Monday, December 3, 2007

Batik Ramah Lingkungan Mejeng di UNFCCC

Konferensi Climate Change (Perubahan Iklim) digelar di Nusa Dua, Badung, Bali. Pusat konferensi, yaitu Bali Internasional Convention Centre (BICC) telah bersolek. Ribuan batik menghiasi BICC. Batik menjadi pilihan karena memiliki filofosi tentang kepedulian terhadap lingkungan.

Sekitar 400 dari ribuan batik ini dipajang dalam berbagai instalasi di setiap ruangan di BICC, Jumat (
30/11/2007). Batik yang tersebar di Westin dan BICC ini adalah milik perancang batik ternama Indonesia Jospehine Komara atau akrab disapa Obin.

Batik menjadi pilihan untuk menarik minat 10 ribu delegasi menikmati karya seni
Indonesia. "Batik adalah kain Indonesia yang cara memproduksi dan pembuatannya sudah banyak diakui sebagai indsutri yang paling sedikit menghasilkan limbah bila dilakukan secara baik dan benar, serta dapat didaur ulang," kata Obin.

Obin menambahkan, pembuatan batik melalui proses tradisional bersifat ramah lingkungan dan pemakaian energinya sangat kecil. "Batik dibuat dengan bahan alami sehingga tidak menghasilkan emisi," katanya.

Batik yang ditampilan adalah batik yang bermotif spiritual dan bertemakan keramahan dan keindahan lingkungan, seperti hutan, gunung, sungai. Salah satunya adalah motif pohon kehidupan yang bercabang-cabang dan memberi kehidupan bagi mahluk yang lain. Batik ini khusus dipajang di ruang pertemuan Presiden SBY.

Instalasi batik Obin sangat unik. Salah satu intalasi yang menarik adalah puluhan batik yang digantung di atap hotel yang menggambarkan orang-orang
Indonesia serta instalasi merah putih yang menjadi kebanggaan Obin.

Sementara General Manager The Westin dan BICC Jan Bundgaard mengatakan, The Westin Resort telah siap menyambut Konferensi Climate Change. Pihaknya telah menambah 260 karyawan baru khusus untuk menyambut konferensi ini. Sebanyak 23 di antaranya didatangkan dari jaringan Starwood Hotel dan Resort di Indonesia dan
Malaysia.

Pada saat konferensi, Westin bekerjasama dengan Java Books memasarkan buku karya mantan Wakil Presiden AS Al Gore. Buku karya Gore "An Inconvenient of Truth" yang memenangkan hadiah Nobel juga bakal dipasarkan. "Hasil penjualan ini akan disumbangkan ke UNICEF," kata Jan

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Friday, November 23, 2007

How To Use Free Articles On Your Website Or Blog

You've typed and clicked and dragged and dropped, and your website or blog is ready to go. Your visitors are happy, they click your links and go from page to page. You get great feedback, but the more you do, the more they want from you. How can you keep your visitors interested, and informed, so that they keep coming back?

Content! You need content! If you are descended from Charles Dickens, Emily Dickinson, and Albert Einstein, you can probably write it all yourself in your sleep. But if you are like the rest of us, you could use a little help.

That's where free articles can help. You can get free articles for your web pages, and use the content to add to your site in seconds. The only thing the author asks is that you include their 'about the author' information, that generally includes a link to their web site or web page.

What can you do with free articles?

1. Introduce new ideas to your visitors.

2. Show points of view you agree with, or disagree with, to stimulate discussion.

3. Elaborate on topics that are not the central focus of your site or blog.

4. Introduce your visitors to experts in the field.

5. Establish your own expertise through your selection of good article

6. Review the article and publish a link to the full article.

You can get free articles through an article syndicator, such as http://www.isnare.com They have tens of thousands of free articles on almost any topic you can think of. Some of them are very, very good. Some - not so much. But in a few minutes reading, chances are good you can find at least one article that will really interest you - and your website visitors. Or you may find dozens - or hundreds - of articles, that you can use for a long time to come.

