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Those in the know value **slow**.

If you know that you can die any day, you learn to appreciate and savor the living moments. We also learn how to uni-task. Instead of tweeting and talking and walking and making lunch plans, we live in the moment and pare down what we're doing to the essentials. If not uni-tasking, then at least focusing.

Among the key trends: the movement toward slow (including slow travel and slow food) and gameification. Could we combine the two? On this page you'll find news about upcoming events and a review of the slow events we've created. On Facebook, share your [|Slow Adventures].

Buzzword Bingo
Attention - Conscious - Deliberate - Food - Gradual - Mindfulness - Movement - Reveal - **Slow** - Slow Adventure - Slow Art - Slow Cinema - Slow Down - Slow Food - Slow Travel - Time - Travel - Turtle

Slow cinema = movie genre with slow pacing, long takes and a focus on details & mood rather than narrative. Wordspy

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Recommended Listening
[|Carl Honore, Slow Movement proponent] - If your life feels frenetic, perhaps it's time to slow down.

[|The Slow Movement] - Let's see there's slow food, slow cities, slow sex and even slow travel. So why go slow when there's so much to do? And why has the movement seen such rapid growth in the last 10 years?

[|The Slow Revolution] - How can we deal with the addictive nature of speed? Carl Honoré, Gervais Williams, Deepa Patel and Kate Fletcher explore how we can improve our quality of life, well-being and creativity by applying the principles of slow.

Elsewhere on the Web
[|Slow Media] [|Cittaslow - Katoomba Blue Mountains] [|The slow photography movement] [|slow money]

Cittislow
http://www.cittaslow.org [|@cittaslow_intl]

Slow Art Day
http://www.slowartday.com http://www.artnews.com/2011/04/01/slow-down-you-look-too-fast http://www.greenerblocks.com/schedule-sunday-april-29/

Slow music
[|9 Beet Stretch]

Slow science http://www.nature.com/news/long-term-research-slow-science-1.12623

Slow Science: Tar Drop http://www.businessinsider.com/tar-drop-has-been-falling-for-almost-70-years-2013-7

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[|Slow Movement]
 * Wikipedia**

YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/user/theslowmoguys

Quotes
It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. - Confucius

Reduce carbon emissions. Walk to the pub. - Australia beer promotion, 2009

Speed is irrelevant if you are going in the wrong direction. - M. Gandhi

Slowing down won't kill you - [|Australia Campaign]

You need not do anything. Remain sitting at your table and listen. You need not even listen, just wait. You need not even wait, just learn to be quiet, still and solitary. And the world will freely offer itself to you unmasked. It has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet. - Kafka

Questions
Does the economic recovery have to be slow?

Slow Adventure Saturday
June 2011, Slow Adventure Saturday, Oaxaca de Juárez, México Our next Slow Adventure is an improvised walk to visit friends in some off our favorite places in Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico. We'll visit some of our favorite markets, folk art stores and restaurants, including Mercado Pochimilco, Mezcaloteca, Los Amantes, Comala and Jarcieria El Arte Oaxaqueño. There will also be many spontaneous decisions. We will patronize local businesses and sample Oaxaca's slowest drink ... mezcal during our very slow walk. If you care to join in person, please RSVP. If you care to join virtually, favorite this photo and talk it up on Twitter and Facebook. Meeting Point: Pochimilco, 1pm-ish Cost: Free. We ask participants to patronize local businesses and when possible to buy stuff en route (tamales, mezcal, candy, postcards) that can be given to our hosts. Tips: Bring a hat and refillable water bottle. Extra points if you bring your own jícara or copita de carrizo Language: Mostly Spanish, some English and a smattering of Oaxaca's Indigenous languages including words for 'delicious' and 'thank you' Games: Lingosticks, QR Codes Checklist: Patronize local businesses, Learn a few words in an Indigenous language, Sample mezcal, Ask permission to take a photo in the market, Take photos in the market, Take photos in the city park, Upload photos to Facebook and Flickr, Tweet, Checkin on Foursquare, Decipher the QR Codes, Record via ipadio Soundscape checklist: Bird songs, marimba, accordion, Indigenous language Warning: You may encounter lions.

Slow Adventure Saturday March 2011
We held the inaugural Slow Adventure Saturday March 12 with two real-time chats connecting Ron Mader in Oaxaca, Mexico with Anders Karrstedt in Sweden.

Look for tips on how to participate below.
 * || **Oaxaca, Mexico** || **New York City, USA**
 * Lima, Peru** || **Sweden** || **Estonia**
 * South Africa** || **Melbourne, Australia** ||
 * || [|8-9am] || [|9-10am] || [|3-4pm] || [|4-5pm] || [|1-2am] Sunday ||
 * || [|2-3pm] || [|3-4pm] || [|9-10pm] || [|10-11pm] || [|7-8am] Sunday ||

How to participate before Slow Adventure Saturday
Add a star to the Flickr [|artwork] Tweet about Slow Adventure Saturday and include a link to this page Tweet about slow travel Confirm your participation ... online or in the natural world On Facebook, add news to [|Slow Adventures]

How to participate during Slow Adventure Saturday
Add a little bit of pace, but remain slow Online participants - Talk it up, pay attention, reflect on how to create this where you live Natural world participants - Upload some info in real-time to Web 2.0 channels

How to participate after Slow Adventure Saturday
Upload photos and videos from your slow adventure On Facebook, add comments to [|Slow Adventures] Add stars, thumbs up and other encouraging feedback online Tweet about what you learned

Extra Points
Add a star to the Oaxacan artisans Flickr accounts: [|Familia Mendoza], [|Josefina Mendez Lopez], [|Artesanias desde 1961], [|Tapete Sergio], [|ayuukoax]

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A Few Words about Oaxaca's Weavings
Walk with the weavers! The Zapotec community of Teotitlán del Valle (elevation: 1,670 meters or 5,500 feet) is world-famous for production of colorful wool rugs (laadi in Zapotec). To address the problem of declining sales and tourism to individual weaver homes, Planeta.com is collaborating with artisans and the local community museum to connect travelers and weavers. Hopefully we will have weavers on hand for the afternoon chat. If not, we encourage you to support the artisans by adding stars to their Flickr photos and letting others know about Mexico's popular folkart.

Misc http://smp.uq.edu.au/content/pitch-drop-experiment + http://www.radiolab.org/2013/feb/05/

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