This is the ‘golden’ segment of the eye-opening, mind-expanding presentation Story of Stuff by one curious Annie Leonard. She wanted to understand the truth behind the materials economy. So she searched, and here is her knowledge, simplified.
Story of Stuff is to production/ consumption line (not cycle) what An Inconvenient Truth is to climate.
WATCH this video, SHARE it, and ACT UPON the message. Yes, I’ve shouted. From the NEXT> roof top.
Thank you!
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NEXT> by Ramla is seeking collaborations with like-purpose websites and print publications. To test-launch the idea of syndication, NEXT> and its creator, yours truly Ramla, have been publishing a carefully curated list of trends at TrendHunter.com since February 2007.
I was wild with joy when Jeremy Gutsche, the visionary young owner of TrendHunter, made me a Senior Trend Hunter within two weeks - in acknowledgment of the quality of trends and the writing of content. I would give credit to the purpose that I dedicate NEXT> to: searching for a better …

This is the third in a series of posts about The Secret - 1 & 2 here.
What is The Secret/Law of Attraction?Humans can create what they want.More here
What is more important than The Secret? “The End” - that is, what we want to do with the Law of Attraction. Which is only a method, though very powerful.More hereRecap: Be Careful What You Wish For
a. To use the Law of Attraction, we have to want something. In fact, when we want something, the law of attraction automatically sets to work; …

This is the second in a series of posts about The Secret.
What is The Secret?Humans can create what they want.More Important than The Secret……is knowing what to do with it: “The End.” The Secret is only a method. A means. A strategy. A “How?”
The End is the “What?”
Beyond The Secret: at The End of Individual Paths
I believe in what I call “the theory of individual paths.” A revolutionary manifesto for humankind, the Qur’an says:
And to you have We revealed the Scripture with the truth, confirming whatever Scripture was …

“The Secret.”“The Law of Attraction.”The knowledge of the ancients.What all great people knew.
This one thought with its many names has been making the rounds for quite a few months now, since the release of the movie Law of Attraction.
Very simply put, here is the secret:
Humans can create what they want.
It’s called a law of Attraction because once a human decides what they want, they start attracting the required resources and situations. The Wikipedia summary of the idea is more enlightening:
You are what your deep, driving desire is.As your desire …

Longer live the Green Turtle of Karachi!
In a series of bans on thin, bio-hazardous plastics bags that is spreading across Asia, the City District Government Karachi’s ban is the latest. In late February, the Karachi City Administrator Syed Mustufa Kamal urged town and union councils to create awareness amongst residents of the city before the government clamped down on businesses.
However, news these days are best received through word-of-mouth despite the large ads the government has been placing in national newspapers - I got this one on the right from …

Adil Najam, Awab Alvi, Hakim, and Ramla (i.e. myself) - four Pakistani bloggers - four different blogs - three different time zones… all invited together - by Muntazir Solangi of Voice of America’s Radio App ki Duniya to discuss -
1. What IS a blog?
2. It is a tool to express frustration - only? What is a blog NOT?
3. Can blogs truly be banned?
4. Do blogs report original stories - or merely repeat primary sources?
5. How have the four blogs covered the Chief Justice story?
6. What is the impact …

Log in to UrduVOA.com at Pakistan time 10:00 P.M. on Saturday, March 17, 2007. Check out Radio Aap Ki Duniya, and listen to radio online… you will catch four Pakistani bloggers talking about blogging and the Chief Justice suspension story. The bloggers are:
Adil Najam of Pakistaniat.comDr. Awab of Teeth MaestroHakim of MicroPakistanand Ramla A. (me!) of NEXT> by Ramla
Muntazir Solangi of the Wasi Zafar interview fame is the host.

The aftermath of the suspension of the Chief Justice of Pakistan is getting complicated. It’s a free-for-all for the police, the government, the bar councils of the country, media, politicians and anyone’s aunt.
Current situation:
1. Fighting on the streets of Islamabad; tear-gassing, shelling by police, and stone-pelting by people2. Police attack on the Islamabad office of Geo News a couple of hours ago - prompting strong reaction from the Minister of Information, politicians, people, and of course the press3. Exploitation of the situation by those who do nothing for Pakistan given …

Edit: to make post *sticky* I’m forwarding the date in time.
Last night, I decided to begin a private protest at the suspension of Justice Iftikhar from Office of Chief Justice of Pakistan, by wearing a white band. The idea was shared here, and blogger MB asked the important question:
Why not black [the traditional color of protest armbands], why white?
Why White Bands?This is why, as shared on Karachi Metblogs:
I am wearing a white band because by God, no one will take my HOPE away from me. White is mourning, white is …