Quality Life

Is het culturele klimaat in Nederland aan het veranderen onder de invloed van de conservatieve, religieus reactionaire en fundamentalistische krachten?
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The Ecologist is the world’s most respected environmental affairs magazine.
Each month we examine the connection between a wide range of subjects. Whether it’s food, war, politics, pharmaceuticals, farming, toxic chemicals, corporate fraud, mass media or supermarkets, the ecologist challenges conventional thinking and empowers readers to tackle global issues on a local scale.
For over 35 years the Ecologist has helped set environmental and political agendas around the world by focusing on the root causes, not just the after-effects, of current events.
With thought-provoking, entertaining features by leading experts; topical debates and world-class photojournalism, the ecologist is an indispensable

Universal Declaration of Human Rights
On December 10, 1948 the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights the full text of which appears in the following pages. Following this historic act the Assembly called upon all Member countries to publicize the text of the Declaration and "to cause it to be disseminated, displayed, read and expounded principally in schools and other educational institutions, without distinction based on the political status of countries or territories."

National Geographic - UN Rates Best, Worst Countries. Find out which countries took top honors in the UN’s new list of the most desirable countries to live in, see how the U.S. fared, and learn which places need the most improvement.

Quality of Life Comparison

In 2005, the Economist developed a Quality of Life Index and then plotted the world’s countries on the index. The determinants of quality of life identified by the publication were:

1. Material wellbeing
2. Health
3. Political stability and security
4. Family life
5. Community life
6. Climate and geography
7. Job security
8. Political freedom
9. Gender equality

INTERVIEW-New book puts cost of saving planet at $190 bln
07 Mar 2008 10:19:00 GMT - Written by: Timothy Large
What would it cost to wipe out world poverty, guarantee universal health care, stabilise population growth and roll back the ravages of global warming?
About $190 billion a year, or the equivalent of a third of U.S. annual military expenditure, a prominent environmental economist says in a new book.
"Once you accept that climate change, population growth, spreading water shortages, rising food prices etcetera are threats to our security, it changes your whole way of thinking about how you use public resources," Lester Brown told Reuters in an interview

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Well Beyond 100 -- information for longevity and quality of life. How to live longer and healthier. 

Special report: Cheating death
13 October 2007 - NewScientist.com news service
If one thing seems certain in life, it is that eventually we will die. We strive desperately to put off the evil day - for as long as possible. But our efforts to cheat death have consequences. As technology extends our lifespans, the distinction between life and death is becoming increasingly fuzzy. Different parts of the body and mind can die at different times, and as we acquire the ability to revive and rebuild brains, the definition of death itself is starting to slip from our grasp. In the following seven articles we confront the growing uncertainty over what it means to die - and whether we can any longer be sure what it means to be alive.

A Kingdom in the Mountains Shares Its Secrets
By SUSAN EMERLING
Published: February 24, 2008
Rounding up artifacts and traditions from the remote country of Bhutan for an exhibition took a years-long effort from a team of experts.

 MANHATTAN SOCIETY
Independent Guide to Manhattan Life & Culture

The Mind and Music Project
The Mind and Music Project is the result of a twenty-year exploration of the mutual relationship between psychology and music. Originally, the psychological focus was psychoanalytic in nature. As a result of collegial interest and contributions from other fields of study, the scope of the project has widened and is now properly seen as fully interdisciplinary with respect to both music and other psychological approaches to music, composers and the creative process. While depth psychology continues to be a central interest, musicology and neuroscience are among the disciplines that reflect the training and interests of some current participants. Indeed, even from the psychoanalytic perspective, we prefer to replace the ambiguous term "applied psychoanalysis" with "interdisciplinary analysis."

Conservation International - We believe that the Earth's natural heritage must be maintained if future generations are to thrive spiritually, culturally, and economically. Our mission is to conserve the Earth's living heritage – our global biodiversity – and to demonstrate that human societies are able to live harmoniously with nature.

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