Eurosymposium on Healthy Ageing
The Eurosymposium on Healthy Ageing will be held December 12-14, 2012 in
Brussels, Belgium. Our Sven Bulterijs, Didier Coeurnelle, Aubrey de
Grey, David Spiegel, Kris Verburgh, and Jan Vijg will be speaking.
Learn more at http://www.eha2012.org/
Associate Founder
Sabiha Rumani Malik is now Associate Founder in recognition of her many
contributions to the Lifeboat Foundation.
Her Sanghata Global (which Lifeboat Foundation has partnered with) has
developed a highly effective solution based on knowledge creation that
connects entrepreneurs who know first-hand the pressing and complex
problems of poverty with people and resources who can help their
creative business initiatives thrive. The Sanghata ecosystem for social
enterprise development and investment enables entrepreneurs in the
“missing middle”, those ventures that are too large to receive
micro-finance funds, and those that are too small to attract traditional
venture funding.
Learn about Sanghata Global at http://www.sanghata.org/
Kickstarter Support
The Lifeboat Foundation is now ready to provide financial and media
support for many relevant Kickstarter projects. Send an email to
Earthquake Forecasting
View the slide presentation "Microsatellite Ionospheric Network in Orbit" by our Stuart Eves which discusses earthquake forecasting at http://lifeboat.com/pdfs/mino.presentation.pdf
Facebook Contest
We are running a new contest, where the winner will get to have Josef
P. Holbert paint an original acrylic on canvas, 24" x 18" of the subject
of their choice. You can visit his site at
http://www.etsy.com/people/josefholbert to see the style of his artwork.
To enter, do at least one post in our Facebook group between now and the
end of September. Our Facebook group is at
https://www.facebook.com/groups/lifeboatfoundation
Warning Signs for Tomorrow
Nik Weston has converted the graphics in the report http://lifeboat.com/ex/warning.signs.for.tomorrow to vector graphics. They are now available on a few items at http://www.cafepress.com/lifeboatcom/9313076
The Singularity And Schools
Watch "The Singularity and schools: An interview with Vernor Vinge" at http://www.educationfutures.com/2012/07...r-vinge/
Interesting Blog Posts
"Accelerating Evolution, Part 3: Burgeoning Biosphere" by Daniel Berleant at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2012/08/accele...iosphere
"Enhanced AI: The Key to Unmanned Space Exploration" by Tom Kerwick at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2012/08/enhanc...loration
"Complex new world: Translating new economic thinking into public policy"
by Farooq Khan at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2012/08/comple...c-policy
"Is science reporting biased towards big well funded organizations?"
by Benjamin T. Solomon at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2012/08/is-sci...izations
"Real Scientist Working in the Field of Propulsion Physics" by Benjamin T. Solomon at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2012/07/real-s...-physics
Growing Membership
Recent donations/pledges we have received since our last newsletter:
Brian R. Cartmell: $2,500,
Jacqueline Karma Bennett: $2,000,
Anonymous: $1,015,
Stanley Pecavar: $300,
Josef Holbert: $100,
Michael Dickey: $85,
Sergio M.L. Tarrero: $85,
Philippe Van Nedervelde: $85,
Kenneth P. Weiss: $85,
David Orban: $50,
Erwin Franzen: $30,
Richard Kane: $30,
J. Broadbent: $25,
Rick Hubbard: $25,
Matthew L. McGuirl: $25,
James Bracken: $10,
Rebecca R. Cooper: $10,
Thomas Dolphin: $10,
George Garrett: $10,
Charles Hawk: $10,
Alexander Macrae: $10,
Aaron Mayzes: $10,
Philip Morehead: $10,
Roland Schiefer: $10,
Benjamin T. Solomon: $10,
and Ryan Witt: $10.
Our Join Us page at https://lifeboat.com/ex/join.us now allows you to
pay for your membership anywhere from monthly to every ten years.
