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November 22, 2014

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Vancouver’s Pop-Up Shelters

A Vancouver-based advertising company teamed up with a grassroots advocacy group to extend kindness to the city’s homeless population in a beautifully creative way. “During the day, the [bus] benches serve as seating for those waiting for the bus to arrive. At night, the front lifts up and out to create an overhang.” Acts of kindness like these stand out against the backdrop of many cities making it harder for the homeless population to survive. Read on to learn more about this innovation that merges kindness and creativity! { read more }

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In what way can you use what you do for a living to help others in a small but meaningful way? How can you make this part of your daily or weekly practice, so it becomes a part of your life?

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November 21, 2014

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Public Art: A Path To Safer, Stronger Neighborhoods

Art that merges with the landscape brings human presence, safety, and physical activity into the city’s spaces. This kind of art triggers more than one sense: it is something you move in, touch, and, in some cases, even eat. In Detroit, a spread-out city of single-family homes that is difficult to traverse and pockmarked by vacancy, these artistic interventions are an uncommonly powerful nexus of community life. They create welcoming traffic, as well as opportunities for neighbors to interact and work together. It is for a city with a future. { read more }

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Do something to add an artistic touch to a community space in your life today.

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November 20, 2014

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7 Ideas For Compassionate Communities

Are you looking for inspiring ideas to take action on some of society’s broadest and most challenging issues? From addressing homelessness to providing medical care (in exchange for a song), look no further than this list of 7 revolutionary ideas from Yes Magazine. { read more }

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Pick one idea from this list to learn more about and see how you might get involved in your community.

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November 19, 2014

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Riders For Health: Motorcycles That Save Lives

Solving community problems requires more than newer and better technology for the poor. It requires something more radical than that–that we rehumanize the poor. People require not only new technologies to solve some of the biggest challenges in rural health and development, they require basic technologies–like transportation for the cadres of health care workers and others. Riders for Health realized this and is changing lives–their own and others–through their simple realization that transportation is not a privilege but a necessity. { read more }

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Take a quiet moment and share this story with a child or friend today.

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November 18, 2014

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The Splendid Practice of Silence

In this beautifully grounding piece, a former monk shares insights from a year of silence and contemplation. “Deep within each of us is a great well of health, abundance, knowledge, guidance. When we enter the silence and stay in the silence, we come into direct contact with that sacred well. In that place dwells our True and Higher Self: It is that part of us that exists and operates in a place where there is no time– no past, no future, only the present moment…One of the most powerful spiritual practices you can adopt is also one of the easiest to do.” Read on to learn more about this monk’s experiences and how he suggests that you can practice silence every day. { read more }

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Make a commitment to set aside some time everyday to reconnect to the silence inside of you, whether it be through meditation, gardening, or any other activity that brings you back to yourself.

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November 17, 2014

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Healthy Habits of Heart & Mind In Leadership

As the world rapidly transforms around us each day, there is a growing need for us to create sustainable human communities. And in that vision, great leadership is paramount –leadership that not only calls for clarity of vision, but also a healthy dose of empathy that allows us to identify with, and understand, one another’s situations, feelings, and motives. This article shares some healthy habits of heart and mind in leadership. { read more }

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To learn more about the leadership in ecoliteracy, visit the Center for Ecoliteracy website, a nonprofit organization that advances ecological education. { more }

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November 16, 2014

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November 16, 2014

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Social Science’s 10 Findings On Facebook

Social media has transformed our daily lives — adding a brand new, and often much more complex, dimension to our interactions. And though it has facilitated the ease of our connections, there is a flip side. For example, studies have shown an inverse relationship between an individual’s Facebook usage and their sense of self-worth. And, we are only just beginning to understand its true impact on our lives. This article from the Greater Good Science Center shares more. { read more }

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Work to deepen your social interactions; find opportunities to remind others of their importance in your life.

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