Musings on Housework
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,…
imagination
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…
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…
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…
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…
“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…
TED Talk Tuesday
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…
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: *
A Revolution in Thinking
It’s TED Talk Tuesday on 350orbust – enjoy this mind-blowing talk on quantum mechanics by Aaron O’Connell:
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:
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…
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…
Saturday At The Movies
I don’t know if these are actors or not, but it is an amusing idea:
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…
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…
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…