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FORWARD TO NATURE."People often say “back to nature” to mean a return to a simpler and more old-fashioned way of living. It’s framed as a nostalgic act. However, some new technologies like Facebook or mobile phones can actually help people to live a more natural, tribal means of existence."" " http://www.nextnature.net/ View in LinkedIn

HUMANS IMPACT NATURE. "Nature is not static. It is a dynamic force that evolves along with biological and manmade processes. From wild animals to atoms to the climate, humans are increasingly able to manipulate natural processes. At the same time our culture and technology are becoming more complex, more intricate, and more difficult to control. Through both intentional and unintentional acts, human culture causes the rising of a next nature."" " http://www.nextnature.net/ View in LinkedIn

CULTURE BECOMES NATURE. " ""A cultural product or phenomenon turns into nature when it becomes partially or entirely autonomous and uncontrollable. The prime examples of this are the global economy, computer viruses, and transgenic or domesticated organisms that escape into the wild."" " http://www.nextnature.net/ View in LinkedIn

TURNING NATURE INTO CULTURE."Old nature can be cultivated and controlled through processes such as domestication or landscape management, turning nature into culture."" " http://www.nextnature.net/ View in LinkedIn

SALT AND SUGAR IN FOOD. "A campaign group has been formed to reduce the amount of sugar added to food and soft drinks in an effort to tackle obesity and diabetes in the UK." "Action on Sugar has been set up by the team behind. Consensus Action on Salt and Health (Cash), which has pushed for cuts to salt intake since the 1990s."" " http://lnkd.in/d96qPWC View in LinkedIn

INFINITE UNIVERSE. "While we can't say with certainty, it's likely the universe extends forever in space and will go on forever in time. Our results are consistent with an infinite universe."" " http://lnkd.in/d9WeASk View in LinkedIn

EUROPE TO CUT NUCLEAR DEPENDENCY. "The Fukushima disaster led many countries to rethink their view on nuclear energy. Germany plans to abandon it altogether, but French President Francois Hollande also wants to cut nuclear output sharply - by a third in 20 years. It's a big ask in a country that now relies on nuclear for 75% of its electricity."" " http://lnkd.in/dQQwvbu View in LinkedIn

DEFINITIONS OF NATURE AND CULTURE."A more useful method to divide nature and culture is between the “controllable” and the “autonomous.” Next natural phenomena arise from cultural products that have become so complex that we relate to them more as organisms or ecologies."" " http://www.nextnature.net/ View in LinkedIn

CURRENT US ENERGY SOURCES."At present, oil accounts for 40% of total energy consumption in the United States. Coal provides 23% and natural gas provides 22% of our energy. Another 8% comes from nuclear power plants. Renewable energy sources round out the roster, accounting for 7% of consumption – mostly as the result of hydropower investments made in the last century and the use of biomass (organic matter such as wood, municipal waste, and agricultural crops) for energy production."" " http://lnkd.in/dk8RczQ View in LinkedIn

CULTURAL NATURE."Old nature, in the sense of trees, plants, animals, atoms, or climate, is getting increasingly controlled and governed by man. It has turned into a cultural category. At the same time, products of culture, which we used to be in control of man, tend to outgrow us and become autonomous. Our notions of nature and culture seem to be trading places. The ‘natural powers’ shift to another field."" " http://www.nextnature.net/ View in LinkedIn