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Prevent Sweatshop Horrors As You Shop
Consumer demand for cheaply priced clothes and other goods is directly related to horrors like the recent garment factory fire in Bangladesh that killed over 800. How we shop can change that. Here are over 100 links to companies that keep all production in the United States, Continue reading
Changing The World One Choice At A Time
Small everyday choices are values elevated to action. Continue reading
Right Now You Are Activating Change
You, like so many change-makers are already living through deeply felt, personally lived ethics. That itself causes rippling change. Continue reading
Posted in attitude, global, meaning, perspective, values
Tagged attitude, authorities versus leaders, awakening, awareness leading to change, global, meaning, person to person change, perspective, shift, values
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Raising Aspiring Emigrants
Leaving home is one thing. Does it have to mean leaving the continent? Continue reading
Posted in global, independence, parenting, teens
Tagged global, independence, parenting, teens
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Global Village Construction Set
DIY independence with all the comforts of modern life. Continue reading
Posted in collaboration, community, farming, geek, global, imagination, maker, optimism, peace, simple living, sustainability, technology
Tagged collaboration, community, farming, geek, global, imagination, maker, optimism, peace, simple living, sustainability, technology
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Better Test Scores Don’t Lead To Success
Higher test scores DON’T lead to greater success for individual students. Better test scores also DON’T lead to greater success in global competitiveness. Continue reading
Posted in college, global, learning, school, success
Tagged global, global scores irrelevant, learning, NCLB, school, scores useless, success, success not tests, tests meaningless
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Making Beauty From Bombs
Transmuting horror into beauty by melting bombs into bracelets. Continue reading
The Bomb & Me
I’m alive because other people died. Are there reasons behind what’s called “fate” that we can’t fathom? Continue reading
Posted in consequences, global, memory, non-violence, peace, values
Tagged atomic bomb, childhood fear, consequences, fate, global, memory, non-violence, nuclear, nuclear legacy, nuclear power threat, peace, peace activism, values, WW II memory
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Get Involved When It’s None Of Your Business
How to de-escalate conflict you see around you before it gets worse. Continue reading
Posted in global, non-violence, peace
Tagged conflict resolution, global, non-violence, peace
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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
Posted in attitude, collaboration, global, learning, non-violence, optimism, peace, perspective, sustainability
Tagged attitude, collaboration, global, learning, non-violence, optimism, peace, perspective, sustainability
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