now current research is demonstrating that an active lifestyle contributes positively to the functioning of our brains as we grow older.
Waneen Spirduso’s book Exercise and Its Mediating Effects on Cognition outlines
the latest perspectives from
Ageless Games
Virtual games do not belong only to the young. In a recent news report out of Boston, seniors have adopted Wii and are planning local tournaments and playing with their children and grandchildren. Nintendo’s Wii game, released in late 2006, allows users to play games such as baseball, boxing, tennis, bowling and golf in
Experimenting with Intention
Hot on the heels of neuroplasticity is the paperback release this week of Lynne McTaggart’s The Intention Experiment, an investigation into intentions manifesting into reality. The Intention Experiment’s website
is an open invitation to get involved in a worldwide experiment into
the ‘science
Caring for Your Parents
Do you have a unique perspective or a provocative question about caring for elderly family members?
WGBH Lab, part of the Boston-based PBS station, is looking for ‘real people’ stories. They are inviting anyone who cares for or has cared for aging relatives (or knows someone who has) to submit a 3-minute video story by February 22nd about how the experience has changed their lives and relationships. A selection of 10 to 20 of the submitted pieces will be posted on the WGBG Lab website
Intergenerational Friendships
"When you find the right person, age doesn’t matter."
Intergenerational relationships are not a thing of the past. They are actually alive and well in North America. There is good coverage of the many people who work and volunteer helping seniors. However, reports like this one out of Tennessee show that women developing friendships across generations
Do You Really Want to Know?
The latest breakthroughs in genome technology will now be available to consumers, allowing them to trace their past in order to predict their future. Anne Wojcicki, the wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin, is launching 23andme today. The
web-based service, partially funded by Google, has set out to revolutionize how
we look at ourselves in reference to the past, present and future. For $999, consumers will get a complete DNA scan that reveals
Similar Driving Problems for Old & Young
The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) will be launching an intergenerational driver safety program in Tennessee in January 2008. The class is designed for teens to share with their grandparents or another person over 50. Teenagers can enrol for free; older persons for a $10 fee. There is no test to take to be accepted into the program. Participants will look