Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
The kind of hope I often think about …is, I believe, a state of mind, not a state of the world. Either we have hope within us or we don’t.…
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A Wake Up Call To Women
“Women must wake up this great force they possess and bring the world back to peace and harmony.” THIRTEEN INDIGENOUS GRANDMOTHERS
Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
“Our true home is in the present moment. The miracle is not to walk on water. the miracle is to walk on the green earth in the present moment. Peace…
Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
Don’t search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live…
Skinny Dipping: Therapy For A World Careening Towards Climate Chaos
I’ve just returned from an invigorating five day wilderness canoe trip in Woodland Caribou Provincial Park. The Park is part of an bi-provincial bid to become a UNESCO World Heritage…
What Does It Take To Get People To Change?
Apparently standing on the brink of global disaster, economically and environmentally, isn’t enough to get the majority of people to demand real change from their political leaders, and move away…
Let Us Be Loving, Hopeful, and Optimistic
It will be a year tomorrow since Jack Layton passed away, only 3 months after a triumphant election that left the NDP with federal Official Opposition status for the first…
Saturday At The Movies
Louis Armstrong and Danny Kaye in a fun, non-traditional version of The Saints from the film The Five Pennies. Enjoy!
Climate Change: We Are Stuck Between The Impossible and The Unthinkable
David Roberts is staff writer at Grist.org. In this TEDx talk given at Evergreen State College “Climate Change is Simple”, he describes the causes and effects of climate change in…
Iceland To The Rest of The World: There Are Alternatives
Hordur Torfarson, one of the architects of the quiet but powerful Icelandic revolution, which forced the government of Iceland to resign after the banking crisis of 2008, and kicked out…
Are You Ready To Sit Down For What You Believe In?
Who says building a better world is all work and no play? Who Gives A Crap is a fun campaign created by three engineers/product designers who have developed a toilet…
Saturday At The Movies
This clip is from the 1987 Japanese film Hachiko monogatari (a.k.a. Hachi-ko), which tells the true story of an Akita’s devotion to his master. Hachiko was born in Odate, Japan…
TED Talk Thursday: How To Set Goals…For The World
Jamie Drummond co-founded the advocacy organization ONE (Bono is another co-founder), which is focused on ending extreme poverty and the AIDS epidemic. In this inspiring June 2012 TED Talk, Mr.…
TED Talk Tuesday
Nancy Duarte’s TED Talk about how to give an inspiring speech, and about following your dreams: * Duarte.com
Saturday At The Movies
Here’s a video out of small-town New Brunswick that’s gone viral, From Sussex and I Know It. The lyrics are a little hard to understand, but I’ve copied them below:…
Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
Live life fully while you’re here. Experience everything. Take care of yourself and your friends. Have fun, be crazy, be weird. Go out and screw up! You’re going to anyway,…
Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
“We could pretend global warming isn’t happening, or that humans aren’t a factor if it is. That would be crazy in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, but…
Saturday At The Movies
Cat ennui – clever and funny! Thanks to Emma for passing it on.
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…