Susan lugged the laundry hampers down to the lavandería we often used in Zihuatanejo when we vacationed there; a small shop on the sidestreet where laundresses would weigh the hampers, quote a price, and a time to come back to collect the cleaned clothes. The relentless Mexican sun made the
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Scripturient: Guillermo, monsters and me
Tucked away at the bottom of a tall display case in the ‘At Home With Monsters’ exhibit at the AGO is a small collection of seven old, well-thumbed books, all by the 19th century French naturalist and entomologist, Jean-Henri Fabre. At the very bottom of the pile, its title almost
Continue readingScripturient: Blog & Commentary: Tricks of the mind
Reading involves bit of trickery. Mental trickery. It engages the imagination and fools us into thinking we are there within the book: nestled beside the author, or better yet, beside the characters. Immersed in the created world, floating through it like a ghost in a haunted house movie, or perhaps
Continue readingThe Political Road Map: Development and Recession: Looking Back To See The Future
Tonight is Friday and while I sit here occupying my time with readings, movies and Youtube, many of you are probably outdoors enjoying the beautiful weather with the company of friends. While outside, I hope you get a chance to look up at the amazing moon, while it isn’t a
Continue reading350 or bust: TED Talk Tuesday
As the world faces recession, climate change, inequity and more, economist Tim Jackson delivers a piercing challenge to established economic principles, explaining how we might stop feeding the crises and start investing in our future.
Continue reading350 or bust: “Together We Can End The Holocaust Against The Environment”
Reposted from Care2.com: Elder’s Meditation of the Day April 10 “Together we can end the Holocaust against the environment.” –Haida Gwaii, Traditional Circle of Elders We are all familiar with the Holocaust against the people. When this happens we feel bad and we vow never to let it happen again.
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Fascinating! Imagine you’re a shipwrecked sailor adrift in the enormous Pacific. You can choose one of three directions and save yourself and your shipmates — but each choice comes with a fearful consequence too. How do you choose? In telling the story of the whaleship Essex, novelist Karen Thompson Walker
Continue reading350 or bust: Shift Happens
* It’s solstice 2012, and we are on the verge of a paradigm shift. Here’s some inspiration for the journey, from SustainableMan.org: *
Continue reading350 or bust: A Revolution in Thinking
It’s TED Talk Tuesday on 350orbust – enjoy this mind-blowing talk on quantum mechanics by Aaron O’Connell:
Continue reading350 or bust: Inspiring Action
It’s TED Talk Tuesday on 350orbust, and it’s time to get inspired. This week it’s Simon Senek on how great leaders inspire action:
Continue reading350 or bust: Doha Climate Talks: Fiddling While Planet Burns
It’s a plus 2 Celsius December day in northern Ontario, 11 degrees warmer than the average high for this day. The UN Climate talks in Doha Qatar continue for the rest of this week, not that you would know that they were going on if you read the m…
Continue reading350 or bust: How Changing Perspective Could Save Our Environment
It’s TED Talk Tuesday on 350orbust. Here is advertising expert and funny guy Rory Sutherland talking about how it’s possible to change the way people value things can have surprising results: Advertising adds value to a product by changing …
Continue reading350 or bust: Saturday At The Movies
I don’t know if these are actors or not, but it is an amusing idea:
Continue readingCanadian ProgressiveCanadian Progressive: The imagination, art, and activism of Herman’s House
by Chanda Chevannes | Troy Media Last week I attended the Toronto theatrical premiere of Herman’s House, a thought-provoking documentary written and directed by Angad Singh Bhalla. This Canadian film tells the story of an artistic collaboration between Jackie Sumell and Herman Wallace. Sumell is a multidisciplinary artist from New York.
Continue reading350 or bust: Radical Gaming Can Change Your Life – Can It Change Our World?
It’s TED talk Tuesday on 350orbust. Here’s game designer Jane McGonigal sharing her own story of how playing games helped her cope with a difficult health crisis. She shows how games can boost resilience – and promises to add 7.5 minutes to your life. * JaneMcGonigal.com
Continue reading350 or bust: Conflict: What’s Really At Stake And How To Move From No To Yes
It’s TED Talk Tuesday on 350orbust. On this talk, author William Ury, co-founder of Harvard’s Program on Negotiation and Senior Fellow of the Harvard Negotiation Project, discusses resolving human conflict through walking from “no” to “yes” drawing from his own wide experience of conflict situations. Truly inspiring! * William Ury:
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