Every time I watch this video it makes me happy!
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350 or bust: Saturday At The Movies
Happy people dancing on Planet Earth, from Matt Harding’s “Where The Hell is Matt?” YouTube video series. Touching and fun. Humans the world over have more in common than we have differences. * To read Matt’s interesting story, go to the Where The Hell is Matt? website.
Continue readingLeDaro: Money Cannot Buy Happiness
Here is a good example. Tetra Pak heir arrested after wife found dead in London. Eva Rausing and husband Hans Kristian Rausing Couple abused drugs while giving millions to anti-addiction charities. “Eva Rausing was born into a wealthy American family headed by former Pepsi executive Tom Kemeny, and her husband
Continue reading350 or bust: Saturday At The Movies
An amazing story of best friends, a man and a crocodile:
Continue reading350 or bust: Saturday At The Movies
This video went viral on YouTube, with over six million views after four days. And no wonder – it really is the best proposal ever1
Continue reading350 or bust: Happy Planet, Happy People: A Radical Idea Whose Time Has Come
How much happiness do we get for our planet plundering? Is it possible to rethink the status quo at this point in human history, especially considering the alternative? * The Happy Planet Index (HPI) is the leading global measure of sustainable well-being. The HPI measures what matters: the extent to
Continue reading350 or bust: Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible. ~Marion C. Garretty, quoted in A Little Spoonful of Chicken Soup for the Mother’s Soul * Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers I know, especially my own mom, my mom-in-law, and my step-mom. May
Continue reading350 or bust: Saturday At The Movies
Today is our Earth Festival and the 2nd Annual Leap in the Lake For Climate Action. While I’m busy with those activities, here’s something to enjoy: Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdam at the 2005 MTV Awards, where their performance in The Notebook won them the “Best Kiss” award. Did I
Continue reading350 or bust: Healing Ourselves, Healing The World
I recently read the following quote: “life is a series of events that we’re not quite ready for”. Life is difficult; sometimes just getting out of bed in the morning can be a challenge. Tune into the news anytime of the day or night, and it’s clear that our world
Continue reading350 or bust: TED Talk Thursday: How To Survive Peak Oil & Climate Change
There is an effective response to the climate crisis. In this TED Talk from 2009, Rob Hopkins speaks about a practical and inspiring solution to the challenges of peak oil and climate change, the transition movement. The transition movement helps people prepare for life without oil, and in the process
Continue reading350 or bust: Going Local: A Powerful Strategy To Repair Our Fractured World, Our Ecosystems & Ourselves.
Economic globalization has led to a massive expansion in the scale and power of big business and banking. It has also worsened nearly every problem we face: fundamentalism and ethnic conflict; climate chaos and species extinction; financial instability and unemployment. There are personal costs too. For the majority of people
Continue readingThings Are Good: Economy Down, Happiness Up
It seems like the world has its own life-work balance and thanks to the fact that we’re (on average) working less we are happier! The second conclusion challenges the received notions of mankind’s moods. A tenet of political science is that happiness levels rise with wealth and then plateau, usually
Continue readingThings Are Good: More Happiness by Having Fewer Things
Here’s a quick, short, and inspiring TED Talk from the founder of TreeHugger about getting rid of material things can bring happiness to your life.
Continue readingThings Are Good: How to be Happier at Work (and beyond)
Here’s a fun TED Talk on happiness and how we can better achieve at as individuals and as a society.
Continue readingknitnut.net: I borrowed a blind octogenarian
The Human Library took place yesterday at the War Museum and five branches of the Ottawa Public Library. There were sixty “human books” which people could borrow for one-on-one 20-minute conversations. They included: CBC radio personalities OC Transpo bus driver Muslim woman Sex worker Peking Opera performer Children’s Aid worker
Continue reading350 or bust: TED Talk Tuesday
I’ve made a few changes around my blog, trying to get a bit more organized. One of the changes I’ve decided to make is to share one of my favourite things, and make Tuesday into TED Talk Tuesday. Many of you will be familiar with TED Talks, which are found
Continue reading350 or bust: An Advent Conspiracy – Mending the World
As this is the season for traditions, here is a reposting from last December: There is a Hebrew phrase, Tikkun Olam, which means mending or perfecting the world. For many of the Jewish faith, Tikkun Olam has come to connote social action and the pursuit of social justice. Yesterday was
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