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Come For The Food, Stay For the Chest-Thumping To Be Over

Come For The Food, Stay For the Chest-Thumping To Be Over

I was lucky to go to the school I spent most of my childhood in. That experience taught me a lot about people and systems, what is important and just how much is unnecessary rubbish. This was not necessarily by their plan but rather by the existence of variety and circumstances which allowed me, the […]

Posted on August 20, 2016January 26, 2017 by Samir Bharadwaj in Life Lessons

How to Survive School With Your Beliefs

How to Survive School With Your Beliefs

I received an interesting comment recently, on my post about cynicism in the environmental movement. Not just a comment but also a question about learning and facing situations where we are forced to learn against our beliefs. Like all good questions it was simply not possible to dismiss it with a short answer in the […]

Posted on February 26, 2009February 8, 2014 by Samir Bharadwaj in Creative Ideas

Presentation Preparation and Other Public Speaking Anxieties

Presentation Preparation and Other Public Speaking Anxieties

I have been invited to give a presentation — a presentation on digital portfolios to be precise. Dr. John Alexander Smith (with whom I’ve worked before), of the Interior Design department at my old college asked me if I would be interested in talking to a class of final year undergraduates on the subject of […]

Posted on March 14, 2008February 15, 2014 by Samir Bharadwaj in Design

How to Make a Website that is Hot, Cool & Green!

How to Make a Website that is Hot, Cool & Green!

This article is part of the series The Environmental Movement and Why It’s Not Working which includes: The Environmental Movement and Why It’s Not Working I Don’t Believe in Global Warming Burgers are Made of WHAT?! Maybe the Ozone Hole Will Disappear If I Ignore It Shock Me Twice, Shame on Me Green is the […]

Posted on October 15, 2007May 7, 2014 by Samir Bharadwaj in Building a Website, Life Lessons

Say Three Hail Gaias to Win Carbon Points

Say Three Hail Gaias to Win Carbon Points

This article is part of the series The Environmental Movement and Why It’s Not Working which includes: The Environmental Movement and Why It’s Not Working I Don’t Believe in Global Warming Burgers are Made of WHAT?! Maybe the Ozone Hole Will Disappear If I Ignore It Shock Me Twice, Shame on Me Green is the […]

Posted on October 10, 2007May 7, 2014 by Samir Bharadwaj in Life Lessons

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