Man Builds Fairy Tale Home -- For $4700

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January 28, 2012 a project of ServiceSpace Lasting change happens when people see for themselves that a different way of life is more fulfilling than their present one. - Eknath Easwaran - Man Builds Fairy Tale Home -- For $4700 "Simon Dale is a family man in Wales, the western part of Great Britain. His interest in self-sustainability and an ecological awareness led him to dig out and build his own home -- one of the loveliest, warmest, most inviting dwellings you could ever imagine. And it cost him only $4,700. Can you imagine a more charming entrance than this? " { read more } Be The Change Have you ever wanted to live a different life? Take a small step in that direction today. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Ten Things Everyone Should Know About Time The Power of An Open Heart 7 Ways to Have More by Owning Less 5 Classic Commencement Speeches The Untapped Power of Smiling 29 Lessons From Travelling the World Remembering Kindness 41 Years Later Inside Tim Tebow's World of Kindness DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 111,791 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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Road Trip Nation

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January 27, 2012 a project of ServiceSpace Travelers, there is no path, paths are made by walking. - Antonio Machado - Road Trip Nation "I'd feel so much better about the world we live in if being 'passionate' or 'inspired' was a national standard instead of so much of the academic trivia that is mandated," a high school teacher wrote. Working with 11th graders in his capacity as college advisor, he was helping them explore how their own passions could lead to further study and possible career choices. In the process, he introduced some video excerpts from the public television series "Roadtrip Nation," whose motto is "Define your own road in life." Roadtrip Nation began in 2001 when four friends just out of college set out across the country in a green RV to interview people who loved what they did. Ten years later, it's a movement. { read more } Be The Change Take a "road trip" of your own: interview someone who loves what s/he does. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News 10 Worst Listening Habits -- and Their Cure The 3 A's of Awesome 10 Keys to Happier Living Ten Things Everyone Should Know About Time How Do You Want to be Remembered? 7 Ways to Have More by Owning Less A Professor's Lesson 30 Years Ago The Untapped Power of Smiling DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 111,757 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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The Inventor Who Disrupted the Period Industry

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January 26, 2012 a project of ServiceSpace Imagination is more important than knowledge. - Albert Einstein - The Inventor Who Disrupted the Period Industry When Arunachalam Muruganantham hit a wall in his research on creating a sanitary napkin for poor women, he decided to do what most men typically wouldn't dream of. He wore one himself -- for a whole week. Fashioning his own menstruating uterus by filling a bladder with goat's blood, Muruganantham went about his life while wearing women's underwear, occasionally squeezing the contraption to test out his latest iteration. It resulted in endless derision and almost destroyed his family. But no one is laughing at him anymore, as the sanitary napkin-making machine he went on to create is transforming the lives of rural women across India. Right now, 88% of women in India resort to using dirty rags, newspapers, dried leaves, and even ashes during their period. Perhaps most amazing of all? Muruganantham is a high school dropout. { read more } Submitted by: Megha Sahgal Be The Change "Genius is often expressed through a change of perception -- a modifying of context of paradigm." A short passage on the humility in true genius. { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News The Benefits of Single-Tasking The Art of Effective Apology The Power and Benefit of Circles A Second Look at First Impressions Live Life as an Experiment Ways to Connect More Deeply Leadership Through Solitude Misfit Entrepreneurs DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 111,726 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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Inside Tim Tebow's World of Kindness

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January 25, 2012 a project of ServiceSpace Life is no "brief candle" to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for a moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations. - George Bernard Shaw - Inside Tim Tebow's World of Kindness "I've come to believe in Tim Tebow for what he does off a football field, which is represent the best parts of us, the parts I want to be and so rarely am. Who among us is this selfless? Every week, Tebow picks out someone who is suffering, or who is dying, or who is injured." He flies these people and their families to the Broncos game, and gives them a treat of a lifetime. This ESPN article shares the altruism of one of America's most famous athletes. In Tebow's own words: "Here you are, about to play a game that the world says is the most important thing in the world. Win and they praise you. Lose and they crush you. And here I have a chance to talk to the coolest, most courageous people. It puts it all into perspective." { read more } Submitted by: Rish Sanghvi Be The Change What is your privilege? Share it with someone who would benefit from it, and wouldn't otherwise have access to it. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News 10 Worst Listening Habits -- and Their Cure 10 Keys to Happier Living Top Ten Kindness Stories for the New Year The 'Before I Die' Project 29 Lessons From Travelling the World Kindness Goes Around, and Comes Around How Innovation Happens Learning Tranquility at Stanford DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 111,713 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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