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Green Resolution for 2010

Pollution, Global warming, Raising sea lever, Melting Polar ice caps, delayed monsoons, Mining in forests, Ozone layer depletion and lot more... I think we have enough reasons to think green now. Let’s all start the year 2010 with lots and lots of Green initiatives, thoughts & actions. Lets us fight climate change and move ahead in the path of a greener planet. Let’s take a common resolution this year I.e. Let’s go green. http://www.wisebread.com/whats-your-green-resolution http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/home/green-living/ways-to-go-green http://teenadvice.about.com/od/stayinghappy/tp/10_ways_for_teens_to_go_green.htm

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans

A forwarded message from a friend of mine.... An interesting reflection: Slow Down Culture……… Author unknown: It's been 18 years since I joined Volvo, a Swedish company. Working for them has proven to be an interesting experience. Any project here takes 2 years to be finalized, even if the idea is simple and brilliant. It's a rule. Globalize processes have caused in us (all over the world) a general sense of searching for immediate results. Therefore, we have come to possess a need to see immediate results. This contrasts greatly with the slow movements of the Swedish. They, on the other hand, debate, debate, debate, hold x quantity of meetings and work with a slowdown scheme. At the end, this always yields better results. Said in another words: 1. Sweden is about the size of San Pablo, a state in Brazil. 2. Sweden has 2 million inhabitants. 3. Stockholm has 500,000 people. 4. Volvo, Escania, Ericsson, Electrolux, Nokia are some of its renowned companies. Volvo supplies the NA