Tag Archives: collaboration

Bringing Kids Back To The Commons

How to engage kids in community life. Continue reading

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Creating A Better World

A better world is made by building on what works rather than focusing on what’s broken. Continue reading

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Non-Stylish Woman Wears Blog

Paying it blog-forward. Continue reading

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What Makes A Street Into A Neighborhood?

Some neighborhoods connect through pig pen parties and cookouts. Others have less obvious networks. Continue reading

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Transferring Enthusiasm

There is something vitally important transmitted when one person’s enthusiasm sets off a spark in others. This sort of spirit can’t be reproduced in any curriculum. That’s why, whenever possible, we learn from people who are passionate. Potters, chemists, bird watchers, dairy farmers, blacksmiths, historians, wildlife rehabilitators, wood carvers, entrepreneurs, air traffic controllers, geologists, musicians, engineers, chefs, astronomers, you name it. Continue reading

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Real Action Footage Hard to Find: World’s Most Powerful Force Rarely Filmed

* * * * * * * * * * * * * Few talk about it. Fewer know much about its principles or how to apply them. Yet it has a profound impact, a long history and a reach … Continue reading

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Getting and Giving, Big Time

Cooperation, curiosity and cleverness. These are the foundations of our early survival and the building blocks of our shared future. Continue reading

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