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“Technology is so much fun but we can drown in our technology. The fog of information can drive out knowledge.” –Daniel J. Boorstin

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April 8, 2015

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Small Acts of Kindness

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Featured Kindness Stories

Story1 Genuine moment at a Renaissance fair
Story2 Getting a mother with baby and a three-year-old to their destination
Story3 Mysterious fifty dollar bill and paying-it-forward
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4 Steps To A Healthier Relationship With Technology

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April 8, 2015

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4 Steps To A Healthier Relationship With Technology

It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.

– Albert Einstein –

4 Steps To A Healthier Relationship With Technology

Tom Mahon has written about digital technology for over three decades, and has witnessed the dramatic effect it’s had on nearly every facet of our lives. “From how we bank, travel, and shop, to more abstract realms, like how we derive a sense of self-worth, how we forge and sustain relationships and how we choose to spend our attention.” Mahon believes it’s crucial for us, as individuals and a society, to examine our relationship to technology, and to start making more conscious choices about how we engage with it. In this thoughtful piece he articulates 4 steps towards a healthier relationship with technology. { read more }

Be The Change

Experiment with implementing the 4 steps this week, and see if it has an impact on the way you interact with your devices.

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3 Stories that Will Change the Way You Look at Water

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3 Stories that Will Change the Way You Look at Water

No water, no life. No blue, no green.

– Sylvia Earle –

3 Stories that Will Change the Way You Look at Water

If you can turn on the tap to access clean, drinkable water, you are part of the 90% of the world with regular access to one of humanity’s most crucial resources. But what about the other 748 million people across the globe who don’t have regular access to water? Tyler Riewer of charity:water has spent the past two years traveling to communities where gathering water is anything but routine. These three stories are a call to action for all of us fortunate enough to drink water with little more than the turn of a knob. { read more }

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