Yes, it could be that other websites will be hosting the same article. But the web is a huge place, and your visitors are interested in the unique collection of information that you provide to them. The information is valuable not only for what it says, but also for where it is located and what else it is associated with.

If you are concerned about your visitors clicking on a link and leaving your website, consider having the author's link open in a new browser window. That way when they finish reading the article, they can close the window and they will still be on your site.

It is surprising how much free content is out there. When you start looking through article directories, you may find a lot of useful information to enhance your website, including ideas that you have never thought of. Read five articles at random, and see if you don't learn something useful. Now imagine your own web visitors having this same experience, only with articles you have hand-selected for their interest and usefulness.

At some point you might want to write your own free articles to bring new traffic to your website. But that topics is the subject for another article.

Try some free content today. I think you will be pleased at the quality and usefulness of many of the free articles that are available to you today.

source : www.articlesbase.com

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Tuesday, November 20, 2007

How To Find Words Of Inspiration

Let's face it, life comes with many ups and downs. Although it is difficult to do in order to be successful you need to not let the "downs" get to you.

These situations are inevitable from time to time, but if you let them make you feel bad you are only hindering yourself. Learn from the rough patches and always maintain a clear focus as to what you want in life. This will keep you inspired. It can help to learn words of inspiration to tell yourself in order to get through the trials and tribulations of life.

Inspire Others

Just as you can inspire yourself, imagine the power you can have in helping others in offering any kind of words of inspiration to cheer up others when they are having a hard time.

Inspire Yourself To Change

There no doubts those words of inspiration can help you overcome many types of bad feelings, such as disappointment, stress, anxiety and depression. There is perhaps nothing quite as soothing to the mind and body as listening to words of inspiration.

Words of inspiration can lift you up and keep you there on an otherwise bad day. Always remember that positive thinking brings positive results so you need to do whatever you can to stay in that "happy" state of mind all day. I know it may sound corny to some, but those people think to negatively to ever be successful.

Everyone has different wants and needs in life and you need to tailor your words of inspiration to what you want in life. If it is more money you want, you might say something like "money comes easily and frequently to me." Whenever you are feeling stressed about finances say this phrase to yourself over and over. It will inspire you and get rid of anxious or stressful thoughts.

If you desire more meaningful relationships you might use the phrase, "I deserve to find my soul mate and I will," etc. The important thing to remember about words of inspiration is that they need to be specifically tailored to your life.

I find many people who pray all day, but never really achieve any positive results from it. I am not knocking religion, but repeating standard phrases over and over again without real feeling and meaning for "you" will not produce results.

These words will do nothing, because they are not tailored to your life. They are a standard saying from a book. If there is a certain passage you really like just change a few of the words so the words of inspiration pertain specifically to your life, then watch your prayers come to life.

Inspire People At Work And In Life

With appropriately chosen words of inspiration, there is every possibility of connecting with others. The right words of inspiration can motivate, persuaded, and even coerce others into doing what is necessary. And, in case of the workplace, anything that helps in inspiring employees and co-workers would be welcome.

Don't Believe Words Of Inspiration Are Powerful - Remember Gandhi

One of the foremost exponents of words of inspiration was none other than the great Indian soul known as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, or Gandhi. Mahatma Gandhi inspired millions of Indians to follow and believe in him only through his words and way of thought.

Gandhi's sayings still inspire people not only from India, but all round the world. His writings and sayings were filled with so much inspiration that they swayed the masses into following his Civil Disobedience Movement that eventually led to the Independence of India from the British just sixty years ago.

You just can't argue the power of personal inspirational thought. It is the only way to deal with life's mishaps, which are nothing more than learning blocks on the road of life. It doesn't matter what words you choose to inspire yourself, just make sure they are specific to your life and situation and believe with all your heart that they are true.

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