Climate scientists who worked on the UN panel on global warming have hit out at “sloppy” colleagues from other disciplines who introduced a mistake about melting glaciers into the landmark 2007 report. The Guardian reports that the experts, who worked on the section of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report that considered the physical science of global warming, say the error by “social and biological scientists” has unfairly maligned their work. Some said that Rajendra Pachauri, the panel’s chair, should resign, though others supported him.

Global warming skeptics have enthusiastically welcomed the climate science uproar as proof of their vision that there is no consensus about climate change.

V-Day isn’t always a delight for everyone. Not everyone has drunk the koolaid of our couple society. More to the point, a lot of us are d-o-n-e with coupledom. What to do?

Tip #1: Acknowledge how you feel about Valentine’s Day even if it’s only in your bathroom mirror. Don’t dwell on it, but tell yourself the truth about it. There are as many responses to this holiday as there are souls. Your feelings are yours, and they’re legitimate.

Therefore, if our society stinks, chances are today’s leaders have gaps in integrity and honesty.

Most people cannot imagine Spirituality and Leadership mentioned in the same breath. To many this is combining two entirely unrelated concepts. Yet, the level of our intelligence and our ability to think and analyze and the fact that the human mind’s base is compassion and goodness, this combination of unlikely bedfellows may create the new story we need for the future.

Father Thomas Berry, the late eminent ecologist said in his book Evening Thoughts; “The old story has ended and we are not quite sure what this new story is all about”.

I read about this on Amazing Women Rock.

Here’s a small-is-beautiful, grassroots community peace initiative request from De Whalen, of the Richmond Women’s Resource Center, in British Columbia, Canada.

To be a part of this cool 2010 Peace Project coinciding with the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, send your peace message today. I’ve already sent mine!

The Japanese are famous for their board games. And an adult student of mine is an avid Go player. He joins games several times a week, and has become so skilled at it that he has become an instructor.

I hunger to learn all I can about different cultures, particularly the one I am in. So, when he invited me to one of his Go classes, of course I went.

That particular group consisted of older folks, who had the time to take their hobby seriously. A few members would come in, concentrate intensely as they played a game or two, and leave. Then others would arrive. This went on all day. This relaxed, friendly atmosphere was as important, or more so, than the games themselves.

Deep down we all wish to live a rich and enlightened life and that is why we make those resolutions every year, for greater biological efficiency, less disease, increased finances, successful career, and an increasingly better quality of life. It is still not too late. Only a month has passed and there are eleven glorious months left to turn a new leaf, open a new chapter or just quietly revel in the sudden newness of your life.