by Charles Eisenstein via Blog A New and Ancienst Story When I was in high school, I remember social banter consisting of a lot of subtle put-downs and one-upsmanship. The popular kids were generally not very nice, certainly not to us unpopular kids but...
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Tansy Aspinall And The Gorillas: Reunited At Last! - OFFICIAL VIDEO
http://www.aspinallfoundation.org/con... In the African jungle, conservationist Damian Aspinall, along with his daughter Tansy Aspinall, searches for Djalta and Bimms, two western lowland gorillas born at Howletts Wild Animal Park in Kent. In 2003, Djalta...
Read moreHow Mindfulness Completely Changes Your Life For The Better
via Spirit Science It’s official: the Western world has finally embraced long-held Eastern traditions regarding meditation and mindfulness. Now, advice abounds on how we can be more mindful at work, how our kids can be more mindful at school, and even...
Read moreEckhart Tolle Sings Ode To Joy
Eckhart explains that the primary purpose of your life is to bring conscious awareness to each moment. During this holiday season of giving and receiving, perhaps the most valuable gift you can give to others, the world and yourself, is the light of your...
Read moreKiller Mike Educates Stephen Colbert
When Colbert and a rap star decided to speak for their entire races, the talk got real. Rapper and activist Killer Mike of Run The Jewels stops by The Late Show to talk about racial justice, Bernie Sanders and formal sweats. see also upworthy link
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Marina Abramović: An Art made of Trust, Vulnerability and Connection
via TED Marina Abramović's performances she’s been cut, burned, and nearly shot — but Marina Abramović's boldest work yet is a gargantuan institute dedicated to transformation through art. In her art she pushes the boundary between audience and artist...
Read moreThe Transformative workplace
via enliving edge by Matt Dockerty The Transformative Workplace: growing people, purpose, prosperity and peace Other authors have written about enlightened or conscious organizations. They have eloquently spoken to what leaders in those organizations...
Read morePaul Polman: How CEO Tackles Unilever’s $300M Climate Change Challenge
Source The climate 25 “There are many companies now that would tell you that climate change is directly impacting the bottom line.” As Chief Executive Officer of Unilever, Paul Polman understands what he calls “the cost of inaction” when it comes to climate...
Read moreSuccess, failure and the drive to keep creating
via TED Elizabeth Gilbert was once an "unpublished diner waitress," devastated by rejection letters. And yet, in the wake of the success of 'Eat, Pray, Love,' she found herself identifying strongly with her former self. With beautiful insight, Gilbert...
Read moreTEDxBerlin Maha Alusi - Moments of Happiness
My thanks goes to Pia for this hint. Pia herself is a great artist.. s.her website Pia-Art A storyteller from an early age, Maha Alusi was born in the city of a thousand and one nights, to a family with a history of storytelling, spiritual healing, philosophical...
Read moreSeeing Beauty: a Necessary Skill for the Future
By Eleanor Young via overgrowthesystem And did you feel it, in your heart, how it pertained to everything? And have you too finally figured out what beauty is for? And have you changed your life? One only needs to watch the evening news or scroll the...
Read moreGet A Little Awestruck: The Biological Advantage Of Being Enchanted
via Finerminds This powerful 3-minute video discusses how awe was biologically selected by evolution to help us survive, thrive and continue to adapt. Based on the ideas of psychologist Nicholas Humphrey, and his study The Biological Advantage Of Being...
Read moreIn the Mind of Plants | Full Documentary HD
Plants are a vital source of life, providing sustenance and oxygen to the human and animal inhabitants of the world. But is plant life closer to sentient life than expected? This documentary from Jacques Mitsch outlines the ways in which intelligence...
Read moreLady Gaga speaks at The Emotion Revolution_YALE Center of Emotional Intelligence
via YALE website On Saturday, October 24th, the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and Born This Way Foundation – created by Lady Gaga and her mother, Cynthia Germanotta, – hosted the Emotion Revolution Summit to build awareness of the critical role...
Read moreStartup Lab workshop:Meetings that don’t suck
by Ken Norton This article was originally published at TechCrunch. For most of us, and certainly for most of your team, meetings are the least productive part of our day. Yet too many brilliant people are stuck in too many meetings. Meeting cultures begat...
Read moreThe Fuji Declaration Igniting the Divine Spark • Oneness and Diversity Inspiration • Global Activation • Action
The Fuji Declaration is an international alliance of individuals and organizations who are united by a commitment to live and collaborate toward the advancement of a more harmonious and flourishing world. The Fuji Declaration is an invitation to people...
Read moreConsciousness -- the final frontier | Dada Gunamuktananda | TEDx
Dada Gunamuktananda: Yogi and Meditation Teacher Bio: Dada Gunamuktananda has trained in meditation, yoga and natural health sciences in Australia, the Philippines and India. He has been a meditation teacher of Ananda Marga since 1995 and has taught and...
Read moreAn old coal mine was turned into a vast universe made out of plants and stones
via inhabitat by Michelle Kennedy Hogan That better use for an old coal mine than a whole new universe? This is just what the Duke of Buccleuch and architect Charles Jencks did with an open cast coal mine located within Scotland’s Lowther Hills. The 22-hectare...
Read moreGaiaeducation:Design for Sustainability E-learning Programmes
Our dynamic online study programme is our flagship offering. It encapsulates all the essential knowledge and experience found in the most successful sustainable community projects and transitions globally. It is a more comprehensive journey than the one...
Read moreEveryday Heroes: Forest Man
Since the 1970's Majuli islander Jadav Payeng has been planting trees in order to save his island. To date he has single handedly planted a forest larger than Central Park NYC. His forest has transformed what was once a barren wasteland, into a lush oasis....
Read moreTED_Adora Svitak: What adults can learn from kids
via TED Child prodigy Adora Svitak says the world needs "childish" thinking: bold ideas, wild creativity and especially optimism. Kids' big dreams deserve high expectations, she says, starting with grownups' willingness to learn from children as much...
Read moreHUMAN Extended Vol. 1-3 #WhatMakesUsHUMAN.
What is it that makes us human? Is it that we love, that we fight ? That we laugh ? Cry ? Our curiosity ? The quest for discovery ? Driven by these questions, filmmaker and artist Yann Arthus-Bertrand spent three years collecting real-life stories from...
Read moreAs Systems Collapse, Citizens Rise
"The crisis and breakdown of our larger systems are actually a phenomenal opportunity to renew and update our old bodies of rules and regulations to be more fluid and in sync with the actual situation on the ground." Otto Scharmer I Huffington Post I...
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